http://www.mikespike.org un poco de todo Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:49:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This has probably been the craziest two trips of my life over the past two weeks. I was first on the west coast attending a wedding for my Cali cousin Michelle at this amazing place in Healdsburg, California. We met with friends and family over this extended weekend and saw ... http://www.mikespike.org/2009/10/27/back-in-the-land-of-rules 35.772096 -78.6386145 My car as of last week is officially bobo'd (aka tainted). With the car just turning 4 years of ownership and less than 6 months to pay off I get my first hit. While venturing off with Jen to feed our appetites at the local Ganache bakery, we barely made it ... http://www.mikespike.org/2009/05/18/my-car-is-officially-bobod 36.073499 -79.79016 As strange as it sounds, this past week had temperatures up into the upper 60's for the whole week!! I definitely took advantage of the weather by getting out and mountain biking. Before I headed out though I did some good ole cleaning for the start of the new season. ... http://www.mikespike.org/2009/02/17/spring-is-in-the-air 36.073499 -79.79016 This New Year of 2009 started off with my first bike ride in the lower 40 degree weather. Biking hadn't been something I've done in quite a while due to the short winter days, but it was way overdue. Matt and I headed out toward the woods at Hamilton Lakes ... http://www.mikespike.org/2009/01/20/first-ride-of-the-year 36.073499 -79.79016 Where I work, Apple computers is the standard for Communications majors. That being said, we've got a few labs with Mac Pro's and 13 individual editing suites. The edit suites provide the students with a cubical shunned away from the world by a sliding glass door allowing their video creativity ... http://www.mikespike.org/2008/12/01/selecting-audio-ports-on-mac-pros-in-lab-environments 36.073499 -79.79016 I stumbled across this useful little tidbit of knowledge. Have you ever needed to log into several machines in a lab but hated going to each one and typing in your credentials. Well thanks to "David Kahn3" and others for coming up with the following script, osascript <<EOF tell application "System Events" keystroke ... http://www.mikespike.org/2008/10/21/log-into-a-computer-using-ard-remotely-via-send-unix-command 36.073499 -79.79016 With the never ending roadblocks I encounter at work, my task this year was to utilize the new 10.5 Leopard operating system (and then some) for a local private university. I've used Deep Freeze for many years and it has proved to be a great asset in keeping lab machines ... http://www.mikespike.org/2008/08/12/osx-leopard-deep-freeze-and-active-directory-oh-my 36.073499 -79.79016 This weekend was another fun weekend spent at my parents house down in tropic coastal Myrtle Beach. You may not see beautiful rainbows or smell exotic flowers but when you arrive, you can sure tell when life's a beach. (okey so that tourist phrase is over done) This weekend was ... http://www.mikespike.org/2008/07/06/my-car-hits-100000-miles 36.073499 -79.79016 With so many different brands of toothpaste and different styles that they come in. I've always been drawn to the upright "less mess neat squeeze" dispenser. Although this avoids constantly curling up a tube, I've always wondered if there's any toothpaste left once I've used all my might to squeeze ... http://www.mikespike.org/2008/07/01/the-crest-challenge So in the daily routine of work, sometimes its nice to stumble across something that you always have known is there but forgot. My week so far has been full of solving problems but that's what I do best and what I enjoy doing. But when everything builds up you ... http://www.mikespike.org/2008/06/17/finding-the-little-things 36.073499 -79.79016