Craig Zeigler

I just finished reading the latest chapter in the Microsoft/Yahoo! takeover, and can't help but chuckle a bit. This is an ongoing battle I've been following for some unknown reason, but it remains to capture my interest. There is something about someone saying no to Microsoft that makes me smile.

I have noticed lately that when I go to Google News that any pictures of President Bush are of him with his head tilted, and looking like some kind of retarded dog. Many people these days will make some comment about how he looks retarded because he is. That isn't something I'm willing to accept, but who can really blame them after what the American media has done in the lead up to the next election. Not to mention the fact that after seven years of Bush, there are few people who still support him.

Yes, this seems like an odd topic for a post, but whatever. I noticed the other day that my desktop was getting more and more sluggish. Also, my new game addiction is somewhat beyond that this box of nearly 2 years will handle well, so its time to consider upgrading. Keeping in mind that I'm lucky to get 2 years out of a desktop, this one has served me quite well, and I shall have a use for it once it has been replaced. What that is, I'm not really sure, but its plenty fast enough with enough ram/disk space to do anything I really need a server to do.

There is a good chance I'll get some flack from this but I really don't care. As I write this, I'm sitting here watching the Formula 1 race from Spa, and have noticed over the past couple of races that I'm less excited about it. There have been several god passes, but I tend to dwell a bit on the cars and the technology.

Last night I went to Take Aim in Sarasota to take part in a shooting competition. I've not done this type of thing before, and thankfully it was mainly for fun. They set up a course at the range with the object being to shoot the targets without hitting the hostages, and move as quickly as possible. To do the course, you needed 3 magazines, a holder, and a holster for your weapon.

After speaking with a friend, I actually logged into my MySpace account, and looked through the messages. Of course most of them were porn, and the other sorts of crap you'd expect to find on MySpace, but I was actually looking for a reply to a story I wrote a while back. Just for fun, I'm going to post the origional message, and the reply I sent just to see what happens.

Shortly after I started a new job, I decided it would be a good idea to get a vehicle that got better than 12 mpg, and I ended up with a 2007 Toyota Corolla LE from Cramer Toyota in Venice, FL. The car is fairly nice for an econo box, and it had everything I really needed. What I didn't count on was the check engine light that came on at about 70 miles. As soon as I got the light, I plugged my friend's Auto Tap diagnostic tool into the car and recovered the diagnostic code. With that information, I went back to the dealer, handed them the code, and asked them to take care of it. They informed me that it wasn't anything serious and that the car was safe to drive until they got the parts they needed.

I know it has again been too long since I've written anything, but I've finally gotten some time to do this. Anyway, back to the topic. A friend of mine is going through some personal issues right now, and the drama that recently unfolded has struck me as disturbing. She actually hit him with her car, did some other horrible and illegal things. It wasn't the fact that she did all of this, but the face that she is still free.

I have been absolutely swamped since I started working with Discount Telecom and it has been great. Things have started out with the normal piddly stuff, but that is to be expected since they don't know what I am good at yet. That is seeming to pass fairly quickly since last night I spend several hours with one of my colleagues repairing a RAID array on a Dell server. There will be more on that later since I snapped a few fun pictures with my phone.

Austin and I came to Sebring this weekend to install some networking stuff here at the track. We started around noon, and finished about 7pm. During that time, we did three physical drops, mounted a omni-directional antenna outside, and installed the wireless access point I configured the last time I was here.