There was a Hurricane in KS?

At the Mall anyway! Here is the boys experiencing 80 MPH Winds. Really when you think about it, that isn't that much faster wind than the average tuesday in Hays!

Last week was performance week!

The Otterbox?

I now have one for my cell phone and for my iPad.

(PS an Otterbox is a case company)

The case is extremely well built, the buttons line up perfectly and protects like nothing else I have seen. Sure, the cost is a bit higher but it comes with the fitted screen cover and more.

If you want a case and you want it right, just get an Otterbox

Lovin the S9's

Per Brian from Texas's recommendations, I finally got around to purchasing second hand some Motorola S9's. They are blue tooth stereo headphones that also work as a cell phone headset. You can even dual pair. That is music from the iPad and phone call from the cell phone.

They have a battery that lasts beyond 8 hours (That is how long they worked for me but the had battery left so not sure how long they will last beyond that) Buttons on them for volume, mic and track selection.

Best part is the sound quality. They are not my Bose units, however they are smaller, wireless and work as a headset for my cell phone for calls.

7+1=7?

I have been doing some reading on teams (I forget the title of the book but will post later)

Anyway the study mentioned talks about pulling a rope. You know, like in tug of war. It states that one person pulling exerts 100 percent, then when there are 2 it is 95 each person and decreases from there. By the time you get to 7, adding the 8th person does nothing due to the decrease of effort by the other members of the team.

The key is that you have to believe that all other members of the team are giving 100 percent then each member of the team will give 100 percent!

That is very difficult, people (In my experience)tend to have periods that they perform extremely high and other times they have some "off" times. That is not to say that they are slacking, rather the perform when needed and take some breaks during down times.

Anyway, it is interesting to think about.

Another way I would like to use the analogy is on meetings. More than 7 people in the room and you might as well have 100. No focus, no direction and limited leadership.

Phone update

It still will not work as an AP, and I discovered a couple of flaws like
the P on the keyboard would not work. Try telling people that your P will not work. Tends to be a problem.

Anyway the GPS would also not work.

After working with the local Nex-tech Wireless store, they fixed both! A hard reset, not the most pleasant experience, and some software update and working great. Now if I could use it as an AP it would be perfect!

Just a little while ago (Credited to Fair Play)

Fair Play was commenting how you never knew how good you had it until things change. It may have been just before you got sick, or just before your sewer backed up (In Fair Play's world)

Yet it is a good thought for all of us who do have our health and are well off.

It is that time of year to be thankful.