My best friend of 16 years, Katrina, (wow….over 1/2 my life) needed help with her computer. She lives in Wylie, TX….which is on OTHER side of Dallas. Kelli and I live in the “Mid-Cities”…named so because its a group of cities between Dallas and Fort Worth. Living here we can work or play in either [...]
With my previous jobs I would typcially bring work home, work harder than I had too, go in early or all of the above. Knowing something had to be done always stuck in the back of my head. I would work myself to death and end up stressed out…but content that I got the job [...]
Last night was interesting. I flew a Pittsburgh, PA turn. Flying through the ice into DFW was interesting. After I got back flights going out had problems as by the time the back of the plane was deiced, the front of the plane was iced over again as freezing rain was falling. Driving home wasn’t [...]
Weather is a topic I am very interested in. Before I started flying I didn’t care too much…just rain or shine…hot or cold. Well now I am much more interested in what’s going on now and what’s coming. I am able to look at raw data like this : KDFW 271653Z 34010KT 2 1/2SM -FZDZ [...]
So Fry’s had 4GB of DDR2 RAM on sale for $34.99 last week. I bought 2 sets….1 set for laptops and one for desktops. I installed the 4GB in my Macbook. It booted up and way happy. I installed the 4GB in my desktop. It took it and started screwing up. My main desktop had [...]
This blog follows my day to day life at a major United States regional airline. I typically post 10-20 blogs a month. Prior to flying I spent 6 years in the IT world fixing computers and diagnosing/troubleshooting software. At age 29 I decided (along with prodding from my amazing wife) to do what I really wanted to do....fly. The journey has not been easy. This has been one of the most difficult transitions in my life. This has also been the most rewarding time of my life. I hope you enjoy my blogs.