Category: Uhm

When it fits nowhere else.

untitled ranting, because I cant think of one

KungLog, Website woes, Running cable, WiFi, Sorry (BUY MY STUFF), KungLog unused features, FREE TRIP, Nevermind, and I need a Shower.
Blogger Post #17

Hello all, and welcome to another update. This is my first post EVER to be made from KungLog rather than Bloggers HTML form. We will see how it works, and go from there.

I never worked on the website this weekend, and my Uncle Steve, Aunt Donna, and cousins DJ and Pat will be here this weekend, and the two boys will be staying for 2 weeks. We’ll see how much time I have to work, who knows.

I just spent the day drilling holes for Cat5 ethernet cable through the house. Funny, because in the next day or two I should be going to BestBuy to buy a wireless router. No matter, wireless will be convenient on my ibook, but is only 12 MB/s, compared to the 100MB/s I get from ethernet. Though, if I want speed, I can turn on IP over FireWire, for 400MB/s (those are all MegaBits per second by the way, divide by 8 for MegaBytes). Oh well, run the cables tomorrow, along with telephone and CATV up to my room. Its like I’m finally moving in, after a mere 3 months. Still have alot to unpack though.

What else… Oh, sorry about that little “blurb” last time, I don’t know what happened to me. To prevent it from happening again though, I will be adding a “For Sale” section to the webpage (yeah right, like I’ll ever get to it). But seriously, BUY MY STUFF!

Wow, good way into my post already and haven’t yet used any of the special features in KungLog. I feel bad about it. Supposed to make it easier to do bold, italic, change sizes, insert images, etc… but I don’t actually do any of that. A link now and then, but I am at a month and a half on posts with only 2 links so far, and one didn’t work so only I know where it is. Tell you what though, if you can find that first broken link, I will give you a prize. I will give you a 2 day, all exclusive (that means nothing is included, part of joke, nevermind, you missed it) trip to beautiful Omer, Michigan. Thats right, I will allow you to drive your own ass up to Omer, do whatever you want, then drive home. You can stare at the river, stare at the bar, whatever, its all up to you. No, nevermind, not in a giving mood anymore. Oh well.

Wait, where am I, damn it, I went rambling again, need to stop that.
Ok, I seem to be tired or something. Besides, drilling those holes in the walls, I’m covered in drywall and plaster dust, so I need a shower. Next update is friday, see you then.

nick

Resistance is Futile
(where r < 1ohm)

The "Salesman" Trance

My degree, Brother’s birthday, Stuff for sale, Website work, Panther, and Want to come?.
Blogger Post #16

Another day, another blog.

I got the letter from Delta a few days ago saying that I was approved for my degree, so just a week or two and I should have it.

My brothers birthday was “uneventful”. He has apparently learned that at a point they don’t really matter anymore. Oh well, it happens to us all.

NEW!!! the “I need to sell my crap” section!!!

Powerbook 5300c
100MHz 603e
1.1GB Hard Disk
64MB RAM
Sony CD-ROM DiskMan 2x CD-ROM
spare battery
Targus leather case
28.8 pc card modem
$200 o.b.o.

Apple Color StyleWriter 2400
300 d.p.i.
apple serial port
$35 o.b.o.

Palm m125
33MHz Motorola Dragonball processor
8MB internal RAM
Palm OS 4.0
SD/MMC slot
16MB Panasonic SD Card
USB Sync Cradle
$125 o.b.o.

PLUS MORE!!!

SCSI CD-ROMs, SCSI CDRWs, USB CDRWs, USB Scanners, USB Printers, ADB Keyboards, ADB Mice, more, more, more!!!

If you need something, want something, or are just curious, just ask. Make an offer, sale or trade. I gladly accept cash, checks, airport cards, wireless routers, etc…

Ok, now that thats over…

It’s the weekend and that means I need to get more work on the webpage done. Probably go for more pictures or something, maybe PDFs of old school reports I liked. Who knows, we’ll see.

When Panther comes out, I am going to the Apple Store in Troy. If you would like to come, let me know. If nothing else, maybe we can run out on the highway and take pictures in front of the exit sign (Exit 69, Big Beaver Rd.). If anyone would prefer to go to the Novi store, I don’t mind as I haven’t been there yet, so up for something new, but I don’t know how to get there so you would need to drive. The Troy store is a no-brainer to get to, part of why I like it. And in case you don’t know, Panther is Mac OS X 10.3, which should be out in late 2003.

Ok, enough for now. I will see you on, uhm, Tuesday, yeah, yeah Tuesday.
nick

I screwed up.

Screwed up, but don’t care.
Blogger Post #11

Well, I missed it, I blew the whole fricking thing.

You know what though, right now I dont care. I feel sick, I’m hot, I’m tired, and I dont care. I appologize to everyone, and guarantee I wont miss the next anniversaries, whenever they may be. I am going to bed now, just wanted to appologize, see you all in 3 days.

nick

The G5

Why the post is late, Apples new stuff, and my 1 month anniversary.
Blogger Post #10

Well, I was late. I have a good reason though, several in fact, and here they are:

Yes, its coming. The leaked specs were all true too. Up to dual 2.0Ghz 64 bit PowerPC 970 processors, up to 8 GB of DDR RAM on an 8GB/s bus, 3 PCI-X slots, an AGP 8x Pro slot, Serial ATA, Firewire 400 and 800, USB 2.0, an external Wi-Fi antenna port, optical and analog audio in and out, and more. All this for $2999, or just $1999 for the single 1.6Ghz. Plus, the preview of Panther, Mac OS X 10.3. This too will be an exciting release, as it sports 100 new features. Panther will be available by year end, and the G5 by august. AND, a new version of ichat, and a new $149 firewire webcam.

I was rather tired last night after all of that, and then I was in Caseville today delaying the update further. But here it is, so there you go.

What else, uhm, the website. I haven’t worked on it in a few weeks now, so figure I minds as well just post what I have, including some new pics. Should be up soon, hopefully before next post, you’ll read why. So there is that.

Also, I am now counting down to my massive 1 month super-fantastic-over-hyphinated-gala-o-rama-celebration. And, this is the 10th update, making it an extravaganza itself. The 1 month anniversary will be on the 27th, 3 days for now. So, I am not going to correct the schedule, but instead leave it to its now altered state so that there will be a post on the big day. Was it a coincidence that this happened, or was it planned? You may never know, unless you read the next sentence. It was a coincidence, I actually just realized it.

And finally, I need to complain about something. Hmm, I wonder what (sarcasm, so hard in writing). The G5. You should see it. IT IS THE UGLIEST COMPUTER APPLE HAS EVER MADE. Seriously though, the sides are not all that bad, and the back isnt so bad either, but the front, eghh. Its just so, well, plainishly ugly. I dont know, I just think the case needs some more work. Also, it only has room for 1 optical and 2 HD bays. The Quicksilver had 4 HDs, and optical, and a zip and the Mirriored Drive Doors had 4 HDs and 2 opticals. The Industrial Design Group needs to get their stuff together and go back to work.

Ok, thats it then, go away until the big party.

nick

Missed a whole post!?

Why I missed, Hairy Potsmoker, G5 leak, and Brother’s truck.
Blogger Post #9

Well, I competely missed the last post. I was out at Jason’s, and have been rather tired the past few nights, so decided rather than making it late I would just skip it. So, here it is, my newest post.

Lets see, hmm, Harry Potter. Wow, why the heck would anyone sit in a bookstore at midnight for a book this bad? I’m sorry, but I just don’t get it. Oh well, we will just move on.

The Apple G5 Spec leak. Wow, I hope you didn’t miss it. For whatever reason the specs for the new G5s were released on the Apple Store at about midnight last night, and disappeared by 12:30. The specs can be found online at several places, so I wont bother repeating them here. Weather they are the true specs, we wont know until Apple wants us to. Was it a hack? Was it a goof? Was it steve screwing with us? Only time will tell.

What else. My brother has a vehicle now, but no license yet (where as I have a license but no vehicle, maybe we should get together more often?). Its a 1978? K5 Blazer. Its this weird gold color and silver. Its not bad shape for what he payed, and seems to be a decent vehicle.

Ok, like I said I’ve been tired so thats all for now. Sorry about leaving you all (all 10 of you) waiting for the update only to make it so small.

See ya,
nick

Is it that time again?

“The Recruit”, Seventh grade memories, SMUG, ichat is screwy, and Cancelled class.
Blogger Post #8

I was sitting here and I thought “I think it’s blog night.” Actually, I didn’t think it, I IM’d it to Jason. And I didn’t have the ‘ in it’s, since I don’t use much punctuation in IMs, but you get the point.

I just got done watching “the Recruit” and it was pretty good. My cousin fell asleep when he watched it, and so did my mom, but I thought it was good. Al Pacino was perfect for the roll. Colin Farrell, well, he’s a great actor and all, but he just seems so much like a Brad Pitt clone, or at least a fraternal twin.

Going back to that opening, I am reminded of seventh grade. Mrs. Coates class, and those free writes. Suchyta is the only person that will really remember them, since he’s the only person who reads this thing that was in the class, but they were great. He even helped me in writing a few of them. I wish I knew where they are. “The Sock” and “Untitled tale of the Porta-Potty guys” (yes, I know thats a title, just shut-up), I dedicate this post to you, wherever you are.

I missed the SMUG meeting this past Thursday. I normally go every other month, but decided they suck too much to go again. Ohh well, maybe they will improve sometime.

I would like now to express my newest bitch (I know, its like a regular column in my rant). ichat, Apple’s AIM client, seems to have a major flaw (other than not sending links right). When I put up an away message, nobody gets it! If you click my name in AIM, and then do the info thing, it will display the message. And if you look next to my name in ichat it will display. But, if you message me, it doesn’t send the message. Instead, it just sits there as if I am too rude to answer, and I feel kinda bad, but am trying to re-focus that as rage at Apple. Maybe in the new version it will be fixed.

Delta canceled one of my classes. CST-126, Network Cabling and Media, doesn’t it just sound easy? A class about running network cable? Ohh well, maybe in the winter semester. For now, I need to find a 4 credit course for fall.

Ok, later…
nick

Cellphone Complaints

Yous, the dog, Cellphone companies, Cellphone carriers, and Why cellphones aren’t a priority.
Blogger Post #7

Well, here we are again. Its been 3 days so time for another update. Actually, for the first time I almost posted early, on Sunday, but decided not to.

Anyway, first on the agenda this time is you people. That I know of there are 7 of you people so far, but who knows how many there really are? Well, I suppose that blogger knows, they could just count the IP addresses that have requested the page. But getting to the point, I would like to know how many of you there really are, so I am going to try to set up a guest book or something, or maybe some way for you to just reply to the posts. Honestly, I don’t know how to know for sure other than requiring that you ask for a password to view the blog, and that would suck so it’s not going to happen. We’ll see.

Next up is, uhm, I forgot. My dog just walked up and tried playing and I lost whatever thought it was I had. Ohh, my website. I have a new one in the works, as I said in the last post I think, and its going better. There was more, but I’m not remembering it.

This week I am upset at cellphone companies. It seems that the cellphone I want is not in production. The closest I have seen is the Motorola t270 (no not the new 720, the 270) which was discontinued. It’s a no frills simple cellphone, similar to the current v120 except it can accept a bluetooth adapter. Yes there are bluetooth phones out, but they are nearly all Sony-Ericssons and only work on GSM networks, which suck. The t270 however was for CDMA, which is good. Hopefully later this summer when Motorola releases their new phones they will come out with something to my liking.

I am also upset at the carriers, for charging up the ass. You need to either sign a crappy contract or pay nearly MSRP for the phone, you end up paying either $.50 a minute or getting a plan with more time than you actually need, and you cant get the phone you want because it doesn’t seem to exist. And by the way, what good are unlimited night and weekend minutes if you need to spend them on the phone?

Ok, so what is the point? I’m not even sure but I think it has to do with me NOT getting a cellphone. At least not for a while. I see too many problems with a cellphone right now, and have many other things that I actually NEED or that I simply want more. Things like my car insurance, paying off the loan for my ibook, getting an airport card, and a few books I want to name a few. And yes, if you would like to donate, I will be happy to accept. Please e-mail or IM me for specifics.

Well, I think thats it for now. Remember to read crazyapplerumors.com because it is always hilarious, and I will be back in 3 days. And, if I get the urge to post sooner, I will do it this time (which probably means it will end up being MORE than 3 days this time).

Until next time,
nick

I’m late! Or not?

Am I late?, Technicalities, Hitman 2, Vervante problem, I can read, and MTV Movie awards.

Ahh, I’m late!

Actually, I dont know if I am, I post like 12:01am and dont know if it should be the current day of previous or what. I dont think it matters really. It was my rule to do every other day so I can break it. Besides, I already pointed out that whole “other” v. “oter” thing.

Anyway, another game review for you. Hitman 2, it sucks. The controls are horrible, its quite difficult to figure out just what your doing, and I just didnt like it. Mostly the control difficulties though.

Next, what happened to the Vervante store? You go to their website and click the apple store, all the developer books are gone, and it lists the books as not found. Pissing me off. Worst part is you cant get the books elsewhere, just through their site. I am sure Apple will be as happy about this as I am.

Speaking of whom, I am reading a biography if you will of just that company. I have owned the book for some time but just today (or yesterday technically) decided to read it. I have several books that I bought and didn’t read, and I hope to get through some over the summer. But anyway, the book is ok, not great or anything though. The first chapter is by no means chronological. It drifts from the early 70’s to the mid 90’s and back again with little care, despite (I can’t believe that’s the correct spelling, almost sure it was dispite) being called “in the beginning”. Maybe its just an introduction thing, I hope so, and will keep you updated.

Ok, thats all for now. I just wanted to sound off quick. Ohh, also, if you didn’t see Gollum’s acceptance speech at the MTV Movie Awards, find the next showing and watch it, in the words of the froddo dude, uhm, anyway, he said “that’s f*cking awesome”. Well, not his words, watch it, you’ll understand.

Go away now!
nick

Bad Apple, BAD

Mad at Apple, New isync, Cellphones, Powerbook prices, Promotions, and RAM prices.
Blogger Post #4

Ok, I am bored and not ready to sleep yet so here is your update.

I am ROYALY ticked at Apple right now (when am I not right? I hate them almost as much as I love them). They released isync 1.1 today which added syncing support for several more cellphones, which is really cool. However, they DIDN’T provide support for phones people actually own. isync is still dominated by GSM phones, which are the vast minority in the US. And the CDMA and TDMA phones they are supporting are the $249 optional phones that nobody buys. Yo Apple, get a clue and support the Motorola v120, you know the one that Verizon and Alltel give away for free and that most people have (and is also the one I am getting, why else would I care?).

Second, they dropped the price of 12″ and 15″ powerbooks AND started a promotion where you can get a $200 rebate when you buy any mac with an ipod. That means rather than spending $1549 on my ibook, I could have waited and got a 12″ AlBook with a faster processor and G4, more RAM, a bigger HD, and Airport Extreme plus a 10 gig ipod for $1649. I could have waited 6 months for a deal like that. But I digress. Part of buying a computer is accepting that it wont be the latest and greatest forever, or even for much more that a few weeks. That my ibook wasn’t leapfrogged until mid-last month is actually amazing. Besides, I need to focus my hatred at RAM chip makers for charging so much. How can a 512mb so-dimm cost $99 when a 512DDR is only $75 anyway!?!

What else? I don’t know. I didn’t say I wasn’t tired, just not tired enough to sleep. Ok, I am going to bed know, 3 hours earlier than normal, because I am tired and I am supposed to work tomorrow.

Later,
nick