Category: Tech

Techie stuff that you may or may not actually understand.

On time, holy crap!

On time, Apple, Weather, and Job.

I’m on time! Well, I have an excuse (yes, I need an excuse to do things right). I brought my ibook over to Jenn’s so I can update from here.

Apple is at about 99,900,000, so they should certainly reach the 100,000,000 by tomorrow evening. I am impressed at how fast they are accumulating downloads.

It’s really warm out. The good news is it should rain in about 3 hours, thus dropping the temp and humidity. Michigan pisses me off. 63, 65, 55, 90, 85, 65. What the hell? Pick a season and stick with it.

I have folding@home running again. The graphical, regular program. Working fine, and I am glad.

I need a job. Yeah, I do the landscaping thing, but I need a REAL job. I rewrote my resume, and need to start submitting it. I need money, and I need something to do all day, and Jobs are good at solving both of those.

Ok, good night all. I will try to be on time Wednesday too, start a habit of it. And I PROMISE new poll by next post.

bye
nick

When life gives you lemons, you clone those lemons and make SUPER lemons.
(Principal Scudworth, Clone High)

Whooopsie

Sorry, Troubles, and Count.

Sorry all. Two days late is kinda bad, huh? I didn’t post Thursday before I left to Jenn’s, thinking I would when I got home. Problem was I didn’t come home til about 1 on Saturday morning. So I put it off till now, about 12 Saturday afternoon. I will make sure it doesn’t happen again.

When I installed F@H, I also installed a little utility to make it auto launch. Little did I know what a pain in the ass it would be. I decided to switch from the command line version of folding to the GUI app, and deleted the command line program. For the last 2 days now I have been unable to use my terminal, because it attempted to launch a non existent program, then when unable to find it exit the shell. Fine, I’ll put the program back. Nope, still exits the shell as soon as I end F@H. After a 16 post thread on MacRumors forums, I found the culprit. It wasn’t some Unix file like we thought (I checked every shell rc, profile, and login file I could think of) but the preferences file for Terminal. And stranger still, the setting can’t be reached from in Terminal, I had to open the com.apple.Terminal.plist file manually. Weird shit. Glad is all OK now though.

The 1 year anniversary of the counter has now passed. July 6th, 2003 I put it up, with 0 views. July 6th, 2004 it ended the day at 1306, which is really 150 too low, so 1456. By the way, you will notice that both counters (should) have the same value now. The Bravenet counter will go away soon, followed by the replacement of the poll and the addition of a search feature. No, really, I will.

Jenn and I are going to sidewalk sales today, and perhaps the car show. I need to go get ready for that, so I will see you all, tomorrow. Being late screws stuff up.

TTFN

nick

I’m sure glad global warming never happened.
Oh, it did, nuclear winter just cancelled it out.

I went WarDriving!

WarDriving, Poll, IC America, Exams, and Holy Grail.

I drove around for like an hour today WarDriving. For those who don’t know, it means I was driving around with my laptop looking for WiFi networks that I can connect to. I found a whole heaping load of them, especially along 4th and 5th streets, where the older buildings prevent easily pulling wire. Now i really want a GPS though, so I can record the networks and their location, for future reference. I can build a WiFi coverage map of the city for all you to use. I just need $89 for the GPS though.

Evil Sarah says I can’t vote in my own polls I see. The very nice Scott says I can though. Hopefully a few more of you will vote too.

Iron Chef America is all over now, though it is replaying all week. Results are as follows:

Flay over Sakai – Trout
Batali over Morimoto – Spiny Lobster
Puck over Morimoto – Eggs
Flay and Morimoto over Batali and Sakai – Sea Urchin, Scallops, and Langoustine

All 4 were against my judgment, except the Batali Morimoto. All in all though, I guess Flay was winningiest with 2 wins, followed by Batali, Puck, and Morimoto in a tie with 1 each, then followed by Sakai with 0. So the winners of the poll contest are Erica and Stacey, who both voted Morimoto. I would have voted probably Sakai (who should have been 2-0, not 0-2) or Batali. I still can’t freaking believe that Sakai lost a fish battle, or even lost at all. And that Sakai and Batali lost the Tag team is bull.

Anyway…

Tomorrow I have HTML, Thursday will be JS and Networking, then I am free! Yeay, 2 days off. Ok, not so impressive. Will give me more hours to work so I can afford a GPS though.

Hmmm, what else…

Oh, Monthy Python and the Holy Grail, this Saturday at 11pm at Fashion Square. I know Scott is going, and hope more of you can too. Let me know, ok?

I guess that is all.

Will see you all Friday to let you know how last week of school went.

bye,
nick

You don’t need to be right all the time, just enough of the majority that people THINK you are.

Untitled, Because I Can't Think of One Right Now

Gaming, Poll, Biking, Website, School and Weather, Stacey person, and Apple.

Hi!

I was really looking forward to this blog, but now I am really tired, so I am not any more.

I downloaded Civilization III, and have been playing it a little too much, so haven’t slept as well as I should be. Last night I saw Gods and Generals at the State, so that had me up late too. Tomorrow I am supposed to work with my mom, so not sleeping in at all. I will deal though, what choice do I have?

New poll up, PLEASE VOTE. Sakai and Morimoto tied the last one. Will see who was right in a week or so.

I went for a bike ride today. Did the whole rail-trail loop for 9.5ish miles. I think that may be adding to the tired. Sadly, I went alone because nobody will ride with me right now. Oh well, solo rides give me a chance to think and such, so not all bad, just kinda lonely.

Hmmm…

We did XML in my website class, and its really cool. I wish I could do my site in XML, but most browsers have lousy support for it. Speaking of the site, I haven’t done anything with it in a while. Either busy or not up to it. I will have another fairly big update soon though, maybe after school lets out?

Ahh, school. Just 2 more weeks, so nice. And it’s been nice out lately too. Was mid 60s today. Supposedly might brake 70 tomorrow, but chance of rain, And not even a thunderstorm, just rain. Too bad.

What else is new…?

I was right about the Stacey thing, was a friend of Suchyta’s that thought was his blog. She tried to delete the posts but couldn’t. Funny, because if I had known, I can delete comments, but didn’t so made a big deal out of it. Haha!

Apple released a new eMac on Tuesday. It seemed like just a speed bump, until today when i realized it has an 8x DVD-R drive. Now, eMacs are $999 and have an 8x drive, but the $2999 G5 only has a 4x. All the rumor sites are wondering if new G5s are coming soon, and this answers it to me. If Apple was just going to switch to an 8x SuperDrive, they would have done so before the eMac got it. That they didn’t though, means they must be waiting to release something more. And with the NAB conference next week, it seems like a good time for it. Probably an update to iMacs too, as they are a higher end unit than the eMac is. Could they be going G5 soon? We will need to wait and see.

Ok, I think thats enough. I guess will see you all back here Sunday.

adios,
nick

When the inventor of the drawing board messed things up…what did he go back to?

Stuff

Random happenings

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”

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?

Almost Over

Break ends soon, MacWorld Expo, Library, NAIAS, and Cleaned up HD.

Yup, only one more week off, then I will be dragged back to school. Oy, I am not particularly excited, but it was my choice, right?

Also, MacWorld Expo San Francisco begins Tuesday, with the keynote at noon. I expect some cool stuff, and will let you know all about it Wednesday in next post. Maybe some cool new dual 2.5GHz XServes, and new versions of all the iLife software? Mini 2gb ipods?

I have entered all my CDs and DVDs on an Excel spreadsheet, and am almost done with books. Should be able to finally get the library page up by the end of this week.

I talked to Jason, and I will be going to the North American International Auto Show next Sunday. I haven’t been to one in 2 years, since I was working at GM. They are cool, and just $12.

I have cleaned computer up more, the HD is finally organized. Instead of a dozen folders of random stuff, there are just 3 disk images I need to burn, very nice.

Well, I can’t think of much else, so I will let you all go till Wednesday, should have plenty to say then, either praising or bashing Apple. Ahh, just like old times.

bye bye,
nick

“And now, a man who needs no introduction…”

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.