Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 27th, 2010
My host’s home network is behind NAT, has no 6to4 connectivity and the router squashes IP protocol 41 (6in4). Normally in this situation I’d fire up a Teredo tunnel, but here it’s pretty unreliable. My control traffic to Microsoft’s Teredo server goes to Singapore, and who knows where my closest Teredo relays are. After some […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 27th, 2010
After my great journey I arrived in Redmond Saturday-before-last (18th). Saturday night was a nifty welcome-to-the-PNW get-together at Coppola-Leigh. Sunday I rented a storage unit and unloaded all my belongings. Thanks to Alex & Victoria for coming to help unload awesome heavy couch and the rest of my boxes! I’ve taken residence in the dining […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 5th, 2010
I never thought I’d leave Texas. Earlier this year I remember re-affirming to a friend that I’d always live here. I might live in Austin or somewhere in west Texas. I might not necessarily buy a house, but I’d be around somewhere to call the Lone Star state “home”. I love the state, its history, […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 31st, 2010
God bless the blue-shirts at Apple stores for helping non-tech savvy users find what they want, but they try too hard when you already know what you want. I had heard stories of this, but hadn’t experienced it yet. I walked into the Apple store today to buy a Mini. That’s it. After waiting around […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 5th, 2010
I’ve been at 155 for a week now, so I’ve officially lost 20 pounds. huh. I was totally not expecting to get down to that weight at all. Now I wish I hadn’t taken my old skinnier clothes to Goodwill a few months ago, as I’ve ran out of belt notches. I guess I should […]
Posted in Travel, Uncategorized on Aug 2nd, 2010
This weekend lead me on a last minute trip to Houston, and ultimately to New Orleans. The drive surprisingly wasn’t bad, roughly 500 miles and takes about an hour longer than it does to get to my parent’s. I-10 going east is certainly much nicer scenery than it is going west, more green and actual […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 26th, 2010
July 18, Fredericksburg: The weekend before last was a trip to Fredericksburg, TX. Along the way in Johnson City, I stopped by the Johnson Settlement. I’m ashamed to admit I’ve been playing Frontierville on Facebook a lot lately, and this park screamed “real life homestead” to me so I had to go look around out […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 15th, 2010
It feels like such a great sin not to be doing something out in the sun after work. Nevertheless the past several weeks I’ve been bored and sick of the apartment in the evenings and cycling hasn’t been appealing to me, so I’ve taken up walking. I usually go for a 3-4 mile walk (not […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 6th, 2010
Monday, June 28: Monday morning I departed for Boston for the flawless, epic road trip. There was a storm system rolling in on the east coast, so both legs of the trip were delayed for a couple of hours. While waiting at the gate at EWR, some old woman was getting irate at the gate […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 23rd, 2010
I’m excited! Monday I fly to Boston to co-pilot a friend who is moving from Boston to Seattle. I was kicking myself that I didn’t go on the last BOS-SEA trip with H, so this is my last chance in the foreseeable future. Around 3,050 miles, roughly the length of my Wyoming trip. I’m pretty […]
