my buddy jorge has hacked together his own homemade generator using a car battery and some other parts. check out our google talk conversation:

Jorge: hey
Bwana: hey
Jorge: so they got some big industrial-sized generators so everyone could come back into work
but apparently didn’t put enough fuel or something
Bwana: wonderful
Jorge: so the power went out at [...]

Posted in geek

its true. the power is on and things are looking better. we stayed at the residence inn at aventura mall the past couple of nights. kecia and i went shopping over the weekend to get our minds off of things. it was a great feeling to come by the house this [...]

Posted in bwana and lakecia

we still do not have power at our house in miramar, fl (in broward county). conditions are pretty sad down here right now as people are struggling to find gas and water. personally, i was waiting from 7am to 4pm for a gas truck to come to a gas station with power. [...]

Posted in bwana and lakecia

we’re ok. broward county (where we live) really got pounded by this storm. kecia and i were up pretty much the entire time praying while the storm shook our house. right now, we are suffering like the rest of the county in regards to power outages, damage and debris. i just [...]

Posted in bwana and lakecia

tonight i found a macosx tiger compatible version of geektool. naturally, i had to re-spice up my macintosh desktop with all the goodies i had prior to upgrading to tiger. here is a screenshot of my latest and greatest:

i made the desktop wallpaper tonight from naruto colored manga pictures as well as some [...]

Posted in anime, geek, naruto

see that plate? i learned from the best!
i miss my father
today is his birthday, and he would have been 68 years old. i’m still not completely over his death, but i know with time it will heal. just seeing this pic brought back a lot of memories.
braytek, birthday

Posted in about us

show notes: from the cribbage at home (extremely late!!)
feedback please!! voicemail 305-831-4979 or email me at bwana@bwana.org

apologize for slacking on episodes!

asterisk open sourced pbx system - other sites mentioned: stanaphone, voxee, and x-lite softphone software
my new pc upgrades! cyberpower gamer ultra xlc system
, my flickr photo set

enjoy!
braytek podcast episode 015
braytek, podcasts

Posted in podcasts

yup. it’s here.
i haven’t actually tried it yet, but if it’s anything like gmail then i’m sold. right now i’m looking at this:

we’ll see if it’ll replace bloglines for me or not
update: ok, i’m not too happy with the interface. some things that would make it better are:

show the [...]

Posted in news from the web

if you’ve been following my flickr stream, you’ll notice i’ve been playing city of heroes (coh) more lately. ncsoft is coming out with the “sequel” to city of heroes called city of villians (cov). over the past few months, there has been speculation about how ncsoft will address subscription pricing for those who [...]

Posted in video gaming