July 2002 archive

Well summer must be coming to an end. Today they finally posted updates to the Eckerd College | Intranet. School is abount a month away and work is still ticking away like usual.

Well iTech ended yesterday and I was lucky enough to get in to the Begining and Advanced Unix classes for OS X. Unix is such a powerful OS and with Mac OS X you can get it on your desktop!

Wow! all I can say is I have been one busy beaver. I got home late on Sunday night from Texas and have been working non stop since I got home. This week I am at Hopkins High all week for the iTech confrence run by Apple. Learning new things every day! Today I just installed the latest build of Mac OS X 10.2 and boy does it kick ass! It’s wicked fast and hella cool. I can’t wait for the final version. Well that’s it as of lunch time.

So toady was my day off and I took the chance to sleep in. This morning though, Apple Computer released a lot of new products including larger iPods with a 20 GB hard drive and windows compataility, a 17-inch iMac and several new programs called iSync and iCal. Both of the new products are designed to work with palm devices but will also work with any Sony Ericsson Bluetooth enabled mobile phone. now this is a reason in my mind for windows users to take another look at the mac. Sony Ericsson anounced that iSync will be the only program designed specifically for use with bluetooth mobile phones. Now if only I could get my hands on the new Ericsson T68i………

Today was a busy day. I’ve been working on the newsletters, press releases and so much more at HQ in San Antonio. Tommorow is my day off and I am looking forward to sleepign in after all these long days. I’m here through sunday though and am learning a lot.

So today brings more rain for Texas. I don’t think it will take much more to start flooding again. I’m here on assignment until sunday. This week VoiceStream has officially become T-Mobile US My phone service is still the same but the last part of my phone’s address will be changing soon.

Today, I was up in Bandera County and the city of Bandera where we opened up a Service Center to process any needs for the clients. We give them immediate needs such as groceries, clothing, tools, medications and any other immediate need. We also work on starting the long-term recovery process. While in Bandera I was able to see first hand what the flood as done to these people. Although very small in comparison to other counties it was still a very moving experience. As of tonight we are starting to evacuate Corpus Cristi as the floods are moving down the rivers towards that community. We also have a possible tropical storm brewing in the gulf to make things even more interesting. Weather is still hot and humid. Reminds me a lot of Florida. Logistics is being very good about making sure we always have water and snacks available for us to stay refreshed.

Today was my first day on the Disaster Relief Operation for DR 175. I’ve not only just goten here but I have already been hard at work to create flyers, press releases, newsletters and even interviewed with the Fox 29 news. So just relaxing tonight. Hope it goes wella gain for the rest of the DRO

Wow. Long flights today. Ass of tonight I am in San Antonio TX as part of DR 175 for the Red Cross. It’s hot as heck here and still raining. More info tommorw after our staff meeting.

Ok I’m goign on disaster assingment for 2 weeks in san Antonio TX. You can reach me on the mobile if you have it. Hope all is well.