Tech

Quickie

Not alot of time, and I don’t have much to say anyway, so this will be fairly short. After Wednesdays super long post, I guess thats fitting.

I had the 950th visitor today, was my mom. Congratulations.

My computer has been up 11 days, and is kinda showing. I need RAM, bottom line.

I decided I will be taking my bike to Rays in Midland. Yeah, I need to drive there and back, then repeat a day or 2 later, but they know what their doing, so that puts them above the rest.

Erica doesn’t have her bike yet, at least not that I know of. Also, she broke her streak at 10 posts. She is at 199 posts right now.

I watched “Roxie Hart” at the State Thursday. I do not really recommend it.

School is slowly approaching the end, and I can’t wait. Not so much because I will be out of school, but because I know it will be warm then.

Ok, thats all I have,
goodbye.

nick

When in doubt, at least act like you know what you’re talking about.

Stuff

Well, I have a webcam now, but it doesn’t work. I can’t find a mac driver for it, just 98 and 2k. Since I didn’t pay for it, and the person doesn’t want it back, I will either give away, or trade for one that will work on a mac.

I was very lazy this weekend, and I liked it. I need to do something productive though soon. I need a life.

My taxes still aren’t back, and still no fin aid. I need to ask delta what’s up this week.

I think I updated website again, but not sure. I know some links were wrong that I fixed, but don’t know if anything major. I did start work on the new look though, but I’m not liking what it’s like so will need to tweak. I figure by blog’s anniversary (May 27th, yes its far off), I will have new site up. Ohh, I updated quotes, thats it.

Other than that, not much. It’s sad really, I judge the usefulness of my life based on how much I write in blog, and blogs have been very short. Not good.

Ok, will need to do something to make Wednesday’s update worthwhile. See you all then

nick

“Would not a rose by any other name smell just as sweet?”
“Well, if you called it steaming horse pile, no, it wouldn’t”

Uptime Record Trounced!

[Nicks-ibook:~] nslyax% uptime
18:17 up 21 days, 1:57, 1 user, load averages: 0.83 0.50 0.23

Thats right, 21 days, 1 hour, and 57 minutes since last reboot, and still going. Granted, I am barely going, but I am none-the-less. Also, I see I have had 1274717 pageouts, 1755052 pageins, and 89396953 “Translation faults”, for those who know what all that means. Essentially, I need more RAM, and to restart more than every 21 days.

Other than that though, I have been spending most of the day cleaning up my room. I am better than half done I would say, so I figured I could take a break to blog. In cleaning my room, I found more stuff that I don’t really need, so if you need something, I seriously might have it. From pin-feed paper to computer chassis and Palms to speakers, I have alot that should be taken care of.

So the Super Bowl is set, Carolina Panthers v. New England Patriots. The Patriots are a favorite, as they were in the Super Bowl just 2 years ago, and won, but I am rooting for the Panthers. What I saw of last nights game was good, and they might be able to do it. Either way, most are saying a low scoring and very even game. I don’t really care, I mostly just watch for commercials.

And other than all that, I have nothing. Hope you all enjoyed your weekends, and remember to tip you waitresses.

nick

Peter Griffin: Brian, there’s a message in my Alpha Bits. It says “OOOOOO”!
Brian Griffin: Peter, those are Cheerios.

Pre Intro to Sp. Ed.

Wow, I came a bit too close. It’s like 11:47, and I am just starting this post.

My ibook is still running, barely. OS X is a very stable OS, just not an 18 day uptime OS. Just the same, I am leaving it going for a 21 day record, so will restart on day of next post (Monday).

Yesterday was 15th, and that means I should be at 800 hits, but I was at a mere 650. I am glad that the “i” to “*” swap worked out.

First week of classes went well. Advanced HTML may be a pain, and Network Essentials more so. JavaScript though, will be good. A) It’s in the G4 lab, so I get to use a QS 933-60GB-1GB-SuperDrive, which is nice, and B) The teacher is also the DifEq/Linear Alg prof, so is a freaking genius, though he seams to have a bit of trouble expressing his thoughts, or something.

I went to Pinconning with Scott last night, to see Jim. Jim will be a seaman soon, so we wanted to see him, but he wasn’t working at Sunoco like he should have been.

Ok, thats all the time I have, will aim for more on Monday. Probably wont use computer much till then, since it’s being so slow.

nick

Remember when we were young and nieve, and thought bastard was actually bass-turd, yeah…

Uhm, Yeah

I was wrong, online class isn’t till tomorrow technically, but its online, so it doesn’t really matter. I do have class on campus tomorrow though. Suck, I have to do something. So wrong, oh so wrong.

NAIAS was disappointing. When I went with GM, we went during employee days, so less than half the number of people we encountered. Nothing incredible to see. Jason took 152 pics on digital camera, so I will see if I can get some to post.

I read more today, about half through book. I could finish soon if I tried, but I don’t think I will.

We (Suchyta and I) tried to fix the DVD-ROM in the imac today. We did manage to clean the case up, but status of the drive is unknown.

I broke my uptime record. At 15 days, 7 hours, and 3 minutes as of 11:23. If you count back, that means my last boot was last year, on Dec 29th at 4:19pm. My old record was 12 days, 11 hours, 59 minutes from 8/4 – 8/15.

I can’t wait for summer to come, I hate this weather. I want to ride my bike.

Is “The Gum Disease Known as Gingivitis” contagious? I probably don’t want to know.

BTW, no new Apple stuff today.

Ok, need to take a shower and get to bed for class tomorrow.

TTYL

nick

What would you do for a Klondike Bar?

Almost Over

Yup, only one more week off, then I will be dragged back to school. Oy, I am not particularly excited, but it was my choice, right?

Also, MacWorld Expo San Francisco begins Tuesday, with the keynote at noon. I expect some cool stuff, and will let you know all about it Wednesday in next post. Maybe some cool new dual 2.5GHz XServes, and new versions of all the iLife software? Mini 2gb ipods?

I have entered all my CDs and DVDs on an Excel spreadsheet, and am almost done with books. Should be able to finally get the library page up by the end of this week.

I talked to Jason, and I will be going to the North American International Auto Show next Sunday. I haven’t been to one in 2 years, since I was working at GM. They are cool, and just $12.

I have cleaned computer up more, the HD is finally organized. Instead of a dozen folders of random stuff, there are just 3 disk images I need to burn, very nice.

Well, I can’t think of much else, so I will let you all go till Wednesday, should have plenty to say then, either praising or bashing Apple. Ahh, just like old times.

bye bye,
nick

“And now, a man who needs no introduction…”

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year all.

First, a little quote:

“On Mars, as far as we know, there are no metropolitan areas.”

Really? No metropolitan areas on Mars? Man, those space.com guys sure are smart.

So anyway… Nothing big for New Years, just sat here with family and said “woohoo” (notice no exclamation mark). Thats about it. We did get some Hooters wings though, as is tradition.

I made some additions and changes to links page, namely info on the dogcow. Expect a page devoted to the topic in the coming week or so.

Wow, starting new year off kinda lousy on blog, huh.

Ohh, I finally finished encoding all my MP3s. Yeah, thats boring too.

Ok, I will quit then, since this sucks so bad.

See you on Sunday,
nick

You can’t be anal retentive if you don’t have an anus.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday ibook, you’re one year old. No more warranty, but that’s fine. Could have bought Apple Care and had another 2 years, but the vast majority of problems occur within first couple months, and chances decrease from there. Wow, a freaking year.

I finally put all the quotes I have used up on website, up to last post. I will try to update the list every couple posts. You can see them all here.

The car is pissing me off. Replaced a part due to problems, and problem still exists. And, because I had to disconnect the battery to reset computer for new part, the radio is now locked (don’t ask, Pontiac is a bunch of evilheads).

School is almost over, and I am happy as hell. I don’t know why I go back, I should know better by now. How many years of school does it take to drive a person away? In my case, apparently over 15. God, I can almost retire from school. Five more years?

I made stew for dinner, it was, uhm, yeah.

Ok, I am leaving it here tonight. I will be trying something a bit different next time.

Till then,

nick

Why are you talking so fast?
Why are you listening so fast?

Close, Too Close

Well, it’s 11:14 at night, and I looked over at buddy list, saw scott, and somehow that reminded me it’s blog night. So, here I am.

After looking at old invoices and boxes, and from what I can remember, between November 3rd and 5th was 1 year since my 7600 died, and December 5th will be 1 year since I bought the iBook. Things have changed in the last year, beyond the computer even. With the moving, and the parents and all that, It’s been a long year.

I did some more updating to the website on the pics page. John’s tree is funny.

School is sucking more than ever. C++ and Java just get harder and more frustrating. Glad I only have 6 credits for next semester, I royally need a break. At least the end of the year is just a few weeks away.

Ok, I need sleep, been worn out for like 2 weeks now, need to try to fix it somehow. Maybe Thanksgiving break will help.

Til Wednesday,
nick

“Alcohol and Calculus don’t mix,
Don’t drink and derive”

Fun, Fun, Fun

Well, I was playing on ibook and, long story short, I screwed up. Just got done with re-installing the OS. Wont do that again.

I also learned that its just not possible to install linux on a Powerbook 5300. Not easily anyway. I tried several different methods, but it just didn’t want to work.

After the 400th visitor fiasco, I am glad to say that the 1000th page view went much better. Yes, Nicholas Suchyta was the 1000th page view.

No more movies recently. Still going for T3, and Bruce almighty comes out next week.

School is going ok. I told my Java teacher why I am falling behind, and he completely understood. Java and Obj. Oriented C++ is alot. Next semester will be lighter.

And uhm, thats it.
yeah.

Til Sunday,
nick

If your computer comes from company with a virus, then was it born with it?
Would it then be a computer disease?