http://www.bonesnap.com/blog This blog is about all kinds of stuff that *I* find interesting. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:36:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/02/22/the-buffalo-man/ http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/02/22/the-buffalo-man/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:36:04 +0000 Ironspike http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/?p=660 Years ago when I first got married the wife and I lived in a small trailer in McAlester, Oklahoma. Our house was located on 15 acres that joined land to my in-laws. The in-laws had fenced off 10 acres and ran a few head of cattle on it. One summer an older gentleman from California bought [...]]]> http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/02/22/the-buffalo-man/feed/ 0 http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/02/16/flying-%e2%80%93-part-2/ http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/02/16/flying-%e2%80%93-part-2/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:49:26 +0000 Ironspike http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/?p=657 Years ago when I first started consulting I had to fly back and forth from Dallas to New York. At the end of the week in New York, I returned to the airport to learn my return flight had been canceled. American Airlines was good to me, they booked me another flight on Delta that [...]]]> http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/02/16/flying-%e2%80%93-part-2/feed/ 0 http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/02/10/flying-part-1/ http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/02/10/flying-part-1/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:40:33 +0000 Ironspike http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/02/10/flying-part-1/ Seems I forgot to put together a post for this week so if this one seems thrown together then forgive me. In my profession flying from job site to job site was a weekly habit. It was so ‘habitual’ that a lot of the experiences I had during flying I didn’t consider them anything to write [...]]]> http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/02/10/flying-part-1/feed/ 0 http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/02/01/turn-down-service/ http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/02/01/turn-down-service/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:00:23 +0000 Ironspike http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/?p=645 For those of you who might not know – ‘turn down’ service in a hotel chains pretty much consist of some one coming into your room and flipping your sheets down and most the time placing some inedible chocolate or mint on your pillow. To me, it’s one of the most dumbest things in the world. [...]]]> http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/02/01/turn-down-service/feed/ 0 http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/01/30/as-fol-turns/ http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/01/30/as-fol-turns/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:29:18 +0000 Ironspike http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/?p=649 I like machinima. I like making machinima. Some folks call it silly and immature but I find it very interesting. Over the past year I’ve been playing around with it so I could create little video shorts to post on my YouTube channel. I was looking for a new idea for a machinima when FOL hit [...]]]> http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/01/30/as-fol-turns/feed/ 0 http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/01/28/we-all-have-twins/ http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/01/28/we-all-have-twins/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:00:14 +0000 Ironspike http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/?p=642 So if you read my last post you’ll remember I was in Denver, Colorado doing some consulting work. It was the middle of the week and I was following my daily routine. I woke up, showered, got ready for work, walked through the hotel lobby, get in my car and head to the office. This particular [...]]]> http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/01/28/we-all-have-twins/feed/ 0 http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/01/27/homey-don%e2%80%99t-play-that/ http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/01/27/homey-don%e2%80%99t-play-that/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:00:44 +0000 Ironspike http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/?p=636 During one of my glorious consulting assignments I was working in Denver, CO for about six months. Denver is a very pretty place and in my opinion has one of the best airports I’ve ever flown out of. I was staying downtown in very nice Marriot Hotel. I have been shacked up in this hotel [...]]]> http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/01/27/homey-don%e2%80%99t-play-that/feed/ 0 http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/01/25/diversity/ http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/01/25/diversity/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:06:28 +0000 Ironspike http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/?p=632 Diversity I was told by a friend that I need to post more of ‘life’ type of a stories. This is my attempt to do that. I have worked in IT all my life. During the internet bust several years back I found my self unemployed. I managed to land a job right away doing consulting work [...]]]> http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/01/25/diversity/feed/ 0 http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/01/06/just-an-update/ http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/01/06/just-an-update/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:02:03 +0000 Ironspike http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/?p=626 Well it’s been a while since I’ve updated my blog and applications so here is a quick update. Like normal I have WAY too many irons in the fire. I wish I was a millionaire and could just hire folks to help me out. Life is pretty funny, a lot of the things I like to [...]]]> http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2010/01/06/just-an-update/feed/ 0 http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2009/11/25/machinima-part-2/ http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2009/11/25/machinima-part-2/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:16:59 +0000 Ironspike http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/?p=623 My son really likes Call of Duty: World at War. I’m not such a big fan of the game myself. However, the zombie map packs are quite fun. The newest one was called Der Riese and it was released in September. The map pack far surpasses any of the other ones. The developers added in numerous [...]]]> http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2009/11/25/machinima-part-2/feed/ 0