Bryan's Weblog of Stuff

Recently...
My 2023 Year in Books
I Believe
Mount Removable Drives in WSL2
What I’m Listening To
My 5-Star Rated Books From 2018
My 2018 Year in Books
Books section of the site, I love to read. I read a ton as a kid, but that diminished quite a bit as an adult. Over the past few years, I’ve started reading more, including 52 books in 2017." class="sidenavlink">My 2017 Year in Books
Cutting The Cord, One Year Later
We Cut The Cord!
DIRECTV NOW Update

Archives...
January 2024 (1)
November 2020 (1)
September 2020 (1)
November 2019 (1)
January 2019 (2)
February 2018 (1)
January 2018 (1)
January 2017 (2)
December 2016 (3)
November 2016 (2)
August 2014 (2)
April 2011 (3)
January 2011 (1)
December 2010 (1)
November 2010 (3)
October 2010 (1)
September 2010 (2)
August 2010 (1)
July 2010 (1)
April 2010 (2)
March 2010 (4)
February 2010 (6)
January 2010 (1)
December 2009 (2)
November 2009 (1)
October 2009 (3)
September 2009 (1)
August 2009 (1)
July 2009 (1)
June 2009 (5)
May 2009 (1)
April 2009 (2)
March 2009 (3)
February 2009 (4)
January 2009 (3)
December 2008 (2)
November 2008 (3)
October 2008 (3)
September 2008 (10)
August 2008 (7)
July 2008 (14)
June 2008 (17)
May 2008 (14)
April 2008 (16)
March 2008 (9)
February 2008 (12)
January 2008 (17)
December 2007 (8)
November 2007 (11)
June 2007 (1)
March 2007 (2)
January 2007 (1)
December 2006 (1)
October 2006 (1)
August 2006 (2)
July 2006 (6)
June 2006 (1)
May 2006 (2)
March 2006 (1)
January 2006 (1)
December 2005 (2)
November 2005 (1)
October 2005 (3)
May 2005 (1)
March 2005 (6)
February 2005 (2)
January 2005 (7)
December 2004 (4)
November 2004 (3)
October 2004 (3)
September 2004 (3)
August 2004 (2)
July 2004 (4)
June 2004 (3)
May 2004 (1)
April 2004 (1)
January 2004 (8)
December 2003 (1)
November 2003 (2)
October 2003 (5)
September 2003 (4)
August 2003 (5)
July 2003 (9)
June 2003 (8)
May 2003 (14)
April 2003 (9)
March 2003 (10)
February 2003 (8)
January 2003 (22)
December 2002 (22)
November 2002 (8)
October 2002 (6)
September 2002 (4)
August 2002 (9)
July 2002 (19)
June 2002 (13)
May 2002 (7)
March 2002 (1)
February 2002 (1)
January 2002 (2)
December 2001 (3)
November 2001 (12)
October 2001 (16)
September 2001 (6)
August 2001 (12)
July 2001 (4)
June 2001 (12)
May 2001 (1)
March 2001 (1)
January 2001 (1)
December 2000 (2)
October 2000 (1)
September 2000 (2)
July 2000 (10)
June 2000 (6)
May 2000 (13)

Search:

Friday, June 28, 2002

metaBlog
My new weblog tool, metaBlog should be ready for it's first beta release sometime today. (fingers-crossed).

The initial beta is going to be limited, so please email if you'd like to try it out. (You'll need ASP.NET and SQL Server).

By Bryan at 10:52 AM , in Developer Stuff - Permalink
Comments (0) - TrackBack (0)

Tuesday, June 25, 2002

.NET Weblog Tool
I am building a weblog tool in ASP.NET. It is called metaBlog (tenatively). It is not yet ready for distribution, but you can follow its progress at metaApps.com.

By Bryan at 2:14 PM , in Developer Stuff - Permalink
Comments (0) - TrackBack (0)

Saturday, June 22, 2002

Texas Wins National Title In Baseball
The Texas Longhorns topped South Carolina 12-6 to win their 5th National Championship in baseball.

The excitement started right off the bat as the Gamecocks loaded the bases with nobody out in the top of the first inning, but Texas ace, Justin Simmons escaped the inning allowing just one run. The Texas offense came right back, putting 3 runs on the board in their half of the first inning. Both teams added another run in the second, and then things settled down for a couple of innings.

Then in the fifth, Chris Carmichael, startig for the first time in a month, homered to right with two men on. Texas later added another run, making the score 8-2 heading into the seventh.

The wheels began coming off for Texas, as the Gamecocks continued their late inning heroics by scoring two runs each in the 7th and 8th innings, bringing them to within 2 runs at 8-6. Once again, the Texas offense rolled up at just the right time, adding 4 runs of their own in the bottom of the eighth. Huston Street closed out the game to become the first CWS player to earn 4 saves. Street was also name MVP of the tournament.

By Bryan at 11:00 PM , in Sports - Permalink
Comments (0) - TrackBack (0)

Friday, June 21, 2002

Texas Advances To CWS Championship Game
The Texas Longhorns topped Stanford to move to within one win of their first national title in baseball since 1983.

Texas awaits the winner of South Carolina and Clemson.

By Bryan at 12:39 AM , in Sports - Permalink
Comments (0) - TrackBack (0)

Thursday, June 20, 2002

Netflix Opening 10 New Distribution Centers
Netflix cranks up DVD distribution With 10 new distribution centers opening throughout the country, the online DVD-rental company believes it has the capacity to handle up to 1 million orders a day. [CNET News.com]

I have been using Netflix since last October and generally love it. Shipment times have been good for the most part, with most CD's arriving within 3 days of shipping. Hopefully this will cut times to 1-2 days.

Message for Netflix: How about an alert via email whenever my queue gets low, or heaven forbid empty?

By Bryan at 11:13 AM , in In General - Permalink
Comments (0) - TrackBack (0)

Tuesday, June 18, 2002

No More AOL/AIM
Due to recent remarks by Ted Turner, equating Israel with terrorists, I will no longer be using AOL products, including AIM.

By Bryan at 10:13 PM , in In General - Permalink
Comments (0) - TrackBack (0)

Monday, June 17, 2002

Bleary-Eyed
I did it again. For the second Monday in a row, I was up at 1:30 AM CST watching the USA in the World Cup. This one was against Mexico.

I might have mentioned this once before - I am not a big soccer fan. I am an occasional fan who understands the importance of this event on the international stage. But more than that, I am an American. So I stayed up late, and what do you know...I couldn't have asked for a better reward than what the team provided, a 2-0 victory over Mexico.

Being a football fan, I am always weary of "prevent defenses", they always seem to give up more than the regular defense. However, in this match they got it right. In what ended up being a brilliant strategical move, the US focused on defense, and waited patiently for opportunities to present themselves. When the time came, they took advantage. By the later stages of the game, Mexico had worn down completely from trying to apply so much pressure for most of the game. They seemed to play right into the hands of the USA. Of course, none of this would have been possible without another amazing effort by Friedel. I'll say it again - amazing.

Next up Germany. This one starts at 6:30 AM locally, so I will get a bit more sleep.

By Bryan at 9:23 AM , in Sports - Permalink
Comments (0) - TrackBack (0)

Sunday, June 16, 2002

Happy Father's Day
Happy Father's Day to all the fathers out there.

By Bryan at 8:15 PM , in Family & Friends - Permalink
Comments (0) - TrackBack (0)

Friday, June 14, 2002

U.S. Moves On Despite Thumping By Poland
South Korea bailed out the U.S. soccer team today. People will say that the U.S. backed into the next round. I wonder what Portugal, France, or Argentina give to be in our shoes?

The more I watch these World Cup games, the more it seems like winning isn't the real objective, at least not in this round. The objective here is to survive, and the US team has done just that. Sure, it might all be over soon, but until then...

USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!

By Bryan at 8:33 AM , in Sports - Permalink
Comments (0) - TrackBack (0)

Wednesday, June 12, 2002

Wildfires
By now, you've heard about the wildfires raging in Colorado, specifically the Hayman fire. This time last year, we lived south of Denver in Castle Rock, which last I checked was on the edge of the evacuation area. For the first time since having to leave Colorado, I am glad to not be there.

By Bryan at 7:53 AM , in In General - Permalink
Comments (0) - TrackBack (0)

Monday, June 10, 2002

World Cup and College World Series
I was determined to watch the whole US vs. Korea game, and watch it I did. I stayed up until after 3:30 AM to catch the whole game. Boy am I tired today.

I was thrilled to see that the Texas Longhorns have moved on from the Super Regionals to the College World Series. Hopefully it will not be 2 losses and out as it was with their last visit. My one concern is the performance, or lack thereof, of Justin Simmons, the Longhorns regular season ace. He is just not been the same since getting hammered by tamu in the opening game of the Big 12 tourney.

By Bryan at 10:43 PM , in Sports - Permalink
Comments (0) - TrackBack (0)

Wednesday, June 5, 2002

ΣΕΧ Or Sigma Epsilon Chi
Did you know that I once started a franternity with several friends while I was attending the University of Texas? It's name was ΣΕΧ. We even registered with the University as a service organization, which required a meeting with the Dean of something or other.

Too bad it didn't last.

By Bryan at 3:36 PM , in In General - Permalink
Comments (0) - TrackBack (0)

Sunday, June 2, 2002

Google, Soccer, Radio Userland, and American
Soccer, weblog, american led someone to my Radio Userland based site that has been up for only a day or two.

Now I know how to draw people to my site ;-).

By Bryan at 5:28 PM , in Sports - Permalink
Comments (0) - TrackBack (0)