| 'Tis the season to be WALL-E | |||
| 12:54am 25/11/2009 | |||
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With the holidays coming up, there will be people that might want to give me stuff. I know that most of those people have already done so, but here are some ideas for those who haven't -- or just to satisfy the idle curiosity of those who have no intention of actually buying anything. Most of the recent additions on these lists is about me catching up with modern gaming, some are some "would be nice to have" things, and in the case of the Amazon wish list there are even things that I may have wanted years ago that just aren't around anymore. The Best Buy list has the option of contributing to a "Pitch In" gift card -- little contributions (starting at $5) can add up... right? This is my Amazon list, and this is my Best Buy list. |
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| I took a journey to find myself, but I didn't have any luck. Then when I got home, I was right ther | ||||
| 02:20pm 20/11/2009 | ||||
( Right this way... ) I've overclocked the processor to 3.7-3.96 GHz (up from 2.67). I've heard of people getting stable overclocks in excess of 4GHz, but I'm satisfied with things the way they are now. When I attempted to increase the overclock on my graphics card, I ran a stress test at the base level and that alone brought the temperature in excess of 100°C. I have no intention of boiling water in there, so I've abandoned that for now. Today's Interesting Vanity License Plate: (from RI) GOTRUTH. Is that "Go Truth!" or "Got Ruth?" |
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okay| Start spreading the gnus | |||
| 02:21pm 01/11/2009 | |||
I was taking Microsoft Expert Zone training courses today, and I came across these gems:  Is the Games for Windows menu really that hard to navigate? I think I'll stick with Steam. |
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| Halloween ain't until mañana | |||
| 05:13pm 30/10/2009 | |||
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...but I'll be at work, so have a good one for me, everybody! |
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| My work in progress | ||||
| 12:24pm 23/10/2009 | ||||
Today's Interesting Vanity License Plate: (from RI) NATBUG |
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geeky| Get off my lawn | ||||
| 11:04pm 05/10/2009 | ||||
However, there's another part of me that is glad. When I hear the crap currently being churned out by the likes of Chris Cornell, Mike Doughty, and Dave Grohl, I think that it may have been a good thing that they died when their music was still good. Today's Interesting Vanity License Plate: (from RI) BONG That might as well say "Please search me." |
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| Don, we now are gay. A peril. | ||||
| 03:29pm 25/09/2009 | ||||
There isn't much else to talk about, since that and work have consumed much of my life lately. Lately I've been playing Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, since it was just $10 on Steam and people kept telling me that I should play it. Unfortunately, with the hours I've been getting at work I can only afford old games. I still get scheduled just enough to interfere with evening jujitsu classes, and I can never get enough sleep to wake up in time for morning classes. I haven't gotten any more work done on my new computer, either. The search for a new (or second) job is ongoing. Today's Interesting Vanity License Plate: (from RI) MATEUS. I guess that's one way to find love. Either that or they're Portuguese. |
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| I'm generally not one for the wearing of the green. For me, it's overkill. | ||||
| 09:43pm 07/09/2009 | ||||
We finally got the VIN checks done for our cars on Friday. However, there was a problem when we went to the police station. I have a lien on my car through Chase, and I e-mailed them for a copy of the title so I'd be able to transfer my registration. However, they only sent me a computer printout listing the title number and with their name as lien holder. When I handed that to the guys at the police station the had never seen anything like that before. Luckily they accepted a copy of my registration instead... but I still can't go to the DMV until I get a copy of a REAL title. I bought the car eight months ago, so they should have it by now. It's a good thing that we can do our license transfers at the RI Mall branch, since the real DMV offices close before Jessi gets out of work. Once we get those done I can do her registration for her on one of my many days off. Today's Interesting Vanity License Plate: (from RI) LASERS |
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| 12:34pm 28/08/2009 | |||
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Sometimes it may seem that I laugh in inappropriate places during a movie, but it's only because I know more about sound effects than a normal person should. And now... so do you. |
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| 03:45pm 27/08/2009 | |||
| Underwear Demolition Team | ||||
| 02:22pm 25/08/2009 | ||||
Anyway, I got my new computer case safe and sound, and I've put everything I've gotten so far in there. With fortuitous timing, Nvidia has announced that they're giving away Batman: Arkham Asylum when you purchase a GTX series sound card. They say "while supplies last," but it's a digital download. Other than that, the offer expires December 31, so hopefully I'll be able to get the money together before then. This has definitely helped me in making a decision between purchasing a Radeon card or a GeForce. Today's Interesting Vanity License Plate: (from MA) PARE1. Pare one what? |
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| How does a computer tower get from CA to RI in two days? | ||||
| 08:24am 14/08/2009 | ||||
 Baldwin Park, CA -> Ontario, CA (that's California, not Canada) -> Portland, OR -> Spokane, WA -> Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX -> East Boston, MA -> Windsor Locks, CT -> Warwick, RI. Notice how it sort of spirals at the end. |
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tired| Don't interrupt the captain! | |||
| 04:09pm 12/08/2009 | |||
| Calm bat | ||||
| 03:50pm 12/08/2009 | ||||
I have all the stuff that I ordered from Intel -- the processor, motherboard, and Windows Vista (the voucher for Windows 7 will be coming later). Plus, I got a fancy light-up case fan, and I bought a light-up "spot cool" fan because I read somewhere that the northbridge fan was pretty loud. Unfortunately, it turns out that my hard drives and optical drives are NOT compatible with the motherboard, so I'm going to have to buy converters for them. I'll be cutting down to one optical drive (DVD+R) and one hard drive because of that. However, yesterday my father asked how I'd feel if he bought me a new case so that he could take my old one to have as a spare. Who am I to argue with that? I asked him to buy me this one, an Apevia X-cruiser. Once that arrives, I can start assembly and just keep adding to it little by little as I get new pieces. Today's Interesting Vanity License Plate: (from RI) ALWAYS |
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good| Why does everybody always pan Dora? | ||||
| 10:11pm 26/07/2009 | ||||
My new motherboard & stuff are due to arrive tomorrow, so there is a bright spot in there. There's also a chance that we'll be getting our last month's rent back on top of our security deposit, because somebody is looking to move into our old condo by August 1st. Even if that doesn't work out, we could still get half of it back if somebody moves in later in the month. Tales from the Internet |
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| Welcome to the Fantasy Zone! Get ready! | ||||
| 11:02pm 14/07/2009 | ||||
I'm hoping to get out to W. MA this week to spend time with my bebe, see Harry Potter, and move more stuff. I'll probably have to make more than one trip so that I don't keep the pickup truck away from my dad and brother for too long. My brother has gotten most of the big furniture that he'll be taking, but there are still several things that are left over. And there's also the issue of the things that he won't be taking, and since we won't have enough room for all of our stuff as it is, my parents will have to move things into the cellar or sell them on Craigslist. We need to clear everything out soon, because Jessi is teaching a course in Attleboro to help middle school kids transition into high school, and that starts at the end of the month. Our landlord also promised to refund some of our rent if we move out early and another tenant moves in before the end of August. She also wants to do some painting and such... and we'd like to have our stuff out of there when she does that. Tales from the Internet. |
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| Writer's Block: Le Quatorze Juillet | |||
| 06:22pm 14/07/2009 | |||
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Ubisoft! |
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| It's called Speed Stick, it's not expensive | ||||
| 11:30pm 11/07/2009 | ||||
My computer! Oh, it's had such a long life, and it's still going strong! However, I'm hoping that I'll be able to start building a new one soon. Everything is horrendously out of date, and the only way for me to upgrade is to start completely from scratch. I can keep my hard drives -- I have a 60GB internal and an 80GB external, and I still have plenty of room on both. No need to get a 2TB drive quite yet. Luckily, I work at Best Buy... and that makes it easy to build a good computer cheap. Right now my biggest hope is to get in on Intel's "Big Deal" for retail employees -- a $700-$800 motherboard and processor set for only $300. I just faxed them an employment verification form -- now I just have to pray that they process and approve it before the offer ends on 7/22. Then I'll have to either get a new power supply or a new PC case, a video card, and a sound card. I'd also like to get an LCD TV to use as a monitor and to hook my video game consoles into, thereby eliminating the two CRT behemoths that dominate my multimedia life. By special request, I bring you an encore presentation of... Today's Interesting Vanity License Plate: (from NY) YWEWORK. This was on a bright yellow Corvette, but the origin of the plate confused Jessi. I had to explain that the Corvette is the reason why they work. Edit: I forgot to mention that I'll also need some RAM. That's pretty important, especially since that motherboard is DDR3 and I only have DDR. Also, the bundle includes Windows Vista Ultimate Edition, with a voucher to upgrade to Windows 7 upon release. I hope that voucher has a generous expiration date, because I know better than to try to use any Microsoft product too soon after its release date. |
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| Codependence Day | ||||
| 11:05pm 04/07/2009 | ||||
Anyway, after we had unloaded the truck and I was getting ready to park it in its little tent, my brother drove up! What timing! He loaded up Jake's bedroom set and some small things with some help from the rest of us, then my father and I drove with him to unload it. Yes, that's right... I did two rounds of moving in one day. We'll see how I feel in the morning. Oh, yes... after getting the runaround for weeks, I'm officially set to start my new job on Monday afternoon. The only other day I'm confirmed for is Wednesday, but there's a possibility of getting another one or two days out of their training budget. Since the schedule for this week had already been made by the time they got around to figuring out what I'd be doing, they're having to squeeze me in wherever they can. Hopefully this will be straightened out by next week, because I can't work just 8-12 hours per week. I've decided to try out something new -- posting random things that I find online. It's called: Tales from the Internet. Today's entry has a special 4th of July theme. |
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