In case you remember my post from last year about my recent switch to Sprint Everything Plan, I wanted to provide a small updated on how my cell phone usage has increased.

If you compare my usage from the year before I’m averaging around 1000 more minutes per month.  Now, at the end I’m getting a cheaper price/minute, however I sometimes worry about how much radiation I’m exposing myself to… oh well, just wanted to post something interesting and let me people know I’m still alive and kicking.

~david

I’ve been bad at updating my site recently, but things have (like I always say) been busy.  However, I hope to come back with a bang.  I finally posted my marathon story and have updated WP to the latest version; 2.8.5.

Additionally, it has been 6 years since I first started my website.  October 13, 2003 to be exact.  Damn does time fly!  Every year I find it funny what my very first post says:

So things are starting pretty slow, expect very little until my life slows down some, or I miraculously discover that I can slow down time, or travel back in time…

~david

Enjoy!

As many as you know or notice on my site, I love Jeroen Smeets’s Last.fm Plugin.  Recently I had some issues with it not displaying correctly on my site.  A simple deletion of the plugin via the WP administration page and re-adding it again and we were back in business.  The new version of this plugin looks great!

~david

I try to stay involved with Cisco’s forum as to try to give back to the community a bit as well as trying to get some knowledge from the masses.  While I’m not a know it all it’s nice to have a little bit of recognition.  Last week i went from Bronze to Silver, which based on points others award you for the answers you provide. :-)

I have a long way to go before getting those 25k points… wonder if I could turn them in for cool Cisco gear?

~david

Some of the image sizes I was using were causing layout problems so I reduced the size to 500 pixels in length.  I also made some very minor cosmetic changes to the theme I’m currently using… my site must feel so left out.

~dmacias

Wow, that was painless, I tried the automatic upgrade and 10 seconds later I was upgraded! Good job WP team!

~david

I’m out here to do a presentation and this place is absolutely beautiful. The sun is out and shining brightly, while the temperature is in the mid 30s. I’m staying at this beautiful resort called the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort and the place is immense with a lot of great things to do and see. The room I have, while it takes around 10 minutes to walk to it, has an amazing view of the mountains. Here are two pictures I took.

And another:

One thing I also love is the fact that gardens here consist of rocks, sand, and some shrubs. My type of gardening.

~david

It really amazes how something as simple as a cell phone bill gives you an insight on how busy someone’s life has been. Through out the years, this has been very true for me.

Price

Minutes

Ultimately, the above has let me to change my plan to Sprint’s everything plan. And while I used to try and not go over my minutes, now I make as many calls as possible from my cell phone… not sure if this was a good move by Sprint, but I’ll try my best to get my money’s worth.

~david

This December has been crazy. The usual holiday travel and work taking up most of my time. However, the other big thing is moving and that has just sucked the life out of me. So much to do, with so little time. Will update the site once I get settled in.

~david