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Number 90

90 Posts, Bored, 700th, Web site update, theBroken, Taxes, and SB.

Wow, 90 posts. Wednesday March 10th will be 100. Thats a lot of posts, huh?

I have decided 6 credits is too little. I have way too much time, and not enough to do with it. I either need more credits or a job. GM, Where are you…?

Scott Michael Helber was the 700th visitor to the website (see I know his middle name now).

I played with the site structure finally. It looks the same, but is just better organized. For example what used to be homepage.mac.com/nslyax/pics.html in now homepage.mac.com/nslyax/images. The same goes with the stories all being at /stories/, blog stuff at /blog/, and miscellaneous stuff at /misc/. I have added a /school/ section, but it isn’t fully up yet. I still need to recompile the java applets form source code and add Adv. Web and JS as I work on them. By the way, I have dubbed this update v. 2.5.

Other than that, not much new here. I will be spending some time fixing links in old blogs eventually, since they are all broken now. Speaking of broken, the Broken says they will have a new episode by month end.

I filed my taxes, I am supposed to be doing my brothers, and will do my FAFSA as soon as my mom’s taxes are done.

Ok, that’s all I have for now, enjoy your week.

Ooh, and new SB was posted today!

nick

“Now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb”

Who is 700?

Number 700, The year is goofy, and thats about it.

Who will be the 700th visitor? I don’t know. I have been waiting since Tuesday, but nobody came. Well, soon we will know. Speaking of which, I have re-enabled guest access to the counter, so you can peek through all my visits, or at least the past 50 or so (I think it’s 50).

I have decided that we are too trusting. We take far too much on faith. Like, the calendar. I understand the whole days thing, since there is a definite start and end, as we point toward or away from the sun (or a specific constellation in the case of the astronomical calendar). But the year is different. What are we pointing at on Jan 1st? A good way of defining a year would be to base it on the date we are pointing toward the center of the galaxy. When we next face that point, it has been a year. Now yes, a year is the time of one revolution around the sun, but that only provides a basis of time passed, but no basis for a start and end. I just don’t like the whole way this is set up, I don’t know.

Still no 700. Where are you people?

It doesn’t matter. I am leaving. My mom wants to go get shoes or something.

Bye,
nick

If you meet someone online, and fall in love,
then when you finally meet, is it still love at first sight?

Yeah, it's kinda like that…

Weather, Cool teachers, More weather, Website, and Pepsi/itunes.

Hi! Sorry about the shittyness that was the last post, but anyway, get over it.

How about this weather, huh?

Wow, wait, holy crap! I sent my JS homework out at 6:16, now, 6:23, I received confirmation and grade (20/20, thank you very much). Why can’t all grading be that fast. I am impressed Redman, I really am.

Anyway, the weather, yeah. What did we get, like a foot total? Every school in the freaking state was closed today, except Delta. We got a delay until 10, but my class isn’t until 12, so that did squat for me. And they were closed all of yesterday, but I only have class Wednesday and Thursday, so more squat. Bastards. At least they didn’t cancel while I was on the way there, like my freshman year. Was open at 7:20 when I left home, closed by 7:45 when I got there. That sucked ass.

I will be adding all my Delta assignments in a special section on the page here. Well, not ALL, but the ones I deem fit. HTML, Adv. HTML, java applets from my Java class, and all the JSs from Java Script. I won’t bother with the C++ or Java Applications, as they are big files, and all the C++ is Windows. Beside, I through them away, and only have source files now. I will already need to re-complile the applets.

Also, I will be adding to/editing the links page to include all the places I ever linked to from blog, and some more places that are just cool.

Anyway, what else…

Pepsi/itunes Super Bowl commercial is online here. Be warned though, it is popular and often comes up busy.

OK, thats an improvement over last weeks anyway. Have fun till Saturday.

nick

So godawful that it ruptured the very fabric of space and time with the sheer overpowering force of its mediocrity.

Auto Show Pics

NAIAS Pics now up, and other stuff, but mostly just the pics.

I got the pics from the auto show from Jason, he took 152. Other than that not much has happened though. The blog didn’t want to post last time, took some coercing. Went and watched a movie at State with Nick just afterward. But was a real lazy weekend.

So….

I am going to say since a photo is worth a thousand words, I must have just said over 16,000, and thats enough.

Wednesday…

nick

One saggy boob says to another saggy boob:
“We need to get some support around here, or people will think were nuts.”

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.

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.