Category: video

01/09/08 08:01 - 41ºF - ID#42803

My Birthday is Coming Up...

...why don't you get me a taser/mp3 player?

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Words: 16
Location: Buffalo, NY

01/08/08 03:53 - 65ºF - ID#42791

Thanks!

Thank you everyone for advice last week about my problem, but I hope you can understand why I've made the journal private now. The internet being what it is and all...

Feeling much better this week!

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Words: 36
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: tv

01/05/08 08:26 - 35ºF - ID#42762

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

::Download Flash Video::

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

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Words: 7
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: buffalo

01/04/08 11:26 - 29ºF - ID#42753

Albright Knox

Tonight at the Albright Knox we ran into (e:Janelle) and (e:Drew), as well as (separately) (e:Dcoffee).

Good to see you all!!

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Words: 24
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: technology

01/03/08 10:52 - 22ºF - ID#42743

Nuke it from orbit, it's...

...the only way to be sure.

Too many years doing systems, networking, and server administration for Windows has left me scarred. I left that whole mess many years ago, but it seems the corporate standard is still Windows XP, and as a web programmer these last 4 or so years, I still have to test stuff in IE.

My method to keep everything free of viruses and yet not have to run anti-virus software is to install a clean copy of XP, make three clones (one to keep pristine to regenerate from and one for IE6 and one for IE7), and then destroy the working clones every month or so to make sure nothing goes wrong with them.

I'm having to recreate my base XP image tonight though, since I'm moving from one VM system to another. I can't believe I'm still dealing with this old friend of mine. It's a bit nostalgic to go through the setup process again.

On the plus side, every year that goes by and Vista takes over, that's a nail in the coffin for IE6, and more I feel free to say: 'oh... well I've used Vista, but I don't know how to fix it/upgrade it/install it/troubleshoot it, sorry!'. I'm figuring around 2011 I can stop supporting XP/IE6. That means that XP will have been in use by me for about 10 years. That's sooo much longer then I'd ever thought possible.

Technological growth is still quick, but certain technologies are slowing down. Desktop computers and operating systems won't really advance by leaps and bounds any more. Most of the low hanging fruit is gone.

Sure, I'll update my hardware often (I'm already a bit crazy about being limited to 2gb of RAM), but the OS just matters less and less. As much as I love my Mac it is mostly because I feel like it stays out of my way and becomes more invisible all the time.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: politics

01/03/08 09:26 - 22ºF - ID#42742

Iowa Caucus

On the Democratic side the results seem to be coming in in the order that I wished for:

On the Republican side the anti-reality wacko and slimy politicians are on top:

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: nerdery

01/03/08 03:36 - 18ºF - ID#42739

vmware Fusion

I just switched from Parallels for Mac to VMWare Fusion, so that I can run windows and solaris on my MacBook. I'm converting all my virtual machine images right now. It runs so much better, I can't believe it. I should have switched forever ago. It was on sale last week and I'm lucky I bought it. No more fighting with craptastic lockups and slowness.

I'm just waiting for the last thing to migrate over now and then I can delete Parallels. Wishing I had 4gb of RAM though, it's hard to keep multiple VM's open at the same time with 2gb plus my usual apps open.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: vintage kooks

01/02/08 08:50 - 17ºF - ID#42728

BEHOLD THE TIMECUBE

EARTH HAS 4 CORNER SIMULTANEOUS 4-DAY TIME CUBE WITHIN SINGLE ROTATION.

Religious Singularity is evil,
Academic Singularity is evil.
Singularity is damnable lie,
Educators altered your mind,
You cannot think opposite of
what you were taught to think.
You have a cyclop perspective
and taught android mentality =
lobotomized analytical ability.
Educated singularity stupid -
You can't think4 corner days.

TIMECUBE

jenks writes at 10:55:14 01/03/08 - Comment #29843: whoaaa.
that is some serious psychopathology right there.

enknot writes at 10:15:31 01/03/08 - Comment #29837: YOU are the lowest form.
YOU can't procreate alone.
YOU destroyed the village.
YOU destroyed the family.
YOU destroyed childhood.
YOU destroyed naturalism.
YOU don't know the Truth.
YOU pitiful mindless fools,
YOU are educated stupid.
YOU worship cubeless word.
YOU are your own poison.
YOU create your own hell.
YOU must seek Time Cube.
YOU must seek Time Cube.
YOU must seek Time Cube.
YOU must seek Time Cube.
YOU must seek Time Cube.
YOU must seek Time Cube.
YOU must seek Time Cube.
YOU must seek Time Cube.
YOU must seek Time Cube.

ok... who's game to start a band named Time Cube that draws all it's influence and songs from this web site? I've saved the whole site to my HDD, so they can't destroy our source material. Um, you must have a undying passion for cubes, and hallucinogenic drugs... (but only legal ones like, salvia, fruit cake, and menstrual cycles.) and if you ever show up to practice sober your out of the band! Seek the cube! Obey you thirst!

joshua writes at 10:08:54 01/03/08 - Comment #29836: Here is Gene Ray's wiki page - :::link::: - the man used to be a marble enthusiast and wanted to set up a world marbles tournament!

joshua writes at 10:06:43 01/03/08 - Comment #29835: Wow - this is good, ol' fashioned crazy. This was my favorite:

I have requested that the UCS, or
Union of Concerned Scientists, act
to evaluate Nature's Harmonic Time
Cube Principle of Creation - for the
welfare of children, nature and the
future of all humanity. The dumb,
stupid and evil bastards have ignored
their obligation to their humanity
fellowship to research Time Cube,
and deserve to be spit upon publicly.
It is their moral duty to test Time
Cube, and a curse of evil if they ignore
the greatest discovery of humanity.

They deserve to be spat upon publicly!!!

kookcity2000 writes at 12:25:33 01/03/08 - Comment #29828: euclidian space just got TOLD

jbeatty writes at 10:46:26 01/02/08 - Comment #29825: Pages? I only noticed one. It's almost as confusing as listening to that Jack Van Impe televangelist guy.

james writes at 09:03:11 01/02/08 - Comment #29819: what?

What?

I mean, he just goes on and on.

I have read three pages of this stuff, and I couldn't understand a single sentence.

I mean, the semantics alone were staggering. They made no sense what so ever, like a yogi porn star with crippling scoliosis.

dear god.

why?

why?