The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey March 24, 2019

24 March 2019

My friend Mark Camack died this last week, after a battle with throat cancer. We've been in the exchange holiday cards / biannual phone call place for the last couple of decades, but I'd still have jumped up and headed out if he needed help. I didn't hear about this until his wife Bonnie got in touch, the other day. My heart goes out to Bonnie and their extended families. Rest in peace, my friend. The big news is that I migrated all of the personal sites I manage from an old server to a new server. Not super-exciting from…

Brian Bilbrey March 17, 2019

17 March 2019

But first, here's hoping that St. Paddy's Day brought you joy today, whether you're Irish, Irish-adjacent, or just ... I dunno ... human. On the entertainment front, we attended opening night for Pride and Prejudice at the Annapolis Shakespeare Company last night. The show is a real joy, and introduced us to some new actors, including a superb Mr. Darcy being portrayed by Daniel Beason. Old friends on stage included the marvelous Laura Rocklyn as Elizabeth Bennet, Dexter Hamlett as Mr. Bennet, and Ian Charles playing the unpleasant Mr. Wickham. My secret joy of the show was Kitty Bennet, played…

Brian Bilbrey March 10, 2019

10 March 2019

It was an interesting week. I skipped last Sunday for a variety of reasons. The most important is that we were up early that day, to get Marcia onto a plane for Salt Lake City, Utah. She was there for a few days doing Handi Quilter factory training on her software and machine. She learned a lot, and is now taking advantage of some superior features in the new motor control software. I worked short days for most of the week, to burn a few hours of vacation time and reduce stress on a little Lexi that was missing her…

Brian Bilbrey February 24, 2019

24 February 2019

Our family said their goodbyes to Dennis yesterday. He's resting by his grandparents now. Sadly, I didn't know him as well as I'd have liked, and we didn't make the trip for his memorial, because it was a small affair, and nobody needed out-of-towners to deal with on top of everything else. He'll be missed, rest in peace. Work was a week like so many others, not worth remarking on. However, on the home front, the computing environment continues to have drastic changes. Yesterday, I pulled the final backup from my FreeBSD 11 server, Serenity. After that, I shut it…

Brian Bilbrey February 17, 2019

17 February 2019

Yet utterly unlike a sheep. Last Sunday, we were out at Cabaret Night at Annapolis Shakespeare. It was song and dance and showtunes from the 50's, and the joint was rockin'! So much fun I forgot to post. And as I remembered, each ensuing day, well, I was at work, not relaxing at home, so I kicked the can down the road and here we are. The cabaret was wonderful, as always. Up next at the theater, another Cabaret Night, 60's this time, and then it's time for Pride and Predjudice to open (runs for 6 weeks starting on March…