Hello. Just thought I'd drop a note saying I'm back from the IBCMF. The Festival was great! Lots of really good playing over the past few days! So, it's back to work now... Lots of things to catch up on. … [Read more...]
Off to the IBCMF
In the morning I'm heading off to the IBCMF (International Brass Chamber Music Festival). I'll be playing with the Appalachian Brass Orchestra and another group put together by the organizer of the Festival. The second group I'll be playing in will be playing trio and brass quintet works that won the composition competition. My face already hurts! But, it does look to be quite fun. Anyway, I'll be out of the office starting tomorrow, October 11t, through Wednesday, October 14th. I will have … [Read more...]
Segway in the WILD
Well Folks, here is a new one for me. While having Breakfast at "Ye Ole" Waffle House I saw a site I never imagined seeing in Greater Knox-vegas. A Segway! What is a Segway you ask? Well, a Segway is a personal transportation device that does not use gasoline. And they are pretty darn cool, I think. Well, we were sitting there enjoying our grease filled breakfast when looking out the window I saw a Meter-Reader zipping past the window. Looking more carefully, I saw that he was riding a … [Read more...]
BlogCFC and Windows Live Writer
This is just a little test... I'm trying the Windows Live Writer with blogCFC. If you can read this then it may be a success. We'll see. Let's make this a full fledged test and use an image as well.. The picture to the left is the new, soon to be released Blackberry Bold. It's the thing to have... forget that stupid iPhone, get something that's works and is reliable! Ok now, let's see if the text formatting works. Bold, italics, strike-through, Underline Bullet one Bullet … [Read more...]
Friday Funny: The Government
I found this week's Friday Funny while digging through my Outlook Archive. Ahh, the Outlook Archive. It's a vast, unending repository of worthless stuff. Enjoy! The Government: Whether Democrat or Republican, I think you'll get a kick out of this! A little boy goes to his dad and asks, "What is Politics?" Dad says, "Well son, let me try to explain it this way: I am the head of the family, so call me The President. Your mother is the administrator of the money, so we call … [Read more...]
Time to learn CFCs once and for all!
I've been putting this off for a while. I'm not sure why, maybe it was just laziness. Anyway, I feel it's time to buckle down and finally learn to create and use CFCs correctly... You know, to unleash the power, so to speak. Ok, I know now you are thinking I'm talking about chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) but I'm not. What I actually am trying to get a firm grasp on are ColdFusion Components (CFCs). What are these, you ask? From the Coldfusion Live Docs A ColdFusion component (CFC) is a file … [Read more...]
Diet Coke and Mentos: The Failed Experiment
My nephew Nicholas and I were looking for something to do Friday Afternoon and decided to attempt the Mentos & Diet Coke experiment. You know, the one where you dump a bunch of Mentos in a 2 liter Diet Coke and it creates a "Coke Geyser". Well, needless to say, we failed. We tried twice with Diet Coke and once with Diet Sprite... I think our delivery method for the Mentos is what was holding us back... we will need to try again. Below is record of our failure... along with a little dancing … [Read more...]