Wow! I woke up this morning to find out that Floyd Landis had tested positive for high levels of Testosterone.  It’s hard to be completely shocked because it is, after all, cycling which has been notorious for doping.  However, it sure did seem like the sport had found a great story to replace the Lance Armstrong story of the past few years.  All I can say is that I hope the final answer (as Regis Philbin would say) is that things are all good.

Ok, it’s been two years since Philip Rivers joined the San Diego Chargers. The wait is almost over. Saturday, August 17, 2006 will mark the first start by a Quarterback destined for greatness. It’s true that this will only be a pre-season game, but it will still be his first start.
Philip played in 4 consecutive Bowl games for NC State: 2000/01 – MicronPC.com, 2001/02 – Tangerine, 2002/03 – Gator, 2003/04 – Tangerine. All were wins except for the 2001 Tangerine Bowl. Philip excelled in each of those …

Ok, so this is old news. However, I just found out . Microsoft announce on April 19, 2006 that all Express editions of their Visual Studio tools are free. You can download it from Microsoft and have fun. Here’s a short description of what you can do to get the ball rolling
Download and install each file as indicated below. Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition and the Platform Software Development Kit are required installations. The Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel for Windows …

Well it was bad enough on Saturday, but Sunday topped it.  We reached 112 at our house and parts of Pleasanton reached 115.  The only other time that I  have been in temperatures that bad was a trip to Las Vegas in which it reached 118.  The worst part of it all was that we lost power @ 6:15pm.  I had to miss the Beach Boys concert at Wente last night so that I could get the dogs to a cool spot.  I stayed cool @ work with the dogs …

Today, I set a personal record for my High Temperature @ home in California. We got up to 110 degrees today. That would be about 44 degrees Celcius for you folks outside of America. All I can say is WOW!

You’ve probably found this elsewhere, but I was really glad to find this little utility from Microsoft.  It is unsupported, so buyer beware (it’s free!).  I’ve found that this gives you great access to stored data without actually having to write and ISO to a CD (or DVD) and then opening it the normal way.
Get the Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel for Windows XP today.  It’s a real time saver.

I created a couple of lame Survivor Audition Videos. Click on the links below to check it out.
June 2006 Audition Tape
June 2004 Audition Tape

The good thing about blogging is that you really can write about anything that you want. Today, I want to welcome you to my world. It’s a small place I call home. I’m a big fan of Survivor, so I’ll probably post my Survivor Videos for you to see. They’re actually kind of corny, but what the heck – it’s all for fun and they didn’t call me back anyway .
Hope you had fun visiting.