Behind the Screen
The opinions, views, and insights stated within this Monologue are my own. The facts, fallacies, and errors, however, belong to someone else (see disclaimer).
Thursday, October 21, 2004
David Cameron is my uncle and Cameron Pearce is my brother. Way to go guys.
MASSACRE AT SHELTON LAUREL
World Premiere Competition Short (37 minutes)
Friday, 10-Midnight Diana Wortham Theatre presented by Charles Schwab
Saturday, 7:30-10 p.m. Diana Wortham Theatre presented by Charles SchwabDirector: Jay Stone
Producer: David Cameron, JD Demers
Production Company: Windfall ProductionsThis short film tells the true, yet tragic story of what happened to some of the families living in the Shelton Laurel, of Madison County, located in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina in 1863. Filmed in North Carolina.
Friday, October 15, 2004
Google has arrived to the desktop. Arriving yesterday, the Google Desktop Search (beta) tool can be now be downloaded (www.desktop.google.com). This tool can search email from Outlook; files in TXT, HTML, DOC, XLS, and PPT formats; and even cashed versions of web pages you visited earlier that day (IE only).
I've been using Google's Gmail service since April and love the way it searches and organizes my email. I can only hope that Google Desktop Search will prove just as effective.
Thank you Google.
Monday, October 11, 2004
I had a pretty good weekend. On Thursday and Friday, I went to the FINA swimming championships. The US won most events.
On Saturday I attended Dan Doherty's wedding. Dan's a member of Lambda Chi Alpha's staff.
And on Sunday, Joe Klimek and I had box seats at the Colts game. All you can eat, drink, and watch on multiple TVs is the way to watch a football game. And if it's a free ticket from a vendor, even better.
Friday, October 08, 2004
Today is the last day of employment for Earl Brown, the Peace Corps country director in Guyana. Guyana Peace Corps volunteers rejoice.
Earl Brown served as the Peace Corps Guyana dictator for two and a half years.
Thursday, October 07, 2004
On a completely different topic, I've recently set up a web server at home. Three great tools helped make this happen.
The first would be my Linksys Wireless G router. This router offers a Dynamic DNS utility that keeps my ever-changing home IP address working.
The second tool would be The Saint TSW, a WAMP package that made it real easy to get up and running. It includes Apache, PHP, mySQL, and mail and FTP servers.
The last great tool is TightVNC, a virtual networking client. This tool gives me the ability to manage my computer remotely.
Though I haven't played with it much yet, Mambo might beet them all as my favorite. A CMS, this open-source app might change the way I build websites.
One of the benefits of volunteering for FINA earlier this week is that I get to attend the championship this evening for free.
Though I saw, met, and offered IT support for many of the athletes, I did not see or meet Phelps. He hadn't arrived yet for he was on Letterman Tuesday night. But it was still fun.
Monday, October 04, 2004
Today and tomorrow I'll be serving as an IT volunteer for the FINA World Championships.
FINA is the Federation Internationale de Natation, (International Aquatics Federation). It is the International Summer Sports Federation for all aquatic sports, including swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, and water polo.
My job is the hang out in the Internet Cafe in the Athlete Village, offering any tech support that the athletes might need.
That's right, I'm sitting here, right now, with Olympic athletes who are simply checking their email or catching up on local news from their country. At the moment, the Australian team is sitting next to me; well, at least 10 of them.
More than 100 countries will participate. I plan on watching the events this Thursday and Friday after work.
Indy ended up building an Olympic-sized pool on top of the basketball court at Conseco Fieldhouse. Pretty impressive.