http://www.damnitdan.com What you problably don't care about... Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:21:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is the first time I have seen the ACU actually work... impressive! http://www.damnitdan.com/2008/08/11/it-works/ I just finished watching a video the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America published to promote its 100th Anniversary.  I'm hoping its geared toward business people because it was pretty boring, but I did have to chuckle at one point.  There is an appearance by Rex Tillerson, who ... http://www.damnitdan.com/2008/08/10/100th-anniversary-of-bsa-video/ Randy Pausch, a Professor who was made famous after giving his "last lecture" celebrating his life and lessons learned, has passed away at age 47. Professor Pausch, taught computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in September of 2006. Approximately a year later he gave a ... http://www.damnitdan.com/2008/07/26/last-lecturer-has-passed-on/ [caption id="attachment_177" align="aligncenter" width="278" caption="Brett Favre wants to play!"][/caption] I've never been a huge fan of Brett Favre, I always thought he was unreliable and always got the credit when his receivers were doing the work.   I was happy when he retired, then annoyed when Wisconites went crazy crying and whining.  ... http://www.damnitdan.com/2008/07/23/brett-favre-saga/ I'm usually not one to complain about high gas prices, to be honest I think a continuous high gas price would cut down on the number of idiots on the road. With that being said, my commute to work and back is ~60 miles both ways, and I often ... http://www.damnitdan.com/2008/07/05/175/ Annoyed. That described me after what should have been a nice conversation with an elderly neighbor. We were talking about the beautiful weather, the holiday weekend, and just how nice it was to have both at the same time. She asked me where I was going to ... http://www.damnitdan.com/2008/07/04/happy-fourth-of-july-from-an-unpatriotic-person/ I just got around to watching the latest episode of Hell’s Kitchen.  I really enjoy the show when they get rid of all of the morons and get down to the real chefs. However from watching the earlier episodes I never figured it would come down to the contestant that ... http://www.damnitdan.com/2008/06/25/hells-kitchen-season-three3-episode-thirteen-13/ Recently The Planet, a large web hosting company that has numerous data centers, experienced an explosion in their H1 DC.   At one point over 9,000 servers were offline.  It's been fun to watch the commotion.  I am very happy that I am no longer in the hosting business (with ... http://www.damnitdan.com/2008/06/05/keeping-customers-after-a-disaster/ I've been checking out the County websites looking for various Social Worker / Juvenile Justice jobs planning for my future. When I checked out Waukesha County I ran across this job posting: I think I could handle this one! Only have to be semi-skilled... http://www.damnitdan.com/2008/06/03/171/ For those that fly regularly or pay attention to the news, you may remember that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been modifying security checkpoints to accommodate three separate categories of travelers. From the TSA website: "The self-select pilots are comprised of a series of lanes designated by signage that ... http://www.damnitdan.com/2008/05/30/expert-traveler-yes-i-am/