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Well 2007 is almost over (little over 3 hours to go). For the most part the year was good. There were some great things I got to do…

• First time to Disney World, Epcot and Animal Kingdom which was an experience that I could not explain. It was like being a kid again.
• Trip to St Thomas USVI was awesome to get away from everything
• Trip to Denmark and Sweden which was awesome
• Started a new job
• Been married for 1 year, and with my wife for 6+ years now
• Racked up over 16,700 frequent flier miles

Some stuff I have learned personally this year:

• You can say no
• Family should always come first
• Never take anything for granted,  this is the same as assuming.
• You never know what you’ve got till its gone
• Actions you take may not come off as what you are trying to make them come off as.

Hopefully the new year will bring change and happiness to everyone.

Going through the nightly news and found these:

The Effects of 884 MHz GSM Wireless Communication Signals on Self-reported Symptom and Sleep (EEG)- An Experimental Provocation Study very interesting article from MIT about the effects of cell phone signals on people’s sleep and other symptoms that happen more frequently.

Archaeologists discover remains of 2500-year-old advanced civilization in Russia. It would be interesting to see pictures of what they found. I wonder how long it will be before they find Atlantis.

and finally for the moment:

Adobe, Omniture in hot water for snooping on CS3 users. Not sure why people are so surprised about this one… Adobe has been doing weird stuff for years with their products. I remember using Pagemaker/PhotoShop/Illustrator back in the mid 90’s and at the time they had hidden network stuff in the programs that would broadcast out on the network the serial number and the ip of the machine running the app. If some one else on the same network tried to run the application with the same serial number it would “hear” the broadcast and not let it start.

After the story tellers went off, they started showing his music video’s in HD… The one that brings back some memories was “Steady as we go”

I walk half way around the world,
Just to sit down by your side.
And I would do most anything girl,
To be the apple of your eye.

Troubles they may come and go,
But good times they are the gold.
And if this road gets rocky girl,
Just steady as we go.

Any place you wanna go,
Know I’ll be next to you.
If it’s treasure baby you’re looking for,
I’ll search the whole world through.

Know troubles they may come and go,
But good times they’re the gold.
So if the road gets rocky girl,
Just steady as we go.

When the storm comes,
You shelter me.
And I don’t say a word,
And you know exactly what I mean.
In the darkest times,
You shine on me.
You set me free.
And keep me steady as we go.

So if your heart rings dry my love,
I will fill your cup.
And if your load gets heavy girl,
I will lift you up.

Troubles they may come and go,
But good times be the gold.
So if this road gets rocky girl,
Just steady as we go.

Ah
Hold me,
Shine on me.
Oh, shine, shine,
Shine on me.
Shine, shine
Yeah shine on me.
Hey shine.

Was going through the new HD channels that comcast added in the last month. To my surprise there was a Storytellers show on the MHD channel that was featuring Dave Mathews. Sucks that I only got the last part of it, but I must say this is the first time I have actually seen music / video on any MTV/VH1 channel in a long time. What was even cooler was it was in HD. Guess I will have to start keeping an eye on this channel to see what else they show.

For those who don’t have it or know what MHD is, it is a combined MTV/VH1/CMT on one channel all in HD, and from what it seems it is actually music centered not like the current MTV/VH1/CMT is.

Spent the day reprogramming the tv today, here is a list of channels that a QAM tuner can get on the Morgantown WV System. (All are unencrypted with the exception of the InDemand channels)