Last night we had a $0.99 shrip coctail eating contest at the very old Golden Gate in downtown Las Vegas. Taylor and I finished 4 each and Kris totally killed both of us by finishing off a total of 6. All total that means we finished up 14 shrimp coctails, thas a lot of shrimp.

After that we went down the road a bit and played craps for a bit over an hour. I have never really played craps, but with the help of my friends I was able to play on $20 for about an hour and still had my $20 when done.

Anyway, we are going to go catch a talk about the EFF s, see ya...

Well its official, Taylor is now a HAM, he passed his FCC Exam yesterday.

His callsign (KE7BME) was issued today, just in time for Defcon! Special thanks to his Elmer Mike (KC7IID) who helped him study and prepare for the test.

Congratulations Tay, welcome to the club!

It happens to the best of us, but to google? Where are we to get our answers, who is going to navigate us through the complex web of sites and information.

I feel lost...

Click here to see our worst fears come true!

This site is now ISO 8601 compliant. ISO 8601 defines a date and time standard that is more practicle for sorting information. As part of the standard the times will be listed as Zulu or UTC. All entries prior to today are listed as Central Time and willnot be updated.

This years CSI is going to be great! The Keynote address is going to be by Frank W. Abagnale! Yes, Frank W. Abagnale!! If you don’t know who Mr. Abagnale is you may want to go see the Tom Hanks movie Catch me if you can. If you want to get the skinny right now, check out the CSI Web Site.

At any rate, I am looking forward to that, but am mostly excited about heading off to Defcon next week. This year we have a bunch of people going. In fact, I know of five people from my group at work that are going, in addition to all of my friends. My talk was moved to Sunday (Click HERE to see the current schedule) so if you are in the area, feel free to stop in.

I had to go on-site with a client today to do some work. Fortunately I finished up a bit early and was able to catch an early flight. It just so happened that this was a retirement flight for Captain Wally Carpeaux. Captain Wally has flown for Southwest Airlines for 11 years and tomorrow is is 60th birthday. According to FAA regulations he must retire at age 60 and this was his final flight.

Upon boarding the flight we were given a printout talking about Captain Wally and his 11 years of service. Just prior to leaving the Captain was presented with a bottle of champaign from the ground crew. As we were taxing out of the airport we were given a traditional salute by the fire department. They lined up their trucks up and spray the airplane as it rolled onto the runway. While in-flight the Captain said a few words and thanked everybody for their business, then all of the passengers sang happy birthday to him. Upon landing in Dallas we were again meet by the fire department for another water cannon salute. As we approached the gate, there were a bunch of employees on the ground and all of them were clapping and cheering. I even saw non Southwest employees lined up to show their respect.

I didn't know of Captain Wally Carpeaux until today, but I would like to thank him for his service and dedication to his job. With over 11,000 flight hours and 11 years of service to Southwest Airlines, I am sure he will be missed.

Well I was on my way home today and I called Ash. She was excited and said she had some really great news. Once I got home she told me that she had been promoted to the position of Human Resources Coordinator. This is really great! She has always wanted to do HR work and now is her chance.

Congratulations Ash, great job!