Do You "Get IT"?

I must admit, I don't always get it.

For example, my Dodgers went 1 - 2 to the same Giants that they swept earlier this month. Last night's game was painful for me and my wife. When it came time to switch to the results show for American Idol, there was none of the hesitancy we often feel about switching the game for something else.

However, then we find out that Adam Lambert was on the chopping block with Matt Giraud. So my wife has to spend some suspense filled minutes wondering if Adam will go.

Now if I was going to invest in any of the contestants, my money would be on Mr. Lambert because from my point of view, he "gets it". He understands what show business/the music business is about.

Look at the great artists which are successful over the past 30 - 40 years. They were good or great musicians/singers. They were very good to great when it came to showmanship. It is said that MTV changed the music business because now we saw the artist and the show. You may have loved the album of some artist but you looked forward to the concert and the concerts you LOVED were the ones that displayed the best showmanship.

So Adam Lambert "gets it" and should be the next American Idol.

You know who else "gets it"? Diskeeper does. Diskeeper 2009 is saving time and money for Fortune 500 companies. This is very timely with most companies trying to save money and expenses right now.

Read all about it here: http://www.diskeeper.com/press/releases.aspx?F=2009021801.htm

The Big Story

The Swine Flu is the big news right now. Any other news is taking a back door to this. Of course this is important, but when all is said and done, as far as I can see it is still the flu. If you get it, you do the same things you would do if you had any other flu.

But according to the NEWS, I get the impression that this is not only important, it's IMPORTANT!!!!!
Meanwhile, as we figure out where to get very our own surgical mask, a few other not as important things are happening.

• The House approved a 3.4 Trillion Dollar budget.

• Federal Reserve (who ever he is) said that the U.S. economy is getting worse, but the pace of decline has slowed and the outlook has improved. (Uh??? It's getting worse but the outlook is improved???)

• Five members of Congress and three activists were arrested on civil disobedience charges in front of the Sudanese Embassy on Monday for protesting "crimes against humanity" in Darfur. (Yes our US congressmen.)

• Cruise ship with 1,500 people on board fended off a pirate attack just off Somalia. (Really pirates? In 2009?)

Some other day these stories might be important but not as important as the Swine Flu!!!!

Oh, and by the way, surgical mask were not created to protect the wearer from breathing in very small particles. But they make a great new fashion statement.

The good new? Diskeeper 2009 can breathe new life into old PCs.

See the Goverment Computer New article at http://www.gcn.com/Articles/2009/02/17/Web-Review-Diskeeper-2009.aspx

Please Maintain

When you get a first new home, you never really understand all that is going to go into maintaining that home. Like cutting the grass or changing light bulbs in cathedral ceilings or cleaning out the rain gutters periodically. None of these jobs are particularly difficult (unless you have a 5 acre lawn). Non-the-less, many of us have had the headache accompanied by not keeping up with these simple tasks. I for one have seen the effects of not cleaning out a rain gutter. Nasty.

Same goes for disk maintenance. Lot of guys say they'll use the built in disk defragmenter that comes with Windows. Yet they either never do or rarely do leaving fragmentation as a real issue. There is an easy answer. Read what Processor magazine said about it here.

http://downloads.diskeeper.com/pdf/Processor-Hands-Off-Defragmentation.pdf

Fishing is looking fairly decent out of 22nd Street Landing. Time for me to go.

First Timer

First time blogging here. I work for a great company that makes the best defragmenter around. I have the best wife and kids. What else could a guy want?

I plan on writing about my work and some of my interests. Like fishing, computers, graphics, basketball, Dodgers (Go Manny Ramirez!).