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So, I've finally updated to the latest build of Drupal (after finding a stupid annoying problem in my configs that prevented the upgrade script from working correctly). I'll be looking for a new theme and some new modules to load. Maybe I'll find something neato for a real chat room and some better imaging stuff. I'm really also looking for something better with forum integration.

So it has been ages since I've posted anything to this site, let alone fix all the web cams. I used to have 4 or 5 of them, but Now I only run the one YardCAM. I'll be putting them back up soon, but it won't be for much longer since we're moving sometime this summer. Check out the cams... the ones that are there are now working, with a somewhat usable stutter-stream going on. I have to really cut back on the upstream that I'm pushing since I'm really limited. When that upstream gets capped, it affects my work.

See y'all later!

I recently got a speeding ticket. With the fact that I didn't have my most recent insurance paperwork in the car (which expired 3 weeks prior), I had to go see a judge to enter a plea on my 'case'. The last time I had gotten a speeding ticket was while I was living in Southern California. The system there worked very well :

- You get a letter telling you how much your fine is.
- You pay it with the enclosed pre-paid envelope.

Of course, you can go to the courts and plead not guilty and get your time in court. In this case, I was caught, and I didn't feel the need to waste time fighting something I'd end up loosing anyway. Check in the mail, done with that.

This is a big thank you to the people of Boston. They are a good host to tourists, and I might say, some of the best I've encountered yet. We recently took the freedom trail which snakes across downtown Boston. With tour book in hand, we often stopped to make sure we were heading in the right direction, and to read about the items along the path. We (purposely) went off the trail to see items not on the trail (inexplicably, the tea party marker). While off the trail, and with our noses in the tour book, we were continuously asked where we wanted to go.

With the recent (unwanted) change in hardware for my server, I've found myself unable to get enough USB bandwidth together to run all my webcams. Since I don't want to run them at anything but 640x480, I'm left with the option to just have three webcams running : The YardCam, The OfficeCam and the LobsterCam. Since I'm not going to be in the office for the next few weeks, you won't see the Office Cam on at all :)

Hopefully, that'll be ok :)