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6915 – Linkies, linkies, who’s got the linkies?

I was right, took me about three hours, and I got a nice bonus check and an Italian lunch out afterwards.

The gang will be happy with the new machines… flat screens, better boxes, and cordless keyboard/mice for some. HP is really quite good about granted equipment, if you’re willing to dance around the paperwork.


Treadmill for FPS games… about time!


Sam & Max team started a new studio! It may not be dead, after all! Telltale Games


3-d Model of the haunted mansion


Would someone like to buy me a 10 million-dollar zeppelin for Christmas?


Archive.org: Sabucat vintage movie trailers collection (see also the great AV Geek section)


1 year ago – Prop2 gets nuked, poop in the pool, decade old posts by Scotto to Usenet, Hala attacked by the carnivator, I find out that I need surgery, chimp & the woman

2 years ago – net’s a little poopy, Finn drama at work (after the letter campaign)

3 years ago – clerisy, broken door, bad day, Ripple,

4 years ago – rainy day, poi dog, I first learn to do online carts, x degrees of sep

6914 – Saturn-day

Shuffling into work on a Saturday, to set up some computers while there’s minimal foot-traffic. We’re going to to the 3-way shuffle. New box the LD, LD’s box to RR, RR’s box to the scrap heap. Normally, that wouldn’t be so bad, but doing all of the installing and configging will be pesky. I may be helping LD and LH swap desks, and pertinent computers, too. If I multitask, I foresee a 3-4 hour job, if everything runs smoothly.

Big Kahuna may be slipping me a bonus to do so… it’d be nice if that’s the case.


Sketch-a-move. Neat Idea for a toy car… it follows the path you draw on it. nifty concept. one of the more cool things I’ve seen lately.

Continue reading 6914 – Saturn-day

6910 – Thor’s Day

Training went well.. a good number of concerned parents showed up, and everything rolled smoothly. Big Kahuna was a surprise visitor… must’ve come right over after getting off of the plane. The School staff was wonderfully courteous and very helpful… the media center brought back many memories as a page, cataloger and bookstore employee. I always did like the kid’s books the most.


Tech trouble seems to be simmered down now. Hopefully it’ll stay that way.


I’ve been getting into the habit of picking up a little dinner once a week or so on the way home from work at this little carribean diner over by the bus stop. I’ve become rather well-liked there, because I appreciate good food, and take a moment to talk to the folks during the slow times. Lots of Veggie, even Vegan options to eat, which surprised me, and is what keeps me coming back. Good food, lots of it, inexpensive and a friendly atmosphere. What’s not to like? There are advantages to not looking like a suit… I think folks there are a lot more comfortable talking with a “clean cut” hippie-type guy, at least at first. They make a Veggie-mango stir-fry sort of thing that is awesome, and the plantains are decadent.

Found these veggie recipies to try when Auntie’s isn’t open

6910 – Thor's Day

Training went well.. a good number of concerned parents showed up, and everything rolled smoothly. Big Kahuna was a surprise visitor… must’ve come right over after getting off of the plane. The School staff was wonderfully courteous and very helpful… the media center brought back many memories as a page, cataloger and bookstore employee. I always did like the kid’s books the most.


Tech trouble seems to be simmered down now. Hopefully it’ll stay that way.


I’ve been getting into the habit of picking up a little dinner once a week or so on the way home from work at this little carribean diner over by the bus stop. I’ve become rather well-liked there, because I appreciate good food, and take a moment to talk to the folks during the slow times. Lots of Veggie, even Vegan options to eat, which surprised me, and is what keeps me coming back. Good food, lots of it, inexpensive and a friendly atmosphere. What’s not to like? There are advantages to not looking like a suit… I think folks there are a lot more comfortable talking with a “clean cut” hippie-type guy, at least at first. They make a Veggie-mango stir-fry sort of thing that is awesome, and the plantains are decadent.

Found these veggie recipies to try when Auntie’s isn’t open

6904 – Some pictures and Misc.

Well, aside from a few power spikes that caused a reboot or seventeen, I seem to have come through the front end of the storm just fine. It’s mighty moist outside, but wind has settled way down.

Here’s some pictures of the empty streets around the Elbo Room yesterday (as opposed to the first day of the Hurricane season, which featured fembots.)

3 images of Las Olas and A1A / Ghost Town, pre-storm

6899 – Weekend rushes to the forefront.

Well, I just don’t get it… I’ve trimmed back MM’s hours, and *still* she bails on Saturday, the day before. Very disappointing, and I feel taken advantage has been taken, especially since Sat is Kev’s b’day, too. I’m glad I’ve got an auxiliary on call person that can do some weekends, now…. but I’m going to put my foot down about schedule ditching at the last minute. This stuff has got to be trimmed back.


It’s Friday. Not much planned for the weekend, as can be seen from above. I’m going to shoot for some personal Scotto-time Sunday, I think. I’m in a better mood than my entry seems to show.


To a big ol’ beast like me, 12oz. bottles of water are laughable and wasteful. Just give me a few gallon jugs, and be done with it. 12 oz doesn’t even make a proper-sized spill when kicked over.


C-Mon & Kypski’s – Shittybum – Very cool video… Reminds me a bit of my trip to Vizcaya.


1 year ago – IHOP with Kev & Bheesh, Rose, Zombie Pinups, Space Art in Kids books, Title caps.

2 years ago – mental fog, Finn & Chupa aren’t loved, sculpey, eraser clay

3 years ago – Fussing sans A/C, Word association poll, KFC Japan

4 years ago – The Laundry event, Newt, Cherry Coke, Quit the Everway Group, one day until I meet Hala.


Current Mood: Bob Ross talking about happy little trees makes me laugh.

Current Music: Ookla the Mok – Super Powers

6878 – And I leap in, quickly.

Elric looked at the pit. It was ragged and deep and the earth in it seemed freshly turned as if it had been but lately dug.
“What must we wait for, Friend Corum?”
“For the Tower,” said Prince Corum. “I would guess that this is where it appears when it is in this plane.”
“And when will it appear?”
“At no particular time. We must wait. And then, as soon as we see it, we must rush it and attempt to enter before it vanishes again, moving on to the next plane.”

— Michael Moorcock, The Vanishing Tower

Site Meter

That’s what it feels like when your internet is unreliable… or when LJ is playing games with the servers.

Users on the Madcow cluster (where am I?) will be temporarily unable to log in or view their journals. This problem should be brief, and will be resolved as quickly as possible. Because of this, users on other clusters may experience some slowdowns in accessing LiveJournal as well.


I gushed enough about to Danny about Shaun of the Dead that we may go see it in the theater this weekend. (Either that, or Sky Captain.)


Yesterday was rough.. almost all hardware issues, interrupting my regular workday.

Printer fuser, two network cards, and a video card all pooped out the same day. What’re the odds?

At least I got the website up to date and started stats.


Tracey Gold’s Mugshot.


Michael Andrews and Gary Jules: Mad World – Watch from above as schoolchildren create montages of moving figures in this heartfelt video.


Archives:

1 year ago – Hurricane Isabel, More Frankie the Mooch, St. John’s Wort.

2 years ago – Bonnie’s Boy Steals from FMM, and is caught on video, Newt bawls out a spaniel

3 years ago – music to my ears, LJ observations, handy word reference guide

4 years ago – Sesame Street Day!, Lower-case N song, We are all Earthlings, Ernie questions his existence. Wubba Wubba Song, Joel Reprimanded for surfing porn at work

6874 – Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down

Pretty cool… a lot of anonymous activity in last Sunday’s entry… folks debating about heading down to Orlando this for the honeymoon. I agree, it might be a good idea to postpone. It’s rare that I see anonymous non-spam activity. Hope the entry is helpful!


I got 17 out of 18 on the arcade sound quiz. (I missed the one about Zelda/FF/Bad Dudes – I was never a good nintendroid.)



Why is something so destructive, so lovely?


Danny likes “reality tv”.

Amish in the City and the Survivor series, in particular.

I remain a skeptic and suspect behind the scenes scripting.


Big Kahuna has been very generous to me lately. I think that having a work ethic while other people act like little punks might have something to do with it. I got a new chair, she offered to take some call this weekend, and some other nice fringes. Hopefully that’ll mean a raise sometime soon, too.

Heartbreaking case last night… old man with Alzheimer’s. He’s a habitual wander off, and apparently his caregivers can’t give him the attention he needs. He’s constantly taking off on his family. The last time he took off, he had a moment of clarity and tried to commit “suicide by cop”.


Now none of my LJ mail is making it to me automatically. Forgive me if I don’t reply immediately.


I’ve had lovely chats with Sammy, Whims, Phillykat, Jen and K lately… it seems I only rarely get pinged from AIM, ICQ, or MSN anymore, with last night being a pleasant exception.

Speaking of the first two… I’m glad to hear Sammy’s back in CoH, and There’s having trouble opening up on my system. I think it’s something to do with the new update. Reinstalled, and it works fine now. Had a grand time running around and getting reacquainted with folks.


Duran Duran got back together… Why couldn’t it have been The Talking Heads ? (A whole album is streamable from there.)


Building a cultural bridge through monkey-chanting Continue reading 6874 – Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down

6873 -Friday, Already?

Well, I saw the bag lady this morning seeking shelter from the rain under the BK awning. Either she, or a well-made duplicate created to confuse and console me.


EN is going to start as tech next Wednesday, and the Sunday after that. I foresee a week or tow of babysitting from home, just in case, and then I’ll have every other weekend off.

Had a good time talking to him about Earthdawn, Magic cards and Etc.


Dear diary, you make me sick – Article

Keeping a diary is bad for your health, say UK psychologists. They found that regular diarists were more likely than non-diarists to suffer from headaches, sleeplessness, digestive problems and social awkwardness.

Continue reading 6873 -Friday, Already?

6870 – I remember the responsometer malfunction of '97.

Power was off at work until about 2pm… when the server woke back up, it emailed me, asking for permission to stay awake, so I told it to go ahead. Big Kahuna, Rogers and I went in and unpacked all of the other hardware. I got the office up and running in about an hour and a half… one of the benefits of being in a hurricane environment is knowing how to pack and unpack in a blink. The building was *hot*.. sealed up for three days without A/C makes the third floor like an attic, but the place got cranking with cool about the time I left. Too late for me, I was a walking river by that time. (Two floors of machines, telephone and other hardware had to be put back together. I’m leaving it to the office-folks to put pictures and such back. No water damage, but the wind really played havoc with the branches everywhere we went.

Today will be a more straight-forward day.


Disco-Hitler. It’s him. He’s the supervillain I’ve been wondering about. (more musical villains here) It’s been around for ages, but every time I rediscover it, it kills me.


Ivan looks like he’s keeping a Southerly course, sneaking up the West Coast of Florida. Still too early to fret, but at least the weekend isn’t wrecked.


The World of Warcraft demo is looking neato! Here’s a peek at Whimsy’s Night Elf… note the plunging neckline, and freakishly large hands. good size for wallpaper… I like the little flowers on the Guardian Tree’s feet and organic feel of the whole place. I’m envious, because she’s a druid and can shapeshift into a bear! However, I think I’d have more fun playing the giant tree.


Clickie to biggie.

A 3D chocolate printer in the works. That’s a really cool idea… a *lot* of potential there. Made out of lego. superb thought.


Episode 11 of Making Fiends is here!


America’s Army is pretty cool. It’s a fun bit of military recruitment, disguised as a FPS. Graphics are nice.. I wonder how many folks have been convinced to join up as a result? I’m doing the medic training… it’s interesting and educational.


KILLDOZER II: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

once again, Clickie to biggie.

The closest thing to a mech I’ve ever seen. Look at the size of the thing!!! That’s not forced perspective… it’s just fricking enormous. (spun into from here)

bigger picture, other angle

6870 – I remember the responsometer malfunction of ’97.

Power was off at work until about 2pm… when the server woke back up, it emailed me, asking for permission to stay awake, so I told it to go ahead. Big Kahuna, Rogers and I went in and unpacked all of the other hardware. I got the office up and running in about an hour and a half… one of the benefits of being in a hurricane environment is knowing how to pack and unpack in a blink. The building was *hot*.. sealed up for three days without A/C makes the third floor like an attic, but the place got cranking with cool about the time I left. Too late for me, I was a walking river by that time. (Two floors of machines, telephone and other hardware had to be put back together. I’m leaving it to the office-folks to put pictures and such back. No water damage, but the wind really played havoc with the branches everywhere we went.

Today will be a more straight-forward day.


Disco-Hitler. It’s him. He’s the supervillain I’ve been wondering about. (more musical villains here) It’s been around for ages, but every time I rediscover it, it kills me.


Ivan looks like he’s keeping a Southerly course, sneaking up the West Coast of Florida. Still too early to fret, but at least the weekend isn’t wrecked.


The World of Warcraft demo is looking neato! Here’s a peek at Whimsy’s Night Elf… note the plunging neckline, and freakishly large hands. good size for wallpaper… I like the little flowers on the Guardian Tree’s feet and organic feel of the whole place. I’m envious, because she’s a druid and can shapeshift into a bear! However, I think I’d have more fun playing the giant tree.


Clickie to biggie.

A 3D chocolate printer in the works. That’s a really cool idea… a *lot* of potential there. Made out of lego. superb thought.


Episode 11 of Making Fiends is here!


America’s Army is pretty cool. It’s a fun bit of military recruitment, disguised as a FPS. Graphics are nice.. I wonder how many folks have been convinced to join up as a result? I’m doing the medic training… it’s interesting and educational.


KILLDOZER II: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

once again, Clickie to biggie.

The closest thing to a mech I’ve ever seen. Look at the size of the thing!!! That’s not forced perspective… it’s just fricking enormous. (spun into from here)

bigger picture, other angle

6859 – Friday

I can’t rightly call this a vacation, considering that I’m still taking call.

three so far today… I was a little difficult to train D&J to shut the pie-holes while I’m making a call, but it seems to be working out ok, now.

We took a little walk around the neighborhood… it looks like the brunt of the storm is going to pass to the north, now.

I’d forgotten how J speaks in monologues, disguised as dialogues. I think she could have the exact conversation with or without a partner.

Shutters are up throughout the neighborhood, clouds are rolling by quickly, some comfy breeze, but no rain.

It’s a little tricky training Newt to stay off of the counters here.. I don’t want him wandering around where food is prepared.