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For Senior Corporal Norm Smith

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:55:00 GMT

Funeral Held For Slain Dallas PD Veteran

Google Group: Symon Digital Signage

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:38:00 GMT

I decided to set up a Google Group dedicated to digital signage from Symon Communications tonight. There are not a lot of resources for out on this technology outside of Symon technical support so I thought I'd try starting up a group. If you happen to use Symon digital signage or know anyone that does please send them over to this group.

http://groups.google.com/group/symon-digital-signage?lnk=gcimh

Good Day!
Ryan

Build done and here we go!

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:10:00 GMT

More about the build later, this is the fun part...

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Ryan

And so it begins!!

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:45:00 GMT

Went out to run tonight and tripped over a package on the porch. Now I just need a case and a harddrive.

Thats a processor, motherboard (with HDMI out), memory and a DVD Burner!

So the DVD ROM didn't come with any CD for drivers, should I be concerned?

Good Day!
Ryan

MythTV Here I Come

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:54:00 GMT

Based on what I saw at a friend's house last Friday I had to get a system put together for MythTV. I plan on using it right now for all of the girls movies (No more scratched DVDs!!) but who knows what all I'll do with it. Digital TV over the air comes to mind. Here is a list of compoents. Thanks to Jon Hall for helping me put it together.

What do you think? Does anyone out there MythTV?? I'm excited!!

Good Day!
Ryan

Still Running

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:01:00 GMT

Over 52 miles in 30 days of running and I'm loving it! Averaging about 2 miles per day of running. Would like to get up to 3 miles so I can run a 5k marathon. We'll see how it goes.

Getting ready to go out again right now. Might be a little warm!

Good Day!
Ryan

Really???? Thanks!!!

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:07:00 GMT

So I got this ad today in my e-mail. We have a Capital One Online savings account and we like it, but this seems really really stupid.

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Ryan,
get an extra
$25*

Saving for tomorrow gets you a bonus in the bank.

Earn $25 by increasing your account balance by $10,000 or more by August 31, 2008. Why didn't we think of this sooner?

Find out more about this special offer for our customers.

*You are eligible for this promotion if you receive this offer and had an open Capital One Direct Banking account on June 20, 2008. Enrollment is automatic. You will receive a $25 interest credit if on August 31, 2008 you have increased your net balance by $10,000 over your June 20, 2008 balance.

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Really???? Do people that actually have 10k floating around really care about $25 dollars?

Good Day!
Ryan

Busy Busy Busy

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:12:00 GMT

What Ryan has been working on

I Made a Difference!

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:41:00 GMT

Earlier in the week I told you about ITookThisOnMyPhone.com. It's a cool application for your cell phone with web site that could use some work on the backend. What it does is transfers any pictures you take with you phone to the web site automatically.

This week I sent an email off to their technical support team about some issues I was having with the site:

Just wanted to make you aware of a couple issues with your site. Both
issues seem to appear when the GPS information is present on a photo in
IE 7.0.

1. When you are posting tags on a photo the Ajax code used to refresh
the tag area errors out and does not refresh. There is a JavaScript
error. The tags do get posted but you have to manually refresh the page

2. When adding a title to a picture the title area never refreshes, it
just gets stuck on "saving...". The title does get added, but you have
to refresh the page manually to see the new title.

Again both of these issues happen in IE7 only when the GPS information
is present.

Thanks,
Ryan

Today I recieved a reply:

Ryan,

Thank you very much for pointing out these issues and for being so
detailed in your descriptions of the problems. With your help I was able
to fix all of these bugs.

I hope you continue to use our service and please let me know if you
have any other problems with our site or application or if you have any
questions. Thank you so much for your help.

Thank you,
Thaddeus Bort
iTookThisOnMyPhone.com, Inc.

See one man can make a difference!

Good Day!
Ryan

MacBook Air: It's Electric!!!

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:55:00 GMT

Anyone know why this happens?

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Ryan

Took it Easy

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:51:00 GMT

I took it a little easy today because I golfed 18 holes today. No carts on the fairway meant a lot of walking. I did have the best round of my life though. We went out to the Cowboy Golf Club and it was awesome!

With that being said I ran only 1.34 miles. The good news is I felt really good doing it and didn't need much time to cool down and catch my breath. Awesome day all and all!

Good Day!
Ryan

From Your Phone to the Web

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:40:00 GMT

Have you heard about the website ITookThisOnMyPhone.com? It's a website hosts pictures taken from you camera phone. At the heart of the site is an application that you download to your Windows Mobile or Blackberry device. The application then send any pictures you take to your personal ITookThisOnMyPhone.com site. My site is http://www.itookthisonmyphone.com/rme8494. I have to say that the web site is not the greatest but the application itself is pretty cool. There are plenty of options for uploading including:

Always ask before uploading
Delete after sending
Send GPS information (gps enabled phone required)
You can also label you pictures before you send them up

Once the picture is up on the site you can add a label and description. You can also see where the phone was taken using the GPS information gathered from the phone and Google Maps. Next you can tag the photos and put them into albums as well. Like I said the site needs some work but the technology is neat.

Here is what I'd like to see from the web site

Comment notification when someone comments on your photo
The ability to havae friends, they have a contacts area but no way to add one
RSS feeds
A new look, it's pretty dated

Also of note make sure you have an unlimited data plan before downloading the application and sending photos.

Good Day!
Ryan

2.15 miles!!!!!

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:50:00 GMT

Well, I reached a milestone tonight, I ran across "the bridge". This is the bridge that is right by my house and that I drive down several times a week. The same bridge on which I pass runners while going 60 thinking they are nuts. However today I was one of those nut jobs.

Starting out I thought the bridge itself was 3 miles long, but when we drove over it I found out it was only two miles. Two miles!!?? Thats perfect I thought, 2 miles is my goal for the week. So after dropping the kids and the wife off at gymnastics I hit the bridge. It turns out that I didn't start in the right spot to complete the 2 mile bridge run. So the run only ended up being 1.9 miles. Fortunately I realized my mistake on the walk back and was able to finish with a 1/4 mile (.25 mile) run. It wasn't 2 miles non stop, but it was over 2 miles total!

And I'm spent!

Good Day!
Ryan

Back at the Running

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:42:00 GMT

Two days off back at it again tonight. Another 1.66 miles on the meter. This is pretty fun. I wonder if I'll be able to get up to 2 miles this week?

How far are you running?

Good Day!
Ryan

Happy Father's Day!!

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:59:00 GMT

Happy Father's Day to all my friends and family! I hope you have a great Sunday with your family.

Good Day!
Ryan

Mozy is still hangin in there!

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:02:00 GMT

Still lovin Mozy, thanks to all you guys I'm up to 12.8 gigs worth of back up space beacause of all the referrals. Almost enough space to back up my photos!

Good Day!
Ryan

David Ackerman Wannabe

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:36:00 GMT

So part of my job at AT&T is to reasearch new technology and evaluate if we feel it would fit well within the company. Since this "research" often involves getting new hardware and software to play with we thought we'd start an CNETTV type web site for internal use. So far we have about 13 videos created. The site goes live around June 23rd, wish me luck.

Good Day!
Ryan

PS David Ackerman is a very lively senior editor at CNET who reviews laptops.

Further yet tonight

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:32:00 GMT

1.63 miles tonight!!! It's all in your head. Your mind will quit sooner than your body.

I created a page to track my miles.

Good Day!
Ryan

Pushed a little further

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:35:00 GMT

I pushed it a little further last night. I ran 1.34 miles last night, according Google maps. Feel better this morning than I did yesterday morning. Thats a good thing right?

My buddy Keith suggested I get the Nike+ Sportband. He and my neighbor, Bret, have the Nike+ iPod. The SportBand pretty much does the same thing and it's cheaper. I just might have to get it. Can anyone say father's day???

Good Day!
Ryan

Here we go!!

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:06:00 GMT

Running again