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News: May 12th to May 21st, 2002 (10 entries)
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9:57 p.m. [GMT-8:00]
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21 May 2002 (Tue);
Post #184
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Just saw the Scrubs season finale. And the Frasier finale before
that. Both were very good. Funniest Scrubs episode I ever saw. Anyway.
I got my 256 MB PC2100 DDR RAM from CnetPC today. Installed it in
Shirley. I have to write an
article for a local publication and do an outline for English tonight.
Eeagh. Going to England/Spain in three weeks. Well, later.
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6:21 p.m. [GMT-8:00]
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19 May 2002 (Sun);
Post #183
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Okay, just waiting for the FOX Sunday night block to come on (starts
at 7:00 p.m.). They used to show Futurama first, but now, despite
having many 'new' episodes left, they just don't seem to like using
it. I think there's a new Simpsons tonight, so that ought to be
good. Too bad there won't be anymore Malcolm for a while. Oh, I
finished Ringworld yesterday. Good book, but it didn't wrap
up the way I expected it to. I mean, in the end, you learn nothing
about the Pierson's Puppeteers! To me, they were the big mystery
in the book. Oh, and they don't explain any of the really interesting
stuff about Ringworld's construction (like, how did they spin it
fast enough to create ~1 G on the surface? It would take the 130,000
years of the total energy output of their star to do something like
that!). I found a really good site on the Physics
of Ringworld. Very interesting. Anyway, I went to buy the second
book in that series (Ringworld Engineers) at Barnes &
Noble but they didn't have it in stock, so I ordered it through
them. I did get this big book (574 pages @ 5" x 9") called
Three Books of Known Space which includes World of Ptavvs,
A Gift from Earth, and Tales of Known Space. So far,
it's pretty good (even though the first few stories are pretty outdated).
ANTSISCD (that's my own acronym for 'And Now To Segue Into Something
Completely Different'), I saw Will Ferrel's last SNL last night.
It was pretty mediocre; the only parts that were fairly good were
Celebrity Jeopardy, Bear with a Gun, and Weekend Update. I did not
care for Amy Poehler's lines in the 'Playmate House' sketch at all
(very, very low-brow). Actually, that whole sketch sucked. Bring
back Master Thespian!
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7:27 p.m. [GMT-8:00]
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17 May 2002 (Fri);
Post #182
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Saw Episode II:
Attack of the Clones last night. It was awesome. Gabe at Penny-Arcade
felt the same way, apparently. It's Photoshop
Phriday over at Something Awful; this week: collectable plates.
I Photoshopped the image below for Jaybill.com's unofficial Photoshop
Contest #4. Um. That's all for now.
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3:46 p.m. [GMT-8:00]
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16 May 2002 (Thu);
Post #181
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I got my Network Walkman! Found a couple nasty surprises concerning
its MagicGate Memory Stick (e.g. you can't play MP3s on regular
mem sticks, have to use special software to encrypt everything that
goes onto the MagicGate stick if you want it to play, etc.), but
nothing debilitating. In the picture below, the NW-MS11 is playing
Daler Mehndi's Tunak Tunak Tun (really good Indian song). Man, the
player is tiny. I managed to fit 4 hrs. of music on there
at 66 kbps (128 MB mem stick). Only 5 hours, 49 minutes till AOTC.
Need more 128 MB MagicGate Memory Sticks.
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10:43 p.m. [GMT-8:00]
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15 May 2002 (Wed);
Post #180
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There's a good Law & Order on right now, so I'll make this quick:
The Matrix Reloaded trailer
is up. I got the 640x288 MOV... it's 24 MB and looks awesome. I
hooked my HP SK-2506U internet keyboard up to the Vaio (mainly for
the USB hub feature... had to use the scanner). Better than the
PCVA-KB2P/UC that came with the Vaio cuz it's bigger and has volume/player
controls, but the keys arn't as springy and I can see the
lint/hair/dust/etc. between the keys. Ringworld is a great
book -- it hooks me the same way Spider Robinson's Callahan's
series does. I mean, he's no Heinlein, but it's really interesting
stuff.
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11:29 a.m. [GMT-8:00]
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15 May 2002 (Wed);
Post #179
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Towel Day. And Cows.
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10:13 p.m. [GMT-8:00]
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14 May 2002 (Tue);
Post #178
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Okay, getting more regular on my posts now. That's good. Here's
today's news: I'm getting a Sony
Network Walkman tomorrow (pictured below). It comes with a 128
MB Memory Stick (I can use that w/ my camera -- it'll hold ~360
pictures (1024x768), as opposed to the 45 of my 16 MB). My family
is going to England and Spain in June and I have the choice of going
or not... right now I'm not sure which I'll choose. Also, I ordered
a 256 MB PC2100 DDR RAM stick for my Shirley machine. Next month,
I'll prolly get another HD and a mobile
rack for it. Supposedly, there's going to be a Matrix Reloaded
trailer somewhere on the web tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. Only 46.25 hours
till AOTC.
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5:33 p.m. [GMT-8:00]
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13 May 2002 (Mon);
Post #177
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Been talking to a lot of ppl on AIM; Hanwool (L9ee), Phillip (Intrepid2882),
Drew Anderson (Quicksilveraqua), Sean (Arkedy21). I made Phillip
a 'buddy icon' but he won't use it for some reason. It's
the one below on the left. The one on the right is Drew A. I say
A./Anderson so as not to confuse him with Drew Wooley (sp?). Drew
Anderson is at UW, Wooley is at PHS. Wait... I think I've covered
this before... Anyway, a lot of Jaybill ppl use AIM too. Um. Strangelets.
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11:28 p.m. [GMT-8:00]
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12 May 2002 (Sun);
Post #176
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Saw the Malcom in the Middle
season finale. It was really good. At the end, Francis and his wife
(what's her name? Pikoko or something I think...) got like $200,000
and are leaving Alaska. I bet they end up moving near Lois &
Hal. I used to only watch this show cuz it's on after the Simpsons,
but now I think it might be my favorite Sunday-night program. Well,
I dunno, Law & Order: Criminal Intent is pretty good too. Actually,
I think it should be called the Vincent D’Onofrio Hour -- it's
all about his character; he's the one that does all the work. Criminey,
they made him a super hero practically... he speaks like 5 languages
(AFAIK, Spanish, Russian, German, Latin) and knows as much about
forensics as the CSI/Med. Examiners ppl, as much about law as the
ADA. Eames is just a sidekick. It's pathetic. Anyway. I'm watching
Ebert
& Roper right now -- can't wait to hear their review of
AOTC. BTW, Justin got tickets for me, him, and Phillip for Episode
II. We're gonna be there Thursday night at 9:45. Oh yeah, I need
to give him his HD back (keep forgetting). K, gonna finish watching
TV, then edit my final draft of an English paper, read Eric,
and go to bed. Later.
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5:00 p.m. [GMT-8:00]
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12 May 2002 (Sun);
Post #175
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I just downloaded AIM 4.7 and if you use it, you can contact
me. I got Tatamis on Friday (Kentucky model, size 46). They're
nice. Eric is pretty good, vrry entertaining. Made an image
of Jedi Outcast (from Justin) on Friday; need to burn a disc of
it soon. Umm... that's about it. It's been really boring here lately.
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"The
secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie
about your age." — Lucille Ball
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