August is Concert Month

What is it about August? I have tickets to the following concerts, all in August: BoDeans at VooDoo Lounge – August 7 Weird Al Yankovic at the Family Arena – August 8 Dolly Parton at the Fox Theatre – August 14 Bruce Springsteen at the Scottrade Center – August 23 Neil Diamond at the Scottrade …

Disney to close Pleasure Island

Walt Disney World announced that they will shutdown the remaining nightclubs at Pleasure Island after September 27. Pleasure Island is to be “reimagined” to appeal to a broader audience. See the Orlando Sentinel article for more details. Other than walking through Pleasure Island to move between the West Side and the Marketplace, we never did …

Midwest Airlines in Trouble

I shouldn’t be surprised to read about an airline in trouble, but it was sad to see the latest one is Midwest Airlines. USA Today writes that Midwest is scrambling to avoid bankruptcy. I haven’t flown with them for some time, but they were always a great way to fly. Back when they were Midwest …

TechEd 2008 – Day 4

I realized I left off on the next to last day of TechEd. I doubt anyone really cares that much, but figured I’d wrap this up. Sessions for the final day: SEC375 A Hacker’s Diary: Why I can Hack Your Passwords and How You Can Stop Me This session by Marcus Murray of TrueSec was …

TechEd 2008 – Day 3 Swag Tally

Cozy – Microsoft BizTalk Server Rubik’s Cube Keychain – Avocent T-Shirt (2) – Splunk, NEC $5 Music Downloads – WIndows IT Pro Magazine Compass/Multi-Tool – Dell/AMD Flashlight Keychain – Microsoft Business Intelligence