My Dad and I went for a drive the other day up by Refugio and went along the side road. The cows (they are happy Californian cows) were out in full force. Older and babies. They were probably wondering what we were doing out there as I was kind of wondering the same thing. None the less, I pulled over and watched the cows for a while. I found them quite relaxing actually. They graze, moooo, and graze some more. One of the cows seemed to escape and was on the other side of the fence. I guess the saying of that “Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence” really does hold true…

For your enjoyment, we moooo’d at the cows.

Baby Cow Escaped, Mooooooooo

Tonight was our holiday party for SBMA. Was very fun and festive. Everyone seemed to have a great time. I was lucky enough to find some antlers from a friend (Thanks Paul and Lynne!) so I could bring some holiday cheer. Georgia did a great job at putting the whole party together as the setting was perfect and the food was very yummy (Thanks to Secret Ingredient..our Museum Cafe). I got the privilege of doing the introduction for our Director Larry, which was fun and spontaneous…all I gotta say is the antlers definitely help break the ice at parties.

Jimmy and I (rolling with the antlers), click to view more

OK, I am now ready to be festive. I have dusted off my Santa hat and am now prepared for various holiday events. All of my xmas shopping is done (first time ever I am ahead), fiberoptic xmas tree is up, and fake snow is now on top of the tv system. Tis the Season!

Santa Joe

Today is my Dad’s 64th birthday. Funny when I was younger, it seemed like 64 was ancient. Now as I get ready to hit my 30’s in a year or so…it really does not seem that big of a number anymore. Dad’s birthday weekend includes some presents this morning, dinner out tonight, and some casino action tomorrow. Got him some headphones and an iTunes gift card…I have turned him pretty tech like me. He has as many gadgets as I do. His other friends in his age group are always impressed with his mad skillz.

Happy Birthday Dad!

Dad Turns 64 Today

Just browsing our servers today and looking at the task managers on each. I love having powerful servers. Below is a screenshot from our server hosting SQL Server 2005. It is a dual quad core Xeon E5420 @ 2.5 GHz, giving a total of 8 cores. Loaded up to 4 GB of RAM…it pretty much just sails away with Christopher Cross. Our file server is a similar setup. Good stuff!

8 Cores (2 quad core Xeons)

Today was an odd day while walking at Shoreline Park. On the bench were two “My Little Ponies” just chilling and watching everybody. They sure were colorful and I had no idea they are still mainstream. I really cannot make this stuff up…

My Little Ponies at Shoreline Park

With our new estore launch at work (www.sbmastore.net), I have been researching a way to photograph our products. I have finally found the solution! It is called Mr. Ezcube and is simply the most amazing product ever. The package comes as a kit and comes with two cube tents (12″ and 30″), two side lights, and one top light. Our biggest issue was lighting and the ezcube has solved that for us! The product shots may not be quality for publications, but for our estore, it is perfect.

Me and Ezcube (not a hip hop artist)