http://www.sampowers.net/ The sometimes interesting life of Sam Powers. en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:58:11 -0500 Copyright: (C) 2002-2008 Sam Powers If while you are packing up your house to move one of your boxes starts to vibrate, you should be concerned. Especially if one of your friends finds it first. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:58:11 -0500 http://www.sampowers.net/funny/thevibratingbox.html I never posted any pics of when I bought my new MacBook Pro. Here they are. I'm still using it. It runs like a beast. It's a rockstar. I still haven't heard back from Lenovo even though I sent them my computer over a week ago. So they have my computer and my $1,700 still. They suck. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:36:20 -0500 http://www.sampowers.net/nerdstuff/macbookpropics.html I just bought me some MediaTemple hosting. For the past several years I have been hosting all my sites on my own server. It's been co-located in downtown Lexington with Intelliwire which is a sister company to eLink Design where I had worked for five years. Intelliwire has been awesome to me - providing super-fast connectivity for my server. But I am kind of tired managing my own server and making sure it stays up and is always up-to-date. In the past, my attempts to prevent hackers from bre... Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:45:25 -0500 http://www.sampowers.net/nerdstuff/nowhostingwithmediatemple.html I've been practicing a song for Maudie's wedding in August. My fingers are raw since it's been so long since I have played the guitar. These guys have been my inspiration for the song: This past Wednesday was the last West Coast Wednesday for me. It's sad. I loved busting into some 3 hours of non-stop West Coast Swing. Paula from Grand Rapids went with me again this week. She lead me through a few songs, so that was fun to be the follower for once. I have never gotten lost on the drive bac... Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:20:03 -0500 http://www.sampowers.net/adventures/mylastwestcoastwednesday.html