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  • Ugggg.. I was right. The light at the end of the remodeling tunnel was the train. I think it ran me over.
  • Ok, getting close to the end of the remodeling projects... hope that light at the end of the tunnel is not just the on-coming train!
  • It must be the paint fumes... I am talking like Boris AND Natasha.
  • Ok, the kitchen remodel is complete, new appliances arrive this week, and both bathrooms are more than half finished. I need a nap now!
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A Day in the Life of a Rural CIO

All County Phone Users,
We are experiencing occasional dropped calls at some sites due to a Packrat nesting in one of our microwave equipment racks at our Juniper Flats radio site.
Said rat has been evicted from the premises, but the equipment was severely damaged by his occupancy.
We have replacement equipment on order but due to the [...]

Ouch!

Driving by the local post office this afternoon…

My GIS Crew!

This group of people is absolutely amazing. They are some of the finest professionals and the most dedicated customer service focused  folks I have ever had the pleasure of working with. Check out this excellent article from American Surveyor Magazine.
My GIS Crew rocks!

Time for a cup of coffee.

Restoring a “Time-machine” backup today on an OSX server. I am really not sure I can wait around that long, maybe I should go do lunch…

Department Goals

When we moved out from the Commonwealth and I took the job here at Cochise County, the bigest challenge that I faced was turning the department around. It had a poor reputation throughout the county as an insular non-partner and  very poor service provider. Moral was shot and everyone was either rowing in a different direction, or not rowing [...]

Way too cool!

My all time favourite author has been nominated in Wired’s Sexy Geek Contest! Go Jess!!! http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/12/sexy-geeks-2009

Happy Birthday!

To the lovely and talanted Jess!!  Have a great one baby!

Thanksgiving Count Down

This weekend am heading to my brother’s place in California for T-Day. Should be a great deal for fun and am really looking forward to some time off from work. Not that I wont be reading up on the Exchange project we are doing…

Monday at Work…

There is no greater importance in all the world like knowing you are right and that the wave of the world is wrong, yet the wave crashes upon you.
– Norman Mailer

I see…

I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.
- Emo Phillips