I've moved my blog over to Word Press and a new domain: http://blog.bluebeetle.org..... Go there from now on for all my latest what have you...
Have all of you seen the changes that are going to be on the new DVDs? I'm not too upset about them at the moment. The only ones I could see really bothering me are the Han/Greedo shootout and the Anakin Force ghost thing.
I really love those guys at Maxtor. I called them up, told them what the problem was and the dude said: "Sure we'll send you another hard drive. You should get it in 3-5 days." w00t! I really love those guys. =o)
I was doing some surfing and email checking this afternoon when my Maxtor 200GB external firewire drive started to click at me... I tried to access the drive and got nothing. So I packed up the drive and drove it to Best Buy.(cussing up a storm along the way) I couldn't remember if I had purchased the extended warranty or not. It turns out Best Buy doesn't sell extended warranties on hard drives... but the guy told me to call Maxtor and check with them. Sure enough, it's still under warranty. Thank god! Now I just have to wait until Tuesday to give them a call.
How cool is this?? It looks like they may have found a signal from some intelligent life out there in space. It isn't yet confirmed but they do say that it's the most promising signal that the SETI@Home project as had to date. They're going to keep watching the signal to see if it gives any other clues. I think it's only a matter of time before we get invaded. Get your tin foil hats ready! =o)
I've gotten my fifth person to sign up! Now all I need to do is wait for their status to show up as 'Offer Completed' and I can order my free iPod! I'm hoping the status will change sometime today. Wish me luck.
Well so far I've gotten three people to help me out with my quest for a free iPod! I only need two more people to sign up and complete an offer. So if you'd like to help me out click on the link below:
http://www.freeiPods.com/default.aspx?referer=8444874
I've already gotten someone to sign up and complete an offer! w00t! I only need 4 more to get the free iPod... come on... you know you want to help me out!
I saw this posted several places around the web... and apparently it works! I just signed up.... and chose the Netscape internet trial offer. It requires a credit card but if you cancel within the first month you aren't charged anything. Now all I need to do is find 5 friends to sign up... want to help out? Click on the link below!
http://www.freeiPods.com/default.aspx?referer=8444874
Update: Also... and this is important! If you do decide to help me out by clicking on the link please email me and let me know. I have to get credit for you signing up before you can cancel your free trial. It only takes a few days for me to get the credit. Onice I get that I'll let you know so you can cancel your AOL/Netscape trial. Thanks!
Update 2: I almost forgot... when you're going through this whole process you MUST use IE. It doesn't like Firefox, Opera or any of those other browsers. Thanks.
Well, according to LucasFilm there won't be any additional Star Wars movies after Episode III comes out. Maybe it's for the best... if they were planning another trilogy I'd just get my hopes up only to have them smashed into oblivion. =o)
It looks like George may be making three more Star Wars films. I know the first two prequels haven't exactly been phenomenal. But maybe these three will be our 'new hope'.
My buddy Ec|ipse and I have formed an LLC called Geeksense Solutions. We're going to try our hand at running a small computer repair business on the side. We'll also be doing stuff like home network setup, web development and basically anything else we can think of to make some extra money. I've been doing PC work for people for awhile now and have made some decent money... and that was without really trying. I figure with the two of us doing it together, plus a little advertising thrown in we may be able to do well for ourselves. So... need any computer help?
For some reason I'm drawn to that new Aliens vs. Predator movie that's coming out next month... not really sure why since I'm sure it will suck ass.
Wow... two posts in one night. What's gotten in to me?
Well I haven't worked on the site since the first... In my defense I have been busy... and lazy. So you can't really blame me. I'm pretty sure I'm sticking with the black. It's a nice change I think...
I got XM Radio installed in my car this past weekend. How did I ever live without this thing?? I was just getting so tired of the local radio stations, the stupid DJs and the commercials. If you're tired of the crap you hear on the radio you should give XM a whirl. I think you'll dig it.
I'm in the process of redesigning the blog... so it made look weird for awhile.
Here are some articles about the end of Angel I thought you might enjoy.
Update: Even more Angel articles.
I'm a little surprised by how much people are doing to save the show. It's not that I'm complaining... I'd love to see the show go on for another season. I mean it is one of the best damn shows on TV. I'm actually starting to think that they might just pull it off. w00t!
I know I just recently got my 3650 but I want one of these.... primarily because of the mega-pixel camera. Plus it looks pretty damn cool. I'm not sure when it will be available in the US but I think I'll start saving up my money now.
Everything I've heard about the new Batman movie so far points to it being a good one... maybe even one of the best. It has Christian Bale playing Batman and Christopher Nolan directing. Christopher Nolan is the guy who directed Memento and Insomnia. If he can make the new Batman movie as dark as those two I think we'll have a winner! Of course it doesn't have to try hard to be better then the last one.
This probably isn't true... but we can always hope right??
Well leave it to the postal service to take almost a month to forward my mail to my new address.... way to go USPS!! If I could pay all my bills online I'd cancel my mail altogether. They should be lucky they all still have jobs!
Well, it looks like it's official! Star Wars will be coming to DVD on September 21st. You'd think I'd be nothing but excited right? Wrong! According to that article the DVDs will only contain the 'enhanced' 1997 versions of the film. Which means the only way we'll ever be able to watch the original versions is on crappy VHS. What's the reasoning behind this you may ask? According to Lucasfilm VP of Marketing Jim Ward "What George did in 1997," Ward explains, "was [to] make the movie he originally wanted to make." I can respect that but still... I think that the originals should be made available for those that want them. This is the part of the article that really pisses me off.... also a quote from our good friend Mr. Ward "We realize there's a lot of debate out there," says Ward. "But this is not a democracy. We love our fans, but this is about art and filmmaking. [George] has decided that the sole version he wants available is this one." So I guess this petition was a waste of time? I briefly thought about not buying the DVDs when they come out.... show them how pissed I was...but who am I kidding? I'll still buy these the day they hit the streeets. I guess this is better then having no Star Wars on DVD at all right?
Damn this really sucks. There was always a chance that this could be the last season... I kind of hoped it would go on for a few more though. Why is it that TV executives keep cancelling good shows while keeping crap like this on TV?? I ask you... why?!?
Well I'm now the proud owner of a townhome! It's exciting... but also a little bit scary. I know that will pass... it's just that this is the biggest purchase I've ever made in my life! I move in this Saturday and I can't wait. I'll post some pictures of it this weekend.
I wonder what happened to my Castle Grayskull... damn those were the days.
So did everyone have a good X-mas and New Years? Mine were pretty nice... although a part of me is glad all of that crap is over with.
I've recently been thinking about buying a townhome. It's not that I don't like the apartment I'm in... in fact I love my apartment. The thing is, I'm tired of paying rent. What gets me a little worried is the cost of the thing... it's not that I can't afford it... because as we all know I'm just rollin' in the green. ;o) Its that I've never purchased something that was over $100,000! I did find one the other day that I liked. I think I'll go look at it again tonight... if I can remember I'll try to post some pics of it on my moblog.
So which character are you?? I came out as Elrond... hmm... not sure about that one.
Damn.... I hope they get all this crap cleared up before the DVDs come out. I've been waiting for these forever.
If anyone is looking for a last minute gift idea for me... this will do quite nicely.
So whats your Political Compass? Mine is almost the exact same as Ghandi's... not too bad. I'm just glad I didn't come out like Stalin. =0)
I love this kind of stuff... does anyone know if there are bigger pictures out there? If so let me know!
...pretty soon they'll be putting guns in their little hands. We're all doomed!
These are just too hilarious.... if you need a good laugh check some of these out. My favorite is Mr. Company Computer Guy.
Only ten hours and counting until Return of the King!! Sure I won't get to bed until around 4am... but it will be worth it!
I just registered BlogPlanet so I can blog from my phone! This is my first post from the phone... how cool is that!
Saw this on a website today and wanted to pass it along... great for wasting time at work. Here's my first one.
Damn.... I hate being sick. I'm pretty sure I have the flu. I felt REALLY crappy yesterday. I feel a lot better today. Have you ever noticed how you take feeling good for granted? It's only when I'm sick do I appreciate that 'feeling good feeling'. Hopefully I'll be at 100% tomorrow.
Ahh... Thanksgiving is finally here. You all know what that means... turkey, gravy, stuffing, pumpkin pie... and all of that other good stuff! I'll be going over to my Dads later today for the festivities. I hope all of you out there have a happy Thanksgiving!
No... I'm not dead. I know I haven't blogged in awhile but I've either been sick, busy or just haven't felt like posting anything. I'm feeling better now and will try to blog a little more. I have seen a lot of movies lately which I haven't told you about. So here's my mini-reviews for those:
School of Rock: I know it sounds corny, but this movie simply rocks! Even if you're not a huge Jack Black fan like I am you have to see this movie. It's funny, the kids are great and it's got some kick ass music.
Mystic River: Another excellent movie. Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon, and Tim Robbins all gave amazing performances. I wasn't that crazy about the ending but I'd still recommend it.
Intolerable Cruelty: I didn't really want to see this movie when I saw the previews for it, even though I'm a huge fan of the Coen Brothers. I ended up liking it more then I thought I would. It didn't hurt that Catherine Zeta-Jones was in it either.
Kill Bill Vol. 1: Ahh... you can't beat a good Quentin Tarantino film. And this is a good one. It's got action, blood, guts, Uma... whats not to like??
Matrix Revolutions: Ahh yes... the final installment of the Matrix trilogy. I'll admit that I've like each movie less and less... but it still kicks ass. I mean come on, it's the Matrix! How can you not like it?!? You have to see it to at least find out how it all ends.
Get your Tivos ready... The Clone Wars starts tonight! Woot!
You gotta love these guys... I can't wait for the movie to come out.
I went to one of his book signings last night. I've been reading his books for years... and liked just about all of them. It was really cool to meet him in person. He seemed like a really nice guy. He even chatted with people while he was signing books. If you've never read any of his books I suggest you give them a try.
Well I can Moblog again... I'm not really sure why my phone stopped sending pictures but it seems to be fixed. I did call T-Mobile again about the problem. They weren't any help... but they were very nice. I don't know, I'd almost rather talk to an asshole that could get my problem fixed then to a nice person that doesn't have a clue. That's just me though.
You might have noticed...(or you might not) that I haven't updated the Moblog in awhile. I've been having trouble sending pictures with my Nokia 3650. I was a little worried about calling the T-Mobile tech support. I've heard some horror stories about calling cell phone tech support, nothing about T-Mobile in particular but I was worried none the less. It turns out they were very helpful and nice. They gave me 50 free minutes for my trouble. I still can't send pictures... they want me to try a master reset of the phone. I would try it now but I want to back up all of my contacts and programs first. I'll try it out tonight... and with any luck I'll be back to my old Mobloggin' self.
Apple announced today that the iTunes Music Store is now available for Windows! woot! Now I can finally start downloading music legally... er... I mean start downloading music period.
Well it hasn't been fun but the move is almost complete. I was having trouble getting the blog working with Jumpline...and their tech support was less then helpful. After about a week of that I got tired of dealing with them and switched to DreamHost. I wish I had picked them to begin with! If you're in the market for a new hosting provider do yourself a favor and stay away from Jumpline.
If you notice the site down over the next few days it isn't because the RIAA has gotten to me... it's because I'm changing hosting providers. The one I'm with now has been great. I've almost never had any trouble with them and they've always responded quickly when I have had problems. Why am I moving then? Well the main reason is because Jumpline is half the price and I get more space, bandwidth, etc. I'm going to start transferring the site over this weekend...hopefully all goes well.
Update: I'm having some trouble getting my blog to work on the new server. I have the database and all of the files moved over... it's a damn Perl module that's giving me all the trouble. Until I get it working on the new server I won't be posting here that much. Wish me luck.
Get your Tivos warmed up... The season premiere of Enterprise comes on tonight! Woot! I'll post my thoughts on the episode later tonight. The show is supposed to be going in a 'new direction' this season... hopefully it's not a bad one.
Talk about a crappy day... Every year my Dad and I go to the Good Guys car show. It's usually pretty fun. Lots of cool cars, good 'healthy' food...fun times. On the way up there yesterday I got a flat tire. Not a real big deal... we hopped out, put on the spare and got back on the road. We got a later start that day then we would have liked so a lot of the cars were already gone... plus it was raining a little bit while we were there. We got a hot dog walked around for about an hour and decided to leave. We hoped in my car and guess what.... yep it wouldn't start. I guy who had some jumper cables got it started for us and we got home okay.
Luckily it was only a dead battery, which was the cheap fix. The tire also shouldn't cost that much. I guess I just should have stayed in bed yesterday.
Some good news for Buffy fans... it looks like we'll get to see her in action a couple more times.
No... I'm not talking about the crappy movie which starred Val Kilmer but the fact that Mars will be closer to Earth then it's been in about 60,000 years. The best time to see it is supposed to be late tonight or early tomorrow morning. When I say early I'm talking about 3am... hmmm... Seeing as how I don't think I could stay up that late/get up that early I think I'll try and see it tonight.
I'm not too broken up about this... I will miss her being on the show but I think it will be good to get some new blood in there... pun intended. Plus I was really starting to hate 'Evil Cordy'.
Some good news for some of you file traders out there... this of course does not apply to me.
Somehow... this doesn't make me feel any better.
I guess I should have made my move when I had the chance. Now it's too late.
At least in the form of a GameCube game that's supposed to be coming out sometime in August. I was just checking out some of the preview material that GameSpot has to offer and from what I've seen so far the game looks pretty solid. Hopefully it will rate better then this one.
I just got back from lunch. Everyone in the department went to P. F. Chang's. It was pretty good... I had some kind of crispy honey chicken dish. The real pay off was the 'Great Wall of Chocolate' we had... I believe it was the best damn chocolate cake I've ever had.
Did I miss something?? When did all the beautiful women start hanging out at Target? Maybe I should get a part time job there...
According to this article, theres no chance of me ever getting cancer...
Can you believe I've been blogging for over a year now?? Where does the time go?
It's good to be back home... cable tv, tivo, broadband.... why did I leave again?
In just two days I'll be hitting the road, heading up to Yellowstone National Park. I usually try to make it up there at least once a year. It's nice to get away from everything. Especially work. That means that all next week I won't have to fix paper jams, broken floppy drives or put up with the stupidity of users. Ahh... just thinking about being away from all that makes me relaxed. I will miss the internet while I'm up there... they do have a little internet cafe in the town where I'll be staying so I'll be able to check my email and possibly even blog a little while I'm there.
...and if that doesn't work out I'll still have a couple of things to take care of my tech cravings.
Ahhh.... the weekend. It's about time it got here. I'm supposed to go see 28 Days Later... tomorrow. I'll be sure to let you know what I think. It looks really scary... The last scary movie I saw was The Ring, and I remember not being able to sleep that night. With any luck this one will be just as scary.
I know I haven't blogged in awhile... I've been busy with work. When I wasn't busy with work I was tired and didn't really feeling like blogging. One bit of big news is that I got a new car! Pretty exciting huh? I can tell you're all overcome with excitement.... but please try to contain it. Here's a picture of the new ride. Mine looks just like this only it's silver.
Sunday I'll be going to the Rocky Mountain Street Rod Nationals in Pueblo. It's always fun to run down there and see all the cars on display. Sure it's hot as hell, the food sucks, and I'll probably end up with a sun burn. It's still a lot of fun. =)
I picked my car up from the shop this morning. It ended up not costing me that much money... which was REALLY nice. It hasn't over-heated since I picked it up... let's hope whatever they did fixed it.
The new hard drive for my server came in last night. I reloaded the OS and loaded all of my data back on it... so far it's working great. I'm having a weird problem with VNC... other than that I'm smokin'...
I'm taking my car into the shop tomorrow to get it looked at... it keeps over heating. If it's not too much I'm going to have them just go ahead and fix it... if it is too much I'm going to try and find a new car. Which I've been wanting to do for awhile now anyway. I might do that tomorrow night.. so either way I should have a car to drive by the weekend. I hope.
I may be one step closer to doing this with PHP... I'll try and let you know more later today. If it works out.
This one was just too weird/fucked up not to post... If you ever walk in on me eating my toes will you please shoot me? Thanks.
I contacted my hosting provider and they said that they would add the Perl upgrade to the list. They also said that they had a couple of other upgrades to do before that... so who knows when it will get done. Does anyone know of a way to do this in PHP?
Crap... I was trying to install this on my site tonight and found out my webserver is running an older version of Perl. I've sent an email to my hosting provider to see if they could upgrade it... I wonder what they'll say...
Hmm... maybe I should start to carry around one of those little fire extinguishers just in case... wouldn't want to end up like one of these people.
That's what I saw this morning... or at least one of them. The Dunlap broadsides were copies that were made of the original Declaration of Independence back in 1776. I was amazed at how good a condition it was in... I was expecting it to be in pieces and whatnot. You can read more about the history of it here. I can't say that it really inspired me or anything... but it was pretty cool to see it up close.
I'm supposed to leave in a little bit to go check out the Declaration of Independence. It's on tour and it's stopping by the library that I work at. It should be interesting to see something like that. I wonder if they'll let me hold it? =o)
I can hardly believe it! I received an email earlier today saying the my ITrip has shipped! It should be here early next week. I can't wait to start using it... in the car, at home, at work... I'll let you know how it performs after I've had a chance to play with it.
I just got back from taking my first Microsoft exam and I passed! Woot! I'm now a Microsoft Certified Professional, so watch out!
The series finale of Buffy is on tonight... actually it's on right now! I always like to pause the program with my Tivo for about a half an hour so I can zip through the commercials. I'm getting ready to go watch it now... I'm pretty excited, but also a little sad. It's such a good show. I can't really complain too much, it did have a pretty good run. Plus since I only started watching it last year I have many seasons to catch up on. Oh and don't forget to head over and listen to Buffy Radio when the show is over. Tonight their program will be live! If you're a fan of Buffy I guarantee you'll dig the radio program. I'll post my thoughts on the show later tonight.
Tonight is the big night... at 10pm I'll be sitting down to watch The Matrix Reloaded. I can't wait! I've tried to not get too excited about this movie, in case it sucks. Then I thought fuck it... theres no way this movie isn't going to kick some major ass... I probably won't post my thoughts on the flick until tomorrow since I won't be getting home tonight until around 12:30... and I do have to work the next day.
Stuff like this really pisses me off... right now it's only streaming music. But you know it's only a matter of time before they figure out a way to download the songs to the local hard drive. I'm not saying that I've never downloaded anything from Kazaa, it's just that if you're going to do that then use a program like Kazaa. Don't 'hack' Apples software to do it. I was actually looking forward to the service coming to Windows... if this crap keeps up though it might not make it.
It's not that I thought these things were good for you... but according to this it seems they're a lot worse then you thought. I'm just glad I don't live in California.
I guess all those years you spent learning Klingon wasn't a total waste. A hospital in Oregon is seeking a Klingon-English interpreter. Oh yeah, and did I mention it's a mental hospital?
It appears that the movie 'The Last Starfighter' is to blame for our current situation... I think I'm going to have to go home and burn my copy.
According to this article there are plans to put web surfing stations right next to the toilets so you can send an email to a loved one while taking care of business. Right now these guys are only planned to be put into use in Britain but I can see them coming to the US soon enough. God I hope we don't get them where I work...because I'll be the one have to go fix them when they brake. I wonder if I'd get hazard pay for that?
The season finale of Angel is on tonight. This is one of my favorite shows on right now, unfortunately it hasn't been getting the best of ratings. So this could be its series finale as well. The creator Joss Whedon hopes to take the show in a new direction starting with this episode. Hopefully that will draw in more viewers, plus with Buffy ending this season there are hopes that those viewers will start to watch Angel. If you've never seen it you should give it a shot, even if you don't like Buffy you should give it a look. It's a lot different then Buffy, and in many ways a better show.
It's official, according to this article the Indiana Jones trilogy will be coming to DVD on November 4th! This is one I've been eagerly awaiting, and according to the article it's on a lot of peoples top ten lists. Now if we could only get George Lucas to release the original Star Wars movies on DVD I'd be all set.
It looks like X2 has made about $85 million in it's opening weekend. This is great news... maybe this means they'll be tempted to make another movie. =o)
Is 90 percent of the universe missing? Check out this article about how scientist think that this is the case.
Here's an article I ran across about The Matrix. I don't agree with everything the guy says but I thought it was a pretty good read.
I'm supposed to go see X2 tonight...and I can hardly wait! It's been a long time since I've been excited about going to see a movie. It's not that my love of movies has faded, it's just that there hasn't been any movies worth getting excited about. I'll try and post my thoughts on the flick tonight. So far it's been getting pretty good reviews.
Seems like it would be a good investment...
Check out the article here.
This was too funny not to post... check out the before and after movies of this 'Jedi Knight'...
Looks like everyones favorite Wookiee will be returning for Episode III! Can't wait to see him in action again!
Too bad this couldn't have happened two years ago.
Makes sense to me...
Twelve Reasons why President Bush should lead Iraq
I guess the secret to making a lot of money is to be from the future...
I just had my first experience with There, a virtual world that you can 'hang out' in... talk to people, fly on hoverboards, the usual geek activities. Even though the project is still beta it looks pretty impressive. They have There bucks that you can use to buy different clothes, hoverboards, or even a pet dog if you want. The only down side is that you have to purchase There bucks with real bucks. They are nice enough to start you out with $10,000. Which doesn't go as far as you might think.
If you're thinking about signing up for the beta make sure you read the system requirements first... they don't kid around on these. You need a pretty good system to run the program. If you do make it in look me up and I'll give you a ride on my hoverboard, for $20. (just kidding)
What's this world coming to?
Can you believe this: "I don't have a problem with (government surveillance). I don't have anything to hide," Turner said. "I wish there was more government monitoring. I want to know if somebody on my block is reading a book on how to build a bomb or if there is anyone reading 'Catcher in the Rye.' They say theres a link between that book and many serial killers."
I downloaded the new trailer for Reloaded last night.. all I can say is wow... this movie is going to kick some serious butt. The good news is we only have 33 more days to wait! I don't know about you but I'm getting excited.
Well I'm feeling a lot better then I did yesterday. I ended up going into work today, which I probably shouldn't have done... I'm hoping tomorrow I'll be back to my old self... or at least something close to it.
Check out this article for some good Buffy gossip. It looks like we may see Spike and Giles appearing on Angel in the near future...
According to this website, ABC has renewed Alias for a third season! Woohoo! I'm still trying to confirm this on some other websites, but so far it looks like it will be back next season.
Update: It's confirmed! Thank you ABC!
Poor Jennifer ...I think I need to take a trip to California and console her.
I want one of these.... or I guess I should say the cheaper finished version.
Want to geek out on Buffy and Angel? Check out this site...
Check out this article on AI, pretty neat stuff. Even if it is fiction.
A friend brought this article to my attention today. It's a very long read... but also very interesting.
Well the Oscars have come and gone once again, and even though I don't always agree with the nominations I always watch the show. I like to see who wins, who loses and the acceptance speeches are always entertaining. I was upset that Adaptation didn't get nominated for best picture. I was glad to see Road to Perdition get the Oscar for cinematography. Besides it being a good movie, visually it was just amazing.
One of the more moving moments of the night was the very touching acceptance speech given by best actor winner Adrien Brody. At the end of the speech his plea for peace brought the audience to its feet. Overall I thought it was worth watching. If for no other reason then to take your mind off of whats happening overseas, if only for a few hours.
Two snow days in a row? Am I dreaming? Either way it's pretty nice... at first I was going to have to go in at noon... but then the higher ups came to their senses and closed up shop for the entire day. Maybe now I'll have time to study up for that Starfleet entrance exam. I gotta get going if I'm going to make Captain one day.
Hmmm... I don't think I'll be rushing to the video store for this one.
Don't you just love snow days?? This takes me back to my school days when I used to sit at the window wishing for snow... The funny part is I live within walking distance of work, so I could have made it in... but we won't tell them that. Shhh....
Here is yet another way to kill time at work if you're bored. It's quite addictive. I can't seem to break the 1000 mark...
http://www.hurtwood.demon.co.uk/Fun/copter.swf
This test says I'm most like Captain Picard as well.... maybe I should think about becoming a Starship Captain. Hmmm...
Have you been wondering lately if you're more like Worf or Captain Picard? Well now you can find out by taking this test.
Here are my results... they're so accurate it's scary.
A friend of mine brought this to my attention today and I thought you might all like to look at it.
Bill Moyers on Patriotism and the American Flag
According to this story, Nintendo is in a little bit of trouble. I hope this isn't true since I happen to be a proud owner of a GameCube. I do agree that Nintendo should abandon it's "console-exclusive software publishing strategy", but would people still buy a GameCube if you could play Zelda and Mario on the Xbox?
Have some time you need to kill at work? Try this out.
It looks like the end of Buffy is upon us. Normally I would be quite sad at this news but I've recently gotten hooked on the show Angel, so even though Buffy may be ending I'll still have someplace to turn to for some demon butt kicking action. Also if you missed Tuesdays Buffy it was hilarious. I've posted a couple sound clips below for your enjoyment.
Even though I didn't watch the Grammys last weekend I was glad to hear that Norah Jones took home a total of eight that evening. If you haven't had a chance to hear her music yet go buy the disc. If you don't like it I'll even give you your money back.
I went to see Daredevil tonight and while I was at the theater I saw something very interesting. A vending machine. This wasn't your typical vending device, instead of being able to get your favorite soft drink or sugar fix they were selling DVDs. I don't know about you, but I don't think I'll be buying any movies out of a vending machine any time in the near future. I've lost count how many times I've gone to get my favorite candy out of one of those things only to have it stuck in the machine... and my candy doesn't cost $19.99. Don't believe me? Check out this article... I'll try and post my thoughts on Daredevil later tonight.
As I'm sure all of you know, this Friday is my birthday... or something I like to call, Christmas in February. I especially like the week of my birthday because everyone always wants to take you out to lunch or dinner. This is where I'll be going today.... here on Thursday and then here on Friday night. Also... cold hard cash works for me too... just send it to my P.O. Box. =)
As I'm sure all of you know, today is the day that sponsors are willing to pay $2 million dollars for a 30 second ad... why? Because of the Super Bowl. Personally I could care less about it.. I might have to tivo the event and go back later and just watch the commercials.
What?!? The X-Men not human??? This is an outrage! Seriously though... I loved the part where it talked about the judge having to remove the X-Men's clothes for a "comprehensive examination".
I can't wait to get my hands on one of these. I'm glad I never bought the original Game Boy Advance.
This year is going to be good... really good if you're a fan of The Matrix. Check out this article over on MSN, it has the scoop on the sequels. Both of which will be coming out this year. Be warned though that they do talk about the plot of the movies, but they tell you when to skip paragraphs if you want to wait until they come out. Only 5 months to go....
Christmas is over... did you get a lot of good loot? I did alright... I'm just glad theres another entire year before we have to go through all that crap again.
Well, theres only two days left til' Christmas... and I feel sick. Not because of the holiday, but because of all the food. A coworker brought in brownies and cookies this morning... and not wanting to hurt her feelings I had to sample them several times. They were quite yummy. When I got back to my office someone had left a couple of cookies on my desk.
After those, and some other things I feel quite sick.... I don't think I'll eat any dinner tonight. ...for one thing, the thought of food right now makes me want to vomit, but also I'll be going over to my Dads house for some good stuff... Maybe I won't eat anything until then... so I can do the turkey, or ham justice.
I hope everyone has a happy and safe holidays...and that you get a lot of goodies!
Well there's only about 8 hours to go until I'll be sitting down to watch LOTR: The Two Towers... from what I've heard so far it's supposed to be a worthy sucessor to the first one. I've also heard this one is a lot darker... which is cool... I'll try and post a review when I get home... It might not get posted until sometime Wednesday afternoon, mainly because I won't be getting to sleep tonight until about 3:30 or 4...
A little while ago I purchased tickets for the 12:01 showing of The Two Towers on Wednesday... I know some of you will think it's crazy... plus I'm not a HUGE fan like I know some people are... still I think it's fun to go to the first show. Lets see... the movie starts at 12:01... that means I'll need to be there by about 5...
...well I was wrong, we're going to the 4:10 showing of Nemesis!! Which means we'll probably need to leave work about 2:30 to make sure we get a good seat. I'll post a review of the flick later tonight.
Well... I can always tell it's getting close to X-Mas when my department goes out for our annual 'Holiday Lunch'... This year we're going to Zio's... A great Italian restaurant... I can almost taste it now... Only three hours until I'm scarfing down some spaghetti and meatballs... Mmmm.....
We were also planning on going to check out the new Star Trek movie afterwards... but it doesn't look like that's going to happen... Oh well.
I read a disturbing article over at Slashdot about how the Cable Companies hate PVRs (Personal Video Recorders) like Tivo, Replay, etc.. If this crap catches on it could mean the death of Tivo as we know it... The part I love is where they refer to PVRs as 'the Napster of the future'... give me a break...
Well after putting in the new 80GB hard drive this past weekend I had the Tivo freeze up on me a couple of times...but it's been about 24 hours since a freeze so I'm hopeful all will be well. If not I have a few other things I can try but I want this to work because theres some more hacking I'd like to do on my Tivo... swapping out those hard drives has given me the Tivo hacking bug... not sure if that's a good thing...
I swapped out the hard drive in my Tivo last night... It ran all night and this morning and it hasn't f@#$ed up once! I think I'm in the clear. If it gets through today I'll be happy! Woohoo!
Well the the hard drive copying has begun... with any luck in about 2-3 hours (maybe more?) my Tivo will be good as new. I really hope that this fixes it... Have you all been keeping your fingers crossed for me?? I hope so. If this doesn't fix it I guess I'll have to go back to the Tivo Forum and do some more digging.
The hard drive has arrived safe... although not to my apartment, but to one I haven't lived at for 6 months! I kept watching the UPS website to check on it's status. About an hour ago I saw that it had been delivered. So I left work and drove down to my old apartment... I was expecting to have to fight someone for it... When I got there I looked in the furnace closet (which is where they used to deliver stuff to me when I lived there) and there it was, sitting there waiting for me to pick it up. Or anyone else for that matter... Since when did they stop asking for a signature to deliver a package? Or least verify that the person still lives there?!?
Oh well, I can't complain too much... I did after all get the hard drive. Now all I have to do is install it and hope that fixes my Tivo. Keep your fingers crossed for me...
...I can almost see the light at the end of the tunnel. The new hard drive for my Tivo should be arriving sometime today. I haven't used my Tivo for the past week because of all the problems it's been giving me, plus I don't want it to go out on me completely before I have a chance to replace the drive. I can only pray to the giant Tivo god in the sky that this works.
Well I replaced one of the hard drives in my Tivo, and unfortunately it's still having problems. I replaced the original drive first instead of the 80GB. I was hoping I could get away without buying a new hard drive. Oh well I guess it will just be my X-Mas present to my Tivo.
Well it brakes my heart to say it, but I think one of the hard drives in my Tivo might be going out. I'm looking into how to replace the drive now... worse case scenario is that I just end up with one hard drive in the system, which wouldn't be such a bad thing except that I would lose all of my saved recordings. I'm hoping I can get it fixed soon... especially with some of my favorite shows premiering soon. Wish me luck.
I just got back from Thanksgiving at my Dads... we had all the usually goodies. Turkey, stuffing, corn... Oh and if you've never had a deep-fried turkey, you haven't lived.
Ahh.... Thanksgiving is almost here... I must admit that it's one of my favorite holidays. Turkey, stuffing, chocolate cream pie... Plus I get four days off from work. Which is always a good thing. Don't get me wrong, I love my job. It's just that lately we've been really busy. And I've had to deal with more idiots than usual. Thank god for weekends and holidays.
Have some extra time you need to kill at work? Try this out... not for those people who have Coulrophobia. It is good for a few laughs though...
Well, I finally got it done. As you can see at the bottom of this post, there are images relating to different functions. Posting comments, permalink, searching Google, etc... Thanks goes out to Adam for helping me get it look right.
If you've been by here in the past couple of days you might have noticed that the page looks a little weird. I've been trying to get this working on my site. Hopefully it won't take to long to get going.... In the meantime just bear with me.
Damn.... I really hate to see stuff like this happen. If you're a fan of comics, like I am, then you know that this is a great time. There are a bunch of movies coming up... Daredevil, Hulk, Fantastic Four, X-Men 2... plus a sequel to Spiderman is already in the works. I wish Marvel would pay Mr. Lee the money he deserves. Without him Marvel wouldn't have made the $400 million plus that they did with Spiderman... Hopefully they can work this out. I'd hate for this to keep movies from being released.
I've given up on downloading the Doom 3 alpha... it's not that I wasn't able to find it... it was just taking way to long to download. Plus I heard that you need a top of the line system for it to look decent. (which I don't have) I'm not sure when it's supposed to come out... hopefully not soon. I need time to upgrade my system first.
So far my luck in finding the Doom 3 Alpha has proven unsuccessful. I actually did references to it in a number of places... it's when I go to download it that's the problem. Oh well, I'll continue my efforts tonight and see what I come up with. If you have no idea what I'm talking about go here to read about it.
I just downloaded the newest version of w.bloggar, a program which allows you to update your blog. It may sound simple, but it's a wonderful program that's very easy to use. Version 3 has many new feartures, if you haven't already done so go visit the page and give it a try... I think you'll like it.
I think I might have to check this out... what do you think?
I'm supposed to go see 'The Ring' tonight. The movie is about a videotape that people watch, and afterwards they get a telephone call from someone/something that says they will die in 7 days. I've seen the previews on TV and read things online about it... it's supposed to scare the crap out of you. I'll make sure I let you know how it is.
...well I just got back from the dentist about an hour ago. Much to my relief all I had was a cavity. You have no idea how relieved I was... of course I know that my earlier fear was unwarranted... but I suppose it doesn't hurt to have some paralyzing fear every once in awhile.
...anyway... I'm in a really good mood now... I think I'll have to go somewhere nice for lunch to celebrate. hmm....
I just added something new to the blog... if you take a look under the Links section on the right you'll see a list of the music I'm currently listening to... What makes it really cool is that it automatically updates as I step through my playlist. It took a little while to get going but I think it was worth it... a big thanks goes out to girlie for helping me get the last part working. If you'd like to know how to do it you can go here to read her instructions.
I'm going to try and get serious about getting my MCSE certification. I've been slacking off about it for almost a year... it won't increase my pay where I work, but it would be a nice thing to have. My boss is paying for the whole thing... he's already paid for some books...now if I could just get him to pay for some classes I think I'd be set....
...hmm..I just upgraded to Movable Type Version 2.5... what does the new version do you might ask? I'm not really sure... I think it's supposed to make you filthy rich and make beautiful women dig ya'... at least that's what it said on the box. I have yet to be convinced.
Is the weekend over already? I guess so since I'm about half way through a Monday...I suppose it could just be a bad dream. Hmm...maybe I'll wake up from it and it will only be Saturday.
The title says it all... I put in some extra hours this week getting the bookmobile running on their new satalite system. Plus I didn't sleep very well last night for some reason. I'm looking forward to sleeping in...and no computer problems this weekend.
...why is it weekends are so damn short??
Well the bookmobile experiment went off almost without a hitch. At one of the stops the program they were using shutdown on them... not unusual they said for that stop. Oh well I guess even high speed satallite has it's limits.
I think for the most part though they're happy with it. Plus it's cheaper then the stuff they were using before.
well I'm getting ready to go out on the bookmobile for the first 'live' test of the satallite system. I'm not too nervous about it...plus someone else from my department will probably be there as well. I'll let you know how it goes once I get back.
....I was helping install a satellite dish on one of our bookmobiles at work today. The purpose was to get them high speed internet access out to the remote locations that they frequent. It went a little slower then expected but we got it all working. ...and we only had to skip lunch and work late to do it. I'll be going out with them tomorrow to make sure everything is working the way it should.
Even though we had to work late it was pretty fun. We ran into a few obstacles but worked through those and got it running... it's nice when it goes like that. With any luck tomorrow will go even better.
...well I think the site is starting to look a little better. not much but hey it's a slow process. I'm not exactly sure how this blog page will evolve but I think I'll keep at it and see where it takes me.
btw... movabletype is a wonderful thing.
...it feels good to be back at work. Almost. I'm mainly glad my company has left...it's not that I didn't enjoy them coming for a visit, it's just nice when your life can go back to normal.
...which I think is why even work is alright at the moment.
well, my company left today...around 1pm. A part of me is sorry to see them go...but yet another bigger part is happy. It was just too crazy with so many people in my small apartment. Now I can get back to my normal life...as pathetic as it is.
...but hey...it's all I've got.
okay, so I guess the last post was a little incorrect, I'm working today so I'll still be able to post. At least through the day. Tomorrow the "fam" and I are supposed to go to the Denver Zoo...never been there so it could be cool. I do have a problem with smelly animals though. I'll let you know how it goes.
I promise this page will look better....maybe not today or tomorrow but soon. I'm also redesigning my main
I think I'm starting to like this blog thing... I came across Movabletype a few months ago. About the same time I came across Grey Matter. Which I've been using for the past few months. I think I'm going to give Movabletype a whirl and see what it can do. It looks impressive on their website anyway. I might attempt to install it this afternoon.... I'll let you know how it goes.
The season premiere of Enterprise comes on tonight.. woohoo! It's been a long summer without all the new shows I've gotten hooked on. My Tivo has been pretty bored as well. They're also supposed to show a new trailer for Star Trek: Nemesis tonight too. Yeah I know I'm a geek.
Tomorrow night should be cool as well...I'm supposed to go see the movie 'One Hour Photo' ...it has Robin Williams playing a creepy dude who develops film at a walmart type store...who gets obsessed with a family. Should be good.
...that's it for now. Gotta get back to work....
tomorrow is payday! yeah! too bad most of the money is already "spent" to pay bills and crap. Hmm...I wonder if I should start robbing banks. If I thought I could get away with it I might... or I could start selling some of my organs on the black market. That could get me some money... now all I need is a saw and a tub of ice...
I've finally bought a router so that both my PC and notebook can share my cable internet access. I'll try and hook the notebook up tonight. I have my PC plugged into it right now, it was really easy to setup. Almost too easy...the side of the box says you can setup a VPN with it too....I'll try that out later. I'm not sure what I would use it for but it sounds cool... ;O)
I wrote zeros to my notebook's hard drive last night and reloaded Win2k...I haven't had any problems with the LCD screen since. I'm glad the screen isn't fux0red. The battery is though...a new one would cost around $250. I'm not sure I should pay that much for one...the notebook probably isn't even worth that much. I still have a lot of fun with it so I guess I'll have to think about it.... hmmm....
TGIPD...(Thank God it's payday) ...now that I have money again I can pay some bills, maybe even pick up something for myself...don't worry I'm not going to go crazy. I'll probably just buy a couple of DVDs or something. Or I could buy a new XP 1900 CPU...which you can get right now for under $100... hmm.....
sometimes work can be sooooo boring.... OMG....save me please... serenity now!
I went and looked at a Toyota Echo this weekend. I went Sunday so I didn't have to talk to some weasel of a salesman. I really like the Echo....the first one I walked up to to look at was unlocked so I got to sit in it. (was it a sign? ...I think so) It's very spiffy on the inside...sits really well plus there's a bunch of storage space on the inside. I think I want to try and get one...I'm pretty sure I could afford it, the only problem is that I owe some money on my old car...more then it's worth. And more then what I think the Toyota place would give me for it... more on this later.
well I think I might have found the car to buy...I've been looking online at the Toyota Echo. I've read many reviews and everyone says it's an excellent car, plus it was rated very well in Consumer Reports...PLUS it starts at just under $10,000. That's my kind of car. I still have what I owe on my car left...but it has given me hope for the future.
The only thing that I might not like is the style of the car....one the internet it looks like a nice enough car. I'll have to see it in person. Plus I want to take it for a test drive too...it's supposed to have some pep to it... I'll let you know how it goes.
Well...as my financial situation stands right now I can't afford a new Saturn...but I think I might look into getting a used Honda...maybe I'll check those out this weekend.
I might be going to look at a new Saturn tonight.... I called Pikes Peak National Bank about a car loan and they said they would give me one for 8%...that's not too bad but it still makes my monthly payments too high. I'll go drive a Saturn tonight and see if maybe they can give me a better deal.
...after looking at some of the prices of cars online, and going with what I want to spend every month I'm thinking I could afford a "new" car. I'm still going to go check out prices this weekend just to make sure they match up with what I've seen online.
....the car that I currently have is a piece of crap. It's starting to fall apart on me. And since I don't want to keep paying hundreds of dollars each month to keep it running I'm going to have to look for a new car. The only question is, can I afford one? I'm going to at least go out and look at some this weekend....so after that I'll either be really excited or completely bummed out. Only time will tell...