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• DrumSTRONG 2008: A Smashing Success -- Thank You Scott and Mason!

  Three years ago, a friend of my family's teenage son was diagnosed with cancer, and was given fairly bleak chances of making it through the ordeal. It was a crushing blow to the family. For the full story, read the ESPN piece on Mason (he's the last story). Mason would go on to conquer the cancer inside his body, and has been cancer free for a couple of years now. Against all odds. And it was during this time that he reached out to one of my idols, Lance Armstrong...the 2 had a bit of dialogue... Posted May 06 2008, 07:10 PM by Jayson Knight with | with no comments Filed under: General, Links and News, Photos, Charlotte, Music, Being Jayson

• Broke The Mountain Bike Out Of Storage

  I used to mountain bike. A lot. For some inexplicable reason I stopped a few years ago when other priorities manifested themselves, but recently I decided to start up again. While I'm not horribly out of shape, I'm definitely not the rider I used to be...but I aim to change this soon as the legs start getting used to pedaling again. I never have been much of a weight lifting guy, but the muscle group I've gravitated towards working when I do lift has been legs, and that's also apparent... Posted Mar 09 2008, 03:46 PM by Jayson Knight with | with no comments Filed under: General, Being Jayson

• Heading Back To School, Finishing Up My Degree

  After a long round of thinking about the future, my short and long term goals, and my overall level of happiness, I've decided to finally head back to school to finish up my degree. For those of you who don't know, I dropped out of college my sophomore year to pursue my present career track in software development which at the time (the .com boom) was one of the better decisions I've ever made. I've always considered myself a student of life itself and love learning, so the logical... Posted Mar 08 2008, 02:46 PM by Jayson Knight with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: General, Charlotte, Being Jayson

• Best. Wedding. Ever. Sorry Ladies, Matt Brandau Is Off The Market

  A very good friend of mine, Matt Brandau recently got married to a wonderful woman, and I had the pleasure of attending. Here are some photos from the festivities . It was without a doubt the most fun reception I've ever attended...Matt is a professional bassist (shameless plug, he now plays with The Old Ceremony ; an amazing band out of Chapel Hill...definitely check out some of their music @ the link above) with a degree in music from UNC. All of his previous bands were in attendance and got... Posted Jan 01 2008, 04:11 PM by Jayson Knight with | with no comments Filed under: General, Photos, Charlotte, Being Jayson

• Valve's Orange Box -- A Great Way to Spend Less Time With Friends and Family

  First off, add me as friend over on Steam Community! If the little things in life like spending quality time with family, friends, pets, etc are important to you then I would highly recommend not purchasing the latest offering from Valve Software: The Orange Box . The majority of my weekend has been spent playing a smattering of Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2. Of the 3, I've spent most of the time playing Portal which from a purely gameplay point of view is one of the more... Posted Oct 14 2007, 02:10 PM by Jayson Knight with | with no comments Filed under: Opinions, General, Gameage, Being Jayson

• Bought A Condo -- Celadon Greenway

  We've bought a condo! Actually, we put a deposit down on it a few months ago, but things were a little dicey after the Microsoft shake up . Everything has leveled off, i.e. the new job is going swimmingly and we're forging ahead. There is one issue with our new purchase: They haven't been built yet. Actually they just broke ground about 2 weeks ago, and construction is expected to to complete sometime next Spring so we're in full blown hurry up and wait mode. The development itself... Posted Sep 11 2007, 05:59 PM by Jayson Knight with | with no comments Filed under: General, Charlotte, Being Jayson

• So That's How The eSata Drives Generate Revenue Money

  My new eSata drive arrived today...Newegg was having a special, so I got 320 gigs for 80 bucks. You can't beat that, save for one thing: It didn't come with an eSata cable. Price of said cable? 20 bucks , and it has to be ordered seeing as no one in a brick and mortar around here carries them. Sounds like a fantastic ploy on the drive makers' parts: Sell the drive for cheap, but charge an arm and a leg for the connectivity. It was still a pretty sweet deal even after having to fork out... Posted Sep 07 2007, 12:17 AM by Jayson Knight with | with no comments Filed under: Technology and Internet, Opinions, General, Irks

• Switching From Microsoft To Logitech Input Devices

  I've been a longtime user and fan of Microsoft input devices (keyboard/mouse)...pretty much ever since I made the move from Mac to Windows 9 years ago. That era is coming to an end as I'm transitioning over to Logitech hardware in my home office. Whereas Microsoft is all business with a touch of flash and a lot of comfort, Logitech is more about expanded functionality with a lot of flair. In the workplace, I'm sticking with the Microsoft Natural line of products since I do about 10x as... Posted Aug 26 2007, 07:49 PM by Jayson Knight with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Opinions, General, Being Jayson

• A Couple Of New Music Recommendations: Mew, Muse, and Cold War Kids

  In my never ending quest to find new (indie rock) music, I've stumbled across a couple more troupes that I really dig, all of them via The Dive which comes on Fuse.tv at the most ungodly hour imaginable (usually around 3am Sunday mornings). By no means are any of them new...they've been making music for years, but only recently have they made it onto my daily playlists. They are: Cold War Kids : Good edgy sounds, slightly dancey and energetic. ' Hang me out to dry ' is the hit single... Posted Aug 14 2007, 09:44 PM by Jayson Knight with | with no comments Filed under: General, Links and News, Music, Being Jayson

• MSDN Event In Charlotte – Silverlight, LINQ and WCF

  Microsoft is having an MSDN event here in Charlotte on the 16th of August with topics on Silverlight, LINQ and WCF, all of which are pretty exciting technologies coming down the pipe for the Visual Studio 2008/.Net Framework 3.5 release later this year. I know I'm pretty excited about them! Our group at Skanska has been given the thumbs up to attend, so if any readers will be in attendance feel free to drop me a line and perhaps we can meet up for some lunch beforehand. In other news... The first... Posted Jul 31 2007, 12:48 AM by Jayson Knight with | with no comments Filed under: General, .Net, Links and News, Charlotte, Vista and WinFX