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08/13/2007 18:32 #40521
the blobfishCategory: life
I had never seen a fish that looked like this before:
08/07/2007 23:43 #40433
zen and the beat wayCategory: life
Thank you guys for the good advice regarding the computer situation! I'm still mulling my options, but I really appreciated your insight on it.
I was trying to think of a way to make it up to Buffalo for weds because the India Gate outing seems like fun. I wish I could- but I definitely hope that you'll have a terrific time.
I'm doing good, I guess. I'm moving to Albany in two weeks. The next day, I have my orientation for being a TA and stuff like that. A couple days after that, I start my jobs and classes. Right now, I'm mostly just working on packing, cleaning, errands, etc. I have to read a 700 page book on the history of historiography for the first day of class. Yeah. My neighbor sold me a great mountain bike that's almost brand-new for twenty bucks. I'm really excited to have a bike again.
For fun, I've been reading "Zen and the Beat Way"- a series of transcribed radio lectures that Alan Watts did. Watts was kind of a peripheral figure within the beat movement who spent time with Snyder, Kerouac, Ginsberg, etc. I think he was a minor character in one of my favorite Kerouac books, "The Dharma Bums". As a book, it doesn't seem to be very much about the essence of Zen Buddhism. It is more about how eastern culture and philosophy impacted the countercultural scene in the 50's.
I was trying to think of a way to make it up to Buffalo for weds because the India Gate outing seems like fun. I wish I could- but I definitely hope that you'll have a terrific time.
I'm doing good, I guess. I'm moving to Albany in two weeks. The next day, I have my orientation for being a TA and stuff like that. A couple days after that, I start my jobs and classes. Right now, I'm mostly just working on packing, cleaning, errands, etc. I have to read a 700 page book on the history of historiography for the first day of class. Yeah. My neighbor sold me a great mountain bike that's almost brand-new for twenty bucks. I'm really excited to have a bike again.
For fun, I've been reading "Zen and the Beat Way"- a series of transcribed radio lectures that Alan Watts did. Watts was kind of a peripheral figure within the beat movement who spent time with Snyder, Kerouac, Ginsberg, etc. I think he was a minor character in one of my favorite Kerouac books, "The Dharma Bums". As a book, it doesn't seem to be very much about the essence of Zen Buddhism. It is more about how eastern culture and philosophy impacted the countercultural scene in the 50's.
museumchick - 08/08/07 14:56
I am. What did you think of it?
I am. What did you think of it?
james - 08/08/07 10:17
Are you reading "The Noble Dream" by Peter Novak?
Are you reading "The Noble Dream" by Peter Novak?
08/04/2007 12:56 #40376
jess goes hi-techCategory: tech
Do you guys know of any books or websites that might show me how to install a new cd/dvd drive for my computer (an HP laptop.)? The cd drive on my laptop has been broken quite awhile and I'm thinking of buying one to replace it (at newegg.com or something like that). The problem at hand is that I tend to be a computer moron.
metalpeter - 08/04/07 14:15
What I'm going to say maybe of no help at all to you. It used to be that some stores if if you bought your computer there and then took it back there and bought a new drive for it there they would install it for free. However that store was CompUSA and not sure if they are even in business anymore, and I don't know if any other stores would do that. I'm sure that some places that sell computers would do that for a fee but I have no idea what that fee is. In any event I wish you the best of luck.
What I'm going to say maybe of no help at all to you. It used to be that some stores if if you bought your computer there and then took it back there and bought a new drive for it there they would install it for free. However that store was CompUSA and not sure if they are even in business anymore, and I don't know if any other stores would do that. I'm sure that some places that sell computers would do that for a fee but I have no idea what that fee is. In any event I wish you the best of luck.
theecarey - 08/04/07 13:39
there *so* was not any other comments when I wrote mine, haha. Otherwise, "ditto" to (e:carolinian) comment; atleast they are complimentary to each other!
there *so* was not any other comments when I wrote mine, haha. Otherwise, "ditto" to (e:carolinian) comment; atleast they are complimentary to each other!
theecarey - 08/04/07 13:36
laptop, huh? ok. And no prior ripping apart computers experience? ok. Assuming your HP in no longer under warranty (and you've tried different disks, cleaned it and the connection is good)- plug your model info into a search, "HP xxx123abc Laptop service manual" If there is one for your model and you feel comfortable opening up the laptop, then go for it. Ive done desktops (easy enough)-- nothing so far on a laptop, but Ive wondered enough to look into this before (mad scientist).
I know some models require pretty much a quick click of a button to get old out and new in.... others are more complicated and *everything* must be done in a specific manner correctly. So yeh, check the service manual.
even so, I think its doable!
adding an external drive is always an option, if you dont mind the extra laptop appendage.
laptop, huh? ok. And no prior ripping apart computers experience? ok. Assuming your HP in no longer under warranty (and you've tried different disks, cleaned it and the connection is good)- plug your model info into a search, "HP xxx123abc Laptop service manual" If there is one for your model and you feel comfortable opening up the laptop, then go for it. Ive done desktops (easy enough)-- nothing so far on a laptop, but Ive wondered enough to look into this before (mad scientist).
I know some models require pretty much a quick click of a button to get old out and new in.... others are more complicated and *everything* must be done in a specific manner correctly. So yeh, check the service manual.
even so, I think its doable!
adding an external drive is always an option, if you dont mind the extra laptop appendage.
carolinian - 08/04/07 13:25
First off, what is the model of your HP?
If the CD's drives in that model are removable, you can buy a new drive and just pop it in. You can tell if a CD drive is removable because there's often a button or slider switch on the bottom of the computer that slides back and forth. Probably the best place to buy such drives is ebay.
If the CD drive is non-removable, then you have two choices:
1. Pay someone to do it (disadvantage: $$$)
2. Either get handy/fearless with a screw driver and open up the computer's innards (disadvantage: messy, may not be able to put the computer back together again)
3. Get an external CD drive that plugs into your computer's USB port and use that (disadvantage: not easy to carry around with you, may not be able to boot off it if you need to do a clean install of windows. I don't know).
First off, what is the model of your HP?
If the CD's drives in that model are removable, you can buy a new drive and just pop it in. You can tell if a CD drive is removable because there's often a button or slider switch on the bottom of the computer that slides back and forth. Probably the best place to buy such drives is ebay.
If the CD drive is non-removable, then you have two choices:
1. Pay someone to do it (disadvantage: $$$)
2. Either get handy/fearless with a screw driver and open up the computer's innards (disadvantage: messy, may not be able to put the computer back together again)
3. Get an external CD drive that plugs into your computer's USB port and use that (disadvantage: not easy to carry around with you, may not be able to boot off it if you need to do a clean install of windows. I don't know).
- 2 is probably would be my preferred of the second non-removable options.
08/02/2007 05:57 #40350
peanutsCategory: poems
Peanuts by Charles Bukowski:
answers that never arrive by Bukowski
answers that never arrive
I sit by the window and listen to the rain
come down
and I think about why we
do these things
we sit with our elbows on these
brick walls,
talking
bickering
lamenting the passing of our youth,
and what it means to be
young.
we write letters to Santa Claus
tell him about how
we've been good
we should get presents
waiting for answers that never arrive.
we spend our days and nights
drinking
screwing
screaming our heads off
and all it ever really does
is make my stomach
hurt
answers that never arrive by Bukowski
answers that never arrive
I sit by the window and listen to the rain
come down
and I think about why we
do these things
we sit with our elbows on these
brick walls,
talking
bickering
lamenting the passing of our youth,
and what it means to be
young.
we write letters to Santa Claus
tell him about how
we've been good
we should get presents
waiting for answers that never arrive.
we spend our days and nights
drinking
screwing
screaming our heads off
and all it ever really does
is make my stomach
hurt
museumchick - 08/04/07 12:50
(e:james)- I bet if anyone is up to the task, it would be Matt Dillion.
(e:drew)- I'm glad you liked it.
(e:james)- I bet if anyone is up to the task, it would be Matt Dillion.
(e:drew)- I'm glad you liked it.
drew - 08/02/07 10:08
Wow. I just read the whole link. I love it. It's so cool how true he stays to the characters, even as they speak with a totally different voice.
Wow. I just read the whole link. I love it. It's so cool how true he stays to the characters, even as they speak with a totally different voice.
james - 08/02/07 08:27
I hear tell that Matt Dillon is playing Chuck in a movie. How many cigarettes and bottles of ersatz-booze do you think they will go through during the corse of filming?
I hear tell that Matt Dillon is playing Chuck in a movie. How many cigarettes and bottles of ersatz-booze do you think they will go through during the corse of filming?
07/20/2007 22:18 #40184
goodbye earlCategory: music
I love the fact that I'm watching Fast Food Nation while I am having Arby's for dinner. The movie is a series of fictional stories based on the actual non-fiction book of the same name. Interesting to watch, but rightfully disturbing.
I don't know if you would call Me First and the Gimme Gimmes newest album disturbing (entitled Love Their Country), but it certainly is interesting. I definitely like their version of Goodbye Earl much better than the Dixie Chicks versions. T. got me hooked on MFGG awhile back. I think my all-time favorite album from them is "Ruin Johnny's Bar Mitzvah". Of all the bar mitzvah rock cover band albums in the world... it certainly is the greatest.
Oh, and there's a new musical based on the movie "Legally Blonde". Yeah.
I don't know if you would call Me First and the Gimme Gimmes newest album disturbing (entitled Love Their Country), but it certainly is interesting. I definitely like their version of Goodbye Earl much better than the Dixie Chicks versions. T. got me hooked on MFGG awhile back. I think my all-time favorite album from them is "Ruin Johnny's Bar Mitzvah". Of all the bar mitzvah rock cover band albums in the world... it certainly is the greatest.
Oh, and there's a new musical based on the movie "Legally Blonde". Yeah.
museumchick - 07/22/07 12:02
I definitely want to hear them live someday! That would be awesome:).
I definitely want to hear them live someday! That would be awesome:).
metalpeter - 07/22/07 10:16
I will admit I had never heard of "Me First and the gimmie Gimmies" until not sure when but when they had Warped tour down at LaSalle Park. If you have never seen them live you really should they where awesome. There is no way for me to remember what songs they did Other then "over the rainbow" and that song Kermit sings "Why are there so many songs about rainbows", I can remember them say here is another gay song, great line by the way. You gotta like a band that only does Covers and does it in there own punk kinda style. I guess I will add another CD to the list of CD's I want. I have heard of Fast Food nation but didn't know it was based of a a book it sounds like it might be interesting to see, but with how much fast food I eat maybe it is a movie for the weekend sometime.
I will admit I had never heard of "Me First and the gimmie Gimmies" until not sure when but when they had Warped tour down at LaSalle Park. If you have never seen them live you really should they where awesome. There is no way for me to remember what songs they did Other then "over the rainbow" and that song Kermit sings "Why are there so many songs about rainbows", I can remember them say here is another gay song, great line by the way. You gotta like a band that only does Covers and does it in there own punk kinda style. I guess I will add another CD to the list of CD's I want. I have heard of Fast Food nation but didn't know it was based of a a book it sounds like it might be interesting to see, but with how much fast food I eat maybe it is a movie for the weekend sometime.
Looks like "Ziggy"
In my best Homer Simpson voice "mmmmmm Blllobfiiiish"
Who would have thought fishes also have pudgy noses...
that looks like one of my relatives.
wow... gross and fascinating at the same time. I took a whole class in college called "the biology of fishes" and wrote a 20 page term paper on "the reproductive strategies of deep sea anglerfish [the males are parasitic and fuse with the females, making them self-fertilizing]
That deep sea stuff is freaky-deaky.
eww that is so disgustin yet strangely intriguing!