Steve Sizemore's Weblog

Adelaide "Adele" Elizabeth Sizemore was born Monday, February 27 at 9:09 am. She weighed in at 8 lbs. 8 oz. and was 21 1/2 inches long. The labor and birth could not have gone better, and baby and Mommy are almost at 100% already. Kayla and Stephen Jr. are adjusting to their new roles wonderfully. Thankfully, I've has been able to take the week off and I'm enjoying this time with my family. Michele and I would like to thank everyone for their encouragement, kind words, and prayers during this time.

Additional photos of Adele can be found on my flickr account:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sizemoresr/sets/

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I took two trips this weekend. A trip to Vic and the Golden Cirle Tour here in Iceland.

Here are some photos from both trips:

Vic
Golden Circle

Here are a few of the good ones:

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"Unfortunately a fault was found in the engine concerning the cut off sensor which is used for rider safety in the event of the bike falling (once the bike is laid down the engine must cut of automatically within two seconds). The team tested the relevant engine part at the beginning of the season, when the bike was taken for testing after race two it was found to be faulty. For this reason Chris was disqualified costing him valuable championship points.

Chris is now 5th in the ranking of the World Championship with 83 points and Laconi is leading with 120 points."

More Info at WorldSBK.com

I was already pretty bummed out that Pierfrancesco Chili blew two engines in race 1, and then wrecked in race two. This was the most disappointed World SuperBike race I've ever watched. It's like an Italian opera.

"Before the desperate disappointment of a double DNF at the previous Monza round, Ducati privateer Pierfrancesco Chili led the world on his 998R-based Ducati machine. Even after two no scores at Monza, he still sits in third place overall, safe in the knowledge that he had an outstanding second place in race one last year. Looking for payback from lady luck, Chili approaches his 40th birthday in June with as much speed and aggression as riders half his age, ensuring his continued popularity to a global audience." - WorldSBK

I'm looking forward to the races at Oschersleben next week.

More News from Monza

chrisvermeulen.com

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I'm counting down the seconds until I get my new powerbook g4 later this week. To kill the time, I found this great web site with tons of OS X hints: macosxhints

Most of of the tips are really UNIX hacks, which I think is awesome. I really bought a UNIX workstation. Here are some of the more useful tips:

• Start SNMP
• Share iPhoto libraries with multiple users on one machine
• Block VeriSign's attempt at internet domination
• Ambush an offline iChat buddy
• Use a PlayStation gamepad on OS X (I should get Tony Hawk 4 so I can grind on the road.)

Also, here's something else thats' cool. There's an mac equivalent of net stumbler for the PC. It's called MacStumbler. The site also has links to purchase and configure all the gear you need for WarDriving. I wonder what that is?

My powerbook should ship on the 30th. I can't wait.

Posted by Steve at 07:56 PM | Permalink

This is a pretty prestigious award, and it’s the second time I’ve received it. This time, I was awarded the Air Force Commendation medal for building an ASP website for the Air National Guard Personnel conference.

It’s really nice to be recognized like this, but at the same time I feel pretty guilty about it. I work with some extremely dedicated people that work a lot harder than I do. I get awards and decorations a lot more frequently than they do. I guess the reason why is that everything I do (like web and database apps) are extremely visible. Another thing I have going for me is that I’m a workaholic. I check my ANG email even when I’m not at work. I connect remotely and work from home often. People notice this stuff.

As for the inspection this weekend, it’s really going great. This is because of the all the hard work of my co-workers out there. I hope they get some serious recognition for this one, because they really transformed the Network Control Center (NCC) into something great. I just hope it stays that way, and continues to improve.

This drill weekend with the Air National Guard has been great. Drill weekends sort of feel like family reunions. These people have seen pretty much ever side of me, and we’re really close. A big part of the monthly drill weekend is catching up everything that’s happened in the past month. We talk about work, motorcycles, football, school, and my future career plans. It’s pretty nice. About all else, it’s the reason why I stay in the guard.

Tomorrow is the last day of the September UTA and the UCI inspection. I plan on riding my bike in and staying pretty low key.

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Aside from getting hopelessly lost almost every day, this trip was fun. Scott and I ate lots of steak. Also, I guess its worth mentioning that we got the funds to complete the E-6 EPM and ISPM web apps. What the hell and I talking about? I dunno, but I explained in in 3 slides in powerpoint.

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Scott came by after dinner with his new Ducati Monster S4. We went out and tore up Cecil Field, a closed military base. This is the first time I've been able to ride Scott�s bike and get it out of first gear, and I must say it was awesome. Although the numbers are similar to my bike, you can tell that this bike was made for one thing and one thing only: racing.

While the Ducati was really fun to ride, I was glad to ride my 919 again. It�s easier for me to ride, and is very smooth at low RPMS.

On the Ducati, I was constantly shifting to keep the bike at its sweet spot: about 3k RPMs. Scott�s bike really wore me out. That�s the only disadvantage to all that power and tight transmission.

It was great to take the bikes out to Cecil Field, around all the abandoned military buildings and open roads. I�m hoping to take the bikes out to the beach this weekend.
Click here, more pics

This is an old supply building. I caught air going up this ramp.

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