BCM 50 Date and Time

For the past few years, my BCM50 has required a constant reset of the time. It would always slowly lag behind my network, which is constantly checking with time servers to make sure it is sending the right time out.

I thought I was properly pinging NTP with the BCM50, and was frustrated. However, it was not - but I've fixed it.

What I did was simple:
In element manager under the configuration Tab, I went to System-Date and Time.

The first thing I needed to change ws the Date and Time Source. I had been using "Trunk." The confusing thing was that even when set to "trunk" you are allowed to configure an NTP server address. Even though you are allowed to set these options, it does not appear to use them unless you select "NTP" as the Date and Time Source.

So, select that first. Then, make sure you have pool.ntp.org as the server, tell it to synch however often you desire, and you should be set.

Great Article on Guns by... A Hippie

I don't like hippies, but this one wrote a good article. And it's on the Dailykos... a stupid hippy liberal website that I resent.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/7/4/881431/-Why-liberals-should-love-the-Second-Amendment

Coming off a Great Week

I'm coming off a great week of vacation in Maui County, HI. That's the Island of Maui, as well as a few smaller islands.

My cousins David and Catherine invited me to stay with them here on the Island, and I'm very thankful to them for doing so. This has been one of the most relaxing weeks I've had in a long time. I would consider them "expert" travelers. Since they had been here for quite some time prior to my arrival, I got to go to the "good spots" that they had already checked out.

My flight starts boarding in about 40 minutes, and I'm hoping to catch some serious Z's on the way home to avoid being worn out at work on Monday due to the time change. East to west travel is always easy, but I've heard West to East is difficult. Whenever I've traveled to Europe, I've always fallen prey to this.

Tomorrow I also get to see Sarah, the love of my life. I cannot tell you how long I've waited for the day that I get to see her without knowing it is only for a few days. My heart is very glad right now. And despite this being what I am the happiest about, I won't say any more. ;)

Great Travel Packing Guide

I'm not very good at packing, but I found a great travel guide today while searching for help packing for my vacation next week: travel smith packing list.

When Bad Gets Worse

I've had a very, very rough week. Last Wednesday, I was in a wreck in which my vehicle was totaled, and it really changed the tone of my weekend, which in turn changed to tone of this week.

Today, while sitting in a conference, I noticed that my plugged in Dell M4400 is simply not charging. It says "plugged in, not charging." It will run on A/C power without draining the battery, but it won't charge. Long story to short, Dell is going to send a tech with parts to my hotel after hours to fix it.

I'm impressed.