Saturday, November 27, 2004

I finally played Halo in Cooperative Mode. I know I'm a little late in my review, but this has got to be the game of the year.

Monday, November 22, 2004

It did turn out that barebonekit sent the wrong motherboard. They were out of stock and claim the one they sent me was an upgrade. I'm hoping I'll finally install the new hardware over the long Thanksgiving weekend.

I also got the new website up and running. I'm still using Blogger, but masking the domain with echomoche.com. A cheap service for buying domains and hosting is GoDaddy.

Sunday, November 21, 2004

Today was the first day in a long time I didn't have any commitments. So instead of sleeping late and playing video games, I woke up early and had to do chores. It was a scene from some bad sitcom. I guess it felt good to get some work in around the house. But just think of all the ancient aritifacts that went into the wrong hands because Indiana Jones wasn't there to stop it.

Saturday, November 20, 2004

I had two silent auctions to go to tonight. If I get everything I bid on (by "I" I mean my wife), it'll be around $300. But I guess they're for a good cause.

I received my new motherboard, processor, and RAM from barebonekit. I think they sent me the wrong mobo, as these sites generally are known for. And as convenient as ever, their site isn't working and they sent no packing slip. So, I guess a call is in order. Hopefully they have a phone number somewhere, and that it's working. I would like to upgrade as soon as possible.

Friday, November 19, 2004

I went to a black belt test tonight, probably the one I would have participated in if I went to class consistently. After seeing some of them perform, I'd rather be a red belt for the next 5 years than test when I'm not ready. I know that to get better you have to try new things and make yourself get to the next stage, but I would personally rather get excellent at something before moving on. In any case, watching the black belt candidates has motivated me to try harder and prepare better.

Now to stick with that plan...

Thursday, November 18, 2004

I finally beat Secret Weapons Over Normandy. In general, very good game for historical reference, very poor ending. The game stopped have way through WWII! Maybe there will be a sequel, which I doubt I'll even download.

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Not having a boss and no projects at work is a very dangerous combination. It's amazing what you can learn on the internet.

Tuesday, November 16, 2004

I'm bad ... I skipped karate to watch movies.

I always thought it was difficult to get a gmail account, but I was wrong. I set up echomoche@gmail.com today ... now to get that my website up.

Monday, November 15, 2004

I looked on my calendar, and tonight was the only night in the next couple weeks that I don't have anything scheduled. As much as it hurt, I had to pull myself from the Xbox to do some house chores.

I started reading another vampire book. I got hooked on Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles a while ago. I found another series by Michael Romkey. So far it's not as good as Rice's.

Sunday, November 14, 2004

Wow, it sure has been a while since I posted (my goal is every day). The wife was out of town for several days, which pretty much means I was in a foggy haze during waking hours.

We had a karate tournament today. It was a very long day, but quite fun. I was in team form, which we got first place. I also got first in fighting for men's red belt.

Wednesday, November 10, 2004

I got sucked into a 6 hour marathon of Spiderman 2, and this was after work. I'm taking Friday off of work. It's a shame there are only 24 hours in a day, because I'm sure I'll be playing it all day.

Tuesday, November 9, 2004

We practiced for the karate tournament coming up on Sunday. This is the first time I've particpated in team form, which is a creative form comprised of parts of standardized forms and "fight scenes" with four people. I didn't think it would turn out as well as it is. It should be a fun time.

Monday, November 8, 2004

I've got the base installation of netinstall of Debian. The netinstall will install the bare minimum of the operating system and then download the rest. The unfortunate thing is that I can't get networking to work on the laptop. It doesn't help that I'm trying to do this wirelessly. It also doesn't help that I don't know much about Linux, either.

Sunday, November 7, 2004

There's got to be a better invention for cleaning gutters. I'm sure my neighbors are thinking the same thing as they watch me hanging over the eaves with a 35' inevitable fall in store for me.

I went to see Dave Mordall and Kathleen Madigan tonight. They were on Last Comic Standing. It was frickin' hilarious. I wish I could remember some of their funnier bits to post.

Saturday, November 6, 2004

During study season, I create piles of paper that I need to sort out later. Things like bills, financials, etc. I was shredding a lot of paper today, including PIN's and account numbers, which got me to thinking. I know my PIN for various accounts, since I use them frequently, but what if I forgot one day. Then I thought of the longest string of digits that I have memorized. I came up with 16 from credit cards ... although I do have pi out to about 200 digits.

Friday, November 5, 2004

Ahh ... the joy of no commitment. I left work a bit early and then stayed up pretty late playing Mafia and Spiderman 2 on Xbox. Everyones got to have a time wasting hobby, right? Some people shop, or garden, or watch sports. Mine (right now anyway) is video games.

Thursday, November 4, 2004

I have Mandrake installed on my "play" laptop. It's a good distro to explore linux, but I wanted something more. So I tried to install Debian and I think I'm in way over my head ... but what else am I going to do?

Wednesday, November 3, 2004

Not studying sure feels good. Since it's slow at work, I've been doing some personal finance at work and home. I've really neglected it for the past few years, mainly retirement. It may sound odd, but I really like playing around with the numbers ... anything but studying.

Tuesday, November 2, 2004

I voted today, which I normally don't do unless coerced. More importantly, I rediscovered Craigslist and spent way to much work time looking around.

Monday, November 1, 2004

I got the first three movies in the mail from Blockbuster. It seems that there is a local distribution center, so hopefully future turnaround will be quick. I also stopped by a friends to pick up DVD X Copy. I might need to invest in more hard drives...