draining the world\'s beer supply one pint at a time http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne Just another Blogs.sackheads.org weblog Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:11:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 en 2008 UK Trip http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2008/01/28/2008-uk-trip/ http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2008/01/28/2008-uk-trip/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:11:12 +0000 jpayne http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2008/01/28/2008-uk-trip/ Melissa and I are headed back to Cardiff Feb 15th - 25th.  Definitely going to be spending time at the Pantmawr Inn and other local pubs.  Not sure what we’ll be able to fit in around visiting family… but if we can get even half way to Portsmouth, I’ll update here.

]]> http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2008/01/28/2008-uk-trip/feed/ 2008 http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2008/01/02/2008/ http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2008/01/02/2008/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:52:15 +0000 jpayne http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2008/01/02/2008/ The year. No really. Digg the year.read more | digg story

]]> http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2008/01/02/2008/feed/ 802.1X updates http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2007/08/28/8021x-updates/ http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2007/08/28/8021x-updates/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:36:49 +0000 jpayne http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2007/08/28/8021x-updates/ August 20th 2007. Cisco releases IOS 12.2(33)SXH for 6500s with sup32s and 720s. This release actually does useful stuff for 802.1X - almost feature parity with the low-end switches that have had these features “forever”.
Guest VLAN, Auth-fail VLAN, multi-domain, etc etc. FINALLY!

Still playing with the built in OS/X supplicant (make sure the keychain with your 802.1X certificate doe NOT lock on screensaver activation!) whilst I wait for Xsupplicant 1.3 to stabilize.

Got Xsupplicant 1.2.8 working with TLS for the Linux desktops we have here… shame they ripped out the OS/X support in that train only to have to add it back for 1.3 :(

]]> http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2007/08/28/8021x-updates/feed/ MARRIED!!! http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2007/08/28/married/ http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2007/08/28/married/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:21:02 +0000 jpayne http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2007/08/28/married/ The blogs site was down for a while, so I couldn’t post, but we’re married and I couldn’t be happier. Thanks to everyone who came from far and wide to make sure the reception was a party that cow-orkers are still talking about :)

The pool is in and is awesome…. the fence for the pool is up and the back yard is finally growing a lawn.

Pictures are uploading to the gallery…

Oh, and we have a puppy!

]]> http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2007/08/28/married/feed/ Wedding site updated! http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2007/04/28/wedding-site-updated/ http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2007/04/28/wedding-site-updated/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:26:11 +0000 jpayne http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2007/04/28/wedding-site-updated/ Melissa played around with the website a couple of weeks ago, and I finally put the new site live.

Check it out today

]]> http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2007/04/28/wedding-site-updated/feed/ House and Wedding http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2007/03/20/house-and-wedding/ http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2007/03/20/house-and-wedding/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:44:33 +0000 jpayne http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2007/03/20/house-and-wedding/ Just spent a week moving into our new home. Closed on schedule on March 8th and we’re loving the new house. Couple of issues the builders have to finish in the spring, but nothing major. Next up is getting a pool constructed which we’re hoping will be usable by May 19th when we’re having a birthday/graduation/house warming party :)

I’m also now the owner of a gas BBQ (grill). What happened? It’s just so damned convinient to be able to fire the thing up and throw some meat on without having to worry about coals and getting them up to temp. I’m still going to have a good old reliable charcoal grill, but that’ll be down in the pool area.

Wedding update - the Save The Dates are out, and the Wedding Site is up with limited content. If you didn’t get a save the date card and magnet, I’m very sorry - but we’re having trouble keeping the numbers reasonable.

]]> http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2007/03/20/house-and-wedding/feed/ Wedding Update http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2007/01/22/wedding-update/ http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2007/01/22/wedding-update/#comments Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:29:12 +0000 jpayne http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2007/01/22/wedding-update/ July 14th or 28th is now officially the current plan. Waiting to meet with Father Isaac at St Mary’s. Reception is hopefully at Roger Williams Park Casino. 
Just need caterers, licenses, music, etc etc…

Edit: July 14th is the reserved date at the casino. Now we need to work on church, caterer, flowers, etc. Easy as cake. OH! and the cake :)

]]> http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2007/01/22/wedding-update/feed/ Party and Wedding Update http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2007/01/09/party-and-wedding-update/ http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2007/01/09/party-and-wedding-update/#comments Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:53:59 +0000 jpayne http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2007/01/09/party-and-wedding-update/ First off, save the date if you’re reading this: May 19th. It’s my “extra bit” birthday, Melissa’s graduating with a Master’s in Severe Special Needs Education and we thought we might as well throw the house warming in there too!
Evites will start going out soon, if you don’t get one, don’t be afraid to remind me :)

Wedding update next. Nothing is booked yet, we do know that we can’t do anything before July 5th for family reasons, and we also have to avoid conflicting with Patrick and Jezzibell’s wedding in September. There’s also some stuff to work out with the priest, or find an orthodox church that will marry us.

Melissa has started looking at dresses (already down to 2 that she loves), and we spent last weekend looking at potential reception locations, but we’re trying to stay close to whatever church we use, decent hotel coverage and we’re also mindful that we’ll have a bunch of out-of-town guests that might want reasonable access to Boston (either useful public transportation or near to town).

All that said, our current “ideal date” is November 10th 2007.

]]> http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2007/01/09/party-and-wedding-update/feed/ Photos http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2006/11/02/photos/ http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2006/11/02/photos/#comments Fri, 03 Nov 2006 03:27:44 +0000 jpayne http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2006/11/02/photos/ A couple of more pictures in the UK trip album.

A couple of more sub albums in the House album… including some of the already built houses to give a better idea of what we’re buying :)

I’ve added an RSS feed to the right of the blog to track when new sub albums in the House album are created.

]]> http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2006/11/02/photos/feed/ Sketch Plans http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2006/10/30/sketch-plans/ http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2006/10/30/sketch-plans/#comments Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:58:11 +0000 jpayne http://blogs.sackheads.org/jpayne/2006/10/30/sketch-plans/ I finally got the sketch plans for the house online.

More pictures coming

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