The 64th annual Sweetcorn Festival is over, we cooked 21 tons over 3 days. We ran out of corn every day, Monday earlier than other days. Monday was essentially a repeat of last year, the fences were rolled up and the steam engine was ready to leave by 4 pm.
Mike summed up the Sopranos better than I ever could.
Rest in peace, you were always fun to be around. And thank you for all the wacky gifts over the years, they have been and will continue to be cherished.
Lois Emele Betka
Lois Emele Betka, 58, of Skokie, formerly of East Lynn, died at 8:50 a.m. Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at her home.
She was born in June 1948, in Danville, the daughter of E. Kenneth Betka and Florence E. Nelson.
Survivors include: her mother: Florence Betka of Hoopeston; sisters: Sue Betka of Washington, D.C. and Jean (Tom) Skoza of Champaign; brother: Bill (Melva) Betka of Cissna Park. She is also survived by three nephews and one niece. She was preceded in death by her father and a brother, Robert Betka.
Ms. Betka worked as a project officer for the State of Ohio U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. She enjoyed cooking, gardening, sewing and reading.
Funeral service: 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, 2007, at Anderson Funeral Home, 427 E. Main St. in Hoopeston; Visitation: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home; Officiating: Rev. Janet Eggleston; Per her wishes she will be cremated. Private family burial at a later date at East Lynn Cemetery. Memorials to the donor’s choice.
This morning I was walking over the the Siebel Center to pick up my morning dose of caffeine, just minding my own business, and then a sign jumps out at me:
Graduation Party Registration!
CS Class of 2007
Damn, nothing like feeling old all of a sudden.
But, pictures always cheer me up.
So, YouTube is taking over the world. But, this guy is pretty darn good at explaining Economics.
Note: Apparently, you have to be some sort of Econ geek to find this funny, but anyway.
If you saw my Christmas wishlist over at NewEgg this year, you probably realized I was in the market to build a new computer. Last Tuesday I finally ordered all the parts I needed, which, thanks to my lovely wife and the brother-in-law, was a shorter list than it began with.
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It’s been quite some time since I’ve put anything up here, so this may end up being a rambling mess.
Hoopeston Area lost a good superintendent last Saturday to an apparent heart attack, Mr. Conolly will be missed.
At CITES, I’ve been working on an RFP for a solution to support our DNS infrastructure. The most I can do is to link to a similar effort being run by The University of Michigan. Hopefully ours will be on the street sometime in January, then I get to work on a committee to evaluate the proposals and maybe some evaluation equipment.
On consulting sites:
The holidays are coming up, I’m not sure what to get anyone, as usual. Hopefully the utilitarian gifts and gift certificates will work again this year. Now, if we can just make it home without borrowing a trailer to haul Robin’s gifts in.
And, as usual, I’m way behind on getting pictures of Robin posted. Maybe next week after we’re done driving all over the Illiana area…
So, I missed the 3rd anniversary of the blog. Oh well, we were in Nashville, TN for Thanksgiving. Hopefully I’ll get pictures from that trip up later today.
WServerNews sent along a link to an article on server virtualization and the problems it can cause in large environments.
Following up to Jim’s recent post about the new Weird Al video:
How White and Nerdy Are You?