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March 12, 2010

• JMullan Cough Medicine
  

  Awake, befogged, I blinked and struggled into dim reality. Sarah hadn’t turned any lights on and the sky was darkly overcast.

  “Oh, wow, what time is it?” I asked no one in particular.

  “It’s like ten fifteen,” answered Delsym, the cough medicine I had taken the night before*.

  “What?” I hollered, sitting bolt upright.

  “You looked so cute sleeping there, I figured that you could use an extra couple of hours of sleep.”

  “I? What?”

  “…and some crazy dreams. You liked running in them, right?”

  “I will be so glad when I’m feeling better.”

  *Note: this is an intentionally imagined conversation, although it is possible that the cold medicine left me weirder than usual.

  

March 11, 2010

• Tim Ottinger Operating Systems
  Simply put: Linux is an eager puppy who wants you to throw the ball again. Windows is a cat.

March 09, 2010

• H0bbel HP Proliant ML 115 G5, Windows Server 2008 and nvstor.sys

  I initially bought a HP Proliant ML 115 server as a cheap test/lab server for VMware vSphere and miscellaneous rollout projects at work, but all of a sudden I needed it for some other project that required that I install Windows Server 2008 directly on the hardware itself.

  As is the story with most HP Proliant servers, you should install it with the tools that HP provides. In the case of the ML 115, you can't use the normal SmartStart setup, but it's little cousin Easy Set-up CD.

  The installation started fine, after running through the initial HP wizard, but when the time came to actually get the installation started it went all blue screened on me, complaining about nvstor.sys.
  I knew that the Windows 2008 installation medium doesn't include support for the built-in nVidia NFP3400 SATA storage controller in RAID mode, but I wasn't running a RAID based setup on it anyway so that shouldn't cause the problem.

  Next I tried installing Windows Server 2008 without using the Easy Set-up CD, in other words just plain old booting of the Windows Server 2008 installation CD and initially it seemed like it was running ok. Thats until it just stopped at 0% progress at the "Expanding files" section of the installation.

  So, there I was. Using the HP tools, the installation ends in a big old BSOD, using "native" Windows Server 2008 installation it just stops without any indication on what might be wrong.

  As it turns out, the solution was pretty weird. The HDD shipped with the server causes the problem (160GB NHP SATA). I have no idea how, but replacing it with another SATA drive and starting the installation again, with the Easy Set-up CD, fixed it.

  The HDD shipped with the server makes the installation of Windows Server 2008 crash, replacing it with a "generic" Western Digital AV-GP 1.5TB SATA drive lets me install without problems.

  Obviously the nvstor.sys driver shipped with Windows Server 2008 has problems with some drives, but not all. Imagine that a cheap server, that can run VMware ESX/ESXi right out of the box, can't run Windows Server 2008 with the HDD it came shipped with.

  Now, how weird is that? Note that that wasn't tested with Windows Server 2008 R2, so the nvstor.sys file shipped with that version might not have the same problem. Also, I did not try loading newer nVidia drivers during the Windows installation procedure, because a) when using the Easy Setup CD you don't get the option to load third party drivers, and b) because after I figured out that changing the HDD helped I didn't want to try another manual installation.

  Remind me again, why don't we just virtualize everything? In this instance, it would actually be easier (and quicker!) to install ESXi on the bare metal hardware, create a VM and install Windows Server 2008 in that instead of installing Windows Server 2008 on the hardware directly. How the world has indeed changed.

  Update 10. March 2010:

  After finishing the installation, I did run into another problem that quite possibly is also related to the nvstor.sys driver. Windows would fail in creating partitions, of the amount of space used by the partitions exceeded approximately 1TB in total.

  Upgrading the server to Windows Server 2008 R2 fixed this issue, and I was able to utilize the full disk. This leads me to think that had I installed Server 2008 R2 from the get-go I would not have seen the installation issues with the original drive at all.

  

  

February 24, 2010

• Tim Ottinger Why Is Our Site Not Famous?
  I guess it’s time to dig into search engine optimization and guerilla marketing. For some reason, the book project isn’t famous yet. It’s not so much that I want everyone to think we’re a couple of really hoopy froods, but more that I really want this content to get out into the world, draw [...]

February 17, 2010

• CINLUG March 3, 2010 - General Meeting
  Start: 2010-03-03

  Start: 2010-03-03

   

  Topic: Drupal
  

  Presenter: Doug Vann

  Doug Vann will be giving a presentation on the Drupal Content Management System. Drupal is used by thousands of sites world-wide, including CINLUG.org, GRAMMY.com,and whitehouse.gov. More information on Drupal is available at http://drupal.org

  Doug Vann is a Drupal Developer & Trainer for Chicago-based Duo Consulting

  Doug entered Geekdom as a fifth grader in 1983 with a Commodore 64 and a 300 baud connection to Compuserve. Twenty-seven years later, he leads the Indiana Drupal Users Group and develops in Drupal full time.

  Catch Doug's blog at www.DougVann.com. Google "Drupal Song," and you're likely to find a few videos of Doug jamming on the guitar, unabashedly proclaiming his passion for Drupal!

  His love for learning and experimenting in Drupal is overshadowed only by his love to teach and evangelize it. He has presented in Minneapolis, Toronto, Indianapolis, Ohio LinuxFest, DoItWithDrupal, and DrupalCamps in Madison, Atlanta, Chicago, Orlando, Nashville, and L.A.

  You can often find Doug on the FreeNode IRC network in #drupal-support helping people get through the steep learning curve of Drupal. Doug, his wife of 14 years, and their 4 children reside in Indianapolis.

  Location: Glendale Branch, IMCPL

  Date: Wednesday, March 3 2010

  Time: 6:30 - 8:30 PM

  Directions to the Glendale IMCPL Branch

  CINLUG meetings are typically held on the first Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm. They are FREE and OPEN to the public. Annual membership dues are $30 and payment of dues is encouraged to help with funding events and expenses. Just show up and find out more to see if you want to become a member.

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February 13, 2010

• Helen Abroad YES. Precisely.
  
  
  

  YES. Precisely.

February 08, 2010

• Helen Abroad "I don’t own a poncho. If someone asks me, ‘Do you own a poncho?’ I don’t say no. I say ‘Not right..."
  “I don’t own a poncho. If someone asks me, ‘Do you own a poncho?’ I don’t say no. I say ‘Not...

January 29, 2010

• Tim Ottinger January so far
  Dear friends: We’ve moved, so you’ll have to write for phone numbers & address. The other house was a rental, this one is ours. We plan to stay here a good long time, and have begun reworking it. We have painted or partly painted most of the ground level, have moved bedrooms into the upper [...]

January 27, 2010

• CINLUG February 3, 2010 - Annual Meeting
  Start: 2010-02-03 11:30 pm

  End: 2010-02-04 1:30 am

  Start: 2010-02-03 11:30 pm

  End: 2010-02-04 1:30 am

  Topic: Board Election, Grand Prize Drawing, Planning, and free software discussions
  

  Presenter: CINLUG

  We will be electing the next CINLUG board of directors, holding our grand prize drawing, planning future CINLUG presentations, and discussion free software.

  Location: Glendale Branch, IMCPL

  Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2010

  Time: 6:30 - 8:30 PM

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January 26, 2010

• Tim Ottinger Some Guitar Joy for Monday

January 22, 2010

• Tim Ottinger Things I’m Loving In The New Year
  This is twenty-ten and I’m nearly able to get back to my normal web presence. There is so much going on and tech has improved my enjoyment of life yet again. Here are some things I’m loving in the new year: My new office in my new house is great. I have my [...]

January 01, 2010

• CINLUG January 6, 2010 - General Meeting
  Start: 2010-01-06 11:30 pm

  End: 2010-01-07 1:30 am

  Start: 2010-01-06 11:30 pm

  End: 2010-01-07 1:30 am

  Topic: GNU/Linux web/netbooks
  

  Presenter: Pat Milligan

  Pat will be giving a presentation on GNU/Linux web/netbooks. Possible demonstrations include the OLPC XO-1, Asus Eee PC, and litl.

  Location: Glendale Branch, IMCPL

  Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010

  Time: 6:30 - 8:30 PM

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December 10, 2009

• Tim Ottinger Android Apps
  I only have a G1, not the cool new Droids, but I have become far too comfortable with it. It really is an amazing bit of technology with some useful bits of programming. My favorite apps right now? Weatherbug gives me constant awareness of the weather. Nice stuff, multi-location, too. Twidroid is always running. [...]
• H0bbel Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool Re-Released

  Microsoft has re-released the previously revoked Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool. This time around, it's GPL licensed with source-code.

  The tool has previously been released and subsequently revoked again after Microsoft was made aware that the tool, developed by a third party, included GPL licensed code in the compiled binary.

  Personally I'm happy that the tool is available again, and that Microsoft "did the right thing ®" and released it with the proper license.

  

  

December 08, 2009

• Tim Ottinger Amazing Electro-Harmonics Effect Chains

December 07, 2009

• JMullan Wishlists Updated
  Sarah asked for my wishlist. This is up to date!
  

  A shirt:
  Team Zissou

  Wishlists:
  Oh my god, Zappos: shoe wishlist
  Amazon: Shop internetally, buy locally
  Geek: Thinkgeek.com (goofy t-shirts that I would be glad to explain)
  bhphoto: lenses

  Kegerator kit (beer is good for you, gin is not)
  A Wacom tablet
  Any Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense comic or trade paperback after the first one
  Preacher trade paperback #5
  Doctor Who DVD box sets
  Drawing pencils
  Dixon Ticonderoga pencils
  Deep Fryer (with cool touch outside)

  

December 06, 2009

• Tim Ottinger Nursing Homes n SW Indianapolis
  If you can, please drop a line to me as tottinge at gmail com to recommend or disrecommend nursing homes in the Indianapolis/Greenwood area. We have some decisions to make and hearing pro/con a few of them might be useful. If you have definite opinions or good experiences please either email or comment below. Thank [...]

November 27, 2009

• CINLUG December 2, 2009 - General Meeting
  Start: 2009-12-02 11:30 pm

  End: 2009-12-03 1:30 am

  Start: 2009-12-02 11:30 pm

  End: 2009-12-03 1:30 am

  Topic: Unix/Linux Systems Administration
  

  Presenter: Fred Kukral

  Fred will be giving a presentation on Unix/Linux System Administration. A comparison between Fedora and other distributions will show different methods for completing sysadmin tasks.

  Location: Glendale Branch, IMCPL

  Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009

  Time: 6:30 - 8:30 PM

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November 25, 2009

• H0bbel ESXi No More Must Have Have!

  Maish Saidel-Keesing has revisited his previous post "Hot Add and "Need have have"" where he (like I did) pokes some fun at a rather strange error message in ESXi 4.0. Now that Update 1 is out, Maish tries again, this time with better results.

  Read the whole post: "Need have have" - revisited.

  I'm glad to say we don't need have have any more!

  

  

November 20, 2009

• JMullan Start Wearing Purple
  I'm pleased to mention that I just mailed paperwork over to Yahoo! Inc. headquarters in Sunnyvale, California accepting their offer and signing away the rights to any inventions I might make while toiling in their internet forges. Clang! will sound my internet hammer, and pixelated sparks will flicker in the air over my head. The Thanksgiving holiday has extended my two weeks at SugarCRM, but I have a vested interest in making the transition smooth: some of my options have vested! Plus, I've made some good friends at Sugar, and I'd hate to leave a tangle of a half-finished project. I start at Yahoo! on December seventh, and I will be working in the Systems Engineering and Development group as a Software Development Engineer. Basically, I'll be jumping feet first into a team of full-stack web developers and systems admins, who build and maintain web applications from the system calls to the css positioning -- at least if you use the intense interviews as a reference.
  

  So, there you have it, an opaque job description and my start date, which are the two things that people seem to want. Well, maybe not an opaque description, but that’s what I have for you.

  Oh, maybe you don’t know what Yahoo does. Maybe this video will help:
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  If you like that song (which I do), you might enjoy the full version. Warning: the video is crazy. Crazy awesome. Like a fox.
  <object height="344" width="425">
  <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SkkIwO_X4i4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"/> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"/><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SkkIwO_X4i4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425"></embed></object>

  

November 17, 2009

• Tim Ottinger Wilson Effects Black-n-Red Overdrive Pedal
  Ultimate Overdrive Pedal? You decide!

November 10, 2009

• H0bbel Microsoft's Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool Revoked?

  Yesteday I had to reinstall my home computer due to a botched BIOS flash (don't ask, long story...), and decided that it was time I installed Windows 7 on that computer as well.

  Remembering the Microsoft's Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool, I went looking for the download only to be met by a 404 (page not found) error when I tried to download it. The whole information/documentation section was still available on the Microsoft Store site, but the downloadable file was missing. No information was given, so I assumed it was a glitch on Microsofts behalf and located an alternative download site (CNet) that still had it available.

  The tool did it's job, and I got Windows 7 Enterprise installed from a USB pendrive without any problems at all, just as expected.

  Today, however, all information regarding the tool has been removed. All you get now is a "Sorry, the page you are looking for cannot be found." 404 error when you try to access it's previous location and no explanation is given.

  Turns out, Microsoft has indeed pulled the tool from the site. According to Rafael Rivera Jr. this is because he discovered that the Microsoft tool was using code from "CodePlex-hosted (yikes) GPLv2-licensed ImageMaster"

  Clearly a breach of the GPL as the Microsoft tool wasn't GPL'ed itself.

  Read all the details in Rafael's post "Microsoft lifts GPL code, uses in Microsoft Store tool". I guess that means we are back to using Novicorp WinToFlash again. For more details on WinToFlash, check out my post called "Installing Windows from a USB Stick".

  How did this ever slip through Microsofts QA?

  Update:

  On November 13th Microsoft confirmed that their own internal code review of the tool had uncovered that Rafael Riviera Jr. was indeed right. The tool does contain GPL code. The tool was develped for Microsoft by a third party, but still, this could, and should, have been avoided if Microsoft had conducted a proper code review before releasing the tool into the wild.

  So, Microsoft now what? Well, it seems like they indend to do the only thing they can do, release the whole tool as GPL licensed:

  <blockqoute cite="http://port25.technet.com/archive/2009/11/13/update-on-the-windows-7-download-tool-or-microsoft-to-open-source-the-windows-7-download-tool.aspx">As a result, we will be making the source code as well as binaries for this tool available next week under the terms of the General Public License v2 as described here, and are also taking measures to apply what we have learned from this experience for future code reviews we perform.

  Read the whole statement from Microsoft: Update on the Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool

  I must say that even if this shouldn't have happened, Microsoft did the right thing here. Admitting what happened and took the natural consequences. Well played.

  

  

November 09, 2009

• Tim Ottinger There is a 5 Watt Marshall now!

November 05, 2009

• CINLUG Karmic Release Party
  Start: 2009-11-07 10:00 pm

  Start: 2009-11-07 10:00 pm

  In celebration of the release of Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), the Indiana Ubuntu LoCo team is holding a Karmic Release Party (dinner) on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at Dave & Busters (8350 Castleton Corner Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46250) on the northeast side of Indianapolis (west of Castleton Square Mall in the former CompUSA building). The party is scheduled to start at 6:00 PM. Anyone is welcome to attend but please RSVP in the Attendee table on the wiki so we can let the restaurant know how many people are coming.

October 30, 2009

• Helen Abroad Makes you think….
  
  
  

  Makes you think….

October 28, 2009

• Tim Ottinger First Blended Chili Cocoa
  I mixed equal-ish parts Tien Tsin peppers and Ancho peppers, and have been adding it into my hot cocoa. The cocoa mix is Libby’s riff on Alton Browns recipe from Food Network. I use a coffee stirrer, the ones that are like two skinny straws, and scoop the pepper blend out of a [...]
• H0bbel Howto: Using ExtPart to Expand Windows Server 2003 VM Boot Volume

  Over time the boot partition on a Windows Server 2003 installation might just turn out to be too small. There can be various reasons for this, but the fact remains that over time you will accumulate data on the boot drive that you didn't take account for when you set it up initially.

  Luckily I run almost all of my servers in a VMware based virtualized environment, where it's easy to expand the the virtual disks. The problem is that Windows Server 2003 doesn't let you easily expand the boot volume, at least not without downtime. I've previously talked about using tools like GParted to expand the boot volume but there are easier ways to do it and prevent downtime at the same time!

  All you need is love. No,wait, that's something else entirely! All you need is ExtPart. ExtPart is a lovely little 36KB tool that Dell has provided to expand partitions on Dell based servers and storage systems. It is a little known fact that ExtPart can do the job in any 32 bit Windows Server 2000 or 2003 based install (no 64 bit support, sadly), and in Server 2008 there are other methods of doing this.

  Enough talk, lets get down to the business at hand.

  1. Download ExtPart from the Dell download site
  2. Expand your boot volume, either via the Virtual Infrastructure Client or via vmkfstools
  3. Run ExtPart inside your VM to expand your boot volume to the new size

  Thats it. The following screenshots outline the process very well, without having to guide you through each step. Have a look!

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  It can't get much simpler that this, honestly.

  

  
• Tim Ottinger Bonamassa/Mule
  Joe Bonamassa with Gov’t Mule

October 26, 2009

• CINLUG November 4, 2009 - General Meeting

  Topic: Open Source Document Management Systems
  

  Presenter: Tom Conrad

  Tom Conrad will be exploring Open Source Document Management systems and their underlying web technologies. DMS systems use a combination of database and web server to control access to and serve a collection of documents. Many of these systems move far beyond the simple storing of documents in a directory to bring greater project control to the chaos of contributed forms and documents. - Some provide complete collaboration sites. Doing this in a fashion that is both easy to use and administer pushes the web interface/tools to a new level. Some technologies used that will be discussed are Google Web Toolkit, Yahoo! User Interface Library (YUI) and the php script language.

  Tom is a Senior Engineer at Total Electronics LLC, a contract manufacturer of printed circuit assemblies. With Tom's help, Total has implemented GNU/Linux-based servers and systems that increase productivity and enhance quality at a minimum cost.

  Location: Glendale Branch, IMCPL

  Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009

  Time: 6:30 - 8:30 PM

  Directions to the Glendale IMCPL Branch

  CINLUG meetings are typically held on the first Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm. They are FREE and OPEN to the public. Annual membership dues are $30 and payment of dues is encouraged to help with funding events and expenses. Just show up and find out more to see if you want to become a member.

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October 22, 2009

• H0bbel Got Windows 7? Got USB device? Get Installed

  A little while a go I mentioned a great little tool called Novicorp WinToFlash.

  Seems like Microsoft figured out that was a great little idea, and in conjunction with todays official Windows 7 release, they've also made the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool available.

  Since you can buy Windows 7 and then download the ISO directly from the new online Microsoft Store (Can anyone say Apple?!) it makes sense that they have created their own little tool that enables you to install Windows 7 from an USB stick. The tool makes it easy to copy the ISO to a USB stick, and then use that to boot your computer and install from it. Nothing more, nothing less.

  I love utilities like these, you know the ones that do one task and do it well?

  

  

October 09, 2009

• Tim Ottinger Phil Keaggy and Glass Harp
  Some old music from YouTube, just because it makes me happy.

October 07, 2009

• H0bbel Temple of the Dog Reunion - Briefly

  Now this is something I don't often do as this is mostly a tech blog, but this is huge. Last night Temple of the Dog reunited when Chris Cornell joined Pearl Jam on stage.

  Temple of the Dog was Chris Cornell, Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Matt Cameron, Mike McCready and Eddie Vedder all of which were present at Los Angeles’ Gibson Amphitheatre performing “Hunger Strike” from the self titled album released in 1991.

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  Now, can Pearl Jam please come play in Bergen, Norway? And, yes, I wouldn't mind it much if Chris Cornell came along for the ride too...

  

  

October 05, 2009

• Tim Ottinger Chilis in Hot Chocolate
  My latest quest is to try different kinds of chili peppers in hot chocolate. The reasons are two. One is that I love hot chocolate season and it’s getting cold outside. The other? While I love chili peppers and chocolate, I think that cayenne is too harsh for smooth milky chocolate. I think [...]

September 25, 2009

• CINLUG October 7, 2009 - General Meeting

  Topic: GnuCash.
  

  Presenter: Bernie Hoefer

  GnuCash is personal and small-business financial-accounting software, freely licensed under the GNU GPL and available for GNU/Linux, BSD, Solaris, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.

  Location: Glendale Branch, IMCPL

  Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009

  Time: 6:30 - 8:30 PM

  Directions to the Glendale IMCPL Branch

  CINLUG meetings are typically held on the first Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm. They are FREE and OPEN to the public. Annual membership dues are $30 and payment of dues is encouraged to help with funding events and expenses. Just show up and find out more to see if you want to become a member.

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September 23, 2009

• Tim Ottinger Ashley Cleveland
  I totally dig Ashley Cleveland, and my wife totally doesn’t. But I just found out that she has a Youtube channel. Awesomeness follows:
• H0bbel Does your ESXi Need Have Have?

  

  Nice little error message shown when trying to hot add a new HDD to a VM running on ESXi 4.0.

  How much need have have do you need?

  Addendum:

  Clearly I'm not the first to notice this rather peculiar wording in ESXi 4. Maish Saidel-Keesing posted the same screenshot back in May 2009 in his post called Hot Add and "Need have have".

  Read that post instead of mine, it also highlights what ESXi 4 is missing as well as poorly worded error messages.

  Funny thing is that I can even remember reading Maish post back when it was published, but I don't remember seeing that weird error message. Oh well. :)

  Thanks to Jase McCarty for pointing this out to me.

  

  

September 22, 2009

• H0bbel ESX PSOD or Purple Screen of Death.

  vmwarewolf.com has posted ESX PSODs

  If you happen to search Google for one of the following phrases you might expect Google to return a list of official VMware Knowledgebase articles on the topic.

  • crash debug screen
  • machine crash screen
  • ESX Server PSOD
  • Purple screen crash report
  • Decode purple screen error

  I know this is a direct copy of some of that article, but it's an attempt to help out getting ESX Server PSOD ranked in Google. I'm sure I'll be forgiven for the verbatim copy/paste job.

  

  
• H0bbel The Tools You Didn't Know You Needed

  Cody Bunch over at professionalvmware.com has started a series of posts called "The Best Tools You Didn’t Know You Needed". So far Cody has featured GParted and TeraCopy, both truly great tools to have in your virtual or non-virtual tool-belt.

  I have my own series of posts outlined, still in draft mode though, that I plan to publish within the next week or so and thankfully they highlight different tools than the ones already covered by Cody in his series.

  Seems like I need to speed up the publishing of my posts now! I'm sure there are other great (free) tools out there that are missing the recognition they deserve.

  Can you think of any? Any freebie tools that make your day as a (virtual) sysadmin easier?

  Leave a comment, I'd love to hear from you!

  

  

September 20, 2009

• MichaelAndKrissy.com A3F9E30E -> 1C9CA517

  
  A3F9E30E → 1C9CA517

September 18, 2009

• Tim Ottinger Wheel in the Sky
  Before Journey turned into a big-grossing prom band, they used to be just this really cool band.

September 16, 2009

• Tim Ottinger Aint No Sunshine with Freddy King
  The man lays it down with patience, soul, and fat overdriven hollowbody sound.

September 15, 2009

• MichaelAndKrissy.com Ohio LinuxFest - we've got your number

  

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• Tim Ottinger Who are the Hypocrites?
  ... People go to church not because they epitomize the grandest state of holiness and closeness to God, but because they do not ... To be flawed and yet attend church is not hypocrisy, but consistency.

September 14, 2009

• MichaelAndKrissy.com Hello world!

  Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

• CINLUG Back to the Future of Linux

  

  Celebrate 40 Years of Unix at Ohio LinuxFest in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday, September 26, 2009.

  Several CINLUG members attend OLF each year and will be attending this year as well. See you in Columbus!

• MichaelAndKrissy.com Back to the Future of Linux

  

  I've had the pleasure of attending Ohio LinuxFest for the past four years and am looking forward to attending again on September 26. This year's theme is "40 Years of Unix." Each OLF I've attended has been a great experience and this year's OLF is sure to be excellent as well.

September 13, 2009

• Tim Ottinger Reverb Pedal
  This is the reverb I want. I will probably pick one up on EBay. I have a digital reverb built into my solid-state Vox 15R (which is the practice amp I play it at church), but when I use it I pick up a lot of noise from the lighting in the church. [...]

September 11, 2009

• Tim Ottinger Little Wing
  Morse and Lukather

September 03, 2009

• Tim Ottinger Them Crooked Vultures
  Relax. It's just a band.

September 02, 2009

• Tim Ottinger Triple Play
  I need to talk to the comcast people. I like triple play when it works. When it’s going well (afternoons and evenings, mostly) it is rockin’ fast and mostly wrinkle-free. Some special features like showing caller ID on the TV screen is cool when we’re all cuddled up and watching TV and [...]

August 26, 2009

• Tim Ottinger Faith & Nonsense
  "the fool stands only to fall, and the wise man trips on faith... all fall down"

August 23, 2009

• Helen Abroad I dont know what the fuck this is but it is AWESOME.
  
  
  

  I dont know what the fuck this is but it is AWESOME.

August 21, 2009

• Tim Ottinger Agile 2500 Goldtop P90 Guitar
  I hated gold top, then I kind of liked it, and now I'm starting to like it.

August 14, 2009

• JMullan Happy Birthday to Me
  

  A year ago I woke up from trying to sleep sideways in my mostly broken armchair after making one last push to pack up my things for the movers to take to California. It was an inauspicious start to my the day, which ended up being pretty darn awesome. I left Minnesota with a heart so heavy that it dragged on the ground, but something about the endless blue of the sky and the intensity of the sun has kept me sold. A couple of weeks ago Sarah and I walked along the beach — me waist deep in the icy Pacific and her skipping through the frothy edge of the waves — and it felt like what should have been happening all my life.

  Sarah is here now, living with me, and my huge one bedroom has become a little claustrophobic: we have two offices, a dining table, and a living room jammed into the living room. When I work from home, Sarah makes me the most amazing turkey avocado sandwiches with smoked cheddar and red onions. Eating one is like being punched in the face with happiness. Not that Sarah punches me in the face — that would leave visible marks.

  Call the police, she hits me!

  (this is just a joke)

  

August 12, 2009

• Helen Abroad I really like getting letters.
  Yeah…that’s pretty much it.
• Helen Abroad This is definitly a really cool photo.
  
  
  

  This is definitly a really cool photo.

• Helen Abroad It’s pouring.
  
  
  

  It’s pouring.

• Helen Abroad :)
  
  
  

  :)

• Helen Abroad When it rains, it pours.
  Right. So, I have recently come under the impression that time doesn’t give shit, it does what...
• Helen Abroad "Cultivate the habit of early rising. It is unwise to keep the head long on a level with the feet."
  “Cultivate the habit of early rising. It is unwise to keep the head long on a level with the...