>I just got back from doing my taxes. In one day, (well, techinically in two weeks) I’m magically out of debt, the curtain lifted! I can now enjoy my year fresh, anew, without over a grand in credit card payments every month. I’ll actually have somthing in my savings. It’s amazing.My return is big enough to cover everything. I’m so light right now.

> Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms (album) – Money for Nothin (song) You may know it as “that song”, “the first computer generated video on MTV”, or “the chicks song” – you’ve heard it, but do you have a story about it?Post your comments about when you first heard the song. I’ll be updating in less then a day with my story, but I’ve got company coming soon — but I would also like to hear from others.

>This guy was a janitor. Here is the rat video. A sample of Japanese commercialsHave you heard about Clerks 2?Post your own “Kevin Federline is a flaming retard” comment! It’s fun! look for mine! I also posted some Rusted Root. I went to go see them in December, and captured some of the moment on my phone. Apparently there’s this new video format that phones create. It’s a 3gp extension. I think it’s MPEG4 so Quicktime reads it, but not by default, on this computer at least. I don’t know about editing it though, which is what the first 3…

>The Prejudice Map – what do you get when you type “Europeans are known for” into Google? “Americans are known for”? check it out, it’s interesting. I’ve got a neat old video I found: “Washing the Rat”I hope to put it up on You Tube and will certainly post a link once I do. I’d post it here, but I’d much rather people see it there and make it popular, driving more traffic back here! Soooooo diabolical! Oh, and if you’re wondering where the daily links are… I’ve got some I’ve collected on lunch, but have not uploaded them. I…

>iTunes just added a whole bunch of new videos from MTV networks. No big deal, right?Wrong! Comedy central is part of that network, and they have their “Comedy Central Presents” series available like:Dane Cook Mitch HedbergI can’t link to the videos directly, but you should be able to find them by clicking “TV Shows” they’re prominently displayed, and the above links will give you an idea as to what each of these two comics are about.

>I’ve been so damn busy.work has been nuts, I’ve just been trying to get home in a reasonable ammount of time and relax. I picked up a Belkin Nostromo Speedpad n52 for gaming, it’s like a hand sized keyboard with ergo rest, thumb directional pad that works like a joystick, and the best part – the macro/remap software for it. It can be any key, joystick or mouse button. It takes a while to configure, but once you get the hang of it, it’s really comfortable. I’ve only tried it with the FPS games so far, I’ve gotten back on…

> Yesterday was long, very very long. I spent most of the day installing Windows 2003 server, all the service packs, the network routing tables, and programs. In the down time I played some Carmageddon TDR and even created a new skin featuring me in the drivers seat for the “Charger” model. I can post it for download if anyone ever even plays Carmageddon TDR anymore. It is so much fun, great as a laptop game when you’re on the go, and I think it qualifies as abandonware at this point. I’ve got the ISO if anyone’s interested. So a…

> I performed brain surgery yesterday. I ordered a new power supply and chipset fan to fix the issues I’ve been having.I had to pull everything apart, given the large size of my heatsink on the CPU, and all the cables I needed to pull out, everything except the motherboard had to move. Here’s the specs of my current system: ASUS A8N-SLi Deluxe, AMD FX-55 (rated 2.6ghz) 2 GeForce 7800GTs in SLi mode. 3Gig/Sec SATA2 160gig WesternDigital HD The chipset fan had burnt out long ago, and would either make noise often, or just not spin half the time which…

>Dystopia is a Half-Life 2 Total Conversion. It’s 3 maps, and a whole bunch of a new kind of game. You have cyber implants, which have various skills from detecting enemies to cloaking. You “jack in” and while you’re in cyberspace your real-world body is vulnerable to attack. Once you’re in the cyberspace, you float around in zero gravity, finding terminals and activating real world areas. The concept alone is really heavy. I’m impressed.I knew about it before, but never saw the pictures, or really had that much interest. Now since Half-Life 2 just came out with it’s 64 bit…

> I was at work, but then it was a school.I was walking through the halls, and lost the first part but I remember there were lots of people talking, and then a little 4ft 8″ dude, pretty built, and suffering from Nepoleon syndrome, was saying “why the hell is everyone being so fucking gay?!!” and then I hugged him, it made him mad to say the least.I was walking back up the hall from that when there was a food trailer like you’d see at a fair. No one could get to it because there was a cable around…

>Getting killed, but the GF is worth more then battle! 18 po8ints itoday!!!

>Now means now!

> I’ve had a stupid problem lately, well it’s been a bit of a problem for a while.The fan on my Asus A8N-SLi Deluxe motherboard is dying. The Northbridge chipset fan to be specific. Since the SLi bus is controlled by that chip, it gets really hot with only a little overclocking. The fan is designed badly to start, but I have found a couple solutions. For now I’m going to set a graphics card fan on top of the existing heatsink. It should tide me over until the other one from NewEgg arrives. I’m also getting another power supply,…

>Check out the FilePlanet registration page for the D&D Online Stress Test, all you need is a FilePlanet ID. It’s from 01/17-01/20.You do not need to subscribe! (down with the man!) Or Download the Hi-Res client directly and worry about registration until after you download the 2.6 gigs.

>GRA! I got home early, we jetted on the server reinstall. We were initially going to backup to another SCSI drive. They didn’t want to buy another drive just for backup purposes. So then he had an IDI. The Server doesn’t do IDE. So he had a 2.0 USB drive, the server doesn’t do 2.0. So we were looking at like 4 hours more. I gave him the info he’ll need for next time, and I’ve got things like the routing tables, and NIC settings we’ve done so far, and various screen grabs of important settings. He’ll need to back…

>I’m currently backing up the server.We’re wiping it and reinstalling 2003 due to HD space issues the very small system partition was running into. I’ve put the finishing touches on Teagno Construction INC website. So while I’m at it:Everything you ever wanted to know about text but were afraid to ask.

>Finally, I’ve got the site looking how I orginally intended. I guess it just took some ambition. I’ve been busy attempting to get to the bottom of the XBox controller. No one knows one way or another. It’s a new product, and a very very small percentage of people have purchased the controllers for use with Windows XP. I’m anxiously awaiting another official driver release, but again… not holding my breath. I’ll be transferring the blog over to the new format. Streamlined, only 2k of code for the main page, the pictures are another story. It’s still a long time…

>Follow-up to the XBox story:I’ve contacted the PR agency regarding the functionality of the XBox Controller “for Windows XP”.I hope to get to the bottom of things, since the Tech support can’t seem to get their heads around this. If it’s an intention to not have the rumble work, there’s a problem.If they did intend to have the rumble work, there’s still a problem. Case 1) They have created a controller that works for both their Microsoft designed XBOX 360 “computer” and conventional PCs running WinXP. However, they apparently did not speak with their DirectX crew regarding how to make…

>OK, so here’s the deal. The “official” Microsoft driver from WindowsGaming.com does not list a “Force” Tab for testing Force Feedback. The only Knowledgebase articles I can find reference Sidewinder and Windows 98. WTF!Those say to go into a game that supports Force Feedback and try it in there. I called Tech support, they said they’d put in a ticket. He couldn’t give me a ticket number though… hmmm… I’m not going to hold my breath for that one. I found a review, and several discussion boards, doesn’t seem that anyone’s been able to get vibration to work. On the…

>Here’s what really happened to Suprnova.org. My brand new XBox controller does not seem to be working. Well… it works, but it doesn’t rumble. Investigating the issue led to the above link.

>Just got my XBOX 360 Controller for Windows (it’s got a cord). Also found 10 fun body tricks you never knew you could do. Among them:relieving sinus pressureWhich ear hears voices better, musicGet rid of a tickle in your throat… and some others that I didn’t get to read yet.

>I just finished playing F.E.A.R. for PC. It has been quite a while since there was an original story. The story is what set this apart from every other FPS out there. There were parts that I wished for the Half-Life 2 engine, in that you should be able to stack the boxes all over the place and do things with them, or throw a paint can around a corner to distract a guard. All in all I’d give it 3 out of 4 stars. It flowed pretty well, it was difficult to get lost, because if you took the…