Today is my last day of work as the Mutlimedia Specialist at Canisius. It is bound to be a grueling day, as I think everyone will come to ask for help this last chance they get.

The server is getting better everyday. I appologize for this not being the most interesting topic but I promise it will be the coolest result. I have learned so much more about server admin this last week. Now I am really getting to be a pro at it. Well not exactly, but I am much more confident in being able to make it do whatever I want and I love CentOS.

One of the lastest upgrades now allows me to convert regular video to flash .flv video files using the command prompt - which means php can do it - making video accessible to more users via the flash player. That in addition to having extra space will allow us to incorporate a lot more video into the site.

I have been working feaverishly to get the new estrip server set up exactly how I want it. I decided to use CentOS because it is stable and tested and provides me with what I need.

Well, even if I don't like Ruby on Rails enopugh to switch yet, I have to say setup takes about a 5 minutes which sure as hell beats setting up PHP the way I want it. It could be because I have very customized desires for PHP while I have no ideas what I want form Ruby yet. Either way it was fast and easy. The next part I am working on is the mail server. That is my least favorite part but I guess in the end, one day to set up a really rad server is worth it.

It is very unusual for us to make a day out of the suburbs but today (e:lilho), (e:terry), (e:matthew) and I made it out to superflea and amvets in cheetowaga. I found nothing I wanted at either but realized that the is an entire market around old/stolen cell phones that I definately need to look into. Maybe I can just get a cheap side camera phone for now.

I am so sick of not being able to take normal pics with the oh so fancy nokia 7710. i cannot belive the camera is broken as the camera was the selling point for me. I have been redued from 1.3MP to 300pixels as only the preview of the image looks normal.

Amvets had this scary doll reaching up at me. I felt bad for her.



We ate at fuddruckers. I guess I have made a full 360 since the days (e:hodown) and I locked their doors with superglue during a vegan terrorism raid.



They had all these local history images.



I also got to eat ostrich. It really does taste just like beef. Suburban food is really crappy though, at east in comparison to something like Jimmy Macs.

The superflea had so much strange crap. Stuff I couldn't even imagine befoe like this 14k and diamond jesus. It seems so anti-jesus to me.



(e:terry) contemplates his food at fuddruckers.

I think I am going to get the Motorola Q when it comes out.



I have decided that I am done with the piece of crap nokia 7710 forever. It had such potential. I know that I bought a phone not made in the USA but it is ridiculous that the camera stopped working [inlink]paul,3983[/inlink] only 3 months after i bought the $400 phone. I just want to get the camera fixed. I understand that it is not under warranty. I am willin got pay to have it fixed. What is more ridiculous is that they sent this totally insane email as my reponse to a repair request.

My favorite part about this email is the accented e in America at the closing.

Dear Paul,

Thank you for e-mailing the Nokia Care Contact Center.

We apologize for the delay in responding to your e-mail message and appreciate your patience.

We will be happy to assist you with your inquiry regarding the concerns you are experiencing with the image stripes on your Nokia 7710 Widescreen Smartphone. We can provide the following information:

The Nokia 7710 Widescreen Smartphone you purchased will not be supported by our Authorized Service Center for evaluation or repair. We only support products purchased and intended for use in the United States; the Nokia 7710 Widescreen Smartphone has not been released in the United States.

It is recommended that you contact Cingular Wireless at 1-800-331-0500 or original point-of-purchase for warranty and repair options. You may also find support, warranty and repair information for your Nokia 7710 Widescreen Smartphone at www.nokia.com.

We hope this information helps you.

If you have any additional questions, please contact us. To ensure proper handling, please continue to use the current subject line.

Thank you for choosing Nokia for your mobile needs.

América
E-mail Specialist
Nokia Inc.

P.S. In an effort to continuously improve Nokia's service to you, please complete
our short 8 question E-mail Care Survey.

As you may recall from my journal last night, I was waiting on (e:lilho) and and (e:terry) to return so that I could stop working on the server and go out dancing. At around 1:30am they came home and everyone was super drunk on white russians that (e:lilho) made.

At that point (e:mike) had already given up and gone home. We decided that we would go out anyways. I really wanted to take a break from server admin crap and I thought danicng would provide suitable exercise.

[size=m]Why they invented child locks[/size]
About 5 minutes into the trip down mainstreet citybound (e:lilho) says, "I need to puke." She unrolls the window and I thought she was just going to pull an (e:southernyankee) but instead she just opens the door and just kind of rolls out head first while the car was moving down mainstreet. Mind you she was not unconscious or anything. We were carrying on a conversation right before this.

Luckily we were turning into a parking lot but we were going about 10 miles per hour. Unfortunately, she did lose her purse and her ID in the incident. Well, at least she thinks so. Might put a crimp on her trip to NYC.

I have never had anyone do that. I yelled stop and tried to grab her but it was too late she just ejected like a pilot in a plane going down. Thank god she didn't get ran over. I mean it could have been a really traggic situation. I am going to refer to it as NTS, "Near Traggic Situation" (Visco, 2005).

Read the same story from (e:terry)'s perspective [inlink]terry,451[/inlink]

We never made it to see Darren Jay, by the time we got there are around 3:15am they were still charging $10, so we left.