Archived News starting from 08-09-2006 and earlier
BlogA recent
article mentioned on
Slashdot suggests the end of wired peripherals in the near future. While I'm
all about wireless networking, I'm not a fan of wireless peripherals. My reason can be summed up in one word: batteries. As long as batteries power wireless peripherals I refuse to buy them. It's an extra hassle and expense to deal with. How about using something similar to "self-winding" watches where a wheel on the bottom of the mouse or a pressure pad on the keyboard generates electricity to charge a capacitor as you use them? Those devices would probably have limited range or generate insufficient power and I'd be right back to my rant. To point out my hypocrisy, however, I do have a wireless combo for my media center pc, but that's because a 10ft cord from my TV to my couch would trip Lisa and cause more hassle than replacing batteries. As it becomes more difficult to buy wired peripherals, I plan to evolve into the angry old man hording my antiquated wired mouse and keyboard, cursing randomly. My mantra will be "Get wired or go home!"
Today was (unofficially)
Lisafest 2006. Lisafest refers to Lisa#2, a girl in my car club and not Lisa#1, my mad scientist girlfriend who genetically modifies fetuses for pending global domination. An unprecedented 16 Cougars showed up for the meet, almost a full fourth of the total that attended
Cougarfest. A bad battery connection and a flat tire didn't keep John, BBox and I from arriving with 4lbs of corn and 5lbs of meat which were quickly consumed. Modifications included destruction and reconstruction of my subwoofer enclosure to fit better in my trunk, an entire suspension swap, a cold air intake, various headlight/taillight modifications (flashers, euro auto-levelers, harness hack), and various interior repairs. Today also marked the addition of
mini Cougar fights to meet activities. Afterwards the Ohio and Illinois people returned to
Beta for a showing of
Grandma's Boy, a movie I highly recommend. An important ingredient for great comedy is to include an African tribesmen and various African animals in the list of characters.
Today was the
hottest day of the year at 99 °F. Surprisingly May 29th was the previous record at 96.3 °F. The heat advisory suggested that I check on friends and neighbors who might be at risk, so I went to the pool at Lisa's condo to make sure everyone there was OK. They seemed to be a high risk group so I decided to spend the rest of the day there to keep an eye on them.
After
having some fun with my $30
Woot RC car I decided it was time to upgrade my options to a 1/10 scale
HPI Sprint model. I snagged a
nice one off eBay for cheap and (naturally) matched it with a
Cougar body. Both Jaird and Keith have nitro models and I'm well aware that nitro is faster than electric, but I'm lazy and like the instant setup and low maintenance of electrics. This one is definitely
fast enough for me since I have yet to master steering at full speed, despite it being all wheel drive.
Today is Lisa's birthday which means today she finally turned 18. Since I'm 21 that also means for 6 months we're only 3 years apart. As a special birthday present, I got the neighbor to wake us up at 8:00am with a
tree removal service which made her very happy. Through some weird cosmic anomaly, today also marks the 3rd anniversary of
Enorym's California exodus. The statute of limitations on friendship states that any friend who does not return for a visit after 3 years of absence officially does not exist anymore. The
recruitment for a new Enorym never really took off, so it looks like I'm out a Myrn. Unfortunate, but who am I to argue with regulations.
MorlockPrime is finally having his housewarming party this coming Friday (July 28th). There will be a full keg of
Oberon brand beer, along with various intoxicating and non-intoxicating beverages available (and various types of meat). If you know where I live, consider this your personal invitation and feel free to join us anytime after 6pm.
UPDATE: Party PhotosAfter deciding I have entirely too much junk in my house, and that most of it was too large to ship (non-eBayable), I decided to try and sell my junk at my
Beta house. Yesterday went rather well and I sold almost 40% of it (60% if I measure by volume). I'm hoping today goes as well, which would net me over $200 for crap I was going to throw out anyways. If you're "in the know" stop on by, I'll be here 9am - 5pm all day. Those of you who have been patiently waiting for the day you could buy my
InstaPool, wait no longer. It's here, and only $60! Drive slowly, I don't want any accidents in the rush for my pool.
OK, it's really a Groundhog, but Badgers are cooler and I get away with putting
this link up for mentioning Badger. It's been living under my deck for about a month now, and today I noticed a second one. Apparently my deck is a happening place for bachelor groundhogs. It's kind of cool having them around, but I know they probably aren't the best thing for the integrity of my deck foundation. Keith if you read this bring your air rifle when you visit Michigan, you can do some good old southern animal killing.
Years have passed (4.5 to be
exact) since the
Gnome Cam began dutifully snapping captures of my porch at 5-minute intervals. Through those years, as the cam became a witness to history, I've had a frequent request for faster update times. The request usually goes something like: "That cam is super mega awesome, your porch is like happening central! I can't get enough of it! I need more than just 5-minute intervals of capture goodness!" to which I reply "Not even
Stavos can convince me to up the capture time, friend." I was happy with this answer for almost 5 years, but lately I've begun to realize how important my porch is to humanity, and how selfish it is to only share 5 minute increments of it with the world. Thus,
Gnome Cam Live is born. Because I'm a Microsoft zealot who hates all things non-Microsoft (or because Media Encoder comes free and I'm cheap) it only works for sure in Windows Media Player. Also, the timing of my live cam has nothing at all to do with the recent release of
Duane's live cam.
Joseph has gone back to cross-country truck hauling and lastnight he hauled 30,000 lbs of paper towel to a distributor. I have never seen 30,000lbs of paper towel in my life, but I imagine it takes up quite a bit of volume. Today he found out exactly how much volume it is when they spent over eight hours unloading it with a forklift. I wished him good luck with his load and went on with my life a bit more knowlegeable about the transportation of goods in this country.
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