ROBERT OWEN — Technology Leader & Musician
Technology leadership, music, and the space where they overlap

Some Pics of the yard

I was cleaning the kitchen… got cut by a piece of glass. So, I decided I should take a break from that and went outside to take a few pictures while the bleeding stopped…  Of course then I went back inside, started cleaning again… got cut again… Took a few more pics. Cleaning shouldn’t be painful! At any rate here’s … Read more

Friday Funny: watch out muggers

This week’s Friday Funny was once again something I got in my e-mail… My friends have lots of time on their hands. Keep em coming Guys! Any way, this one appears to have come originally from a post on Craigs List. I don’t have the original link so, sorry if this is yours. I’d give you proper credit if I … Read more

Pretty URLS for WordPress on IIS

I’ve been playing around with my site again. Trying to work out the beauty of my urls. I thought they looked pretty good… Well, similar to what I’m used to from BlogCFC anyway. The urls were like this: www.owenwebs.com/index.php/xxxx/xxx/xxx etc.. Which is not too bad… Better than the default: owenwebs.com/?p=13 or something silly like that. But, I’ve seen them better … Read more

TOMMY: The Campus Review

If you’ll remember , I was contracted to play in “The Band” for the Clarence Brown production of TOMMY. I know, I know… you play Horn. “You’re not a Rocker Robert! ” Anyway, the production finished up it’s first week and is about to start up its second. (Shows run Wednesday through Sunday for the next two weeks) And, it … Read more

The Pirate Bay is Going to the PO-PO!

Just saw over at  Ars Technica that the Sweedish Distric Court trial about the Pirate bay has ended. And, it appears it has ended BADLY for the Pirate Bay. Here’s a clip from their article: The Pirate Bay “spectrial” has ended in a guilty verdict, prison sentences for the defendants, and a shared 30 million kronor ($3.5 million) fine. According … Read more

Friday Funny: Hot off the Tweet!

I was looking for something to post for today’s Friday Funny and got some great suggestions from some of my Friends Mark and Nathan. So here we go: Nathan’s (follow on twitter) contribution: Mark’s (follow on twitter) Contribution(s): (click each  to Enlarge) Mark was a busy boy this morning.  Hope you all have a great Weekend!!