My 2 Cents

Well I’ll probably be somewhat abandoning this blog in favor of a new one I’ve started at http://ericg.blogs.clarksvilleinfo.net. The fact is I’ve got a brother who’s terribly ill right now and it scared me enough to get in to see the doctor myself. The doc says I’m about 45 pounds overweight (Obese) and that if I don’t lose some of it that I’m at a very risk for heart attack stroke and a host of other stuff that I want none of.

If I have interesting tech info or articles I’ll still post here but for the time being I’ll be putting my focus more on my health and losing that weight. If you want to keep up or offer words of encouragement (Or since this is the Internet, Ridicule). Please visit me at http://ericg.blogs.clarksvilleinfo.net.

Thanks for stopping by
Eric

The videos below come in around 8 MB total so they may take a few moments to load. If you’re looking for samples of Low Light Video from Panasonic HDC-SD9 these should answer a lot of your questions. The first shows just how poor it can get if it’s too dark. The second actually looks pretty good. You decide.

The first video was taken with the following settings
HA1920
24P Digital Cinema on
Low Light Mode ON

The first video below was taken with My HDC-SD9 at approximately 8:30 pm on July 18th. It was not nearly as dark out as this video looks.

Neither the sun or moon was out at the time this video was taken. There was a slight amount of Ambient light from the street lights but it was not very bright at all.

This second video was taken a little earlier in the evening on July 5th. We were at the fair so there was quite a bit of ambient light.

The video was taken on a moving ferris wheel with Low Light mode and Image Stabilization on. I don’t really remember the rest of the settings. This one actually comes out much better.

For more information on the Panasonic HDC-SD9 please check out my Panasonic HDC-SD9 FAQ Page or my Panasonic HDC-SD9 Video Samples Page

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Recently in my town there were reports of aggressive foxes chasing some members of the community. Honestly my first response was Yeah Right. After a quick search it turns out foxes can be a little aggressive.

Video Below

I’ll be adding some video features from time to time. They could be jokes, how to’s or news features. Here’s the first

Then I think it’s time to start working on a plan to get our troops out of Iraq.

According to this article the Iraqi government has asked us for a time table for troop withdrawl from Iraq.

I will not say I always felt we shouldn’t be in Iraq. There was a time I thought it was the right thing to do, however once we were there I felt it was necessary to stay the course until the Iraqi government was able to stand on it’s own and protect themselves from aggression.

I feel that perhaps now is the time to do that. The Iraqi government obviously feels that they are capable of securing their own nation and if that’s the case it’s time to bring our troops home.

I’m not gullible here, I know we’ll maintain a presence. In fact, Iraq will probably be our next Germany where we’ll maintain a troop presence for the next 50 years, but not in the numbers we have now.

I fully support our troops and am proud of the job they’ve done in spite of the pittiful leadership our president has given them, but now is the time to start seeing them come home, heads held high for what they’ve accomplished.

Not that I really expect it while our current Commander in Chimp is in office but it would be nice.

Eric

http://www.break.com/index/it-guy-vs-dumb-employees.html

We’ll call this one It Guy Vs. Dumb User but it could definitely be argued that the IT Guy in this clip is just as dumb as the User. While it’s important in I.T. to listen to the users when it comes to servers you should remember that YOU are in charge and “Because the guy in sales said to is no excuse to reboot a working server.

Just click the link it’s freaking hilarious, I practically wet myself watching it.

Eric

Alright, let’s get political today.

Three Brazilian Soldiers

Donald Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily briefing. He concludes by saying: “Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed.”

“OH NO!” the President exclaims. “That’s terrible!”

His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands.

Finally, the President looks up and asks, “How many is a brazillion?”

Thanks for stopping by

Eric

After almost 15 years living in Tennessee, some of these seem more plausible than you’d think. Not that there aren’t very many highly intelligent people here, because there are, but there are also some that just make you wonder not if but how many times they were dropped on their head as babies.

Hick computer terms
Redneck computer terms

BACKUP - What you do when you run across a skunk in the woods

BAR CODE - Them’s the fight’n rules down at the local tavern

BUG - The reason you give for calling in sick

BYTE - What your pit bull dun to cusin Jethro

CACHE - Needed when you run out of food stamps

CHIP - Pasture muffins that you try not to step in

TERMINAL - Time to call the undertaker

CRASH - When you go to Junior’s party uninvited

DIGITAL - The art of counting on your fingers

DISKETTE - Female Disco dancer

FAX - What you lie about to the IRS

HACKER - Uncle Leroy after 32 years of smoking

HARDCOPY - Picture looked at when selecting tattoos

INTERNET - Where cafeteria workers put their hair

KEYBOARD - Where you hang the keys to the John Deere

MAC - Big Bubba’s favorite fast food

MEGAHERTZ - How your head feels after 17 beers

MODEM - What ya did when the grass and weeds got too tall

MOUSE PAD - Where Mickey and Minnie live

NETWORK - Scoop’n up a big fish before it breaks the line

ONLINE - Where to stay when taking the sobriety test

ROM - Where the pope lives

SCREEN - Helps keep the skeeters off the porch

SERIAL PORT - A red wine you drink with breakfast

SUPERCONDUCTOR - Amtrak’s Employee of the year

SCSI - What you call your week-old underwear

FROM http://www.ahajokes.com/red80.html

As a regular feature of this blog I’ll be trying to post a joke, humorous story or some other daily humor each day.  It is possible that not EVERYONE will find these jokes humorous.  I’m not the most politically correct guy at times but if you don’t like find another blog to visit.

Without delay I present you with my first Daily Humor post.

One day Dirty Johnny accidentally walks in on his mother in the shower.  After his mother gets out of the show Johnny mentions that he’d seen the “Hair down there” and asks what it was.  Thinking quite quickly Johnny’s mother tells him that it’s her sponge.  Johnny accepts this answer and goes about his business.

About a week later Johnny again walks in on his mother in the shower and notices that his freshly shaved mother no longer has her sponge.  He asks what happened to it and is told she lost it.

2 days later while Johnny’s mother is again in the shower Johnny bursts into the bathroom yelling MOM, MOM!  Mom asks What is it Johnny?  Johnny excitedly exclaims “Mom, the maid found your sponge and she’s washing Dad’s face with it!”

Well since we’re going on vacation tomorrow and the house is up for sale we decided that instead of having someone come to the house to care for the dogs on a daily basis we’d go ahead and board them.

I learned very quickly that there are two distinct levels in boarding.  Doggie Hotel

In fact the facility where my dogs are boarded are even nicer than this one.  The rooms are have french doors and little toddler beds for the dogs.

 And Doggie jail

Let’s face it.  This thing looks to me like a jail cell.  Now I don’t fault anyone who has to board a dog and can’t afford the luxury suites, Heck I just barely was able to afford it myself, but you’ve got to admin these things look like jail cells.  When we were going on the tour I expected to see a boxer running a tin cup across the bars and howling at the top of his lungs.

Ahh well the stark difference just struck me as humorous.

Eric