john munoz dot com » geekstuff http://www.johnmunoz.net our faith in zeros and ones Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:43:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 i thought they were for my roof http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/i-thought-they-were-for-my-roof http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/i-thought-they-were-for-my-roof#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:00:45 +0000 john http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/i-thought-they-were-for-my-roof most bloggers i follow on my rss feed don’t talk about their own health but for me it’s the most exciting thing going on.  remember my wisdom teeth that they barbarically stole from me.  yeah, i got a few weeks worth of stuff to talk about then.  about two weeks ago i noticed this weird rash along my side.  It was red and roundish and about the size of a quarter.  My first thought was that it looked like ring-worm- but i hadn’t been mud wrestling lately.  A few days later i noticed other spots along the same side of my body.  What was strangest is that they were actually painful.  Not like itchy but sore.  For a while i though i had cracked a rib somehow but again, no contact sports lately.  Finally by that Friday i was quite uncomfortable and the spots were spreading.  I gave in and went to see the doctor.  First of all, they schedule me for 9:20.  10 oclock they call my name to weight me and take my temp.  then they send me back to the waiting room.  10 minutes later they put me in a room.  The doctor lady person wasn’t long after that.  i showed her the spots and she took a step back.  “Do they hurt?” yeah.. “is it a stabbing pain? Tingling kind of prickly?” um.. now that i think of it.. yeah it is a stabbing pain.. and it does tingle like a foot fallen asleep.  “Have you ever had chicken pox?” um.. when i was like 6 or 7.

So come to find out.. I have Shingles.  Interesting thing about shingles, it’s the Chicken Pox redux.  When you get the ckicken pox… and it clears up, the virus that causes it, varicella, goes dormant.  Usually when your really old and have a weekend immune system, the virus wakes up again but comes back as shingles.  So i got these huge 1000mg pills and Patti got me some lotion that really helps.  a week later it’s cleared up quite a bit.  After looking at the websites i’m pretty sure i got off easy.

Shingles itself isn’t contagious.  You can’t catch shingles from someone who has shingles, BUT.. if you haven’t had chickenpox you can get it from someone with shingles (since it’s the same virus)

So enough about that-

Apple released it’s much rumored iPad today.  As much as i used to hate the concept of Apple, i’ve really come full circle now.  I carry my macbook around just as much as i carry my dell laptop.  I’ve found my iPhone extremely useful and productive. It’s just so small.. It’s good size for a phone but when i’m using it to VNC or RDP it’s a little hard.  And watching a movie on a 3 inch screen takes something away from the cinematic experience.  Now with the iPad, all that is a thing of the past.  *JOHN’S PREDICTIONS* I could really see one of these in everyone’s home, especially at the starting price of $499.

]]> http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/i-thought-they-were-for-my-roof/feed 0 a somewhat demented way of freaking people out.. http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/a-somewhat-demented-way-of-freaking-people-out http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/a-somewhat-demented-way-of-freaking-people-out#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:10:23 +0000 john http://www.johnmunoz.net/?p=1507

And every day it gets harder to fight the urge to su to the user and freak people out.

xkcd.com

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The iPhone redbox app is by far my new favorite app.  Last night Patti and i were at HEB and wanted to “redbox” a movie.  So we go to the machine and of course there is a line in front of it with people browsing.  *sigh* so we go inside to shop and while we are shopping i pull out my iPhone, open up the redbox app and start browsing the movies that are loaded into that very machine we were standing in front of.  Found starwars and even though we had both seen it before, it was a good movie and wouldn’t mind getting to see it again.  So i clicked on “Reserve” and while patti was in the checkline, i walked back over to the machine, “clicked” the online reservation button, swiped my card and out popped my movie.

As an added bonus, i got an email confirmation of the reservation and a confirmation when the movie was returned this morning.  now i’m just waiting for the chance try it again!

http://www.redbox.com/

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Subscription trends (last 30 days)

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]]> http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/imagine-the-10th-dimmension/feed 1 Palindrometer http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/palindrometer http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/palindrometer#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:40:03 +0000 john http://www.johnmunoz.net/?p=1311 I’ve been putting together the new design layouts for the nearly empty racks and i found a neat toy that would fit nicely…

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/3PIII

]]> http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/palindrometer/feed 0 Mackie SR40×8 1997-2009 http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/mackie-sr40x8-1997-2009 http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/mackie-sr40x8-1997-2009#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:47:45 +0000 john http://www.johnmunoz.net/?p=1308 251412 years with this piece of machinery.  It really wasn’t at horrid as i may make it out to be at times.. but it still kept us on our toes.  Signal bleeds, distorted or missing aux sends, mis-grouping, muted intercom… usually a swift bang in the right spot would clear it up.  Last night was the final service with it.  I ran the morning service but Guy ran it’s final .  We moved the console out so the youth could be bestowed with it’s grace tonight.  I’ve also removed the compressors and gates as well as the console’s PS.  Tonight i’m going to pull the EQ’s and processors.  The next day i’m going to move the patch bay to one of the now empty racks.  (have to fill up all this empty space somehow) The new console is more than just a sound board but it incorporates pretty much all the equiptment picutred bellow into one compact 11U system.  The new “board” is smaller than the old one but still impressive enough to show off and listen to the oohhh’s from jellous on-lookers.

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just in case you were curious.

]]> http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/another-sign/feed 0 Pat Fleet http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/pat-fleet http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/pat-fleet#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:27:54 +0000 john http://www.johnmunoz.net/?p=1246 You may not recognized the name but you know the voice. Pat Fleet is the voice of AT&T. Recently i’ve been searching for voices for the phone system here at work and i came across these recordings of her’s. I have to say.. she’s got a sense of humor.

Rotary Phone?

All your base are belong to us

for the lyrics to…


to infurate our tech staff..

more funny recordings…

Pat Fleet Pat Fleet’s “AT&T” is one of the most recognized sounds in the United States. Described as a “mega star” of phone voices by Ted Koppel on ABC’s Nightline and affectionately called “Ma Bell” by telephone workers, Pat has been the voice behind literally tens of thousands of telephone recordings since 1981 – speaking to millions of callers daily with coin and credit card requests, explaining services or just thanking them for using AT&T…

]]> http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/pat-fleet/feed 1 engineers with too much time on their hands http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/engineers-with-too-much-time-on-their-hands http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/engineers-with-too-much-time-on-their-hands#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:27:24 +0000 john http://www.johnmunoz.net/?p=1239 or have watched “stomp” to much

At home i’m working on a project, i’m sure by now you’ve all see the “wizards of winter” video where the guy sync’s the christmas lights in his house to music. Well. I found the software and hardware the guy uses. Over the weekend i played around with the software. Tonight we’re going to add some more lights and change some of the cabeling. should be done by tonight.

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