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So I sit here chewing on my “Bio Protein” bar (21 grams protein!) and relized that another thing that pisses me off is people who don’t signal they are turning left until they are actually stopped at the intersection. Hmmm.. gotta say that the concept of protein bars will catch on much better if they […]

How to start SQL Server 2000 under Windows XP. I love you google! (who was mentioned during Buffy last night) 11:15am Do you know how much Windows sucks? I tried to install SQL Server on my Windows XP box, clicked a wrong button somewhere, and now it tells me: “A previous program installation created pending

Watched a good one on CNN while eating my lunch today. They were talking about a firearms training school, where people pay $1,500 to learn how to fire guns, long range, short range, draw and fire quickly, all that Soldier of Fortune bullshit. Anyway, they asked one ripe-for-midlife-crisis lookin’ fella why someone would need to

While I try my best to avoid the tv show The View, but the show this afternoon (actually listed as tuesday, october 8th) was almost interesting, and definately thought provoking. The first guest was Michael Moore, a filmmaker and write who has the book “Stupid White Men” (read an excerpt chapter here, it’s a great

More randomness followup and misc shtuff. Brad threw me a link to https://www.addresschange.gov.bc.ca, where you can change your address online and not have to wait for the DMV lineups…. whohoo! Works fine as well. I have no clue if everyone knows it but me, or if Brad had to go search it out for me,

A few things, in no particular order: Debit Card Demise Bashed Bandwidth by Creepy Crawler Slow-ass DMV Political Refugee Werk Home Flying Felines Dishwashing Zen Now, in reverse order… Dishwashing Zen I finished doing the dishes a bit ago, and while it makes my back hurt (something about the angle, I donno what), I do

It was another early morning for Firefly this morning, and I got up as usual, but wasn’t feeling well (starting to sniffle) so I figured I’d avoid the gym, stay up for a bit to see her off, then buggeroff back to bed where I should be, and wake up at a leisurely hour (say,

First I want to say that my new office looks completely cool when it’s still dark out and you come in and all you can see are the lights from the various electronic bits, monitors, hubs, KVM, computers, etc. I have to get a picture of it one morning. And yes, I’m up early again.

A big shout out to my dad, whose birthday was yesterday. Happy birthday dad, lots of love from your son. Been slowly making the house livable. Tonight it was a fit to get the last two laundry loads of shirts onto hangers, deal with the nine thousand ties I have (ask me the last time

Well, we’re in, amazingly enough. The DNS records should update soon enough that people will be able to hit this page again (all three of you). I don’t know how long I’ll stay here (on this IP that is) as with being forced off the “old” telus network I’m stuck with a bandwidth cap, and