8.31.2002
I wish tragic events were the key to setting off lucidity for me - I'd be set up big time.
Hmm... well Applekid, my dream interpretation book only seems to want to go into the meanings of separate colors, but it does say that notable colors, especially vivid ones, are a reaffirmation of life and meaning. Pretty vague... What it says about ghosts may be more useful: "Dreaming of a ghost links us to old habit patterns or buried hopes and longings. There is something insubstantial in these, possibly because we have not put enough energy into them." Maybe the colors mean that these "buried hopes and longings" are still very much alive?
Hmm... well Applekid, my dream interpretation book only seems to want to go into the meanings of separate colors, but it does say that notable colors, especially vivid ones, are a reaffirmation of life and meaning. Pretty vague... What it says about ghosts may be more useful: "Dreaming of a ghost links us to old habit patterns or buried hopes and longings. There is something insubstantial in these, possibly because we have not put enough energy into them." Maybe the colors mean that these "buried hopes and longings" are still very much alive?
"the parasites are excited when your dead, eyes buldging, entering your head. and all your thoughts they rot" ugly casanova
8.30.2002
yeh bugg.. what you describe is the first step to lucid dreaming. from there you can basically do anything you want...
sometimes i dream of tragic events, and in the middle of these tragic events i understand that i am dreaming, and the self in my dream is not scared any longer
it wasnt a tennis ball i was talking about, it was a ball of color, it had no discernable form other than a loosly associated sphere of color, floating about 3 feet in mid air. the colors that i saw were much more vibrant than that, not as pastel as that drawing, and they were much more defined, not fading into each other as much as that picture describes.
NO NO NO
please continue .... i think everyone should post their dreams to blogs... think about the vast archiving that is possible.... cross reference... what if 7 other people in NC were having the same dream? etc
however, i think what caused the silence is the asking for insight part... did your dream look like this?
the random points in mid-air could be explained by apparitions, but the rainbow tennis ball is iffy.
as far as i understand it, tennis balls have no spirit.
in other news, here are the top 10 most repressed/censored news stories this year...
if you think this has some 'cred' ... then check www.projectcensored.org
information is being controlled and filtered and twisted.
what to think?
someone show me what to think.
spoonfeed it to me.
who to trust?
trust no one?
hmmmmm
one time someone told me that trusting no one was against the God of the bible....
*sigh*
and the charade continues
please continue .... i think everyone should post their dreams to blogs... think about the vast archiving that is possible.... cross reference... what if 7 other people in NC were having the same dream? etc
however, i think what caused the silence is the asking for insight part... did your dream look like this?
the random points in mid-air could be explained by apparitions, but the rainbow tennis ball is iffy.
as far as i understand it, tennis balls have no spirit.
in other news, here are the top 10 most repressed/censored news stories this year...
if you think this has some 'cred' ... then check www.projectcensored.org
information is being controlled and filtered and twisted.
what to think?
someone show me what to think.
spoonfeed it to me.
who to trust?
trust no one?
hmmmmm
one time someone told me that trusting no one was against the God of the bible....
*sigh*
and the charade continues
and so the creepy dream kills the blog...
i should just shut up sometimes..
i should just shut up sometimes..
8.28.2002
I had a creepy dream the other night.
I was at a tennis court, with a friend (no one I know, just someone that I knew was a friend). anyways, there was a story of a ghost at the tennis court, In my dream I dont remember being directly told about this ghost, but i knew there was one at this tennis court. my friend and I saw it for a second or two, that was about it. we continued to walk down the side of the court area, it was fenced in. then, I started seeing things a bit differently. I started to see colors on, in, and around people and things, even random locations in mid-air. I could only describe the colors as "rainbow-ish" and they were alternating through this rainbow of colors, not one color at a time, but the colors were changing to other rainbow-ish colors and back, etc. This kinda freaked me out, but then I saw the ghost, not as the wispy entity I had seen previously, but as an entity of colors. I also saw, near the corner of the court area, a ball of these colors, nor precisely a sphere, but more of a collection of colors in the general shape of a ball. i walked near it.
that's all I can remember of it.
if anyone has any insight into it, please let me know, it's a very strange dream. This one will be with me for a long time, it's a keeper....
I was at a tennis court, with a friend (no one I know, just someone that I knew was a friend). anyways, there was a story of a ghost at the tennis court, In my dream I dont remember being directly told about this ghost, but i knew there was one at this tennis court. my friend and I saw it for a second or two, that was about it. we continued to walk down the side of the court area, it was fenced in. then, I started seeing things a bit differently. I started to see colors on, in, and around people and things, even random locations in mid-air. I could only describe the colors as "rainbow-ish" and they were alternating through this rainbow of colors, not one color at a time, but the colors were changing to other rainbow-ish colors and back, etc. This kinda freaked me out, but then I saw the ghost, not as the wispy entity I had seen previously, but as an entity of colors. I also saw, near the corner of the court area, a ball of these colors, nor precisely a sphere, but more of a collection of colors in the general shape of a ball. i walked near it.
that's all I can remember of it.
if anyone has any insight into it, please let me know, it's a very strange dream. This one will be with me for a long time, it's a keeper....
8.27.2002
right now there are Bloggfuckers talking about weezer in spanish.
this just seems strange to me for some reason....not that there would be spanish weezer fans, but rather their blog title...
HEY
this is neato
this just seems strange to me for some reason....not that there would be spanish weezer fans, but rather their blog title...
HEY
this is neato
sounding off.
jeff green had a good day.
Dad and I toured a big part of Alaska that was yet unseen: Very cool.
I will be driving back to brainerdland tomorrow. I am sick of the long drive back. The highway is getting old.
I would have something more intelligent to say
but I am too pressed for time.
do you like my
oddly shaped
Haiku?
mo l8r boyz n girlz <-I hate it when people talk like that.
there are also people kissing with only their tongues right in front of me at another computer (!?). I hate that, too.
jeff
jeff green had a good day.
Dad and I toured a big part of Alaska that was yet unseen: Very cool.
I will be driving back to brainerdland tomorrow. I am sick of the long drive back. The highway is getting old.
I would have something more intelligent to say
but I am too pressed for time.
do you like my
oddly shaped
Haiku?
mo l8r boyz n girlz <-I hate it when people talk like that.
there are also people kissing with only their tongues right in front of me at another computer (!?). I hate that, too.
jeff
8.26.2002
as i sit here and pour my diet coke i can't seem to shake these questions
*why do worms look so sad when they're sick?
*i wish there was something to drink in this house besides diet chemical cola
*who uses ICQ anymore?
*will i ever touch a woman again in my entire life?
*how long will mr dubya continue to detroy trees/innocent people/image of US?
*how long will the workers keep building him new ones?
*what high-paying yet lax employer will hire a loser/stoner guy?
*exactly how many people have heard my name sometime in their lives, and exactly what percent of them would be able to pick my face out of a lineup
*am i arrogant?
oh well
does everyone know what "sound off" means?
i'm not sure i do. but it might mean like when a military cock crows "SOUND OFF"
and everyone chirps accordingly...
so if i call "sound off" then everyone has to post
we should all write a verse.
i can bare your looks
cause i just want a nice scent
inside my bedsheets
yes, 575
everyone have their assignment?
*why do worms look so sad when they're sick?
*i wish there was something to drink in this house besides diet chemical cola
*who uses ICQ anymore?
*will i ever touch a woman again in my entire life?
*how long will mr dubya continue to detroy trees/innocent people/image of US?
*how long will the workers keep building him new ones?
*what high-paying yet lax employer will hire a loser/stoner guy?
*exactly how many people have heard my name sometime in their lives, and exactly what percent of them would be able to pick my face out of a lineup
*am i arrogant?
oh well
does everyone know what "sound off" means?
i'm not sure i do. but it might mean like when a military cock crows "SOUND OFF"
and everyone chirps accordingly...
so if i call "sound off" then everyone has to post
we should all write a verse.
i can bare your looks
cause i just want a nice scent
inside my bedsheets
yes, 575
everyone have their assignment?
8.23.2002
I have reached an untested solution today. I was thinking about it while working, and it was simple once I got away from the computer. I am reinstalling XP. I will erase Linux completely, but when time comes to partition, I will saw my hard drive in two. I will make one (say 20 GB) partition for Windows, Leaving a 10 GB Linux partition. I will format both for NTFS. Upon completion of the XP install, I will begin installing Linux. I will reformat the 10GB partition to ext2 or whatever Linux prefers and complete the install from there.
I will try this. Why does it seem so simple now? It helps to step back from the computer and think a bit.
update at 11
jeff
I will try this. Why does it seem so simple now? It helps to step back from the computer and think a bit.
update at 11
jeff
dont buy stuff.. you can try installing windows first, just limit it's partition in the installer, then install linux on the rest of the space. it should work. and to paraphrase chad, linux is free, if your time costs nothing. it can be a pain to handle, primarily because of the conrtol over things that you get. you cant make NTFS partitions from linux, and NTFS is read only under linux. FAT32 is a good alternative to NTFS in a dual-boot situation, as linux can make the FAT partition, it can also read/write from it. personally, I like having a FAT partiton as well as an ntfs for windows, ntfs being strictly windows/programs and the fat being music/projects/etc. ntfs copies/deletes files fast, as well as never requiring a scandisk and rarely needs a defrag. you just need windows for vb, right? you can always run vmware, but it will be slow.
welll... I got linux up and running after a fresh install. At least I have that.
I tried to run some stuff like sfdisk, but couldn't get it to work right because it wants too much intimate details about the hard drive, and is geared for making other Linux partitions.
There is a GNU program called parted, but that only works with GNU/Linux, unless I want to use a partition image stored on a floppy. THat would be nice, but my USB floppy is not really liking the .img file.
so that doesn't work. I am about || close to going out and spending the 70 bucks on partition magic.
Does anyone out there have a crack for it? I am beginning to think this is the only way out of the problem.
ugh
I have a headache trying to get these two rival siblings to work together
I tried to run some stuff like sfdisk, but couldn't get it to work right because it wants too much intimate details about the hard drive, and is geared for making other Linux partitions.
There is a GNU program called parted, but that only works with GNU/Linux, unless I want to use a partition image stored on a floppy. THat would be nice, but my USB floppy is not really liking the .img file.
so that doesn't work. I am about || close to going out and spending the 70 bucks on partition magic.
Does anyone out there have a crack for it? I am beginning to think this is the only way out of the problem.
ugh
I have a headache trying to get these two rival siblings to work together
8.22.2002
NOw I am getting pissed.
I installed Linux. Got it up and running. Life was good. Then I tried to add windows. I had 3 partitions. Judging by sizes one appeared to be the Linux boot partition. The other appeared to be swap space. The third appeared to be the wide open spaces of my virginized hard disk. I used the handy dandy windows partitioning tool to chop up the remaining space into a manageable chunk, but XP still didn't like it. I kept going in circles between "XP would like to install setup files, but doesn't like your partition" to "pick a partition you want to install Windows on" and back and forth. So I thought I would go into Linux and see if there was some UNIXy way (sfdisk, cfdisk, etc) to do it, but Linux won't start now.
Curses.
It likes one, but not the other. I wonder if that was a little bit of "added functionality" to not like any other OS?
so now I am stuck.
I installed Linux. Got it up and running. Life was good. Then I tried to add windows. I had 3 partitions. Judging by sizes one appeared to be the Linux boot partition. The other appeared to be swap space. The third appeared to be the wide open spaces of my virginized hard disk. I used the handy dandy windows partitioning tool to chop up the remaining space into a manageable chunk, but XP still didn't like it. I kept going in circles between "XP would like to install setup files, but doesn't like your partition" to "pick a partition you want to install Windows on" and back and forth. So I thought I would go into Linux and see if there was some UNIXy way (sfdisk, cfdisk, etc) to do it, but Linux won't start now.
Curses.
It likes one, but not the other. I wonder if that was a little bit of "added functionality" to not like any other OS?
so now I am stuck.
Hello... I am currently up and running mandrake (self-congratulatory pat on back) after a little bit of CD-RW trouble (several coasters in a row)
I will have to get windows back and running too, but that can wait until tonight or something
posting to the blog looks a little strange in Konqueror, but it is ok
cool beans
I will have to get windows back and running too, but that can wait until tonight or something
posting to the blog looks a little strange in Konqueror, but it is ok
cool beans
PS: I hate windows. I made the mistake of installing Imesh as an MP3 client. TONS of spyware. I hate spyware. at this point I am swearing off p2p and other MP3 search methods and am going to rely solely on IRC. Morpheus wasn't too bad, but it would never download anything.
anyhow, I am in the process of moving all my files over to CD and then it is Linux time. Windows will get installed later, but I need to have a workable system first
Windows does too much magical behind the scenes stuff and you can never tell what is going wrong and take steps to correct it until you are screwed.
anyhow, I am in the process of moving all my files over to CD and then it is Linux time. Windows will get installed later, but I need to have a workable system first
Windows does too much magical behind the scenes stuff and you can never tell what is going wrong and take steps to correct it until you are screwed.
Well... i have been having mixed success with my stock stuff. I have no money in the account yet (I have to wait until I return to MN to sign and mail the papers and check), so I have been making "paper trades". The first two that I bought have gone down a bit, but the third went up. I am refining my approach a bit, and that helps. We shall see.
I looked at the inquirer page and was reading about the new Seagate HD's. 50 TB a square inch.... amazing. :) new technology is so fun. :)
jeff
I looked at the inquirer page and was reading about the new Seagate HD's. 50 TB a square inch.... amazing. :) new technology is so fun. :)
jeff
that's the cutest kitten in existence, but i only get the opening frame of video and then the audio. :(
the stock market isn't the super happy money land people think it is, most people gamble by guessing companies. if i had money in the market it'd be on AMD. new processors coming out (athlon xp 2400+ and xp 2600+) and their new 64 bit line of processors which looks like it's gonna rock. in preliminarybenchmarks based on SSL encryption, the clawhammer (64 bit desktop processor) running at 800 Mhz was slaughtering P3's and Mac G4's left and right. anywhere between 5x the preformance to 10x the prefomance based on the test and OS and other conditions. very impressive, anyways. there will be much owning with the new processors. sometimes im too much of a geek for my own good...
the stock market isn't the super happy money land people think it is, most people gamble by guessing companies. if i had money in the market it'd be on AMD. new processors coming out (athlon xp 2400+ and xp 2600+) and their new 64 bit line of processors which looks like it's gonna rock. in preliminarybenchmarks based on SSL encryption, the clawhammer (64 bit desktop processor) running at 800 Mhz was slaughtering P3's and Mac G4's left and right. anywhere between 5x the preformance to 10x the prefomance based on the test and OS and other conditions. very impressive, anyways. there will be much owning with the new processors. sometimes im too much of a geek for my own good...
Well. I have gone and done it now. I registered with datek.com and am going to put some money on the stock market. I am fairly certain I will lose my shirt, but I might have a good time with it. Actually, I have been reading about investing and trading and such and I think I might have at least an even chance to make money. At least hold my own, but we will see. I am interested in applying my recently learned computer learning techniques to this. It will be interesting, at any rate.
Look out reckless capitalism... Here i come
jeff
Look out reckless capitalism... Here i come
jeff
8.21.2002
many people piss me off, its what they do, and their existance.
Hello... I went for more of a walk than I realized.
It was about 4-5 miles or so... but tough going though. There was a trail at the beginning, but it was really wet and muddy and almost took more effort to navigate than just going cross country. So I finally left the trail and started up a large hill. The wind was just howling. Like 40 mph, and steady... no gusts at all. I kind of wandered around to another ridge that had a rock formation on top that looked EXACTLY like a squirrel when seen from the road. Of course it just looked like rocks when I got up close. The tundra was deep and spongy and brushy which made it hard to walk.( you end up swimming through it more- kind of like trying to walk in mashed potatoes) And it didn't help that i had my "inside" shoes. My feet slipped all over the place inside and now are REALLY sore. My legs, too.
I tried to take some pictures, but I think I only got a couple that were any good. I will find out when I get it developed. That is the part I don't like about film. And the part I do. You only get one shot (or maybe a couple, if you take bracketed exposures-but they end up looking mostly the same) and you have to wait forever and a day to find out if it worked or not, and by that time you can't go back and try again. But then, once in a while, you get one of those perfect images that only happens once. I have yet to have that happen, but someday...:)
I usually take landscapes and scenics, but I am finding out that most of my stuff is too derivative. I end up doing stuff like I have seen, and the images just look... mundane. Maybe I should switch to a different genre? Erotic photography, maybe. heheee
I was hungry when I got done, so I went to a new restaurant. Or at least new to me. It has been a staple of the famed Fairbanks restaurant scene for years, but I haven't been inside. It was ok. A little bit preppy... It seemed to be a place that jocks and car racers and girls with Polaris jackets like to hang out. A little bit of poppy dance music and a baseball game on mute. A whole wall dedicated to neon beer lights. It was fun to watch people. Most of them seemed to be on dates and that is always the most fun to observe. Because people usually put on a bit of a front, but are trying to hide the fact that it is a front. Makes things a little awkward for everybody because they try too hard.
oh well.
I realize how boring I am now after reading this, but I am too lazy to waste all the work and thought that went into this post by deleting it, so I will post it anyways, as a testament to my boringness.
good night
jeff
It was about 4-5 miles or so... but tough going though. There was a trail at the beginning, but it was really wet and muddy and almost took more effort to navigate than just going cross country. So I finally left the trail and started up a large hill. The wind was just howling. Like 40 mph, and steady... no gusts at all. I kind of wandered around to another ridge that had a rock formation on top that looked EXACTLY like a squirrel when seen from the road. Of course it just looked like rocks when I got up close. The tundra was deep and spongy and brushy which made it hard to walk.( you end up swimming through it more- kind of like trying to walk in mashed potatoes) And it didn't help that i had my "inside" shoes. My feet slipped all over the place inside and now are REALLY sore. My legs, too.
I tried to take some pictures, but I think I only got a couple that were any good. I will find out when I get it developed. That is the part I don't like about film. And the part I do. You only get one shot (or maybe a couple, if you take bracketed exposures-but they end up looking mostly the same) and you have to wait forever and a day to find out if it worked or not, and by that time you can't go back and try again. But then, once in a while, you get one of those perfect images that only happens once. I have yet to have that happen, but someday...:)
I usually take landscapes and scenics, but I am finding out that most of my stuff is too derivative. I end up doing stuff like I have seen, and the images just look... mundane. Maybe I should switch to a different genre? Erotic photography, maybe. heheee
I was hungry when I got done, so I went to a new restaurant. Or at least new to me. It has been a staple of the famed Fairbanks restaurant scene for years, but I haven't been inside. It was ok. A little bit preppy... It seemed to be a place that jocks and car racers and girls with Polaris jackets like to hang out. A little bit of poppy dance music and a baseball game on mute. A whole wall dedicated to neon beer lights. It was fun to watch people. Most of them seemed to be on dates and that is always the most fun to observe. Because people usually put on a bit of a front, but are trying to hide the fact that it is a front. Makes things a little awkward for everybody because they try too hard.
oh well.
I realize how boring I am now after reading this, but I am too lazy to waste all the work and thought that went into this post by deleting it, so I will post it anyways, as a testament to my boringness.
good night
jeff
8.20.2002
I tried to get the .vob's off the disc, but it says some (or all) are locked. But I have only put a few minutes of effort into it. I will continue trying.
Well, I have the rest of the day off. What shall I do now?
maybe go for a walk somewhere. Maybe some photos. something out of the ordinary.
well, on the absence of anything really interesting to say, I will leave you.
good day
jeff
Well, I have the rest of the day off. What shall I do now?
maybe go for a walk somewhere. Maybe some photos. something out of the ordinary.
well, on the absence of anything really interesting to say, I will leave you.
good day
jeff
8.19.2002
dvd to cd huh?
i'm not aware of any worthy all in ones for this kind of thing. i don't know if there will ever be. the best i can do is walk you halfway through my dvd ripping process...
1-Grab the VOB files off the disc using Smart Ripper... now these are going to be anywhere up to 4 gigs and include audio and video data....
2-Open dvd2avi load all the vob files... it should try to grab all of them if they are in the same directory...go to FILE and SAVE PROJECT... and this will take about a half an hour.
(NOTE: Normally if we were ripping a dvd, we would have a use for the d2v file. But all we care about now is the single wav file (usually 48khz) that was created along side the d2v)
3- Now that you have a wav of basically the entire dvd start to finish, its up to you what you do with it. If you just want to bust it up and burn it to disc, i recommend cdwav... you just set the track markers and press go, and it will break it up for you. Otherwise you could just burn the whole wav to disc as a single track, but its up to you...
(ps: smart ripper won't have the key to grab the vob files unless you open the dvd in a software dvd player first)
any questions come to #chadshaus.
anyone else know of better methods than mine?
i'm not aware of any worthy all in ones for this kind of thing. i don't know if there will ever be. the best i can do is walk you halfway through my dvd ripping process...
1-Grab the VOB files off the disc using Smart Ripper... now these are going to be anywhere up to 4 gigs and include audio and video data....
2-Open dvd2avi load all the vob files... it should try to grab all of them if they are in the same directory...go to FILE and SAVE PROJECT... and this will take about a half an hour.
(NOTE: Normally if we were ripping a dvd, we would have a use for the d2v file. But all we care about now is the single wav file (usually 48khz) that was created along side the d2v)
3- Now that you have a wav of basically the entire dvd start to finish, its up to you what you do with it. If you just want to bust it up and burn it to disc, i recommend cdwav... you just set the track markers and press go, and it will break it up for you. Otherwise you could just burn the whole wav to disc as a single track, but its up to you...
(ps: smart ripper won't have the key to grab the vob files unless you open the dvd in a software dvd player first)
any questions come to #chadshaus.
anyone else know of better methods than mine?
8.18.2002
here is a question. Is there any software to rip MP3's off of a DVD? I recently purchased a concert DVD and would like to have it on CD in my car as well. I should probably do some looking myself, first.
oh, btw. Has anyone seen the new Pumpkins video DVD? reccomend? not?
jeff
oh, btw. Has anyone seen the new Pumpkins video DVD? reccomend? not?
jeff
that's just odd...
8.17.2002
the only thing to ask is WHAT THE???
Well...
I worked 22 hours yesterday. We went to work at 5, as anticipated and worked until 2am the following morning. After that all I can think of is the futility and vanity of life.
I am currently too tired to write an intelligent blog, so I will refrain until tomorrow.
I hate everything now.
jeff
I worked 22 hours yesterday. We went to work at 5, as anticipated and worked until 2am the following morning. After that all I can think of is the futility and vanity of life.
I am currently too tired to write an intelligent blog, so I will refrain until tomorrow.
I hate everything now.
jeff
8.15.2002
In these times of frustration and bitterness and hatred, wouldn't it be nice if some benevolent deity were to show us the way?
I'm two steps ahead of ya... Here you go.
An interview with God.
I'm two steps ahead of ya... Here you go.
An interview with God.
pooh
I spent the whole day sitting in a loader waiting for trucks. What a stupid word. Go ahead and say it out loud and listen to how stupid you sound. TRUCKS.
What I think is hilarious is when people (and I have done it myself, because of its hilarity) refer to several trucks going to a certain location as a TRUCK SHOW. In my minds eye I see poodles. Prancing, cavorting poodles, then coupled with prancing, cavorting trucks. TRUCKS.
lol...
about moving to Canada, I would advise against it. It is worth a trip to see for yourself. Canada does do some cool stuff like use the metric system like the rest of the planet and have all out verbal (and sometimes physical) brawls in their version of Congress, but it is severely restrictive in many other ways. It is hard to explain until you have spent some time there. And I haven't spent enough to make a real judgement, but just the feeling I get from the time I have been there is that it is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. Except maybe a little town called Quesnel (KWIH-nell), BC. Or near Banff, AB. Both of those places are very nice.
I suppose this will ruffle a few feathers (and probably rightly so), but if you stop paying attention, most of these injustice problems disappear. I have said in the past that if you live far enough away (either mentally or physically) nothing ever happens and the world will never end. I usually just scan the headlines from whatever corrupted media outlet is handy and then wander about aimlessly observing people. Get lost in some programming experiment or polish up on some Nonlinear dynamics (which is fascinating) or just go for a walk. Am I accomplishing anything socially important? no. definitely not. But I am maintaing the last quivering threads of sanity I have left. I will be no good to anybody when I finally lose it and end up mumbling in the grocery store dumping bags of bird seed on the floor and trying to calculate how they scatter or smashing windows to calculate which direction the cracks will spread.
Anyways, speaking of stretching sanity to hitherto untested dimensions, I have to get up at 5 o' freaking clock in the morning to load TRUCKS (HAHAHAHA!!!!) for another TRUCK SHOW (double HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!).
pooh
jeff "they have a 5 in the MORNING now?' green
{snip-lost another one}
I spent the whole day sitting in a loader waiting for trucks. What a stupid word. Go ahead and say it out loud and listen to how stupid you sound. TRUCKS.
What I think is hilarious is when people (and I have done it myself, because of its hilarity) refer to several trucks going to a certain location as a TRUCK SHOW. In my minds eye I see poodles. Prancing, cavorting poodles, then coupled with prancing, cavorting trucks. TRUCKS.
lol...
about moving to Canada, I would advise against it. It is worth a trip to see for yourself. Canada does do some cool stuff like use the metric system like the rest of the planet and have all out verbal (and sometimes physical) brawls in their version of Congress, but it is severely restrictive in many other ways. It is hard to explain until you have spent some time there. And I haven't spent enough to make a real judgement, but just the feeling I get from the time I have been there is that it is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. Except maybe a little town called Quesnel (KWIH-nell), BC. Or near Banff, AB. Both of those places are very nice.
I suppose this will ruffle a few feathers (and probably rightly so), but if you stop paying attention, most of these injustice problems disappear. I have said in the past that if you live far enough away (either mentally or physically) nothing ever happens and the world will never end. I usually just scan the headlines from whatever corrupted media outlet is handy and then wander about aimlessly observing people. Get lost in some programming experiment or polish up on some Nonlinear dynamics (which is fascinating) or just go for a walk. Am I accomplishing anything socially important? no. definitely not. But I am maintaing the last quivering threads of sanity I have left. I will be no good to anybody when I finally lose it and end up mumbling in the grocery store dumping bags of bird seed on the floor and trying to calculate how they scatter or smashing windows to calculate which direction the cracks will spread.
Anyways, speaking of stretching sanity to hitherto untested dimensions, I have to get up at 5 o' freaking clock in the morning to load TRUCKS (HAHAHAHA!!!!) for another TRUCK SHOW (double HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!).
pooh
jeff "they have a 5 in the MORNING now?' green
{snip-lost another one}
8.14.2002
canada looks more appealing every day, or possibly japan. i dont think they have as much freedom as the constitution allows us, but as the government keeps forgetting about the constitution and infringing on personal rights, it doesn't matter much anyways.
not to dilute the potency of my last post, but i made a minor fix... the index page of chadperkins.com is now mozilla friendly... the reason why i'm telling you this is because i noticed mozilla was coughing on the javascript quote randomizer... i thought it would be a big deal to fix, so i loaded her into textpad, after quite a few days of denial, and the first thing i thought to try was delete was all the microsoft filler code, that basically means nothing and enables a bunch of weird shite no one even uses...
i'm sad to admit it is there from when i first put up my site, occasionally constructing in word for convenience. big mistake the filesize went from the MS bloated 12.9k to 9.2 in the conversion. and now it actually works.
well i woke up at 8pm last nite, and in about an hour i'm going to go start a 12 hour shift at BIR... hehe... they don't call me eman for nothin'
anyhoo
i hope to be asserting my authorita as a security officer... maybe throw around a few drunk nascar fans (one of my personal fantasies)...
see everyone in 16 hours...
and jeff, dalnet was screwy... we were both on in #chadshaus some how, but me and jenny were talking while you and apples were talking...
i'm still not quite sure how it happened... but oh well... as this rambling comes to a close... i'd like to encourage everyone to check out my last post... because it has links that can help you understand why i am crazy... and this post has no links so stop reading it now...
thats right
scroll
i'm sad to admit it is there from when i first put up my site, occasionally constructing in word for convenience. big mistake the filesize went from the MS bloated 12.9k to 9.2 in the conversion. and now it actually works.
well i woke up at 8pm last nite, and in about an hour i'm going to go start a 12 hour shift at BIR... hehe... they don't call me eman for nothin'
anyhoo
i hope to be asserting my authorita as a security officer... maybe throw around a few drunk nascar fans (one of my personal fantasies)...
see everyone in 16 hours...
and jeff, dalnet was screwy... we were both on in #chadshaus some how, but me and jenny were talking while you and apples were talking...
i'm still not quite sure how it happened... but oh well... as this rambling comes to a close... i'd like to encourage everyone to check out my last post... because it has links that can help you understand why i am crazy... and this post has no links so stop reading it now...
thats right
scroll
"If a trained police officer doesn't know the difference between political speech and a threat to the president, then we're all in trouble," Charns says. "If the Secret Service has nothing better to do than check on political posters, that's a bad sign."
filthy communication
They don't gotta burn tha books they just remove 'em - RATM
Something must be done
About vengeance, a badge and a gun - RATM
i could sit here for days posting real evidence. just using RATM library of lyrics alone i could whine about countless injustice. In this police state we basically have no rights. And they were stripped from us long before i was born. I watch as the news on tv is constantly fueled by war. Is that the only way to introduce patriotism in your people?
Bush II said "They don't value freedom like we do" (in reguards to some enemy... the actors change so frequently its hard for me to keep up)
well if our children HAD any of the freedom that we're fighting so hard for, then we wouldn't have so many apathetic, greed driven citizens. our rights were stripped long before i was born. but as my friends have expressed, and i too have felt... it seems so useless..i respect zach de la rocha for making political situations real, and poetic and at the same time make you want to go up to the face of your gov and say in a nutshell, WHAT THE FUCK.
another RATM quote from know your enemy:
"Compromise, conformity, assimilation, submission
Ignorance, hypocrisy, brutality, the elite
All of which are American dreams"
yep, a nutshell ;)
filthy communication
They don't gotta burn tha books they just remove 'em - RATM
Something must be done
About vengeance, a badge and a gun - RATM
i could sit here for days posting real evidence. just using RATM library of lyrics alone i could whine about countless injustice. In this police state we basically have no rights. And they were stripped from us long before i was born. I watch as the news on tv is constantly fueled by war. Is that the only way to introduce patriotism in your people?
Bush II said "They don't value freedom like we do" (in reguards to some enemy... the actors change so frequently its hard for me to keep up)
well if our children HAD any of the freedom that we're fighting so hard for, then we wouldn't have so many apathetic, greed driven citizens. our rights were stripped long before i was born. but as my friends have expressed, and i too have felt... it seems so useless..i respect zach de la rocha for making political situations real, and poetic and at the same time make you want to go up to the face of your gov and say in a nutshell, WHAT THE FUCK.
another RATM quote from know your enemy:
"Compromise, conformity, assimilation, submission
Ignorance, hypocrisy, brutality, the elite
All of which are American dreams"
yep, a nutshell ;)
Well...
Considering the lack of all-important details in this story and the fact that I've already extolled the position of devil's advocate to Chad on IRC, I won't go ahead with my "All cops aren't bad" rant...
I will say one thing though. Having seen the effects of mace and pepper spray with my own eyes, it's not surprising that an officer could be caught off guard by a man covered in it and still coming at him.
Oh and Jeff, if all else fails with IRC transfer of Zwan goodies, check out the Poets Of Zwan's media library.
From this page, my personal favorites are "El Sol" from the Glass House show and "Yeah" from the Galaxy show.
Considering the lack of all-important details in this story and the fact that I've already extolled the position of devil's advocate to Chad on IRC, I won't go ahead with my "All cops aren't bad" rant...
I will say one thing though. Having seen the effects of mace and pepper spray with my own eyes, it's not surprising that an officer could be caught off guard by a man covered in it and still coming at him.
Oh and Jeff, if all else fails with IRC transfer of Zwan goodies, check out the Poets Of Zwan's media library.
From this page, my personal favorites are "El Sol" from the Glass House show and "Yeah" from the Galaxy show.
hello... I am talking to applekid on IRC and blogging at the same time. Pre-emptive multitasking is the term for it. :)
Nothing else really new.
I guess I will have to be more careful when masturbating and doing geology homework in public again. I will also have to chose something a little better than a rock like that guy. Maybe some kind of shoulder mounted artillery? Longbow? Slingshot? Scimitar? Nuclear hand grenades? :)
I hate to sound like the social conformist here, but shooting a naked man was probably not very high up the list of things to do that day for the officer. I read or heard somewhere about how police officers (or other humans equipped with weapons) react to things like that. They try a few things (like the restraining hold and mace, etc) and get scared when a person gets ahold of a weapon (no matter how non-lethal it seems in retrospect). They draw and fire almost without thinking (a big no-no, obviously) and empty their clips before they even realize they are shooting. Seriously. It is a reflex thing. The problem comes when they first draw. They feel painted into a corner, and that the gun is an added level of safety, and the step from pointing a gun to shooting it happens before they realize what is happening.
It really comes down to a hit or miss (no pun intended) personality profiling thing. Some people react too fast in certain situations, while others stop and think. You can never tell how someone will react until they are faced with a real life situation like that. And it works both ways. The ones slow on the draw sometimes get killed because they didn't kill the hypothetical suicidal guy with a gun to his head before he turns it on them. It just depends on the situation.
Now I am not making any direct comments about the issue at hand. Very possibly the cop totally stepped out of line and killed a crazy, but otherwise innocent person. Or maybe there was more to the fight than we realize. It is just hard to say.
We can't summarily hate cops simply because they are cops, and we can't summarily love them for the same reason. They are just people.
make love not war, I guess. :)
I suppose my position on that would change had I been the crazy banger in the park....
I am attempting a transfer with apples to hear my first taste of Zwan. I am intrigued.
The transfer failed. I am pursuing other routes. I am intrigued.
jeff
Nothing else really new.
I guess I will have to be more careful when masturbating and doing geology homework in public again. I will also have to chose something a little better than a rock like that guy. Maybe some kind of shoulder mounted artillery? Longbow? Slingshot? Scimitar? Nuclear hand grenades? :)
I hate to sound like the social conformist here, but shooting a naked man was probably not very high up the list of things to do that day for the officer. I read or heard somewhere about how police officers (or other humans equipped with weapons) react to things like that. They try a few things (like the restraining hold and mace, etc) and get scared when a person gets ahold of a weapon (no matter how non-lethal it seems in retrospect). They draw and fire almost without thinking (a big no-no, obviously) and empty their clips before they even realize they are shooting. Seriously. It is a reflex thing. The problem comes when they first draw. They feel painted into a corner, and that the gun is an added level of safety, and the step from pointing a gun to shooting it happens before they realize what is happening.
It really comes down to a hit or miss (no pun intended) personality profiling thing. Some people react too fast in certain situations, while others stop and think. You can never tell how someone will react until they are faced with a real life situation like that. And it works both ways. The ones slow on the draw sometimes get killed because they didn't kill the hypothetical suicidal guy with a gun to his head before he turns it on them. It just depends on the situation.
Now I am not making any direct comments about the issue at hand. Very possibly the cop totally stepped out of line and killed a crazy, but otherwise innocent person. Or maybe there was more to the fight than we realize. It is just hard to say.
We can't summarily hate cops simply because they are cops, and we can't summarily love them for the same reason. They are just people.
make love not war, I guess. :)
I suppose my position on that would change had I been the crazy banger in the park....
I am attempting a transfer with apples to hear my first taste of Zwan. I am intrigued.
The transfer failed. I am pursuing other routes. I am intrigued.
jeff
8.13.2002
here's a copy of my email to the mayor of san diego, dick murphy.
http://www.local6.com/sh/news/stories/nat-news-130181320020313-120303.html
I'm not sure if you're aware of this story or not. But I'm wondering if you would have any opinion, or could possibly take any action in this matter. A naked crazy masturbating man was killed by a police officer in your city. I'm wondering how dangerous this man really was. I mean, he had a rock and a penis as his only weapons. Was the officer really that threatened by a rock? Couldn't he just run away and come back with a tazer, flash grenade, rubber bullets, backup... anything. Was it necessary for him to fatally wound this man?
In my opinion there is a murderer in your ranks, and I want to know what you're going to do about it.
Thanks,
Chad Perkins
http://www.local6.com/sh/news/stories/nat-news-130181320020313-120303.html
I'm not sure if you're aware of this story or not. But I'm wondering if you would have any opinion, or could possibly take any action in this matter. A naked crazy masturbating man was killed by a police officer in your city. I'm wondering how dangerous this man really was. I mean, he had a rock and a penis as his only weapons. Was the officer really that threatened by a rock? Couldn't he just run away and come back with a tazer, flash grenade, rubber bullets, backup... anything. Was it necessary for him to fatally wound this man?
In my opinion there is a murderer in your ranks, and I want to know what you're going to do about it.
Thanks,
Chad Perkins
Las Vegas NV - (AP) Las Vegas redsident Jenny Ebarb was one of hundreds of protesters teargassed and beaten downtown during a protest last Saturday. While this started as a peaceful protest. The LVPD has no comment as of presstime.
Apparently, the LVPD showed up and started asserting thier power. Ironically, Ebarb's boyfriend who wishes to remain anonymous, was in full riot gear at the time. According to undisclosed sources, all the demons of the 8th AND 9th ring of hell shown through his wicked smile as each stroke of his billy club landed on the backs and skulls of all those 'dirty hippies'.
This incident was completely unrelated to the case of a poilce officer gunning down a crazy naked masturbating man. I mean, he had a rock in his hand.... the officer had no other choice. What if the man had gone off all over the officer, we can't have that now.... so the officer went off on him first.
Apparently, the LVPD showed up and started asserting thier power. Ironically, Ebarb's boyfriend who wishes to remain anonymous, was in full riot gear at the time. According to undisclosed sources, all the demons of the 8th AND 9th ring of hell shown through his wicked smile as each stroke of his billy club landed on the backs and skulls of all those 'dirty hippies'.
This incident was completely unrelated to the case of a poilce officer gunning down a crazy naked masturbating man. I mean, he had a rock in his hand.... the officer had no other choice. What if the man had gone off all over the officer, we can't have that now.... so the officer went off on him first.
the chupacabra makes more money than I do each month :(
considering i make $0, that's not hard
this is just frightning. compaines that have more money than countries such as our anti-terrorist "ally" pakistan
scary stuff
considering i make $0, that's not hard
this is just frightning. compaines that have more money than countries such as our anti-terrorist "ally" pakistan
scary stuff
8.12.2002
StreamBox
i finally found a program capable of capturing and saving streams! :) it even comes with its own crack and reg hack .... sweet
i finally found a program capable of capturing and saving streams! :) it even comes with its own crack and reg hack .... sweet
:( @ wannabe rockstars who get girls when I cant :(
well... for whatever reason, my response to Applekids question about Mark Crawford was not posted to the blog. So I will try again.
I don't particularly care one way or another about Mr. Crawford... it is more in what he represents. Kind of the wannabe rockstar. The sad thing is he is probably getting girls. The evil midriff baring, bra stuffing, gum smacking girls, but girls nonetheless. I can hear them from here...
"Like, WOW, Mark. You must get quite a workout smacking the skins* to get muscles that big. I just LOVE your music"
How many rock stars have I run across in my travels? It feels like hundreds. And they all say the same thing.
Its all about the music.
yeah right
I am just tired of rock stars.
jeff
* Newly learned stupid drummer lingo (or doublespeak, as we have recently learned)
I don't particularly care one way or another about Mr. Crawford... it is more in what he represents. Kind of the wannabe rockstar. The sad thing is he is probably getting girls. The evil midriff baring, bra stuffing, gum smacking girls, but girls nonetheless. I can hear them from here...
"Like, WOW, Mark. You must get quite a workout smacking the skins* to get muscles that big. I just LOVE your music"
How many rock stars have I run across in my travels? It feels like hundreds. And they all say the same thing.
Its all about the music.
yeah right
I am just tired of rock stars.
jeff
* Newly learned stupid drummer lingo (or doublespeak, as we have recently learned)
im pissed off with the state of advertising...
on tv, they flood each 1/2 hour with something like 8 minutes of ads. 1/4 of your time watching tv is advertising. as if this wasn't bad enough, many ads are for things that no one can sensibly afford, cars, trips,motorcycles, etc. most of the rest of the ads are for things that you'll buy anyways, such as butter, toilet paper, and shampoo. so all im wondering is, if these products ARE SO INCREDIBLY WONDERFUL, WHY DO YOU JACK UP THE PRICES SO YOU CAN ADVERTISE THEIR GREATNESS? most of those things aren't really better than the competitors anyways. And those car commercials for $20,000 cars just adds to the popular view that each family needs their 2.5 children, 2 vehicles (either 1 car/1 SUV or 1 minivan/1 SUV), 4 bedroom house, with dual $50,000/year incomes in the suburbs. I would imagine that most people want a car that gets them from point A to point B, but no, people need that new pedestrian-killing monstrosity that costs $900/month because it looks cool. the relationship between humanity and corporate america (which cannot be considered human) is a sad one, indeed. people buy into the stereotypical "american dream" vision and support the large corporations, which in turn allows them to grow stronger, that is until their own greed causes them to fall from illegal "accounting errors" (read:LYING). I would be shocked to see most of these things result in anyone going to jail, as they funded most of the people in congress and the white house. It's sad to see the 2 smallest sectors of America (corporate and government) work together to dupe the largest (public) out of millions and their trust. but then again, most people dont care, because they dont want to deal with anything like that, it may cause early wrinkles on their face from all the extra stress (FACELIFT TIME!). and as time passes, the public will continue to feed the corporate monsters and readily accept the government that the corporations presents in front of them. seriously, can private contributions from random people fund a presidential campaign? the "fringe cadidates" will rarely succeed because the media will hardly give them time for anything (Nader and 2000 election debates). God forbid a large organization supports someone or some idea that is considered "radical" from the mainstream view.
and now the government is being told by the RIAA to go after individual song traders online. this after they're VERY close to getting the privledge to hack copyright violators, this hacking includes DoS attacks, virus planting in the P2P systems, etc. they blame the internet for a drop in music sales. that's realistic, considering up to 2000 music sales have been UP, and 2001 will forever be known as the year the the shittiest music ever. guess who the riaa uses for gathering the sales figues? and i quote from riaa.org "The figures, which are compiled by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, represent the total U.S. market". what this? enron's accountants? im not screaming conspiracy here, but if they screwed up enron, how can anyone know the music sales figures weren't made up so the riaa can continue to pawn shitty music by pressuring the government to help stop P2P networks.
on tv, they flood each 1/2 hour with something like 8 minutes of ads. 1/4 of your time watching tv is advertising. as if this wasn't bad enough, many ads are for things that no one can sensibly afford, cars, trips,motorcycles, etc. most of the rest of the ads are for things that you'll buy anyways, such as butter, toilet paper, and shampoo. so all im wondering is, if these products ARE SO INCREDIBLY WONDERFUL, WHY DO YOU JACK UP THE PRICES SO YOU CAN ADVERTISE THEIR GREATNESS? most of those things aren't really better than the competitors anyways. And those car commercials for $20,000 cars just adds to the popular view that each family needs their 2.5 children, 2 vehicles (either 1 car/1 SUV or 1 minivan/1 SUV), 4 bedroom house, with dual $50,000/year incomes in the suburbs. I would imagine that most people want a car that gets them from point A to point B, but no, people need that new pedestrian-killing monstrosity that costs $900/month because it looks cool. the relationship between humanity and corporate america (which cannot be considered human) is a sad one, indeed. people buy into the stereotypical "american dream" vision and support the large corporations, which in turn allows them to grow stronger, that is until their own greed causes them to fall from illegal "accounting errors" (read:LYING). I would be shocked to see most of these things result in anyone going to jail, as they funded most of the people in congress and the white house. It's sad to see the 2 smallest sectors of America (corporate and government) work together to dupe the largest (public) out of millions and their trust. but then again, most people dont care, because they dont want to deal with anything like that, it may cause early wrinkles on their face from all the extra stress (FACELIFT TIME!). and as time passes, the public will continue to feed the corporate monsters and readily accept the government that the corporations presents in front of them. seriously, can private contributions from random people fund a presidential campaign? the "fringe cadidates" will rarely succeed because the media will hardly give them time for anything (Nader and 2000 election debates). God forbid a large organization supports someone or some idea that is considered "radical" from the mainstream view.
and now the government is being told by the RIAA to go after individual song traders online. this after they're VERY close to getting the privledge to hack copyright violators, this hacking includes DoS attacks, virus planting in the P2P systems, etc. they blame the internet for a drop in music sales. that's realistic, considering up to 2000 music sales have been UP, and 2001 will forever be known as the year the the shittiest music ever. guess who the riaa uses for gathering the sales figues? and i quote from riaa.org "The figures, which are compiled by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, represent the total U.S. market". what this? enron's accountants? im not screaming conspiracy here, but if they screwed up enron, how can anyone know the music sales figures weren't made up so the riaa can continue to pawn shitty music by pressuring the government to help stop P2P networks.
8.11.2002
someone should send this woman flowers. Barbara Lee deserves something.To stand up, and speak against war insanity....
ironically winamp 3 was the very thing that caused me to have to restart my computer. The same bug that happens in 2.x - sometimes you close it and it keeps playing.... and isn't running as a process but you still hear the music...
well here is the final screenshot of my eternal connection
i look forward to the 3.x updates... hopefully they improve the resource taxation...
well off to play war 3
well here is the final screenshot of my eternal connection
i look forward to the 3.x updates... hopefully they improve the resource taxation...
well off to play war 3
now playing on winamp 3: Weezer - Slob
I think if i had a song to describe my mood lately it would be this song....
I'm beginning to like a few songs in their new album... burnt jamb and slob especially.
I think if i had a song to describe my mood lately it would be this song....
I'm beginning to like a few songs in their new album... burnt jamb and slob especially.
8.10.2002
well, a few things that are spiffier are the playlist buttons are actually readable now. on winamp2 you click add on the playlist and you get add Q@$, add d94 and add 2$5. they're hard to read with 1600x1200 resolution. that and the skins. that's about it. im still debating with myself over which one to use. winamp 3 does take a tad longer to load for me, and it takes 3 times the memory space when it is loaded.
But why? Why is Winamp3 spiffier?
I'm not trying to instigate anything - I just want to know. I really like what they've done with it in the way of skinning. The possibilities for customization (aesthetically, anyway) seem boundless now. But, and let me know if I'm too hung up on this, when they took away plug-ins they also took away a huge area for customizing. The browser integration, which I never really played with in Winamp 2, should apparently now have song by song information. When I tried it though, it was still either too buggy or it just didn't like my mp3's enough to find information for them. Anyway... if I'm way off base on this, feel free to ridicule me for my "fear of change."
I like Winamp3 a lot - it has real potential - but at this point, Winamp2 is still the overall winner here.
I'm not trying to instigate anything - I just want to know. I really like what they've done with it in the way of skinning. The possibilities for customization (aesthetically, anyway) seem boundless now. But, and let me know if I'm too hung up on this, when they took away plug-ins they also took away a huge area for customizing. The browser integration, which I never really played with in Winamp 2, should apparently now have song by song information. When I tried it though, it was still either too buggy or it just didn't like my mp3's enough to find information for them. Anyway... if I'm way off base on this, feel free to ridicule me for my "fear of change."
I like Winamp3 a lot - it has real potential - but at this point, Winamp2 is still the overall winner here.
i hate that feeling that i dont want to do anything, i want to sleep, but i dont want to go to bed. I dont wanna play any games, yet i dont want to watch any movies or do anything at all.. it sucks.
winamp 3 is cool.
i like it very much
it's like winamp 2, but spiffier
and dont forget the greatest website on the internet
winamp 3 is cool.
i like it very much
it's like winamp 2, but spiffier
and dont forget the greatest website on the internet
8.09.2002
somehow i got through and got jeff's equation... so i uploaded it to my server... i fixed jeff's link so it points to my server...
also... for those that don't fear change.
the new winamp 3.0 is out! with debut MAD skin!
alfred e newman... take me now
also... for those that don't fear change.
the new winamp 3.0 is out! with debut MAD skin!
alfred e newman... take me now
w00t is a computer gaming geeks expression of celebration.
but you have to use 0's, not o's, or O's. Zeros are special because using numbers instead of letters denotes l337n355.
4r3 J00 4|\| 31337 h4x0r?
eYe 4|\/| l3373r Th3n J00!
1 c4|\| |_|53 5yMb01s 1|\|5t34D 0F \/\/r17InG L1k3 4 |\|0rM4L P3r50N
1f j00 c4|\| D3c0d3 th15, j00 \/\/1|\| n0T|-|1nG!
you aren't fond of Mark Crawford, are you Jeff?
(your equation isn't there :( I wanna see the equation that shows how much Mark sucks.... )
but you have to use 0's, not o's, or O's. Zeros are special because using numbers instead of letters denotes l337n355.
4r3 J00 4|\| 31337 h4x0r?
eYe 4|\/| l3373r Th3n J00!
1 c4|\| |_|53 5yMb01s 1|\|5t34D 0F \/\/r17InG L1k3 4 |\|0rM4L P3r50N
1f j00 c4|\| D3c0d3 th15, j00 \/\/1|\| n0T|-|1nG!
you aren't fond of Mark Crawford, are you Jeff?
(your equation isn't there :( I wanna see the equation that shows how much Mark sucks.... )
8.08.2002
woot? anti-woot? What is woot? or a woot? hmmm
that is all
jeff
that is all
jeff
"thank you so much for-a playin my game-a"
Mario
Mario
In response to Applekid:
anti-woot
anti-woot
8.07.2002
Mark Crawford sucks. He sucks so bad, there are not words to describe how he sucks. In an attempt to describe such suckiness, I formulated a mathematical expression that beautifully, simply describes how bad he SUCKS. It simply states that Mark sucks from eternity past to eternity future, for all time. In a perfectly mathematical way. One thing I thought was funny... In the Bible, leven (basically yeast for cooking) is always symbolized as something evil. Leven works it's way into a batch of dough and is unremovable. We have a similar idea of a bad apple spoiling the whole barrel. And they named their band that. hehee
whew.
I do admit some envy of those who have functioning bands. But I do know that I would rather not have a band than have one so creatively restrictive as his.
I went to the fair. There were more normal people there than I anticipated. There were some bizarre specimens, however. It actually was quite boring. I spent 3 hours walking around trying to find something interesting. I talked to one guy who took aurora photos, and pumped him for info about his setup. I talked to a guy about learning to fly (something I am going to do once my life settles down a bit), but he wanted too much money (5-7K). I generally just wandered around. I saw a few people that I knew, but not too many. I always feel awkward for those strange encounters with people I know, but not really well. Like you should talk, but you don't know what about.
anyhow, I was just as glad to leave. Fairs are better when you are 8.
I dig the new blog. The gray is so... precise.
well.... off I go.
jeff "wishes he had a frontmanish name that sounded cool and 'street' like D-Town" green
PS: not really.
whew.
I do admit some envy of those who have functioning bands. But I do know that I would rather not have a band than have one so creatively restrictive as his.
I went to the fair. There were more normal people there than I anticipated. There were some bizarre specimens, however. It actually was quite boring. I spent 3 hours walking around trying to find something interesting. I talked to one guy who took aurora photos, and pumped him for info about his setup. I talked to a guy about learning to fly (something I am going to do once my life settles down a bit), but he wanted too much money (5-7K). I generally just wandered around. I saw a few people that I knew, but not too many. I always feel awkward for those strange encounters with people I know, but not really well. Like you should talk, but you don't know what about.
anyhow, I was just as glad to leave. Fairs are better when you are 8.
I dig the new blog. The gray is so... precise.
well.... off I go.
jeff "wishes he had a frontmanish name that sounded cool and 'street' like D-Town" green
PS: not really.
well as we settle into this new blog, i wanted to post a few new things.
www.mark-crawford.com
yes our old friend mark crawford, former LRCS student has his own domain, however it has a dash in it so its not as cool as mine of course. Anyways what is interesting is, he's playing drums for a band called Leven.
I've downloaded the mp3s from mp3.com and was able to dismiss this christian contemporary sound-a-like band. All it took was discovering the name of their frontman (D-Town), and obeserving his "I wish i were in creed and pod at the same time " pose.
Despite this, I can't help but be envious of mark. He's got a band that can keep time, and thats more than i got.
www.mark-crawford.com
yes our old friend mark crawford, former LRCS student has his own domain, however it has a dash in it so its not as cool as mine of course. Anyways what is interesting is, he's playing drums for a band called Leven.
I've downloaded the mp3s from mp3.com and was able to dismiss this christian contemporary sound-a-like band. All it took was discovering the name of their frontman (D-Town), and obeserving his "I wish i were in creed and pod at the same time " pose.
Despite this, I can't help but be envious of mark. He's got a band that can keep time, and thats more than i got.
w00t
or
anti-w00t?
or
anti-w00t?
Well, comments... I like the look of this one much better than the color changing fiesta that was going on with the last one. The gray seems a bit more, hm, sophsticated. Whatever that means. It does look a little drab if you stare at it long enough. Looks clean though. Now if only the first lines of every post weren't being omitted on both IE and Mozilla. Anyone having that problem? Or is my computer just wacky?
Oh, and what's with the ball of yarn over there? :)
Oh, and what's with the ball of yarn over there? :)
New blog again... comments?
8.06.2002
well... I am going to go to the fair. I had a few failed trial runs, but now I am going to do it. Word on the street is this years fair goers are particularly skanky. Should be in for a fun night. I am about || close to buying a cheap digital camera. Something just for taking random pictures of the things I see. It would be much cheaper than film. I am almost looking for a low-quality one, just so I don't try to get too artsy with it. just the daily bizarre that I see.
well... {holding breath} here I go. venturing into the outside world
jeff
well... {holding breath} here I go. venturing into the outside world
jeff
8.05.2002
this morning I get to do one thing I've wanted to do for a while:
Banish windows to hell.
and then I get the do one thing I didn't want to do:
Resurrect it.
Linux beckons the masses to accept it
the gamer rejects linux, for it's not gamer friendly
the business type thinks that if it's free, it must suck
the average user doesn't wanna mess with anything new
i'm not gonna use it as a main system because reboots screw up the RAN (room area network, does that work?)
i want my linux, and a in house cable modem-loving lan-adminning machine :( but for now I'll live with my computer running the show so it can never reboot into a psycho OS just so i can satisfy my gaming urges.
Banish windows to hell.
and then I get the do one thing I didn't want to do:
Resurrect it.
Linux beckons the masses to accept it
the gamer rejects linux, for it's not gamer friendly
the business type thinks that if it's free, it must suck
the average user doesn't wanna mess with anything new
i'm not gonna use it as a main system because reboots screw up the RAN (room area network, does that work?)
i want my linux, and a in house cable modem-loving lan-adminning machine :( but for now I'll live with my computer running the show so it can never reboot into a psycho OS just so i can satisfy my gaming urges.
8.04.2002
hello
I just got my hair cut. I feel so light and free now. And I look like some futuristic military cadet, but not quite so... futuristic.
I believe I shall have to do a clean wipe. I guess it isn't that big a deal, just that it takes the better part of a day. By the time you install Linux (upwards of half an hour) and install XP (upwards of 1.5 hours) and all the drivers and software and such. Not to mention all the files I backed up. I guess it is worth it, though. Linux is so very handy. I particularly like this bit of gimp-related linux humor. Isn't it delightfully smug and demeaning? :)
THe fair is here. Whoopee. Maybe I should go look at all the overweight bush-village girls wolf down dippin dots and onion rings like they haven't eaten in a whole 14 minutes. Ride on a few trips alone around the ferris wheel. Pretend to make out with an imaginary girl when we get stuck at the top. Barf sympathetically when the 12 year old boys puke while getting off the rite-of-passage designed tilt-a-whirl. Peruse the junk vendors for underpriced goods. Just sit and observe people. Everybody should read any and all of Ray Bradbury's depictions of traveling fairs. makes you look at them in a whole new way.
jeff 'thought he had so much to say' green
I just got my hair cut. I feel so light and free now. And I look like some futuristic military cadet, but not quite so... futuristic.
I believe I shall have to do a clean wipe. I guess it isn't that big a deal, just that it takes the better part of a day. By the time you install Linux (upwards of half an hour) and install XP (upwards of 1.5 hours) and all the drivers and software and such. Not to mention all the files I backed up. I guess it is worth it, though. Linux is so very handy. I particularly like this bit of gimp-related linux humor. Isn't it delightfully smug and demeaning? :)
THe fair is here. Whoopee. Maybe I should go look at all the overweight bush-village girls wolf down dippin dots and onion rings like they haven't eaten in a whole 14 minutes. Ride on a few trips alone around the ferris wheel. Pretend to make out with an imaginary girl when we get stuck at the top. Barf sympathetically when the 12 year old boys puke while getting off the rite-of-passage designed tilt-a-whirl. Peruse the junk vendors for underpriced goods. Just sit and observe people. Everybody should read any and all of Ray Bradbury's depictions of traveling fairs. makes you look at them in a whole new way.
jeff 'thought he had so much to say' green
no one ever caps whole snls episodes.... it makes me sad.
oh well... disinfo shines some light on our friend Huxley.
"Huxley presciently warns against the dark-side of the post-war boom. People are being socially conditioned through education that assails free will and encourages social trance"
interesting stuff.
back to the salt lick
oh well... disinfo shines some light on our friend Huxley.
"Huxley presciently warns against the dark-side of the post-war boom. People are being socially conditioned through education that assails free will and encourages social trance"
interesting stuff.
back to the salt lick
8.03.2002
My name is Simon, and I like to make drwarings!
the diagram below is crude, and lame, but i hope its effective.
anyone know where I can find snl sketches to download?
the diagram below is crude, and lame, but i hope its effective.
anyone know where I can find snl sketches to download?
hey jeff, I had some fun with this a few months back. if you want to save your data, burn it all to cd or dump it on someone elses computer. reformat the drive clean, install linux, have super happy linux fun.
here's how i did mine
swap------------ext2-------------fat32--------------------ntfs
|---------| [----------------] [-------------------] [--------------------------]
512 MB-----------3 gig (/)-------(22 gig) (/home)----------4 gig (winxp)
i made a fat32 partition so my os's could both love my files. of course, you could just install winxp as fat32 so the whole setup is mountable, but i wanted to play with more partitions, so i made it ntfs. and ntfs is sexy. you cant deny it. I may still install linux for the hell of it, but one of the only things I think I'd use it for are programming and image editing. it's still fun, though...
good luck with linux, most people need it :)
here's how i did mine
swap------------ext2-------------fat32--------------------ntfs
|---------| [----------------] [-------------------] [--------------------------]
512 MB-----------3 gig (/)-------(22 gig) (/home)----------4 gig (winxp)
i made a fat32 partition so my os's could both love my files. of course, you could just install winxp as fat32 so the whole setup is mountable, but i wanted to play with more partitions, so i made it ntfs. and ntfs is sexy. you cant deny it. I may still install linux for the hell of it, but one of the only things I think I'd use it for are programming and image editing. it's still fun, though...
good luck with linux, most people need it :)
thanks jeff for keeping my blogger alive... and no, i have no idea .
the problem is windows likes to be at ground zero in every system it occupies.... with the last 5 releases of windows i've noticed weird things that will happen to the MBR... sometimes its handy with auto-recognize type behavior for dual booting....
don't even get me started about system restore....
anyhoo... only thing i can recommend is installing windows LAST after you've got linux safely tucked in
... and with that you'd need to reformat to do it
i'd say add a second hd but you've got that nasty laptop....
ewwww
but in any case linux 0\/\/|\|5
wipe her clean....
she's a dirty girl
the problem is windows likes to be at ground zero in every system it occupies.... with the last 5 releases of windows i've noticed weird things that will happen to the MBR... sometimes its handy with auto-recognize type behavior for dual booting....
don't even get me started about system restore....
anyhoo... only thing i can recommend is installing windows LAST after you've got linux safely tucked in
... and with that you'd need to reformat to do it
i'd say add a second hd but you've got that nasty laptop....
ewwww
but in any case linux 0\/\/|\|5
wipe her clean....
she's a dirty girl
8.02.2002
hey hey
does anybody out there know of a quick and dirty way to partition a hard drive to accept the ext2 Linux filesystem? I have been trying to install Mandrake, but I can't get through the partition section. THe mandrake installer is unable to do it without erasing all the data.
Maybe partition magic time
jeff
does anybody out there know of a quick and dirty way to partition a hard drive to accept the ext2 Linux filesystem? I have been trying to install Mandrake, but I can't get through the partition section. THe mandrake installer is unable to do it without erasing all the data.
Maybe partition magic time
jeff
8.01.2002
Oh, and this...
Hi, my name is Jeff... I am a nerd
{hi, jeff}
http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/mathlego.htm
Hi, my name is Jeff... I am a nerd
{hi, jeff}
http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/mathlego.htm
