WE'VE MOVED!

SixPackTech has moved, lock, stock and beer fridge to a new location.

Please point your browsers to the new place, which is...

SixPackTech.com, then bookmark it.

This Blogger site will no longer be updated but will remain "as is" for awhile. Everything at the new place will be the same, only different, almost exactly, but unique, and different. Did I already say "different?"

Click the link above and c'mon over.

New Site News

The new site will go live tonight or tomorrow. A lot of it is ready to go, some stuff still has to be done. Please bear with me through this transition period and forgive my shortcomings.

Once the DNS servers are aimed at the new place, it may take a day or two to propagate through the Web.

For tonight, no new babes here; they're already up over by dair. The Brew Review is here and there. However, the same goofiness, humor, manliness and inanity will continue.

Sunday will have only one post. I'll start fresh on Monday with new posts in a new format.

See you there.

New site news

A lotta stuff goin' on. Wordpress got itself upgraded to version 2.5 and I'm runnin' v2.3.2. I had some decisive moments whether to upgrade the new place manually or wait until the Host has it as a one-button install. I decided to stick with what I have and wait.

The last, needed graphic header came in and was put in the queue in the header file. Now the new place will have a random graphic header any time the screen is refreshed. I've tried to keep within the topic of what SixPackTech is all about. Cars, tech, beer, humor and a babe or two. You will love it.

For now, I'm concentrating on getting the old good stuff into the new place with easy navigation. The large chores are done. Now comes the coolie labor and repetitive copies and pastes.

Finished or not, I will probably go live next Sunday night. Even if there's more stuff to do. (Jeez, I'm such a perfectionist!)

Next week. It's my goal. New Brew Review, new site. Going LIVE!

Hope to see you there.

New site snippet

The new SixPackTech website is almost complete. One more graphic header, a php change and a coupla widgets and we're good to go. As frustrating as it is, I'm enjoying the challenge. Things are starting to gel.

Jeez, it seemed to take forever but it'll probably happen maybe next weekend, God willing and the creek don't back up into the toilet. If that's too soon for me to get everything ready, I'll postpone it a day or two. Measure twice; cut once. Don't worry. I'll still put up a sixpack of posts every day right here until then.

Hang with me, True Believers. The time is nigh approaching. It will be interesting.

New site update

I've taken it upon myself to try to publish six posts a day (in keeping with the "six" part of SixPackTech) here at the "blogspot" site, and because I'm such a stickler for detail, it usually takes up a good chunk of my time to post before having to go to work during the week. The weekends are, like everyone else, what I look forward to because that means that on Sat., all I do is write the Brew Review, update the babes and work on the the new Wordpress-based SixPackTech, not in that order.

So how's the new site coming along, anyway? Recently, I've been billed another month's rent on the hosting service and I've been pounding away at the keyboard in the Wordpress admin pages, all the while trying to wrap my head around PHP, CSS and Plugins. I gotta get my buddy, Eric, to generate one more header graphic in Photoshop. Make sure the archives work. Get the SixPack Faves put in their place and functional. Then a final inspection. But I must say that things are very close to completion. Prolly, about 93% done.

Soon, I will shit and get off the pot. I figure that once the new place is about 97% or 98% complete, you, the readers may just forgive any of the rough edges that remain to be smoothed out in the remaining 2% of my learning process.

Then I'll point the domain name server over to the new site. When that happens, the cord will be cut, and the feces will impact the ventilation device. I'm sorry that I can't be more specific on a cutover date, but I'm a detail oriented kinda guy and I just don't know yet. Everything has to be just so (did someone just say "anal"?). The search engines will have a field day at my expense. Over time, I may get more good readers who like what I do. I'll leave the old site up for a few months, just in case.

Please bear with me. It's gonna be great. You will be as impressed as I am with the new design. It'll be the same SixPack stuff served up in a different, graphically enhanced package. I can hardly wait.

Faux Friday

Just when ya think that things are going your way, life (and your place of employment) throws ya a curve ball. As luck would have it, I was shackled to work two extra hours of O.T. Thursday night. This is after I agreed to come in early on Friday by two hours for a training session.

This makes me think, "Hmm. So Thursday night (Friday morning) I'll hit the sack at 3:30 a.m. I have to be at work on Friday at 2 p.m. for training. I'll have to leave the house by 1:15 to get there on time. And with 45 minutes in the can for morning ablutions, I'll have to get up no later than 11. That leaves me with enough time to down a cuppa tea, maybe have some Cheerios, and warm up the truck for the trip to work."

Crap. SixPackTech will have to wait. As much as I love throwing bits and pieces up on the site, I also like cashing a paycheck, especially when there's a little extra in it. So, with hat in hand, I bow and offer this to all the faithful readers out there in Interland in lieu of posting this fine Friday: "I am SO-O-O looking forward to Saturday night's brew review!"

Amen. Sorry, boys and girls, but the ol' man's gotta go to work. Be back soon.

No post? What gives?

So it's about 2:00 PM (1400 hrs. to you Military/Police/Air Traffic Control personnel), and I'm doing my regular internet rounds. E-mail, local news, and of course, SixPackTech. Except there are no new posts, which is weird, since there are usually 5 new ones by now. Strange, but I figured the Old Man was either in the middle of adding material at that very moment, or saving it all for one mass posting.

So I went to work and had nary another thought on the matter. But as fate would have it, my boss asked me a Mac question I couldn't answer. So I promptly thought of the best Mac mind I knew and phoned the Old Man at the 'ole warehouse. He not only answered the question with multiple solutions to the problem (winning me valuable brownie points in return), but mentioned how his household internet took a dump and the provider would be out to service it "sometime."

I took it as my personal responsibility to offer an explanation to the faithful readers as to why there was inexplicably no new material. But I also decided to seize the opportunity to get back on the saddle and end my no-post hiatus. There was no good reason for it, just a combination of laziness and and unrealistic standard of perfection I wish to include in my posts.

So in the interim, I submit for you a video of my dog. Maybe I'll set it up on YouTube someday, but you get a sneak peek, I guess. Perhaps it's not a great post, and definitely not what I consider a "high quality" submission. But cut me some slack. It's 1 AM and I just got home from work. I'm scroungin' here! At least it's a video.

No Huskies were harmed in the making of this video. in fact, they were fed.

A blonde and a butt

Here we are with another weekly selection of babes.

Nat or Not features a voluptuous blonde with assets that will make you wonder from where she got them. Make your decision. Then vote right below it.

Butt of the Week will have you screaming for a 180 degree view, I kid you not.

Please check 'em out in the left-hand column. Scroll down a bit, you'll find 'em.

All ya gotta do is click.

A new project for SixPackTech

Boys and girls, moms and dads, I'd like to inform you of an interesting undertaking I am subjecting myself to. Due to reasons that I'd like to keep to myself, I'm planning on moving SixPackTech to its own web hosting service.

Let me allay some initial fears here. It won't be for awhile yet. I'd like to take my time and get it just right so that the readers' experiences will be at least the same, but hopefully improved. No flash, no banners, no music, no ads, no punching monkeys. Just me and you and beer and computers and cars and fun. And a babe or two.

Time for me is the killer. I have a limited amount of it available to put up posts before I have to vroom off to work on second shift at the ol' warehouse. So, designing the new place will happen by dribs and drabs until I can finally release the hounds upon the InterWorld.

I've signed up with a web hosting service today and now it's like I'm learning to crawl again before I can walk. I want to use WordPress (for any of you who are familiar with it). The possibilities seem limitless. But I've got to get my feet wet and wade around for a bit. You know, find out where all the new stuff is and how to use it. It'll be a big-time learning experience for me.

So what do you guys have to do in the meantime? Nuttin', honey. Just keep comin' back when you get a chance and catch up on the latest goofy stuff that's happening in the world. I'll be doing the same thing here until the contractors get done with the new place and I sign off on the punch list. It may be next month... it may take longer.

I'll letchuz know what's goin' on from time to time.

Don't forget... if the women don't find ya handsome, they should at least find ya handy.

All guys like a nice booty

Whether they're clothed or naked, large or small, guys like a nice round firm butt.

So nice to watch it in motion.

With that in mind, check out our new Butt of the Week, right next door in the left column.

Also, just scroll down and witness Nat or Not. Then vote on whether you think she's presented as God made her, or as man helped her along.

You're a man. It's your duty. Now go.

News from the home front

First of all, there are new babes for this week, so check out BOTW and Nat or Not over by the left column over by dair. A couple of real sweeties.

Secondly, a slight schedule change at my place of employment may cut down on the amount of time I get to spend right here with youse guys. I may have to work a 10-hour shift for the upcoming week or longer until all the hubbub subsides. But rest assured that I'll be doing my best to get in at least a coupla two-tree posts every day before the trek to the ol' warehouse.

I could sure use the extra money what with the holidays coming up, plus I need to constantly feed my computer habit. And those Saturday night brew reviews could use an infusion of a little cash too.

So please bear with me through these pressing times and maybe cut me a little slack. 'Preciate it.

-FCG-

OMG! The babes are back!

Well, not that many, but the babes are back.

After being outed by Photobucket and then having an album deleted from Picasa, I'm trying a new image host, ImageVenue. No questions asked, just tag your photo SWF or NSFW and be on your way.

So SixPackTech is back in the babe business with a new Butt of the Week, and a new Nat or Not challenge.

So we try again. My apologies to Google and that other place.

Check out the BOTW in the sidebar, then view and vote on the Nat or Not babe if you so desire. If you don't like what you see, don't look next time.

Crap! They're all gone!

It looks like I've been censored again. The entire picture library repository for the Nat or Not feature has been deleted. It's not there anymore. No announcement, no mail, nuthin'. Just gone.

Funny, though, the Butt of the Week shots are still there and intact. So... it looks like butts are ok and boobs are not. I'll go somewhere else and try a new hosting service and see what happens.

This whole fiasco is compounded by the fact that we're still working O.T. out the wazoo, and Saturday looks like another 8-hour day at the ol' warehouse. Not to worry. I'll have plenty of time left in the day (night) to do a beer review and get the babes back up. New pics and voting are coming soon. Hang in there.

Thanks.

Update: just received a message today informing me that the Nat or Not album has been deleted due to inappropriate content. From the message: "...cannot contain obscenity, pornography, promotions of hate, incitement of violence, or spam, malicious code, or viruses."
Apparently someone has deemed pictures of bare breasted women to be obscene or pornographic. Or they hate it. Or it makes them violent or gets them sick. So be it.

Big little weekend coming

Ahh, Leopard has arrived. It came unceremoniously on Tuesday and I was the only one pumping my fist and yelling "YES!" I can't wait to take it for a spin. That's the big weekend part.

The little weekend part is the fact that the old warehouse is once again requiring us to put in an 8-hour day. I won't get home until 10 p.m. and then it's Saturday night beer time and another review.

Alas, Leopard will have to wait until Sunday. Fortunately and unfortunately, I've gone into semi-retirement from the Manly Garage. I have plenty of wood for the stove, but I just don't have the time to cut it up to burn it. The ol' Mac mini came back to the house and is set up for the long haul.

So gone for now is the sweet silence and crackling fire of the garage. Hello to Oprah on tv in the living room when Mom's home and the damn bird in the kitchen. I'll survive, though. I've got my Macs.

This Old Warehouse

The heavy season is upon us at work, so for the next few weeks it's overtime city at the old warehouse. That was the issue today as our maintenance department as well as all other departments were scheduled to work the next 2 Saturdays from 1:30 to 9:30 pm. This is in addition to 2 hours O.T. every day.

Christmas trees, wreaths, candles, baskets, and all sorts of other crap must be shipped out to the stores in time for when the great devouring hordes of shoppers with wads of money and credit cards descend upon them.

So bear with me as I try to post whenever I can.

(That's Miguel in the boomlift shown in the picture.)

Fresh face, latest glutes - new babes!

The babes have been refurbished for the new week. Out with the old, in with the new.

The Butt of the Week features a raven haired beauty in nylons who seems especially happy to see you.

Nat or Not - don't let the pigtails fool ya. And the anatomy. It might be... it could be... maybe not. Vote on whether this lady is a natural or not.

It's all there at the left. Scroll, just scroll. You'll find it.

May I ask for a moment of your time?

Yeah, that's me in the reflection on the hard drive platter, my take on an M.C. Hammer Escher parody. I don't know why I haven't shown more of my facial features up here but time will tell.

Ya know, I've been doing this SixPackTech site for about 3 months now, and I'm wondering what you, the readers think of all the miscellaneous, interesting and amusing crap I put up here.

When I wake up in the morning, I do my thing in the can, and while I'm sitting there, I think of what in the hell I'm gonna post on the site for that day. I have just 3 hours to read the papers, check my favorite websites and then start posting before I have to go to work. But I know that it's going to be some cool, interesting and amusing stuff that matters and entertains us all.

I check some web stats that I've subscribed to and I see that it's not just me and my four kids who are checkin' the place out. There's a lot of you guys out there who visit. And I thank you. It gives my life a sort of cyber-meaning.

I said in the past that I don't really like to talk about myself, and I really don't want to do it now. But I'd like to hear a word or two from the visitors who come here.

I'd appreciate a word or two, a "hi" or a "hello from..." from any of you who have the time to compose a brief email and send it to me at SixPackTech@gmail.com. Or just comment on a post. Or send some constructive criticism, or suggestion, or bizarre thoughts. Fantasies you can keep to yourself. I have my own. I'll post any and all/some of your messages right here.

Jesus, it's Sunday already. Maybe I shouldn't... maybe it's all of that beer I... maybe I... Ah, screw it. Let it ride.

The Babes!

New babes for the upcoming week have been posted.

Check out Nat or Not for a tanlined beauty who may or may not be as presented. Vote your opinion then come back to reality.

The Butt of the Week is a tanned-all-over cutie with a nice cushion.

What are you waiting for?

Go look!

New Babes!

New babes are offered up for your eyeball edification. The Butt of the Week was shot on a seashore and she has some nice goods.

Nat or Not doesn't show the entire rackage package... but you'll know how to vote. So take some time and take a gander at the column to the left. Scroll down if need be, and then vote.

New babes are up!

It's Saturday night and the voting is over. Time for a new vote. Two new votes, actually. There's been an addition.

Now, when you check out Butt of the Week, you can offer your unbiased opinion of the USDA choice-ness of the package. Rate My Rear is there to accept your opinion. Tick a button and be off with you.

This week's Nat or Not is almost a profile shot challenging you experts to make a decision as to whether she made a decision. Don't forget to vote.