Slightly North

Wow, this is interesting. Since when does ICQ have a web based version on their program? Well, as of today at least I have found it. It says it is still in beta, but it worked on the first try for me. And it seems pretty stable so far. Funny thought how it has less ads then the full version. Anyway, check out ICQ Lite if you are an ICQ user who finds yourself away from your main computer quite a bit. Other then that it is useless.
posted 2/27/2002 08:56:52 AM -

Windows XP users will find this article about the QoS Packet Scheduler very helpful in reclaiming the 20% of available bandwidth that Windows XP restricts. I noticed a huge difference in the time it took to transfer large files on my network after performing these steps.
posted 2/26/2002 02:40:59 PM -

> YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL WINDOWS XP, ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO CONTINUE?
Yes.
> ARE YOU REALLY SURE?
Yes.
> ARE YOU REALLY REALLY SURE?
YES!
> OK, THEN. JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE REQUIRED TO ASK YOU THAT NOW. IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT FOR BEING A PICKY CONSUMER AND SUPPORTING THAT WHOLE "ANTI-TRUST" NONSENSE. INGRATE.
Just get on with it.
> ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL WINDOWS XP. FIRST WE NEED TO CHECK YOUR SYSTEM FOR COMPATIBILITY. THIS COULD TAKE SEVERAL DAYS.
*Groan*
> THE INSTALL PROGRAM HAS DETECTED SEVERAL POSSIBLE PROBLEMS AND WILL NOT LET YOU INSTALL XP.
Problems? What problems?
> THE VIDEO CARD YOU ARE USING APPARENTLY DOES NOT WORK WITH THE MOTHERBOARD.
But I'm using it at this very moment.
> THAT IS IRRELEVANT.
But if the video card isn't working with the mother board then I can't very well see this warning message telling me that the video card wasn't...
> DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FOOL ME WITH LOGIC, I AM A MICROSOFT PRODUCT. LOGIC DOES NOT WORK ON ME. I HAVE ALSO FOUND THE FOLLOWING MINOR ERRORS: WINDOWS XP IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE FOLLOWING HARDWARE - MONITOR, KEYBOARD, MEMORY CHIPS, > MOTHERBOARD BIOS, WEB CAM, SCANNER, SOUND CARD, USB CONTROLLER, CD/R DRIVE, MICROPHONE, AND FLIGHT STICK.
All that?
> YES. AND THE HARDDRIVE IS RIGHT OUT TOO. WE DON'T LIKE THE MANUFACTURER.
Well what *DOES* work?
> THE MOUSE.
The mouse?
> YES. AND THE 5 1/4 DRIVE.
I don't have a 5 1/4 drive.
> YES YOU DO.
No I don't.
> WHAT'S THAT THEN?
It's a 3 1/2 drive.
> NO IT ISN'T.
Yes it is.
> .. HEY, WHAT IS THAT? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? IS THAT A DISK? WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT DISK? YOU'RE NOT PUTTING IT IN THE DRIVE ARE YOU? YOU ARE! WHAT'S ON THAT DISK. IS THAT DOS? YOU'RE INSTALLING DOS?? WHY WOULD YOU INSTALL DOS WHEN I AM INFINITELY MORE POWE..........
C:\

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posted 2/22/2002 01:58:49 PM -

Canada is going for the gold! The Canadian men's hockey team defeated Belarus today 7-1 and earned the right to play against the winner of the USA vs Russia game this afternoon. I might be an American, but in this I am rooting for Canada. Canada deserves gold this time.

You can read more about it here.
posted 2/22/2002 01:45:27 PM -

Rock.

22 FEB 2002
   *** KING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM MATERIALS ON HOLD ***

Please pick up your item(s) before the date shown at the location(s)
indicated.
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DVDF DVD Fic C    A clockwork orange               97024004 01 MAR 02
     Pickup at Burien Library

I love the library system up here.
posted 2/22/2002 08:10:35 AM -

If there is any better feeling then getting your paycheck on the same day as your tax refund? I feel like I just got 2 paychecks at once. And to top it all off, they both were put into my accounts via electronic funds transfer.
posted 2/22/2002 07:19:47 AM -

MID-TOKYO MAPS: LiveCam Mid_Tokyo seen via live cams situated on the 37th floor of Ark Hills in Akasaka, Yokyo.
posted 2/20/2002 11:51:17 AM -

Wow, you can actually play a game on the Weezer webpage that looks exactly like an old version of street fighter. It's called Weezer Fight! You know you can't resist!!!
posted 2/20/2002 11:25:14 AM -

JR from Less Than Jake has a journal called JR's Tour Diary. I like reading about bands on the road. Unless of course theya re totally spoiled and rich and get to stay in hilton resorts the whole tour.

Anyway, Less Than Jake is coming to Seattle in March. The exact day is March 25th at the Moore Theater in Seattle. They will be playing with Bad Religion and Hot Water Music. Should be a good show, I think I will be there.
posted 2/19/2002 02:32:28 PM -

I love it when people make fun of overly stupid religous protests.
posted 2/14/2002 01:50:01 PM -

The frog at the top of this page apparently found other work in the year it was not part of the design around here. Because I found it posing for another website. Namely Boston University's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.

I think I need to sue them for using my trademark frog.

Have you seen the frog on any other websites?
posted 2/14/2002 11:21:03 AM -

There is a new service in Seattle, called Restaurants To Go. You simply enter your zip code, and can then choose from a menu of resaurants, liquor stores, and convenience stores who are willing to deliver your food to you. They even allow you to send feedback about each order to either restaurantstogo.com or straight to the merchant. I entered my home zip code, and no services are offered yet. Too bad. However, from work I have a very large selection. With any luck, Seattle will get to the point Montreal is.
posted 2/13/2002 01:39:28 PM -

WOOHOO!

I just checked my status with the e-file site I used for my federal taxes. My return was accepted and my return ammount will be $1,246.00. Now I just need to figure out how to file an out of state return with the state of Colorado.

Needless to say, I am happy.
posted 2/13/2002 08:52:42 AM -

Three magic little words. I am so using this from now on.

Even better, find something that emits a sound just on the verge of wrong. That way the phone solicitor won't be able to hang up because he/she is too busy trying to figure out what that noise it.

link via jish
posted 2/13/2002 07:37:16 AM -

Via Evhead.com I found a pretty good weblog from a guy who is working security at the 2002 Olympics. It's calledb-may. I have been looking it over for about 10 minutes now, and it looks to be pretty good stuff. Check it out.
posted 2/13/2002 07:31:31 AM -

Pimps at Sea; Arrrrrr, bitch!

Unprecedented graphic detail: purple silk sails flap in the wind. Blood disperses realistically in the water when you board another pimp's ship and cut him - or when he cuts you.

Traverse the seas in style on a ship plated with one of seven precious metals. Unlock multiple cars for port town cruising.

Unique Tooth Powerup system allows you to increase your pimpin' skills.

Incredible Turn Them Out(tm) Technology allows you to import characters from other games on your system ... and pimp them!

Bungie is wierd.
posted 2/12/2002 08:34:20 AM -

Well, I took Erin's lead and installed some simple comments. I still haven't moved the site over the MT, and I doubt I ever will. It just isn't friendly enough for me. However, I have a feeling the back-end of this site will be changing soon. We will see though.

Anyway, comments. So the 3 of you who actually come here still can bitch about my crappy posts.
posted 2/12/2002 08:27:06 AM -

Cool, Alton Brown has a weblog of sorts. It is called Rants & Raves, and is even powered by Blogger. Alton Brown is the most interesting FoodTV chef in my opinion. I think it's great he has his own website away from the FoodTV website. Good stuff.
posted 2/12/2002 07:42:57 AM -

I'm back after a nice internet-free weekend. Erin pretty much bet me that I couldn't go the whole weekend without touching the computer. Well, I sure showed her!

Actually, we had a pretty good weekend, all in all. On Friday we decided to go out to eat. I ate many many shrimps (er, prawns to a seaport city) and erin had a pretty good lobster and shrimp pasta dish. We even made it home in time to see most of the opening ceremonies for the 2002 Olympics.

Saturday, lots of Olympic watching, and some homemade pizza. mmmm

Sunday we got up early to do some grocery shopping, and then watched a bit of the Olympics. We saw an 18 year old girl win the gold medal for the USA in the women's snowboarding halfpipe event. It made me want to take up snowboarding, which is much too expensive of a hobby right now. Later in the afternoon we met my father (who is in town till Friday) for dinner at a great place on Alki Beach called Duke's. It was mostly seafood, and the clincher was the all-you-can-eat crab on Sundays. So we sat there for an extra 30 minutes watching my dad eat 2 1/2 full crabs. It was a fun night though.

Anyway, I am really glad we have CBC on our digital cable. I think they have the best Olympic coverage so far. NBC just kind of sucks when it comes to staying on one subject for more then a few hours. Many times over the weekend we turned to NBC and saw they were playing some crappy prime-time drama rather then the Olympics, which they are the only network allowed to broadcast in the US. It sort of makes me mad. But, my hat is off to the CBC for their great coverage. Even their Olympic Coverage Website is really well done.
posted 2/11/2002 11:06:51 AM -

The Smoking Gun's Document Of The Year Awards is a rather entertaining read. I think the best one is the National Archives' 68-page report on Adolf Hitler.
posted 2/06/2002 02:32:13 PM -

My favorite part about Magic: The Gathering is spitting on the people who play it. How am I supposed to do that when it goes online?
posted 2/06/2002 02:06:36 PM -

Oh please no... I don't want to have to actually watch ads on TV for a movie about this show. However funny the show might be, I can almost promise the movie is going to bomb worse then glitter.
posted 2/06/2002 08:37:12 AM -

Lately, one of my favorite shows on TV has been the weekly episodes of Insomniac with Dave Attell. He show is a 30 minute whirlwind of his overnight stays in the towns he visits on his stand up tour. After his show, he takes a camera man all over town looking for fun things to do in the middle of the night. Not only is this a very funny show, it is also fun to see what people do when they are up all night in towns other then the one I am in.

In fact, how can you go wrong with a theme song like this:

"AWWWW...
Drunks and losers,
Dwarves with limps,
Flos and ho's and one-eyed pimps -
Down the alleyway they creep.
They're all your friends when you can't sleep.

Come with me and you will see.
A late-night-freak-show-Jubilee!
Kick the Sandman in his sack;
Stay up late - Insomniac!"

You can get the MP3 here.
posted 2/05/2002 08:36:42 AM -

What the hell? I don't know who is doing this, but for some reason people out there are twinning this site with slashdot. Why? I can't think of even one thing that makes this site even remotely similar to slashdot.

But that's just me.
posted 2/05/2002 08:08:44 AM -

Surprising enough, the new Pepsi ad which ran durring the superbowl didn't do very well with viewers. Personally I would rather watch someone drink a can of pepsi with piss in it then see britney spears whoring herself out to the public via a major consumer product. In fact, I am still waiting to hear that she too has died in an airplane crash because ironicly her plane was stuffed with too much pepsi, making it too heavy to take off. Or better yet, stuffed with her fans.

Anyway, currently only 36% of the voters on the IFILM site actually think it was a good ad. I applaud the other 64% for not jumping on the trashy band wagon.

You can see the stats for yourself at the IFILM - Super Bowl Ad - Pepsi-Cola: Britney Montage page.
posted 2/04/2002 01:44:44 PM -

Humorus link: Digital Data Porn
Dirty nerds that love to do it in code!
posted 2/04/2002 01:23:28 PM -

Some good news. My checkbook (which was thought to be stolen along with the rest of the contents of my truck) has been found. It was thrown under one of the seats. So at least I don't have to worry about having to deal with finding out my account is empty.

Tonight was SWUD 5. We had around 20 people there this time. Not a bad turnout for a non-Jish event. Speaking of, he should be back in Seattle soon. Or so I hear. I think the Pyramid Alehouse should be the new home of SWUD events, they were very nice to us and even split up the check so we could all be lazy and not have to count up our own totals. Not to mention their atmosphere is tons better then some of the other places we have gone to in the past.
posted 2/02/2002 08:27:56 PM -