Is Golf that exciting? - FBR Open

A dumber man than I would complain about yesterdays events. But not I. My boss managed to procure several tickets to the FBR Open up in Scottsdale this weekend, a golfing event that runs Tuesday through Sunday. Now here's the deal, the weekend is when they big boys are playing, the famous names in golf and such. Tuesday, well not much happening on Tuesday. Guess when I get to go, yup Tuesday. So, I didn't see a lick of golf. It probably didn't help that it was raining. However, our tickets were for the skybox, so instead of watching golf, we got free drinks and food. The end result from yesterdays events from my view? Leave work early, get free food and free drinks. Not too shabby. The golf thing? Well, maybe next year.

Not a normal MMO - GuildWars: Nightfall

So, I recently got the gaming bug again. This time I picked up a copy of Guildwars: Nightfall. So far I've been really impressed. There are a variety of character classes available. The Nightfall edition lets you play two extra classes, the dervish and the paragon. I wasn't really excited with these extras since it's all new to me.

I may post more as I get into the game a bit, but this is all you get for now. I perused the GuildWars sight for a good pic to post, and here's what I found. A hottie, computer rendered, ranger chick wearing green and brown. She is this geeks dream come true. Hats off to the artist.

Mesa Airlines 100th Regional Jet Picture

I was snooping around the network at work today for JPG files. Look what I found, a picture taken from when Mesa Airlines was celebrating the purchase of their 100th regional jet. Yours truly is in there. See if you can find me. (Hint: I'm in black & gray.)

Sci-fi Hottie - Jewel Staite

If I ever found the proverbial genie in a bottle, I pretty sure my first wish would be include this woman:


Every time I watch Serenity, I'm reminded of how much a hottie she is. Now I'm thinkin' its time to go polish the ole lamp.

Java for Fun - Eclipse

Anyone who is starting to learn Java should download this program called Eclipse. It's an opensource "integrated development environment" written in Java, for Java. I'm using it for the class I'm taking right now in fact. Here's a screenshot I snaked off of Freshmeat.net:

Excellent Computer Art - Render.ru

I found an excellent site full of rendered art. It's a bit hard to navigate since it's all in Russian, but you can use Babblefish or Google to translate it if you're interested. It's @ http://render.ru. Here's a couple images that caught my attention:

Coffee Tryouts - Three Peckered Billy Goat

So, one of the presents I received during the holidays was a bag of Raven's Brew coffee, called Three Peckered Billy Goat. It's a good dark roast type, tasty enough. I had to buy my first coffee grinder, just to convert it over to something drinkable.. I'll be a metropolitan type before you know it.