Category: General

Things so normal as to not fit neatly into any other area.

Podcast = Poor Man's Audible?

Post author By mstroud
Post date November 20, 2004

Because I have nothing better to do than poke around on the web during the mornings on weekends, I found this small but growing phenomenon: podcasting. For those who are uninformed (including me, evidently) this is the ability for the common man (and some more special folks) to create their own audio broadcasts to go along with their blog.

I have to say that its still pretty early days, but it seems to me that this is the poor mans solution to Audible, with more uneven talent. There is some interesting stuff out there to listen to, but if I need bite size nuggets of technology info, I will get my tech news from someone who has been doing it a long, long time and does it for a living (he is a friend and very funny).

Discuss amongst yourselves.

General Rants

Back Home Again

Post author By mstroud
Post date October 15, 2004

After a bit of a travel streak out promoting some new products for the company, I am back in town for a few days. Looks like there is more travel on the horizon, however, thanks to a large amount of folks who just haven’t seen the technology or heard the pitch. Bummer for me.

I hope to be able to get at least a little laundry done and do those important but mundane things like pay a few irregular bills, get the car tag renewed, get smogged, buy groceries, etc. If not I think I’ll have a wave of notices stuck to my door in the coming weeks.

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Back in town for now

Post author By mstroud
Post date October 9, 2004

I just got back from Dallas after a week long press tour, random travel, and way too much time hauling PCs in and out of vehicles and boxes with people that are slightly annoying. I get to spend one whole day here at home before heading back out on the road to NYC for another round of press previews.

Here’s to hoping that things stabilize next week and I get some more sleep while on the road. I’m about to konk out just sitting here.

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Wedding Number 2

Post author By mstroud
Post date October 2, 2004

Today I head off to Sonoma for another friend’s wedding. Thankfully I will be in the same time zone and climate as I am used to. Unthankfully, I will be on an airplane and on the road again in just under 48 hours.

I imagine that this wedding will be very different from the one just attended in Dallas. For one, I’m being placed at a table deliberately with single women, all friends of the bride. It remains to be seen what I will do with this opportunity. It should be an interesting experience nonetheless.

For now I plan on sitting back and taking it all in, and I’ll try to leave the typical self-analysis to a post event think session, long after everyone is gone.

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Off to Wedding #1

Post author By mstroud
Post date September 23, 2004

I’ll be out in Dallas, Texas this weekend to visit an old friend and attend his wedding. It should be an interesting trial run for another wedding I will attend next weekend. Being the grand socialite that I am (not) it should serve as an interesting experience for all involved.

All I hope is that: a) the wedding gifts have arrived and b) there is something to drink. Without a bit of libation I am about as talkative as a shrub at social gatherings. Fun!

General Site News

Reno Air Show 2004

Post author By mstroud
Post date September 21, 2004

After some pain, I now have all the pictures posted and available from this past weekend’s 2004 Reno Air Races.

Go take a look at the fast, cool planes.

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Air Race Goodness

Post author By mstroud
Post date September 19, 2004

I spent Saturday at the Reno Air Races and it was pretty darn cool. Seeing 5 to 10 airplanes racing head to head at over 200 mph just 300 feet off the ground is pretty hard to describe. It is just flat out amazing.

Most of the pictures I took don’t convey the sense of speed nor distance between the racers, but this is one of the best of the bunch that try: biplanes racing.

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It's back!

Post author By mstroud
Post date September 16, 2004

Thanks to the quick work of one of the hosting site support guys I have most of my blog back. I’m still not sure how it got deleted, but I am going through and changing all the passwords and such now. Hopefully this will cut down on incidents in the future.

Oh, and I’m going to start doing backups now, too.

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Calling it Fixed

Post author By mstroud
Post date August 8, 2004

I’m sure this will jinx it, but I’ve driven the 4Runner enough by now to call it fixed. It’s still the slow, top heavy, cargo hauler it has always been, but at least it is running right. I am sort of baby-ing the shifts a bit right now, but it seems to be back to normal.

Good thing, too. All this home improvement is eating into the budget. Next car stop (hopefully) is the fabled sports car. Mmmm, sports car.

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See the World, Pick-up the Miles

Post author By mstroud
Post date July 13, 2004

I’m off on yet another business trip this week. This time around it’s a visit to Microsoft, then on to Canada for another LAN gaming show. With any luck I might spend a huge 10 hours in the house this week. On the other hand, I’ll have another 2000 miles on American Airlines.

I wonder what will kill me first: the job or the airport food?