tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61355302009-12-31T10:36:29.332-06:00This Penguin's ExperiencesOpen Source, Linux, Parenting, Politics, Home Brewing, Homeschooling, Do it Yourself, Life. If it happens to me I will talk about it here.Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135530.post-62352233230788159982009-12-31T10:27:00.005-06:002009-12-31T10:36:29.342-06:00101 things in 1001 days revisited:It has been nearly two years since I have started this list. Time to catch up on what I have accomplished:Drink 2 glasses of water daily.Add one vegetarian meal to the menu each cycle (every two weeks)Take a cooking classTake a continuing education class for a new skill - completedcontribute to an open source project (either software skills or monetary) master Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135530.post-66453882085909503492009-09-27T00:51:00.002-05:002009-09-27T00:59:02.515-05:00Back to the PenguinI just started vacation from work this weekend and after a day or two to decompress, it was time to start a geek project. I took the old Dell Inspiron e1405 which was just returned from service time at Dell and was hanging around as a spare and slapped a copy of Ubuntu Linux v9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) on it, wiping out the recently rebuilt copy of windows xp mce that was on it. Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135530.post-485463115954370032009-08-03T16:16:00.002-05:002009-08-03T16:27:45.038-05:00Friend suggestions lets the cat out of the bagLast night as my wife was cruising on Facebook, a friend suggestion popped up and it was our son. We had recently had some friend's children join Facebook and this is still an iffy subject for us. At what age do you allow your children to enter the online world of MySpace and Facebook? We don't feel comfortable with it yet and had told the children Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135530.post-39732587073686573902009-07-31T15:38:00.002-05:002009-07-31T15:39:42.275-05:00Coming back to life soon!Trying to get things up and running again after moving over to myspace and facebook. Added my Twitter feed here for more daily musings until I have more to say.Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135530.post-65629327403882869732008-05-07T22:04:00.002-05:002008-05-07T22:11:14.908-05:00EdbuntuI have just started working with a variant of the recent edition of the Ubuntu Linux Desktop called Edbuntu.There are a lot of neat educational programs written that are used on this desktop. They cover topics from science to language arts, foreign language, math, computer programming and art. All of the programs are open source (meaning that the code used to create the program is Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135530.post-92025967243443193142008-01-20T23:21:00.000-06:002008-01-20T23:30:22.417-06:00101 Things in 1001 DaysJust after New Year's Day, I was told about this project, 101 things in 1001 days (http://www.triplux.com/dayzero/default.asp) where you set goals not just for the year, but for the next 2 2/3 years. It took a very long time and it was quite a challenge but I was able to come up with the list. These are not in order of importance, but as I thought of them or added them. A Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135530.post-31536799354692958522007-08-07T22:53:00.000-05:002007-08-07T22:55:38.654-05:00Barry Did itWhatever you believe about the current situation in baseball today, I witnessed the record breaking home run by Barry Bonds to become the all time home run king. Good for him. Let him enjoy it and let history sort out the crap later. It's over a done now. Congratulations.Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135530.post-63043507885574044902007-07-07T19:27:00.000-05:002007-07-07T19:35:47.794-05:00The government is giving up on Net Neutrality. The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) is abandoning its policy to protect the right of fair Internet for the people. This means that the telecomm industry will be free to charge "priority and usage fees" for website traffic that is traversing their networks. This is another block in the road for the end user. What happens when they start charging higherCoreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135530.post-17150914186570479072007-06-19T22:36:00.000-05:002007-06-19T23:04:12.812-05:00Busy week aheadYesterday was the beginning of a stretch of 13 days without a scheduled day off for work. I have change windows (night time work when we implement software changes) for Saturday and Sunday, then I have to prep for my quick trip to Tampa. I fly down early on Monday and then fly back late Wednesday night. Thank goodness for direct flights out of here.The pool situation is kinda grim Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135530.post-2860959809416153622007-06-16T23:35:00.000-05:002007-06-16T23:39:58.386-05:00Pool UpdateToday after getting back from a wonderful Panera Bread lunch and picking up our CSA share, I let all the water out of the pool. This is step one in fixing things up the right way. Now we just need to figure out how to level the spot where the pool sits to get it done right. I do not want to waste another 3750 gallons of water. The ground was so dry that it seemed to soak up 90% of the Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135530.post-17907674400964096232007-06-16T23:18:00.000-05:002007-06-16T23:33:08.769-05:00Bowling UpdateLast weekend we went bowling for a family outing last Sunday. We played three games each and Alex was having a great time. He finally has a method of throwing the ball that caused his score to go from a 2 a few weeks ago to a high score of 45. I played the first game with an 11 lb ball and did well, but heard someone mention that there were 12's there. I scored 140 with the 11, but Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135530.post-23450363187049571712007-06-14T21:22:00.000-05:002007-06-14T21:46:39.353-05:00Busy daysWe've past memorial day and it's been a busy almost summer season here at our house. Morgan had her dance recital and she did a wonderful job. The family was all there to cheer her on and then we went out to celebrate at Applebee's when we were done. I think most of the other dancers had the same idea because we packed the place when we were done.Our little garden is starting to come up Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135530.post-79915907043520951922007-05-28T14:42:00.000-05:002007-05-28T14:59:29.257-05:00Catching upWork and Life have been pretty busy the last couple of weeks. We had a great visit with my mother, step-father, step-brothers and their wives and children both at our house and over at my nephew's graduation party. We have done a lot of catching up with the family and we have eaten our way through many days. It always feels good to get together with family and have a good meal. The Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135530.post-66552125034648145462007-05-21T07:50:00.001-05:002007-05-21T07:54:00.605-05:00Fair(y) Use ExplainedAmazingly funny video that explains the copyright laws and what fair use really is.This is a video originally posted here:http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/19/fairy_use_tale_amazi.htmlCoreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135530.post-91948431244169533192007-05-10T21:44:00.000-05:002007-05-10T22:13:51.785-05:00The rush for innovation?Today I was working in my office when Morgan came in and said "I've got Chicken Pox" and showed off her spots. All of this even after the doctors and the school system forced us to deal with the Chicken Pox vaccine. What the hell is the point? The scientists claim that it is 85% effective. In the short history that I've known folks that have had the vaccine, most of them Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135530.post-17062729206710524252007-05-06T22:29:00.000-05:002007-05-06T22:49:06.206-05:00Fun being a DadToday was a good day. I was able to be the kind of dad that I know that I can be. I was the fun dad who was able to spend time with the kids and still get things done around the house. I took Morgan to practice her bowling while the lanes were having a special of 2 hours for $8.95 per player. Even when you throw in the $2.50 for shoes, it's a good deal. We ended up playing four Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135530.post-17558520520376024912007-05-05T00:56:00.000-05:002007-05-05T01:07:08.597-05:00Family Fun NightTonight after we had a quick dinner, I had a mean desire to go bowling. Since Morgan started her homeschool league and has been going once a week for games, it has given me the fever. We went down to the local lanes and it was hoppin'. A nice reminder that we live in a smaller town again, the bowling alley is packed on a Friday night. Didn't do so well with my scores tonight, I Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135530.post-20016191341523734732007-05-01T17:06:00.000-05:002007-05-01T23:32:35.141-05:00Happy Beltane!Hope everyone is having a great day. It is a day full of energy and new vibes to make things better. Bightest Blessings!Dude, your laptop is getting Feisty - Today Dell announced that they will sell a select number of models of desktop and laptop computers running Ubuntu Linux version 7.04, dubbed Fiesty Fawn. This is a huge impact deal because it is the first time a major company Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135530.post-13322301903874011512007-04-30T23:18:00.000-05:002007-04-30T23:24:42.456-05:00Last post has significance, it's key for penguins to see the pretty pictures.Slow day today, I don't think I ever woke up. Need to keep working on catching up from the beeper week.I'm thinking of making some changes to the blog here but haven't figured out quite what else I can do yet. Maybe once I have my thinking self back, I can catch the inspiration and make things happen with the words on Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135530.post-57577819988999412312007-04-30T23:13:00.001-05:002007-04-30T23:13:40.734-05:0009 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135530.post-45062004280359979632007-04-29T22:54:00.000-05:002007-04-29T23:07:53.272-05:00Family TimeThis weekend was a good one. Most of it was spent on downtime with the family. I did get a little bit of time just for me while I went and geeked out watching the NFL draft on tv. I can't explain why I like to pay so much attention to it, just something that I have done for years. I watch at least the first round highlights and try to see how things pan out. I think the fun in it for Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135530.post-8072048410912785412007-04-25T23:05:00.000-05:002007-04-25T23:16:30.542-05:00Helping to give backTonight we watched our results from voting for American Idol on tv. This week was special because they were launching the charity "Idol Gives Back" and had a very special show lined up with the stars coming out of the woodwork for it. We made a small donation, but it should go to good use. This fund drive was for children in Africa as well as fighting poverty and starvation Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135530.post-72287633766242075252007-04-15T21:36:00.000-05:002007-04-15T21:59:30.685-05:00Catching upIt's been a while since I've had a post, the words just haven't wanted to flow to the blogosphere.Work has kept me busy even though a lot of my work tasks have been given to other members of my team to help balance out the load. We had our first couple of hiccups with our fledgling service that brought about more work to fix the bugs and try to prevent them from happening. Nothing likeCoreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135530.post-3216430039573915222007-04-07T23:14:00.000-05:002007-04-08T00:03:21.252-05:00Movies and moreIt's been a busy week work wise and the weekend got off to a busy start too. Last night we watched the newest episode of Numb3rs. It was a very good one that kept you guessing. After that was done, we took in the local news and then watched the movie Volver. It was interesting and you had to pay attention because it was in Spanish with English sub-titles the whole time. It was a Coreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135530.post-21019912127423094992007-04-05T23:36:00.000-05:002007-04-05T23:53:01.046-05:00Time to get "Joost"Today I received my beta tester cap for the new broadband IPTV product called Joost. It is an interesting new delivery model for online video content. This content comes from both big name studios as well as some well known vid-casts. It is still in beta and the time I've had to check it out today does show that it is still a work in progress. I don't know if it is a limitationCoreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020511761955323042noreply@blogger.com0