February 2006

Tetris

My first thought was that these people had too much time on their hands, but I now know that wasn't true.

If they had too much time, they would have made the other pieces as well. That would have rocked.

My Week

+ I was actually getting caught up on my paperwork.
- ... until a strange noise began emanating from my laptop.
+ I recognized the noise.
- It meant my hard drive was dying.
+ I have TechTool Pro™!
- TechTool Pro™ saw the problem but could not fix it.
+ I managed to back up all important data onto my iPod with some space left over.
+ I know how to replace a hard drive.
- I don't know how to get to my laptop's hard drive without breaking something.
+ Kelli managed to drive my laptop to the local repair place.
- Repair center needed to order the new drive.
+ New drive will be larger than the old one.
- For the price, it better be.
+ Ordered drive showed up on Friday.
- They didn't have the time to install the drive on Friday.
+ I have other computers I can use.
- My laptop is better than most of those other computers. (7? year old Compaq running Linux is the 2nd most powerful comp at my disposal.)
+ I'm going to a technology conference this weekend!
- ... without my laptop.

Poor Furby

Admit it: You want to do this as much as I do.

IMing about BESMd20

I think most of you won't understand why I thought it was so funny.

Well tough, I'm writing it ayway.

-=-=-=-

Blake: darn typo demons

Paul: yeah

Blake: I was tempted to write a typo demon into the plot, but I decided I have enough villains for the moment.

Blake: even if one of them got killed

Paul: lol

Blake: If I keep adding more it'll turn into a Ronin Warriors episode.

Paul: QUAKE WITH FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAR

Blake: dangit! I was eating cereal!

Blake: I almost laughed milk out of my nose!

Paul: YES

Snow Day

On February 11, 2006 we had the first big snow storm of the year. The next day I took a walk with my camera.

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Today one podcast, tomorrow...

I was pleasantly surprised when I found out a couple of my songs were used as background music in a podcast.

Clips from Chaotic Battle and Lullaby were used by the Television Radio Department at Ithaca College. You can listen to the podcast in question here or subscribe to it in iTunes or your RSS client of choice using this link.

Captain Obvious

We're watching the beginning of "Without A Trace."

Kelli: She's gonna disappear!

Me: Well, duh!

Ouch

My question is: Can this person claim worker's comp for an on the job injury?

Parrots.

I was going to post another video blog today (because no one has yet to complain), but something came up.

Today a coworker loaned me a DVD called "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill." From the start I doubted I would be interested, but I smiled, nodded, and promised I would return it the next day.

"If you don't like it," she told me, "I want to know why."

So with that burden of responsibility I took the DVD home and watched it, totally prepared to return it the next day with the explanation that "It just wasn't my kind of movie.

Then I watched it.

This was a movie where I did not even want to hit the pause button.

It's not because it's a feel-good movie. There's no real action/adventure scene, and most of the romance is between birds. Some parts were happy, but other parts were melancholy or simply blah.

It was like watching life, and that's why I think I liked it.

Can't ... resist ... the cuteness!

The're not in dresses, but they're still adorable.

My Front Yard

That's right, it's another video blog! Or vlog! Or video podcast! Or ... whatever the heck we're supposed to call these!

In this one I'll show you why I think my apartment is so cool. Unfortunately it's not because of anything INSIDE the apartment.

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Nostalgia Search

This morning I decided to do a nostalgia search, where I looked around for any signs of some of the people I knew in high school. (This is opposed to an ego search, where I try in vain to find mentions of my name that don't actually refer to people much more famous than myself.)

Some people have dropped off of the face of the planet, but I guess that always happens. After braving the ad covered wasteland that is classmates.com I decided it wasn't worth the gold membership to see a few extra lines of text and a couple of reunion pictures. (We skipped my 10 year reunion, mainly because Kelli and I don't like bars that much.)

Turns out I did find some people:

• Barry Mlodossich is alive and well in Easton, but to be honest I knew that already thanks to Sara.
• Craig Laubach spent some time in Japan (I think) before getting a job in LA and fronting for a local band in his free time.
• Matt Roseman is residing in parts unknown, but has worked his way into an IMDB.com entry. (At least I think so ... the age is right.)
• Amy Steckel is teaching biology and coaching field hockey at East Stroudsburg High School North.

and the last person I found before I got tired of searching...

• Zane Zeiner now drives some very fast cars.

Not a bad mix of results for a bunch of kids from Nazareth, PA. :)

NASA loves cats!

... although to be honest, I doubt that cat in the "vomit comet" jet is feeling any love right now. Poor little freaked out furry ball of fury...

Internet Help Desk Live Video

I've been a big fan of 3 Dead Trolls in a Baggie for a while now (even if they only have 2 people in the group...), so I was quite happy to find this version of the Internet Help Desk online. If you like this you might want to go to their web site or check them out on iTunes. (They've got a weekly video podcast that's ... unorthodox, to say the least.)