Sitting here in bed so I thought I would look at my front door and porch cameras before i fell asleep. They don't seem to be on....?So I run down and check the computer. It seems to be ok. Just doesn't look like it is on the network anymore. Now I ain't, not, no, good with this computer stuff, so I really don't know what to do.It might be the cat5 wire, but i can't check that this late. Not sure how I would check it anyway. I hope that is the only problem, but it wasn't easy to run it in the first place. And I would hate to run it again...
So it looks like I have lost three of my cameras for now. I will see what I can do in the AM.
Pool was used today! First swim of the season. My fat arse didn't sink!! And when I got out of the pool, Green peace didn't try to roll me back into the water!
Now I will sit here in bed and worry about this computer all night......blah.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
It is May?
Howdy, not been here for a bit. I guess I just haven't felt like blogging much.
Work hasn't been going well. The money just isn't coming in. I have 10 total employees and I just want to send them home with a paycheck and pay the bills. It is getting hard to do.
So lets skip the talk about work.
Summer is almost here. I will be very happy when the rain stops. Seems like it has been falling for 3 to 4 weeks now.
Need to finish the pool soon. The kids are asking me every hour or so when it will be ready. I will finish it soon. I can't make the water warm but I don't think they will care.
Anyway, not much of a post, but I tried. Just not been very happy as of late.
Work hasn't been going well. The money just isn't coming in. I have 10 total employees and I just want to send them home with a paycheck and pay the bills. It is getting hard to do.
So lets skip the talk about work.
Summer is almost here. I will be very happy when the rain stops. Seems like it has been falling for 3 to 4 weeks now.
Need to finish the pool soon. The kids are asking me every hour or so when it will be ready. I will finish it soon. I can't make the water warm but I don't think they will care.
Anyway, not much of a post, but I tried. Just not been very happy as of late.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
What updates?
Well, I guess I haven't been writing much. If you call what I do writing.So I will ramble on tonight for a bit.
As you can see, the site has not changed much. I did move the backyard camera into the (wait for it) the backyard! I still plan to move the living room camera to the front yard this summer. Might drop a viewer or two out of the six or seven viewers I have. I don't know why, but people like to move my camera around the living room a good bit. I know nothing goes on in this house and should be thankful for the people who do drop in! But I figure not many people will want to see the street or front yard. But a good bit of this site is for security.
I have been getting the pool clean.Not been in a big hurry because the weather isn't just right yet, but I figure it is about time. I am trying to get in touch with my pool woman to pick up a few more things, but she must be getting busy this time of year. Go figure. I will see her Friday one way or the other since one of her dogs comes to us every week. Rare blood problem. So I am sure she will fix me up then.
Lets see, haven't been brewing at all. I am really behind. This Saturday is big brew day. It is a "holiday" I guess you could say. Home brewers all around the world brew on this day and toast at noon. I don't think I am ready with my new system but I am going to brew anyway. I will have the help of some long time brewers to help if something doesn't go right. So on deck is twenty gallons of brew! Still not sure what yet, but it will be two 10 gallon batches. After I am sure my system works, I plan to brew my butt off all summer. Why have these taps in my house if beer isn't flowing!
What else? Well, my birthday is coming up. May 6th for those of you who live over sea's and want to send me something to drink! Anyway, I believe my wife is going to try and kill me this birthday. She really likes to hike. She has lost a crap load of weight in the last year and is in much better shape then me.(wouldn't be hard as I am in the worse shape of my life.) So anyway, we are going to Kentucky for my birthday and doing a little seven mile hike.If I don't come back make the phone calls that you need to.... My body might be hard to find in such a wooded area!
On the plus side, I do seem to be dropping some weight. I do not know how. I haven't changed anything. I am pulling up my pants about every 2 minutes now. Even the Wii says I have lost like 7 pounds. Not sure what is going on.. Just hope I am not "sick" in some bad way...
But then again, a tape worm or two wouldn't be bad.... Still get to eat, drink, and drop pounds!
I have grilled out now for about 6 days in a row. Man I love it... Nothing better then a hot grill, some raw food, and a cold beer.
Enough for now. Till later..
BKS
As you can see, the site has not changed much. I did move the backyard camera into the (wait for it) the backyard! I still plan to move the living room camera to the front yard this summer. Might drop a viewer or two out of the six or seven viewers I have. I don't know why, but people like to move my camera around the living room a good bit. I know nothing goes on in this house and should be thankful for the people who do drop in! But I figure not many people will want to see the street or front yard. But a good bit of this site is for security.
I have been getting the pool clean.Not been in a big hurry because the weather isn't just right yet, but I figure it is about time. I am trying to get in touch with my pool woman to pick up a few more things, but she must be getting busy this time of year. Go figure. I will see her Friday one way or the other since one of her dogs comes to us every week. Rare blood problem. So I am sure she will fix me up then.
Lets see, haven't been brewing at all. I am really behind. This Saturday is big brew day. It is a "holiday" I guess you could say. Home brewers all around the world brew on this day and toast at noon. I don't think I am ready with my new system but I am going to brew anyway. I will have the help of some long time brewers to help if something doesn't go right. So on deck is twenty gallons of brew! Still not sure what yet, but it will be two 10 gallon batches. After I am sure my system works, I plan to brew my butt off all summer. Why have these taps in my house if beer isn't flowing!
What else? Well, my birthday is coming up. May 6th for those of you who live over sea's and want to send me something to drink! Anyway, I believe my wife is going to try and kill me this birthday. She really likes to hike. She has lost a crap load of weight in the last year and is in much better shape then me.(wouldn't be hard as I am in the worse shape of my life.) So anyway, we are going to Kentucky for my birthday and doing a little seven mile hike.If I don't come back make the phone calls that you need to.... My body might be hard to find in such a wooded area!
On the plus side, I do seem to be dropping some weight. I do not know how. I haven't changed anything. I am pulling up my pants about every 2 minutes now. Even the Wii says I have lost like 7 pounds. Not sure what is going on.. Just hope I am not "sick" in some bad way...
But then again, a tape worm or two wouldn't be bad.... Still get to eat, drink, and drop pounds!
I have grilled out now for about 6 days in a row. Man I love it... Nothing better then a hot grill, some raw food, and a cold beer.
Enough for now. Till later..
BKS
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
April showers..
Hello again. Helllllllooooooo.. is there anyone out there.....?
Anyway, the weather has took a turn. A turn for the worst. It was nice for a week, warm, sun, no rain....Then it went to hell. Cold, rain every day, wind... My Hop plants grew almost two feet in a matter of 15 days? And now the cold. I am not sure if they will make it. The growth I have anyway, the hops always come back. this is only the second year, but they grow like a man after a beer.
Work has been the same, pay bills and hope people keep coming in the front door. Lots of new paint and wall paper on the walls, so now I need to start moving into the rest of the place. Try to fix a building that is now 59 years old...With very little money.
On the plus side, I have one drug rep that has really stepped up and helped me out a bit. Just the one, but it is still great to feel like someone wants to help. I do owe her company about $20,000. but still she tries to help.
On the beer side, Big Brew day is coming up in May. It is a homebrew holiday of sorts. Home brewers all over the world brew together. I guess I will be doing 20 gallons on my new, untested all grain system. !0 for me, and 10 for the club president. It was his idea.. Not sure it is a good one, but I am game. So come May 2nd. I will have a LONG day. 20 gallons will take a while. Add food, games, lots o beer on hand.... Real long day... But it will be fun.
Anyway, the weather has took a turn. A turn for the worst. It was nice for a week, warm, sun, no rain....Then it went to hell. Cold, rain every day, wind... My Hop plants grew almost two feet in a matter of 15 days? And now the cold. I am not sure if they will make it. The growth I have anyway, the hops always come back. this is only the second year, but they grow like a man after a beer.
Work has been the same, pay bills and hope people keep coming in the front door. Lots of new paint and wall paper on the walls, so now I need to start moving into the rest of the place. Try to fix a building that is now 59 years old...With very little money.
On the plus side, I have one drug rep that has really stepped up and helped me out a bit. Just the one, but it is still great to feel like someone wants to help. I do owe her company about $20,000. but still she tries to help.
On the beer side, Big Brew day is coming up in May. It is a homebrew holiday of sorts. Home brewers all over the world brew together. I guess I will be doing 20 gallons on my new, untested all grain system. !0 for me, and 10 for the club president. It was his idea.. Not sure it is a good one, but I am game. So come May 2nd. I will have a LONG day. 20 gallons will take a while. Add food, games, lots o beer on hand.... Real long day... But it will be fun.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Nice warm days.....
The pool is almost open. Yes it is March and the water will not be ready for months, but why not. The cover was off, it is turning green, so I might as well. Most of the plumbing is now back on, all I need to do is install the light/water outlet. Will also need to purchase a butt load of pool shock.
This also lets me it is time to put the backyard camera back in the.......backyard. Not that we really need a pan,tilt,zoom camera in the laundry room/wife's office/beer vault room.
I guess for now, I am going to leave all the cameras running. I can't do much about my sad bloggin' powers. Or lack of them, but I will keep the site for a while longer. Guess to much work has went into it. Besides, will be on vacation this summer and would love to keep an eye on the house...
Now, what to blog about in the future....
This also lets me it is time to put the backyard camera back in the.......backyard. Not that we really need a pan,tilt,zoom camera in the laundry room/wife's office/beer vault room.
I guess for now, I am going to leave all the cameras running. I can't do much about my sad bloggin' powers. Or lack of them, but I will keep the site for a while longer. Guess to much work has went into it. Besides, will be on vacation this summer and would love to keep an eye on the house...
Now, what to blog about in the future....
Friday, March 20, 2009
Is this site still worth the problems?
I have yet to figure out why I put this site on the web. Not sure what reasons I had to do it. It started as a little security type camera site for me. I traveled and wanted to drop in on my family from time to time. That what I tell myself anyway. I am not even sure if that is what started it or not. I found sites with cameras, and thought it was cool. Is that the reason? I am not sure. All I know is that I wanted to do it. It took a year or more to get that first camera up and running. It was out the old house, looking at my little above ground pool. Had a little blog and some pictures. That site (server ?) went down. No back -ups, no saved blogs, photos, etc. Once it went back online, we moved. Once I hit this house I moved a little faster. Cameras went up, computers added, getting yelled at by the wife..... She still don't like the cameras..... Anyway, I have always wanted to add even more cameras. But I still don't know why... I am not a good looking man, I don't even look in the mirror after a shower. So why would I believe anyone else would want to look at me? The wife hates the cameras, so she is very careful when near any of them. So are people looking to see her? I don't think so. So that leaves the kids. Are sick people hitting my cameras to see them? I hope to the F.S.M they are not. I would hate to kill again.....
But as I watch the computers, people are not really hitting this site anyway. Am I shocked? Well, no. Like I said, nothing goes on here. Nothing to really see. I have three computers running eight cameras at all hours of the day. That takes a good bit of juice. My cable TV and internet runs at $168. a month. Wife hates the cams, I have very few people checking in any more, and I am getting sick of resetting cameras every morning. Why should I keep adding cameras or pounding out these sad little blogs? Hell, I can even spell!! My over use of the ,,,,,,,, even bothers me now!!!
Don't get me wrong. I still love doing this. I would have 3 or 4 more cameras up and running. Wouldn't bother me to have them in the bedroom. Wouldn't see anything in that room either, but it is cool to check on my house from work...
It is late, and as always I just come here and write to hear myself talk. I 4 years ago or so when I started this, I wrote about the 4 or 5 people that came to my site. I wrote because I knew I had those few people. Site crashed for a while, and I think I lost them. Now? I really have no idea how many people drop in. I can see a little counter on my computer that gives me an idea on the number of views, and it is never really showing anyone. Once in a while, might be a person on one computer or the other. But I am just wondering if I will keep this going.
I have read others sites. Some have had a camera or two up for more years then me, and they are dropping like flies. The person who made this site work in the first place,(and has tried to help me learn about web design) Travis doesn't have the time to keep up with his site either.
So if anyone is reading this, let me know what you think. If I get NO comments, I guess that tells me what I need to know.
But as I watch the computers, people are not really hitting this site anyway. Am I shocked? Well, no. Like I said, nothing goes on here. Nothing to really see. I have three computers running eight cameras at all hours of the day. That takes a good bit of juice. My cable TV and internet runs at $168. a month. Wife hates the cams, I have very few people checking in any more, and I am getting sick of resetting cameras every morning. Why should I keep adding cameras or pounding out these sad little blogs? Hell, I can even spell!! My over use of the ,,,,,,,, even bothers me now!!!
Don't get me wrong. I still love doing this. I would have 3 or 4 more cameras up and running. Wouldn't bother me to have them in the bedroom. Wouldn't see anything in that room either, but it is cool to check on my house from work...
It is late, and as always I just come here and write to hear myself talk. I 4 years ago or so when I started this, I wrote about the 4 or 5 people that came to my site. I wrote because I knew I had those few people. Site crashed for a while, and I think I lost them. Now? I really have no idea how many people drop in. I can see a little counter on my computer that gives me an idea on the number of views, and it is never really showing anyone. Once in a while, might be a person on one computer or the other. But I am just wondering if I will keep this going.
I have read others sites. Some have had a camera or two up for more years then me, and they are dropping like flies. The person who made this site work in the first place,(and has tried to help me learn about web design) Travis doesn't have the time to keep up with his site either.
So if anyone is reading this, let me know what you think. If I get NO comments, I guess that tells me what I need to know.
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