Forgetful
I was on my way home last night and, again, I had no MP3 player. I
hadn't charged it because I had gone to sleep so early the previous
evening. Well, I still didn't charge it. I went to work and came home
today with no MP3 player for the exact same reason. I had sent myself
an email reminder. I deleted the reminder. I also forgo to swap out the
dead phone battery, so I'm on half a charged battery today. I did
manage to stop at the store yesterday and pick up some things,
including some cut and bake cookies. I ate mac and cheese and a batch
of cookies for dinner. Now, that's healthy. Anyway. I even managed to
walk out without my watch this morning. I'm surprised my ass isn't
still sitting on the toilet at the apartment.
Story
I'm trying to write a short story. It is about a guy from the future
who comes back. We will see if I have one ounce of creativity. I
haven't decided if I will put it on the blog or not. I have copyright
issues with leaving it out here. What with all you intellectual
property thieves lurking about.
I'm writing it to inspire my mother to write her story. She needs to
put her thoughts and memories down in writing.
Call
I get the same call every
day.
"This company is handling a personal matter. Due to [something] law we
are unable to go into detail. Contact us at --- -- ---- ..." I get the
call every day. Did I mention
that I get this call every
day? I is a recording so it is the exact same message. I leave my
ringers turned off so I never hear the call come in. I have been
getting this call for about six months. Before that it was a different
recording. Same company.
This is obviously a collection agency. I happen to know that someone in
my apartment complex has the same last name as I, and she does not pay
her bills. I don't mind getting the calls really. I get some sick
satisfaction knowing that they have still not caught up with the bitch
who owes them money. I have just gotten used to checking for two or
more messages. If there is only one, I delete it without even
listening. I just hope that somehow, calling my number costs them
money. I don't dare call the number they have in their message. That
would be doing them a favor.
2005-04-13
2005-04-12
Dream
I had a dream last night I was in an apartment that Iv never seen before. It felt like home. It was kind of a dump, but I was glad to be there. The windows were open. There were screens. I have not had screens on my windows in years. My apartment complex does not provide them. The bedroom was on a corner and had windows on two sides. The freezing wind blew right through. It was dawn and I got up to go close the window. As I turned back and saw the bathroom off the bedroom something came over me. I realized this was a trip back in time to correct something that I considered wrong. It was a second chance at a mistake. I thew my hands back and begged God to stop this. I've made my mistakes. I choose to leave them where they are. I do not want to try to change anything. Things simply must lay where they are.
I had a dream last night I was in an apartment that Iv never seen before. It felt like home. It was kind of a dump, but I was glad to be there. The windows were open. There were screens. I have not had screens on my windows in years. My apartment complex does not provide them. The bedroom was on a corner and had windows on two sides. The freezing wind blew right through. It was dawn and I got up to go close the window. As I turned back and saw the bathroom off the bedroom something came over me. I realized this was a trip back in time to correct something that I considered wrong. It was a second chance at a mistake. I thew my hands back and begged God to stop this. I've made my mistakes. I choose to leave them where they are. I do not want to try to change anything. Things simply must lay where they are.
2005-04-10
Song
Data DVD
I have a bunch of files to pull off my computer. I use data DVDs to back up the information. I keep hearing that this is not the longest lasting method of storage. I'm not sure what else to do. It is by far the cheapest. I remember fighting tapes a million years ago. Those sucked on many levels. A friend of mine says he just keeps buying hard drives and adding them to computers on his network. It seems to be working out for him. He doesn't keep everything like I do. Oh, well. It is my own fault. I'll make do.
One of these days I'm going to lay out my collection of media and take a picture. I bet most folks will at least say "Why Kelly?!? .. Why?" Some might scoff, but I find it entertaining.
Day
I never did go to the second party today. It was fun, I'm sure. I just didn't have the drive. I sat in my chair and surfed the net all day. I got some of my pictures up and out. I worried about getting some things done for work. I should not have done that. That is what work time is for. "I didn't even have to use my AK. It must have been a good day."
| Artist: | Stevie Ray Vaughan [ Search RP ] |
| Song: | Pipeline |
| Album: | The Real Deal [ Search RP ] |
Data DVD
I have a bunch of files to pull off my computer. I use data DVDs to back up the information. I keep hearing that this is not the longest lasting method of storage. I'm not sure what else to do. It is by far the cheapest. I remember fighting tapes a million years ago. Those sucked on many levels. A friend of mine says he just keeps buying hard drives and adding them to computers on his network. It seems to be working out for him. He doesn't keep everything like I do. Oh, well. It is my own fault. I'll make do.
One of these days I'm going to lay out my collection of media and take a picture. I bet most folks will at least say "Why Kelly?!? .. Why?" Some might scoff, but I find it entertaining.
Day
I never did go to the second party today. It was fun, I'm sure. I just didn't have the drive. I sat in my chair and surfed the net all day. I got some of my pictures up and out. I worried about getting some things done for work. I should not have done that. That is what work time is for. "I didn't even have to use my AK. It must have been a good day."
Spam
People using email have to put up with email spam. Bloggers have to put up with blog spam. People write programs that crawl the blogsphere and leave advertisements in the comments and trackback sections of the blog. It is highly annoying by both readers and bloggers. Most people who hit blogs are ad-savvy, so I wonder who the hell clicks on these ads? The trouble with spam in general is that it costs the sender nothing to start the process. Think that if it cost nothing for people to send us physical (snail) mail we would need bathtubs for mailboxes.
You will run into filters that have a graphic picture of numbers and letters and ask you to read them and type them in to prove you are a human. I'm legally blind, so they are exceedingly hard to read. I've read that the spammers have better and better systems to read those funky graphics. Pretty soon they will have to use one of those dot-paintings you see in the mall that is of a sailboat. I've never been able to see those things either. I bet a computer would have an easier time deciphering those than people.
There are user registration methods where they send you a "bounce" email and make sure you are the owner of the email account you used. They can block IPs, but that doesn't work. For every trick the defenders of information put forth, the spammers find a way to thwart it. I bet this will always be the case. The only way to stop spam is to take the money out of it.
People using email have to put up with email spam. Bloggers have to put up with blog spam. People write programs that crawl the blogsphere and leave advertisements in the comments and trackback sections of the blog. It is highly annoying by both readers and bloggers. Most people who hit blogs are ad-savvy, so I wonder who the hell clicks on these ads? The trouble with spam in general is that it costs the sender nothing to start the process. Think that if it cost nothing for people to send us physical (snail) mail we would need bathtubs for mailboxes.
You will run into filters that have a graphic picture of numbers and letters and ask you to read them and type them in to prove you are a human. I'm legally blind, so they are exceedingly hard to read. I've read that the spammers have better and better systems to read those funky graphics. Pretty soon they will have to use one of those dot-paintings you see in the mall that is of a sailboat. I've never been able to see those things either. I bet a computer would have an easier time deciphering those than people.
There are user registration methods where they send you a "bounce" email and make sure you are the owner of the email account you used. They can block IPs, but that doesn't work. For every trick the defenders of information put forth, the spammers find a way to thwart it. I bet this will always be the case. The only way to stop spam is to take the money out of it.
Camera
I got the camera.
This sucker is 8 megapixel. Why get an 8 megapixel?
Notes
I went to Chris and Sarah's Mudbug party. I took a million pictures with said new camera. I nearly filled up the 512 card. This camera is very fast, even with the older slower card. I have a new one gigabyte card on order. Check out the pictures from the MudBug party.
Mudbug Party 2005
Mudbug Party 2004
I got the camera.
This sucker is 8 megapixel. Why get an 8 megapixel?
 This is what the
full size picture looks like. shrunk down. |
 This is what you get when you crop the photo at 100% zoom. That is an actual size clipping. Why, you can even spot my shiny bald head. |
I went to Chris and Sarah's Mudbug party. I took a million pictures with said new camera. I nearly filled up the 512 card. This camera is very fast, even with the older slower card. I have a new one gigabyte card on order. Check out the pictures from the MudBug party.
Mudbug Party 2005
Mudbug Party 2004
2005-04-09
Joke
You see, this is not a blond guy joke. It is still a racist joke. Don't
you feel like crap for laughing at it? Just kidding. I laughed at it
too. Don't feel bad. We are all human.
| The
very first ever Bond GUY joke..... An Irishman, a Mexican and a Blond Guy were doing construction work on scaffolding on the 20th floor of a building. They were eating lunch and the Irishman said, "Corned beef and cabbage! If I get corned beef and cabbage one more time for lunch, I'm going to jump off this building." The Mexican opened his lunch box and exclaimed, Burritos again! If I get burritos one more time I'm going to jump off, too." The blond opened his lunch and said, Bologna again! If I get a bologna sandwich one more time, I'm jumping too." The next day, the Irishman opened his lunch box, saw corned beef and cabbage, and jumped to his death. The Mexican opened his lunch, saw a burrito, and jumped, too. The blond guy opened his lunch, saw the bologna and jumped to his death as well. At the funeral, the Irishman's wife was weeping. She said, "If I'd known how really tired he was of corned beef and cabbage, I never would have given it to him again!" The Mexican's wife also wept and said, "I could have given him tacos or enchiladas! I didn't realize he hated burritos so much." Everyone turned and stared at the blonde's wife. The blonde's wife said, "Don't look at me. He makes his own lunch. |
2005-04-08
Song
Google Maps
| Artist: | Azure Ray [ Search RP ] |
| Song: | Look To Me |
| Album: | Hold On Love [ Search RP ] |
Google Maps
 This
is the San Fransisco airport as seen from space. Click on the image for
a larger view. I could sit there and stare at these satellite images
for hours. |
 This is the hotel we
stayed at while we were in florida. Yes, It was pink. |
 This is the
apartment we stayed in while we were in florida. |
Comment
I hate it when people have comments turned off. I hate it even more when you don't know they have been turned off until you have typed (and spell checked) an entry. Go check out this chick's blog about the definition of a "slut" and then come back and read the comment below.
I hate it when people have comments turned off. I hate it even more when you don't know they have been turned off until you have typed (and spell checked) an entry. Go check out this chick's blog about the definition of a "slut" and then come back and read the comment below.
| It
is a qualitative, not quantitative statement. Saying some one is a
slut is just a way to insult them. I have been with four women in my
life. I am thirty six years old. I've had plenty of opportunity. I just
don't sleep around. There is no point to it. That is my belief. Many
people have no problem with a high number of sexual partners. If some
one calls you a slut and you just don't care, then you are secure on
the subject. If you have been with two people, some one calls you a
slut and it hurts, then you are insecure. My 2 cents. |
Outsourcing Thievery
I'm trying to think what to say on this subject. I can only say that I
have expected something like this. Just because people are from a
country that has an official religion, doesn't make them honest. These
people stole from Americans while in another country. I'm pretty sure
U. S. laws do not apply. That is one of the big reasons companies
outsource in the first place, to avoid the laws and liability in their
own country. That goes both ways. Apparently, they are not paying these
people enough to keep them from thinking this is an option. The thieves
used the money for mobile phones, cars and such.
When you read the article I infer that the bank was alerted by a third party. I bet someone who was asked by the thieves to cash one of the checks turned them in.
Email at the Office
Every day lately about 8:30 or 9:00 our email crashes. Normally, it comes up again after lunch. It has happened every day this week. IS took the primary server off line Monday "to replace a piece of hardware" and now it is going down every day at the same time. I suppose that is an improvement, because before , it was going down every day on a random basis. I wonder if they replaced the BUS clock.
It never ceases to amaze me how much our company depends on email to work. I've noticed people writing the content of their email in a Word document and attaching it to an email. I have a hard time with this because that bloats the size of the email several times. People just don't know any better. They teach Word, Powerpoint and Excel in school. They don't teach responsible use of computers though.
There have been times where the whole network goes nuts and I can still get to an outside machine to do some work. A couple of years ago, the power went out for a couple of hours. I swear, the network going down is that disruptive. I can't remember the last time the phones went out at my office, but it seems people are more productive when they have their phone taken away.
Camera
I keep flip-flopping on the camera. $1200 ($1000 for the camera and lens, $200 for memory cards) is allot of money to me. It is 8 megapixel. That sounds good for cameras at the moment. You can get a 7 megapixel phone from Samsung. If I'm at a party or out screwing around, I will take five megapixel images. If I'm on vacation at the Grand Canyon, I want 100 megapixel images. Nothing will satisfy me in that case. This camera is a high quality image camera as well. It has pretty fair low light imaging. There are tons of pluses. The one huge minus is that next week they will cut the price in half or competition will catch up and offer an amazing deal to steel Canon's cloths. That will always be the case. There will always be something better on the horizon. There is a threshold. When the item is a couple of weeks salary, I bump into a wall.
If I do go ahead and buy this camera, I here by make a promise to myself to not give myself crap about the price or what comes out the very next day. I know, you make the best decision on the day you need to make it. You go with it and stick with it. If I didn't make this promise to myself, I would never end up buying new computers or cameras.
| "Call
center employees working for an Indian software company, MSource,
supposedly used
confidential client information to transfer client funds to themselves.
The alleged perpetrators used the personal information of four NY-based
clients to transfer ~$350,000 (Rs. 1.5 crores) in their names, a large
sum in Indian currency. They were caught after the victims alerted the
bank officials in the US, who then traced the crime to the Indian city
of Pune. While the name of the bank has not been revealed, the article
indicates that the bank in question is Citibank." |
When you read the article I infer that the bank was alerted by a third party. I bet someone who was asked by the thieves to cash one of the checks turned them in.
Email at the Office
Every day lately about 8:30 or 9:00 our email crashes. Normally, it comes up again after lunch. It has happened every day this week. IS took the primary server off line Monday "to replace a piece of hardware" and now it is going down every day at the same time. I suppose that is an improvement, because before , it was going down every day on a random basis. I wonder if they replaced the BUS clock.
It never ceases to amaze me how much our company depends on email to work. I've noticed people writing the content of their email in a Word document and attaching it to an email. I have a hard time with this because that bloats the size of the email several times. People just don't know any better. They teach Word, Powerpoint and Excel in school. They don't teach responsible use of computers though.
There have been times where the whole network goes nuts and I can still get to an outside machine to do some work. A couple of years ago, the power went out for a couple of hours. I swear, the network going down is that disruptive. I can't remember the last time the phones went out at my office, but it seems people are more productive when they have their phone taken away.
Camera
I keep flip-flopping on the camera. $1200 ($1000 for the camera and lens, $200 for memory cards) is allot of money to me. It is 8 megapixel. That sounds good for cameras at the moment. You can get a 7 megapixel phone from Samsung. If I'm at a party or out screwing around, I will take five megapixel images. If I'm on vacation at the Grand Canyon, I want 100 megapixel images. Nothing will satisfy me in that case. This camera is a high quality image camera as well. It has pretty fair low light imaging. There are tons of pluses. The one huge minus is that next week they will cut the price in half or competition will catch up and offer an amazing deal to steel Canon's cloths. That will always be the case. There will always be something better on the horizon. There is a threshold. When the item is a couple of weeks salary, I bump into a wall.
If I do go ahead and buy this camera, I here by make a promise to myself to not give myself crap about the price or what comes out the very next day. I know, you make the best decision on the day you need to make it. You go with it and stick with it. If I didn't make this promise to myself, I would never end up buying new computers or cameras.
A Couple of Plugs
| I
know its a little last minute, but Slappy's Groove Shack and Dogz On
Parole are playing at the Speakeasy Bar in downtown Houston tonight, Friday April 8th from 10PM to 1AM. Its located in the heart of downtown Houston, at the northeast end of Main St. Friday April 8, 2005 10:00 pm - 1:00 am Speakeasy Bar 110 Main Street Houston, TX 77002 Hope to see everybody there! |
| Hi
everybody, This Sunday afternoon, April 10, is the 3rd annual Mudbug Fest at The First Tee. It'll be out on their beautiful new outdoor patio and go from 1pm to 8pm. The band and I go on at around 4pm, but there is a line-up of GREAT musicians all day long (Hint: Smythe and Taylor go on right before us!). So come on out for crawfish and craziness! 12589 Whittington (just south of Briar Forest on Dairy Ashford). Houston, Texas 77077 281-556-1691 See you there, Jen |
2005-04-07
Home Page
I finally got the new photo pages up. I used a software called JAlbum. The frame margins took the longest time to figure out. The symptom was the links at the top of the page kept jumping around. I had put the margin statements in the FramSet tag instead of the Frame tag. Isn't that the most interesting thing you have ever heard?
Speaking of photos. I am going to get that camera. It is just a matter of when.
Day
I went to work. I came home. I fought to stay awake. I'm about to fall asleep.
I finally got the new photo pages up. I used a software called JAlbum. The frame margins took the longest time to figure out. The symptom was the links at the top of the page kept jumping around. I had put the margin statements in the FramSet tag instead of the Frame tag. Isn't that the most interesting thing you have ever heard?
Speaking of photos. I am going to get that camera. It is just a matter of when.
Day
I went to work. I came home. I fought to stay awake. I'm about to fall asleep.
Home Page
Footer
Well, I got the footer working. It took a while to remember that sometimes you need a non breaking space "&ntsb;" between HTML and code. The Java script just plane wasn't working. The footer would either not show up or it would not be a line or two below the table. That non breaking space fixes some disappearing elements. Sometimes when you have an empty cell in a table, the whole cell will not show up. You have to put a non breaking space in the cell to make it show up.
In the beginning there was HTML. Web browsers were designed to make up for allot of problems that were occurring on this new thing called the Internet. There was so much corrupt data passing around that browsers had to be designed to try to display whatever came through. Thankfully, that is why browsers work so well. There are a few trade offs. Some funky information will simply be ignored by the browser. Most blank space will be ignored as well. Hence the need for some code that the browser understands that says "leave this spot blank."
Links
I added some links in the links link. I'm not sure, but I want to take the links off my right bar here and just put in a blog-roll. I'm not sure what the rules are for blog-rolls. The one's I've seen are just a list of links. Some have descriptions and personel opinion. Oh, well.
Home Page
Right now I have a gallery page and links page. I want to add a home page. Something that makes sense. I have no idea what should go on that page. I'm thinking it should simply be an "about me" page. Does any one have any ideas?
Footer
Well, I got the footer working. It took a while to remember that sometimes you need a non breaking space "&ntsb;" between HTML and code. The Java script just plane wasn't working. The footer would either not show up or it would not be a line or two below the table. That non breaking space fixes some disappearing elements. Sometimes when you have an empty cell in a table, the whole cell will not show up. You have to put a non breaking space in the cell to make it show up.
In the beginning there was HTML. Web browsers were designed to make up for allot of problems that were occurring on this new thing called the Internet. There was so much corrupt data passing around that browsers had to be designed to try to display whatever came through. Thankfully, that is why browsers work so well. There are a few trade offs. Some funky information will simply be ignored by the browser. Most blank space will be ignored as well. Hence the need for some code that the browser understands that says "leave this spot blank."
Links
I added some links in the links link. I'm not sure, but I want to take the links off my right bar here and just put in a blog-roll. I'm not sure what the rules are for blog-rolls. The one's I've seen are just a list of links. Some have descriptions and personel opinion. Oh, well.
Home Page
Right now I have a gallery page and links page. I want to add a home page. Something that makes sense. I have no idea what should go on that page. I'm thinking it should simply be an "about me" page. Does any one have any ideas?
2005-04-06
Day
I was supposed to come home yesterday and just crash. I started messing with my web page and before I knew it, the time had slipped past eleven. All I did was get frames working. I found a new tool for generating the web pages for my pictures. The pages look much better than the current ones. It really is too bad for you guys that I am so devastatingly lazy. You will have to wait. I will definitely do any mud bug party pictures that I take this weekend with the new software. I hope to retro fit the past pictures to the new page design. It uses frames, so I converted my page design over to frames. Anyway, I came home tonight and nearly fell asleep in my chair trying to read some blogs.
I have had bad experience with frames. I've tried to let the design software deal with the frames to control things a bit better. However, this time I wrote the frames page by hand and it seemed to salve most of the control problems I had in the past.
I'll get back to you with more soon.
I was supposed to come home yesterday and just crash. I started messing with my web page and before I knew it, the time had slipped past eleven. All I did was get frames working. I found a new tool for generating the web pages for my pictures. The pages look much better than the current ones. It really is too bad for you guys that I am so devastatingly lazy. You will have to wait. I will definitely do any mud bug party pictures that I take this weekend with the new software. I hope to retro fit the past pictures to the new page design. It uses frames, so I converted my page design over to frames. Anyway, I came home tonight and nearly fell asleep in my chair trying to read some blogs.
I have had bad experience with frames. I've tried to let the design software deal with the frames to control things a bit better. However, this time I wrote the frames page by hand and it seemed to salve most of the control problems I had in the past.
I'll get back to you with more soon.
2005-04-05
Google Maps
I spent half my evening playing with Google Maps. The maps themselves are not the fun part. The satellite images are the cool part. dropped down over my apartment and then hit the satellite image link at the upper right corner of the screen. I fallowed my road over to a local park. It runs out I can ride my bike over there without hitting any major roads. It is a nice trail. It is going to rain this weekend, or I would go take a bunch of pictures and publish them here. That will have to wait. I have a Crawfish boil this Saturday night.
Besides, I don't have any photo editing software at the moment. I need to find a new tool because the one I used to use no longer works properly on my system. Right now, I cannot even crop a screenshot. It won't take long for me to find a new editor. It is amazing how many crappy photo editors are out there. At the office they tell us to make do with the editor that comes with Office. Yuck. I want Photoshop. At $500+, I don't think it will make it into my software list. I also need a new gallery maker. The biggest problem I face is that there are too many packages to choose from.
Ear Issues
I have had problems with balance all my life. Now, I'm legally blind. So, I cannot see very well, nor can I walk in a straight line for long without stumbling from one side to the other. It sounds worse than it is. I can run or jog OK. The funny thing is, it depends on the shoes I'm waring a bit too. Hard sole boots that slip on are the worse. Lace up boots that have some ankle support seem to do the best. Sneakers don't seem to make much difference.
Anyway. Every Spring I get the ear cruds. I blogged about my spelunking adventures a couple of days ago. The effects of the ear infection are starting to ware off. I'm finally getting to where I can walk through the halls at work and look to one side without stumbling. A couple of years ago I went to the doctor for this problem. They prescribed Claritin-D. I'm taking Wal-itin and Pseudoephedrine (I think that is the right stuff). Those are the generics of basically Claritin-D. I'm taking a pair when I get up in the morning and I'm taking a pair when I get home from work. You are not supposed to take that much Claritin. I'm told it is a time release antihistamine. You can get into trouble with mixing drugs that affect mucus membranes so I'm trying to take it easy.
This crap is keeping me off the bike. I was hoping to do a quick ride this weekend and take some pictures for the blog. Hopefully, it will all work out soon. I'll keep you all informed how things go. Isn't it wonderful getting old? =\
I spent half my evening playing with Google Maps. The maps themselves are not the fun part. The satellite images are the cool part. dropped down over my apartment and then hit the satellite image link at the upper right corner of the screen. I fallowed my road over to a local park. It runs out I can ride my bike over there without hitting any major roads. It is a nice trail. It is going to rain this weekend, or I would go take a bunch of pictures and publish them here. That will have to wait. I have a Crawfish boil this Saturday night.
Besides, I don't have any photo editing software at the moment. I need to find a new tool because the one I used to use no longer works properly on my system. Right now, I cannot even crop a screenshot. It won't take long for me to find a new editor. It is amazing how many crappy photo editors are out there. At the office they tell us to make do with the editor that comes with Office. Yuck. I want Photoshop. At $500+, I don't think it will make it into my software list. I also need a new gallery maker. The biggest problem I face is that there are too many packages to choose from.
Ear Issues
I have had problems with balance all my life. Now, I'm legally blind. So, I cannot see very well, nor can I walk in a straight line for long without stumbling from one side to the other. It sounds worse than it is. I can run or jog OK. The funny thing is, it depends on the shoes I'm waring a bit too. Hard sole boots that slip on are the worse. Lace up boots that have some ankle support seem to do the best. Sneakers don't seem to make much difference.
Anyway. Every Spring I get the ear cruds. I blogged about my spelunking adventures a couple of days ago. The effects of the ear infection are starting to ware off. I'm finally getting to where I can walk through the halls at work and look to one side without stumbling. A couple of years ago I went to the doctor for this problem. They prescribed Claritin-D. I'm taking Wal-itin and Pseudoephedrine (I think that is the right stuff). Those are the generics of basically Claritin-D. I'm taking a pair when I get up in the morning and I'm taking a pair when I get home from work. You are not supposed to take that much Claritin. I'm told it is a time release antihistamine. You can get into trouble with mixing drugs that affect mucus membranes so I'm trying to take it easy.
This crap is keeping me off the bike. I was hoping to do a quick ride this weekend and take some pictures for the blog. Hopefully, it will all work out soon. I'll keep you all informed how things go. Isn't it wonderful getting old? =\
2005-04-04
P2P 101
I had about the hundredth person ask me how to get started in p2p file sharing. This is the email I sent them.
Other Software
I also warned them to stay away from Kazaa and Morpheus. They are far too riddled with spy ware. There are dozens of Kazaa like software packages.
Bittorrent
There is also this thing called Bittorrent. The real Bittorrent software is kind of lame. I recommend Azureus. It is Java based. Bittorrent is a different animal. You cannot search Bittorrent directly. You must find a web page that has the link to the file you are looking for and click on it there. You can also share your own files on Bittorrent. Some people use it to distribute files that they cannot put on an FTP site or for their blog.
Legal
You know, several crimes have been committed at night. Maybe they should outlaw darkness. The most effective tools in crime are also the most effective tools in every day life. For example, cars, phones, crow-bars, all have legitimate use and criminal use.
My Experience
When the tsunami happened the day after Christmas this year, the only place I could find videos as they came in was p2p. I could not find much on the news sites. I've used Bittorrent to download Linux distributions, and other software. Now blogs use P2P software to publish video files that they could never support otherwise. P2p has it's legitimate uses.
Really Useful Information
I had about the hundredth person ask me how to get started in p2p file sharing. This is the email I sent them.
| The
places to get the software are either Edonkey, or
Emule.
One or the other. You don't need both. I recommend Emule. Once you install the software you can go to the following sites and find links that will help you download what you are looking for. This is a place called Edonkey help. It is a link to other Edonkey sites. Share Provider is a good place for movies, but they have allot of adult stuff. I don't know what you are into, but you are going to run into allot of that. Sorry. =] These are a couple of places that concentrate on TV shows. For music, start by clicking on search in the program and type in the name of the band you are looking for. Also try "discography". It is difficult to find specific artists sometimes. For searches outside of the program I recommend FileDonkey. They have more specific files. The things you get there have been at least looked at by some one else. Over all, I have to say that p2p is highly unreliable. You have to be willing to put up with some really annoying people, and some porn getting in the way of what you are looking for. Consider yourself warned. Have fun. |
I also warned them to stay away from Kazaa and Morpheus. They are far too riddled with spy ware. There are dozens of Kazaa like software packages.
Bittorrent
There is also this thing called Bittorrent. The real Bittorrent software is kind of lame. I recommend Azureus. It is Java based. Bittorrent is a different animal. You cannot search Bittorrent directly. You must find a web page that has the link to the file you are looking for and click on it there. You can also share your own files on Bittorrent. Some people use it to distribute files that they cannot put on an FTP site or for their blog.
Legal
You know, several crimes have been committed at night. Maybe they should outlaw darkness. The most effective tools in crime are also the most effective tools in every day life. For example, cars, phones, crow-bars, all have legitimate use and criminal use.
My Experience
When the tsunami happened the day after Christmas this year, the only place I could find videos as they came in was p2p. I could not find much on the news sites. I've used Bittorrent to download Linux distributions, and other software. Now blogs use P2P software to publish video files that they could never support otherwise. P2p has it's legitimate uses.
Really Useful Information
| Sources,
Formats And Scene Tags How To Burn A Dvd To Dvd-r Guide to Using the Files You've Downloaded Total burning guide. |
What?
So, I'm in a meeting this afternoon. We are talking on speaker phone, which is bad enough, and we are already running late so we are in a hurry. This guy comes on to give a presentation with a whole bunch of complex technical jargon in it. He has a middle eastern accent. Now most of the time I can hang. I have encountered enough people with a similar accent to keep up for the most part. There were, however, some interesting circumstances to this call. He had a bad cold. His nasal passages were blocked. He had a pretty thick accent and was talking quickly. Now, that is bad enough. He was also obviously in a cube farm, so there was plenty of background chatter and knocking about. The one last thing, it almost sounded like there was a craps game taking place on his desk. These loud thunk noises kept interrupting the conversation. All in all, I got the idea and understood the issues. I'm proud of myself actually. That was not a bad trick.
So, I'm in a meeting this afternoon. We are talking on speaker phone, which is bad enough, and we are already running late so we are in a hurry. This guy comes on to give a presentation with a whole bunch of complex technical jargon in it. He has a middle eastern accent. Now most of the time I can hang. I have encountered enough people with a similar accent to keep up for the most part. There were, however, some interesting circumstances to this call. He had a bad cold. His nasal passages were blocked. He had a pretty thick accent and was talking quickly. Now, that is bad enough. He was also obviously in a cube farm, so there was plenty of background chatter and knocking about. The one last thing, it almost sounded like there was a craps game taking place on his desk. These loud thunk noises kept interrupting the conversation. All in all, I got the idea and understood the issues. I'm proud of myself actually. That was not a bad trick.
2005-04-03
Day
Last night I headed over for the Texas Holdem game at a buddy's place. It is always fun. Fortunately, we are all broke so we only play for a $10 buy in. I lost $20 (two rounds) and ended up listening to one of the other guys tel stories about his work experiences. He is an old oil field pipe-fitter construction worker. He had us rolling out on the patio. I cannot do the stories justice. He mentioned how he got in fights on the job, and how his crew was one of the first drug tested in the early eighties. "... The guy got out of his car and a plumb of smoke rose when he opened the door. ..." He told a story of getting mad at a boss and chasing him through the plant in a truck with huge steel booms banging around behind him. I nearly split my side. He is off to Iraq after a back surgery. He said he might pull down some really good money.
This morning I had the nasties hang over. I had been having problems with my ears and nearly toppled over a bunch of times at the card game. I drank one of those things these guys made and I nearly passed out. One of the guys had three of them.
I'm about to order some Wal-itin online. I've heard some people say to take two of the damn things in the beginning to get rid of the allergies. Then , drop back to one a day after a week or two.
I broke down and ordered some sandwiches from a pizza place. I know I complain allot about being chubby, but I am dreadfully lazy.
No one told me it was the day to switch your clocks forward. I nearly missed it. I still have a couple of clocks to go.
Blog Surfing
You know you enjoy doing something when you say "Just one more." and you find yourself still doing it after ten or fifteen more. I catch myself doing this with blogs. I have motivated myself to read and comment on a bunch of blogs when I can. This is really just to bring traffic to my site, or at least, it started out that way. I will sit down at the computer and say "I don't feel like it." and before I know it, I've done it for three hours. I'm getting more picky who's blog I leave comments on. I get plenty of hits this way, but I've noticed my number of comments has dropped since I set it to ignore anonymous posts. I don't really care about that. I would rather have quality than quantity.
I've been doing the rounds of Blogger and Bloglines. The trouble is, as I mentioned in an earlier post, that nearly every post is about the Pope. I just can't bring myself to scream at people on the subject, so I'll keep my mouth shut.
Last night I headed over for the Texas Holdem game at a buddy's place. It is always fun. Fortunately, we are all broke so we only play for a $10 buy in. I lost $20 (two rounds) and ended up listening to one of the other guys tel stories about his work experiences. He is an old oil field pipe-fitter construction worker. He had us rolling out on the patio. I cannot do the stories justice. He mentioned how he got in fights on the job, and how his crew was one of the first drug tested in the early eighties. "... The guy got out of his car and a plumb of smoke rose when he opened the door. ..." He told a story of getting mad at a boss and chasing him through the plant in a truck with huge steel booms banging around behind him. I nearly split my side. He is off to Iraq after a back surgery. He said he might pull down some really good money.
This morning I had the nasties hang over. I had been having problems with my ears and nearly toppled over a bunch of times at the card game. I drank one of those things these guys made and I nearly passed out. One of the guys had three of them.
I'm about to order some Wal-itin online. I've heard some people say to take two of the damn things in the beginning to get rid of the allergies. Then , drop back to one a day after a week or two.
I broke down and ordered some sandwiches from a pizza place. I know I complain allot about being chubby, but I am dreadfully lazy.
No one told me it was the day to switch your clocks forward. I nearly missed it. I still have a couple of clocks to go.
Blog Surfing
You know you enjoy doing something when you say "Just one more." and you find yourself still doing it after ten or fifteen more. I catch myself doing this with blogs. I have motivated myself to read and comment on a bunch of blogs when I can. This is really just to bring traffic to my site, or at least, it started out that way. I will sit down at the computer and say "I don't feel like it." and before I know it, I've done it for three hours. I'm getting more picky who's blog I leave comments on. I get plenty of hits this way, but I've noticed my number of comments has dropped since I set it to ignore anonymous posts. I don't really care about that. I would rather have quality than quantity.
I've been doing the rounds of Blogger and Bloglines. The trouble is, as I mentioned in an earlier post, that nearly every post is about the Pope. I just can't bring myself to scream at people on the subject, so I'll keep my mouth shut.
Pope Stroking
It is a horrible weekend for news. Every single news site except Slash Dot have their entire page devoted to making the Pope look like more than a human. Half are just trying to look good. The other half are trying to bend the event to their agenda. Conservatives keep saying "we have always pushed life." Others say he was a factor in the downfall of Communism. Communism is an idea. Countries that attempted Communism failed. An idea cannot fail. Only the people who try to follow it. Anyway. I'm sick of it. I have several Catholic friends. They will hate me for this. Well, I wasn't much on Reagan's funeral either. I have to go to the blogs to be reminded of the not so wonderful things the Pope had going for him. [caution, bias] I'm not going to go into them here, because the Pope is conservative and I agree with most of the things people have a problem with, but I know along with every one else that he was a man. There are a bunch of people out there with some sick ideas about hating the Pope and other world leaders who don't think the same way they do. Mechelle Malkin has some links.
It is a horrible weekend for news. Every single news site except Slash Dot have their entire page devoted to making the Pope look like more than a human. Half are just trying to look good. The other half are trying to bend the event to their agenda. Conservatives keep saying "we have always pushed life." Others say he was a factor in the downfall of Communism. Communism is an idea. Countries that attempted Communism failed. An idea cannot fail. Only the people who try to follow it. Anyway. I'm sick of it. I have several Catholic friends. They will hate me for this. Well, I wasn't much on Reagan's funeral either. I have to go to the blogs to be reminded of the not so wonderful things the Pope had going for him. [caution, bias] I'm not going to go into them here, because the Pope is conservative and I agree with most of the things people have a problem with, but I know along with every one else that he was a man. There are a bunch of people out there with some sick ideas about hating the Pope and other world leaders who don't think the same way they do. Mechelle Malkin has some links.
2005-04-02
Theory
Coke, Pepsi, all of them are in cahoots. Caffeine is really a mind control drug. They are just waiting for the right moment to come on TV and satellite radio and throw out the implanted phrase. We will then all tottle off to do their bidding without a stupid smile on our face and an alkali glaze in our eye.
Copy
I'm trying to move some 700 megabyte files across my network. It is funny how much stress that puts on MS Windows. My system refuses to do one more thing until the one of the copies finishes. Sure enough, I kill the copies and the system wakes back up. I don't understand how that hammers the computer. I don't understand the intricacies of operating system back-end tasks, but this is copying a frigging file. Give me a break. It isn't just my machine. I've noticed this happening an several Win XP boxes, at work and home. It isn't a magic number either. Sometimes it happens on the second copy. Sometimes it happens on the tenth. It doesn't seem to be related to the amount of memory either. Nor, is it the file. I just started the exact same copies over again and they work fine this time.
On a different note, I logged into my Linux box today. I had a problem with the Win-crap machine next to it. I was just there, and said "I should log in. I never just drop in to say high any more." The machine ran great. I sent an email (Mozilla on Mandrake 9.x works with Gmail font changes just fine.) and then logged out.
Song
What is with all the unreleased songs playing on on-line radio? This is
another good argument against RIAA. There is demand for short run
music. They just want to sell every one N-Sync. Bastards!! I hate them SO MUCH!!
Coke, Pepsi, all of them are in cahoots. Caffeine is really a mind control drug. They are just waiting for the right moment to come on TV and satellite radio and throw out the implanted phrase. We will then all tottle off to do their bidding without a stupid smile on our face and an alkali glaze in our eye.
Copy
I'm trying to move some 700 megabyte files across my network. It is funny how much stress that puts on MS Windows. My system refuses to do one more thing until the one of the copies finishes. Sure enough, I kill the copies and the system wakes back up. I don't understand how that hammers the computer. I don't understand the intricacies of operating system back-end tasks, but this is copying a frigging file. Give me a break. It isn't just my machine. I've noticed this happening an several Win XP boxes, at work and home. It isn't a magic number either. Sometimes it happens on the second copy. Sometimes it happens on the tenth. It doesn't seem to be related to the amount of memory either. Nor, is it the file. I just started the exact same copies over again and they work fine this time.
On a different note, I logged into my Linux box today. I had a problem with the Win-crap machine next to it. I was just there, and said "I should log in. I never just drop in to say high any more." The machine ran great. I sent an email (Mozilla on Mandrake 9.x works with Gmail font changes just fine.) and then logged out.
Song
| Song: | Little God |
| Album: | Silver Bell [Unreleased; 2000] [ Search RP ] |
| Last Played: | Sat Apr 02, 2005 2:27 pm |
Day
I have a poker game much later today. I'm looking forward to it. I woke up today at around 4:00 and made some stupid comments on people's blogs. I really should not attempt communication before my coffee. I've turned to reading the professional blogs. I rarely leave comments on those.
There are a bunch of posts on that big story where some chick is brain dead, oh, wait, dead and her parents are suing every living person for having a pulse and offending their dead daughter. I'm sick of hearing about that case.
The Pope is nearly gone. He is eighty something. I did not know there are over a billion Catholics in the world. People seem to be very impressed with this Pope. I never really paid attention, but he has some people very upset for some of his decisions. The death watch holding vigil outside the Vatican kind of disturbs me. It just seems morbid.
The sun just came up. I walked outside to watch it climb over the apartment building in front of mine. I have a lovely view of the parking lot and a bunch of other apartments. I've lived here for nearly seven years and this is the first time I noticed that it sucks.
Speaking of views, I'm about [ ] this close to buying that camera. It is like $400 more than I want to spend. It isn't really the camera I want. The one I really want is $8500. I'm just going to have to get buy with the cheaper model for a couple of years. Wait! I haven't actually decided to buy it yet. I will be saving $7300 or so. STOP! Kelly.
I just got off the phone with my father. They are going to a wood working show. They asked me if I want to go, but I think not. I'm so, not into wood working. I prefer the cold soulless empty feel of metal and plastic.
Gas Prices
I ride the bus. Not only is it $1.00 a ride, but I'm legally blind and I ride basically for free. I pay $4 every year to get the ID. Every day lately I've seen (in huge writing big enough for me to read) the price at a local gas station go up and up. It now costs more for a gallon of gas the the whole commute on the bus for an entire day. I know it is subsidized by taxes (I work for a living. I pay plenty of taxes.), but it is still nice not to have that riding my butt.
T-Shirt
OK, so I'm really asexual. The people reading the t-shirt don't have to
know that. I hope the irony of white boring letters on a black boring
background representing the creative thought process hits every one
between the eyes. See, we are funny too. It just keeps getting better.
=]
Blogger
I tried to stop there and publish this entry. Blogger is having one of its bad days. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that blogger is on a feeding tube soon. It is giving me some bullshit Java error about a timeout. Yes, timeout. I like that one. Blogger is seriously pissing off allot of their customers. I know I'm using the free part of the software, but I bring some hits to Blogger's sandbox. They should fix the damn thing, and quick. They are loosing some people who actually pay for the service. Three of the blogs I frequent have recently moved off Blogger. The funny thing is, they are moving to their own servers. Maybe they will get the idea how difficult it is to keep one running.
Thank God!
I have not bough products because they had rebates. I have chosen
products that cost more, but do not have a rebate because I hate
the frigging things. I have actually gotten my mother to fill in the
paperwork for me. How pathetic is that?
I have always thought that suppliers give rebates to sellers because the price should have dropped, but instead of refunding the seller, they offer a manufacturer's rebate to keep the price competitive. Stores get into the act with a seller's rebate to move things off the shelf. On items that have multiple suppliers like pre-built computers, you have a manufacturer's rebate on the hard drive, operating system, monitor, and goodness knows what else. Come on. How many of these things are we supposed to deal with. I really hope this is not some left over April Fool's joke.
I have a poker game much later today. I'm looking forward to it. I woke up today at around 4:00 and made some stupid comments on people's blogs. I really should not attempt communication before my coffee. I've turned to reading the professional blogs. I rarely leave comments on those.
There are a bunch of posts on that big story where some chick is brain dead, oh, wait, dead and her parents are suing every living person for having a pulse and offending their dead daughter. I'm sick of hearing about that case.
The Pope is nearly gone. He is eighty something. I did not know there are over a billion Catholics in the world. People seem to be very impressed with this Pope. I never really paid attention, but he has some people very upset for some of his decisions. The death watch holding vigil outside the Vatican kind of disturbs me. It just seems morbid.
The sun just came up. I walked outside to watch it climb over the apartment building in front of mine. I have a lovely view of the parking lot and a bunch of other apartments. I've lived here for nearly seven years and this is the first time I noticed that it sucks.
Speaking of views, I'm about [ ] this close to buying that camera. It is like $400 more than I want to spend. It isn't really the camera I want. The one I really want is $8500. I'm just going to have to get buy with the cheaper model for a couple of years. Wait! I haven't actually decided to buy it yet. I will be saving $7300 or so. STOP! Kelly.
I just got off the phone with my father. They are going to a wood working show. They asked me if I want to go, but I think not. I'm so, not into wood working. I prefer the cold soulless empty feel of metal and plastic.
Gas Prices
I ride the bus. Not only is it $1.00 a ride, but I'm legally blind and I ride basically for free. I pay $4 every year to get the ID. Every day lately I've seen (in huge writing big enough for me to read) the price at a local gas station go up and up. It now costs more for a gallon of gas the the whole commute on the bus for an entire day. I know it is subsidized by taxes (I work for a living. I pay plenty of taxes.), but it is still nice not to have that riding my butt.
T-Shirt
| Right
Handed Conservative Heterosexual Males Are Creative Too! |
Blogger
I tried to stop there and publish this entry. Blogger is having one of its bad days. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that blogger is on a feeding tube soon. It is giving me some bullshit Java error about a timeout. Yes, timeout. I like that one. Blogger is seriously pissing off allot of their customers. I know I'm using the free part of the software, but I bring some hits to Blogger's sandbox. They should fix the damn thing, and quick. They are loosing some people who actually pay for the service. Three of the blogs I frequent have recently moved off Blogger. The funny thing is, they are moving to their own servers. Maybe they will get the idea how difficult it is to keep one running.
Thank God!
| Retailers' love affair with mail-in rebates
may be coming to an end. In response to customer complaints, Best Buy Co. Inc., the world's largest electronics retailer, promised Friday to eliminate mail-in rebates within two years. Best Buy's rivals, including Circuit City Stores and CompUSA, are expected to follow suit. "Our customers are telling us they just hate the process," said Ron Boire, executive vice president and general merchandise manager at Best Buy. ... Last month, the Federal Trade Commission said for the first time that retailers could be held liable when manufacturers fail to honor rebate requests. The FTC said CompUSA told consumers that rebate checks would be mailed within six to eight weeks, but many consumers experienced delays of months and never got their checks. |
I have always thought that suppliers give rebates to sellers because the price should have dropped, but instead of refunding the seller, they offer a manufacturer's rebate to keep the price competitive. Stores get into the act with a seller's rebate to move things off the shelf. On items that have multiple suppliers like pre-built computers, you have a manufacturer's rebate on the hard drive, operating system, monitor, and goodness knows what else. Come on. How many of these things are we supposed to deal with. I really hope this is not some left over April Fool's joke.
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