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Engaged!

Drew — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:50:17 +0000

Today I bring great news! I'm engaged! Actually, the big day was February 10th, 2009. So, here's the story, in all its glory. I tried to do something that would be remembered and told on to our kids (when we decided to have one, or two, or four, of course!). The lucky girl is Christie, but that's what she says; I'm the really lucky one here. So, this is how it starts. I basically made reservations for a place in Sundance Square, Fort Worth, for a nice Mexican dinner, at Cantina Read More »

Google’s 2008 April Fool’s Joke

Drew — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:38:38 +0000

Here it is (I know I'm late!): http://mail.google.com/mail/help/customtime/index.html Let's you got back in time and send that email your forgot to send (even if it is 2 days old!). You can have it sent as unread or read and it will show in chronological order. That would be hilarious if this could work, however, this is all based on the user-agent and how email works. This would be considered SPAM. However, Google is good at thinking of different April Fool's jokes. I almost believed Read More »

Back To Work

Drew — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:42:07 +0000

Well, yesterday was my first day back from my vacation, and WOW (as in whoa, or holy crap). It was busier than I would have expected. We had a record sales day and I am sore from it. Try going from doing absolutely nothing for a week and a half, to building out over 50 servers (over half that in 3 hours). This week is going to be short for me due to taking Sunday off as part of my vacation, however, I think you could call yesterday a double Read More »

My 1st Car Crash

Drew — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:22:26 +0000

Call it a car crash, a car wreck, or an accident. Whatever you wanna call it, my first car accident was a scary one. So, let's get to the point, you wanna know what happened - I got it. So, here's the story. Oh, before I start this, this is almost two weeks old, but just not got around to actually writing this out. The Crash I was on highway 75, this was right before Royal Lane exit. The roads were dry, but it was cold outside; it was November 22nd, Thanksgiving Day. I was on my way Read More »

Vacation

Drew — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:14:32 +0000

I will be off from work until the 9th of December, which means that I will not be back in the office until the Monday after this Monday (December 3rd). This is a much needed vacation. The parents are out of town, so I will be watching over the place. Things have been booming at work, and it's time to just relax and get things done as well as do some stuff that I've been needing to get around to. I have several small projects to slowly get done in the next week (things that aren't really Read More »

Google: Free IMAP

Drew — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:48:41 +0000

I'm going to make this short and sweet. Gmail just tied the knot of why I don't actually use Thunderbird for my Gmail account. This has change starting today. Google's Gmail now offers Free IMAP. Yahooooo! I mean. Wait. Go get Read More »

The Best “Light” Dinner

Drew — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 05:04:56 +0000

Tonight I decided to make something "light" to eat for dinner, however I am extremely full. Thought I'd share what I ate just in case you really aren't in the mood to cook, but want to eat healthier than McDonald's. I tell you what, it was awesome! So to create a yummy, lightweight (for me) dinner you make the following: Turkey and Roast Beef Sandwich (with Hidden Valley Ranch dressing) One large orange One Yoplait Yogurt (Mixed Berry, Raspberry, or Harvest Peach) Five Celery Read More »

DeckerD Upcoming

Drew — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:32:24 +0000

There have been a few updates here and there on DeckerD, but I just wanted to let those of you that actually visit my site for the content to know what I have planned soon. I'm working on quite a few articles right now while starting a new job, so things have been kinda busy here and there, so it's time to wind down and finish some of my working drafts. So, here are some of the spots I'll be covering: Knoppix Walkthroughs Knoppix Tips Various Linux Walkthroughs VMWare installs on Read More »

Google April Fools Joke!

Drew — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:52:47 +0000

This is GREAT! Looks like Google is at it again, as it is April 1st, April Fools day. They always make things seem real, but I realize it's April Fools day - so my guard was not down. Apparently this new service is called Google TiSP. It's the free fiber optic service offered by Google. Guess what?! It's FREE! The catch? You have to install it. All you have to do is order the package and they send you the package and they send you all the cabling for free. How would you set it up? Well, Read More »

Joy! Thunderstorms!

Drew — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:45:02 +0000

Ahh. The adventure thunderstorms take upon me. It's great stuff, when thunder and lighting mix the sky and you wonder what will happen: hail, tornados, hard-heavy rain, etc. You never know what will happen, and I believe that's half the fun about them. The other thing is, I used to want to be a weather man; you know everyone always has that "I wanna be this when I grow up" time when they were young, mine was weather man. So when it thunder, lightnings, and hails it's kinda fun, except for Read More »