Tag: Work

Tired

IBEW 2, Movie week, Matrix revelation, TV, Toast, and Delta winter.

Hi. How are you? Yeah, same here.

Had second IBEW interview today, went. Thats about it, wasn’t good or bad or anything, it just went.

Movie week is over. I am back to realizing how much TV sucks. T3 came out today, so I will need to go and try getting that.

I finally figured out the end of matrix revolutions. At least I think I did. Is one of those movies that is very open to interpretation.

Andy Griffith marathon is on. God TV sucks. Would rather watch the State of the Union address. I need the NASA channel, so I can watch Cinemax (don’t ask, long story).

I finally have Toast working, so I can copy CDs. Toast 6 has a lot of extra goodies in it too. VCD burning and some other stuff, haven’t looked through a whole lot yet. Has some stuff it builds into finder too, to make life easier. Will see if it really does.

I registered for winter semester at Delta yesterday, and paid today. $450, ouch. And still need to buy books sometime in December. Good thing I’m only taking 3 classes/6 credits.

Ok, I am REALLY tired, so going to wrap this up and head to bed.

See you all Friday…

nick

Those aren’t rust holes,
their Aerodynamic Enhancement Modules
a.k.a. Air Resistance Decrementation Units.

(I want to figure one out thats comes out as R.U.S.T., but cant figure it out
Resistance Underminers for Smoother Transit?)

Boredom Happens

Juneau? Alaska, Video, Winter Sem., AAC to MP3, Movie week continues, I worked, and the Weather.

I was a bit too bored last night. I spent well over an hour looking for “the Last Zip Code”. It is: 99929 – Wrangell, Alaska (AK). I also found that Barrow, AK is the northernmost settlement in North America, and it is currently a whopping 8 degrees there, with a wind chill of 11 below.

I think I need a video camera. I could make some cool movies. I found a few on ebay for like $35 – $50 but they are analog, so I would need to shell out more for a video importer for my
ibook. Maybe I should just wait til I can afford a digital.

I am sticking with 6 credits for Winter semester. Why? 1: I can’t find any classes I want that fit my schedule. 2: I need to pay $70ish for each credit.

I am re-importing my cds onto computer. Using AAC instead of MP3s. The 128 kbit AAC I am making definitely sounds at least as good as the 160 Kbit MP3s I had, but the higher frequencies are a bit stronger, will need to adjust the equalizer.

Have watched Monsters Inc., and Head of State over last 2 nights. Tonight is Shanghai Knights. I just finally saw Shanghai Noon a few weeks ago. Thats 7 nights in a row, it really is movie week.

Ok, worked today so not up for a big blog. Thats whats happening in my life, enjoy it.

And now for your local (or not) weather:

Allentown, PA:
31˚F
Wind Chill 24˚F
Wind North Northwest at 7

Barrow, AK:
8˚F
Wind Chill -11˚F
Wind east at 22

Bay City, MI:
23˚F
Wind Chill 17˚F
Wind South Southwest at 5

Marquette, MI:
16˚F
Wind Chill 16˚F
Wind South Southwest at 3

now go away!
nick

If it ain’t broke, your not trying hard enough.

Money in, Money out

Interview, Panther, Fin. Aid, Breaks, and Website.

Hello world, and how are you?

I just got back from IBEW interview. Turns out this was just the residential interview, so I should be receiving another letter in the mail for the lineman interview. Went well though. They started 20 minutes late, which didn’t help nervousness, but was fine.

Only about a week till Panther. Can’t wait. My iBook is becoming rather bit-rotted after almost a year, and I need to re-install anyway. All those programs I tried and then deleted have little fragments laying around that need to be removed. That alone should bring a fairly nice speed boost.

I also have learned that financial aid rebates come out next week. I think Jason said Monday the 21st though, which confuses me, being Monday is the 20th. I think will be 21st though, as I remember last year it was a Tuesday because I picked it up during break in Environmental Biology. Problem is, I owe most of it to my mom, plus I just found out I need new breaks. Life is so nice.

I did some work on website. Added a Dangers of Dihydrogen Monoxide page. Is on the “Everything Else” page in side bar of website. Scott sent me a link to another DHMO danger site, which I have a link to on the bottom of the page. I have given up on CSS and #include, as they don’t want to work like I want. That and Apple’s server doesn’t fully support some of what I want them to do. So I guess I will just need to do copy – paste for the repetitive stuff. No biggie.

Ok, thats all for now. Close the door on your way out.

bye,
nick

Bow before me, for I am root!

Anniversaries!!!!!!!

Three anniversaries!

Happy Anniversaries!

Today we have 3 special anniversaries:

1. Post 50
2. Day 128
3. Visitor 200

With the combined blogger re-posts, test iblog posts, and general posts, this is my 50th blog entry. That should mean 150 days, but I posted rather erratically at the beginning, so I wound up ahead.

I have been blogging since May 27th. That means today is the 128th day I have had a blog, which is a special number in computing (notice memory comes in 32, 64, 128, 256? It’s because computers are binary) (128 is 2^7). Not extremely special, but better than nothing.

And the 200th visit. Obtained by Lauren Anna Exora Somalski at 10:29:47 pm. You may be saying “but the counter wasn’t always up, you blogged for a while before you started counting, I could be the 200th!” Well, I am here to say that “You’re talking to yourself, and we don’t care what you say!”

And most important, I didn’t miss this one! Remember last anniversary, when I forgot to post? Yeah, we’ll avoid that.

Anyway, thats that. I was in the middle of Java homework when I remembered it was 3 days. IBEW interview Wednesday, will let you know…

See ya,
nick

I want to open a mexican restaurant, “los pantalones del perro”
(the dog pants)

Different Continued

Bugs, Panther, Road trip, SC4, Cleaning, and 2nd difference.

What is with these bugs? These little LadyBug looking things are everywhere, and they bite, and are plain annoying anyway.

Apple announced the release date for Mac OS X 10.3 Panther yesterday. Will be available 8:00 pm October 24th for $129, $69 student. Mine is already ordered and will be delivered late day the 24th. Jason, Nick, and I also plan to drive down to the Somerset Apple store in Troy for the party too (exit 69, Big Beaver Rd.).

Got S*m C*ty 4 CD 2 finally. Game is awesome, much faster than forums led me to believe. Budgeting and keeping population happy is much harder than in SC2K.

No progress on cleaning room. Between SC4 and work, not much time.

OK, so here’s the poem then. This is from 11th grade English. Were took a walk around the school, then wrote a poem about it. Most were generic boring rhymes. Mine though, well, you’ll see. Not greatest, but better than most.

Ok, have fun.

till Sunday,
nick

“Poem” was originally posted here but has since been moved to the Portfolio section.

Hi

Comments, ipod, headphones, Airport, 10.2.8 v.2, Panther, Cleaning, Website, and IBEW.

Hey! I’m glad to see some of you are taking advantage of the comment system. Only 3 of you (well technically 2) but there are only 3 or maybe 4 that regularly read, so thats pretty good I guess. I have removed access to the counter details, for a couple reasons. I doubt many of you ever really used it anyway.

I am enjoying ipod more each day. I want to get some new headphones though, Looking at Sennheiser’s PX200s. Sennheiser is the same company that makes most Aircraft radio headsets and studio mics, so they already seem like a good choice. This model also has great reviews, as does the very similar 100 model. Plus, unlike the other higher end models I had looked at, they fold up nice and tiny, and are only like $40 -$50!

Also enjoying Airport card, using it right now! And now that 10.2.8 v.2 is out, my battery life is back to normal. My 6 hr battery that will generally give me about 4 hours in OS9 and 5 in X, was down to about 2 hours in X with the first 10.2.8 update. Maybe when Panther arrives (Oct 24th?) I will see even better time.

I am cleaning my room, very slowly. Moved bed, cleaned up computer table, filed some papers. Problem is brother’s stuff is skattered about too. Doubt will get much further tonight, and work tomorrow. Maybe finish Sunday?

Want to redo website again. According to counter, nobody goes there really, but what the hey, its something to do. Granted, that will mean beginning v.3 when v.2 isn’t even finished (or v.1 for that matter) but I always knew it was going to be a work under constant progress (hoped there would be progress anyway). Will decide before next update weather I will attempt it or not.

Received letter from IBEW, I am accepted for interview, what did I tell you. Interview will be next Wednesday (the 15th).

Ok, thats all for now. Want to try and get back to old blog, where I would just complain and you would read it and laugh. I guess thats a complaint, so I am doing well toward goal.

Ok, TTYL,
nick

There are 10 types of people in the world.
Those who know binary, and those who don’t.

Again?

Cool TV shows, School, IBEW test, and ibook ownership.

It feels like I just did this yesterday, oh yeah, I did.

Cool TV show: the Joe Schmo Show. They found some guy and put him on a reality TV show, but its all fake. The other 8 contestants are actors, and nearly all of it is pre-scripted. I don’t watch reality TV, but this is good.

Objective C++ today. Feels like I missed a class between 181 and this. Technically I did, Data Structures should be between, but isn’t required to be. Should come back soon.

IBEW test yesterday was a joke. Gave up to 45 minutes for reading portion, took me about 15 or 20. Math section was equally laughable. I expect an interview in 30 – 60 days.

Re-calculated time I’ve owned ibook last night. 278 days; 39.7143 weeks; 9.26666 months; 0.76164 years. Way too many significant digits, especially considering I didn’t figure in hours and minutes. Oh well.

I keep hitting command – , (comma). Opens the preferences for the open application. Is rather annoying, and it happens almost every time I do a lot of typing.

I think thats it. I’ve been writing every day for, well, this would be the 4th day, so lack of thoughts is kinda understandable.

Ok, night ya’all.

nick

Number 38

SC4, the Rabbit, B-Day, Broken Blog, More B-Day, EBay, More SC4, IBEW Test, New Apple Hardware, Poor Rabbit, School, and Fixed Blog (Thats three days of posts, all in one!)

Well, I spent the majority of last night downloading all 650 MB of S*m C*ty 4, which means I get to spend the majority of tonight finding a ser*al number, which is proving to be much harder. The things I do to save $49.99 plus shipping.

Rabbit seams to have grown in 3 days, weird. Its annoying, mom always wants me to feed it and whatever. IT’S NOT MINE! Gah, not like I know what a rabbit wants. I owned a snapping turtle, my view of baby rabbits is about 2 weeks of food I don’t need to buy.

Only 2 days till my birthday. It was suggested to me that I go sit in a bar at 11 tomorrow night, wait for 12, and order something right away. What bar is open and serving at midnight on a Sunday? I’m sure there out there, but why go there? I have the rest of my life to drink whatever I want, the fact that you can’t doesn’t mean I have to. Seriously though, only a bit over 24 hours, how cool. So I know your all thinking “Man, 24 hours, what will I get?” Well, A good starter is the Sunday papers. Anything from OfficeMax, Staples, Best Buy, or Circuit City thats at least $25 will probably be good. If nothing else, its worth $25 when I return it. Seriously though, there isn’t much I ask for:

Apple Airport Card $79 ($71 for students)
512Mb PC133 1.25″ SO-DIMM $95 (depends where you go)
Coke, or Pepsi (I actually want it now though, not Monday)
A ser*al number for S*m C*ty 4 for mac
Any of the books on my Amazon.com WishList, if you go there there’s some way for you to look at my list, pick something, and have it shipped to me, look around.

Thats about it. Of course, I always accept cash.

And, funny of the week, from Apple’s Mac OS X Panther site:

Unix-lover Heaven
Panther will include a final X11 window server for Unix-based apps, improved NFS/UFS, FreeBSD 5 innovations as well as support for popular Linux APIs, IPv6 and other important acronyms.

Other important acronyms? Is that a technical term? The heck?

Anyway, moving on…

Still no ser*al number. Keep finding them for Windows version too, which seems to have different ser*als. I also learned tonight that I need a ser*al for iblog, as my 30 days seem to be up. For all I know, this wont even post.

Ok, enough for now, I got stuff to do. Need to get back on a normal sleep schedule for school. All 2 days of it.

Night ya’all
nick

…Nope, wont post. Hmm, how to get $19.95 to an Indian bank account at 11:33 on Saturday night, when you ain’t got the money on your credit card. Hmm. Guess I go watch SNL and figure it out at 1.

…Well, its about 8:27:53 right now (well, I guess not “about”) and still no iblog. Tomorrow though the money will be on my credit card. I want to blame it on Lifli for making me pay, but I knew it was $20 and didn’t pay when I could have. Crazy part: Says the program costs $19.95, WRONG! Actually, since developer is in India, it costs 950 Rupees. So with exchange rates as of last night, it really costs $20.79. Now $0.84 isn’t a big deal, but I would like to know about it. Rupees, hah!

My birthday is closer, just two and a half hours. Mom is at casino, the Sunday nearest my birthday seems to be lucky.

Jason was looking at a CD-ROM for his PowerBook 1400, and we found one that’s “Certified Pre-Owned.” The seller guarantees that if you ever find that the CD-ROM was not owned by someone before you, he will give you double your money back. I laughed like hell seeing it, it’s a funny gimmick, I give it that.

I downloaded S*mC*ty 4, which I’ve been searching for for weeks (weird to say “for for”). So I get it downloaded, go to install, and “Please enter your password.” Crap, ok, online for a password. Find one on a website finally, has been about 24 hours since I started download at this point. So enter password, instal commences, and half way through “Please enter disk 2.” Crap crap crap crap crap. Still haven’t found a S*m C*ty 4 disk 2 for Mac. Bastards. I was googling for some info on it, and found a forum where the reviews are “mixed.” Every thing from “My G4 400MHz with 256MB of RAM runs SC4 fine” to “My G4 dual 1.42GHz with 1.5GB RAM chokes on the piece.” Don’t recall anyone with specifics on trying it on a G3, so who knows what my results will be. Definitely not shelling out $50 with results like that though.

Well, school tomorrow, and IBEW test, and birthday, so need sleep. That wont be for probably 2 hours, at least. Oh well.

I do plan to post as normal on Tuesday, and will add to this before I post it. You should be able to read this on Monday though. Weird to write stuff knowing nobody will see it for another day, screws with the “relative dates.” By the time you read this “tomorrow” will be Wednesday and “Today” will be gone. Time is a funny thing.

Ok, adios,
nick

…Ok, 9:44 Monday night. Apple released new imacs and ipods today, but wont bore you with specs, just check apples webpage.

Most un-eventful birthday in history, especially for a 21st. I’m not complaining though, not one for a big party anyway. Woke up this morning to “Good morning, happy birthday, I think rabbit is dead.” It was. Was too young, needed mom’s milk and we couldn’t give it. Wild animal’s should be left in the wild.

Started Unix today, bit disappointed. Working on Windows machines, just logging into a unix server. Oh well. Will see how Obj. Oriented C++ goes tomorrow.

And most important, I PAID FOR IBLOG!!! Which is why you can see this.

Update tomorrow, like it should be.

Bye for the third time,
nick

It begins again

Re-Beginnings, New Rabbit, School Begins, B-Day, Trogdor, and Silly-Putty.

Here we are, the first real post at a new blog. This is number 37, 34 on old plus 2 trials here plus this.

I have a new pet. Scott from where I work was out mowing, and found some bunnies. He was mowing along and found one running in the yard, and was afraid he might hit it, so picked it up and put it in his truck. He came over here, before taking it back, and we had to break it to him that because he touched it, the mom would smell the new scent and shun the bunny. So, being the animal person, I got stuck with it. I really don’t need a 6 week old bunny to take care of, but what can I do? Pretty sure its a boy, no name yet.

I was bored late monday night/Tuesday morning so went online and found my Java homework. I managed to turn in my first assignment before 4 am. Of course, the semester didn’t start for another 43 hours. No f2f class till Monday.

My birthday is just 5 days away. Starting to get excited. Probably get crap for gifts. Notice the gifts just go downhill from about 17 on?

What else… I can never think of stuff to talk about when I’m writing, but say “I should say that” for the three days leading up to the blog. It sucks.

I found the joys of Strong Bad a few days ago. Cool website, especially Trogdor.

Ever make that silly putty type stuff? You mix glue with water, and dissolve some borax it water, then mix the two, and kneed out the excess water. Its kinda cool at first, but I played with it too much and it’s getting kinda tough. Oh well, it was fun.

I’m now taking donations for registering iblog (the program I use to make the blog) and renewing .mac. You can call it a birthday present if you want. And jason, your donation is mandatory.

I have put the Gollum acceptance speech from the 2003 MTV movie awards on my website. Check it out.

Ok, I think thats it. No idea what I will talk about Saturday, but I will be back then. Tuesday though, you can expect news about my classes, birthday, and the IBEW test.

nick

31

Hurt (again), Apple bluetooth, the Move, Unix games, Movies, and IBEW.
Blogger Post #31

Hey all! Guess what I did… I hurt my back again. It was sore on wednesday, but yesterday morning I bent over at work, and schwack! Is feeling better now (vicodin does that).

There is now proof that Apple will be releasing a wireless bluetooth keyboard and mouse in the near future. As a laptop user I don’t particularly care, but eventually I would like to get a G5 machine, and then it will be cool. Besides, how many companies make bluetooth keyboards and mice? Exactly.

Only 3 more posts on this blog, then I switch to the new one. The new blog will separate posts into 3 categories: general, apple, and boredom. Will allow you to read all, or just the ones you care about.

I am upset with Apple because my Unix book talks about all these cool games in unix, but Apple didn’t port them to darwin. Bastards. And installing apps into unix isn’t something I feel up to quite yet.

“the Battle of Shaker Heights” opened today. If any of you want to go see it, let me know, because I want to. Of course, if you live far away I don’t think that will be possible (that means you danielle, steph, and lauren).

On my birthday (sept. 8) at 9 in the morning, I get to take the apprenticeship test for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). My Unix class starts at 12, so I will need to see how long the test is. I just re-read the letter and it doesn’t list an approximate length. If anyone knows how long it could be (Scott?) let me know.

Well, I can’t think of much else to say, so I will let you go til Monday. Have a good weekend!

nick

“Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country”
General George Patton