Despite the ranting title, I actually have a technical description of my problem, and then what went on. This is half for posterity so when I go to upgrade again later I won’t have to curse at my computer and the ubuntu forums, I will just be able to read my own blog. Upgrading to [...]
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My name is Ben Catlin, and this is where I rock out on topics like my life, technology and faith.
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One of the major players in the world of industrial control automation is Rockwell Automation. They make a vast array of products (or private-label from other companies to fill in their gaps), which include but are not limited to: Industrial servo controller/drives, variable frequency drives, PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers – think hardened PCs that are [...]
Cheated on the fast yesterday by eating a small fried dessert dumpling from a chinese place. And almost threw it right back up. # It turns out that soy milk doesn't suck, contrary to my original assumption. # Steve Robbins is constantly pushing me more towards a liberal theological position by being trite with his [...]
VLI week from hell is done. 2 tests and a sermon complete. Sermon didn't suck as much as I thought it would, which is a plus. # 15 minutes is just not enough time to flesh-out 10+ versus of 2nd Timothy. Artificial limitations are hampering my ability to be awesome. # Exciting free-agency first day [...]
One of my new local music heroes @heatherlynmusic http://www.heatherlynmusic.com/ check her out – awesome and maybe coming to your town! # At the MN without poverty event at Luther seminary. Loving the artists and the cause. # Battle of the odors, the rotten fish smell we can't get out of the fridge vs. leftover curry. [...]
Still on the phone w/ service guys in Germany – it is around midnight there now. This has been an insane walk-thru with these guys. # I'm often impressed by how good the video quality is over low bandwith for google's video chat. XMPP+Jingle-Video FTW! # I hate when you learn so much about an [...]
It is not saying anything new to point out that the iPhone changed the way we thought about and interacted with smart-phones. In the years following the Android phones brought us a vision of what a cloud-centric phone OS on many vendors hardware could provide if it was well supported. And the Palm webOS phones [...]
This is a really fun defense of the paper letter snail-mailed to people http://is.gd/8kjzK # Ever think back about what u have done or said & say to urself 'that was really immature.' Yeah, I'm in a church-planting lecture right now. # Why can't media players and phones have a standard for syncing media – [...]
Opened a bottle of 2006 Avery's Czar Imperial Stout only to find it had bottle-shock and had a bite and a nasty finish. # Not sure yet how I feel about the new offensive and defensive coordinator decisions for da bears. Both x-head-coaches… # My dog has decided tonight that she is terribly afraid of [...]
I'm also still waiting for wireless sync – kindle has that on them for books, but it is silly to not have bluetooth or wireless sync by now. # Seriously lame that they don't seem to have any multi-tasking on this thing – really need for that in the iPhoneOS 4.0 or I'm goin android. [...]
Team Jake – Edward is king of the pale Emo whiny dorks – definitely team Jake # I love the Riverview – great atmosphere and 2 tickets cost less than 1 @ a mega-plex. Sparkly vampires & shirtless warewolves for date nite. # Pricing out parts to do a server upgrade. Thinking AMD w/ integrated [...]
Thinking about building a new antenna or two today – trying to decide which version to build. # As a man who made fun of many vikings fans during the Tice era I can say with certainty that this is a REALLY bad idea. http://is.gd/6g8iJ # http://is.gd/6c93c – A great, short, "What is Google Wave" [...]
Everything is falling into place for a new small group – Monday nights, 7pm, starting the 25th – Anyone interested? It is gonna rock! # I've got an electronics project itch to scratch and it is seriously making miss having good surface-mount soldering tools at my disposal. # Just watched Friday's Dollhouse on DVR – [...]
