The BBQ went nicely last night. I was thinking no one was going to
show up, but then late in the afternoon about 6 people showed up
at the same time, then another 2 showed up later on. Had some
nice visiting and then we played unexploded cow. A fine way to
while away the time.
Archive for March, 2004
Went and gave my Linux On Laptops talk to the
CLUE North
folks tonight. It turns out the new meeting place they are using is
about 2miles from my house. Super easy to get to, tons of
parking. Got in and setup my laptop in the room. It did
1600×1200 quite clearly! I didn’t have to bother changing
resolution. They also had 802.11b wireless all setup and working
there. Very handy. The talk went pretty well I thought. Had some
good interaction with folks in the audience. After the talk some
of us went and had a beer at the nearby
CB and Potts
I left merlin out loose in the house muzzled. I got back after about 3
hours gone and everything was fine. No accidents in the house,
everyone seemed fine (although happy to see me). I think merlin
is adjusting well.
Recap of the week here:
Wed I took twyla to her second therapy dog class. She did quite well
again. It’s amazing how hot it is in that place. I know now not
to take a jacket, but even so I am usually sweating when we get
back out. There were a few people that really enjoyed petting
twyla. It was a good visit.
Thursday had a nice time as usuall at hacking society. Didn’t get any
of the things I was hoping to get done done, but still had fun
not doing them. 🙂
Lots of possible music coming up this weekend… Some folks are going
to a show by
Railroad Earth
down in denver on saturday, then on sunday I might go to the clumsy
lovers show.
Went down to denver to see
Rail Road Earth
down in denver last night. The show was supposed to start at 10pm, so
of course the band didn’t start until around 11:15 or so. I
guess clubs are kinda trapped into doing that now, since
everyone expects it. If they started shows on time no one would
be there for the early part of the show. It’s not a big deal to
me on a saturday, but annoys me on weekday nights.
The show was at
Cervantes Masterpeice Ballroom
which is a place I had never been to before. Not a bad venue. Good
space and seating, nice stage layout and decor, but the sound
system seemed kind of weak to me. They could do with putting up
some more speakers high up to project better. They did have some
acoustic baffle thingies, but not sure how much they helped. The
place has the largest disco ball I have ever seen, it was very
very cool.
The band was very good. They played two sets and finished up around
1:30am. They played hard the entire time. The fiddler was
particularly excellent. The audience was really into
things. Lots of dancing and such. In fact after they started
playing I don’t think there were many people that were still
sitting down. Everyone headed out to the floor. All in all I
would recoomend them. See them if they come near you. 🙂
Went up to boulder last night and made some beer at the beer store. We
had a good turn out of folks: about 6 of us making 2 batches. A
nice brown ale that should be ready to bottle in two
weeks. Since I hadn’t taken him out with me much, I took merlin
along (The beer store is dog friendly), and we sat outside at
the southern sun for some fish and chips after brewing. A
pleasent evening.
Tonight I take twyla down to her last therapy dog visit. She should
graduate tonight if she doesn’t have any issues.