I’ve been using a Sony HT-CT100 for a few years, and I just got a new Samsung 55″ D8000 TV, so I figured a new soundbar was in order. I prefer soundbars to separates; I just like the “continuous” soundfield effect.

I bought the YSP-2200 about a week ago, after much research on this forum [...]

Here are the slides from my “Understanding SharePoint Disaster Recovery” presentation that I gave at Houston TechFest.  Judging from the comments I’ve gotten, it was a well-received presentation.

Understanding SharePoint Disaster Recovery (Houston TechFest 2010)

I’m a Twitter convert.  SharePoint, trading, personal stuff, whatever.  Just quicker and easier than writing blog entries.  Is micro-blogging it an excuse for not writing full-length posts?  Maybe, but I’m not alone.

Moral of the story?  Follow me on Twitter: @weneversleep.

I’m in Las Vegas this week for the SharePoint 2009 Conference, at Mandalay Bay.  7500+ people.  Twittering status on@weneversleep.

@weneversleep, or go to my Twitter page.

An old friend of Lori Ann (and her brother), Tom Hagerman, was in town last night, touring with his band, DeVotchKa.  Tom called us, and gave us all-access passes to the show.  We got to go backstage before the show and hang out with the band, drink their beer, and catch up with Tom.

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Lori Ann and I had our first “date night” since our son was born this last Saturday night.  I arranged a special meal at theRainbow Lodge with their new chef, Randy Rucker.  It was an eight-course “degustation” food and wine pairing.

And it was amazing.

I will post pictures of each dish [...]

My son Brandon was born almost 2 months ago.  He’s growing like crazy, because he’s eating like crazy.  We joke that he has a “hollow leg”.  But, we’re figuring things out as parents, trusting our instincts, and he seems to be doing just fine.

I instructed this last weekend at the Porsche club HPDE at [...]

I haven’t updated in a long time, obviously, and I finally got Windows Live Writer working on my Server 2008 installation.  (on my work laptop, natch)

Seems to work pretty well.  It’s still a little clunky, but I like typing on a desktop application better than the MovableType interface.