I finally got around to doing some server work on the box here at home. It's been a while, probably since I moved the football pools website up to justhost.com. I added a new repo, IUS Community Project. Used it to upgrade some packages, mysql from 5.1 to 5.5, php from 5.1 to 5.3, and just piddled for a while. It's good to have a bit of time to just play. With Spring right around the corner, I'll be working in the yard soon, probably more than I'd like at times, and the extra daylight will mean that I'll be finishing later. That means less time for the indoor projects, of which I have a long list that I didn't get to this winter (yet) ! Hopefully I can knock out a few of those as soon as the pepper seedlings get moved off the workbench!

With the exception of the barreled upper and the scope, all the parts are in for the AR-15 build ! Hopefully the upper will arrive this week, and I can get it assembled within the next week or so... Pictures and details to follow.

After much trepidation, I finally decided to move my website from my home server to the JustHost.com platform... I figured a drastically streamlined (read: crippled) presence was better than none at all. All of the adminsitrative functions are gone and most of the gaming-related info as well, but few folks will notice (or even care!). Our home network access transition to HughesNet effectively precludes anyone outside the home accessing our gameservers in any fashion not approaching extraordinarily frustrating. That means the gameserver stats pages will likely not return, or only in a "static" mode for historical purposes. Naturally, the cricket pages are gone also, as they were specific to my home server and I don't want to burn the bandwidth redirecting to that right now. That could change at some point, but would be dependent on my home internet access plan changing.

I Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.  You just can't beat four days of non-stop football!  As we enter the Christmas season, please consider giving a little something to help those less fortunate.  I'm making it really easy, here's a link to our Football-Pools.org Salvation Army Team Kettle.  Better yet, join the team, make your own personal kettle, and ask others to donate!  I sent out a message from their website, and I'm saying something now, but I won't be a pest about it.  If any of you were thinking about giving me anything for Christmas, do this instead.  That'll make me much happier.

Back from Worlds !! I played terribly the first day, and my finish at 50th reflects it... But we had a great time with Jack & Tina, Joey & Karin, and Brandi & Duane in the big 'ole house we rented for the week or so... There were some great courses, some not-so-great ones, and the weather, for the most part, was good. The Player's meeting and the flymart were a sight to behold; I'm impressed with over 1100 people in one room for any reason, especially disc golf ! Perhaps before next year I'll learn how to putt, and maybe next year I won't hit every tree on the course, but it's doubtful that we could have more fun, no matter how well I play... Still, it's good to be home, and eventually I will catch up on my rest. Then it'll be time to get ready for Southern Nationals.... ;-)