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Here is my previous desk.



And here is my new and improved desk. Much more functional, a tad more spacious, and a bit more decorative (thanks to my wife). And organized!



It'll do! :)]]> Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:19:21 -0400 http://estrip.org/elmwood/journals/index.php?u=jon&id=45258 http://estrip.org/elmwood/journals/index.php?u=jon&id=45257
Anyways, here is the story: apparently my wife's sister recently bought a van for her growing family and just so happened to bring my wife along to help pick up the new vehicle. Makes sense so far.

My loving sister-in-law talks up the new van for a week or so, my wife and I have felt the need to grow out of our current car into something bigger (despite the gas prices, yikes). So, with our current state of family growth and my sister-in-law's slight pushing to go shop for a car... she offers to take Carolyn (my wife) for some test drives while I watch the kids @ home. Again, no problem, all is well. No worries.

I get a call from my wife. Who says they found an affordable car fitting all our needs. We talk for a bit and come to the conclusion, "sure, why not. buy it". Problem solved, all is well.

Carolyn tells me this morning when I get up that her sister is taking us out to dinner on Friday night. I said "great!, whats the occasion?". Apparently my sister-in-law got $200 for a referral for us buying our new car and felt guilty about it and wants to treat us.

This Friday night, I am totally buying the most expensive meal available wherever we go. Ha!




Oh, the new family vehicle is a 2005 Buick Rendezvous. Yay! ]]> Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:16:01 -0400 http://estrip.org/elmwood/journals/index.php?u=jon&id=45257 http://estrip.org/elmwood/journals/index.php?u=jon&id=45256


He looks pretty sad, this was taken a couple days ago. I hear from my wife that he is doing better today. =)]]> Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:04:34 -0400 http://estrip.org/elmwood/journals/index.php?u=jon&id=45256 http://estrip.org/elmwood/journals/index.php?u=jon&id=45128
"Hi. Is this Jon Kiddy? My name is Kevin, I'm from Google and I'd like to talk to you about a document you downloaded regarding Corporate Compliance. Are you able to make decisions regarding compliance at Roswell Park?"

I said, yeaaaah, I just browsed a document on compliance recently (I think yesterday) about compliance for PCI regarding SSL. But I'm just a programmer, just hunting down some info like I do everyday as part of my job when needed.

He said, oh ok. Can I send a follow up email to you to pass along to your superiors regarding corporate compliance?

Sure, why not...

So yeah, I then get an email sent to my Roswell email (which I never game them) saying thanks for the small talk, here is his contact info. Apparently Kevin is the Regional Marketing Representative for North America from Google Enterprise...

I mean, where did this guy get my phone number, my email, and my name from? And more importantly, how did he know I was looking up that stuff recently?

Well, as a programmer, it is easy to guess where since Google is slowly taking over the world one Google Search at a time.

Scary stuff, imo.

]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:45:56 -0400 http://estrip.org/elmwood/journals/index.php?u=jon&id=45128 http://estrip.org/elmwood/journals/index.php?u=jon&id=45088 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntDMC4sGcNc[/youtube]]]> Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:26:32 -0400 http://estrip.org/elmwood/journals/index.php?u=jon&id=45088 http://estrip.org/elmwood/journals/index.php?u=jon&id=44834
When my brother first mentioned that he wanted to get married on my parents property I thought to myself that it might be a bad idea, since the grounds weren't in good shape. However, since then, my step-brother and step-father spent a lot of time and money making the grounds wedding worthy. I think they did a terrific job. I wish I had before and after pictures to post.












The last pic is my daughter, I just had to throw it in, cause she's cute. =)]]> Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:33:41 -0400 http://estrip.org/elmwood/journals/index.php?u=jon&id=44834 http://estrip.org/elmwood/journals/index.php?u=jon&id=44791
So here is how I'm currently breaking up my weekly routine.

Monday: jogging outside around my neighborhood (during the summer)
Tuesday: gym (upper body workout)
Wednesday: jogging outside again
Thursday: gym (lower body workout)
Friday: swimming
Saturday: gym (upper body workout)
Sunday: rest

However, I'm no expert when it comes to this kind of stuff... anyone have suggestions? I'm such a workout newbie.

(enknot) says I should be focusing on eating better. I should probably do some research on this one of these nights.

Anyways, I'm pumped about going back (pun intended, hur hur).]]> Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:06:31 -0400 http://estrip.org/elmwood/journals/index.php?u=jon&id=44791 http://estrip.org/elmwood/journals/index.php?u=jon&id=44756


The Chinese army is preparing to take part of the olympics in these here bikes.

Also, btw... can't wait for 08/08/08, for the 2008 Summer Olympic opening ceremonies! yay! I get soo jazzed up about watching olympic sports.]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:00:14 -0400 http://estrip.org/elmwood/journals/index.php?u=jon&id=44756 http://estrip.org/elmwood/journals/index.php?u=jon&id=44714

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