Just One Pixel.

Take This Job and Shove It

noreply@blogger.com (SirPwn4g3) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:38:00 +0000

So I'm unemployed, not fun. However, I'm hoping I can scrape up enough money to get A+ Certified, but my odds of affording it are slim. If I find a job I'm nabbing all the certifications I can. If I get certified before the end of 2010 I won't have to renew, it's a lifetime deal. That will change at the end of the year though.

So far the only good thing out of this is family time and I can sleep during the night. It feels good to sleep like a normal person. Cleaning house is a plus and minus... I hate doing it, but at least it's getting done.

That's all I have for now, time to do some stuff.

Under Construction

noreply@blogger.com (SirPwn4g3) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:05:00 +0000

I'm working on making this look a bit different, and hopefully get a new damn feed button up, since the Feedburners seasonal one seems to be broke. No clue if I'll actually have regular content though, you can always hope!

noreply@blogger.com (SirPwn4g3) — Mon, 11 May 2009 06:28:00 +0000

Spencer moved back to Tulsa. Now I have no nerdy friends! Who is going to play games til dawn or go to midnight releases with me? Bullshit!

Don't call it a comeback!

noreply@blogger.com (SirPwn4g3) — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:31:00 +0000

Well well here I am, not sure how long I'll be here, but let's just enjoy this moment, here I am, writing away, you're reading my words with undivided attention... good God what are you doing to that cat?

Anyways, let's talk about some things, I have a new phone, and no, you Apple zealots, it's not an iPhone, I had no problem resisting it's shininess in favor of the HTC Fuze, a dazzling phone with Windows Mobile 6.1, TouchFlo 3D, full QWERTY keyboard, 3.1 Megapixel camera (7.2 in panoramic shots), built in FM Radio, TV output, Wifi, internal GPS, and tons of other features I'm way too damn lazy to list!

With the phone I can update my social networking crap on the go, use Twitter more effectively, keep my Google Latitude location updated, watch YouTube, or whatever the hell I want really, it helps pass time when nothing is going on.

I've been playing a couple of games recently. Started Assassin's Creed again, I need a refresher since the sequel comes out soon and looks so hot it could burn toast. Fable 2 has recently been purchased, and I'm glad I did, I got it right at the price drop and it was certainly a quality purchase. I also picked up X-Men Origins: Wolverine yesterday. The demo talked me into it, the game is so brutal, it's just pure Wolvie in a game! Essentially, it's God of War, with Wolverine, and prettier visuals. It's not a 100% top notch title, but I give it an overall A,story, presentation, controls, camera, audio, it all comes together very well.

That was a wall of text wasn't it? In that time I could've put up all the Fuze specifications. Anyways, I have other things to tell you, but don't know how frequent these blog posts will get, if all else fails follow me on Twitter, I love that shit!

I use compact fluorescent lights to help the environment

noreply@blogger.com (SirPwn4g3) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:43:00 +0000

To help the environment I use CFL's, buy recycled/recyclable as often as I can, ease up on the gas pedal, and make sure the lights are turned off.

My money's on the gorilla

noreply@blogger.com (SirPwn4g3) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:39:00 +0000

Clearly the gorillas. Primates have been seen making primitive tools and weapons, also, gorillas are much larger, and usually meaner.

Bruce Lee is someone I admire

noreply@blogger.com (SirPwn4g3) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:04:00 +0000

Bruce Lee
Power. The power to do what must be done, to do what he wanted to do. He lived his dreams, and nothing kept him down, death was the only thing that could stop him, and sadly it stopped him too early.

Sigh.

noreply@blogger.com (SirPwn4g3) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:23:00 +0000

Well it's Thursday again. Nobody is online, Spencer hasn't come over, Ashley's in bed, I'm out of school, I work tomorrow, and I really miss Olivia, she's at my mom's. I'm pretty sure this is what depression feels like. I wish I could just make it go away, or cry, or some shit, I don't feel like doing anything, just lay in bed and do absolutely fucking nothing.

So yeah, no school, that's cool, if the weather stays nice I'll take Livi to the park more, otherwise I'll probably end up with some serious cabin fever, and more depression come work time. It's hard finding an IT job nearby, Careerbuilder.com and Monster.com recommend I should be an RN... considering that's not what I put as my career path, that's not what I have a degree in, that's definitely not what I fucking want to do, I think not. There is jack shit for work in this piss ant little town and it aggravates me to no end.

I got new glasses, I guess that's cool, I can finally stop wearing those 6 month old contacts I have. I've had a headache all day but I think it's because I have to get used to glasses again.

I saw The Watchmen tonight, good movie, not $9 per person good, but no movie is $9 per person good. I'll definitely snatch up the collectors edition DVD when it comes out.

I've decided that Lord of the Rings and Star Wars will be the pinnacle releases for Blu-Ray, if it happens. But the players, and the TV sets required, have to hit a reasonable price, which means the economy needs to get better, which means you need to stop shopping at fucking Wal-Mart and buy local!

I don't know what else to do or say, I guess I'll go smoke and contemplate what's going to happen to my life, I don't want to move away just for a new job, but I know I can't stay here, technology, and tech jobs, just seem to pass us right by.

Scheduling Fail

noreply@blogger.com (SirPwn4g3) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:26:00 +0000

So the hospital has implemented this new scheduling system, perhaps you've heard of a piece of shit called Clairvia? We're supposed to be able to put in requests off, days we want to work, etc, from anywhere. We can actually only do it at work, defeating much of the purpose of this useless application. In FireFox the links necessary to do anything but stare at the damn calendar don't show as links, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer show an untrusted certificate, saying it's insecure, and from a home connection it very well could be. But also in IE and Chrome you are prevented from using your login credentials. No matter what I do, there's no way to properly log in with IE, and Chrome doesn't even give you the chance.
I see this as a huge waste of money. Training for this application was almost nonexistent, none of the employees understand or enjoy this, even the ones who understand don't enjoy it, and they don't understand why they must request for days to work. The manager is still in charge of scheduling, so you're never guaranteed anything, the fact that staff inputs requests and the manager still handles staffing is redundant and a waste of resources.

Personally I'll be happy when I find a job in my field, as I've always looked forward to, but demand for IT jobs is already down this year, unless I want to learn programming, which I don't, because I don't like math.

Time to Get the Money

noreply@blogger.com (SirPwn4g3) — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:46:00 +0000

So I'm sick of my job, no secret there. Not that I've ever enjoyed it. I'm almost done with school. I was thinking of working for the Geek Squad, aside from the fact that there are horror stories about them, it's right up my alley, helping people with their computers, hands on work with computers, and just maybe I'd have some intelligent coworkers. After looking at their prices I think that's a big no.

$140 to install a stick of RAM, plus hardware costs. Let's break that down.

Let's pretend Best Buy is generous and pays me $12 an hour because I'm just so damn good looking. I get told to drive the Geekmobile out to Joe Customers house to install 512MB of RAM in his computer. Geek Squads website says this will take about an hour (are you fucking serious! I can put 2, that's right, TWO! sticks of RAM in a computer in like 5 minutes, eat it bitches!). Anyways, I get out to Joes house. I go inside, power off his computer, unplug everything, disassemble the case, take old RAM out if necessary, install 512MB stick, put it all back together, power it on, and ensure his OS recognizes the RAM, hand him his bill, and get on my merry way. That was not an hour, that was a matter of minutes. But let's be kind and say he lives on the outskirts of town, in my town, from my Best Buy, that's maybe a 10-15 minute drive one way, 10-15 minutes back, and 5 minutes there, plus maybe another 5-10 for friendly chat. So let's be nice and round it up to 1 hour, I get $12 bucks for that, while Best Buy gets $140, plus the $50 for the 512MB of RAM, how screwed am I?

Meanwhile, I could do this, by myself, as an individual, and charge Joe maybe $50 plus hardware costs, maybe throw in a few extra services like defragmenting his hard disk or something, after all I'm trying to make a name for myself and I want repeat business.

I've canceled my Best Buy application halfway through, not only are they ripping off customers, but they're ripping off employees as well. I understand that everyone has to make money in this situation, but that's just ridiculous. I already have two people here at work wanting me to look at their computers, and I'm happy to do it. I've decided that I'm going to work up a price list of basic services, for any "mystery" problems, like "my computer keeps acting funky" I'll charge maybe $15 to $20 an hour. I'll make decent part time money and still be a lot cheaper than Best Buy.

Now I just need to know what to call my little endeavor. I've tossed around the idea of Nerd Corps. before, which I thought was quite the clever shot at Geek Squad. Anyone have any ideas? Does anyone read this? I can just write whatever the hell I want can't I? I would write something quite disturbing yet oddly funny, but I can't think of anything.... frosty nipples.

Still Testing

noreply@blogger.com (SirPwn4g3) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:34:00 +0000

I'm still working here. In case you haven't noticed, Obama will be our next president. Tomorrow is my birthday. I've gotten my Twitter updates working again, but all of my Adsense ads aren't working yet. I smashed the crap out of my finger today and it's making it hard to sleep. I'm hoping to get enough cash to pick up a Logitech G15 keyboard, since my $5 junker is falling apart and is a pain in the ass to type on, I need something designed for a gamer. I'm at least hoping to pick up a digital optical to digital coaxial converter. They're only like $15, the optical on my surround sound gets worse all the time and a new home theater isn't an option at this time. Any Adsense guru's have any idea why my ads won't show properly? I need some in my sidebar and in between my posts.

Blog Problems

noreply@blogger.com (SirPwn4g3) — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:21:00 +0000

I know, I lied, there's still no new updates, don't expect anything spectacular here. There are a few elements of my blog that are no longer working as well as they should, namely Adsense, or the lack thereof. If you'll notice, I have no Ads in between posts or on the sidebar, which is a problem. So the whole layout may get changed, posts may disappear, the sun will blacken and rocks will suddenly become liquid and boil. Not really, but until I get the opportunity to further investigate, feel free to keep up with me on Twitter. My Twitter updates are on the sidebar or you can find them HERE.

Updates pending.

noreply@blogger.com (SirPwn4g3) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:03:00 +0000

With work, school, building my pc, doing random tweaks, hacks, and mods, and preparing for my wedding, updates have obviously been pretty scarce. New posts coming soon! All future updates will have that same great Pwn4g3 taste with half the calories! Prepare for lots of pictures of my gaming rig, the wedding, screenshots of games, you name it, I'll have it!

More on my PC

noreply@blogger.com (SirPwn4g3) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:02:00 +0000

So it's done, kinda. My video card took a dump, I'm sure it was dead on arrival, since I never had a processor to test it, but I think Newegg is shipping my new one today. Just got my new CPU cooler which is a beast, the Xigmatek HDT-S963. I lapped my CPU and the cooler, so I should get spectacular contact which will allow for better performance with overclocking. I'm so ready to fire this computer up it's driving me crazy. I'd already be enjoying the full beauty of Lord of the Rings Online and Crysis if my video card didn't shit.

My Frankenstein

noreply@blogger.com (SirPwn4g3) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:07:00 +0000

So my PC is well underway, I've got my power supply, case, motherboard, RAM, hard drive, and video card. I changed video cards while you weren't looking, I'm sneaky like that. Instead of the MSI edition posted below, I went with an overclocked Zotac model. Even though it doesn't look quite as cool, since it doesn't have the huge fan or the copper cooling pipes, it performs better, less overclocking that I have to do myself, which equates to less frustration and more game time. All I have left to order is my processor, DVD drive, and Windows Vista. I promise pics of this bad boy are coming soon, I just need to find Ashleys camera. Hopefully everything else will get ordered next payday.

Not much else going on, the manager of our apartments is a fucking prick, when I hear him talking private business to other tenants when he shouldn't be it's a bad move.

Victory Lost. And Other Happenings.

noreply@blogger.com (SirPwn4g3) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:29:00 +0000

So let's get up to speed shall we?

The rodent, my great no so grand finale. My loathing for this petulant pestilence has not let up one bit. A couple of weeks ago I brought mouse traps home, not just any mouse trap, but those new D-Con ones that the little bastard is supposed to crawl in and it starts spinning mad. I don't know how it works inside, but I had fantasies. I imagined perhaps somewhere inside was a panel much like a cheese grader, and upon it's great rotation it would mince my scurrying little friend much like a TV chef does to tomatoes with a pneumatic ginsu blade. Or perhaps it spins for a long time, similar to the Gravitron or whatever ride you have in your distant lands that spins and sticks you to the inner walls, anyways, I was hoping perhaps this little black puck would spin, causing such centrifugal force that Ben would be crushed by the centrifugal forces of the device.

Alas, it seems Jack Filty has won. You see, when I set the traps out, he chose to not venture out into my home, which unless his definition of the word varies much different from the human form, is not very hospitable. No no, instead, he took refuge somewhere in my wall, or perhaps in the flooring under the dishwasher, and died. Some would say "hey, at least you got rid of him". How wrong they would be, I did not get rid of him, he got rid of himself, thus robbing my of my victory dance. Our war of wits has come to an end, and he defeated me. Granted he didn't invite his buddies over for some hip house party, but still, my traps lay, entrance ways agape, with tasty peanut butter at it's dark core, waiting to be nibbled on and being it's dark work on such a fool as would enter such a foreboding contraption.

All is peaceful however, now that the smell of death is gone, I tore up everything I could to find the corpse, but it was for naught, as vermin have a tendency to get into nooks and crannies man cannot possibly reach.

Let's see what else there is, my computer is coming along nicely, here's my parts list:
Raidmax Smilodon Dirktooth case
Asus 750i SLI Motherboard
Nvidia 8800GT Graphics Card
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU
G-Skill 4GB RAM
Seagate Barracuda Hard Drive
Pioneer DVD Drive

I'm still hunting for a video card, see, that one went up in price this week, the week I planned to order it. I may still get it, but now that it's higher I'd like to find the same or better at a similar price. So far I have the case and motherboard. I'm pretty irritated that I have to buy a new copy of Windows Vista Home Premium for it. I was hoping to install the same copy that's on my laptop. Oh well, I'll pick up the OEM edition for only $99.

The house hunt goes well, as far as house hunting can go. There's always a detail that bothers one of us, but out of all we've looked at there are two that we like right now, and we have plenty more to go see. School is good, I'm in my last term, and I got a sweet toolkit. I'll try to get pictures of that up, as well as pictures of the PC I'm building.

I think it's time to take some medicine and take a shower, my head is killing me, as usual.

Rodentfest 2008: Not My Spoons!

noreply@blogger.com (SirPwn4g3) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:22:00 +0000

Update on things. You should probably scroll down to see the first post in this epic story!

So Ashley sent me a short text message while I was at work, I'll put it into my own words.

So it seems that Ashley needed to use our silverware, as is common among humans who own silverware, or at least cheap imitation stainless steelware. Anyways, apparently our uninvited plague-bearer decided it would be a great place to deposit evidence of his foul biology. I mean, who wouldn't want to shit on something shiny? Still no damned mousetraps from the manager. So now that my bubonic house guest has taken it upon himself to defile my property, war is officially on! See, I could have been content to let him roam the inner workings of this apartment, leaving traps out for him in case he got brazen, but he got brazen before I laid said traps, and has smeared his pungency upon my eating utensils. Now everything is a warzone, I currently have no reservations about disintegrating walls and cupboards in the name of destroying my vile nemesis.
As far as any landlord is concerned, although lord in that sense is used loosely, more like landbastard, I'll call it collateral damage, he could have provided me with raw materials with which to construct my very own Rube Goldberg trap, or even the boardgame MouseTrap, in hopes that it may work, or at least be entertained. But no, he did nothing but saw we must have brought the pestilence into our home on our own. I now have mentally created no less than 6 ways to dispose of this scourge which involve heavy mutilation, illegal materials, and possibly the destruction of my home once these devices are activated. I may break down and just buy traps tomorrow morning on my way home from work, and deduct that cost from rent, seeing as how a pest, who occupied the residence before I intruded, is in no way my responsibility.

The fact that I now fear not only for my tools for food consumption, but the food I consume as well, is overpowering. I'm mortified at what I may find in my box of Frosted Rice Krispies tomorrow!

Mouse-a-palooza... Or some shit.

noreply@blogger.com (SirPwn4g3) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:21:00 +0000

So heres the latest development. The mouse is damn good at hiding, he either has active camo or is hiding under my bed, waiting to attack the delicious morsels that are my toes. The manager claims I must have brought the mouse in. Let me inform you of something, I am not a dirty person, and I'm quite sure, that as I was packing things up, I would noticed a fucking mouse sitting in my sock drawer or whatever. No no, this bastard is certainly no stowaway, he is a pure intruder, and has intruded upon my turf, thus starting a war with mankind, and apparently I've been appointed the roles of both ambassador and super soldier of the human race.

I'm still waiting for mouse traps, I've realized that I shouldn't have to buy traps, I mean, I'm not paying this asshole $500 a month to find shit in my Maxwell House.

The good/bad news, is that we may have found a house. We were helping some friends get moved, and the house across from them is for sale and pretty nice, needs new appliances, and by new I mean it needs appliances that weren't built sometime in the Old Testament. The kitchen has one wall that needs to be painted, and there's one room that needs carpet, other than that it's great. We're going to talk to my mom, because I don't know the first thing about buying a house, as far as I'm concerned escrow is a big damn bird, and mortgage is marriages ugly step cousin. The bad news of that is we'll be moving yet again.

Anyways, pray for me friends, I'm going to be one pissed off Pwn4g3 if I wake up with the black plague or some shit.

Rodentfest 2008: Part Threux

noreply@blogger.com (SirPwn4g3) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:20:00 +0000

OK, so threux probably isn't a word per se, but I like it, it indicates three, with the cleverness of deux.

I still haven't relocated him, I believe he is hiding from me, sensing my malicious intent. I've emptied out the bottom part of the cabinet, and lifted the bottom of it where the dishwasher tubing runs, I see no solid evidence, as sawing and drilling was involved to get the dishwasher hooked up, I can't be for certain that he's been down there. The only hole is quite small, so he's either quite the little contortionist, really tiny, or somewhere else within the cabinetry.

I would have emptied the top part of the cabinet, but I learned that our junk drawer has fallen apart, and what's left of the drawer is resting on a waffle iron, pizza cooker, and other kitchenwares. I have no doubt that the foul mouse has destroyed my junk drawer, in a vicious plot to keep me not only from my junk, but deny me the pleasure of delicious pizza and mouth watering waffles.

Since his retreat, no doubt to gather his forces and perhaps gain ammunition, I'm assuming he has thus won the battle, attacking my precious cooking apparatus by surprise much as a ninja would, if a ninja wanted to deprive you of precious food. The war is far from over, as soon as Ashley is awake to keep guard, I'm off to the store to buy traps, and demand that the maintenance guy come well armed to destroy the vile menace.

Rodentfest 2008: Part Deux

noreply@blogger.com (SirPwn4g3) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:19:00 +0000

I'm not sure if he got bored or if it decided to attempt to claim new territory that should be mine to begin with, but the sound of scratching and rummaging through my cooking essentials seems to have ceased, perhaps he knows I put my shoes on in preparation to curb stomp him if he pokes his head out. I was planning on giving myself a much needed shave and much wanted shower, but I wonder where he went, since he's no longer in my cabinet, he's probably in my sink flossing or applying an exfoliating scrub or some shit.

I'm still not sure what Ashleys reaction to this mouse-capade will be, perhaps she will think we should safely trap the little fucker, put him in a fish tank with some cheese or some shit, or maybe she'll freak out and camp out on the table until she's sure the fleshy tailed demons have been exorcised. I say we pummel him with whatever we can find and use him in a festive wreath.

Also, I thought about grabbing my winter boots, ya know, Bee Movie style, and crawling into the cabinet to bludgeon him, but due to the size of said cabinet, I don't have room to gain the momentum for said bludgeoning. Not only do I not have the room for precious momentum, but I'm sure as soon as I stuck my melon into the cabinet, I'd see a single sliver of saliva, only to look up and see him perched above me, prepared to lock my head in its slavering fangs.

Uh oh, he's either moved on to another part of the kitchen, and is now tapping, in morse code fasion, to inform his friends of the many marshmallow filled cereals I have... or there could be a bug flying around my kitchen light, keeping bugs out this place is hard... although apparently not near as hard as vile mice!

Update: It's obviously not a damned bug, although it could be to the uninformed, but after looking, there are no bugs near my light, so he's obviously sending for reinforcements somewhere near my fridge, which is where he must have built his fortress.

Update: I still stand by the theory that the scout is sending out morse code, but the tapping I hear is actually a fight between a spider and some bug that flew in last night, I didn't see it because it's under the kitchen cabinets not far from the sink. Apparently the spider is trying thunderclap the bug?

Rodentfest 2008

noreply@blogger.com (SirPwn4g3) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:17:00 +0000

I originally posted this on the Seasoned Gamers message board on June 3rd, I thought it may prove a good read, as it shows some of my anger, humor, and writing ability, considering everyone there enjoys it.

So I only got like two hours of sleep, woke up at about 4am. Went outside, smoked a cigarette, had a cup of coffee, and settled down to enjoy some LOTRO, then I hear a sound, and dismiss it as the coffee pot. Then the sound is a bit louder, more pronounced, as if this noise were saying "Hey, jackass, listen, turn around, and investigate". So heeding this call, I turn around, and realize the sound is not coming from the coffee pot, but from an oddball cabinet that was put in the counter, for some reason, it faces the hallway. Anyways, as mute the game, stare intently at the cabinet door, and slowly move closer, I realize that this is an intruder. Although it really isn't Mickey, it is a damned mouse or rat.

I'm not scared of the infectious son of a bitch, after all, he's maybe 4 inches long, I'm 6 feet tall. On the other hand, I don't want Jack Filthy gnawing on my toes, or worse, Olivias toes in the middle of the night. I know that's not likely, but you never know what a toddler will get into, and when a mouse is crawling around inside your home, you know it could be sitting there burrowing through your stack of Game Informers, when along comes a baby who's toes bear a striking resemblance to marshmallows, so the uninvited mouse takes a little nibble.

Looks like the landlord won't get rent until this is taken care of, because I do NOT do diseased rodents in my home. Also, my pizza cooker is in that cabinet, and by God I'm not sticking my fingers in there for the vector of disease to take a bite out of my fingers, which I'm sure he would mistake for string cheese.

Even as I type this, I hear him carrying out his evil machinations under my precious modem, in that dark cavern beneath the junk drawer, in what has become known as the cabinet of death.

Gas Is Too Much.

noreply@blogger.com (SirPwn4g3) — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:24:00 +0000

So now I want a bike. I want one crotch rocket style, I don't really want anything fancy, there's an '89 Suzuki Katana 750 in the paper for $1700. I'm new to the motorcycle world, so I have no idea if that's a good price or not. It would be great on gas, fun to drive, and my understanding is that insurance is cheaper as well. With my car and Ashley's car we'd be fine on transportation. Hell, we could probably get rid of one of the cars for a bike, however I don't plan on doing that, winter time would pose a different obstacle with only one car.

If I had gotten $600 for my stimulus I may have been able to get a bike in a month or two, but since it's only $300, it will probably be quite some time. I do believe a motorcycle is my current goal though, that's what I'm going to save up for right now.

Let's Go See Some Animals!

noreply@blogger.com (SirPwn4g3) — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:07:00 +0000

We're going to the Tulsa Zoo this weekend, Olivia is excited. I'm excited. We're hoping to stop by the aquarium, too, but not sure if we can afford it. I'm so excited to have a weekend off!

I talked a bit about Tribes in my last post, I found some community servers, and the people playing, well, they've been playing since about 1998, so saying they rule the map is an understatement. I decided I should try to round up some old gaming buddies before I venture back into that game. I've also go the urge to play StarCraft again... man that was good shit.

Grand Theft Auto IV is a spectacular game. For once the world feels authentic, people mosey about, and they're not just walking around, people are shopping, getting laundry out of their cars, buying hotdogs from the street vendor, talking amongst themselves about the hot topic in the news. It's not the greatest game ever, but to experience an almost fully realized virtual world first hand, to be able to do anything you please, buy clothes, surf the internet, drive around, talk to random people, buy a shitty burger from a street vendor, sure it doesn't sound great, but it is... it's another great step forward in game development.

I'm going to start using Panoramio to tag pictures. This is a great service that will let you see pictures in Google Earth. I'll have links soon, I've got way too many photos to tag right now, and they'll all be either at Mom's house, our old apartment, or here.

Meh.

noreply@blogger.com (SirPwn4g3) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:58:00 +0000

We're in, most things are in their place, internet is turned on, thanks to DslReports.com. The shower finally works, they had to solder on the faucet. The bathroom sink has pitiful water pressure. Management claims it's due to the tankless water heater. I don't see how that's possible, since the water pressure in the kitchen sink is fine, the dishwasher runs fine, and the shower runs fine. I don't buy that crap. We need to get a better shower head, too. The one we have right now just doesn't put out the pressure I want.

I'm hoping to get Call of Duty 4 soon, but I also have to renew my Xbox Live subscription. I have to pay about $50 as opposed to $35, $50 is the norm. Buy.com was offering a one year subscription to XBL for $35, but Fedex screwed up my shipment, again, so now I can't get it for that price. I'm not using Fedex again, considering they've never made an attempt to deliver any of my packages to me.

Does anyone still play Tribes? I've missed that game lately, but I can't find any active servers. I know the old master servers went down some time ago, but I can't even find an open community server.

noreply@blogger.com (SirPwn4g3) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:38:00 +0000

We're moved in. I keep finding small details that disappoint. More details tomorrow from class since the internet hasn't been turned on