I went to the computer show yesterday. First time I’ve been able to catch one when it’s at the ubiquitous Basketball Hall of Fame. It was the first time I’d been in there… ever, pre-construction or otherwise. I can’t believe how big a sphere can be. It’s amazing, wonderful, and so much to do… for basketball people. =]I was only interested in the architecture and the computer show held within. I bought a new case, as I was creating almost another new computer – black with blue bubbles up the side which cast a nice blue glow. It has a…
>OK, so is there an aversion to hype? I thought a hidden thermal message on Vanilla Coke cans would be cool… apparently that’s why this survey thing is targeting teen agers. Are there no teen agers at www.blogshares.com where I’ve advertised? Apparently not =] Maybe you’re all skeptical about the email addresses and signing up for another discussion board. Whatever… do what you will. I’ll just say here that I’d never use them for evil, just don’t want any old joe accessing the members-only section. I’ll make a new forum in the public area just in case. I’m getting rid…
>Looking for more info on the “HYPE!!!” ? Check it out in our new discussion board: http://discuss.synthetic-x.com (you’ll need to sign up to be granted access to the members-only PHENYLALANINE forum) I’ve also updated the links with a few new sites, added music recommendations, and quotes are coming soon in the mobile section.
>Wow — just set out to check the music page, to get the HipHop section finally up and running. Unbeknownst to me, but knownst to me at a previous time… I already had it done. I never made a link to it because I hadn’t “matched the color scheme” yet. The background isn’t exactly representin’ HipHop, I believe it to be refreshing, and a needed perk from some of the dreary song titles. Yeah… that’s it. Go to the music page to check it out.
>Oh Christmas time! Camera phone! I need to figure what’s going on with my fotopages account, upload some of these tasty 288x180px pics! So I went up to VT XMass morning, got off to a late start so I got there about 2:30 pm after a 4 hour drive up to Jericho (past Montpiliar a bit). It was a nice sight, lots of snow… a tad foggy heading up, turned to ice, then snow throughout the evening — probably about 6-12 inches while I was up there. It made for a nice white XMass with the fam. My nieces and…
>Things are getting more and more hectic. The holidays always turn it up a notch. I’ve managed to get myself Friday off, so looks like I’ll be able to join the fam in VT for Xmass. I was hoping I wouldn’t have to head up in the morning, and come back later in the day. It doesn’t make for a very relaxing/enjoyable holiday. So there’s that at least. I went to Jeff’s in Sunderland for a keg party last night. I saw a lot of people I haven’t seen in a while, had a blast, and made a new friend.…
>Ahhh yes, copy controlled. The new Beatles album – Let It Be… Naked is encoded in such a way as to prevent copying. Scott had attempted to circumvent the protection on a Mac and PC at work — didn’t work. He said it truncated the first two tracks seemingly at random – cutting off the beginning the first time they tried it, and the end the seccond… getting only about 30 secconds of audio at a time. I remembered the “shift trick” for which the college student was given a cease and desist order (or something) for publishing it when…
>Well I have to do a plug for carpoint.msn.com as it was a wonderful resource in helping Rachel find a car. [geek] Update on my upgrade project. It turns out my Abit TH7-RAID motherboard is capable of a lot less then I previously thought. The system bus is 100/133mhz max. It allows you to overclock, going as high as 150mhz but that results in my other cards going *HLGZZZZ* and not working. So at a safe clock of 100mhz I upped the multiplier to 23. It runs at 23XXmhz, registers as a 2.4ghz and as far as benchmarking is concerned…
>I was listening to “System of a Down – Boom!” and they’ve got a point… A million dollars spent on each missle, billions on bombs and various other weapons that we’ve used in Iraq. What if that money (that we don’t really have anyhow) was spent on let’s say… feeding starving/homeless children? (no one can argue with feeding starving children) All that money (that we don’t actually have) would have done so much more, and so much more positively. Food for naught.
>I’m sick, teetering on bronchitis, SOL because I’ve got no insurance due to my lack of job. I’ve been holed up on the couch, Dayquil, movies, and TV are my current vices. Television Tidbits: “A straight hairstylist with all wicker furniture? I don’t think he’s telling you the whole truth.” 1oz of wheat grass = 2 & 1/2 lbs of green veggies “Holy Shi-ite muslim!”
>So still haven’t elaborated on the Thanksgiving tidbits — I’ll do that after this. I’ve been duped, someone has yet again weaseled their way into my life and decided to take advantage of my good nature. Posing as a friend, built upon an acquaintance… they waited, saw my guard down and slid their slimy fingers around a few valuables then slunk away. I’ve cut off any association, but there’s no solid proof… even though there’s only 1 possibility. If it’s not them, it’s an associate of theirs who was given more information then average. I’m gone for 4 hours, not…
>newegg.com – for all your computer, electronics, and software needs. It was one of the first in the mail-order world, now their amazon-like interface, and always low prices make them the only online retailer you need. I recently placed an order for a Socket 423 to 478 adapter from lynncomp.com and a P4 2.4ghz socket 478 (400mhz bus) from starmicro.net — I received the adapter 3 days later. I had only received an invoice from starmicro.net at that point, no description – just the ammount. After being unable to find a customer service number, I sent a request to sp@starmicro.net…