Raible Designs

Check out that snow! :-)

Our Jeep at DIA.

I made it! :-D

The Trip Home

I'm in the Seattle airport right now. My flight to Denver is still planning to go, but I have my doubts. It departs in about 40 minutes. The only Alaskan Airlines flight out of Denver was cancelled this morning (due to weather). Listening to some passengers next to me - the rumor is that we're going to try to "bust in" through the cloud over Denver when there's a break. If there's no break, then we'll fly back to Salt Lake City to refuel, try again, and if no luck, we'll come back to Seattle. Man would that suck - let's hope we get in on the first try! I'd better charge up this laptop battery - maybe I should try to rent a movie somewhere or something.

This post was made possible by my Amex card and the Wayport network in this airport.

Update: It's been confirmed by the airline that the scenario I described above is indeed the plan. If we can't get into Denver, we'll refuel in Salt Lake City or Boise (Idaho), then they'll try again. If unsuccesfull, we'll return to Seattle and we're on our own for lodging and other ammenities tonight. The only good thing about this adventure - Alaska Airlines has free microbrews (beer) on all their flights. Too bad I get sick when I drink and fly. :(

Denver: Winter Weather Bulletin

I'm scheduled to fly back home to Denver tomorrow. I'm supposed to leave from Wanatchee (the Apple Capital of the World!) and get into Denver around 6:00 p.m. However, I just received this Winter Weather Bulletin from a Denver User Group:

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT...
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. STORM
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ON EASTERN
SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS AND IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS.

3 TO 8 FEET?!! That's the sweetest thing I've ever heard. Now I just have to figure out a way to get up skiing this week. Maybe they'll shut down the city, I won't have to go to work, and it'll be chest deep powder!!! Yeeee haaawww, I haven't been so excited since Abbie was born!

Wireless in Chelan

My dad and I did some work this afternoon and setup a wireless network in my sister's place. She got DSL installed last week and it's pretty damn fast. My dad carries a couple of wireless cards on him at all times, so after a little fuddling with the Orinoco card and my Mac, I'm coming to you live from the living room. Very cool!

The one problem I'm having out here is that my phone doesn't have a signal here, so moblogging is kind of tough. I have taken a bunch of pictures though. It's just a pain to copy to phone -> send via bluetooth -> post via e-mail or browser. It's much easier to just e-mail them from the phone. I wonder what'll happen if I attach a bunch of them to an e-mail.

I need an application that I can browse my phone from my Mac. I think Russ has a tool like this - is there one from the Mac? BTW, here's some pictures from yesterday before my cell phone signal died.

The Matrix (for App Servers)

TSS has volunteered to host the appserver matrix. This is a nice matrix that I've used in the past while teaching.

TheServerSide is pleased to announce that we will now be hosting the J2EE Application Server Matrix which was formerly available on Flashline.com. The 'Matrix' is a detailed listing of J2EE vendors and their application server products, with information on latest product version numbers, J2EE spec support and licensing, pricing, platform support, and links to product downloads and reviews. [TheServerSide.Com: Your J2EE Community]

Denver Sunrise!

T68i - Connection to the Internet and CommuniCam zoom

I did some research this morning to see if I could figure out how to connect to the internet using my laptop, Bluetooth and my phone. My hope is to not use an ISP, but rather to use the built-in connectivity of AT&T's mMode service. I found these comments that include links to some articles on how to do this. I might have to try this tonight or at least preserve it here for future reference.

I also wanted to find out how to upgrade my phone's firmware so it could support zoom for it's camera. I was disappointed to find out that I have to go through the following seemingly painful process:

• Call Tech Support at (800) 374-2776 and get a reference number.
• Call the Sony Ericsson Repair Center at (651) 229-5862 and schedule my phone for repair.
• Send them my phone. Turnaround time is 3-5 business days once they receive it.

Ugh, granted I don't use the thing much, so living without it for two weeks wouldn't be too bad - but it is nice to have it around. Too bad I can't just download the software and upgrade - I wonder if they're physically replacing some embedded hardware? I asked if I could take it to an AT&T Store, but no dice - this is the only way to get zoom. Damn.

Erik's desktop.