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Rating: 3 - Link to this Article 11-12-2005 November LAN Party View Webcam for 11-12-2005 9 COMMENTS
Nov LAN
My November LAN party was today with 15 people in attendance and up to 12 playing at one time. By far the largest one yet. The Gnome Cam was directed inside @ 1:30pm to catch the action. We started off with some Quake IV which turned into a comedic bloodbath due to the small maps and high number of players. We then moved on to FarCry for a brief period followed by the classic Quake III CTF walking eyeball frenzy. A short game of StarCraft gave us a break from first person shooter which turned into a trip to the garage for more "stand in my engine bay" photo opportunities. We wrapped up with some serious FarCry CTF involving shouts of compass directions for incoming enemies and blatent camping by everyone except me (Everyone knows I'm not a camper). The sponsorship got us glow stuff, stickers and magazines which made for great mousepads and centercaps. The traditional blown circuit breaker happened early, and prompted a 4-breaker distribution network of power cords that held up well for the remainder of the event. I'm already looking forward to the upcoming Jan LAN where I can finally take out that @##$% sniper.
User Comments for 11-12-2005:
Hey!! There's an awesome panaramic photo! Thumbs up to our first successful Nvidia sponsored LAN party of the season... first of many hopefully! Thanks again for hosting it. You da man.
Excelcier
WTF! what lan party?
Stavos
shoot I missed it.
tim
it was a blast..cant wait for the next one.
Brad's Server
I hate LAN parties.
Grumpy Smurf
ohoh can i come next time please please????
toto
Too bad I cant be there...perhaps I will use the ways of the interweb to play next time.
enorym
I hate Grumpy Tim pretending to be Grumpy Smurf....
I see you!
Will the real Grump Smurf please identify yourself!
Stavos

Rating: 3 - Link to this Article 11-09-2005 Record Winds View Webcam for 11-09-2005 6 COMMENTS
Tonight, after hearing what sounded like an elephant tripping over my lawn furniture, the morlocks checked the weather station and found that a new high-wind record was set. I'm sure the ex-Floridian will point out that 33.8 MPH is just a gentle breeze in the great hurricane state but for us northern unfortunates it's significant. It also resulted in a touching interpretive dance number by the leaves trapped behind my barn.
Max Recorded Wind:33.8 MPH, 291° at 22:45 on 09 November
User Comments for 11-09-2005:
33.8 MPH without a hurricane is significant. I'd rather have a hurricane then all this wind we've been getting!! Hurricanes last one day then they're gone.
tim
The wind almost wrecked my deck canopy!
Excelcier
My whole infrastructure withheld these mighty winds! luckily they didn't reach 34.2 mph which is my breaking point.
Stavos
I have now classified the wind storm of Nov A category 5 wind storm and it's rightfully been named “Proton gust 2005” also know as “PG05”
Stavos - The weather man
I hate the weather man
Grumpy Smurf
They came from the west didnt they MUAHHAHAA I planed it!
enorym

Rating: 3 - Link to this Article 11-06-2005 PROTON Power Outage View Webcam for 11-06-2005 4 COMMENTS
Power FailurePower was lost at 10:28am today. The server UPS was exhausted only 9 minutes later at 10:37am which I'm taking as a sign it's time for a new UPS battery. Power was restored at 3:24pm so the outage occured for approximately 5 hours. Not surprisingly, today was the windiest of the year, with a 28.4 MPH gust recorded shortly before the outage. The morlocks reported seeing an electrical repair truck by the house confirming the wind was the most likely culprit.
User Comments for 11-06-2005:
We went to whitecastle and the power was out from pepboys to Farmington Rd. All else was on. Detroitarchive was up 100% thru the whole crises thanks to my SPEAR OF POWER
Stavos
Damn hurricanes....
Excelcier
We had 74 mph winds a couple weeks ago due to Wilma and the lights never even flickered.
Tim
The ground shakes...though we have power hahahha!
enorym

Rating: 3 - Link to this Article 11-05-2005 80's Movie Night View Webcam for 11-05-2005 4 COMMENTS
Tonight was 80's movie night featuring Explorers. While there were no talking monkeys like the famous Nukie movie what it lacked in talking monkeys it made up for with huge assed aliens. My youth in the 80's was spent as a sponge to mass media so I'm surprised I never saw this movie before. The Josephs moved up from Florida just to see this movie that the Kelleys found and proposed for viewing. Both also enjoyed the huge assed aliens (as we all do, deep down). The lessons I took away from this movie is Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix are not at all recognizable when playing nerds as 15 year olds. I also learned that television is bad since it warps large-assed aliens knowledge about our culture, and that if you do something your parents don't know about, you get yelled at whether you're River Phoenix or a large assed alien kid. I hope that's enough of a taste to make you run out and rent it.
User Comments for 11-05-2005:
My Tilt-a-whirl is 98% complete now i just need to dream up a sphere powered by a 9 volt battery and a 128k computer and i'll be all set
Stavos
I can't believe you never saw that movie before! That's a classic!
Excelcier
I remember when I was a kid I wanted to see it but I never did. It was later that I got to see it and this weekend it was nice to see it again.
tim
OMG HALARIOUS " with huge assed aliens " yeah.
enorym

Rating: 3 - Link to this Article 10-30-2005 Block Heater Install View Webcam for 10-30-2005 11 COMMENTS
Tonight I installed a block heater on my Ranger with the help of my new basement renters John and Marcus, henceforth referred to as "The Morlocks". The instructions had a happy face next to a service technician disconnecting the battery, raising the truck on a lift, then draining the coolant through the radiator drain before removing the freeze plug. I went the sad face route and just punched the plug out, resulting in a bath of warm coolant which I frolicked around in looking for the piece I punched out. Unable to find it, I decided it was either lodged in the frame somewhere, or stuck inside the engine at a position most suited to jam the intake of the water pump. Since I don't have an optical camera wire to check for option #2, I decided to just hope for the best and stick the block heater inside the hole. The Morlocks and I then spent another 30 minutes deciphering the wire routing diagram to determine where to route the wires to the battery heater and block heater from the AC plug. I'm definitely planning on posting these directions, they are worth the read. After everything was reassembled, I filled the coolant overflow with a gallon of coolant and watched it go nowhere. Figuring the thermostat needed to heat up and open, I ran it past the "normal" range and into "hot" at which point I assumed the plug had plugged the water intake and was slowly destroying my water pump. Fortunately the Morlocks convinced me it was vapor lock before I got the engine out and sure enough after it cooled down the reservoir went empty and the happy face light came back on in my dash. The end result is a pre-warmed truck and a new appreciation for language-neutral instructions. The celebration of my block heater install at box bar was cut short when the Morlock vehicle wouldn't start due to the lights being left on. Fortunately Joseph arrived from Florida to give us a jump and send us on our way. Holy crap this is a long read!
UPDATE: scan of the crazy instructions
User Comments for 10-30-2005:
I skimmed that novel. All I got was Morlock.. hole... heater.. wouldn't start.. blah, blah, blah...
Ex
um your in michigan not siberia,,,why would you need a block heater.
Your Name
Mr. Your Name.... You don't know Bradly very well do you? He must have everything
Stavos
I got a block heater because I like to get into a warm truck when it's freezing cold.
AtomicInternet
He just likes to have a HOT CARL!
Ex
Bet you are glad you had my tools still Brad. Sorry I was busy with a sick kid Sunday. Let me know when is good for you to hook up and get my stuff from ya.
jrak123
I'm cleaning the garage tonight, so if you want to make the trip any night this week is good. I was going to bring them to you but you're welcome to stop by.
AtomicInternet
Yeah my Mustang needs a clean place to stay!
Missy!
I hate wordy posts.
Grumpy Smurf
I will give you a ring when I get outta work tonight,
jrak123
I want a block cooler! NOT A HEATER! HEAT CAUSES WEAR! GET A COOLER! Like my TWIN OIL COOLERS AND MY KOYO RADIATOR! MUAHAHA!
Enorym

Rating: 3 - Link to this Article 10-28-2005 NVIDIA LAN Party Sponsorship View Webcam for 10-28-2005 11 COMMENTS
I just got the email today that NVIDIA will be sending some swag for my Nov 12th LAN party. In return I'm displaying the permanent banner in the upper right of my website along with posting the banners/materials they send along at the event. I'm not expecting alot, but it's nice to have some free stuff to pass around. Thanks to Stavos Excelcier for the idea to apply for sponsorship. My memory sucks horribly, it was indeed Excelcier who proposed the idea. Stavos is a big fat loser.
User Comments for 10-28-2005:
Stavos?!?!?!? I sent you a link for Nvidia sponsorship 2 days before the Keith Elder goodbye Lan Party!!! Remember we joked that it was bad timing that I found it a little too late???
Excelcier
I'd like to thank my mom, my producer, and my director.... WTF wait why's my name crossed out! I rightfully demand props for absolutely doing nothing!
Stavos
Sign Steve and Candy up we will be there!
The Eyeball
Candy's coming again!! Yeah! She was an easy eyeball target! hehehehe....
Excelcier
count me in!! FEAR and QUAKE 4 here we come!
R1OT
I hate Stavos
Grumpy Smurf
I hate Brumpy Smurf
Stavos
I hate Grumpy Smurf
Stavos
I hate Grumpy Smurf AND Stavos and Lloyd for screwing up and having a bad memory.
Grumpy Excelcier
Can't we all just get along?
Rodney King
I hate Grumpy Excelcier, Stavos, The Eyeball, R1OT, Grumpy Smurf, Rodney King!
The black dude to the right

Rating: 3 - Link to this Article 10-27-2005 Exotic Gnome View Webcam for 10-27-2005 5 COMMENTS
Moon Goddess While Duane was on vacation I molested his cats and violated his fish. For these tasks I was given the moon goddess from the Dominican Republic as an addition to my Gnome collection. If you look at the backside you can see why the title is fitting. My most exotic gnome yet, a close second to the most disturbing gnome ever.
User Comments for 10-27-2005:
I love it!
Missy!
It's..... YOU! Just for Brad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Excelcier
Man I love the Dominican Republic!
tim
It as one of the finest foreign asses i've ever seen, and trust me i've seen my share of foreign asses!
Stavos
"In reply to Stavos" I can attest for that
enorym

Rating: 3 - Link to this Article 10-23-2005 A Year of Farmington Hills View Webcam for 10-23-2005 10 COMMENTS
A year ago today was moving day when all Saturday and most of Sunday my friends helped me move all my crap from Redford to Farmington Hills. Moving always reminds me how many great friends I have that are willing to move my underwear drawer. The transition to Farmington Hills was tough, requiring cutbacks to shirtless time and bigger investments in lawn maintenance, but now that a year has passed I've been properly assimilated into the local culture. The history (what was then the future) of my old house turned out to be much more interesting than I would have ever anticipated, with a complete failure to sell and some very interesting renter events included. And yes, it's still for sale but don't everyone go offering to buy it at once.
User Comments for 10-23-2005:
Enter Credit Card number Here XXXX-XX-XXXX [Click here to puchase House] Done, and done... W00t! I own two houses!
Stavos
Wow! I can't belive that was a year ago already! It feels like yesterday when we moved ya.
Ex
Ready to move him again? He's running to Florida now!
Missy
Hope he has a good pair of sneakers... that's a long run!
Ex
Make sure he packs a windbreaker, I hear they get some pretty strong winds in florida from time to time
PuckPuck
Or most of the time!
Ex
Missy's alter ego Sailor Saturn will protect him!
Missy
Cough cough....
Ex
I can tell you from experience that they DO in fact get high winds in Florida from time to time. Thats when you break out the tequila and have a good ol' fashioned Hurricane party!
tim
Yes, that's what Brad and I will be doing in 2007! Having a Hurricane party in Florida!
Missy

Rating: 3 - Link to this Article 10-21-2005 phpBB Forums Hacked View Webcam for 10-21-2005 2 COMMENTS
Shortly after 11:00pm lastnight an exploit script was run against my phpBB forums. Having laxed on my upgrade schedule, I was only at version 2.0.6 which was vulnerable to the exploit. Stavos alerted me that anyone attempting to login to the forums was greeted with a database error. The hack created a bogus user theme and then set all users to that theme. I'm not quite sure what it was supposed to do after that, but I noticed a few user accounts on the DB I didn't recognize and quickly deleted them, then upgraded the forums to the latest version. All this was finished by 11:00am today. I'm still sorting through the logs to find the IP that ran the exploit, but I'm guessing it was a random bot that got lucky. If I'm wrong, hopefully we'll see some interesting changes on the server in the next few days.
User Comments for 10-21-2005:
iT'S jUST tHE bEGINNING aTOMICiNTERENT!
Q
Damn you Q and your shenanigans!
Jon Luke Picard

Rating: 3 - Link to this Article 10-14-2005 Bonfire Weekend View Webcam for 10-14-2005 3 COMMENTS
Tonight was the first of a two bonfire weekend. The Gnome Cam was switched to the back porch at 6:40pm for the event and shows the gradual progression of fire and intoxication. A security training book, Ypsilanti yellow pages, cell phone, motor oil and hard drive were sacrificed to the bonfire gods. Probably not the best for the environment, but no worse than what goes up in smoke during a typical house fire. More importantly, the hot dogs weren't glowing from any of it. I was unsuccessful in cooking Keith over the fire, but there's always tomorrows bonfire at Senator Kelly's.
User Comments for 10-14-2005:
Sorry I missed it... looked like alot of fun! Mark said that your environmentally unfriendly burnt offerings were still smoldering Saturday morning!
Excelcier
We experimented with cardboard houses complete with chimneys and windows. Amazing how they just disintegrated in the fire. In addition, the fire lasted 24hrs since it was lit. Now Detroit smells like smoke this morning I can't escape it!
Stavos
I hate Keith
Grumpy Smurf

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