Screws In My Coffee

On October 20, 2016 I was able to view the X-Ray of my new full hip replacement.  I am not sure if you have seen what a hip replacement looks like so here is mine. I am still using a walker to get around.  90 year old women with canes are holding the elevator doors for me at the clinic and then passing me on their way to the parking lot.  I try to catch them, but I am clunking along like the ghost of Christmas past.

I finished another drawing. I started the drawing on July 9, 2016 and finished it today on October 2, 2016.  I worked on this drawing almost every day in the early mornings before work.  I have not been on my bike commute routine since work started on this drawing.  I have posted my progress on this drawing on my Google Plus Artwork Collection . I also put all of the progress photos in a Google Photo Album . I made several notes on the back of my drawing as usual.  I have titled this self portrait "A Maze for the eyes" because most of my artwork is designed for close inspection.  I like to create visual puzzles and mazes for your eye to follow and get lost while you gaze at the drawing. This is the last drawing that I will complete before I focus on building frames and cutting mats for all of my artwork.  I am preparing for an art show and I hope to get all of my existing artwork framed mad at so that I can display it an art show next year. ...

I have wanted to try a Windows Server based CMS for a while.  I use to us DNN at a previous employer.  I wanted to try Umbraco so I set up a Windows server environment and got it installed. My server is www.zaramyth.com .  I will be working on more websites in the future.

My good friend Susan Rebecca Miller asked me for my recipe for the way I make tea.  I decided to document it today. The tea that I used was given to me by my good friend Fen Taylor.  She gave me two large wheels of Chinese Pu'er tea .  I am almost out, but I will order more online.  I love this tea.  Below is a scan of the paper that the tea was wrapped in. Here is the website where you can order this tea.  The tea is called  Spring tree Bada .  I will verify with my friend Fen Taylor if this web site is selling the round wheel or the bags.  I do not want bag tea as it usually has the lowest grade of tea. First I start with 1/3 cup of tea.  I break of a chunk from the round and break it up and add it to the measuring cup. Then I add boiling water to fill up my 8 cup measuring bowl. I add three tablespoons of organic raw local honey. I let the tea leaves set in the water about 10 to 15 minut...

This year my cycling miles are not what they were last year.  I am making good use of my time when I am not riding my bike.  I am drawing more and I am finally making some headway into developing my computer skills.  I have two VmWare EXSi 6.0 host and I have set up a Domain Controller, IIS server and MS SQL database.  I have also set up a separate VLAN and wireless network for all of these servers.  My goal is to get a SharePoint server up and running as well. I am a self taught learner and I like to dive in and figure out stuff by doing it.  As the information on the Internet increases is is almost impossible to find a limit to what you want to learn by watching a YouTube video or reading a Blog posting.  The way my brain works may seem strange to most, but while some folks find peace in meditation or reading a book, I find relaxation when I listen to music while drawing or while I configure servers and develop web applications. I am also using a...

I have decided to learn more about computer networking.  I have always had a small network in my home.  I first started to learn networking when I set up a Linux and BSD server back in the last century.  I got a phone modem and connected to the Internet and set up my first web server.  When I upgraded to an always on DSL connection I started to learn more about networking. Today I setup my first VLAN on my home network using Meraki gear.  I have a MX64 security appliance and a MS220-80 switch along with some wireless access points on my network.  I am setting up some virtual servers so I decided to put them on a separate VLAN.  The nice thing about the MX64 is that it allows me to set up VLANs and have a DHCP server for each VLAN. I am going to set up a Microsoft server environment to keep up with the latest server technology.  I will be setting up a SharePoint development environment and some ASP.net web servers.  I will post more of my ...

I have an external USB drive.  I discovered a different way to mount and unmounted it. udisksctl mount -b /dev/sdb1 -o /archive umount /archive Putting this here for a reminder for myself