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May 12, 2007

Hardrive Upgrade


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
Wanna know our idea of fun on a Friday night? Last night we upgraded the hard drive in my macbook pro. I upgraded to a 160GB (149GB after format) 5200 RPM Seagate eSATA drive. The upgrade when very smoothly. I was a little easier than it was to upgrade my 12" powerbook. More Photos

May 7, 2007

Turning Pro


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
I just turned pro in wii sports bowling. Now all I have left is golf and boxing, and i'm really close in boxing.

May 6, 2007

Jacksonville Zoo


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
I just uploaded some photos of out trip to the Jacksonville Zoo. It was a fun afternoon. I really enjoyed the new 28-135mm lens I got last Christmas. It was nice to have a longer zoom.

May 4, 2007

Hawaii Photos


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
I finally uploaded the rest of the photos from our try to Hawaii last month. Man that was a good trip! Michele and I hope to go back some day.

April 3, 2007

View from our Hotel


View from our Hotel
Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
We made it to Hawaii yesterday. Michele and I managed to stay up until 8pm, which is like 2 am in Jacksonville. So we're almost on this time zone. Our hotel room has an awesome view of the city and a partial view of the ocean. Looking forward to getting out today and seeing some of Hawaii.

August 4, 2006

F-106A


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
On the way back from IL we stopped by the Museum of Aviation at Warner Robins, AFB. I snapped a few pictures of this F-106. My dad worked on the F-106 for many years. Cool airplane.

August 2, 2006

The Fudgery @ Union Station


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
Today we watched some people make fudge at Union Station. This doesn't sound all that interesting, but it really was. it's a kind of performance art. They sing songs about fudge and get crowd participation with the promise of free fudge ... good times.

July 30, 2006

St Louis Gateway Arch


St Louis Gateway Arch
Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
Today we're headed to St Louis. I've had a great time in Keyesport hanging with my grandparents, aunts, and uncles, but it's time for the second leg of our trip. We're going to stay at Embassy Suites in downtown St Louis. We plan on going to Union Station, the Science Center, and the Gateway Arch.

June 26, 2006

Another Trip to OKC


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
I just landed in Oklahoma City. I have a few meetings planned this week. Nothing too major. Basically the plan is to spend some time with the customer and verify that we're capturing all the requirements. I fly back on Thursday morning.

June 18, 2006

Adele on Father's Day


Adele on Father's Day
Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
I took this with the camera on my treo 650. Adele just looked too cute in her overalls. Father's Day was ever more special this year.

June 13, 2006

DS Lite Wifi


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
I stayed up really late playing mario kart ds on the internet. The ds saw my open access point, and allowed to me quickly connect. The wireless features work great on this thing. I've also played new super mario bros in the 'mario vs lugi' mode with my son. The kids love to use it to chat. I can't wait until the opera release the ds web browser later this year.

June 12, 2006

DS Lite


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
I picked up a nintendo ds lite yesterday. It's just as awesome as I thought it would be. Scott gave my son a ds lite for his 7th birthday, so now we can battle it out using the built in wi fi support. The first three games we got are New Super Mario Brothers, Mario Kart, and Brain Age.

June 9, 2006

Dad and Adele


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
Why is my daughter on a John Deere lawn tractor? Some questions are best unasked. I'm really happy with this picture. You really need to look at it at high res to get the full effect. This is probably one the most professional looking photo I've ever taken. What's my secret? I take a ton of digital photos with my rebel xt and hope for the best.

June 8, 2006

Playlist


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
Marching Bands of Manhattan - Death Cab For Cutie
Use It - The New Pornographers
Headlights Look Like Diamonds - The Arcade Fire
Old Flame - The Arcade Fire
Don't Lose Touch - Against Me!
Palo Santo - Shearwater
Red Sea, Black Sea - Shearwater
We've Been Had - The Walkmen
The Iliad - Tapes 'n Tapes
So Here We Are - Bloc Party
Insistor - Tapes 'n Tapes

June 6, 2006

New Phone


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
I recently replaced my Motorolla V710 with a treo 650. It's been a few weeks, and I can safely say that I love this phone. I was a palm user back in 1999, but switched to windows mobile a few years ago. Getting my hands on a new palm powered device felt kinda nice. Since it's Palm OS, it works great with my new iMac.

Right now I've got it syncing a few different google calendars. To do this I subscribed to Michele's and my iCal feed in iCal, then I used isync to copy it to my treo. Now every time I dock my treo, it brings in the latest data from google.

I'm using verizon's wireless sync to push my personal and work email. It's kinda neat getting my email on the go. I'm also using mobile gmail with the included web browser, which works great too.

The form factor of this phone is just right. I thought it would seem a little awkward to hold this thing up to my head, but I was wrong. It's just right. Also the speakerphone and bluetooth support work great.

Thanks again, Scott.

May 30, 2006

Sunset on Kingsley Lake


Sunset on Kingsley Lake
Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
We spent part of the long weekend at Camp Blanding on Kingsley Lake. We rented a cabin and grilled out. It was nice. I'm going to plan another weekend like that around the 4th of July.

March 17, 2006

Patches at the OCC Store


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
An entire wall at the OCC is covered by patches from branches of the military, police, firefighters. It's kinda awesome.

More OCC pictures from my last NYC trip can be found here.

March 16, 2006

Nappin'


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
New pictures of Adele have been posted to my flickr account.

February 27, 2006

It's a girl


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
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/

January 24, 2006

12" Powerbook upgrade


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
Last week Michele and I replaced my 60 GB Toshiba HD with a 100 GB Travelstar Hard Drive. The drive is working great. Between that new drive and iPhoto '06, it's like having a brand new mac. It's really great to not need to manage my disk space so closely. I've been working with 2 GB free for a few months now, and it hasn't been fun. Now I feel like I can take tons of high res photos with my rebel xt again.

December 16, 2005

New York Skyline


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
Taken from the Ferry.

Family on the Subway


Family on the Subway
Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
My family riding back to Dad's appartment the night before Thansgiving.

Macy's Balloon Inflation


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
The night before Thanksgiving we walked down to central park for the balloon inflation.

November 30, 2005

A view back at New York City


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
Taken from the Staten Island Ferry. Probably my favorite pic of the entire trip. I love my Canon Rebel XT!

Sundown on the Staten Island Ferry

I took this from the Staten Island Ferry the our last full day in New York. We had a great time durring Thanksgiving Break!

November 18, 2005

Fall Sky


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
The weather has been awesome the past few days. It finally cooled off here in Jacksonville. I just walked outside of my office and saw this. Luckily I had my Canon Rebel XT on my desk.

Tomorrow morning I leave for New York.

November 16, 2005

Tivo Service Update


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
Luckily it didn't take an hour. It was more like 20 minutes. This update fixed a few minor bugs that popped up after the last service update. It also added Overlap Protection.

November 15, 2005

Kayla's 8th Birthday Party


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
We celebrated Kayla's 8th Birthday last weekend. More picture are on my flickr account.

November 11, 2005

Kayla


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
Kayla's ready for winter. You can see more on my flickr account.

Sunset


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
I took this outside my house in Chimney lakes. I haven't done any photoshop work on this.

September 28, 2005

Jacksonville at Night


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
Last night Dad and I went downtown on the boat. I got some great low light shots with my rebel xt. On the way back I got to practice my maritime navigation, which is pretty interesting in the dark.

September 24, 2005

Tea Party Refuges


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
Kayla hosted her first tea party today. So Steve and I took off before it started. We went out on the boat with my parents. We had a great time, and the weather was pretty nice. After that we went to Adventure Landing for 36 holes of mini golf and 3 go cart rides. That's what I call a full day.

September 17, 2005

More Downtown Jacksonville Photos


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
I just took a few pictures of downtown Jax with my new Canon Rebel XT. This time I shot mostly with the Program setting, ISO400, with a exposure of -1. I processed the raw file using Canon's Digital Photo Professional 1.6.1. I'm pretty happy with the outcome.

September 5, 2005

Storm Rolling In


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
Michele snapped this picture as we were crossing the Florida State line heading back home from our time to the mountains.

I thought the cloud formation looked pretty awesome. We were going about 80 mph when the shutter fired.
Here are a new more shots of the storm.

August 31, 2005

Smoky Mountains Trip Photos online


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
I just uploaded the photos from our Smoky Mountains trip to flickr. Let me know what you think. We had a great time in TN and NC.

August 27, 2005

Our vacation rental cabin - TN


Our vacation rental cabin - TN
Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
We just spent our first night in the cabin in the smoky mountains. Last night we left the windows open and listened to the creek and waterfall. It was very relaxing.

August 18, 2005

Afternoon on the boat


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
On Tuesday at lunch Scott and I decided to take the boat out. So at 1:00 pm we left for the afternoon. I had a great time I've never seen downtown Jacksonville from the river before. Plus it was a great chance to play with my new canon rebel xt.

July 17, 2005

End Exercise


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
Well I just finished with a week of annual training with the Air National Guard. We did a Phase 1 ORI. Basically we simulated packing up and deploying to an oversees location. Picture all the logistics of moving a few hundred people and material to go war. While that was going on the network control center was inspected on some of our Information Assurance procedures. It was a long week of 12+ hour days and checklists.

Complicated checklists that tell you what to do if you get a classified message on an unclassified network. Or what do to if you get a virus. We didn't do so well. Some of the members of the NCC, that should have known the procedures, seemed less than confident about it. The inspector picked up on our self-doubt and dug deeper. The most important thing ... when you're being evaluated is to appear confident at all times. Just looking smart can allow others to give you the benifit of the doubt. Some of us didn't look so smart this weekend.

The one nice thing about this week is that on Monday I sewed on the rank of Technical Seargent. I was pretty excited but at the same time I felt kinda guilty. There were several other people that put in for the same position. I just felt bad that I won. Everyone one was cool about it though. So I guess I got all worried for nothing.

What else? I turn 27 tomorrow. No big plans. I'm seriously considering not going back to work tomorrow. I probably should go, just because I've been away for an entire week, and I know I have a lot of work to do. I just feel really drained. Throughout this week, I slowly lost the ability to communicate and think clearly. Things got a little fuzzy toward the end. Am I getting to old for this? So I may just skip work altogether, just so I can return 100% rested and ready to work. Is it better to go to work and give 50% or rest up and work at 105%? Does this make me some sort of rock star primadona? ... slacker?


July 6, 2005

Writer's Bloc


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
I'm in a creative slump right now. You can probably tell this from my lack of quality posts lately. The thing about writer's block isn't that your ideas are bad; it's just that YOU think all your ideas are bad. This has been true with my photos, blog posts, and my work lately.

I'm not sure why I'm in this slump. Things have been going incredibly well over the past few weeks. I just got promoted at Anteon. I'm now a Senior Software Engineer. I'm really stoked about the engineer part. It only took a college degree and 5 years experience with the company. I got my promotion with the Florida Air National Guard. I'm now a Technical Sergeant (E-6) and in charge of the career development and training of several other members. I'm really excited about this. The pay is a little better for one thing, and after 8 years of service, I'm looking forward most of all to taking on more responsibilities. It was hard coming to drill once a month, and doing the same exact thing for 8 years. Plus I need to feel like I'm moving forward all the time.

Michele and I are expecting our third child. I'm really excited about this too. I just found out on my way back from OKC. We had our first two kids when we we're really young. At that time I was focused on getting my education and establishing my career. Now, I feel like I have more time to soak in the child birth experience. I'm enjoying spending more time with my family.

I refinanced my house, and paid off all my debt. I still have enough money to do some home improvement stuff I've wanted to do.

So now you're up to date. I hope you realize how hard it was to hit the submit button on this post. I'm sure I've come out of this slump soon. I have to. Hopefully I'll get into work tomorrow and lay down a few lines of great code or redesign some great new layouts. Man, I hope so.

June 22, 2005

Step into my Office


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
In the office we have an attached garage that's used to store boxes of old files. There are a few old desk chairs out there, so I've claimed it as my "office." It's good to take people other for discussions I don't want everyone to hear. A lot of technical debates, cell phone calls and career plans have occurred out here.

June 21, 2005

Will Rogers World Airport, OKC


Will Rogers World Airport
Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
Last week I went to OKC for a meeting. This was probably the best trip to date. Our demo went off flawlessly. Plus it was good to spend some quality time with the EBM team. Life is good. I'm not sure when it happened, but I'm really content with everything right now. Job, house, family ... it's all good.

May 12, 2005

Office Photo Blog


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
I've been doing a series of office photo's with my Motorolla V710 and my cybershot.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sizemoresr/tags/office/

April 30, 2005

900cc's of raw whining power no outstanding warrants for my arrest


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
... a pirates' life for Steve.

Michele and I went to the Mountain Goats show last night in St Augustine. We look forward to the annual show all year, and last night John and Peter definitely didn't disappoint.

He mostly played the new stuff from "The Sunset Tree." I just got the album when it was released on Tuesday, so I'm just getting to know it. John also played some classics of off "All Hail West Texas" and "Tallahasse." Tracks like "Source Decay," "Southwood Plantation Road" and "Jenny" rocked the house. All and all, great show. Can't wait to she the band next year!

More pictures

April 11, 2005

Lloyd's Big Dog Chopper


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
Lloyd (my father in law) came over yesterday with his new toy. We rode around cecil field on Sunday afternoon. It was pretty fun Cecil is like a playground for motorcycles on the weekend.

I was really surprised how fun this bike was to ride. Despite it's large size is really quite nimble. It's 103 cubic inch (1688 cm3) engine produces a ton of power.

April 1, 2005

Kids Playing Mario Party 6


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
Last night I watched the kids while Michele did her volunteer work. We played SuperSmash Brothers for awhile and then I decided to change it up a little bit. We drove to blockbuster and rented Mario Party 6 which was surprisingly good.

The GameCube is quickly becoming my favorite gaming platform. I play it more often than my PS2 or PC.

I've really enjoyed hanging out with my kids lately. I took them to the apple store in Jacksonville, were they played the new mac based incredibles game. The kids asked if they could go back sometime soon.

Today we played with my Digital Camera. This led to a "lesson" in photography and Windows XP.

March 16, 2005

Rainy Afternoon


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
It's pouring rain here in Orange Park, FL. I love the way the mood of the office changes when it's raining. I'm just enjoying a cup of coffee and watching the rain fall from an empty conference room.

March 13, 2005

Bikeweek in Review


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
-On Friday I went down with my dad on my honda 919.
-Late on Friday I got to meet the Hayden Brothers.
-The next day we headed back to daytona for the superbike race.
-Michele and I watched the Daytona 200
-We saw the guys from OCC
-Mikey looked at me like I was crazy.

Priceless

March 12, 2005

Duhamel wins his 5th Daytona 200

I went to Daytona today. I saw the 15 lap superbike (1000cc) race, and the 68 lap Daytona 200 (600cc Formula XTreme).

"It feels great winning five," DuHamel commented after race. "This year it felt like the Daytona 255. It seemed like it would never end. It�s amazing to have a bike that�s as early in its development as the 600 Xtreme is and do 200 miles on that bike at 180mph. It�s quite a testament to how Honda builds motorcycles -- for power and the long run.

More pictures

March 11, 2005

Pictures from Bikeweek 2005


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
Team Kawasaki signing autographs.

From left to right Josh Hayes, Roger Hayden, and Tommy Hayden.

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Man I love Honda


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
It's no secret that I'm a big time Honda fan. Growing up, every motorcycle I had was a Honda. In my adult life I continue to have great experiences with Honda. On Friday, my Dad and I rode down to Daytona. When we stopped for breakfast in St Augustine, I noticed that my back tire was looked really worn out. It was showing cord in several places, and I wasn't sure if I should ever attempt to ride on it. At that point I was sure that I would have to go back to Jacksonville.

We headed over to First City Honda in St Augustine, FL. Those guys couldn't have been any nicer. An hour and $200 later, they had me back on the road and headed to Daytona with a new Dunlop rear tire. Would the Harley shop been so accommodating?

My bike ran great all the way down to Daytona. No matter how fast I'm going, I can always twist the throttle and get more power. It's 919cc engine (from the CBR900RR) was built for the race track, and it likes to remind me of that.

March 9, 2005

Statue of Liberty at Sunset


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
Pictures from my recent trip to NYC to see my Dad. 24 Feb - 27 Feb

March 6, 2005

My Flickr Account


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
I've just created a flickr account. I just thought it might be a fun way to share pictures. It reminds me a lot of del.icio.us. I'll still continue to post high-res pictures to my website here. I'll only post my favorite images to flickr, so it should stay pretty uncluttered.

Also, I've found a ton of great photo's on flickr. Go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/sizemoresr/favorites/ to view my favorites.

March 1, 2005

Kids


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Originally uploaded by sizemoresr.
Here's a flickr photoset of my kids at various locations being cute.

July 26, 2004

Photos from Iceland