The Renn faire kinda sucked. I can post pics but there weren't anyone there willing to look skimpy...not picture worthy anyways.
I am envious of a friend who got herself a blue-violet laser pointer from thinkgeek. Like what you'll see in the pic:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/additional/large/b847_blue_violet_laser_pointer_crystal.jpg)
Now I want an indigo blu-ray laser diode.
moved into a new apartment yesterday, using unsecured wifi from some neighbor, getting internet and cable next weekend
moved into a new apartment yesterday, using unsecured wifi from some neighbor, getting internet and cable next weekend
When you have your internet, secure theirs. If it is unencrypted you can bet the router username:password is admin:admin.
How you take this statement is up to you, you can either assume I am talking about telling them that it is unencrypted ans showing them how to set it up, or you can assume I'm talking about locking them out of it remotely.
I hated how our neighbors wireless was unsecured at our old place...until our internet went out because we forgot to pay it and used her connection to pay our bill...then I loved how our neighbors wireless was unsecured at our old place :p
assuming your parents are white, how the hell did they survive two decades there without being turned into giant bug bites? I lived there for four and even though I looked the same as everyone else, the mosquitoes could tell I was american, so they always bit me first, goddamn vampires
Well, before they lived in the Philippines they lived in the jungle in Mexico, and the bugs there blow the Philippines out of the water. There were freaking ant stampedes where you could literally FEEL the ground rumbling from all the ants coming. They tell stories of how they'd get on tables and chairs and ladders and just spray any swarm that came close. So its possible they saw the Philippines as a relief in that sense.
But as for the mosquitoes, I don't really know. I think they just learned to put up with it, or they wore long-sleeved clothing (which sucks for the heat/humidity, but works against bugs). Or they're just like me and never really had issues with mosquitoes in the first place.
Wally's parents are actually part-mosquito so they didn't bother them. Freakin mutants.
Bought a Sony Vaio Laptop, F-Series.
i7 1.73GHz
6 GB RAM
640 GB HDD
Blu-Ray Player, DVD +/- RW
NVidia graphics card, w/ 1GB VRAM
Big ass screen... backlit keyboard
Cost a pretty penny... but it's my b-day, and I wants it my precious...
:joy:
^^^Had a vaio myself. Then a virus caused a memory leak until it destroyed the hard drive...and one thing just lead to some other crap...
Some sweet memories with that darn laptop, though.
Do yourself a favor, don't trust symantec to keep you safe.
New house and new pawwwwwwpppyyyy. Posts when I get home. I haven't actually moved in cause I'm still studying abroad, but my roommates have.
Yay for crazy senior year adventures
^^^Had a vaio myself. Then a virus caused a memory leak until it destroyed the hard drive...and one thing just lead to some other crap...
Some sweet memories with that darn laptop, though.
Do yourself a favor, don't trust symantec to keep you safe.Gave up on Norton years ago...
Troubleshooting a wireless issue this morning. This old laptop is connecting fine... so it must be something in the new machine.
^^^Had a vaio myself. Then a virus caused a memory leak until it destroyed the hard drive...and one thing just lead to some other crap...
Some sweet memories with that darn laptop, though.
Do yourself a favor, don't trust symantec to keep you safe.
Who would EVER trust Symantec? Icky.
it's not really sazh, there's no chocobo
Before I head home. Here's the connection I get in the Digital Art Lab at my college.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/866043927.png) (
http://www.speedtest.net)
In-city. This one made my eyebrows spasm.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/866045662.png) (
http://www.speedtest.net)
Seattle to New York City.
I decided to test it out after I let the iMac I was on update itself. Kinda made me go "wait, what?" when it finished downloading a 400mb update in around 12 seconds.
Edit:
Here is at home
http://www.speedtest.net/result/866086225.png) (
http://www.speedtest.net)
From 12 miles away.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/866086899.png) (
http://www.speedtest.net)
To NYC
I want what they've got. :V
I hates you and your ridiculous internets >:[
Sex and booze and drugs. Also, I saw John Garcia perform Kyuss songs live with Nick Oliveri and Brant Bjork. I can now die happy.
Gave up on Norton years ago...Smart. I ****ing hate them.
Troubleshooting a wireless issue this morning. This old laptop is connecting fine... so it must be something in the new machine.
Best of luck with whatever the issue. Actually my mother's computer (HP I think) took forever to realize the wireless stuff is as it's supposed to be. It tweaked out all the time at the netgear stuff. Fine now. Not sure what all she did to make it work right, but now it has no problem.
Who would EVER trust Symantec? Icky.
I trusted them in '03-04 as part of the package deal when they were still a big name and were believed to be good. What a fool I was.
Biggest. Computer. Mistake. Ever.
Bright side: At least you and everyone else knows how ****ty Symantec is.
Well... I only ever ran the anti-virus... but my main thing was paying for virus def. update subscriptions every 12 months. AVG is free for as long as you use the program... and I've never seen any evidence that Norton was ever any better at detecting and removing viruses than the free alternatives.
But the other thing was: Everyone I knew who ran the full Norton security suite complained about how much it slowed and bogged their new, super-spec computers down. Thanks, but no thanks...
After rebooting the comp, modem, and the wireless router, I haven't had a problem since.
Avira Antivir is free..and great
http://www.free-av.com/)
^Cool. Yeah thanks. Not sure what the heck this security suite is called, or doing for that matter other than taking up space.
@ edlib: Yup. That about sums up my experience, if only a smidgen more primitive than that.
Well I just bought a pair of compact 200 Watt Pyle brand "blue label" Tri Channel speakers. For $5. (Just the plain bare speakers, mind you.) I'm stoked. Now if only my workbench weren't so buried.
I say! Those are quite elegant furnishings adorning your living quarters. And a rather fetching automobile. Very impressive, ol' chap. o_Q
Nice furniture, a bit ornate for my tastes, but still, good looking stuff.
Methinks that's not the "man-cave" furnishing...
Furncy ass furniter Rhettski. Totally jealous.
Interview at best buy tomorrow, for geek squad.
wish me luck
The love seat is actually for the man cave. It's hard to tell but they're the biggest couches I've ever seen in my life. I'm almost 6'5" and when I sit all the way back on them my legs dangle. I love it! The rest is for the wife cave. Her cave is way bigger.
She just hit me for writing that.
Yes, well you shouldn't go around giving out someone's personal information on the internet if you don't want to get hit by them.
Interview at best buy tomorrow, for geek squad.
wish me luck
I wish you luck for getting the job, and I hope you don't have to do any of the underhanded, dirty stuff that everyone hears regarding the geek squad.*
*I'm sure most of the Geek Squad is legit. I'm aware that (as is the case with most organizations) it's always the bad stories that you hear about.
Dude... you don't need to cover yourself when it comes to Geek Squad. You're using the same awkward ass-covery for subjects such as talk about: minorities, homosexuals, Scientologists, Muslims, drug users, alcoholics, atheists, anarchists, racists, Liberals, Conservatives, Fundamental Christians, Middle Eastern people, and people who have slept with Dath's mom.
Everyone's heard the stories, but yeah, I've inquired joining them once. I think it'd be easy and enlightening.
Let us know how it is if you get in, Ant.
Dude... you don't need to cover yourself when it comes to Geek Squad. You're using the same awkward ass-covery for subjects such as talk about: minorities, homosexuals, Scientologists, Muslims, drug users, alcoholics, atheists, anarchists, racists, Liberals, Conservatives, Fundamental Christians, Middle Eastern people, and people who have slept with Dath's mom.
How dare you talk about homosexuals like that, you ****ing intollerant bastard
in other news, i got cable and internet at the new apartment
Spike needs 53% less NOMS, lest he eventually eat Alice.
I don't see how not feeding Spike will give him less of a reason to eat Alice.
We cannot afford to be so careless with a kitten's life, Rhett. I won't let it happen again... not like last time.
My theory was that his would shrink from his current 5.8X normal cat size down to, at most, a manageable 2.1X and not be able to unhinge his hairy maw wide enough to engulf Alice.
let mice loose in your house to distract him
I wish you luck for getting the job, and I hope you don't have to do any of the underhanded, dirty stuff that everyone hears regarding the geek squad.*
*I'm sure most of the Geek Squad is legit. I'm aware that (as is the case with most organizations) it's always the bad stories that you hear about.
Dude... you don't need to cover yourself when it comes to Geek Squad. You're using the same awkward ass-covery for subjects such as talk about: minorities, homosexuals, Scientologists, Muslims, drug users, alcoholics, atheists, anarchists, racists, Liberals, Conservatives, Fundamental Christians, Middle Eastern people, and people who have slept with Dath's mom.
Everyone's heard the stories, but yeah, I've inquired joining them once. I think it'd be easy and enlightening.
Let us know how it is if you get in, Ant.
WELL. I'm officially hired and starting work likely in two weeks, maybe sooner (I quit my current job)
Was interviewed by 3 people, one being my manager and so far it looks very legit and non-dirty :P
I'm really excited, this will be the first job I have that is actually somewhat related to what I'm interested in (sure as hell beats grocery stores.) Cant wait to start really.
I GOTS A PLACE TO LIVE...within the next 2 weeks. Then we start replacement shopping.
I GOTS A PLACE TO LIVE...within the next 2 weeks. Then we start replacement shopping.
Congrats! That's great news! Hopefully everything will start turning around, yeah? :D
let mice loose in your house to distract him
yeah, hes killed and eaten several mice in his day, and its not an issue about food, hes just a freaking large cat, eating didnt make him that big, hes like part mountain lion
So, I'm in Hawaii and it's kinda dull.
Congrats! That's great news! Hopefully everything will start turning around, yeah? :D
Apparently, 2 weeks means 2 days. They want us to pay them the pro-rated rent for this month now. Unfortunantly, the insurance company has yet to give us our check. So even if I do pay up, I got nothing to move into the damn place!
I'm currently in the process of moving into my new place :joy:
Went to the London Film & Comic Con on Saturday with the family and had an awesome time. Saw lots of famous people, and totally geeked out. Got Katee Sackhoff's autograph, saw Kenny Baker, William.B.Davis, William Shatner, Dave Prowse, Daniel Logan, Julian Glover and loads more. Notice how my daughter dressed for the part with her Supergirl T-Shirt and Comic Book top. :)
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs079.snc4/35301_421893618424_588428424_4485513_1960363_n.jpg)
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As well as loads of small gifts for the kids, I got this 11.5" Ayane figure and a few other collectables:
http://www.boomingisland.com/images/PRODUCT/medium/ayane-1.jpg)
Got a couple of new games too
http://images.play.com/covers/6068516x.jpg)
http://images.play.com/covers/10970005x.jpg)
leXX, you're such an awesome freakin parent.
leXX, you're such an awesome freakin parent.
Well that is quite possibly the best compliment I've ever had. Thank you. <3
Got some decals for my car! :)
Got some decals for my car! :)
That is officially awesome.