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From Hijinks Ensue
And by the way, this Michael Jackson funeral stuff is insane. L.A. is asking for $4 million to pay for it! WTF?!? Of course, I'm of the mindset that I wasn't a fan before, I'm not one now. And I think after the hysteria has died down, the questions about the little boys will continue to dog his name.Sonic Vibe:: Higher - Creed |
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We are nearing the 25th anniversary of the creation of Tetris. Yes, those blocks have been around a generation. Thus:
CBC's Q Podcast with an interview with Alexey Pajitnov
Wikipedia's article on Tetris
And curtesey of http://www.geoffreylandis.com :
What I Learned About Life From Playing Tetris
1. Simple things can be more complicated than you'd expect.
2. It pays to be neat. Everything goes in its place. If you're playing it right, there's a place for everything--and everybody--no matter what shape.
3. You always have to watch what's coming down.
4. There's always something new on the way. Sometimes it looks like the same things you've already seen, but the combinations are always new.
5. What you did right gets forgotten immediately, but what you screwed up you have to live with.
6. Making a big pile isn't what you want to do, unless, of course, what you want when you get done is to have made a big pile.
7. Be ready for all the possibilities.
8. Too much of anything is rarely a good thing.
9. If you practice, you'll get better.
10. You don't always get what you want, but you have to deal with whatever you get.
11. Planning ahead is a real good idea.
12. If you make a mistake, sometimes fast fingers and clever thinking can work you out of it, but it's best to do it right in the first place.
13. Cursing doesn't help.
14. Life gets a lot easier if you keep an eye out for what's coming next.
15. If you slack off and get behind, it's awfully hard to work your way out of it.
16. Small differences are important. You'd better know know your p's from your q's, and your Ls from your Js.
17. If you can wait long enough, everything comes around.
18. The score isn't really what's important.
19. You started out with a playing field that you didn't make, but in the end, what you have is whatever you made of what you got.
20. Eventually every game ends, and there's no use crying about it.
And for you sublime, whacked people: Garfield minus Garfield
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Ok, OK, I'm sorry! Look, I've been out on the town the last couple nights and I'm exhausted!
1) My ex Shauna is back in Manitoba. Welcome back!
2) I have been kicking around jumping ship from Kubuntu. I'm sitting back looking at it going - where's the beef. the vast majority of the apps I use now are Gnome based or use the old KDE3 libraries.. What I'm thinking is that if I get time I'm going to give OpenGEU a test run. It uses the E17 Window Manager with Gnome apps and the Ubuntu repositories. It's pretty cool. I think I'll be having fun with it soonly.
And in that spirit, here is my sources.list. Just not I have some of the Ubuntu repos commented out because there's some sort of strange dual list that has emerged. Frankly Jackalope has been a disappointment. If anyone else has some hot .deb repos to share, lock and load!
## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
# deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe # disabled on upgrade to karmic
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe # disabled on upgrade to karmic
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic multiverse # disabled on upgrade to karmic
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates multiverse # disabled on upgrade to karmic
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse # disabled on upgrade to karmic
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports universe multiverse # disabled on upgrade to karmic
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security main restricted # disabled on upgrade to karmic
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security universe # disabled on upgrade to karmic
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security multiverse # disabled on upgrade to karmic
# deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-proposed restricted main multiverse universe # disabled on upgrade to karmic
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-proposed multiverse universe
# Opera
deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ sid non-free # Production
deb http://deb.opera.com/opera-beta/ sid non-free # Beta
deb http://deb.opera.com/opera-snapshot/ sid non-free # Snapshot
# Opera Keys
# sudo wget -O - http://deb.opera.com/archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
# Medibuntu
# https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
# sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/`lsb_release -cs`.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list; sudo apt-get -q update; sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring; sudo apt-get -q update
# Open Office 3
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu jaunty main
# Spicebird
# http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xB6EF4A1A792BCEAA
# Wine
deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt jaunty main #WineHQ - Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" disabled on upgrade to karmic
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security universe main multiverse restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-proposed main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted
# Amarok 1.4
# Key: sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com \0x1d7e9dd033e89ba781e32a24b9f1c432ae74ae63
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/bogdanb/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/bogdanb/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
## OpenGEU
# deb http://opengeu.linuxfreedom.com/ubuntu intrepid e17
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So it was a productive day yesterday (and already day 2 and I'm off the wagon - dammit): We bought a car, I bought a stroller & car seat combo, I finished putting up the Gazebo and I filled in some holes with excess dirt from the gazebo set-up. And now my back is sore. I felt a pop yesterday getting it positioned so this is not surprising. But it's supposed to rain the next few days so I guess I can take a break! Just have to make sure I eat less since I won't be biking.
That is all, and consider this as yesterday's post. Tonite there will be more!I am:  sore Sonic Vibe:: Back To The Man I Used To Be - K-OS |
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So I have decided to try to do something I've seen others do - the 30 or 365 days of whatever. Mine is going to be 30 days of blogging. I stopped doing it except for blurbs and blobs somewhere around last year - October maybe? Losing my job then killed off a lot of stuff - blogging and hockey pool were at the top of the list. So here's hoping!
So for those who don't know - Monica is pregnant and as of yesterday 29 weeks along. It's crazy to think by mid August I'm going to be a newly minted Dad. Me, DAD?!? I know I'm already a father because I knocked up Monica - OK, I ASSUME I knocked up Monica. I think it's a good assumption - but once the little one is out it REALLY kicks into high gear. Monica home for a year with little one and then there's me. Wowsa.
I'm also on the hunt for a new car. The mighty Intrepid got T-boned by a Chevy 1/4 ton who blew a stop sign. $5000 damage to a car that one of the top ten stolen in Winnipeg and which has rust on the kick panels? Yeah - done. So I'm on the hunt. I'm hoping to hear back from a couple people on if their cars are available still but we shall see. I really need to retire the truck. I just replaced the starter but it still needs two back tires badly and the clutch is about 80% dead. Not cool I tells ya. If we find a decent car the plates go off the truck and a 'For Sale' sign goes on. Then I guess I start saving for a beat up 1/2 ton. With me biking and bussing to work it'll sit most of the time and I can work on it to get it safetied. That's my rough plan anyway!
Wish me luck - hopefully this doesn't blow!I am: caffienated Sonic Vibe:: Roll With Me - Montegomery Gentry |
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XKCD. Man I feel old.
Dork Tower: Where the money truly is.
Apr. 10th, 2009 @ 08:28 am
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It's been a while, but I will comment on my life more later. Tonite is linky goodness!!!!
XKCD - Because we've all had that dream!
Maybe it's me, but when I read 'Top 10 'goalies gone wild' moments in hockey history' I immediately thought 'How many Ron Hextall incidents are in this? That guy wass NUTS!'
1) Make funny joke on Republicans
2) ???
3) PROFIT!
Wil Wheaton's Goalie Goodness. If you're a geek and follow hockey.
The Dark Mac:
Family Guy meets Star Trek: TNG. Do I need to say more? Yes I do. TORRENT.
Mythbusters break windows with explosion - in town a MILE AWAY. Insert awesomeness here.
Mar. 26th, 2009 @ 09:12 pm
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From Motifake
Retro Game reviews by Chuck & Joe. Read it. It's good for you.
This post messed me up. Just sayin'.
Detox for extremists. Wow. I think it could work, but still the problem is that nobody knows the other side. The Allies & Axis in World War 2 had to keep rotating their armies or both side would stop fighting! They would play games and all of that. You have a tough time killing someone you know - unless you're Sylar. Like Terri Clark said, the world needs a drink!
Feb. 12th, 2009 @ 12:12 am
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From It Makes My Ass Tired
Bureaucracy You have 2 cows. At first the government regulates what you can feed them and when you can milk them. Then it pays you not to milk them. After that it takes both, shoots one, milks the other and pours the milk down the drain. Then it requires you to fill out forms, accounting for the missing cows.
Liberal You have 2 cows. Your neighbor has none. You feel guilty for being successful. Instead of giving your neighbor one of your cows, you write to your congressman, demanding that he pass legislation for more government programs to help your neighbor get a cow. You hold a concert to raise awareness for cowlessness. Barbara Streisand sings for the cowless, who can’t attend because ticket prices are so expensive that only people with a herd of cows can afford to attend. You wear a ribbon that signifies that you care about cowless people, even though you really haven't done anything to help them.
Conservative You have 2 cows. Your neighbor has none. So?
Capitalism You have 2 cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income.
Pure Capitalism
• You don't have any cows.
The bank will not lend you money to buy cows, because you don't have any cows to put up as collateral.
• You have 2 cows.
You sell one and buy a bull, which you use to breed the other cow as well as every other cow in the area. Then you start exporting sperm from the bull to emerging markets.
After several years of expansion, your company issues an IPO to be listed on the NYSE. The SEC eventually intends legal proceedings against you and your spouse for insider trading. After a lengthy court battle, you are found guilty and sentenced to 10 years in prison, of which you actually serve 7 weeks. When you come out of prison, you buy 2 chickens. Then ...
American Capitalism You have 2 cows. You sell one, lease it back to yourself and do an IPO on the second one. You force the two cows to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when one cow drops dead. You spin an announcement to the analysts stating you have downsized and are reducing expenses. Your stock goes up.
German Capitalism You have 2 cows.
You reengineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.
British Capitalism: You have two cows. They are mad. They die. Pass the shepherd’s pie please.
French Capitalism: You have 2 cows. You go on strike because you want three cows. You go to lunch and drink wine. Life is good.
Chinese Capitalism You have 2 cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported the numbers.
Israeli Capitalism So, there are these 2 Jewish cows, right? They open a milk factory, an ice cream store, and then sell the movie rights. They send their calves to Harvard to become doctors. So, who needs people?
Italian Capitalism You have 2 cows, but you don't know where they are. While ambling around, you see a beautiful woman. You break for lunch. Life is good.
Japanese Capitalism You have 2 cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. They learn to travel on unbelievably crowded trains. Most are at the top of their class at cow school. You then create clever cow cartoon images called Cowkimon and market them worldwide.
Swiss Capitalism You have 5000 cows. None of which belong to you. You charge others for storing them.
Russian Capitalism You have 2 cows. You count them and learn that you have five cows. You count them again and learn that you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn that you have 12 cows. You stop counting and open up another bottle of vodka.
The Mafia shows up and takes over however many cows you really have.
Indian Capitalism You have two cows. You worship both of them.
Irish Capitalism You have two cows. You discover that they don’t give beer. You kill and eat the cows.
Polish Capitalism You have two cows. You can’t count that high.
Enron Capitalism You have several cows. You sell 3 of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all 4 cows back, with a tax exemption for 5 cows.
The milk rights of 6 cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Islands company, secretly owned by your CFO, who sells the rights to 7 cows' milk back to your listed company and proceeds from the sale are deferred. The annual report says the company owns 8 cows, with an option on 6 more.
California Capitalism
You have a cow and a bull.
The bull is depressed. It has spent its life living a lie. It goes away for two weeks. It comes back after a taxpayer-paid sex-change operation.
You now have two cows. One makes milk; the other doesn't. You try to sell the transgender cow. Its lawyer sues you for discrimination. You lose in court. So you sell the milk-generating cow to pay the damages.
You now have one rich, transgender, non-milk-producing cow. You change your business to beef. PETA pickets your farm. Jesse Jackson makes a speech in your driveway. Hillary Clinton calls for the nationalization of 1/7 of your farm "for the children." A law is signed giving your farm to Mexico. The L.A. Times quotes five anonymous cows claiming you groped their teats. You declare bankruptcy and shut down all operations.
The cow starves to death. The L.A. Times' analysis shows your business failure is Bush's fault.
Florida Capitalism You have a black cow and a brown cow. Everyone votes for the best looking one. Some of the people who like the brown one best, vote for the black one. Some people vote for both. Some people vote for neither. Some people can't figure out how to vote at all. Finally, a bunch of guys from out-of-state tell you which is the best.
Arkansas Capitalism You have two cows. That one on the left is kinds cute.
Environmentalism You have 2 cows. The government bans you from milking or killing them.
Surrealism You have 2 giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons
American Democracy You have 2 cows. The government taxes you to the point that you must sell them both in order to pay the taxes to support a man in a foreign country who has only one cow which was a gift from your government.
Dictatorship You have 2 cows. The government takes both and shoots you.
Communism You have two cows. The government seizes both and provides you with milk.
Fascism: You have two cows. The government seizes both and sells you the milk. You join the underground and start a campaign
Existentialism There are two cows. One is standing on the beach, staring at the sand...
Jan. 26th, 2009 @ 01:33 pm
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Stolen from Kutwa
49 LITTLE SECRETS
Be honest no matter what!
Don't know where [SEVEN] went, Oh well his/her loss.
[ONE] Who was your last text from?
Monica. I assume about picking me up yesterday.
[TWO] Where was your default pic taken?
For livejournal in my old appartment in my office.
For facebook, beside the tracks north of my house on a sunny sunday last october.
[THREE] Your relationship status?
Married
[FOUR] Have you ever lost a close friend?
As in Death? No. I have lost a number to human factors.
[FIVE] What is your current mood?
Caffinated
[SIX] What's your brother(s)/sister(s) names?
Adam & Laurel
(The missing [SEVEN]---------------------)
[EIGHT]Where do you wish you were right now?
A beach somewhere warm, or back in Las Vegas.
[NINE] Have a crazy side?
Suposidly. I don't think it's that crazy, but I have been told otherwise.
[TEN] Ever had a near death experience?
Not that near, no.
[ELEVEN] Something you do a lot?
Chat online, read
[TWELVE] Angry at anyone?
Not at the moment, a few long-term disappointments though.
[THIRTEEN] What's stopping you from going for the person you like?
I'm married. They kind of frown on polygamy.
[FOURTEEN] When was the last time you cried?
Not involving jalepinos? My grandma's funeral.
[FIFTEEN] Is there anyone you would do anything for?
No. There is stuff I couldn't stop doing, no matter who asked.
[SIXTEEN] Who do you think about when you are falling asleep?
You don't wanna know.
[SEVENTEEN]Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?
Somebody who had the wrong number
[EIGHTENN] What is your favourite song?
Too many to list, but Barrett's Privateers is top five 24/7
[NINETEEN] What are you doing right now?
Freezing my butt off in my basement
[TWENTY] Who do you trust right now?
Monica, Breanna, My family
[TWENTY-ONE] Where did you get the shirt you are wearing?
Zellers.
[TWENTY-TWO]Have you kissed someone in the past week?
Yes
[TWENTY-THREE] Who is your friend that lives closest to you?
Christy - She's over near Broadway, or Jason who's over in Linden Woods
[TWENTY-FOUR] Describe your life in one word?
Cold. Winnipeg in January.
[TWENTY-FIVE] Who are you thinking of right now?
Myself. I'm vain!
[TWENTY-SIX] What should you be doing right now?
Reading or being outside.
[TWENTY-SEVEN] What are you listening to?
The whirr of my server.
[TWENTY-EIGHT] Who was the last person who gave you a hug?
Monica.
[TWENTY-NINE] Who was the last person who yelled at you?
Monica.
[THIRTY] Do you act differently around the person you like?
I dunno Monica, do I?
[THIRTY-ONE] What is your natural hair color?
Brown with tinges of grey, already before I have kids! WTF?
[THIRTY-TWO] Who was the last person to make you laugh?
Whomever writes 'Baby Blues'
[THIRTY-THREE] Who was the last person to make you sad?
Nicole.
[THIRTY-FOUR] What do you hear?
See [TWENTY-SEVEN]
[THIRTY-FIVE] Is your hair curly or straight?
Wavy.
[THIRTY-SIX] Has anyone ever called you "scrumptious" before?
Amazingly yes.
[THIRTY-SEVEN] Do you have a best friend?
Yes, but I'm not telling whom.
[THIRTY-EIGHT] Held hands with the opposite sex in the past 3 days?
Yes.
[THIRTY-NINE] Do you use smiley faces on the computer?
Yes.
[FORTY] Have you ever changed clothes in a vehicle?
Uh, yeah!
[FORTY-ONE] Are you happy with life right now?
Generally. If I could score a better job I'd be in heaven!
[FORTY-TWO] Are you currently jealous?
Yes and No. Of certain people in cerain ways, yes. But aren't we all?
[FORTY-THREE] What jewelry are you currently wearing?
Wedding ring, hair band
[FORTY-FOUR] What were you doing Friday night?
Watched TV, chatted, went to sleep. I worked Saturday morning.
[FORTY-FIVE] Have you ever had your heart broken?
Yes.
[FORTY-SIX] Have you ever broken someone's heart?
I think so.
[FORTY-SEVEN] Is there anybody you're really disappointed in right now?
Yes. But that's long standing.
[FORTY-EIGHT] What was the last reason you went to the doctor for?
Not at liberty to say.
[FORTY-NINE] How late did you stay up last night and why?
2:20 AM - chatting online
Jan. 18th, 2009 @ 01:40 pm
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First the video which a number of years on still looks amazing, and Janet looks amazing.
And now, onto my 2008 predictions. My total from 2007 was 3/10. Well, it couldn't get much worse, could it?
1) Ottawa will get another CFL team, to start playing in 2009.
They're working on it, although the CFL will not field a team in Ottawa for 2009. 0/1
2) Obama vs Huckabee. Obama wins by a landslide.
Obama by a landslide. Huckabee tanked against McCain, which considering the complete ineptitude of the McCain camp re: Palin, is a huge WTF. 0.5/2
3) Conservative government loses a vote of no confidence, but then wins a majority over weak opponents.
Conservative minority. Then the coalition & proroguing. 0.5/3
4) Britney Spears goes to rehab again, but it sticks this time. Writes a tell-all book, crucifying her Mom for being a monster and not allowing her to get help for drugs early on since it would ruin her career.
None of the above. She makes a reasonable comeback - who knew? 0.5/4
5) The hollywood writer's strike ends the 2008 TV season, and although it doesn't wipe out the Oscars, it does end the reign of many popular shows, such as Grey's Anatomy, E.R. and Desperate Housewives.
I was right that it didn't wipe out the Oscars, but all three of those shows are still on. Killed off the season for 24 and made a mess of Heroes. 1/5
6) Vista will be declared a horrible failure. And Apple will release OSX for retail sale for all PCs.
Vista was declared a horrible failure. OSX, denied! 1.5/6
7) As a result of the writer's strike WWE will move all three of their programs to NBC. TNA will move to CBS. This will cause a huge boom in ratings, and begin a new wrestling war between WWE and TNA.
Not. Even. Close. Worst. Prediction. Ever. 1.5/7
8) The NHL will allow the relocation of a team to Kansas City, and be dubbed the Scouts. Phoenix will play an Exhibition game in Winnipeg and wear Jets jerseys. The MTS centre will be sold out and renew the rumors of a relocation back to Winnipeg.
Nope, although Kansas City, Las Vegas and Winnipeg keep coming up for relocation. 1.5/8
9) Both Iraq and Afgahnistan will improve, prompting commanders to state they may be able to leave around 2012.
They threw around 2011, but nobody thinks they will be out anytime soon. 1.5/9
10) A Pop Diva will have sex on stage.
If only, if only. 1.5/10
So I hit a grand total of 15%. Wow, half of 2007. Man, did I suck at 2008. Nowhere to go but up now - I hope!
1) A huge natural disaster will occur in 2009 causing President Obama to have a similar 'defining moment' as G.W. Bush. However, this will not cause Obama to invade another country.
2) Michael Jackson will die. Thriller will become a downloadable song for Rock Band the day after.
3) Axl Rose will declare Guns and Roses dead. Axl will then be dead two months later.
4) The recession will not be deep, but will take beyond 2009 to sort itself out.
5) Oil will drop to $30/barrel.
6) Stage 2 of Winnipeg's Rapid Transit System will be announced to be started right after the completion of Stage 1. (It currently has no firm date)
7) Chrysler will merge with GM. (My heart weeps for this)
8) Three NHL teams will go bankrupt and/or be moved in 2009. Chief candidates are Phoenix, Atlanta and Nashville.
9) The Blue Bombers will return to the Grey Cup, but lose.
10) A female pop star will come out of the closet and it will be the next big thing for girls to have girlfriends with benefits!
Jan. 2nd, 2009 @ 08:57 pm
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From my family to yours, Merry Christmas and a great New Year.
Dec. 23rd, 2008 @ 11:09 pm
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Shaun is truly nerdy. White & Nerdy even.
And XKCD:
Dec. 17th, 2008 @ 10:16 pm
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I blame this on Tanya. Be forewarned!
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? I'm lazy - Gift bags
2. Real tree or Artificial? I want a real, Monica wants a fake. We have a fake.
3. When do you put up the tree? Whenever Monica tells me to.
4. When do you take the tree down? See #3.
5. Do you like eggnog? Yes I just never have it. Maybe tonite....
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Define child. Does an Atari 2600 count?
7. Hardest person to buy for? Tom (My Dad) - Never gives a list and buys everything he wants when he wants it!
8. Easiest person to buy for? Roy (Monica's Dad) - Princess Auto, the man's candy store.
9. Do you have a Nativity scene? Nope. I've built a couple for Christmas lights, but none are here. And if I did start with the Nativity scene it would be a gateway scene to other stuff like 30' candy canes and santa on my roof.
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? E-mail.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? I don't remember! Next!
12. When do you start shopping for Christmas? About next week.
13. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? I don't plan that far ahead!
14. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? The traditional spagetti & meatballs on Christmas Eve.
15. Lights on the tree? Yes. Have you seen my Dad's place?!?
16. Favorite Christmas song? Hark! The Harold Angels Sing
17. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay home. By which I mean within 100 kms of my house
18. Can you name all of Santa's REINDEER? Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, Rudolph
19. ANGEL OR STAR ON TOP OF THE Tree? Star
20. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Morning
21. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Malls packed to the gills
22. Favorite ornament theme or color theme? Theme? What the heck are you talking about?
23. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Stuffing, Cranberries on Turkey/Chicken
24. What do you want for Christmas this year? More tools.
25. Who is most likely to respond to this? No idea. Meg, cause she's bored?
Dec. 5th, 2008 @ 08:46 pm
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It's been a while, and now there's stuff to say. Actually, I find I want to blog at work. Serving customers at -25C tends to focus your thought processes. And make your fingers go numb. What always worries me is when they go so numb they stop hurting and start feeling warm. I've come to the conclusion that it's not a good sign. I also experienced 'Bitter Domo Monty' today. And I really didn't like him. Pissed at everything and ready to fly off the handle in a heartbeat. Just not cool. As such I returned to the job hunt (not like I really left) ands found one, maybe two, positions I will apply for, although with the Christmas season coming like a freight train, I suspect I'm locked into my current employment until the end of the year. Sucks to be me I guess.
I have also not had the urge to do overtime, and I KNOW I have to do it. Christmas and all.
The current situation in Ottawa is crazy, but very cool. Basically the Liberals, the NDP & the Bloc are taking out the Conservatives. Yes, I usually vote PC, but to me, this is worth the popcorn! A week tonite I imagine I'm going to be watching newsworld (with popcorn) where the government falls and Dion becomes Prime Minister. Epic fail Steve. Epic fail.
I guess the big news around here is that my office is now subterranian. We've been kicking around the idea of moving my computer and assorted stuff downstairs to free up the second bedroom for the eventual guests and kiddies, and with our friend Meg about to give birth, now was a good a time as ever. The logic behind renos while on a vastly decreased salary isn't exactly sound though. I'm actually pretty impressed with myself. I wired in a large florescent tube light, dropped in new wiring for both my desktop & the server (both which are side-by-side) and the place is actually usable. The only downside is that it's f'ing cold! The back part of the house is uninsulated cinder block, so the basement tends to be pretty darn chilly. I am certainly not looking forward to -40C in January. Being down here will probably suck. But I guess that's why I asked for long johns for Christmas. There's still more for me to do though. The current closet needs to have the doors fixed/changed, I would like to paint everything down here a really bright color to maximise the size perception and I would like to explore athe possibility of making an actual cold room instead of just dividing it off with tarps. But first things first - the computer is downstairs.
And as of right now, 24 days until Christmas. Good Luck Y'all!
Also, if somebody wants to give me a space heater for Christmas, I wouldn't turn it down!
Dec. 1st, 2008 @ 10:00 pm
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"It's okay to suck. Don't be afraid to suck. It's easier to fix a lame scene than fill up a blank page." - Wil Wheaton.
Because you will. - Me.
I wonder if it's an insecurity that a) people don't read my blog or worse b) think it sucks. I swear I have my facebook hooked up that it imports the livejournal feed from here into my facebook blog. But yet I don't see anyone commenting on it. It's a total 'What The Fuck?!?'. Basically, anyone who blogs and says they don't care if people see it do. A lot. I know I do. And the lack of re-enforcement is probably the worst. Love and Hate is the same thing, but apathy is the enemy. Like pro-wrestling. Cheers and Boos are good. Silence is not. Maybe I should go make a video of me clubbing a baby seal or curb stomping Barney. Votes please!
OK, since I just looked and it's been a while, let's get everyone up to speed: I'm not at Arow Global anymore, and I'm pumping gas full time. I'm happy for the work, but I'm not liking the lack of staff and the epic cold weather. I don't remeber being this cold (being this much of a pussy?). I've been getting a decent number of interviews though so I'm hopeful this works out for the best, and the faster the better!
Christmas is coming. CRAP!!! I hate malls at Christmas. People are crazy! And the stresses make it worse. Don't get me wrong, I love the Christmas thing of exchanging gifts and such, but I enjoy the time off and family time much more. But them's the breaks I guess.
People say that Chinese Democracy is really good. This worries me. Does this mean Guns and Roses will take another 15 years to produce a follow up? Seriously, two albums in 30 years is not so good!
I have a few things circulating in my mind right now, such as a redone rant involving professional ockey on this continent revamping itself to a model similar to european soccer. It will be cool, with charts and all!
I also had time today while I was downtown to go inside Union Station and Upper Fort Garry (what's left of it anyway) and snap of pictures with my cellphone. Hopefully they don't suck! Actually, I'm pretty happy with the phone for it's camera. The music player is iffy though. Once I get the pics cleaned up and uploaded to Flickr I'll do a photo blog about Union Station & U.F.G.
Also, I am not impressed with Kubuntu's lastest version - Intrepid Ibex. I am starting to have issues with my browser freezing up and being pretty darn slow, and neither my phone nor my webcam work anymore. But the digital camera pops right up. Seriously, WTF? Major issues with the kernel there.
Oh, and I went slightly over my internet limit last month. 87 GB when I'm allowed 60 GB. Whoops!
Nov. 20th, 2008 @ 08:34 pm
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It's saturday, I'm feeling lazy - Here's a blog post! Ta Da!
So right now the big news is the two federal elections on the continent. Looks like Obama is going to curb stomp McCain (and Palin? Wow, just Wow. Did anyone actually talk to her about some of the big issues before they chose her?)
The canadian election? We'll get to that in a moment.
Yesterday blainthemono posted about what amounts to a cease and desist letter from MTS Allstream. My response:
"(Disclaimer: I read slashdot.org daily which has a ton of articles on this stuff. As well, I'm a dyed-in-wool conservative who is probably voting Green this year because of C-61.)
As it stands right now, the Americans have the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) which makes it illegal for copyrighted file sharing. Canada currently addresses this issue by putting a tax on all blank CD, DVDs and possibly jump drives and that tax goes to the music and movie industry in Canada. In December of 2006 the Conservative government introduced C-61, and re-introduced it in mid-June 2008, which basically makes it illegal to break any sort of DRM (Digital Rights Managment) and which does not protect fair use, making backups for personal use or anything. Michael Geist has an excellent blog on all of this, including which party supports it and which does not.
Long story short (and please excuse the bad linking - I forgot how to make links correctly) right now those letters mean nothing. MTS Allstream is playing nice with BayTSP because of C-61, but the law isn't passed yet so you're OK.
As a side note, when getting torrents make sure you read the comments if they exist. Companies are releasing torrents themselves and tracking which IPs connect to them, then go hunting. Usually people figure this out fairly quickly and post the warning in the comments section. I use isoHunt as my main one myself and I find the comments really helpful. One more thing: If the torrent has an insane number of seeders (5000+) and it's a new movie or CD, chances are it's one of the 'poison' torrents."
OK, back to the Canadian Election.
Since I'm being kinda lazy, I'm going to link to the party platforms (they're all pdfs BTW) so you can read them at your leisure. Except the Conservatives. They don't have their platform up, so that link is to the main page if and when they put one up.
Bloc Quebecois - If you can read french and vote for them, their site is not bad. Enjoy. But they do have their party platform in both languages. English & French.
New Democratic Party - Their platform went blank after page 4, but they have tables!
Liberals - And their platform is 76 pages of blank goodness. Must be my computer I guess.
Conservatives - no platform, as I said. But they have been in power for a while. You know them,
Green Party - pdf still blank, but they have it as an actual website, which is pretty good.
Overall, this is my thinking as a social liberal and fiscal conservative: Bloc I can't vote for (and I wouldn't anyway - they want to leave the house but still raid the fridge. Screw that.) The NDP I've watched as my provincial government and I really haven't liked what I saw. I don't agree with the lack of focus on business and the spirited energy thing? Brutal. The Liberals were in power 13 years and I don't think the stench is gone. Plus I see Dion as a total wimp.
This brings it down to the Conservatives and the Greens. The current conservative government had a number of years (3.5 sticks in my head for some reason) to do their stuff, and nothing has been done in the past two. Blame the fact they have a minority? Hardly. As Layton pointed out, the Liberals could have brought down the government 43 times. The Conservatives got their shot and still didn't get it done. How? Plus Bill C-61 pissed me off to no end. That's U.S. involvement and nothing else. The Greens are new. I know idealogically they are more in line with the Liberals and the NDP , but they won't get into power and I'm more interested in how they evolve from here. I'm willing to put my vote to the Greens to see what they become.
Oct. 4th, 2008 @ 12:44 pm
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Quote of the Day (courtesy of Puck Daddy): "Nathan McIver of the Vancouver Canucks dropped the gloves with Zack Stortini of the Edmonton Oilers last night, and gave him a bunch of body blows like he was fighting King Hippo. Weak." If you get that, you just might be a geek! I laughed my balls off at work over this one.
The Thirteen Greatest Error Messages of All Time. Weak. Errorwear. AWESOME.
So McCain wants to push the debate back because of the economic crisis going on right now, but (rightfully so) Obama said no, as did the group actually doing the debate. If McCain pulls dickhead and doesn't show, can we have Palin vs Obama? Please?
Actually, here's a rant which may sound bad, borderline mysogystic but here goes.I think Sarah Palin was a bad choice for VP and an even worse choice since she could become president of the united states. I have serious issues with the fact that she doesn't face the media in any meaningful way, embroiled with 'troopergate' (which has her trying to get her ex-brother-in-law fired from his job as a state trooper) and there is a VERY good possibility that she will be acting president due to McCain's health and his age. Hockey mom? Pitbull with lipstick? Pagent Queen? Whatever. I'm not convinced she can do the job. Elections are a time to show how damn good you really are. All this avoidance and such pisses me off to no end.Is it wrong to not want McCain to win, but REALLY hope McCain doesn't win because Palin would be VP?
The canadian election. SNOOZEFEST. I swear, if you want to make this interesting, Big Brother the lot of them and let them talk unmoderated and such for about a week. You wanna see what's really going with the leaders? I think you would see it all.You would see them at their very worst. Add in questions to be discussed or voting on and make the challenges about policy and such. It could work. Or not, but it would be fun!
Sep. 25th, 2008 @ 09:03 am
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