The original seat brackets were rusted and badly bent, needed to be fixed. I got new sliders from White Lake Marine.

Broken:

Fixed:

“HP Remote Graphics Software (RGS) enables professionals to work together in real-time with more secure access to rich multimedia resources, applications, and data—helping to eliminate the distance barriers that can impede global organizations.”

The core RGS developers were Windows developers. I was plucked from the Linux team for a 1-year project with a goal of enabling the Linux components for the product.

I built the Linux streaming audio component using C++ and the ALSA API. The toughest part was reverse-engineering all the pin-outs on HP’s version of the audio chip.

I had enough time left that I took on a re-vamp of the original user interface. This was done using QT, so it would work on all platforms and was a lot of fun to do. We practically copied MS RDP – not my idea or recommendation, but a fun project regardless. Its still in use today! I think they have only changed the icons and logo if anything.

Screenshots:

To sum it up in one word, “grim.”  The movie was good, it was graphic and true to the book.  But I’ve decided the movie just can’t relay the poetic beauty of the book.  You leave the book touched, whereas I left the movie theater depressed or slightly disturbed.

… if only there were 48 hours in a day.

Kate and I are anxious to see “The Road” that is just now hitting certain theaters.  We both read the book over the summer (Cormac McCarthy) and it was fantastically dark and beautiful. The movie looks good too:

by Jeff Lindsay. Listened to this one as an audio book.  Meh.

A bit later I netflicked one of the TV series DVD’s, meh…

It just dawned on me that I’ve now gone 10 years and some change without cable TV. Overall this is a good thing, besides being one less bill to pay it keeps me focused on other hobbies.  The only time I wish I had TV is during the Olympics, the Tour, and some big football games.  But for those I can just crash in at my neighbor’s house.

My new favorite trail. With two feet of snow in the Fort, we found a relatively dry ride for our ANNUAL BIG ASS RIDE. Last minute plans brought us to do the Heil to Hall connector. Awesome ride! Here are some of my pics (you can click through to see the rest on flickr):