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September 17, 2007

A World of Hurt

Last night around 5am I woke up and there was something in the bed, and it was not invited... It was a Giant Centipede!!!! Needless to say I got it out of the bed as quickly as I could, but I wasn't sure if it made it to the floor and even if it did I wanted to get it out of the house. So, I got out of bed and started to check the covers to make sure it was out of the bed, when all the sudden I felt a sharp pain in my toe! Instinct took over and I just reached down with my hand, grabbed/squished whatever it was and threw it.

Then I went about trying to find the darn thing, I'll mention that it wasn't until this point that I was thinking centipede; I hadn't actually seen it yet. I went to try and ease the pain that was making my foot throb, not to mention the fact that my toe was twice its normal size!

I spent almost 20 minutes looking for the stupid thing and finally found it in the corner of the bedroom on top of a box that was there. Needless to say it was in pretty bad shape, but wasn't dead yet. I made sure of that immediately by sending it down the bathroom water slide! Bye-Bye!

UPDATED (09/18/07): here's a picture of what they look like when not dead!


This one was about 3.5 inches long, but they apparently can reach lengths of almost/over 12 inches! This is NOT something you want to have running towards your feet, as the bite does contain venom and while not lethal unless you're allergic, it WILL HURT and can for anywhere from 2-3 hours to 2-3 DAYS!

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August 15, 2007

Which Transformer are you?

I AM 76% OPTIMUS PRIME

Take the Transformers Quiz

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March 7, 2007

Water, water everywhere... Not a drop to drink

So I came home today and after listening to the answering machine I heard a dripping sound coming from the closet with the furnace and the water heater in it. I open the door and I'm greeted by a running faucet at the bottom of the water heater and it's running down the floor and under the platform that the water heater is sitting on. I pulled the pressure/temperature relief valve and made it drip less, but it was still dripping. I put a cup under the drip and sat down to watch TV.

Erin came home and went into the closet to start getting things together to pack for our trip and discovered that the water had been seeping under the floor and into the carpet in the closet in our bedroom. We called our landlord and after conferring with his brother, the plumber, decided to replace the water heater because it's easier to do. So tomorrow our landlord, and possibly his brother, is coming to replace our water heater.

I'm hoping it doesn't explode overnight and spray water everywhere and ruin our stuff. That would suck royally. I tried to connect our hose to the faucet and run it to the kitchen sink but I can't get the hose to screw onto the faucet enough to create a seal so the water just runs down the hose onto the floor instead of into the hose and then the sink. What I've got is a pail propped under the faucet because a cup just won't cut it! AAAAHHHHH!!! I'm going on vacation on Friday for a week!!!

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February 12, 2007

Are You Stoopid!?

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December 29, 2006

More Snow!!

It's snowing again today. It's been snowing since early this morning (9am) and it hasn't really let up since then. They're forecasting another 1-3 inches in some places, with as much as 9" in the East mountains. The interstate East of ABQ is closed all the way to the Texas border, and the other interstate North to Santa Fe is supposedly closed now as well.
I'm hoping to get out of here soon; I've got a meeting around 1, and then I'm going to try and get home so I'm not on the road with all the other yahoos that don't know how to drive when there's a little bit of moisture on the road, let alone a couple of inches of snow!!!

WISH ME LUCK!

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December 19, 2006

Oh the weather outside is... AWESOME!!!!

It snowed today!!! It's still snowing outside!!! It's supposed to keep this up until tonight, possibly into tomorrow morning!!!!
Check it out:

snow

snow

snow

snow (movie)

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December 12, 2006

Long time no update

I haven't posted anything personal in a while so here's a sort of update of what's been up.

Still working, just going through the daily grind doing the same-old-same-old. I need to hang on a little longer an the regional IT position I want to apply for is going to be posted. I also get my stock options in March for reaching the 6,000 service hour mark. Erin and I are gearing up for the holiday, Erin's family will be here the 22nd through the 26/27th. I haven't done any Christmas shopping yet, I've got a couple of ideas for people; otherwise I'm clueless.

I'm studying to take the A+ certification exam early next year and my regional coordinator is going to be spending a day here at my store so I'm going to ask him what kinds of things I can do to prepare for the position I want to apply for. I'm thinking of also going after the Cisco Certified Network Administrator (CCNA) certification as well.

I've got an additional computer in the house now, I got it from someone I work with who bought a new Mac Pro. I've been messing with it and µbuntu Linux; got it working then I tried something else so it's kinda in limbo right now. I was going to convert it to a DVR, but the TV-tuner card in it isn't supported by the linux I put on it to record TV.

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December 5, 2006

Top 11 Geek Gifts ... sort of

While this list is funny, there are more practical and funny stuff that I've seen on other "top xxx" lists for geeks. I really like #11

11. One year of "no computer questions" from everyone in your family.

But I actually like getting questions from family/friends. I just wish that I didn't live so far away so I could actually work on the computer in-person instead of trying to help via phone/email. Oh well...
BBspot - Top 11 Best Geek Gifts

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November 27, 2006

Caffeinated to the max!!!!

So Chris has outdone himself over at his blog. He's got three videos clips in one post!!! Each one hosted on one of the 3 major video hosting websites: YouTube, Google Video, and Revver. I don't know much about Revver, but the way it works over there is that if you've got a popular video you can make a bit of money as the website will pay you based on video views. You have to check it out as it is extremely funny. Make sure you click on each one and then hit pause right away. Wait for each one to finish downloading. Then click play on the top, the middle, and the bottom, in that order as quickly as you can so they all play at the same time.
I'm not sure but when I did it the Google video just stopped while the YouTube and Revver videos continued to play so I don't think I got the full effect, but I watched each video and even on their own they were hilarious.
Chris.Pirillo.com.

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November 20, 2006

NINTENDO WII!!!!!

I sat in a hard plastic chair for 6 hours on Saturday night in the layaway department of my local Walmart to have the privelage of purchasing one of the first Nintendo Wii's for sale at 12:01am Sunday, November 19. I was #9 in line and let me just say that before you ask... "YES, IT WAS WORTH IT!!!" This thing is the most amazing game experience I've had in a long time. It's got some of the coolest features you could ever ask for:

• Standard wireless controllers that are as comfortable as holding your TV remote, except they have gyros in them so you not only can swing them in the air to make on-screen moves, you can twist them like a key or a screwdriver and it senses that as well!
• Built-in WiFi; it took me a little bit of tweaking to get my wireless router setup correctly, but once it was the Wii found it and connected no problem; then it proceeded to download several updates and I was off and running.
• It came with a game from Nintendo... INCLUDED IN THE CONSOLE PRICE
• You can send messages from one Wii to a friend's Wii once you each register your friend's console's unique number
• YOU CAN DOWNLOAD PREVIOUS NINTENDO/SEGA GAMES ONLINE (prices range from $5 - $10, with 12 games available on launch day)
• All Gamecube accessories/games work in the Wii; i.e. controllers, memory cards, and game CDs
• My wife played this bundled game (Wii Sports) with me as soon as we got it setup (12:30am) for 2 hours!!!!! That's unheard of, she's not a gamer much, but she said as long as we buy/download the original Mario Bros. she'll be happy.

What can I say, this thing is awesome!!! I love it, my wife loves it, her sister and her boyfriend camped out (read: tent/sleeping bags) at a Best Buy all night and got one each (one to sell on eBay).

Read more about the experience after the jump...

So here's how it worked at the store I bought them:

• Walmart got 20 units.
• They set out 20 chairs numbered 1 to 20.
• You sit in the next highest number chair and you get to buy them in that order.
• New Mexico has no law allowing stores to limit purchases to one per person so if their gone before you get to buy one, tough luck.
• I was #9, and only 3 people in front of me were buying 2 so I was good.
• The people in chairs 17, 18, 19, and 20 got nada.
• I got there around 5:30 pm.
• They handed out numbered tickets at 10pm, basically serving as a guarantee that you could leave and come back at midnight and keep your spot in line.
• I left and Erin came back with me and we wandered around Walmart for an hour and then they took 2 people at a time and they got to buy their Wii's and any accessories/games they wanted from what Walmart had at the time.
• I got an extra Wii-mote, extra nunchuk, Zelda: Twilight Princess, and a classic controller, but I might return that after I found out that gamecube controllers will work with the downloaded classic games.
• Got home around 12:30am and played until 3am!!!!

YEAH WII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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October 16, 2006

Who Knew?

Who knew that a seemingly simple pastime like planespotting could make international headlines and help the public become aware of secret CIA installations across the world? This article brings into perspective the harsh reality that is the war on terror. Midnight kidnappings, prisoners whisked away to various international locales for interrogation, or worse... torture. For what? Good question. What happens when the United States arrests you and takes you to an undisclosed location in the middle of nowhere, holds you for a seemingly random amount of time, and then releases you into who knows where? Another good question; this article may help you, but you'll have to formulate your own answers to those questions, because you won't be able to aks anyone directly.

Planespotting by Trevor Paglen & A. C. Thompson

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October 9, 2006

Tweels... The Future of Tires?

Tweels are the hottest new thing to come out in tire technology, check out this article for some pretty interesting pictures.

WallStreetFighter.com: The Future of Tires.......Tweels

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September 29, 2006

Yes, I Can Fix Your Computer

This blogger vents his frustration about being a computer engineer who keeps getting asked to fix peoples computers. He's frustrated because everyone assumes that because he went to school for some aspect of computers he knows how to fix them. He actually went to school to learn how to program them. I sympathize with him in all of what he's going through; I get asked all the time why a computer might be doing something wrong, or not working at all, but that's what I do so it doesn't bother me as much. What does bother me is when someone asks me the same question for the same problem repeatedly after I've explained it very clearly already. If I show someone something I have them do it themselves while I watch so that they get the feel for it and the experience, what I won't do is do it for you.

Beyond The Summit: No, I can't fix your computer!

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September 24, 2006

We're dorks

So we're a couple of dorks, we set up our new tent in our study to see what it would look like. The tent is 17' by 9'; our study... 17' 8" by 15'!!
link

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September 21, 2006

USB Re-Chargable Batteries!!!

Now these are cool! I hope to get some, hopefully soon.

bit-tech.net | Charge your AAs over USB

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White and Nerdy - Great Weird Al Parody

This is one of the funniest videos I've seen in a long time. I linked to someone else that has the video since I've got so many on the front page now; hopefully it will make the page load a little faster as the videos move off the front page.

White and Nerdy ~ Chris Pirillo

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September 20, 2006

I just bought this from that guy in the newstand, what do you mean I can't bring it on the plane!?

This just about sums up all my pent up frustration at the TSA and government agencies telling us that they're making us safer by not letting us bring a bottle of soda or a cup of coffee that we bought at the newstand next to our plane's gate. I mean that has got to be one of the stupidest things I've ever heard.
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September 19, 2006

Iraq Sandstorm Video

This is simply amazing, I can't believe how dark it got once the sand arrived!

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September 12, 2006

Remembering

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September 11, 2006

Instructional Flight Video - Lockergnome Style!

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LEGO Chaingun!!!

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September 10, 2006

Bork, Bork, Bork!!!!

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September 5, 2006

How Much Less Are You Making?

Kinda depressing seeing all those negative percents.

here's a handy map showing how far median incomes have dropped over the past six years. And it's good news for most of you: Compared to Michigan and North Carolina you're not doing so badly after all.

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August 25, 2006

Magic Sand

I want some of this stuff. Not sure what I would actually do with it all day, but it would be fun to play with:

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August 21, 2006

Funny Music Video on Treadmills

Some people have waaaaay to much free time on their hands.

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Ow!

So... you ever wonder what the worst sound in the world is? Just go here.

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July 28, 2006

Sys Admin Appreciation Day is Today!!!

Be sure to thank your friendly neighborhood System Administrator today!
System Administrator Appreciation Day

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July 25, 2006

Massive "Domino" Display

These guys have way to much time on their hands. Where did they get that many lighters!!!???

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It's On...

Kevin Rose from Digg.com responded recently to a comment made by a developer over at Netscape about some statements made concerning the differences between Digg.com and Netscape's "digg-like" website.
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July 17, 2006

Whole Foods and Brain Surgery

So I'm reading this article with an intriguing catch line asking readers what you say to someone after they wake up from brain surgery, and lo and behold he drops a short punch line about someone squeezing melons at Whole Foods (last line of first paragraph): <TIME.com: Yes, It Really Is Brain Surgery -- Page 1>

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July 12, 2006

Macplant

A very rare species of plant has been discovered at the University of Minnesota. <Mac Display-Attacking Plant ~ College of Biological Sciences>

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July 11, 2006

380 Ways to Freak Out Your Roommate

There are some funny things on this list. Most of them are pretty rediculous and many of them are just plain stupid, but still fun to read through. This is the longest list of these that I've seen: <380 Ways to Freak Out Your Roommate>

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July 4, 2006

Alex Albrecht from Diggnation in a DELL commercial

This is a commercial from DELL computers featuring Alex Albrecht of digg.com. It's very funny.

Uh, it's my butt!

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June 29, 2006

Wow...

Here's a gallery of lightning pictures from near Sydney, Australia. Very cool stuff; there's even tips on taking your own lightning photos.
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June 28, 2006

Funny, funny, funny!!!

This is wicked funny man. A bit by comedian Dane Cook set to in-game video from Halo2.
WARNING: explicit language

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June 27, 2006

Extended exposure - Space Shuttle Launch

This is a 5-minute extended exposure of the Space Shuttle Endeavour launching:
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This one time... at Band Camp...

I can't make this kind of stuff up:

Fight song?

Two 12-year-old West Allis boys were cited for disorderly conduct after getting into a fight at band rehearsal at Frank Lloyd Wright Middle School, 9501 W. Cleveland Ave., at 9:16 a.m. May 4. According to reports, one boy kicked the other several times and the other boy finished the fight by striking the first aggressor twice over the head with his trumpet.

Milwaukee, WI <link>4th story.

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June 26, 2006

Hole in One

Fuzzy Zoeller gets an amazing hole in one.

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Rubik's Cube Solving Robot

This is really cool, some university students designed and built a robot that can solve a Rubik's Cube in under a minute. It's really cool to see in action.

<link> w/video.

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Amazing WWII Fighter Plane Footage

This is some of the most incredible video footage I've ever seen!!! Recently desclassified footage from WWII fighter plane guncameras.

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June 16, 2006

MacGyver

Check out this great list:
List of problems solved by MacGyver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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June 15, 2006

World's Largest Camera, Picture

This is one of the coolest uses for a rundown building I've seen in a long time:
World's largest photo planned.

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June 9, 2006

DS Lite Booby-Trap?

Funny:

It wasn't until I removed the handful of shiny silver tinsel that I noticed the red and black wires and strange device taped to the bottom inside of the box.

Nintendo Booby-Traps DS Lite Press Boxes?

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June 8, 2006

X-Box Server

This is amusing: X-Box used as a server at a public university to save money on a server/pc.
The website is down because someone removed the X-Box

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May 30, 2006

More Lego Aircraft Carrier Pictures

The guy who was building a model of the USS Harry S. Truman is finally done. Click the link to see all the pictures available for this amazing creation!!!! <link>
This post is an update to this previous post.

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May 8, 2006

Guano Apes

Holy $h1t!!! This is some crazy stuff, this song is great. I first heard this as the music over a video for some crazy martial arts moves >video<. Here's the Guano Apes video: >link< | >lyrics<.

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May 4, 2006

Out of Control

This is a short (<3 min) video put together with some clips from Kingdom Hearts and the song "Out of Control" by Hoobastank. Check it out, pretty cool... I really like this song.
YouTube - Kingdom Hearts Out Of Control

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April 27, 2006

How many hours a week do you work?

The next time you think about complaining about the long hours that you work each week and the small amount of compensation you feel you get think about this guy's story; and the many other programmers that work for ridiculous hours and get paid for a fraction of that time. Yeah things are improving, but this used to be par for the course and until recently no one was bold enough to stand up to it.
A+E Interactive

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April 20, 2006

More Screen Real Estate = More Productivity

Here's an interesting take on the whole multiple monitors idea. Personally I'd love to have like 3-5 monitors on my desk that I could use to play games, web design, etc. We'll see what I can do.
The Virtues of a Second Screen - New York Times

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April 14, 2006

Windows Security Sucks - Here's Why

Here's an interesting look at what makes security on Windows so difficult compared to other free alternatives (read: Linux).
Why Windows is less secure than Linux

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April 13, 2006

Firefox ... Wheeeeeeeeee

This made me laugh good:
Firefoxflicks.com.

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April 11, 2006

fragged you...!

Here's a guy who says what a lot of prople are afraid to: they like first-person shooter games. Who doesn't, well apparently there are plenty of people that don't, but so what?! As he says in the article:

Let us praise the joys of double-wielding a pair of Uzis with unlimited ammo; let us delight in the gorgeous fractal carnage of a rocket launcher as it slams into your target. Let us talk openly about how just totally awesome it is to grab a fully loaded railgun in Quake 4 and wade into a mass of gibbering Strogg aliens and kill and kill and kill again, until there are guts on, like, the ceiling.

I mean come on, everyone needs a break from the humdrums of everyday life and kick back and blast a few mutant zombies once in a while.
Wired News: The Glory of the Shooter

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April 8, 2006

Stolen from Jameson

Go to Wikipedia and look up your birthday (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.

May 10th:

Three Facts

• 1869 - The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah (not Promontory Point, Utah) with the golden spike.


• 1940 - World War II: The first German bombs of the war fall on England at Chilham and Petham, in Kent.


• 1970 - Bobby Orr flew through the air as he scored the game winning goal of a game in the Stanley Cup Final.

Two Births

• 1838 - John Wilkes Booth, American actor and assassin of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1865)


• 1960 - Bono, Irish singer ( U2)

One Death

• 1818 - Paul Revere, American patriot (b. 1735)

Not bad, check out other facts about that day in history: Wikipedia.

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March 31, 2006

Big time update

Many of my more recent posts have been kinda dry and short. I've got this grand idea that I'll put stuff on here every day, but that's probably a little unrealistic given my attention span sometimes. I've got a couple of projects in my head and that I'm working on and it's difficult to split my time up between them all. I'd like to spend more time re-working my website, as well as working on a model of the nuclear power plant that my dad is working on, and reading a new book, not to mention some minor improvements around the house (read installing a shelf in the kitchen). Erin and I have also gotten ourselves hooked on watching the first season of Lost; we've gotten through the 3rd DVD in the set.

I've been working every day and it's gets tedious at times, but I look at it as a stepping stone to bigger/better things down the road. I've spoken to my Store Team Leader at length and she's willing to work with me to help me get the necessary training/certifications that I need to continue on my career path. She knows that this isn't where I want to be; that I'd be much happier in a position where I got to use tech every day all the time, instead of once in a while here when someone has a question about a program. The computers don't break that often, not because they're well built/maintained (they don't have to be), but because the people using them don't know that much about computers so it's hard for them to muck 'em up. I'm hoping to get some certifications under my belt and then once Erin is done with her degree we can seriously think about where we want to go and I can start putting out feelers as to the possibility of moving up to a regional IT position within the company. I really don't like working in the store, well mainly I don't like working in a grocery store, but I'm in a much better position than I was when I was slicing deli meat and slinging chicken wings, but I'd like to get out of the retail world and into something a little more tech oriented; i.e. the regional help desk, or even a regional IT infrastructure guy.

Erin and I have been sitting down each weekend for the past 2 weeks and planning our meals for the upcoming week. It's been going really well and other than switching around the days, we've pretty much stuck to our menu. It's made the evenings much less stressful because we no longer come home from work/school and ask each other "what do you want to have for dinner?" We know and we just start making it. It's great, plus we have greatly diversified our palate by having things like fish, pork loin, and roast beef; no more just plain mac & cheese or some lame-ass chicken (we still have chicken, it's just more creative).

I still haven't figured out a good way to relax on the weekends. It seems like every chunk of time I get on the weekends ends up being used to do something. That's why I'm looking forward to the trips we have planned coming up. We'll be in Delaware the first weekend in May for Meriah's graduation, and then she's coming out here the end of May for a week. Plus we're hoping to either go to Alabama to see Erin's family this summer, or have them come out here (I still need to look again at my vacation time and see what I can afford to use to take time off - over a weekend will probably be best). August is when I'll be in Las Vegas for Dan's party for a weekend, then in September we'll be in Massachusetts for Dan and Niki's wedding. I just wish I could have a weekend where I didn't have to go anywhere unless I wanted to, and I could do whatever popped into my head. I know that's wishful thinking, but... um yeah.

Welll I've blabbed my head for a while and I can't think of anything else that's going on now that worth noting... OH, the other day the Dept of Agriculture came in to do their routine random audit for scan accuracy and we did awesome. The last time he came in to do this we had 11 discrepancies; this time we had 4 and if 3 of those things had had signs like they were supposed to we would have have only one thing wrong and that's a huge improvement. I was elated because it showed that I've been doing a pretty good job of making sure things are cool, and it gave me some confidence moving forward on my regularly scheduled audits throughout the store that I should not be finding that many errors as I go. Makes my job easier, and it makes the store look better. My goal now is for there to be 0 errors next time they come in to do this type of random 100-item audit. WOOHOO!!!

Ok, now I'm done.

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March 18, 2006

Lego Aircract Carrier

This is really cool: Ezprezzo.com - Aircraft carrier entirely made of Lego

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March 17, 2006

Bond... James Bond

Yesterday when I got to work this car was sitting in the parking lot and so I just had to park near it... and take a picture with my cell phone.

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February 18, 2006

Inside the mind of Computer Dave

I've been thinking a lot lately about where I want to go with my career and I've had some ideas that are actually really exciting to me.

One of them is the proposition of the creation of a new position at work (regionally, at least) for a technical trainer. The person in that position would be responsible for training people on how to use the different programs that their job required; eg. Microsoft Outlook for email, or Excel for purchasing/schedulling. They would also be responsible for creating documentation to accompany the use of certain websites; eg. requesting new products, sending electronic sign requests, etc.

The other idea I had was to pursue a position in technical support or IT with the company my dad works for. This idea came to me just recently (this morning) because I know that they are working on some plans for a nuclear power plant that they hope will be chosen when the US decides to build its next nuclear plant.

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February 9, 2006

Amazing PC case-mod

This is some cool $h1t! Really authentic looking PC case-mod designed to look like a portable radio from the Wolfenstein movie/game.
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/wolfenstein-radio-pc

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February 2, 2006

Backwards Food Chain

Well here's an interesting story: Spider snacks on snake. Apparently a spider related to the Black Widow caught and killed a small Aurora house snake in South America. Following the link will provide you with a more detailed description of what happened, as well as some believe-it-when-you-see-it pictures of the snake in the spider's web. There's also some updated information about the type of spider the story is about (brown button spider) and other spiders related to it.

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January 21, 2006

digg

Some of you may be wondering where I get some of the links I get. Well I frequent numerous news and information websites, but the one that by far is the best for finding new stuff is digg.com, this site is different than places like Slashdot.org or Fark.com because all the links posted to the website are shown. This site is known as a social bookmarking site because it lets registered (free) users post links to things and then see what others have posted and "digg" them which adds them to a personalized page of all stories "dugg" by a particular user. You can view stories I've 'dugg' by click here. This site is mainly tech related things, but more recently it's started to get away from being just technical/computer related and there are some really cool things on there. I also like to read Techdirt, but there's a lot of overlap between Digg.com and Techdirt; one difference is that Techdirt is a blog and each entry is someone's opinion/take on a particular article or submission. For just straight news stories, I often will peruse CNN.com, but I don't normally read that much there. Take a look when you get a chance.

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January 20, 2006

MENSA test

Try this out, it can be a little maddening after you get a few that are easy. Post a comment on how you scored and I'll let you know how I did! :)
MENSA INTELLIGENCE TEST

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Things Look Better From Space

Here's an amazing collection of photographs of the auroras taken from the space shuttle by one of its astronauts. Check them out!
EO Study: Aurora Dancing in the Night

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January 18, 2006

Umass-Amherst in the news; not what you think

So I was reading my normal sites today and came across this article from Techdirt.

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Computers...

Here's a funny quote I read today.

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. - Rick Cook

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January 13, 2006

blah, blah, blah

This is just a bunch of things that are running through my head at the moment:

I'm starting to want to find something more/better/different for a job; something that will have me using more of the skills I have. I'd like to stay with the company I'm with, but in order to move up to something like that it will involve moving and since we only just got to New Mexico and Erin's not done with school that makes that a non-option.

I'm frustrated because there are a lot of things I want to do or buy or places to go to and right now none of them are possible because of one of two things: money or time; we don't have any extra $$ and we don't have any extra time.

It'd be nice if we could go out to dinner once-in-a-while, or take a trip somewhere, or get a puppy like we want, or change things in the house (we can't because we're renting), or a million other things.

For me it's tough to describe what I want to do, job-wise, but I have no problem describing what I don't want to do. I want a job where I'm being challenged mentally; I want a job that requires me to learn new skills instead of simply using what I already know; I want a job that has room for promotion, both monetarily and in responsibility (I'm at the top right now without moving outside the store); I want a job that is fun while being all those others things; I want a job that I want to go to each day (granted there are days like that now, but not as many as I'd like). Basically... I want the perfect job for me, but I'm not sure how to find it or if it even exists right now.

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November 23, 2005

The World is a Little Bit Safer Now...

Today the world is a small bit safer thanks to one man. Shortly after receiving a new XBOX 360, this is what happened: link. The website where this started is smashmyxbox.com. Apparently it was a social prank to destroy it in front of all the other people who waited in line to pay the insane price of $400 for this new thing. They collected donations to pay for it. These guys are also the people responsible for smashmyipod.com.

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November 21, 2005

The Best Christmas Lights Display Ever

This is incredible; this guy put all these lights on his house and then synchronized it to a rock Christmas song! It's awesome, check it out at the link here: Lights Display.

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October 26, 2005

Rare, First Edition Hobbit Book

Bauman Rare Books : 1-800-99-BAUMAN

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B.Y.O.B

Heard this song on the radio again today and thought the lyrics were interesting.

System of a Down - B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Bombs)

WHY DO THEY ALWAYS SEND THE POOR!
Barbarisms by Barbaras
With pointed heels.
Victorious, victorious, kneel.
For brand new spankin' deals.
Marching forward hypocritic
And hypnotic computers.
You depend on our protection,

Yet you feed us lies from the table cloth.
La la la la la la la la la,
Everybody's going to the party have a real good time.
Dancing in the desert blowing up the sunshine.

Kneeling roses disappearing,
Into Moses' dry mouth,
Breaking into Fort Knox,
Stealing our intentions,
Hangars sitting dripped in oil,
Crying FREEDOM!

Handed to obsoletion,
Still you feed us lies from the table cloth.
La la la la la la la la la,
Everybody's going to the party have a real good time.
Dancing in the desert blowing up the sunshine.
Everybody's going to the party have a real good time.
Dancing in the desert blowing up the sunshine.

Blast off, its Party time,
And we don't live in a fascist nation,
Blast off , its party time,
And where the fuck are you?
... Yeah
Where the fuck are you?
Where the fuck are you?

Why don't presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor?
Why don't presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor? [X4]

Kneeling roses disappearing,
Into Moses' dry mouth,
Breaking into Fort Knox,
Stealing our intentions,
Hangars sitting dripped in oil,
Crying FREEDOM!

Handed to obsoletion,
Still you feed us lies from the tablecloth.
La la la la la la la la la,
Everybody's going to the party have a real good time.
Dancing in the desert blowing up the sunshine.
Everybody's going to the party have a real good time.
Dancing in the desert blowing up the sunshine.

Where the fuck are you!
Where the fuck are you!

Why don't presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor?
Why don't presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor? [X3]
Why, do, they always send the poor [X3]
They only send the poor [x2]

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October 25, 2005

Babbling Idiots Unite

So this image was sent to all the ISSC's in the Southwest region today, it made me laugh for about 15 minutes, I had to watch it several times. One of the funniest things I've seen in a long time.

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October 18, 2005

Fluffernutter

GUESS WHAT?! I found out that I can get Marshmallow Fluff out here in the Southwest! I've got to check with one of the stores around here to see if they carry it, but if not I can order it direct from the factory in Lynn, Massachusetts. :) I'm so happy, although it might take a little nudging to get some of the people here to actually try a Fluffernutter, or Fluff-a-nutter as I say. I can't wait.
At least I'll be able to have some of the things I'm used to from New England. If you're interested there is actually a website for Marshmallow Fluff that I found and it has some interesting facts about the product.

UPDATE: Well I was wrong, the only thing you can get out here is something called Kraft Jet Puffed Marshmallow Creme. YUCK!!! It's comforting to know that my parents are sending me some Marshmallow Fluff soon.

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October 10, 2005

Silly computer geek, the XGf250-n is for kids!

In a few minutes a computer can make a mistake so great that it would have taken many men many months to equal it. - Anonymous

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September 21, 2005

Lightningkangaroo

Things are starting to gel around here, the house finally looks like we want it to; except we don't have many wall hangings yet (those are in the mail, I hope). We had our first house-guest when Jon was here, and we've had dinner several times at the kitchen table. Our daily routines are becoming more streamlined and I'm getting better at remembering when Erin has classes.

I'll be working on posting pictures from Jon's trip later today. He got some real good ones of the VLA as well as some real nice ones of the sunset behind our house one night. Even the pictures he took from the plane on his way out here were incredible. Check back for an update when those get posted.

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September 13, 2005

Powersalmon

Here is a quote from a friend of mine's AIM away message:

The Way It Ought To Be
The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends.
I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time.
And then you die. What's that? A bonus?
I think the life-cycle is all backwards.
You should die first and get it all over with.
Then you live in an old age home.
You get kicked out when you're too young.
You get a gold watch.
You go to work.
You work forty years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement.
You do drugs, alcohol and party.
You get ready for high school.
You go to grade school and become a kid.
You play. You have no responsibilities.
You become a little baby & go back into the womb.
You spend your last nine months floating...

Then, you finish off as an orgasm.

I like it.

I thought it was pretty funny.

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September 12, 2005

Spacesheep

I was surfing the web while on my lunch break and I came across an interesting article. The most interesting thing from this article is this quote:

"People need to understand politically and socially that porn was not born yesterday, that it's fundamentally harmless, and that people have been looking at it forever."

Here is the article: This Old Porn Is New Again (Wired News - Safe For Work)

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September 8, 2005

Firehippopotamus

Yesterday I upgraded my blog software and while messing around with it I erased the style sheet I had created to control how my blog looked. Needless to say I was upset, I spent about an hour recreating it from other files and then another 30-45 minutes further customizing things to get it back to as close I could to how it looked before the upgrade. Next time I'm backing up more than just my blog software.

I also spent my afternoon yesterday rearranging my office to try and get things a little more organized. I also wanted to see what was in all the boxes that I have in here.

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August 31, 2005

Hyperspider

Another commercial that I really think is funny is the Malibu Rum commercial of the bus stop in Jamaica. (link)
This one is seriously funny... "It's total gridlock!"

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August 29, 2005

Jungleturkey

So I finally found a recording of the Wendy's Ranch Tooth commercial! Yeah!! Enjoy!

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August 23, 2005

Seapony

If anyone has a recording on their computer of the Wendy's Ranch Tooth commercial, could you send me a link to it, or email me. I've been searching for a video clip of that commercial with no luck. I think it's one of the funniest commercials I've seen in a while and I wanted to have it.

NEways, things are going well here in Flatsville. Actually it's not that flat, well except for we live. We have mountains on either side of us, but they're over 70 miles away!

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