tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50897157038261457802024-02-18T21:05:42.407-08:00J O E C R A M dot C O MJoe Cramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07623399163614509133noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089715703826145780.post-73194123720024469712009-06-09T14:43:00.001-07:002009-06-09T14:43:40.234-07:00I think I'm going to CryNK5-1# wr mem<br /> ^<br />% invalid command detected at '^' marker.<br />% Invalid command<br />NK5-1# wr ?<br /> erase Destroys the configuration on persistent media<br /><br />NK5-1# copy running-config startup-config<br />[########################################] 100%<br />Packaging and storing to flash: /<br />NK5-1#Joe Cramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07623399163614509133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089715703826145780.post-31251294633260664922008-09-02T15:22:00.000-07:002008-09-02T16:01:06.330-07:00What is the purpose of a Vacation?It's an interesting question. Some people would say its a chance to get out and see something new. My answer is to provide a small break from the routine schedule and allow for you to really appreciate your normal way of life. I've found this is best accomplished by doing something that challenges the body while allowing your mind to sit idle.<br /><br />Take camping for example. You take people that normally live in a house with comforts such as soft beds, central air conditining, cable TV, dishwasher, microwave, etc. and put them out into the woods with not much more than a can of bug spray and a sleeping bag. 2 or 3 days of living like that makes you really enjoy your normal way of life.<br /><br />Well, this Labor Day weekend I decided to try and refresh myself by working on my father's birthday gift (Dad, if you are reading this, stop!). My Father has a 20-yr old boat named "Patience" which he leaves in a slip behind my house. He lives about 2 hours away and doesn't get down here nearly as often as he should. The wood railing along the rear cockpit of his boat (about 20 linear ft worth) was showing signs of neglect so I decided that instead of trying to buy him something, i'd clean up the rear of his boat. I really think he'll enjoy my efforts better than anything I could just go buy.<br /><br />Anyhow, i'm not typically known for being a handy-man. I'm somewhat a blend of Weekend Warrior / Couch Potato / Techology Geek / Caffiene Addict kinda guy. Having never done wood restoration before, I wasn't exactly sure what to expect.<br /><br />The good news: I'm about 85% done and it already looks great. I have a final coat of stain + 2 coats of clear gloss to go. I'll be able to wrap it up before the weekend (one coat per day) and then the gloss should be able to fully dry out by his birthday (it takes a couple weeks to fully set up).<br /><br />The even better news: I'm physically exausted (about 12 hours of sanding&filling and 2 hours of staining sofar) but completely mentally refreshed. I'm looking forward to going back to work tomorrow and I can't wait to see my Dad's reaction to the woodwork!<br /><br />What a perfect Vacation!Joe Cramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07623399163614509133noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089715703826145780.post-83977449683159893172008-07-24T12:33:00.000-07:002008-07-24T12:52:58.239-07:00iPhone Personal useI've been posting business related iPhone usage reports, so I figured I should post something for those less concered about power points & calendaring.<br /><br />The 3rd party app store is amazing. What were Palm & Microsoft thinking? It should have always been this way (on-phone purchase/install). Click, Buy, Use!<br /><br />Check this out (not me). It shows you just how an amazing device/interface it really is and what can be done:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51cWRrZdkwk&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51cWRrZdkwk&feature=related</a><br /><br />I have Shazam installed. It's crazy that audio recognition has gotten so good.<br /><br />Unfortunatly I live and work in a dead zone for most of the location services. I live half-way between the SF Bay Area and Sacramento and applications like Urban Spoon and iWant don't appear to have listings where I live or Work. When my travels take me to SF or Sac next i'm ready to give them a whirl.<br /><br />The only personal user gripe is that there is no MMS or Video support. I love live blogging images & video's to the web in real time. Yes, there are 3rd party apps for a few larger sites, but the small ones I use don't support it (they used validated MMS addresses for image identification and posting). <br /><br />I look forward to the day SlingBox releases their client (I the client on my Treo)<br /><br />Whats funny? Its been a week and I have exactly ZERO point ZERO songs loaded. I listen to sattelite radio. I never used the iPod I had, I never kept music on my Laptop or Treo. If I want to listent to something its streamed.Joe Cramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07623399163614509133noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089715703826145780.post-22034108686777067492008-07-24T11:26:00.001-07:002008-07-24T12:33:42.525-07:00Once the "newness" wears offWell, I've been using the iPhone as my primary business communications device now for a week. I figure that's enough time for the thrill of a new device to wear off and to have an honest opinion.<br /><br />The bottom line: The iPhone is far from perfect, but I'm not going back to my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Goodlink</span></span> Enabled <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Treo</span></span> 750.<br /><br />The battery is the big challenge. If you keep your fingers off the screen and don't make any calls, you'll make it <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">thru</span></span> the day. If you are obsessed with your inbox like me, you've better make sure you'll not be away from a charger for more than 4 hours at a time. With the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">conscious</span> effort to ensure it's always plugged in at home, in the car, and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">whenever</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">convenient</span></span> at work, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">i've</span></span> found I am not running below 20% very often.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">ActiveSync</span></span> appears to be able to Sync multiple contact folders. I've created a folder underneath my contacts for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">CompanyContacts</span></span> and it appears to be <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">sync'ng</span></span> them. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Unfortunately</span>, It doesn't appear to like the format we use for company contacts (we start the contact name off with the company name) and so it appears to be a little confused. The bottom line is that while not as convenient as accessing the public folder, I should be able to script an update to happen daily.<br /><br />My biggest <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">disappointment</span> with Apple's mail client is that it goes <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">completely</span> limp when you have no coverage. It appears to download headers only until you attempt to access the message. You can't read unread, move, or delete messages when you have no coverage. This is VERY annoying and I can't see Apple leaving it this way past the next major software update. I haven't used any other <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">ActiveSync</span></span> device with this <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">limitation</span>. You are able to compose NEW messages which get stored in the outbox and reply to messages that are already downloaded. With airplane mode enabled, you can see which features are disabled. When in an area with spotty coverage, you'll get an error when trying to move/delete/etc.<br /><br />I'm a pretty demanding user (and so are the rest of the guys at SNI). My expectation is that everyone will want (and get) one of these at SNI in August.Joe Cramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07623399163614509133noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089715703826145780.post-12639031550200139502008-07-17T20:53:00.000-07:002008-07-17T21:54:37.891-07:00iPhone makes a major milestone!It's been 13.5+ hours and my iPhone is still running on a single charge (Albeit it doesn't look like there is much left)! The following stats are near the end of the 4th full charge/drain cycle.<br /><br />According to the Usage Stats right now:<br /><br />Usage: 7 hours, 1 minutes<br />Standby: 13 Hours, 31 minutes<br /><br />Current Call Time: 1 Hour, 3 minutes<br /><br />Sent: 881K<br />Received: 6.2Mb<br /><br />What's interesting is that there is no way I used the phone for 7+ hours today, so ActiveSync must trigger the usage timer. The phone spent most of its day today in WiFi range, so the cellular data usage was significantly lower than yesterday.<br /><br />We'll see if I can do the same tomorrow (I'll be on the road/in the field all day). If I can get similar results tomorrow, I'll say that my #1 concern has been satisfied.Joe Cramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07623399163614509133noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089715703826145780.post-21051727659292344892008-07-17T12:34:00.000-07:002008-07-17T14:20:15.133-07:00iPhone: The Day After....So Yesterday was my first full day on the iPhone.<br /><br />Before making you listen to all of my ramblings, I'll give you the bottom line: While I have a few concerns, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">sofar</span> the it's the most powerful business-enabled remote communications device <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">I've</span> had the pleasure of working with.<br /><br />Concern #1 - Battery Life<br /><br />Yesterday I ran the battery to "dead" twice. It shut down once right after lunch and then again (after a full recharge started at 1PM) not too long after getting home. It took somewhere between 1.5 and 2 hours to fully recharge (<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">I'll</span> keep a closer eye on this for the next recharge). Solution: I'm going to keep a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">USB</span> Charge/Sync cable in my laptop bag, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">I'm</span> going to pick up a few cradles (home , car, office) so that it's charging when it's convenient, and i' going to pick up one of the 3rd party "connector" based add-on batteries for emergency situations. I don't want to deal with enabling/disabling <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Bluetooth</span>, G3, or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">WiFI</span> so <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">I'm</span> going to go with "keep a charger around" model and see if this solves my blackouts.<br /><br />Concern #2 - No Public Folder Contacts<br /><br />I've decided that I will no longer call anyone and just wait for inbound calls. Well, since that obviously wont work, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">i'll</span> have to figure this out. This will probably be my weekend project.<br /><br />Concern #3 - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">ActiveSync</span> != <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Goodlink</span><br /><br />For the last 3+ years <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">I've</span> been using <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">GoodLink</span>. Before that I was using Blackberry (at first Pager-style then eventually the early phones). <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">GoodLink's</span> sync is so fast & accurate that you really feel like it's a mobile outlook client. The iPhone's ActiveSync implementation feels <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">loosely</span> coupled to my inbox... <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">I'm</span> not yet confident that a urgent email isn't hovering on the exchange server that has not yet made it to my phone. I often have Outlook open on my laptop while i'm holding the phone and the inboxes don't match until I refresh. Dissapointing.Joe Cramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07623399163614509133noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089715703826145780.post-48552286887957172262008-07-16T12:57:00.000-07:002008-07-16T13:25:28.213-07:0024 Hours of iPhone goodnessIt's 1:00PM and my iPhone's battery is completely drained. I'm not sure if that's a good sign or a bad sign.<br /><br />The bad: I'm now stuck without my device (until it recharges)<br /><br />The Good: It means I really enjoyed using the device. I only let it sit idle for 1 elapsed hour the entire morning!<br /><br />I was paying close attention to the runtime today. Counters since last charge: 5.5 hours total (shown as the standby timer) and 4.5 hours (shown as the usage timer). Cellular Airtime was just over an hour of the 4.5. Data Transfered was ~20Mb (i've had a total of 35Mb in the 24 hour window since I activated)<br /><br />I started off today at 7:30AM by pulling the iPhone off the charger and heading out the door for work. I don't yet have a car charger. Typically my phone sits in the car charger atleast 2 hours a day as I drive 1-hour each way to/from my office. I sat on 2 conference calls on my ride in connected thru the bluetooth interface to my Jeep's MyGIG navigation radio. By the time I got to work it was 30-40% drained.<br /><br />At the office, I proceeded to interact with my phone while in several meetings. Just before I headed out to lunch it warned me I had 20% remaining. I used it to make several calls on my way to and from lunch (which was an excellent bowl of Pho by the way, more on that another time).<br /><br />It turned off with a little beep sound just after getting back to my desk.....Joe Cramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07623399163614509133noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089715703826145780.post-90226072015920883732008-07-15T17:12:00.000-07:002008-07-15T19:35:10.317-07:00bye bye Treo! Hello iPhone!Well Folks, the day you all <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">thougth</span> would never happen has arrived. Joe's personal productivity tool of choice is now an Apple product (long dramatic pause)!!<br /><br />Today I switched from my trusty <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">GoodLink</span> enabled Palm <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Treo</span> 750 to a sexy new 16GB iPhone 3G. As most of you know, we are a big Microsoft shop, so switching away from Windows Mobile on the surface seems entirely backwards. Before today, my productivity tool was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">GoodLink</span>, not the underlying hardware. My productivity tool is now the integrated <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ActiveSync</span> functionality which is all <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Microsoft</span>! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Atleast</span> that's how <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">I'm</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">justifying</span> it :)<br /><br />Honestly, I was getting pretty fed up with my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Treo</span>. The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Treo</span> hardware is decent, I can type 50 words per minute on the mini keyboard using my thumbs, i had installed a 3rd party <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">over sized</span> battery pack so I could make an entire day (and I had a charged spare & travel charger in my bag at all times).. sounds perfect, no? The browser was pretty much useless. The screen resolution sucked (the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Treo</span> 650 was better!).. but worst of all? It just plain quit working well as a phone!<br /><br />Now, I will admit, it was mostly my fault. We have a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">CRM</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">application</span> that exports all of our contacts into an exchange public folder. That folder now has over 5000 contacts. It was GREAT having 5000 contacts available for a dial at any minute. It was even nicer that *I* didn't have to input them! As anyone in the company adds/updates the contacts they were instantly available on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Treo</span> via <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Goodlink's</span> public folder contact sync. The problem? With 5000 contacts in the phone it would hang trying to look up the caller-id to display on inbound calls? The result? My phone would continually lock up and people would get voicemail. I was able to answer MAYBE 1 out of 5 calls.<br /><br />Ironically, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">ActiveSync</span> doesn't even attempt to sync public folders. This means <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">I'm</span> now on a new device with only about 2 dozen personal contacts. It's not a fair comparison, but boy does it feel good to be able to navigate through my phone and accept <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">phone calls</span>! I'm sure it's not going to be so pleasant when I'm on the road and need to reach someone and do not have access to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">CRM</span> database.<br /><br />It took about 3 minutes to make the iPhone sync my email, personal contacts, and calendar from our exchange server. We have Exchange 2007 deployed with a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">OWA</span> front-end all prepped for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">ActiveSync</span>. I had to enter my email address, domain user-ID, and domain password and I was in. It was so easy <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">I'm</span> betting even a sales guy could do it!<br /><br />First Impressions <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">sofar</span> are really good. Tomorrow will be the real test. If I can make it a day without powering back up, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">I'll</span> be very pleased..... Stay Tuned!Joe Cramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07623399163614509133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089715703826145780.post-2262089544838108532008-07-12T16:17:00.000-07:002008-07-12T16:51:34.780-07:00Grohe Thermostatic ValvesWell,<br /><br />The previous owner of my house had some pretty expensive taste. He equipped all of the showers with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Grohe</span> Thermostatic valves. For those of you who've never seen them, basically they are temperature calibrated valves where you just spin a single knob to the temp you want anywhere from like 70 to 110 degrees and it <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">automagically</span> handles adjusting the hot&cold no matter what the pressure to get your temp (some sort of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">thermostatic</span> spring).<br /><br />Anyhow, My brother moved out of my house about 2 years ago. Since then, nobody has been <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">using</span> the spare shower. The spare shower is a nice double-headed shower that is completely tiled in from ceiling to floor in natural stone. I had a friend over recently and he said one side wouldn't turn on at all and the other side was cold only!<br /><br />Since my parents are going to be spending a few days here next week, I decided I had to look at the shower today. After spending an hour figuring out how to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">disassemble</span> them, I was able to get the hot water working! The hot side of the valve was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">completely</span> full of some sort of sludge. With the valve <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">dissembled</span>, I turned the water on (a little bit messy) and all sorts of carbon-like crap shot out into the shower. I cleaned the valve cartridge up in the sink, re-assembled, and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Voila</span>, working shower!<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Unfortunately</span>, when I tried to do the same to the other side, I ended up breaking the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">thermostatic</span> valve <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">controls</span> plastic housing. Turns out this side was properly assembled with set screws that were left out of the side I fixed. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Unfortunately</span> the set screws are in a spot where they are going to be a nightmare to get to, so I decided I had enough for one day. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Atleast</span> it's a nice regular shower again. Once I find a replacement part (so I know I don't have to fix the one I have), <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">I'll</span> just cut the plastic off the brass housing. While I might need to change the other side's cartridge, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">I'm</span> betting I can fix it just by flushing it out too.<br /><br />The best news is that I didn't have to jack-hammer out any of the stone!Joe Cramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07623399163614509133noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089715703826145780.post-21519325097737848032008-06-06T08:13:00.000-07:002008-07-10T07:06:23.547-07:00Timeline / Milestones1971 - Born in Arizona<br />1975 - Moved to California<br />1987 - Obtained Drivers License<br />1987 - Travelled cross-country, hit 47 states in 6 weeks!<br />1989 - Completed <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Highschool</span><br />1991 - Met the Girl of my Dreams and Got Engaged<br />1991 - Started my first Internet Business (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">SynerChat</span> BBS/Chat.net)<br />1994 - Completed Schooling<br />1994 - Completed <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Novell</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">CNE</span><br />1994 - Became Network Administrator for S3, Inc.<br />1995 - Purchased First Boat (1995 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">MasterCraft</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Prostar</span> 205)<br />1996 - Shut Down my BBS<br />1997 - Travelled the world on Business for S3.<br />1998 - Became a Consultant<br />1998 - Purchased first home<br />1999 - Joined Solid Networks, Inc.<br />2001 - Began riding Quads & <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Dirtbikes</span><br />2003 - Purchased Dream Home in Discovery Bay<br />2007 - Broke my Wrist at Pismo BeachJoe Cramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07623399163614509133noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089715703826145780.post-21357475753944759212008-05-07T21:30:00.000-07:002008-05-07T21:46:12.842-07:00Clear Creek ClosureIt's a sad sad day for OHV (4x4, Dirtbike, QUAD/ATV, etc) enthusiasts in California. On May 1st the EPA and BLM have closed the Clear Creek Management Area (CCMA) due to conerns raised by the EPA's asbestos study. Unfortunatly, the interpretation is flawed and we all suffer (clear creek's short-fiber version of Natural Asbestos is not extreemly dangerous).<br /><br />Official Notice:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/fed_reg_archives/2008/may_2008/ccma_closure.html">http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/fed_reg_archives/2008/may_2008/ccma_closure.html</a><br /><br />Commentary:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.salinasramblersmc.org/Tobin/Blog/blog.htm">http://www.salinasramblersmc.org/Tobin/Blog/blog.htm</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.foccma.org/html/home/LatestNews.php">http://www.foccma.org/html/home/LatestNews.php</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.southbayriders.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=107">http://www.southbayriders.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=107</a>Joe Cramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07623399163614509133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089715703826145780.post-52431933335391406342008-04-29T06:55:00.000-07:002008-04-29T07:02:46.108-07:00Blogging requires dedicationFor the last year or so I had been kicking around the idea of a Blog. People are always telling me that i'm full of information; However, putting that information into written form without a deadline or direction is something i'm finding quite challenging!<br /><br />To remove some of the pressure, i've signed up for Twitter. Just as IM's are a less-formal communication than email, Twitter "tweets" are less formal blog entries. I've linked my Twitter Account to this blog so you can see my last update at any given time!<br /><br />After trying a few twitter clients (Web/Outlook/Desktop/Sidebar) the Vista Sidebar client has stuck for me. You can see about 4 tweets at a time which is fine for the low volume of people i'm watching (currently just one). It'll be interesting to see if It can keep up if/when people I know join twitter.Joe Cramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07623399163614509133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089715703826145780.post-7510793151895179122008-01-22T20:43:00.001-08:002008-01-22T20:43:44.444-08:00good beer<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-RsI2d-UdBqjRvuNLAhxa4DkYAxHCOORkPBd0vF4MPViuOGwTNWHFAe1fOm4-bBVgPOWEhIfBh3ZEUeuvOnioj8nqVe-9nqmLlAwvPerJQ_HYgAQ8FQi5Wwt1W-HhV9la5pj5UaDU9jg/s1600-h/bm-image-724446.jpe"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-RsI2d-UdBqjRvuNLAhxa4DkYAxHCOORkPBd0vF4MPViuOGwTNWHFAe1fOm4-bBVgPOWEhIfBh3ZEUeuvOnioj8nqVe-9nqmLlAwvPerJQ_HYgAQ8FQi5Wwt1W-HhV9la5pj5UaDU9jg/s320/bm-image-724446.jpe" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158528128687666178" /></a></p>Joe Cramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07623399163614509133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089715703826145780.post-46115667371438988962008-01-22T06:49:00.001-08:002008-01-22T09:43:07.793-08:00Clear Creek<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRUciv-t7Nk0RNch0u8N946-3wjaNEHjeyXfPeXtggLyT_ATE5hlg5YaLe-bG-I8qUYsIabuxu7aXo9YxP1eyJEvE0kr72fu_cEWQu9a3GyDsGwqcQvkpYlQNRecZYjomJzt7qxuiZoA/s1600-h/bm-image-778349.jpe"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158313183433397346" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRUciv-t7Nk0RNch0u8N946-3wjaNEHjeyXfPeXtggLyT_ATE5hlg5YaLe-bG-I8qUYsIabuxu7aXo9YxP1eyJEvE0kr72fu_cEWQu9a3GyDsGwqcQvkpYlQNRecZYjomJzt7qxuiZoA/s320/bm-image-778349.jpe" border="0" /></a></p>Here's a picture of camp last weekend at clear creek. It was a great timeJoe Cramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07623399163614509133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089715703826145780.post-5248056533193473702008-01-22T05:44:00.000-08:002008-01-22T09:39:50.663-08:00Blogging for 2008 / First PostHello All,<br /><br />One of my New Year's Resolutions for 2008 was to begin a little blog. I started working on a Wordpress VM on New Years Day, but got distracted with my garage cleaning project (more on that later) and haven't continued. I decided that'd I'd atleast start the proccess here on Blogger. In less than 30 minutes i've got a cellphone-enabled blog running against my own domain... pretty easy.<br /><br />Today I find myself in Manhattan. I'll be here all week working for a client on Wall St. More As it comesJoe Cramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07623399163614509133noreply@blogger.com2