August 21, 2004
by dhoytt
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Making Light For Non-Secret Garden

I had to clear tree branches from above my garden coming in from a yard behind me because the branches were throwing my produce in shadows too much of the day. Hopefully I did it in time to restore some of the luster to my vegetables.
My strawberries never had a problem since they were on the edge unaffected by the branches. The okra looks good, tomatoes started strong but didn’t reach full size I like and without the sun never reached that full red ripe stage now they will along with my peppers, squash, pumpkins, cucumbers etc.
Now I will plant some late season vegetables as well plus start a treatment of plant food. I also reset the water timer to water longer twice a day because of the hot Sacramento summers. And soaked the ground to saturate the garden to fully hold the water and now the automatic timer will keep the ground moist and not dry and cracked.
That was my Saturday plus some minor work on the audio/computer room until I realized I was tired.

August 20, 2004
by dhoytt
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Fantasy Football Start

Today was my first Fantasy Football draft of the year. I like to draft a little closer to the actual season in case of injury player movement and all those elements are a bit clearer the weekend before the season starts.
I think I have a good solid team with the potential for lowing opponents out the box depending on lineups.
Let’s PLAY BALL!!!

August 19, 2004
by dhoytt
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Watching Olympics & Waiting For Football

The Olympics are interesting they are on more channels at this year. I watch as many events as possible. They all put in time and work to represent the country and plus I like seeing competition where people give their best.
Football is around the corner and my first Fantasy Football draft in one of my many leagues is tomorrow. This particular league I did not participate in last year because of the inadequacies of the website they had hosting it and the inflexibility of the rules. This year its hosted on Yahoo who seems to do the best with Fantasy sports. You can customize the league to whatever standards you want and if changes are made the whole league is informed. No behind the scenes shanigans even by the commissioner, once rules are setup the website takes care of it all!!
All my Fantasy football leagues this year are on Yahoo including the one I’m the commissioner of. Each league is unique with its own set of rules, very cool. Well the public leagues have the default setups.

August 18, 2004
by dhoytt
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Dragging Mid-Week

What can I say? Allergies, heat and no sleep caused me to drag most of the day.
I am trying to add more streams to my webcasct for low and high bandwidth users. Once I do that then I will tighten up the play lists and maybe even offer multiple genre music streams. As I always will do the technical portion first then the aesthetics later.
I just have too many other necessary things to do to keep a steady flow working on this website, blog and streaming audio.
You will see large amounts of time before I do anything to any of the elements on this website and then a flurry of activity. I have too many projects whose timing precedes what I’m doing here. Then I have to re-learn what I was doing here and where I left off. I will get there in fits and spurts as I have time.

August 17, 2004
by dhoytt
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Just Chilled a Bit Today

After work today just kinda chilled and grilled some Italian sausages, bratwurst & Hot links, I know what a combination. Did that and lounged in the pool after cleaning the pump.
Back to normal August temperatures above 95 degrees for a high.

August 15, 2004
by dhoytt
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Multi-Media Room & Wireless Home Audio

I moved my 6 foot rack with some audio equipment into my computer/audio room. Now I have my 7 foot rack with several systems plus my 6 foot rack and a table of DJ equipment in the room. I will start integrating everything even more than I have currently. Now I have a more permanent spot for my turntables and mixers, I just have to patch the input back into my audio computer systems and make sure I have all audio computers set to output to all my external audio functions in all rooms. Then I will build in the flexibility to listen independently from one source and amplify each room separately. The trick is to do it with minimum of wiring & dollars so you cannot notice the technology except in my “multimedia” room.
I had the wireless audio thing going today as well from room to room which seemed like a great idea until I turned the microwave on. It’s hard to place shielding around wireless signals. I’m going to have to see if there’s a device out there on a different frequency than the microwave or a way to wrap the audio in a higher signal that the FCC approves and won’t screw with for home use.
Always have to consider the little things.

August 14, 2004
by dhoytt
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Bachelorettes & Hamburgers

Wow I have never ran into so many Bachelorette parties in one night in Sactown! Some were getting really nasty on the dance floor but before we could get to the next level there was this one that was blocking. She was beautiful on her own but she wanted to be woman and man. Get her in the grind and she was cool with that but get one of her girls in the mix and she was mother hen! Man they were lowering the brassiere and touching nipples on the dance floor it was off the hook but jealousy of one beautiful lady who wanted to be loved by the guys and ladies blocked the show….awww what sweet music it would have been. All me and my buddy did was to go out for hamburgers and then what an adventure with 6 different Bachelorette parties!!!
Oh yeah went back and edited this for an earlier time 😉 !!!
No MAS Tequlla!!!

August 13, 2004
by dhoytt
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Olympic Opening Ceremonies

The Olympic opening ceremonies were extremely stylish and artistic. I just wanted to share a few pics in case you missed them courtesy of NBC.
First a picture of me after an Olympic inspired work-out…LOL!!
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August 12, 2004
by dhoytt
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Late Work Out On Weights In Garage

I once again have to resort to late night work outs or none at all. I pick the late night work outs! My body was talking to me letting me know I should not be missing too many days regardless of my schedule!
My elbow is making clicking noises more than ever. My elbow giving out was a reason I gave up bench presses approximately 15 years ago when it totally gave out. I guess I should go to the doctor to see if there is something floating around in the elbow before I really start pressing weight like I used to.
The good thing about lifting in my garage is I get to listen to my music from my site @ http://www.dhoytt.com/whatson.html and get to raid my kitchen for healthy snacks ;).