December for some companies is rather slow, some companies are rather busy.  Most times the company I work for is about medium pace.  However yesterday I made a list of the projects that need to be completed.  Some of them sooner than later, and of course all of them will take more than 1 day to accomplish.  Let’s not also forget the daily issues that come up.  Kind of like yesterday.

I had planned to start down my project list and then it happened.  “A Problem” hehe.  I get an email from our accountant and she was having some issues with quickbooks enterprise.  So I start to check into it and soon realized I was going to have to call their support line (which is a total pain).  That call lasted about 1 hour and to make a long story short, I worked this quickbooks issue from 845am till about 2pm.  Not really what I had in mind, but it’s my job so what can I do.  So moving along, here is a list of some of the projects that I need to start working on.

• Upgrade to Diskeeper 9
• Upgrade to Quickbooks Enterprise 9
• Upgrade our in house instant messenger (OpenFire)
• Patch our Domain Controllers
• Finish packaging up Adobe 9 to be installed by Group Policy Push
• Upgrade our VMware software
• Upgrade our LeftHand Networks software
• Quarterly maintenance on our Exchange Server

So as you can see I have a lot to work on and this is about 50% of my complete list.  I cannot pay you but if you would like to help any in way, I will greatly accept it, lol.

Back in the day I used to have issues with driving and getting lost.  Especially when I first started to drive.  I think it actually helped me in the long run, not only to find my way back, but it also taught me how to read a map more efficiently.  I would say I was pretty good at it.

When we moved to Texas a few years ago.  I guess it’s been 5 1/2 years now (wow time flies) the only way I was going to learn this huge network of highways (unlike the Renton, Seattle area) was to just drive and get lost.  Of course I had a map to help me out and not to mention my wife lived in the area we moved to for two years before we got married and I moved her to Seattle, but that another story.

So I would spend my days just driving back and forth between Dallas and Fort Worth learning the area while I went on job interviews.  Now (5 and 1/2 years later) technology has improved and so have the costs.  I wish I could have bought a Garmin GPS.  That would have saved lots of time calling my wife and thumbing through the map book.  Five years ago and moving here without a job, a gps was definitely not in the budget.  However if I ever move to another location where I’m unfamiliar I will definitely grab one and put it to good use.

One of these days I will break down and buy some ipods.  I’m a gadget guy so it’s really surprising that I have not bought one yet.  Probably one of the key things, is that technology changes so fast and then new and cool features come out and you buy the ipod and then the next week the next one is better and it comes out 1 week later and you didn’t here about it.  Almost like cell phones, technology just moves really fast.

I would love to have one though for work and road trips and the ocassional trip to the gym to workout so I don’t have to listen to their music.

One day I will get one and fall victim to all of the accessories they have and will be fully engulfed in this ipod era.

I was checking out some Entrecard sites today and ran across this site which is having another contest. So I can get entered into the contest I’m going to say a few things about it here.

The blog is called “What lies within the mirror” The site has a nice layout and color scheme.

Go check it out, the winner will receive: Jabra BT125 Bluetooth Headset

I know I could use a new one.

Last week some time I was talking about home theaters and the like. But I forgot one part of the package. How is your TV installed? Some people like to have them on a stand or entertainment center but others prefer a tv wall mount. Now since I don’t have a flat panel or anything close to that so I wouldn’t know what option would be better.

Now I have envisioned mounting one above the fireplace, nice and centered on the wall. But the drawback to that is the family room furniture layout. Nothing will really work so that everyone has an awesome non neck crinkling view of the TV. But if I had that dedicated home theater room, then I would be all set with perfect viewing for all.

How do you hang?

That in IE7 (internet explorer) that my side bars to the right are not working.

Can anyone please test this for me and let me by comment. Firefox works no problem.

It could just be my laptop..

thanks

UPDATE:
I just found them, it’s a layout issue.  Guess I get to work on something else today..

In the last 5-8 minutes, I apologize.  I was doing some updates on the blog and it might have been down or unavailable..

For a long time now, probably years, I have always wanted my very own home theater. So when it became something to have in the home, I started out with some basics, a decent surround sound system, and a 32 inch tv. It was just me so why not, lol. (Like I said years ago)

Anyways I never had a dedicated room just for this purpose. I have always wanted, and I still have plans or maybe I should say a dreams that one day I will have a dedicated room set up for “Movie Time.” You know with some awesome recliner movie seats, a nice and huge hdtv flat screen or plasma tv, and killer surround sound system that will blow your socks off and to top it off, some elegant home theater lighting to make it look authentic.

One day that is my dream, and some day I hope it comes true.