June 2006 - Posts

When geeks go bad
30 June 06 11:27 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Gnomedex 6.0 — who’s going?  I’m not.  I’ve never been.  For those that have been, is it worth the time?

I’d be interested in simply hearing Senator John Edwards try to talk his way around technology, without his entire staff doing the research and writing his speech and talking points (all while the tax payers pay for it).

http://www.gnomedex.com/speakers.phtml

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Information on a publicly disclosed Windows vulnerability
30 June 06 11:22 PM | rodtrent | with no comments
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/06/28/439272.aspx
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Operations Manager 2007 Webcasts
30 June 06 11:18 PM | rodtrent | with no comments
http://blogs.technet.com/alipka/archive/2006/06/30/439632.aspx
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SharePoint Community Kit
30 June 06 11:14 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

The SharePoint Community Kit is a site template that enables practically anyone to create very quickly a functional community website on Windows SharePoint Services V3 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

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Is that other driver on the phone, or merely drunk?
30 June 06 11:08 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Great article on a pet-peeve of mine:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060630-7176.html

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Back to Kentucky tomorrow
30 June 06 09:39 PM | rodtrent | 4 comment(s)

Visiting Kentucky twice in two days has to be a record for anyone.  I think the only time anyone does that is when crossing the state line between Ohio and Kentucky to either purchase more fireworks (firework sales are illegal in Ohio but not in Kentucky), or escaped convicts trying to evade the law.  After all, marrying 1st cousins is illegal in Ohio — just kidding.

Anyway, Meg and I are driving to Louisville, Kentucky tomorrow on business.  We’re meeting up with Ron Crumbaker for a lunch meeting about myITforum.com.  We’re meeting at the Red Star Tavern, so you if you happen to be in the area around, say, 1:30 PM, drop by to say, “Hi”.

Tomorrow, Ron will officially become the CTO for myITforum.com.  Congrats, Ron!

Altiris down after JPMorgan downgrade
30 June 06 09:00 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Altiris Inc. stock fell Tuesday after JPMorgan downgraded the software company's stock to "underweight" from "neutral" due to lower-than-expected license sales.

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A fun filled day for all
30 June 06 08:59 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Well, our trip to Kentucky was a success.  We even stopped in Winchester to grab a Ale81.  If you have no clue what this is, stop by this web site:

http://ale-8-one.com/index.html

You simply can’t travel through Winchester without picking one of these up.  Best drink around.

And, of course, you can’t travel through that part of Kentucky without also grabbing a fried bologna sandwich.  And, the bologna has to be thick-sliced — not that thin-sliced crap that Oscar Meyer distributes.

OK — so enough about eating.  The road to our property in Kentucky is over-grown a bit, and there’s really no way of accessing it right now in a vehicle.  So, we parked outside of the woods, walked down the old road, watching for briers and immediately hit blackrock creek.  Blackrock creek is a cool place to walk down.  The creek bed is made completely of shale.  Once we made it about half a mile up the creek, we turned onto to the old county road.  The old county road hasn’t been kept up, but still provides direct, walking access through our land.  It’s a one lane road, and you could probably navigate it in a four-wheel drive vehicle.  But, right now, the only way to get to the road is through the creek.  We’ll have to resolve that issue soon.

There are no houses, no buildings, nothing — it’s a pretty thick forest on either side of the old road, so it’s great for the kids to explore.  We trampled through the place for a good hour and a half, but had to leave because I had a coach’s meeting tonight.  I’m coaching my youngest’s soccer team this summer.

He had a great time today, though, and wants to go back soon.  Me too.

Here's where we traveled to today
30 June 06 08:18 PM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)

1695 Black Creek Rd, Clay City, KY 40312, United States.

We own roughly 100 acres of land, mountain, and creek in Kentucky.  After looking around for a bit, we’ve decided to go back next weekend and start clearing the land.  We’re going to build there.

Here’s how to get there (from Windows Live Local):

Depart on SR-122 [Middletown Eaton Rd] (East) (2.2 mi)
Turn RIGHT (South) onto SR-122 [Carmody Blvd] (0.3 mi)
Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-122 [2nd Ave] (0.4 mi)
Turn LEFT (North) onto SR-122 [SR-4] (0.1 mi)
Turn RIGHT (East) onto SR-122 [1st Ave] (0.5 mi)
Take Local road(s) (RIGHT) onto SR-122 [S University Blvd] (0.7 mi)
Bear LEFT (South-East) onto SR-122 [Roosevelt Blvd] (0.1 mi)
Merge onto SR-122 [Martin Luther King Way] (3.1 mi)
Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-122 (0.6 mi)
Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto I-75 towards I-75 / Cincinnati (32.4 mi)
Merge onto I-71 [I-75] (19.2 mi)
Entering Kentucky
At exit 173, road name changes to I-75 (54.7 mi)
At exit 118, take Ramp (LEFT) onto I-64 [I-75] towards I-64 / I-75 / Lexington / Ashland (23.7 mi)
At exit 98, turn RIGHT onto Ramp towards Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway / Campton / Prestonsburg (0.4 mi)
Road name changes to Bert T Combs Mountain Pkwy (15.7 mi)
At exit 16, keep RIGHT onto Ramp towards KY-15 / KY-82 / Clay City / Irvine (0.2 mi)
Turn LEFT (South) onto SR-15 [Winchester Rd] (0.1 mi)
Turn LEFT (North-East) onto SR-15 [SR-82] (0.7 mi)
Turn LEFT (North) onto SR-11 [Black Creek Rd] (1.7 mi)
Arrive at 1695 Black Creek Rd, Clay City, KY 40312, United States

Estimated time:  2 hours, 38 minutes.

Total Distance: 156.7 mi

Here’s the location in Google Earth (btw: you’ll need Google Earth installed to view this):

Open this Placemark

Well, Verizon did the job
30 June 06 07:56 PM | rodtrent | with no comments
My Verizon, Windows Mobile phone did the job winding through the back roads of Kentucky.  I see now that Verizon will work well there, giving me access to email (which is critical).
Dad is the Highway Nazi
30 June 06 07:54 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

No Interstate For You!

Dad likes taking the "backroads" through Kentucky, which means you have to follow farm tractors putting down the road at about 20 miles per hour periodically.

Second stop - food.
30 June 06 10:50 AM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)
Trying to get into the down-home country mood we stopped at Bob Evans for breakfast. Mmm-mmm. Greasy breakfast sits heavy on the stomach. I guess my first nap is in order.
First stop - gas.
30 June 06 09:58 AM | rodtrent | with no comments
This should be interesting. I wonder how many folks won't be traveling for July 4th this year because of gas prices.
Snakes, and bears, and cougars - Oh My!
30 June 06 09:55 AM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)
My Dad, my youngest son Eric, and I are traveling to our land in Kentucky today. It's about 3 hours away. I get to see if my Verizon phone works in the middle of nowhere.
Norelco provides a Friday funny
30 June 06 08:33 AM | rodtrent | with no comments
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