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Jul. 5th, 2020
07:08 pm
Hi, and welcome to my journal thingy! This journal is not friends-only.
If you like what I have to say, feel free to add me as a friend, but please let me know. :D I know LiveJournal introduced a notification system for that, but as of updating this (Nov 10, 2006) it's causing me frustration, as some people for some reason keep adding me as a friend for every single post I make. I'm disabling that until they refine the feature further.
If I find you interesting enough, I'll friend you back. It's almost a given, 85% of my friends are mutual.
That concludes this welcome message. Feel free to look around, ask questions, but please, no flash photography. Don't forget to visit our gift shop on the way out!
May. 16th, 2008
08:26 am
I made a stick-on nametag that says:
"HELLO, MY NAME IS
Inigo Montoya
(you killed my father, prepare to die)"
May. 15th, 2008
09:11 pm
It's officially a furry con!
I just got hugged by a fursuiter.
08:20 pm - I'm heeeeeeeere!
Just parked. Saw Max Goof and Cirrus Kitfox on my way in. Con mode enabled, WHEEEE!
07:36 pm
Not far now, just passed Coon's Candies, who have a raccoon mascot thing. I've been meaning to take pics for years now. Also been wanting to take pics of Orange Road coming up sometime.
04:24 pm - One third
I'm about a third of the way there. I'm going to try something this trip. I'm going to try to get to the convention without a map. I do have printed-out turn-by-turn directions if need be, but I won't consult them unless I need to.
It's not hard though. Once I picked up the interstate a couple miles away from my apartment, it's literally two turns. From I-96, go for about a hundred miles east. Turn on US-23 south, and go for about two hundred miles. The hotel's on the right. That easy.
03:14 pm - I was smart, but not smart enough
Prior to the road trip, I filled up my car completely, before the big gas hike. That was smart.
However, I borrowed someone else's car for the trip, which had 1/3 tank. That was not as smart.
$50 for a fillup, ouch. I'll probably need to do it again on the way back.
02:22 pm - On the road
Getting a little later start than I had anticipated, but I'm on my way to Morphicon. Woo!
Last night I set up ircii on my test Ubuntu install in a VM, and set up my phone to SSH into it. Now I can IRC (and many other things) from my Sidekick. Yay!
May. 14th, 2008
06:37 pm - Almost ready
Doing laundry now, getting ready to drive to Morphicon in Columbus, Ohio. I'm going to borrow my mom's car for this, because it has cruise control.
This time, though, I'm going to remove the University of Michigan tire cover before entering Ohio. I learned my lesson last time.
May. 13th, 2008
06:55 pm - WTF WTF WTF
GILLIGAN'S ISLAND
IN SPACE
WTF
SRSLY WTF
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/square/b/stressed.gif)
scared
May. 12th, 2008
04:57 am - Audiosurf
I found a new toy. Audiosurf. It's a fun little game thing that virtually anyone will like.
You control a spaceship, and are on a track almost like a roller coaster except you can move left and right, and you pick up colored blocks. That part's pretty generic. BUT, it builds the track out of your music! Point it to any music file (mp3, cd, wma, m4a, ogg, flac), and it'll build the track on that, with bumps and twists and slow-ups and speed-downs to match, playing the music as you go.
Even if you don't have a good reaction time and can't do the twitch like most video gamers, there's a casual mode that you can cruise on without it interrupting you to tell you that you suck.
You have to see it in action to understand. Here's someone playing Daft Punk's Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, in Mono mode (only one type of block to collect, avoid grays):
It's not a freebie though. But it only costs $10 for the full version.
May. 5th, 2008
02:39 pm - Mileage
308 miles on 10 gallons of gas
30.8 miles per gallon
Bah, lots of city driving.
May. 3rd, 2008
03:58 am - Hypothesis on sore throat
I've had a sore throat for the past few weeks. I'm not sure how much I've blogged about it. I think the cause is somehow environmental. I was downstairs for most of the day, and felt much improved. Once I retired upstairs to my bedroom, though, I got worse.
Hypotheses include, and I would like to test for:
1. Water bottle. It's been forever since I washed this thing. I'm testing this one now, as I've got a different, thoroughly washed glass to drink water from. Maybe I hadn't noticed it before because I'd rotate out and refrigerate bottles, and cooler temperature has an effect.
2. Something funky in the air. It's much warmer up here than in the basement, so maybe some mold or bacteria or something has gotten hold where I can't see it and is running wild. Maybe I hadn't noticed it before because it's just now reaching pretty warm temperatures.
3. Something else environment-related that I can't think of.
The second will be easy to test for in small amounts, as I can avoid being in my room for most of the day. Sleeping, however, would be a problem. For now, I'll see how I feel with this glass of water in the morning.
02:40 am - Hey Linuxheads!
I want something, and I know Linux can deliver it, but I'm not sure how easily.
I want a SMB fileserver that has some form of security over the shares, preferably based on username with password.
I'd really like it if it could work with my printer, too, and share that over the network as well, just as if it were a Windows machine. (Printer is an old laser, Lexmark 4039 LaserPrinter Plus, and I believe it can do postscript.)
It'll be a physically headless machine, but I'd like the ability to get in to control it with a GUI easily, like with some form of VNC. I'd also like to run other desktop-style apps on it, like firefox, pidgin, and azureus.
Can you recommend a certain flavor of Linux that'll do that well, with a link to howtos to get other stuff I want running the way I want it?
Currently I'm running Windows XP Pro in that sort of role, only minus security - I could never get it to work except with simple file sharing. I use Remote Desktop to get into it and control it, and actually have all my chat stuff there. It's also a torrent box with uTorrent. I'd like to get Linux in there to do it instead, because I'm sure I can count on it for security.
Edit: The machine it'll be running on is 2.5Ghz P4, 1gb ram, and a few IDE disks, all running off the mobo's primary and secondary controllers - no extra controllers to worry about, Intel chipset board.
Edit2: Or is Windows good enough for what I'm doing, and I should just concentrate on figuring out how share security works with it?
May. 2nd, 2008
09:46 am
So true.
May. 1st, 2008
12:52 pm - Chaaaaarlie, Chaaaaarlie, Chaaaaarlie... We're on a bridge, Charlie!
There's a sequel! Charlie the Unicorn 2.
It's even more odd and annoying than the original!
Current Music: Jason Steele - But a Banana In Your Ear
Apr. 30th, 2008
07:23 pm
Hey Jon!
Tom Nook in Ornjania is buying turnips for 146 bells.
02:47 pm - An Elephant Listens to What?
I've been curious. I haven't heard anything on LJ, forums, or mailing lists concerning the new Dr. Seuss movie. I would've thought someone might've said something, considering, well, it's Seuss, and animated. Has anyone seen it? How horrible is it?
Alternately, if you have no interest or opinion on that movie, say something about Disney's new robot movie.
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