the stinkin' blog

• Upgrade complete, firewall updated and fixed, SIP working, now getting rid of a phone line #
• RT @laughingsquid: today’s celebrity death: relentless product pitchman Billy Mays http://bit.ly/5PnI8 wow #

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• Is Ubuntu Linux Ready for the Enterprise? http://bit.ly/TkDl6 #
• @twid did I read correctly that you overlaid something over your glossy screen to make it “matte”? in reply to twid #
• Another beautiful sunrise and the rain last night cooled things off enough to read the news outside this morning – NICE. #
• My video card blew up (yea..literally) and the new one is locking up the server…who needs video on a server anyway? #
• @garystiehr Awesome. Glad to hear it’s working well! #Ubuntu #TheGenomeCenter #Linux in reply to garystiehr #
• Damn. Missed the GOES-O launch…too many clouds in the center of the state again. #

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• RT @Route_B: Another (soon to be X-hardware) hardware guy tries to pour cold water on cloud computing… http://tinyurl.com/lnlzvk #
• Some really wild thunderstorms happening now…another one on it’s way. Love it. Need the rain #

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• RT @simon: In 1995 illegal drugs were a 400 B dollar business, 8% of world trade, roughly the same as gas and oil. http://ff.im/4qdDN wow #
• @jorge what did you get? G1? #
• Great Tech Social tonight at the Blue Martini…met some interesting folks..namely @DwightKoop and friends! #
• Now finalizing 2 deals with a plethora of others in the final stages…wow. Times are good for me. #

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• @jorge that is cool…you know I used to be a zookeeper in my pre-compute career (1983-1993) #
• @jorge yea…4 years at “The Zoo of NW Florida” and 6 at the Denver Zoo…nice pics! #
• @b1ackcr0w need email addr to get you an invite #
• @damienhull heh…no. You must use the bb tools #
• @damienhull you guessed it…you could try a vm, but I have not had much luck there…I used my wife’s work computer to upgrade to 4.5 #
• @jorge you want this then http://bit.ly/3ZJ2Li – Taskpaper.vim #
• ok…kids to bed, immediate work tasks complete, now beer-thirty and I need to play a game or something… #
• Power company monopolies suck. Tampa Electric has no clue what a “smart meter” is…yet podunk Jacksonville has ‘em. Argh. #
• I sure wish I could run my own meter or just get off the grid. PITA. #

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• @atmasphere I like one feature of Tripit…the mail itin to create info feature…need that on Dopplr and Dopplr would rock. in reply to atmasphere #
• @atmasphere heh…agreed on all counts. Tripit wins for now in reply to atmasphere #
• Wow…the heat is on outside as well as in the office, but in the office the heat is generated by how much work I am doing…yeeeooowwww. #
• Nice…my iPod Touch is on it’s way thanks to united miles…and the new Android based MyTouch hit’s the stores in Aug…bye bye ATT. #

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• I just attempted to assassinate @Hedar, but failed. #spymaster http://bit.ly/playspy #
• @garystiehr clouds prevented my view, but it was successfull. Now they will “bomb” the moon with it. in reply to garystiehr #

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• LRO launch possibilities at 1712, 1722, 1732 ET today…hope the tstorms don’t pop up like they did yesterday!! #
• ah damn…just figured out my stupidity…cannot keep up with all of my stupid actions #
• @manish that’s client side…you can disable them easily…not sure there is a channel specific suppression mode #
• @manish /SET irc_conf_mode 1 #
• @manish part then rejoin and it will take effect, I think. #
• @derrekcooper all you need is someone who has an account to share a file with you…happy to do that. #
• Well…at least the LRO lifted off…way too much cloud build up to see anything from this side of the state, but no rain. #

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• Too bad the Shuttle launch was scrubbed…looks like 11 July at the earliest now. #
• RT @Route_B: As if cloud computing was not confusing enough, IBM uses “CloudBurst” for their private clouds http://tinyurl.com/l4n7de #
• @Route_B Amen, brother….and it’s just expensive virtualization at that. in reply to Route_B #
• Very cool…HP’s Proliant G6 line certified with #Ubuntu! – http://bit.ly/GyXQI #
• @humancell Yea, I know…well at least the LRO will go up, but I’ll miss that launch in reply to humancell #
• It is interesting how Twitter allows me to use my natural tendency to under-communicate…it proliferates my comm problems!!! #
• Also interesting how I put a “disappointed” emotion on @@Astro_127 #
• Interesting how I put the “disappointment” emotion on @Astro_127 responses…I cannot imagine the frustration…build up, let down 2x! #
• @sarahintampa HEH…I’d PAY top $$ for that!!! in reply to sarahintampa #
• @botchagalupe NO…the next HTC android phone…that’s what I am patiently waiting for… in reply to botchagalupe #
• @damienhull what gives? what fails with ejabberd? It’s fixable, no? #
• Finally getting a much needed soaking #
• I just attempted to assassinate @Legas, but failed. #spymaster http://bit.ly/playspy #
• @botchagalupe heh…me too…but ATT service for me really stinks so I’ll hold out just a bit longer…if my phone can hold out. in reply to botchagalupe #
• Wow…wonderful thunderstorms…still lighting up the sky…hail earlier…had a pic, but #twitpic fail….guess I’ll have to blog it. #
• Twitter Updates for 2009-06-17 http://ow.ly/eGVt #

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Wednesdays at the Pugh house are boys night. Liz is training for triathlon’s and goes off to St. Pete Beach for a swim and run on Weds nights so I get to spoil the twins. It’s always a riot. Tonight was no different.

As I was headed to pick them up from daycare I saw a lot of build up around the area. We have had temps in the mid 90’s (record breaker today at 96F) and dewpoints in the UPPER 70’s (equates to 95%+) humidity. Needless to say the air was ripe for some thunderboomers if the air could muster some lift. We have been stuck with a ridge of high pressure to our west that has been acting like a lid…nothing has been able to form since there is no lift! The high finally started easing further west which allowed the sea breeze collision to create some wicked storms.

I took this picture when I started hearing some pinging on the roof and looked out to see hail! Hail in central FL with 90+F temps is unheard of, but obviously this was a wicked thunderstorm. No damage, but it sure was cool.

Even better is we picked up at least 3″ of rain. My pool is almost overflowing and it had been down more than 6″. I was about to have to add some water to it – unheard of in mid-June.

Hopefully this pattern will continue. We need the rain badly and those pesky high pressure ridges have no where to go so they sit where they need’nt sit. I love thunderstorms.

Needless to say, the boys night was a night inside. A fun night nonetheless. We have so much fun. Even now as I write this I continue to see flashes of lightning in the distance while the boys sleep quietly in their beds. Summertime. Love it.