http://www.levinecentral.com/davidsblog/ Misc ramblings about things in general, work and technical items of interest. en-us 2008-02-04T20:18:15-05:00 http://www.levinecentral.com/davidsblog/archives/000031.html Feb 2nd and 3rd 2008 was a PERFECT weekend. It started out on Saturday with my youngest daughter winning her playoff basketball game. That was followed by my older daughter and a trip to Reading PA for a cheerleading tournament... General levined 2008-02-04T20:18:15-05:00 http://www.levinecentral.com/davidsblog/archives/000030.html After obtaining my Technician Class amateur radio license back in August, I picked up a book to study for the General Class license. It's a much more technical test with more questions on specific frequencies, power, components of receivers and... General levined 2007-10-06T12:17:57-05:00 http://www.levinecentral.com/davidsblog/archives/000029.html I have always been interested in scanners and ham radios. Over this past summer I finally said I was going to do it and studied for the first level ham radio license. In early August I successfully passed and received... General levined 2007-08-31T10:57:52-05:00 http://www.levinecentral.com/davidsblog/archives/000028.html Every once in a while, the quickest way to do something is go back to using an old DOS Batch command. Every time I know I've done something similar before, I can never find where I did it and I... Tech levined 2007-03-23T09:35:20-05:00 http://www.levinecentral.com/davidsblog/archives/000027.html The normal train I take, and the car I ride in (along with a co-worker I commute with) derailed this morning. I got an email from the co-worker right after it happened. I happened not to be on the train... General levined 2007-02-21T08:00:05-05:00 http://www.levinecentral.com/davidsblog/archives/000026.html My kids love pets. We have a cat for a few years now. Our neighbor has lots of pets. One cat named Rusty hung out with our cat a lot. It got to the point that whenever the house door... General levined 2007-02-18T21:14:19-05:00 http://www.levinecentral.com/davidsblog/archives/000025.html I looked to see if the software I use was upgraded and it was so I backed things up and upgraded. Then I looked and the last time I posted anything was the previous time I upgraded the software. I... General levined 2006-09-02T09:41:36-05:00 http://www.levinecentral.com/davidsblog/archives/000024.html I know I haven't posted recently. I guess I haven't thought of anything to post others might benefit from. Well yesterday, it was raining all day so I figured I wasn't going anywhere so why not update the software I... Tech levined 2005-10-09T08:32:11-05:00 http://www.levinecentral.com/davidsblog/archives/000023.html I listened to a (not to be named) podcast on the commute home last night. It was the first podcast for this particular show I listened to and it was because of the recommendation from another podcaster that I subscribed... Tech levined 2005-08-05T08:32:34-05:00 http://www.levinecentral.com/davidsblog/archives/000022.html Well week one at my new job has ended. Instead of a 4.5 mile drive, I have about a 70 min commute into NYC. Now granted the weather this past week was gorgeous, but the commute has been fine and... Work levined 2005-06-24T22:48:57-05:00 http://www.levinecentral.com/davidsblog/archives/000021.html My last day, after 17.5 years, was very interesting. I keep waiting to feel sad about the whole thing, but I don't think that emotion hit me. In the morning I was treated to bagels by my buddy Vinnie. I... Work levined 2005-06-19T11:44:53-05:00 http://www.levinecentral.com/davidsblog/archives/000020.html I have 2 days left at Sony before it is time to move on. The number of calls, emails and instant messages I've received from everyone has been overwhelming. Folks that have left Sony years ago but I had active... Work levined 2005-06-15T17:46:56-05:00 http://www.levinecentral.com/davidsblog/archives/000019.html I had been thinking about what to write as my "Goodbye to Sony" after 17.5 years. Today I went on a 12 mile hike along the Appalachian Trail and thought some more about it. I've come into contact with a... Work levined 2005-06-12T19:36:37-05:00 http://www.levinecentral.com/davidsblog/archives/000018.html I was given a link to an interesting article - Hide Your IPod, Here Comes Bill. It describes the usage of iPods at Microsoft and the concern that it's a competing technology to what the company offers. Now MS doesn't... Work levined 2005-02-03T09:27:35-05:00 http://www.levinecentral.com/davidsblog/archives/000017.html I received (actually caught by Spam Soap, a tremendous spam filtering service I have) an email with the subject of Block Spam in Your Inbox! I was intrigued who might possibly think that spamming someone about blocking spam was a... Tech levined 2005-01-10T18:28:52-05:00