For the past month or so we've been spinning up for this BBQ we're had yesterday. God I'm glad that's over :)
I look at like this, it was a great motivator to get lot's of things done around the house. Blacktop the driveway, replace the rotting outside wood, paint the trim, clean the deck, etc, etc. So it was great that we got all that done, it's just that I underestimated how damn hard doing all that would be. Over all I think things went well, and it gave me the excuse to play with streaming video again ;) Honestly though I really wish I had one of those fancy wireless webcams that are their own servers...that's pretty damn cool... Did you know that Windows Media Encoder has a hard set default of 5 maximum connectons? Even with a low fps of 32kb, you can't change it...it's not even an option anywhere in the program. You have to actually go into the freakin' registry to change it manually??!!! If I hand't seen it with my own eyes I would never have believed it. It's just insane. Microsoft even has a knowledge base article on it. Oh well, at least now we've been able to break in the desk and patio set. I always wanted to have a large BBQ when I moved in. I'm still not sure if it was better that it was slightly overcast and cooler, as opposed to sunny. At least it didn't rain much, just a couple of showers. Of course today, after it's all over, is a beautiful day. Hot as hell, but it looks prettier. Oh yeah, and I got to drive a prius :) All together there were 2 prius's, 1 Ford Escape Hybrid and my car :)