>Whoa — Another amusing evening at Alibis. Splitting headache. I didn’t drink enough water. After drinking bud light for the past week the good beer (bass, killians) had a bit more of a kick, as well as a dehydrating effect as alcohol tends to have. Cobalt on Friday. I found this blog quite interesting. The individual is in India, and I could swear he was in America if it weren’t for his very noticeable vocabulary. Check out today’s entry, it’s a universally identifiable situation. Also the “Womanese” entry.
>I Hate Sleep
>Would you really want your face on booger.com? I hate sleep, it always comes at the most inopportune times. Like now I should be sleeping and I can’t. I just keep thinking about all the wonderful things my dad kept going on about as we were driving in the truck, bringing home my new easy chair. First about the chair: It’s a Lane, about 13 years old and comfy as ever. I’d go sleep in it now, I’m sure I’d fall right asleep — but I’d never wake up for class. About those things: My Father’s convinced that Democrats are…
>Adult Swim
>I remember something along the lines of “Adult Swim” about 5 years ago. I still lived with my Dad then, caught it here and there… and now it’s blossomed into a whole half-network. After 10 or so every night, maybe 11 — The Cartoon Network becomes: Adult Swim. If you’ve yet to catch it, check out The Cartoon Network some night after 11. Not Saturday though, I don’t like it on Saturday as there’s a lot of dubbed anime with robots and such. No dubbed anime for me, bad voice acting can ruin it easily. So watch Aqua Teen Hunger…
>Want to play Grand Theft Auto 3/VC online? If you haven’t heard of NESticle you’re in luck! It’s the best NES emulator out there, and I’m hoping to use it once my NES games are done downloading. I had a dream last night about tenticle creatures, a gigantic battle… and it all took place in a sweet warehouse HQ with stream running through the middle, decorated Kahunaville style. Craziness.
>Encoding AVI to DVD
>I have done the unthunkable: AVI to DVD, even PAL to NTSC. Buffy S7 – AVIs WinDVD Creator (WinDVD Suite) DVD-R I popped 2 AVIs on the disc, with plenty of room to spare but not enough for a 3rd. They were the wrong aspect ratio (all squished). I modified the “filter” on the video, scaled it 100% by 78% and it corrected the squishie and made black bars to give the correct aspect ratio. Additional options include ability to crop time, handy for cutting out the “last time…” flashbacks and credits to save space. It’s very versatile, and worth…
>Welcome to the newest realty show. NBA Draft: 8 Young Men – Watch what happens when 8 young men, straight out of High School are interviewed left and right by a media deluge shouting “money, money, money!” After being drafted they’re “guaranteed to be worth at least 11 million over the next 2 years” and thus draw all this media attention. Did something change? Are they able to go straight from High School now? I’ve never heard of this before, and the media is going nuts about the money these boys will be getting. Where the poor guy might try…
>Tag Sale! Microsoft Phone System 900mhz cordless phone with extra charging base, Win98 software, and serial connection. A complete voicemail system that allows remote administration via phone that will read your email among various other handy features. 2 Way DirecWay Data System – Dish, up & down tranceivers, Software. If you don’t have broadband where you live, get set up with 2 Way Satellite Internet Access via DirecWay. See http://www.direcway.com/ for coverage and installation charges. DSL modem – Wintel Linksys 4 port router 4 Port Hub Broadxent v.92 modem PCI Trident 1mb (upgradable to 2mb) PCI Video Card GeForce 2…
>How To Copy OMA (OpenMG) Files
>Things you’ll need: Windows 98+ Computer (no mac/linux) SonicStage software Recording Software (ex. SoundBlaster Recorder) iTunes 1. Go to www.connect.com to get the software. 2. Download desired track. 3. Open recording program. 4. Set “recording source” to WAV, MP3, ex. “What U Hear” 5. Hit record, then play on the desired SonicStage track. 6. Once you’ve got the track recorded, hit stop. You’ll find the .WAV file in your recording program’s recording folder. (ex. C:\Program Files\Creative \SBAudigy\Recorder\Recordings) 7. Open the recordings folder. 8. Open iTunes. 9. Drag and drop the WAV file into your iTunes Library. 10. Make sure the…
>Ya’know, I really love my computer =-] I heard the commercial on the radio, get a big mac, get a free download. Well sure, I’m game. I downloaded Sony’s “Connect” software (connect.com) and entered the code. The software is about 8 different modules all working together to make sure you are downloading and playing legitimately. I have the software running in the background and after being unable to “readily” burn a MP3 CD (I’m out of CD-Rs, and it doesn’t seem to recognize my burner), I have resorted to outright piracy. Yes you heard me correctly. I’m playing the song…
>Joe Schmoe 2
>So I’m watching Joe Schmoe 2 right now. It seems amusing enough. A twist on the old, I’m not addicted quite yet. We’ll see. I certainly loved the old one. Relay training underway. Check it out.
>Singing: I’m The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side
>I couldn’t find the artist of this song anywhere: “I’m The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side” and couldn’t find it on iTunes… so I’ll sing it myself!
>So I’m off on Vacation — kind of. Unfortunately it’s not like a real vacation — I have to start it with my Mom’s retirement party. It gets better after spending the following day running my mom’s tag sale I’ll be headed out to Framingham. Tracy’s friend Rachel is going to be having a party that night. Then on Sunday we’re going to be headed down to Foxwoods. I haven’t ever been. I’m kind of afraid of bringing too much money, but what if I win? I think I’ll stick to $100 and leave it at that. If I end…
>I just had a man come to my door looking for signatures. He was looking to have a bill introduced that allows prents equal rights to children unless one is proven unfit in accordance with blahbitty blah blah. I read it myself, and seems to be a good idea. It makes me wonder what the current phrasing is. With the current laws, do mother’s get precidence over fathers? Comment if you’re in the know.
>A Night @ the RockHop
>So there I was… surrounded by mulletted men, or at least they should have been. Godsmack abound, with about 4 HipHop songs in a row… then “bullet hits the bone” not even sure who it’s by… but hair metal for the rest of the night. We headed to Breakers to get away from it, and there was just way too much of an issue there. Everyone who goes there is married, and usually with the spouse. I was warned by a friend who happened to be there the seccond I stepped on the dancefloor. “OK — I’ll keep that in…
>Writing Style
>I was looking at the last entry thinking I needed to add “I think” here and there. I learned in gradeschool not to write that way. If you’re writing an essay, at least, anyone reading it should expect all the views to be your own unless you explicitly state fact with evidence to back it up. Or quote someone else’s opinion. You don’t need to add “I think” or “I believe” but you do need to clarify that it’s opinion — or else you look like Michael Moore. There’s a man who never learned the difference between “fact” an “opinion”.…
>Cops in Russia
>Who would have thought — Cops in Russia, taped in Moscow and Leningrad. It’s interesting if only to see the conditions in which they live. With the influx of immigrates from Russia to the surrounding area as of late, it’s applicable to me as far as being aware to what they may be coming from. I can’t say I’ve had an involved enough conversation with any Russian immigrants thus far to see exactly where they’re immigrating from but this at least gives a good look at Moscow and Leningrad. So far it looks very 80s, are rubles even still used?…
>Picture Links
>I felt like looking for desktop pictures today: Student Art Work Underwater Photos New Zealand Zoo Fractals Aerial Geography “Greeting Cards” An unrelated link for those that like to steal roadsigns.
>Dream
>Every time I miss class it seems to be due to a dream. I fall back asleep and have the most interesting dreams, and Fitzi usually ends up snuggling — so it’s a double whammy not to get up 😉 I was at an outdoor party, in a field. There were crates of soda, big plastic molds of turtles and other animals (for tracing?), and clothes. The music was bumping, I was having a good time… I had a turtle mold and it got put under some crates that were holding up the turntables. I thought “OK — that’s cool,…