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Friday, October 31, 2003
Goodness... it is so boonie out here.... I just saw a cotton tail rabbit jumping through our equipment field behind the tech shop. wow... but anyway... Hsiu Hsiu will be here in 3 more hours!!! WOO HOO!!!!.... oh and HAPPY Halloween Everyone!!!
Oh... and my internet in Ephrata is super super fast.... so all my friends... if you want me to virtual host your site for you... sure... just drop me an email and let me know.
Man... I've been bad... I have not updated my blog is so long... I have lots of pictures... but just have not taking the time to put them online. Work is going pretty well... I really like my new job. They really have me running all over the place... keeping me busy... and I am not the cable boy any more.... Woo hoo...
Well, I am back from Portland... the trip home yesterday was awesome... the Northwest is truely a beautiful area. But of course, as soon as I get back home I am swamped with stuff to do. Meetings in the morning and in the afternoon... work work work.... Look around ... I will post the some pictures up soon.
Well... I am in Portland right now... I got here yesterday... and I worked my ass off today... yeah a entire day of data collection. I got to get a linux laptop setup so I can write some scripts to automate everything. AUTOMATION is cool. Oh and the drive from Ephrata to Portland is beautiful.... even though we got lost... but it was still very very lovely. I will try to take some pictures on the way back.
I know I have not been writting much on my blog ... but thing has been pretty busy here. Well, today I am going on my first business trip for the PUD. I am going to Oregon to a testing lab to test out some enviromental testing stuff for the fiber project. pretty cool stuff man. Anyway... it is about a 5-6 hours drive and we are heading out around 12:00. We will see how that goes.
Wanna learn about Routers and networking from famous people? well... maybe this should be the website that you should visit. Go check it out. It is pretty funny... oh and all the information as I can tell are correct.
Looky looky ... Auburn University is on the news again. I remember when Auburn use to be one of the best colleges for your money... but it seems that it is not as good of a deal today. Auburn is still a good school... and it is probably still a good deal compare to some other schools, but it is not what it was before.
Well... my local IP phone service is on its way... here is the UPS tracking number ... 1Z2678450344667266 ... I will let you guys know how well it works this weekend. Hey the cool thing about this is that, from what I understand, I can even use this service from work... just as long as I have an outside IP address... coolness.... I am truely in GEEK land.
So I signed up for an IP local telco service called Packet8 for $19.95 a month... I figure ... why not and I get a local number too. In a couple of days I will tell you how well it performs. But mean while... here is something else I found ... it is called Skype. Go check it out too... but personally ... I think that MSN messenger voice work just as well.
Well, I am finally settled in and there are lots of boxes ... boxes boxes all over the place.... The move was good yesterday... it is kind of weird to finally have a car again, but it is nice. Oh... and the IPTV is nice!!!! but I still have alot more work to do on this place to make it feel like home.
Woo Hoo... I just got my set-top box for my IPtv at home. and I signed up for 150+ channels of television. Oh yeah... but even with 150 + channels I probably still could not get JP sports to watch an Auburn game tomorrow. Anyway... the set top box is pretty cool, it doesn't even have a coax connecter, you have to use a s-video output. so I hope the quality is good. Oh as for my move is concern.. well... I am moving in tomorrow morning... the mover/driver is will be showing up around 8:00 ... we will see how that goes.
It is hard to believe... I've been in Ephrata for one week now!!! and everyday... I walk outside I say to myself.... WOW it's a beautiful day! Here is the good news... I've found a place to live in Ephrata. I will be renting a place from a co worker of mine and my stuff will be arriving on the 11th which is Saturday. Woo hoo.... I've already got my fiber stuff submitted...so I am already to go. Oh ... for those of you don't know yet...
my new address is
160 G street SE
Ephrata, WA 98832
Well, I am here now in Ephrata for 3 days now and it is wonderful. I've already got a fishing license and caught a Cutthroat Trout on Lake Lenore. Oh and I have the nicest hosts you would ever meet in a B&B. The fight from Houston was interesting, I don't think I would want to fly Frontier airlines ever again, if I can avoid it. But the most interesting part of the flight over to Central Washington is the flight on a 18 person turbo prop from Seattle to Moses Lake. It was a tiny airplane, but it was pretty smooth. On Friday, I got my full physical and got most of my documentations processed to work at the PUD. I also got my new cell phone, my new laptop, and my new Sony Clie PDA. Cool ... huh... the Sony Clie even plays MP3s .... Very cool... Friday I also started to look for a house or an apartment for rent in Ephrata, but it seems that as soon as a house comes up for rent, it is gone.
Well, my house is empty... I just come back from turning in my car to the movers... I guess I am all ready to move. Anyway, yesterday was a sad day and an exciting day. It was my last day at work in El Paso. I was really hard to say good bye to everyone and everything... but all it is a new beginning. The good new is Mintrix.net's temp website is up... Wooo hoo.... So today, I am in Houston with absolutely nothing... ok ok ... two bags of luggage... but what am I going to do?