Great news folks....after about 5 visits to the Cingular store and probably over a dozen calls to their customer service, Hilary and I FINALLY got what we wanted!
We got a couple of new phones to replace our old technology, and now we're able to put our plans together as a "family plan" and save a butt-load of money. Plus, we get to call each other (and all other Cingular customers) for free. So now, since we've got more minutes than we'll need or use on our mobile plans, we're ditching our landline with Bellsouth. So stop calling our home, and start calling the cell phones. If I want you to have my mobile number, worry not, I'll call you sometime. Besides, it's the same number, so if you were gonna get it you've probably got it by now.
Finishing up this huge project at work right now. It's gonna look really good when I get the final edit together. I'm also working on my sister's (Maureen's) wedding slide show right now. I've got most of it done, should be finished with the rough cut tomorrow. The final edit will come next week after Maureen and my Mom have a chance to look over it. Just want to make sure it's all in there the way they want, and give them a last chance to add to it.
Should be a busy and exciting next few weeks!
7.29.2004
7.15.2004
It's been a crazy week at work. We're building a new set for a customer that wants to demonstrate the home installation of their HVAC zoning products. So, we're building a home (kind of).
On top of that, there's a never ending stream of additional work that must be completed alongside this other massive project. It's not that it's impossible, just a whole lot to do all at once.
We're actually putting together a new web page too. I built the look and feel of the page back in January, and we had a programmer go in to interface it with all the back end. It's going to work a lot better, but for some reason I don't think it'll solve all our problems. I have issues with people who think that new technology will solve their problems for them. Almost every time, the more complicated something is, the more you have to do to keep it going. Of course, new technology will do more for you, but it's not bulletproof, as some people think.
I think the weirdest thing that ever happened to me was that someone found out I knew HTML, and then assumed I knew everything there was to know about web design, programming, networking, etc...hey, I'm a simple man.
Got to hang out with Mike the other night. He hadn't seen our place since we got married, and I don't think I've seen him in 4 or 5 months. It didn't really occur to me at the time, but really, I don't know when the last time was that I saw him. Last December? Maybe. It's too bad that I can't see much of my friends anymore. Got to see Chris and Eric and some other folks on the 4th of July, which was a lot of fun. Last Friday, Andy Garland and his fiancee Abby came over for some dinner and tennis. Seems like I'm seeing more people the last couple of months. It's the season to get out, eh?
Three weddings coming up, two of them family. It's bizarre to see my little sister Maureen getting married...and to my friend Graham (we'll just call him Gwam). They're both getting excited about it all. I'm sure they'll be happy in their home over in Carrollton.
In other news, Hilary and I are going to dump our home phone line. It's just too expensive. Of course, since we're ditching that, we're gonna ditch our dial-up internet as well. We're gonna take the money we save from ditching Bellsouth and Joi internet, and apply those savings to cable TV and broadband internet. The cable is just basic, so we'll only be getting local broadcast stations (which we currently receive with an antenna). That's no problem, because 1) it's cheap, 2) we have to have a cable TV account to get the good deals on broadband internet, and 3) there's a bunch of good shows on broadcast. I don't know if I'd ever have enough time to dedicate to expanded basic or digital cable.
My big challenge coming up in the next few days: convince Cingular Wireless that I am right, they are wrong, and get what I want now, not later. Wish me luck.
On top of that, there's a never ending stream of additional work that must be completed alongside this other massive project. It's not that it's impossible, just a whole lot to do all at once.
We're actually putting together a new web page too. I built the look and feel of the page back in January, and we had a programmer go in to interface it with all the back end. It's going to work a lot better, but for some reason I don't think it'll solve all our problems. I have issues with people who think that new technology will solve their problems for them. Almost every time, the more complicated something is, the more you have to do to keep it going. Of course, new technology will do more for you, but it's not bulletproof, as some people think.
I think the weirdest thing that ever happened to me was that someone found out I knew HTML, and then assumed I knew everything there was to know about web design, programming, networking, etc...hey, I'm a simple man.
Got to hang out with Mike the other night. He hadn't seen our place since we got married, and I don't think I've seen him in 4 or 5 months. It didn't really occur to me at the time, but really, I don't know when the last time was that I saw him. Last December? Maybe. It's too bad that I can't see much of my friends anymore. Got to see Chris and Eric and some other folks on the 4th of July, which was a lot of fun. Last Friday, Andy Garland and his fiancee Abby came over for some dinner and tennis. Seems like I'm seeing more people the last couple of months. It's the season to get out, eh?
Three weddings coming up, two of them family. It's bizarre to see my little sister Maureen getting married...and to my friend Graham (we'll just call him Gwam). They're both getting excited about it all. I'm sure they'll be happy in their home over in Carrollton.
In other news, Hilary and I are going to dump our home phone line. It's just too expensive. Of course, since we're ditching that, we're gonna ditch our dial-up internet as well. We're gonna take the money we save from ditching Bellsouth and Joi internet, and apply those savings to cable TV and broadband internet. The cable is just basic, so we'll only be getting local broadcast stations (which we currently receive with an antenna). That's no problem, because 1) it's cheap, 2) we have to have a cable TV account to get the good deals on broadband internet, and 3) there's a bunch of good shows on broadcast. I don't know if I'd ever have enough time to dedicate to expanded basic or digital cable.
My big challenge coming up in the next few days: convince Cingular Wireless that I am right, they are wrong, and get what I want now, not later. Wish me luck.
7.07.2004
Let's see, where are we here...oh yeah:
Happy 4th of July everybody! I know, I'm a couple of days late, but you know, that's how life is sometimes...a couple of days late. So drink up, me heartys, yo ho!
Just got back from vacation, and work is hitting me like a brick in the you-know-what (or you oughta know what, because I'm not going to tell you). Actually, it's not TOO bad. I just like to pretend it is, because then I have an excuse for being so lazy.
Okay, seriously, you should check out the pics section on my site here. I just added a new section for my pics from this trip I just took to St. Simons Island, GA. My family goes there every year, and this was the first year in a while that I've been able to actually go for the entire week. Oh man, it was NICE to have a week at the beach. Just plain awesome.
It was pretty crazy, what with the 20-something people who were all there, but everyone just had such a good time, and it was kinda cool to have the whole group together in one place again, just like the good ol' days.
Also, check out the pics section later today, as there will also be a section of pictures from the 4th of July weekend.
I'm still trying to come up with a better (more automated) way of getting my pics on the site so that it takes less time to do. Obviously, if it didn't take so much time to add pics to the site, I would add more, and there would be much more for everyone to look at. Anyone with any ideas, let me know in the commments below this post.
Happy 4th of July everybody! I know, I'm a couple of days late, but you know, that's how life is sometimes...a couple of days late. So drink up, me heartys, yo ho!
Just got back from vacation, and work is hitting me like a brick in the you-know-what (or you oughta know what, because I'm not going to tell you). Actually, it's not TOO bad. I just like to pretend it is, because then I have an excuse for being so lazy.
Okay, seriously, you should check out the pics section on my site here. I just added a new section for my pics from this trip I just took to St. Simons Island, GA. My family goes there every year, and this was the first year in a while that I've been able to actually go for the entire week. Oh man, it was NICE to have a week at the beach. Just plain awesome.
It was pretty crazy, what with the 20-something people who were all there, but everyone just had such a good time, and it was kinda cool to have the whole group together in one place again, just like the good ol' days.
Also, check out the pics section later today, as there will also be a section of pictures from the 4th of July weekend.
I'm still trying to come up with a better (more automated) way of getting my pics on the site so that it takes less time to do. Obviously, if it didn't take so much time to add pics to the site, I would add more, and there would be much more for everyone to look at. Anyone with any ideas, let me know in the commments below this post.
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