http://journal.nearbennett.com I was wondering "why is that Frisbee getting bigger?" And then it hit me. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:32:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The second part of the Genesys health check involves smoke-testing GAD (Genesys Agent Desktop). This script requires wget to be in your path or in the same directory. To customize for your location, just put the host:port for all the GAD servers in the SERVERS variable. This script will then spawn ... http://journal.nearbennett.com/2008/08/01/genesys-health-check-part-two-agent-desktop/ Every morning, we check SCI to make sure that all our applications are running, and that they haven't failed over for some unexplained reason. Unfortunately there are a lot of applications to check, an this gets a bit tedious. We've had several times where the person responsible for checking missed ... http://journal.nearbennett.com/2008/07/31/genesys-health-check-part-one-scssci/ My family recently visited Niagara falls on the Canadian side. Here are my thoughts, and "lessons learned." The 6+ hour road trip from our home town makes the trip impossible as a day trip. The 6+ hour road trip from our home town makes the trip difficult as a half-day trip. Cost for ... http://journal.nearbennett.com/2008/07/15/on-visiting-niagara/ We went with Scott and Carina, and a huge group of friends, to the Whetstone Park fireworks last night. We showed up late because of our own party, but it was just in time to start the 1.5 mile walk to the park. Along the way, we passed by the ... http://journal.nearbennett.com/2008/07/05/what-if/ We had a bunch of people over to our house to "celebrate" Independence Day. I've put celebrate in quotes, because we didn't talk a lot about independence, or take part in any particularly patriotic activities. But we gathered, and had fun. I think we held a nice party, and here's ... http://journal.nearbennett.com/2008/07/05/181/ Here are some random thoughts from our annual pilgrimage to the Chautauqua Institution. Bicycle topic 1 this week: Emily and Anne had brand new bikes, with aluminum frames, soft seats, and 7 gears. Emily's is a full adult sized 26" bike. Oh. My. Garsh. Bicycle topic 2 this week: Emily's bike was ... http://journal.nearbennett.com/2008/06/30/chautauqua-2008/ While in Kentucky for a business trip, I noticed an interesting disconnect in the fines levied for certain offenses: The maximum fine for providing (or attempting to provide) alcohol to a minor: $250. In Ohio, you could get jail time. In Kentucky? Bah. Give up some profits from your still, and ... http://journal.nearbennett.com/2008/06/20/kentuckys-priorities/ Um, erm, I mean "Pumping Iron at the Best West" The "Exercise Facility" at the Best Western where I'm staying consists of a) a exercise bike, b) a treadmill, c) a stairmaster(R), and d) a nautilus all-in-one-piece-of-scheize.  I wasn't really surprised, but I ws a bit jealous to learn from a ... http://journal.nearbennett.com/2008/06/18/pumping-iron-at-the-west-bestern/ There used to be a generation gap--the boomers and their parents were very different. Technically, I'm part of Generation X, and my kids (according to Wikipedia, THE SOURCE OF ALL KNOWLEDGE) are part of the second wave of Generation Y. Two events recently have helped me to see that I'll ... http://journal.nearbennett.com/2008/06/16/the-generation-narrow/ After feeling like I had done a pretty poor job as a Tiger Cub leader, and a fair bit of discussion with my wife, I decided to give the Den leader job a try again. Here's what went right, and not so right. What Went Right Before the school year started, before ... http://journal.nearbennett.com/2008/06/14/lessons-learned-from-being-a-wolf-cub-leader/