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Welcome to www.ruzicka.us. You have found the Internet home of Martin and Rebecca Ruzicka. Here you will find news from our life, lots of photos, information about our automated house, and other projects we are working on. Please take a look around and let us know if you have any questions. To acces our automated house system and some of our house cameras, you will need to use ID "guest" and password "guest"

Vitejte na www.ruzicka.us. Nasli jste "Internetovy dum" Martina a Rebeccy Ruzickovych. Najdete tady novinky z naseho zivota, spoustu fotek, informace o nasem automatizovanem dome a dalsich projektech na kterych pracujeme. Tak se tu porozhlednete a jestlize mate nejake otazky, nebojte se je poslat. Na ziskani pristupu k nasemu automatizovanemu domu a k nekterym nasim kameram budete muset pouzit jmeno "guest" a heslo "guest".

News (Novinky):

(02/25/2005)
Finally I'm back with some updates. First I want to apologize to you all for that long delay. Partially they kept me very busy at work and partially it was my laziness.
There are two big events in our family. One is that Becca is unemployed and the other is that next week will be the last week with my present employer SPARTON Electronic.
1 - There was a big lay-off at our plant during the beginning of February. We decided that for the little money that Becca was getting there was really no reason to stay there so she took it voluntarily. Besides she was already attending some night classes to get a better education so now at least she will be able to go back to school full time. I'm very proud of her. Maybe she will become a lawyer and I can retire. :):)
2 - About two weeks ago I was contacted by a company named AMCO Water Metering System ( http://www.amcowater.com/en/about_us.shtml ). They made me a very interesting offer that I couldn't resist. Truth is I was looking for another job anyway. I do not want to go into too many details why, because it would be a long story. Lets just say that after Sparton changed the director in our plant things started to go down hill. Anyway, I'm very excited about this change. It will be something new and challenging. The people there seems to be very friendly and management very young and dynamic. We'll see. I'll share some details from my new job in a few weeks.
Well, lets talk about something else now. Lots of you asked me about my cameras. Again I have to apologize, but because the IT department in SPARTON kept changing their Internet filters I had to change my camera ports almost every second day. I hope that it will be better with my new employer. Stay tuned, I'll keep you posted.
Oh and before I forget - Don't forget to check the "Photos" section. During this weekend I'll try to put there a lot of new pictures that I took between October and now.
(25/02/2005)
Konecne jsem zpatky s nejakymi novinkami. Predne bych se vam vsem chtel omluvit za tu dlouhou prestavku. Castecne to bylo zpusobeno navalem prace v zamestnani a castecne moji lenosti. Mam dve velke noviny. Jedna je ze Becca je nezamestnana a ta druha je ze pristi tyden je mym poslednim tydnem kdy budu pracovat pro sveho soucasneho zamestnavatele SPARTON Electronic.
1 - Na pocatku unora jsme meli velke propousteni v nasi fabrice. Domluvili jsme se s Beccou ze se necha propustit dobrovolne, protoze pro tu trochu penez co tam dostavala to tam stejne nemelo cenu. Vedle toho ona uz stejne navstevovala vecerni skolu aby si doplnila vzdelani a takhle se aspon bude moci naplno vratit do skoly ke kazdodennimu studiu. Jsem na ni pysny. Mozna se jednou stane pravnikem a ja budu moci jit do duchodu. :):)
2 - Zhruba pred dvema tydny jsem byl kontaktovan firmou ktera se jmenuje AMCO Vodni Merici Systemy ( http://www.amcowater.com/en/about_us.shtml ).
Ucinili mi velmi zajimavou nabidku ktere jsem nemohl odolat. Pravdou je, ze jsem se stejne dival po nejake jine praci. Proc, to tady nechci moc rozebirat protoze by to bylo na dlouhe povidani. Rekneme jen ze pote co v nasi pobocce vymenili reditele to tam jde od desiti k peti. Uz se nemuzu dockat az budu v te nove praci. Bude to neco noveho a vzrusujiciho. Lide tam jsou velmi pratelsti a vedeni je velmi mlade a dynamicke. Uvidime. Za par tydnu se s vami podelim o prvni zazitky.
Ale pojdme k necemu jinemu. Mnoho z vas se me ptalo na me kamery. Znovu se musim omluvit, ale protoze vypocetka ve Spartonu porad menila jejich internetove filtry, musel jsem menit sve sitove porty pro kamery skoro kazdy druhy den. Doufam ze to bude lepsi v te nove praci. Zustante na prijmu, budu vas informovat.
Oh a nez zapomenu - Nezapomente se mrknout na fotkovou sekci. Behem tohoto vikendu tam zkusim dat kupu novych fotek ktere jsem nafotil mezi rijnem a soucasnosti.

(10/13/2004)
Some cameras should be working. So far you won't be able to switch them. Sorry.
(13/10/2004)
Nektere kamery by meli byt v provozu. Zatim je bohuzel nemuzete prepinat.

(10/12/2004)
On Saturday we (Becca and I) went to Bush Garden. They had a Halloween celebration “Howl-O-Scream”. They did pretty good job on their Haunted houses. All those corpses, rippers, chainsaw chasers, zombies, skeletons and insane people looked soooo good. Seemed that all those creatures really liked Becca, because they kept chasing her like she would have “Scare me” written on her back. See a few pictures in "PHOTOS" section. Also I put there some pictures of my daughter Veronica, so check it out.
(12/10/2004)
V sobotu jsme (Becca a ja) byli v Bush Garden parku. Meli oslavu Vsech Svatych " Vyti a vriskot". Meli perfektne udelane Strasidelne Domy. Vsechny ty mrtvoly, dusi, vrazi s motorovou pilou, zombies, kostlivci a blazni vypadali super. Vypadalo to ze vsechny ty kreatury si oblibily Beccu, jakoby mela "Postras me" napsano na zadech. Podivejte se na par obrazku v "PHOTOS" sekci. Taky jsem tam dal par fotek me dcery Veroniky, tak se na ne mrknete.

(10/7/2004)
Fixed wrong formating of this page.
I'm slowly getting tired of the everyday practicing with chain saw. But at least I can walk thru my back yard again. Some funny photos of my cats are coming soon. Also I do apologize that you are not able to acces my cameras, but I'm having some difficulties with my system after the hurricanes.
(7/10/2004)
Opraveno spatne formatovani teto stranky.
Uz me unavuje to kazdodenni cviceni s motorovou pilou. Aspon ze uz zase muzu projit za barakem. Brzy tu budou nejake vesele fotky nasich kocek. Take se omlouvam se nemuzete napojit na me kamery. Po hurikanech mam porad jeste problemy se svym systemem.

(9/30/2004)
Finally got the electricity back. Yupiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!! I also updated the "PHOTOS" section.
(30/9/2004)
Konecne mame opet elektriku. Huraaaa!!! Taky jsem doplnil "PHOTOS" sekci.

(9/29/2004)
It's Wednesday evening and we are still out of electricity (since Sunday morning). Generator is running well, but still can power only few things. Definitely not my AC. I'm getting tired of sleeping in 85F every night. I've got every possible fan running and whole house sounds like a big jet engine, but those fans circulate only hot air so ... On top of that - almost all neighbors already have powers but us. GRRRRRRRRRRR!!!
Also during last hurricane Jeanne a big oak that was in our backyard fell down and its top ended up about 2 feet from our house. I'm exercising with my chain saw 3rd day already, but only slight progress is visible. You have no idea how much I miss all my friends that used to run wood cutting business!! Some photos will show up in "PHOTOS" section soon.
(29/9/2004)
Je streda vecer a my jsme porad bez elektriky (vypadla v nedeli rano). Generator bezi jako hodinky, ale prece jen muzu zapnout jen par sporebicu. Urcete ne moji klimatizaci. Uz me unavuje spat kazdou noc ve 30C. Mam zapnuty vsechny ventilatory, ktere jsem doma nasel a cely dum zni jak jeden velky tryskovy motor, ale porad ty ventilatory cirkuluji jenom ten horky vzduch. Takze... Navic to vypada ze vetsina sousedu kolem uz ma elektriku jen my ne. GRRRRRR!
Abych nezapomel, behem posledniho hurikanu Jeanne nam spadl velky dub ktery jsme meli za barakem. Nastesti jeho vrsek skoncil zhruba metr od baraku. Uz treti den cvicim se svoji motorovou pilou ale zatim to moc neni. Nemate zdani jak moc ted postradam sve kamarady kteri se kdysi rezanim, dreva zivili!! Nejake fotky budou brzy v "PHOTOS" sekci.

(9/25/2004)
I really do not know who pi... Mother Nature so bad, but we had another hurricane (Jeanne) coming up. This morning I pulled all my plywood again from the garage and put it back up. This is getting more like an every weekend drill... Some photos will show up in "PHOTOS" section soon.
(25/9/2004)
Opravdu nevim kdo tak strasne nasr... Matku Prirodu, ale nam se tu zene dalsi hurikan (Jeanne). Dnes rano jsem opet vytahl vsechnu preklizku z garaze a zabednil okna. Uz se z toho stava vikendove cviceni.... Nejake fotky budou brzy v "PHOTOS" sekci.

(9/24/2004)
First publishing of these pages. Please be nice as many of them are still in construction.
(24/9/2004)
Prvni publikace techto stranek. Mnoho z nich je stale v rekonstrukci, tak budte prosim shovivavi.