>Halloween:: Trick/Treat? Funny… aren’t I supposed to have something to go to tonight? I got all dressed up for work. I am a spontanious hunch-back. I didn’t really have any masks or anything, I just seem to have lost them in my travels. Walgreens had a few choice items that I picked up along with some food for the office party. I got a really cool voice changing talking skull — it’s cool. A couple people got pictures of my Halloween get-up, so I’ll post ’em when I get ’em. I’ve eaten so much candy, cupcakes, and caffeine in true…
>There’s not much goin on as of late. Me and Phil have been working on the network at the house, getting the PII 400 up and running as the internet server. Having my computer be the router just didn’t work well, I would get priority over anyone else so it was already a fractional stream going to everyone else. At least this way it’s equal. Spaceghost action figures!
>Well, Phil says I’m on a virus kick. I just know that viruses have destroyed a good amount of data over the years. It’s better to be safe then looking for your data again. I think everything’s clean now. I found someone to buy my old Laptop, so I picked up another Satellite – 5205-S503. A major upgrade other then the RCA video output. I have to see how it looks to judge for certain. It should be good enough, everything else is great – digital audio out, 16 inch screen, GeForce 4, 40GB HD, P4 2.0ghz, 512mb DDR Ram,…
>There’s some Trojan Horse on my house mate’s computer. It’s the same one I had, I’m sure. It goes right to the c:\system volume information\ which is unable to be modified, viewed, or deleted. I’m not sure if I can go in with a DOS disk, but that’s the next step. .:sigh:. So with his computer disconnected from the network, I grabbed his ethernet wire and gave XBox Live a shot with the satellite. It worked well, not superb with no issues, but quite well enough — I was disconnected once or twice due to network issues, ran a couple…
>.: tubleweed :. ……..** whooooosh ** ………..:.:.:… :. …k, so the barren landscape might be considered good? It’s calm, no catastrophe’s… no one crashing into fences. I’ve had internet at home, and it’s nice — downloading music, getting news, streaming video. I also fall back into the rut of not cooking and not needing to leave the house or do much of anything. My laptop contracted a virus? It might have been the result of too much tweaking… I saw a suspicious “rundll.exe blahblah.dll, gorunmecq.cvd” (but it’s there again after a fresh install so it might not have really been…
>I wonder if anything happened this week. I’m thinking back as I realize there’s been nothing added since the 14th. No… really nothing of much consequence. We went out for another night on the town on Thursday, dinner and some pool, then video games and movies at home. I had a good time but there’s always something that happens that creates complications, such as: not remembering that you have a Hoku CD, and then betting a shot of 100 proof SoCo that you don’t. If I was teetering before, that sent me to the bottom of the well. I’m sure…
>I had a nice quiet evening last night – it was all rainy and cold so we curled up on the couch and watched Swimming With Sharks (Kevin Spacey), Sopranos, and caught the end of Comedy Central’s movie: Porn ‘n Chicken. Swimming With Sharks was rather… extreme, but it sure got the point across. I was watching Sopranos with someone who’d never seen it before so I imagine it was kind of hard to follow… I’m still somewhat lost and I’ve been watching since this season’s premier. Porn ‘n Chicken was just amusing, a decent movie overall – Comedy Central…
>There’s a bunch of stuff about terrorists in Bali, snipers in DC… not a very happy time from the looks of it. There’s a gang war escalating in Springfield (Mason Square area) with more and more stabbings, drive-bys, and general shootings. The economy is down, Al Queda supposedly have another attack ‘approved’ but that’s all the information they have. We’re about to go to war, and though it will “rally the troops” I don’t believe it’s what we need to bring the nation out of it’s slump. It’s kind of a sad time globally, locally… but things are going well…
>Yay, the week’s over for me. I get tomorrow off for all that overtime I put in. I’d rather have 3 days in a row then the money. My sanity is worth more to me. I’m currently in limbo at work because the one database that we merged everything into… is down for about an hour. =] I suppose that’s the downside to having everything in one place. I have plans to go see Red Dragon this evening. I had read the book waaaaay back and it absolutely fascinated me, I hope I can say the same for the movie.…
>I’ll put the links up pre-rambling today:: Heard the Official World’s Funniest Joke yet? Flirts… they’re only getting worse. There’s been quite a few good ideas and advances in Bluetooth. Floating around… it just takes more and more caffeine to get me going. I still have yet to catch up sufficiently on my sleep. I had a pleasant evening last night. I met up with someone after I finally got out of work, grabbed a pizza and went home to relax. We watched movies, video clips… it was nice. I realized why I don’t usually “hit it off” with people…
>Wow, talk about irony. I’m in the cable industry, work with people who have missed the techs or have other issues that come up. I got a voicemail from the satelite installer about 1… I heard *scratch* *crackle* … my way… *crackle* very important that… call me. There was no number because it was a cellphone and the number was indestinguishable when he asked me to call. Granted… I left someone else at the house. I didn’t leave the sign on the door as I intended. I wasn’t there, and because of that I didn’t really expect it to go…
>[ yesterday ] What a day for nothing to pull through. I ended up volunteering for another long weekend at work. I didn’t get the satellite install due to the weather, it probably won’t be much better tomorrow – but if it is I’ll be all set. I am also missing out on having an evening with Angela because I’m working these hours. As soon as I’m out of here I’m heading to a party. I knew of it quite some time in advance so I’m obligated to go. I want to go, who knows… might run into someone there.…
>I just realized it’s the 1 year aniversary of this site. We’ve come a long way, baby… :]~ Things are looking good, I cleaned the house a little last night – mopped the kitchen floor, dishes, swept the downstairs… floor feels good now, it hadn’t been cleaned since well before we moved in and it certainly needed it. Phil called me “mr mom”, I wish I didn’t have to be, but no one else seems to feel like cleaning up after themselves. I also helped the landlord put in a phone jack in the living room so we don’t have…
>Well I tried out XBox Live for the first time last night. I had gotten the beta kit a while back, but with no broadband access at the house currently, I haven’t been able to try it. I went over my friend’s house and tried it with his cable modem. The voice interaction is quite good, garbled in places, but overall it was like talking to someone over the phone. It has filters too, so if you’re paranoid about someone knowing your real voice, you can change it. The two games available for testing are ReVolt and NFL Fever 2003,…