Outdoor season is finally here and other thoughts on a Saturday morning
It's about time we've finally got the season rolling. I know everyone is just as excited as I am to see some competition. Dual and triangular meets are fine, but it's great to finally get to the real meets. With Rio Grande City and South Houston -- thanks for the results Coach Meyer! -- holding meets yesterday we are now rolling
I can't believe what I am watching on the TV now. While channel surfing on the little TV beside my desk, I happened across a bluegrass music video (Bruce Hornsby, Ricky Skaggs, and John Anderson) of Rick James' classic, Superfreak! I'm not a bluegrass fan, to be honest, it was a pretty good. Who woulda thunk it!
I'm sorry for the delay in getting yesterday's results posted. There was a major problem with the host server that required some serious techical work to get things back online. Now I have to get caught on the meets to be listed in the schedule.
My fiance, Mary Isabel, will soon be here (though not soon enough for either of us). I will make one more visit there in late March/early April and we will travel up into the Andes Mountains (a 13-hour bus ride!) to see her mother. It'll be my first time to meet her so I'm a little apprehensive. Just wish I had more time to spend there. And then I'm returning the weekend the first weekend in May to bring her back to the United States. We're both extremely excited, but she has no idea what is in store for her at the UIL state meet. I've told her about all the people who want to met her, but there's no way she can imagine what that weekend will be like.
Is there any interest in high definition videos out there? I am seriously contemplating purcahsing an HD camcorder. I will have the ability to make HD-DVD's that can be played on any HD-DVD player. (There is a reported problem with the Xbox 360 player that s being worked on.) The maximum length is 20 minutes, but there is also the option of producing WMV-HD videos that can be played on most computers or on a TV attached to a media center. I've watched one on my system at home and it's pretty spectacular. I'm still researching and learning more about this exciting new medium. Perhaps I will soon have the capability of hosting some HD videos on the internet, though the storage and bandwidth requirements will be huge.
