Posted in Asides on August 28th, 2009 by corey
It turns out the speed increase from Comcast flushed out the fact that we have a weak signal coming in to the house.
The Cable Guy is coming out this afternoon to fix it.
I just hope it’s not Jim Carey…
Way To Go Comcast
Posted in Computer stuff on August 27th, 2009 by coreyAs of yesterday Comcast upped our internet speed from 6Mbps to 20 Mbps, so tonight I rebooted the cable modem per their instruction.
It didn’t come back up and we had no internet :(
I called and had them do the automated reset thingy, and it came back.
After the ‘upgrade’ our internet speed has gone from just over 15Mbps to … wait for it …
just over 15Mbps.
I’m overwhelmed with excitement. At least they didn’t charge us any extra for this amazing speed boost. :|
Posted in Asides on August 24th, 2009 by corey
The sunrise at the start of my bike commute this morning was amazing.
Also, it means that pretty soon I’ll be starting my ride before the sunrise…
Evanescence, Is That You?
Posted in Random Thoughts on August 18th, 2009 by coreyRecently Jen got me to try Pandora.com, since she has it on her shiny new phone, and I made several stations, one of them based on Evanescence.
So far so good. Great music, not very many thumbs down yada yada…
So in the mix there’s a Dutch band called Within Temptation who sounds a LOT like Evanescence, so I checked them out. They formed in the late 90′s, about the same time Evanescence did and, well, see and hear for yourself:
Imaginary.mp3
The_Howling.mp3
Taking_Over_Me.mp3
Hand_of_Sorrow.mp3
Some photos…
Album covers…
A couple of music videos…
So there you have it…am I wrong, or are these two bands freakishly similar?
Posted in Asides on August 18th, 2009 by corey
First bike commute to the datacenter:
23.0 miles
1:36:30
1/2 a bottle of powerade
2 Within Temptation CD’s
And freakin’ headwinds…what IS it with the wind here!
Posted in Asides on August 16th, 2009 by corey
The ‘Smart’ car as summed up byLaney:
“Where is the back?”
Posted in Asides on August 15th, 2009 by corey
Lance Armstrong wins the Leadville Trail 100, smashing the course record with a time of 6:28:50.9, on a FLAT REAR TIRE!
Posted in Asides on August 10th, 2009 by corey
With the amount of flatulence I experienced on my bike commute this morning, I doubt my carbon footprint was any less than if I had driven my car…
Biking With a Photographer
Posted in Cycling, Family, Hiking on August 10th, 2009 by coreyAva’s and my plan to go mountain biking in Lakewood was foiled by construction on C470 funded by the federal bailout. So clearly it’s Obama’s fault, but I digress.
We decided to go to Hidden Mesa instead, and picked up Jen and Laney on the way by the house. They hiked one direction on the loop, we rode the other way and met up with them at the rock garden section.
So anyway, here’s a couple of pics Jen took as I was showing off:
