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Well, I have a webcam now, but it doesn’t work. I can’t find a mac driver for it, just 98 and 2k. Since I didn’t pay for it, and the person doesn’t want it back, I will either give away, or trade for one that will work on a mac.

I was very lazy this weekend, and I liked it. I need to do something productive though soon. I need a life.

My taxes still aren’t back, and still no fin aid. I need to ask delta what’s up this week.

I think I updated website again, but not sure. I know some links were wrong that I fixed, but don’t know if anything major. I did start work on the new look though, but I’m not liking what it’s like so will need to tweak. I figure by blog’s anniversary (May 27th, yes its far off), I will have new site up. Ohh, I updated quotes, thats it.

Other than that, not much. It’s sad really, I judge the usefulness of my life based on how much I write in blog, and blogs have been very short. Not good.

Ok, will need to do something to make Wednesday’s update worthwhile. See you all then

nick

“Would not a rose by any other name smell just as sweet?”
“Well, if you called it steaming horse pile, no, it wouldn’t”

U^^pa lu^^pa

Happy me, School, Address book, GM, and EBay.

Hello.

I am in a good mood right now, but I can’t say why yet. I hope I will be able to, in about a week maybe. We will see, or I will see anyway.

I had a “girl” try to cyber with me Sunday night. Was very funny. I went along with it for a while, but she is blocked now. Notice how I said “girl”, and not girl…

I have to go to class tomorrow, which is stupid. I should have taken 210 online, thats all this really is. We walk in and she says “Go to www.delta.edu/flpeters and read your assignment, email me when it’s complete.” Wait, what? No explanations? No lecturing? Why am I here? It’s stupid.

I filled in my address book on the ibook. Now on buddy list it’s all formal looking. It’s all “Nicholas James Suchyta” and “Jason David Julian” and, well, I don’t know Scottiews middle name. I do know that his name is not Scotthiew, and that he finds it at least semi-annoying, which is funny.

I wish GM would start hiring. I need $$, and they have $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. So the way I see it, we would go well together. Seriously though, I need a direction or something, and that would definitely give me one.

Nick has listed some of my stuff on ebay for me, I am very thankful. My PowerBook, Palm, and USB card are up now, more to come as these sell. Future listings include, well, there are alot of them, we will see.

Ok, that’s enough for now. More will come on Friday. Have fun, don’t die.

nick

Life sucks, but death doesn’t put out at all.
(sorry nick)

Uptime Record Trounced!

Record shattered!, Room is clean!, Extra stuff for sale, and the Super Bowl.

[Nicks-ibook:~] nslyax% uptime
18:17 up 21 days, 1:57, 1 user, load averages: 0.83 0.50 0.23

Thats right, 21 days, 1 hour, and 57 minutes since last reboot, and still going. Granted, I am barely going, but I am none-the-less. Also, I see I have had 1274717 pageouts, 1755052 pageins, and 89396953 “Translation faults”, for those who know what all that means. Essentially, I need more RAM, and to restart more than every 21 days.

Other than that though, I have been spending most of the day cleaning up my room. I am better than half done I would say, so I figured I could take a break to blog. In cleaning my room, I found more stuff that I don’t really need, so if you need something, I seriously might have it. From pin-feed paper to computer chassis and Palms to speakers, I have alot that should be taken care of.

So the Super Bowl is set, Carolina Panthers v. New England Patriots. The Patriots are a favorite, as they were in the Super Bowl just 2 years ago, and won, but I am rooting for the Panthers. What I saw of last nights game was good, and they might be able to do it. Either way, most are saying a low scoring and very even game. I don’t really care, I mostly just watch for commercials.

And other than all that, I have nothing. Hope you all enjoyed your weekends, and remember to tip you waitresses.

nick

Peter Griffin: Brian, there’s a message in my Alpha Bits. It says “OOOOOO”!
Brian Griffin: Peter, those are Cheerios.

Pre Intro to Sp. Ed.

Uptime, Stats, School, and Jim (yeah, small)

Wow, I came a bit too close. It’s like 11:47, and I am just starting this post.

My ibook is still running, barely. OS X is a very stable OS, just not an 18 day uptime OS. Just the same, I am leaving it going for a 21 day record, so will restart on day of next post (Monday).

Yesterday was 15th, and that means I should be at 800 hits, but I was at a mere 650. I am glad that the “i” to “*” swap worked out.

First week of classes went well. Advanced HTML may be a pain, and Network Essentials more so. JavaScript though, will be good. A) It’s in the G4 lab, so I get to use a QS 933-60GB-1GB-SuperDrive, which is nice, and B) The teacher is also the DifEq/Linear Alg prof, so is a freaking genius, though he seams to have a bit of trouble expressing his thoughts, or something.

I went to Pinconning with Scott last night, to see Jim. Jim will be a seaman soon, so we wanted to see him, but he wasn’t working at Sunoco like he should have been.

Ok, thats all the time I have, will aim for more on Monday. Probably wont use computer much till then, since it’s being so slow.

nick

Remember when we were young and nieve, and thought bastard was actually bass-turd, yeah…

Uhm, Yeah

School, NAIAS, Book, iMac, Uptime, No more winter, Weird question and No new macs.

I was wrong, online class isn’t till tomorrow technically, but its online, so it doesn’t really matter. I do have class on campus tomorrow though. Suck, I have to do something. So wrong, oh so wrong.

NAIAS was disappointing. When I went with GM, we went during employee days, so less than half the number of people we encountered. Nothing incredible to see. Jason took 152 pics on digital camera, so I will see if I can get some to post.

I read more today, about half through book. I could finish soon if I tried, but I don’t think I will.

We (Suchyta and I) tried to fix the DVD-ROM in the imac today. We did manage to clean the case up, but status of the drive is unknown.

I broke my uptime record. At 15 days, 7 hours, and 3 minutes as of 11:23. If you count back, that means my last boot was last year, on Dec 29th at 4:19pm. My old record was 12 days, 11 hours, 59 minutes from 8/4 – 8/15.

I can’t wait for summer to come, I hate this weather. I want to ride my bike.

Is “The Gum Disease Known as Gingivitis” contagious? I probably don’t want to know.

BTW, no new Apple stuff today.

Ok, need to take a shower and get to bed for class tomorrow.

TTYL

nick

What would you do for a Klondike Bar?

Wow, 80

Record, Dumb, School, TB, Apple, Break, NAIAS, and Website.

Eighty posts, thats a new record. Blogger record was 79, tied on Wednesday.

I have compiled some reminders for the dumber people:

When in the shower, use the hair dryer to dry your hair while soaping with your other hand, saves time.
Always reduce time, as with fractions, so 10 to 5 would be 2 to 1.
If you’re low on cash, kill yourself, and collect the insurance money.

This is the last post of my vacation. My classes start Wednesday, but the online class technically starts Tuesday, on which I post, so this is it.

I was tested for TB yesterday, as an employee of the Hedge is in the hospital with it. Chances of me having it is very low, as it is only contagious when symptoms are showing, which they weren’t. Just the same, a $10 precaution isn’t bad.

Rumors are that a new G5 will debut on Jan. 20th, along with more on 10.3s least mentioned feature: Pixlet, a loss-less video codec. Pixlet is meant for pro customers, so receives little mention at consumer events, hence its mention only last year at the WWDC, and the coming G5 update.

I have accomplished less than hoped over break. I did manage 3 job apps, and site updates, but book is unfinished as is room cleaning. I did make dents though, and did something else, not sure what…

NAIAS trip is tomorrow. I haven’t been there in three years. Maybe I can convince the guy at GMs private area I am still an employee? Free pop and snacks, WOOHOO!

I played with site and blog last night. I shrank the banner image on site to 600 pixels long, from 800. 800 was too long, and 600 seems short. I presume most of you are using a 1024×768 resolution, so I am aiming for something neutral on that. As for blog, I was playing with the style-sheets that control all the colors, but cant find one I really like. I want to change both blog and website theme to A) match each other, and B) look not so cheesy-beginner-esque. Will do some trials on own, and post for your amusement when I find what I like.

Ok, I am tired, so heading to bed.

Till Tuesday,
nick

Being an assisted suicide physician is a nice job, because even if the customer really doesn’t like your work, they still can’t complain.

Happy New Year!

Space.com, Celebration, Website, and more boring shit.

Happy New Year all.

First, a little quote:

“On Mars, as far as we know, there are no metropolitan areas.”

Really? No metropolitan areas on Mars? Man, those space.com guys sure are smart.

So anyway… Nothing big for New Years, just sat here with family and said “woohoo” (notice no exclamation mark). Thats about it. We did get some Hooters wings though, as is tradition.

I made some additions and changes to links page, namely info on the dogcow. Expect a page devoted to the topic in the coming week or so.

Wow, starting new year off kinda lousy on blog, huh.

Ohh, I finally finished encoding all my MP3s. Yeah, thats boring too.

Ok, I will quit then, since this sucks so bad.

See you on Sunday,
nick

You can’t be anal retentive if you don’t have an anus.

Number 75

Post counts, Christmas, Movies, Storage rack, and Hoojibob.

Well, this is my 75th post to the blog. Monday will be the 76th, and last of 2003, followed by Thursday with the 77th and first of 2004. 100th post should be on Thursday, March 9th, 2004, in case you wondered.

Christmas was nice. Christmas Eve I went to Grandparents and saw dad and Mr. “In the Army Now”, my cousin Matt. Christmas Day I stayed home, My Aunt and Uncle came by, and Suchyta did later in the night too. All together, $200 cash, $25 gift card to Meijer, and a pair of satin/silk like pants. Pretty good all-in-all, and there is some stuff in the mail still too.

I saw League of Extraordinary Gentlemen last night, and it wasn’t real great. Brother was talking through 50% of it though because he’d already seen it, so I missed alot. Will likely watch again.

I am looking for a storage rack that will hold slim jewel cases and Zip disks. My problem is slim cases aren’t quite 1/2 the width of a regular case, so I can’t just slide two in every slot. If you know of one, let me know. Actually, I am looking for a desk too. I need more $$$.

I was searching for “Metric Shitload” online, wondering how many english shitloads were in the metric variety, and came across Urban Dictionary. It’s a site with definitions of slang terms, and you can even submit new words. So, of course, I submitted my word, hoojibob.

Ok, I am going to read my book. I will see you for number 76 on Monday.

later,
nick

You only need 2 tools, Duck Tape and WD40.
If it doesn’t stick and should, Duck Tape,
If it sticks and shouldn’t, WD40.

Merry Christmas

Christmas, Website, Book, Movies, Jason’s BDay, Grades, Upcoming Special, and Seeing you All.

Merry Christmas all. Since my next update isn’t until Friday, I wanted to say that now.

Major updates to the website. I added 6 new pages and modified all the others. I have finally figured out how to do the sidebar in JavaScript, so now I can just update the script that prints the sidebar in a single file, rather than make whatever change on every page. The new pages are Annoying JS, Legal, and Short Stories (which is more of a section). I expect to make more updates before my vacation ends.

I have begun reading The Art of Deception by Kevin Mitnick. Good book, hope to have it done before break ends too.

Still haven’t seen LOTR:ROTK yet. Should within about a week, hopefully this weekend maybe.

Today is Jason’s Birthday, so happy 21st to him.

Grades for Delta will be posted on myDelta tomorrow, so any of you who care, now you know.

And I don’t know what else. I have been kinda busy with website, so didn’t put much thought into this blog entry. I do have a kinda special edition for next time, but might be put off till next Monday. We will see.

I hope to see some of you that were away to CMU, NMU, GVSU, etc… before vacation ends. So email me, IM me, call me, whatever.

And I guess thats it.

Til Friday,
Merry Christmas,
nick

If you can’t beat’em,
Beat’em up.

Exams!

Exams, Book rip-off, Blogging, Car, Saddam, Christmas, GM, and New Years Party.

Well, I only have one exam left now. Took Unix Monday, C++ Tuesday, Java today, and have HTML to e-mail in by 4:00 tomorrow. I had to do alot of Java make-up programs too, but I am finally done.

I took my C++ books back for buyback. One was old edition, so they wouldn’t take, other I got $2. What a rip. I will have to try this one on ebay, I paid $65 freaking dollars for it, and will never use it again, I need to get SOMETHING for it.

Scott says I can take a break from blog, but I don’t think so. Just because nobody reads it, doesn’t mean I don’t have to write it, right? Wait, why am I asking you? Like I said, nobody reads it.

My car is still being an ass. I don’t know why, it just pisses me off.

So we got Saddam. I can hear the conspiracy theorists now. “That’s not him, its a phony, the US couldn’t find him and they’re paying off the media to disguise that he’s still out there, wreaking havoc!” My ass. If they can believe Elvis and JFK are still alive, and that we were never on the moon, I’m sure they can come up with claims like “But we never saw the DNA test proving that it is him, they just said it was him.” Yeah, well, I never saw the test proving your a complete imbecile either, but I still know it’s true.

Anyway, Christmas is fast approaching, only about a week left. I just counted, and I lucked out. No blog on Christmas, or the eve. I don’t want to count all the way to New Years, so I will wait and see on
it.

GM is not having an open house this year. It should be this friday from 1 to 4, but they decided not to do it apparently. Disappointing.

Is it too early to talk New Year? I decide – no. It has become a tradition amongst (holy crap, thats a real word?) us to go get a bunch of wings from Hooters on New Years Eve. If any of you would like to join, your all welcome. We will probably just go get 50 or so, depending how many people show up, and bring them all back here. (Mmm, Hooters, reminds me of Larry, where’d he go?)

Ok, that’s good for now.

TTYL,
nick

rm -R *