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Today Microsoft Outlook decided it was time to stop checking my email and started giving me “Unknown Error ‘0×8004060C’”. First thing I did was to verify my server wasn’t have any problems…server was fine. Then I decided to take a look at Google. The first returned page pointed me here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q304863/. I thought “awesome, this is the exact error message”….so I started scanning the document for a resolution. I was happy to read ” 0×8004060C is a unique error code that is designated for a failure to deliver to a .pst file Inbox because the .pst file is full.”

So….if the KB document can be so clear that it is a “UNIQUE ERROR CODE” then WHY OH WHY does Outlook waste my time telling me it is an UNKNOWN ERROR…..GRRRR. If it had just said “Your PST file is too big, delete some of your junk mail and compress your PST” then I would have been happily on my way a lot quicker. Thanks Microsoft.

I introduced you to Buckhead Burrito Grill in my post about moldy chips at Chilitos in Kennesaw. Today was BBG Day.  Last week I had gone determined to try something new, the BFC (Buckhead Fried Chicken) Burrito, but they were out of BFC, so I opted for the old Rio standby.  Today they had BFC so I tried it, and there are now two things I can recommend off the menu!

So some of you may be wondering where I have been, others of you already know. On June 4th my brother in-law was in a very serious car accident. They weren’t sure if he would even live. So we spent a week with family in the ICU waiting room. Then of course it took about a week to catch up for being gone for a week.

Sitting in that waiting room I had a lot of time to think about life, and how short it really can be. My brother in-law is only 21 and is life was suddenly and unexpectantly changed that Sunday evening. I mean…do you really get that? What if you never made it home from work tomorrow?

There are still a lot of unknowns in my brother in-laws future and only time will tell what type of recovery he will make. But the whole incident has really brought home to me just how short life can be. We all like to think about things we should do in life, but think, we have all the time in the world to accomplish it. That isn’t necessarily the case.

I hope this hasn’t been too morbid for you. I hope you will read this and think about the priorities of your life. Are you so tied up with living your life that you can’t even enjoy it? I know I am certainly guilty of that one. I certainly don’t want to be remembered as “That guy that developed the number 1 filtering software”. In the big picture things like that don’t matter. When it comes down to it, it isn’t a big fancy house, an expensive car, or one of those awesome flat panel HDTV’s that make life better. There is so much more to get out of life than that.

I could name a thousands things I have never done, but want to. What stops me? What is stopping you?

Earlier this year I met Lance Ulanoff of PC Magazine.  He mentioned his column, which I had never really taken much notice of before.  However, I started keeping an eye on it a bit more as he does write about some interesting stuff.  His most recent addition is about how camera phones are ruining our memories.

I have to agree with Lance, that beyond a quick snapshot in a pinch a camera on your phone is pretty much useless.  I used mine once to snap pictures of a big rig that ran me off the road.  When I got the pictures downloaded to my computer I could barly make out the plate number or DOT number from the truck.  Useless