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Monday, September 14, 2009

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They're spreading my mixes, so I guess that's good - just wish they didn't stream it directly from me every time. Check out one my top 10 visitors - a very well stocked Chinese MP3 site! mp3.youdao.com
Google translates, most of the english stuff is in English so you can probobly find a few things.

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Thursday, April 16, 2009

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Frikkin lovin ASOT #400 while I work:
A State of Trance #400 - live April 16, 17, 18

And please... think of Kanye West and download his latest single: Gay Fish.

Labels: link, mp3, music, rave, video

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Sunday, January 25, 2009

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So I've spent the weekend... well, I guess that could be extended to the past month, doing computer stuff. I placed the hardware order on December 31st (so I could include it in the business costs for 2008) and received them on the 7th or so.

From there on it's been computers, computers, computers. I upgrade my own to free up a power supply and memory for my new Media PC for the living room. I took all the old stuff I had and got a brand new media pc case for it all. It's about the size (amazingly close in size) to my receiver and now have it all nicely arranged in the new entertainment center.

The original order started with Jamie. Her computer was up to the gill in spyware and antivirus and she was looking for a way to record TV. Since the existing setup couldn't quite pull that off I came up with a solution for her - a Media PC / desktop. That got me thinking about an actual media PC for myself and lead to me ordering the new case and replacement parts for my desktop so those old parts would be available for the Media PC.

In any case I came up with a really nice Thermaltake box case (like a shuttle case on steriods) and TV card arrangement. I waited on the TV card for myself until I could confirm if Comcast is QAM in my area. Per my experience with Jamie's PC being plugged into my cabe I can confirm it is not. They give me one digital channel in high quality off the line and it's always an add for a Wrestling PPV. So the only channels on my network are analog and most of those have that little known property that Comcast actually just got fined for - many of the channels say "this channel is still available on the digital teir" to try and entice the $13 a month-ers.

So I was working on 3 computers, more upgrading 1, making another from old parts in a new case and building a new system. Then Joe from Finishline called me. I haven't done business with him in a while - over a year in fact. It got where I was spending a lot of time supporting him over the phone with questions and the like and not getting anything from it. I finally started charging him for phone support and he didn't pay those invoices. I took the loss and moved on but he recently started calling me again when "his computer got stolen". He had taken it to a local shop for repair and they closed up and took his computer with them. They didn't return it and wouldn't return his calls. He ended up getting it back but it had been in the middle of a system refresh and was apart all over the place. He was in a bind and I'm planning on charging full price, so I agreed - that made the 4th.

So here I am in the office all weekend, with multiple computers on a KVM going back and forth between them, installing, downloading drivers, tweaking, and loving it. Of course, my ADD (or so the pamphlets would have me believe) never lets me focus for very long so I'm in and out of the office as things format and download so I'm not completely holed up the whole time. As a matter of fact I even had dinner with my wife last night, then we watched the office (had to resort to Hulu due to the cable issues) and then caught up on the Kyle XY finale from last year (we'll probably check out this season tonight). I then had Nicole try out Civ on the PS3. It's a pretty good game, and she didn't experience anywhere near the performance problems I had. She won via domination but to be fair she was building the United Nations... it just happened that Abraham Lincoln got his panties in a bunch before it could get completed.

So though I've been busy this weekend, but all in all it's been fairly enjoyable. The only thing I might like more is if the office was clean, but I can get around to that once I'm not using it to build. I so need to sort through my stuff and throw out the old parts(PIII and under). As it is I could never receive purely professional customers.

Side note - found this while browsing: The Unwanted Blog
It's got a lot of very cool general interest stuff as well as technological and historical items. A great blend of all things I'm interested in.

Labels: 3dmark, games for windows, graphics, hardware, link, technology, vista

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side note about the link - of course nothing is perfect and though this blog is great otherwise, he does seem a bit bitter about Obama. Just have a little hope, give it some time, and I'll welcome your point of view in a couple years.

By Josh, at Sunday, January 25, 2009 2:09:00 PM

Sunday, May 18, 2008

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My Niece has a Melon

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Thursday, May 08, 2008

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So I'm working from home today, collected a few tidbits durring my hours upon hours of meetings:
There is still no concrete info on the Wii pole dance game
EA PR is spinning, Tech is confirming they suck
Ever wonder if your local sewage treatment is up to snuff? Holyoke's isn't.
Kind of a dramatic image of an old Iraqi woman not quite the caliber of the Afghanistan girl from Time, but still powerful.

*update* gotta hand it to MSN, they find some cool stuff, particularly Jott - a free service where you can dictate text messages.

Labels: commentary, environment, games, games for windows, Iraq culture, link

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Miss the Simpsons? how about the Family Guy? They're all here on Hulu for free... with like 1 commercial if you don't skip around a lot.

Labels: link, video

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Sunday, March 02, 2008

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now for a bit of lighter fare:
10 Futuristic Computer Designs - some make use of connectivity, but the impressive stuff makes use of flexible organic displays.
10 unusual places to stay on vacation - includes a giant dog, underwater, and cave dwellings.

Labels: fun, link

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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

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Check out Esquire's list of how to be a mindless clone.

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Saturday, February 09, 2008

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Some random stuff for today. I was trying to use the VISTA dictation but it's very difficult. It types when you want to select something on the screen and it selects something on the screen when you want to type. It always seems to assume the opposite of what I actually want to do.

A creepy message to Scientology ~ where do I sign up?
Newsweek article about it.

Labels: link, video, vista

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Thursday, January 31, 2008

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An interesting article - blue eyes are related to Melanoma.

EA announced "Battlefield Heros", due out this summer. It's from the Battlefield 1942 and Battlefield 2 team and it's FREE. However before you go screaming in delight like a little girl... it's cartoon (cell shaded?) and there will most likely be a ton of kids playing. They'll probably use it as a springboard for all their other games and/or something 12 year olds like.

Labels: games, games for windows, history, link

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Monday, January 07, 2008

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All these mulititudes of core... no code to back them... what a shame.
Step up and code in paralell!

Oh, and here's a fun little Red Sox vs Yankees tit-bit.

Labels: link, programming, video

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Wednesday, January 02, 2008

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Here are some of the best Fark headlines from 2007

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Saturday, July 28, 2007

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Scientists at Yellowstone have just discovered a Microbe that converts light into energy.

Labels: link, science

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Monday, May 21, 2007

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And here's some pics of the backyard, as seen by me, rather stationarilyily by me(ilyily) lounging working on bills and webstuff this afternoon(ilyily).