Internet Radio

There seems to be a lot of good feedback around WOXY.com , so I gave it a try. Sometimes it's a little different than I would have preferred, but I enjoy it so far. I used to be a very big listener of BBC 6, also gets a big thumbs up for anyone willing to use Real Player. I have some friends who on rather silly principled arguments avoid content based on its medium. Have you ever met someone so firm in their belief of the superiority of Ogg that they refused to listen to an MP3? I understand avoiding restricted use content, but that is not the argument at all, since these friends have no qualms about the locked mp4's Apple sells on iTunes. Usually they combine this with an open standards argument... blind to the fact that locked content on an open standard is about as open as a toll road.
Well, I digress. Good news: Woxy, 6 music. Bad news: tech bigots.

Time Traveller

I went to UPS to send my paper tickets back to the company, so I could have them exchange them and next day them back to me by this weekend.
Apparently, Sheridan WY is so far away that you actually have to go back in time to get there. I had hoped to go to the 18th century, but it turns out I end up connecting in the 1980's. The flexibility that e-ticketing has provided me was taken for granted until there needed to be a change to my itinerary--flying to IA instead of back home. Now I need to have my current paper tickets exchanged for different paper tickets, since there is only one flight out of Sheridan, and you can't mix itineraries and expect your luggage to be in Des Moines.
If anyone knows how to bring big sky airlines into the electronic age, please take action immediately. I am looking forward to goats and sheep in coach. If there were only painted duchesses in first class!

Return to Tumwater

I was on my way to pick up Mark from the hotel, when I thought to call him. I guess my trip to gig harbor was cancelled today, leaving me with a free day. As I was settling down, I received a call from Tumwater. Since I had nothing better to do, I elected to meet them down there, to clear up all the issues.
While I was there, I grabbed this shot of the olympia airfield.
I also found out what a week I'm having next week! I fly monday to Sheridan, WY, and on Wednesday fly to Des Moines, drive to Iowa City, and fly back home Thursday night. Friday I go back to the airport for 6 days in Honolulu... and then home on Friday morning the 20th. Way to start the new years frequent flier program!
-Dan

Moving time

Congratulations Tawnia and Aaron for buying the big house pictured here.
Welcome Joe and Tammy on your return to Washington.
My father, Joe, is moving the hand truck into my car here.
Yesterday we went to his house to move the washer and dryer back into the house, that's why we borrowed Aaron's hand truck. We went to lunch, and Joe got a to go box. We got so carried away in moving the washer and dryer, that when we got back into my car, the to go box was still there. He had just locked his house, and decided to throw it in his truck and put it in the fridge when he got home.
After a long night at the hospital with Tammy, who I am glad to report is doing well and on her way today, he left the same arroz con pollo in his truck all night, and as of 8:30 this morning, it was still in his truck, getting mas sabroso por momento.

Photo Success

Getting the photos onto the tmobile site was simple. And I fixed the problem, long a nuisance, of her text messaging not ever working. She could receive but not send. There was a 4 missing from the end of the phone number in the phone for messaging, and it had lived on the sim, moving from phone to phone for years!
Worked in Tumwater, WA today. Off to Gig Harbor, WA tomorrow. Hoping to see my father this afternoon in Port Orchard. There's some paint job at the Crane House...

-Dan

Razr V3 and my mac

Great news! Beth got a Moto Razr v3 for christmas. They come in Pink!
Now I need to find out how to get the pictures off her phone onto the computer.
I am looking at the Tmobile pictures web site. It looks easy enough...
Or I might have to buckle down and read the instructions.
-Dan

Independence Pass

This is me on June 2nd, 2005 on the road from Aspen to Denver. That's a lot of snow.

Special thanks to Cristin for fixing my erroneous memory!