This movie was released last fall, but I saw it the other night in a friend’s home. I liked the movie and to sum it all up, I suggest for you to watch the movie. Be warned though, the movie is not for the faint of heart, the rough stuff is NOT gratuitous it all fits [...]
One story I have been following the last month or so is the attempts to bring Sugarloaf Mountain back into the ski business. Being I live West of Lake Michigan and Sugarloaf is on its East shore I am not following too closely but fellow ski writer Jason at the MI Ski Report has been [...]
One thing I definitely do not like about ski season is the lack of sunshine. I do not get real depressed or anything during the winter, but the summer sunshine is very much appreciated. I would say the winter can be a sunny season too, just not for very long. I appreciate a nice sunny [...]
Now, we are done with the hows and have a good handle on the whys. Now we move onto the whats (you can do with your backups). True, they can save you in case of disaster, but I use my backups for more than just disaster recovery. I guess, part of this will be a how to, [...]
Uh-oh! Disaster strikes and your website got blasted and now you have to bring it back. No fear, you have your backup sets handy, but do you know how to restore from those backups? It is very simple. Create a directory (folder) on your computer and then copy the latest backup set into that folder. Unzip the [...]
Yesterday, I discussed backing up your website, more specifically, I talked about the piece on the web-host side. You may recall, the result of yesterday’s talk is two files one with all of you web-files and another one containing the SQL code to recreate the database that is — your data. In addition, I gave you [...]
Is very important. There are a number of lightning bolts that can strike your website and force you to start over from scratch, and two of them have happened to myself. The first bolt that hit a site of mine was it got cracked. Fortunately, not too much damage was done, the crackers (I don’t use [...]
Did not amount to much. A Facebookie of mine and former roommate noted big flakes small snow, small flakes big snow. Indeed the snow did not amount to much but any snow in May is annoying. The snow was not annoying due to making the roads slippery or hard to navigate, it was because the conditions [...]
Too often people are derided for not doing their work fast enough. We demand more in less time and often times we push ourselves in the same direction. Is that always wise? Not always. Sometime ago, I put up a summary of an article from ESPN the Magazine where they noted how Lindsey Vonn’s husband counseled her [...]
I find it hard to believe it took me this long to think this post up! It is such a no-brainer. Happy Mother’s Day Mom! These wishes go out to all the other mothers out there too. I never met my mother-in-law, Lorie and I were engaged while she was still alive, but she passed away [...]
I can not even come up with gibberish to post of late. My publishing queue typically reads no more than 3 posts scheduled. Now is the time that tries ski-writer’s souls!
Involving the words WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. Yuck! The only reason I believe this weather qualifies for alert status is to give gardeners a heads up that their delicate plants may be in danger. Bloody Weather!
What four letter word is that? S-N-O-W. I can not ski on it and so it is now a four letter word. The weather is being goofy of late (what else is new). We had a nice day on Tuesday, but later on a front moved through and at the edge of that front was turbulent weather. [...]
A lot of sports involve equipment or gear of some sort. Most of us who participate in such sports on a recreational basis often times do not pay a lot of attention to the gear we use, and if we do it is more for aesthetic purposes than for performance reasons. Given we all have limited [...]
I recently added a page of links dedicated to Nordic Ski disciplines. You know, cross country, telemark skiing, and ski jumping. While I rarely participate in Nordic ski disciplines, there is a lot of Nordic skiing that happens in Wisconsin and the region, so I cover it!
Can be challenging even during ski season, how much more when skiing is out of season? Those of you who have hung in there with me and continue to read this site can probably see the drop off in topical material, but who can blame me? Even if I had the means to go to [...]
Let he who earns the reward bear it. A good motto, one I learned in college and one that still appeals to me. However, today we will explore some thoughts that one may think runs contrary to the sentiment expressed by the Latin. We all crave reward, after all the whole concept behind reward is getting [...]
Finds me at home instead of Upnorth. I have never been much of a rush to get out onto the water at the first moment. Anyways, panfishing seasons do not close and most of the fishing I do anyway is panfishing. Add to that, muskie and bass fishing does not open for nearly one more month and [...]
I don’t think so. I live about an hour or so from Nordic Mountain and so I think they are experiencing the same weather we are. This video gives you an idea of the weather we currently have:
Skiing is still going on, on the North American continent with snowstorm reports arising out of the Northeast and Western US, and Wisconsin’s Nordic Mountain will be skiing this Saturday. Still, even if there is still lots of snow to be had we are all looking forward to the activities of summer, and we want to [...]
