It’s been a long time since I posted to this site. In the last 9 months I have helped put on two conferences in the US. The Cascadia conference in Seattle, WA and Picc ‘11 in New Brunswick. Both conferences were a success and made a small profit. I have also been working on LOPSA projects as a member of the LOPSA board. I have also been re-elected to the LOPSA board for 2 years in June.
I am hoping to make more time to write more posts and keeping things documented on what’s been going on and what I have been working on.
So till the next post happy summer days to you.
To all who are in my life and read this site Merry Christmas. It just seems like yesterday that we were celebrating Christmas 2009.
You might have been wondering what happened to me. Well life has been busy between family, Work, LOPSA, LOPSA-NJ, PICC and La Vigna. I just haven’t had time to sit down and write to you all. I am really going to make an effort to write more in the coming year…I promise.
To get things started in what I hope will be a better writing regiment here is this years Christmas List. I am hoping that some people will actually get me some of this stuff. I do put a lot of research into my list…it’s not like I ask for a lot through out the year.
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Simpsons World The Ultimate Episode Guide – B&N – $90.00 - Comprehensive episode synopses for 20 seasons of Simpsons, including 128 new gut-busting episodes never before covered! Stuff you may have missed! More screen shots than ever before! Over four hundred character profiles! Every chalkboard phrase Bart has ever written! Nifty new art throughout! Quotes and quips from all your favorite characters! Two or more jam-packed pages devoted to every episode!
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Grateful Dead 2010 Wall Calendar – Dead.net – $13.00 – This calendar features a collection of images that span a twenty year period of art created for the Grateful Dead by Mike DuBois
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Pink Floyd: The Wall a.k.a. The Wall (the movie) – B&N – $14.39 – Pink Floyd’s album “The Wall” was released 30 years ago and was an album that I own both on vinyl that I played all the time after it was released and on CD. The movie was release in 1982 and stared Bob Geldof, we use to watch this movie a lot during high school at my house. I went a few time to see it at the Midnight Movies at the theater at the Arnot Mall. (wb)
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Mario Kart Wii with Wii Wheel – Amazon.com – $44.54 – Nintendo is bringing Mario and his friends with their finely tuned racing machines back and this time to the Nintendo Wii. With 3 different control styles and a Wii Wheel included in the box, Mario Kart Wii is bound to be the best in the series. The worldwide race is on with a whole new set of tricks, tracks, and ways to play! Place first in Grand Prix circuits or clear skill-based missions. Mario Kart Wii draws on courses and battle arenas from every game in the series – not to mention tons of new ones – the true king of the Mushroom Kingdom racing circuits will finally be crowned.
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Motorola S9-HD Bluetooth MOTOROKR/MOTOACTIV Stereo Headset (Gloss Black) – Amazon.com – $51.98 – The Motorola MOTOROKR™ S9-HD Stereo Headset delivers style, performance, and remarkable sound for your iPhone, iPod, or other stereo-capable Bluetooth® device. This lightweight headset lets you make hands-free calls and wirelessly listen to music, and it features noise-isolating ear buds, so you’ll get high-definition surround sound for all of your calls and tracks.
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Sinatra: New York [Box Set] – B&N – $47.99 – Without argument, Frank Sinatra is the most iconic American singer of the 20th century. This whopping five-disc set issued by Reprise attempts to define Sinatra by performing in the place that seemingly defined him. It contains 61 never-before-issued performances of the singer in concert appearances in New York from the mid-’50s through to 1990. It also includes a DVD of a performance at Carnegie Hall, taped in 1980 with 16 more performances, for a total of 77 tracks.
Wow it’s almost July. I am working on getting things ready at the house for the 4th of July picnic. After that picnic I have to get into La Vigna Picnic mode.
My uncle and I are meeting on Monday for a quick breakfast and picnic planning. We have some new ideas for this year for the kids that should make things fun and exciting. I am looking forward to this years picnic more than usual since we have a few more people helping with the planning and work this year. I am still going to run the 50/50 and the seed spitting contest. I love seeing my family and hanging out and just taking it easy.
In the last few weeks I have been made the committee chair of the LOPSA Education Committee. We are in the middle of getting the training schedule and trainers together for OLF and OLFu. I also  stepped up and volunteered for one of the empty board seats on the LOPSA board. Last night I had my first board meeting. I have gotten the feel of how things work on the call and got some ideas that I need to flesh out to help fix some of the issues that are plaguing LOPSA. It also looks like I will be going to a face to face board meeting in August.
As well as the picnic and LOPSA, work, LUG/IP, LOPSA-NJ and PICC I have been working on a new web site with my friend John LeMasney. It’s going to be a food based web site that will explore the making, buying, cooking and eating of the food of Central New Jersey. We want to be the premier destination for those interested in Central New Jersey food. I hope to go live in the next few weeks. We are looking for writers who have a passion for food in Central New Jersey. So if you want to write for us send me an example of your writing and a little bit about yourself to wbilancio@centraljerseygoodfood.com.
So some family news Avery is now a senior in high school and has her drivers license. This is great I don’t have to drive her all over the place to her friends and dance or back to school, the down side is I don’t get to spend as much time with my daughter. Otherwise every thing is going great and I am looking forward to a hot humid summer.
If you were wondering what to get me for my birthday (July 19th) this year. This idea just came across my desk this morning from Google.
When Gmail came out of beta, we embroidered the Gmail logo onto sweatshirts for the team. Any given day in the office, a couple of people are wearing them. When other people asked us where they too could get their very own Gmail sweatshirt, we didn’t like replying with "Oh…they’re not really available, it was just something we did for the team," so we made them available in the Google Store.
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