> I’ve woken up sick almost every day this week. I think I got a cold from air conditioning, going from hot to cold to hot again shocks the system. In addition I wake up with a sore throat in the morning, and it never quite wears off. It gets lesser as the day wears on, but the next morning it’s back. I haven’t taken a day off this week due to my own sense of responsibility. There’s multiple projects, meetings, and happenings that just can’t happen without me being here, and delaying them isn’t something we can do.It’s friday…
>iMac = Dead
>My Mac died! Just as I’m preaching to people about having a Mac “because it just works — when I want to do something, I can always count on my Mac to just work”. Hard drives don’t always “just work” however. This particular HD was an 80 gig, and apparently has got some nice chunks all accross it. I blame the power. When we had the A/C in the bedroom it was going out all the time. It would be sleeping and the power would go out. Where I’m sure it could recover from such a thing 25, even 50…
>Rumplebum
> I got the Kyle XY Pilot from iTunes. I watched it on TV, but grab it from iTunes cause it’s free. The first episode is essentially the pilot cut down to half an hour w/ commercials. It was a good show, reminded me of the old days when there was entertainment for the whole family. Fitting that it’s on ABC Family then… check it out, it’s not too corny 😉 -*-*-*-*-*-* I have a large box of old computer parts I rescued from my Dad’s. I threw out the 10bT networking cards, cords, and pieces that had no matching…
>Spoke Too Soon
>It’s OK! VISTA was not the culprit. I use a 3.5″ floppy 1 time in like 6 months, and I drop my brain. The NTLDR was there, but I forgot to eject the floppy! It wasn’t a normal disk error. It was far more cryptic then usual. So all is well and VISTA is reinstalling. I may have an extra entry on the boot menu, but I’ll figure out how to edit this new one just like the old boot.ini that was so mysterious when it first came about. I was going to indicate why I needed to reinstall VISTA,…
>Reinstalling Vista
>As I sit and wait for Vista B2 to reinstall I was browsing around. I actually found this deal the other day:I think I’m finally ready for XBox 360. It’s like $130 for the Hard Drive, HD cable, another cordless controller, battery charger for the controllers, and 2 games! In addition those “two games” are Burnout and Battlefield 2! I don’t have $530 to spend, nor do I have the $2500 to $3300 it would take to get a TV worth playing it on, but I can drool. My CD came in on Monday: Pendulum: Hold Your Colourand it’s fantastic.…
>Announcement
>I don’t think I have made an official announcement as of yet. It started with wanting to wait until I had told everyone in person, or at least called people where that wasn’t possible. I never actually put up anything official, however. I’ve told everyone already, so it’s no big surprise, but now maybe the Brazilian on Orkut will calm down (just KIDDING Nicole!) *ahem* as I was saying… I am happy to announce that I have found the woman that makes my life easy, a woman that is on my level, whom loves me as I love her: just…
>Best song I’ve ever heard: Pendulum – Hold Your Colour This isn’t it but it was the best I could find. Not on itunes, but there’s a free track available @ Download.com Pendulum – Sounds of Life It’s an import, so it’s hard to find. I guess they’re not that big, but I’ve heard of DogsOnAcid.com before… I bought their CD from Buy.com for $13. It was going to be $23 if FYE ordered it, and it was $22 at Amazon and everywhere else.
>BLACHA TAKA DAKA Malingalingalanga
> I know it always gets crazy this time of year. I’ve got so many projects I can’t do well due to the sheer number and importance of all of them. I know I’m going to look really bad this quarter, but can’t do anything about it. They give me stuff because they dont’ have anyone else who can do it well — and I can’t do much better when I can’t even get to it. It’s always busy… it’s always busy, it’s nothing permanant and stuff will slow down again… but it’s driving me fucking nuts right now. I’m…
>Fun @ Work
> I just got a request for a new distribution list for TDR (ticketing app) Commercial Lines Information Technology Farm Devision. What did he want to call said distribution list?How about: TDRCLIT-FARM??? yep. that led to many a speciulation about how one might actually accomplish such a feat.Comments?
>Format
> I’ve got misleading links… see if you can get to where you want by clicking around. They all point to where they’re supposed to, as well as another random page. It adds fun and excitement to fun linking! fun fun fun! However, I believe I will be adding iFrames. I don’t want to, but it’s the only way for me to update sections of the page without integrating blogger all the time. I have several items I want included: my iTunes currently playing updated with links to each item I’m listening tomy links page fully visible in-line on the…
>The catalyst behind all this was Vista. Beta 2 is available, I downloaded it last night, and was hoping to install Vista64 on my AMD64 FX55 computer. I only have one drive, and the AMD is chock full. It’s got a 600W power supply now, so it could probably handle it, but since my DVD Drive is primarily for burning movies, a DVD reader in my main game computer is sufficient. That way I can have one burning away while I’m off killing people. I’m installing Vista now. Since the DVD ISO is an odd file system type I had…
>Have You Cleaned Your Computer?
>I can’t believe it, I let a computer fall into disrepair. I’m not sure of the seriousness of the situation, but my 3ghz HT P4 would not start. It turned on, but there were no diagnostic beeps of any kind to indicate what might be wrong, or that it was booting. I opened it and was greeted with one of the sights I chastize for: an entire case coated in grime, dust, and hair. It’s not as bad as someone who smokes (I’ve done a lot of those) but cat hair is right up there. The CPU fan was coated…
>Funky Punk Asian Guy’s Site – it’s got poetry and pictures of people who live in another culture having fun. He doesn’t seem all that different, and I think it’s interesting. Tell me Mr inapictureblackandwhite how does your normal day go? Do you see me as an intersting figure of what’s happening? Maybe you’ll see a link, a referral, and maybe you won’t because you’re using blogspot as your hosting. BTW, someone grabbed bloggspot.com, whatever you attempt to reach for a virtual host ends up reflected back to you on the main page and it looks like you went to…
>Craft Project
>I turned my frown upside down, and chose to deal with the situation in a reasonable way. There is nothing that can be helped, and if the insurance can cover the extra, the rental, everything exceeding my deductible, well that’s just fine. There’s a learning experience here and it’s this:The 2006 Subaru Legacy has a weakness; the weakness is an exposed condenser. In short it was the radiator. It sure looked like the radiator, behind the bumper and all, and I know the intercooler and all that is under the scoop. I had heard of someone doing a little modification…
>The Car Drama
>I haven’t had A/C in a long time. I don’t think I’ve had it since the car was new.However I have no way of proving it. I think the dealer is in cahoots with the car stereo place.However I have no way of proving it. I know that someone has lied to me about something.However I have no way of proving it. I brought the car in for the dealer to look at thinking it needed to be charged, like it came from the factory without any freon. Ok… well they said it was electrical. That makes sense, I thought,…
>Gamers of the World Unite!
>Get XFire and look me up: Z3RiNYou can chat to others via VOIP or chat while playing whatever game you’re playing. Others can see what game you’re playing, and even join the same server if you’re playing online. It’s very handy if you’re always wanting people to team up with.Justin and I have been using it, and short of XBox live (which will soon be coming to Windows) it’s the best way for gamers to get together.
>Gothcast
>The Essence: Podcast It’s a podcast, it’s 192khz, it’s almost 2 hours long, it’s goth, it’s industrial, it’s punk, it’s FREE!Check it out @ bloosqr.com Playlist of this weeks:Switchblade Symphony ? DissolveGhosting ? Bombed the worldBehind the scenes ? freeKilling Miranda ? Discotheque NecronomiconAlien sex fiend ? now I?m feeling zombifiedZombie Girl – I want it (soman mix)Angelspit ? vena cavaBauhaus ? ziggy stardustClan of xymox ? this worldLa Floa Maldita ? Sorciere (Das Ich Mix)The Dignity of Labor ? XRVInvisible Ballet ? Escaping LightGoldfrapp ? oooh la laLadytron ? seventeenGary Flanagan ? Metro Boulot DodoNukleon ? LuckyGod Module ?…
>XBox 360 Controller Mod
>Check out this XBox 360 Controller Mod. For when you want your controller to sing (figuratively, as there are no sound components).
>Pictures from my bike ride last week. I went to Doc Bills, a local hangout for partygoers. It’s state land, but everyone finds one of the many ways to enter, driving in if they’ve got a good enough 4X4. The trails are great, they’re most from ATVs, so they’re good and wide. It can get quite rocky, but that’s where the fun is, darting inbetween the rocks, hopping over the holes. Here’s some pics from the inner sanctum: