Category: Life

Day to day happenings and other general nothingness.

1000 Visits

Visits, Movie, Jenn, and Hi

First, I have reached 1000 visits on the new blog. Actually, I’ve reached 1017, but uh, anyway, Sarah got the visit at 9:30 am Nov 10.

I watched Bewitched last night. It was pretty good, funny, and not too stupid (with Will Farrell that can happen). I watched the first 20 minutes or so with Jenn, but then she left for work.

Yesterday Jenn was supposed to work, but was called and told she didn’t need to come in, but was on call till 2 am. So, we went to Menards and Tractor Supply to look for a christmas gift for her dad, then to the mall, then to Shannon’s (who she worked with at Staples) going away party at Hooters. On the way home, we rented a movie (see above) and settled in for a night on the couch. About 20 minutes later, around 11, Covenant called and asked for her to come in. She was my ride, and I was lazy, so I decided to stay and watch the movie. I ended up staying up till 6, then waking up at 7 till she got home, then went to sleep at 8ish when she did.

And finally. I know most of the people that read the blog, thanks to my wonderful counter. Jenn, Scott, and Sarah I know are frequent visitors, but there is one more. It says the IP is registered to RoadRunner in Austin, TX, and I know my cousin Cindy has RoadRunner service, and lives in Austin Texas. And it’s a fairly frequent visitor, so not a random occurrence, let alone that I am still not on search engine for a random occurrence to occur anyway. So, the only answer is whether it’s Cindy, Rachael (sp?), or Sam. So, whoever it is, i would appreciate an email, comment, or IM letting me know, cause I am always curious.

Sorry

Sorry, Editing, School, Jenn, and Parade.

Yes, I admit it, I have slightly neglected the blog for the past, uhm, 9-3=6 days. I have a good reason though, I just wont tell you. I have my reasons.

I am down to 86 iblog posts to edit, including the 18 misdated ones, out of 296 total. That means 210 edited so far, with the most recent unedited post being that of May 10, 2004. That means less than a year of posts remaining.

School is going, thats all I can say for it. This week I had a drafting and manufacturing test, as well as a math quiz, and will have a math test on Monday. Fun fun.

Jenn survived the weekend of being up 26 hours, sleeping about 5, being up 19 hours, then sleeping 6. This weekend she works Friday and Monday nights.

Hmmm…

This is part of why I haven’t posted, nothing to write about…

On December 2 in Sandusky is “the Original” Country Lighted Farm Implement Parade. Looks like fun.

OK, that’s it. Will try not to go as long again, probably post Saturdayish.

nick

General Updates

Car, Poll, and Class

We sold the Grand Prix. It was kind of sad, cause it was a good car, and has actually be running pretty well, but we didn’t use it, and had no reason to keep it. Besides, after just trying to sell a car, you become ready to burn it if needed, just to get rid of the hassle. Anyway though, it turns out we sold it to a granddaughter of a friend of my grandmother’s.

I switched to the new poll. As I think I said, i gave up on making my own, but will modify the hell out of this one. Eventually, I may switch to a different one again, but this one seems to do what I want. For now anyway.

I registered for classes for winter. My schedule shall be as follows:

Monday: CAD-226 5-8
Tuesday: EET-235 2-4, SPH-112 4-6
Wednesday: QA-244 5-8
Thursday: EET-235 2-4, MS-114 4-10

Yes, thats 2-10PM on Thursdays, I am a little afraid, but think I will survive. And for those of you who don’t have Delta’s class codes memorized, those classes will be:

CAD-226: Parametric Modeling – A 3D CAD class
EET-235: Electronic Circuits – amounts to a 15 week review to my 2 years at Skill Center
MS-114: Machine Tool – how to use mills, saws, grinders, etc…
QA-244: Statistical Process Control – Quality control and assurance, I’m really not totally clear on what all
SPH-112: Fundamentals of Oral Communication – How to talk and write to people and not look stupid (more people should take this I think)

OK, I think that’s it though.

nick

Happy Birthday Scott!

Scott, Counter, Poll, BBQ, and Clocks.

Jenn and I were driving down Wilder and I said “Ohh, we could go see Scott”, so we did. We talked for a bit about laser guided temperature probes, but then his pizza arrived so we left. Just an hour ago though, when I came home, I was greeted by iCal notifying me It’s Scott’s Birthday! I can’t believe I forgot. If you asked me what day his birthday was, I would tell you it’s today, but I just didn’t remember. So, sorry Scott. Happy Birthday.

After 72 hits from the Ask Jeeves robot in 2 days, I decided to turn off counting for robots. So, my counter will slow way down now, but its for the best. I thought it was going up pretty quick, I am at 914 after less than 3 months, but old blog took over 9 months to get that far.

I am, for the time being anyway, giving up on writing a poll. I finally did find one that works fairly well, and think I am going to stick with it. I managed to get as far as taking a vote from a form, writing it to a file, and telling you what your vote was. Reading from the file was next, but graphing is what daunted me, as well as writing in a format that was easily read from. Searching strings for specific text has always been one of my weaker points in programing.

Today we had Famous Dave’s Barbecue. Not bad at all, though a bit pricey. Jenn Chris and I went, and I think I would like to return sometime.

That would seem to be about it. No, the newer poll isn’t turned on yet, but soon. And remember to change clocks tonight.

nick

Why does a chicken coupe have two doors?
Because if it had four doors, it would be a chicken sedan!

Sometimes You Just Have to Do It Yourself

Poll and Test.

So, after several days (both now and over the last few weeks) of looking for a poll script to use, and fidgeting to get them working, I decided screw it. I can probably write my own script in far less time, get it working, and make it do whatever I want (eventually anyway). So, I tried making my own. No, it doesn’t record your vote, or show you a graph, yet. I will keep with it though, because it already at least works, which is better than 8 of the 10 I have tried so far.

I did much better on my test than I had thought. I managed an 87% on it, which I think is amazing considering on Wednesday after the test I would have said I got an 80 tops.

That, however, is all I have for now. So, I will see you all whenever I have something else. See you all later.

nick

More Updates

Updates and Changes, F@H, and Phone

I made a lot of updates to the website. First, was the addition of a poll in the blog sidebar, though I may be swapping that out for a better one soon. Next, was the addition of links in the blog sidebar to the gallery and homepage. These were both by request. Then I got into the bigger stuff though, and added a header to all the site pages and changed the sidebars to only show links within the section, rather than a dauntingly long list of links you didn’t much care about. So now section links are on top, and inter-section links on side.

Also, I added all-new galleries, as well as finally getting my resume up, a to-do list, and more. There is a list of updates on the front page too. You can keep track of what I am working on on the to-do if you like, or email me with anything you want added, or just IM me.

Anyway, something else…

I finished a work-unit in folding@home finally. I got 138 points for it too. Hopefully I get smaller ones for a while now.

Jenn got me a cellphone, cause working at Covenant gets her a good deal on an add-a-phone.

OK, I think that’s all for today, probably bored you more than enough with an all-tech update.

ttyl

nick

Quintoquadagintillion

Test, Apple, Numbers, and Updates

Math test today was not good. I knew 99% of the stuff, but I couldn’t finish due to spending too much time on a problem I didn’t remember how to do. Will see on Monday how I did.

Apple released updated Powermacs and PowerBooks, and a new program. Program sounds like somewhere between iPhoto and Photoshop, and is $499. Powermacs are now dual core 2.0, 2.3, and dual dual core 2.5GHz (thats 4 2.5GHz processors). Also have 16x PCI Express graphics and an open 8x and 2 4x PCI Express slots, dual Gigabit ethernet, and support for up to 16GB DDR533 RAM and 1 TB of HD. Powerbooks had 2 models dropped (those with combo drives), and the 15″ and 17″ got graphics updates as well as higher def displays and DDR 533 support,. Still no 13″ widescreen though (my dream to replace the 12″, not that I will buy till intel switch and I have $$ anyway).

Speaking of GB and TB, Scott found this cool numbers site. Sexoctagentillion, hah!

Not a lot else.

I am overall liking my current update schedule, approx. every Sunday and Wednesday, give or take. Let me know what you think.

I have work planned for the site over the weekend, so if you have troubles or see something weird, no worries. And I have a surprise for you all coming too. 🙂

Google, Index Me Please!

Movie, School, Jenn, Food, Table, and Site change

Apple now has a teaser for Ice Age 2 up, featuring the saber tooth squirrel. It looks pretty good, we will see.

This week, I think, is mid-point of semester, that’s exciting.

Jenn is no longer employed at Staples, he last day was yesterday. She got some nice going away gifts though. Also, she now has a kitchen table. It was on clearance at Meijer. Granted, she has no chairs for it, but still, she has a table.

We had Rudy J’s for dinner. It was good, very filling.

Ooh, just started raining hard.

I cleaned off my end table last night. Mostly paperwork. On the bottom, was a ticket from burger King for $1 off on Amazon. That was when, June? I think earlier. Yeah, I needed to clean.

What else… Uhm, Oh! Notice on the sidebar that the archives used to make a long list of all the months I have posted in, but I have now put into a drop-down list to use less space. it’s something I was going to include in the new template, but decided to throw it in here too.

OK, that it all I do believe. Nothing good over the weekend really, and nothing big with school other than an 18/20 on math quiz today.

Ok, see you all later then.

Bye!

Post 314 (316)

Count, Ice Age, School, and Site.

This is my 314th post, but WordPress thinks it’s 316, due to the example post and such. Fun fun.

They are making Ice Age 2 for 2006, yay! It’s actually funny, because I was really hyped about the first one and watched the preview a lot, but it turned out just kinda OK, but definitely good. I actually found it while looking up John Leguizamo because he’s going to be on ER starting next week, not sure if 1x or recurring.

In other news,
I had a really nice quiz on Monday, got a 19/20. And I found out today I don’t need to take one of the classes I thought I did.

On the website, I edited a crap load of posts, and am now down to 116 now. I also got more work on the template, as Scott saw. It’s still not very pretty, but it’s going.

I think that’s about it. Nothing else I can think of anyway.

Alright, talk to you all later.

Homework, Yuk

Homework, Days past, TOH, Site, and Pics.

So, I am sitting here, almost done with homework, and it’s only been about 5 hours. Yuk. I need to start keeping up with it better I think.

I mowed the lawn today, and yesterday Jenn and I tried going to the Columbus Avenue Day thing, but missed it by 90 min. It probably wasn’t all that anyway. We considered going to Caro for the Tuscola County Pumpkin Fest. They were making a 16 ft pumpkin pie, the world record. We decided it was too far of a drive though, so made ham, sweet potatoes, and stuffing. Friday, I had to go in for a Man. Proc. test. And Thursday was normal school, except no Man. Proc. class.

I was flipping through today and saw that the new season of This Old House has started. I am very happy about this. I have been waiting over a month for it. Yay!

I started playing with making a new template for WP. It will be a few weeks still though. By the time I get it figured out though, I will know some more PHP and will be able to make some small changes around the rest of the site.

Speaking of the site, I have pics of our most recent camping trip up now in the gallery.

I think that’s everything. I must say, I thought it would be nice to not need to blog every 3 days, but all day yesterday I felt like I had to. Maybe I will get used to it, or maybe I will go back. We will see.

Like a Phoenix, rising from the asses.