Archive for December, 2006

Party in NO

December 31st, 2006

Well, Jessica is flying up here to New Orleans. She should be here in about two hours. Here are my plans:
Sunday Night: Party on Bourbon St. Bring video camera to show wildness of the night (I’ll attempt to post some video at some point).
Monday Morning: Sleep.
Monday Afternoon: Drive around New Orleans and give Jessica a [...]

You still use Hotmail??

December 26th, 2006

If you still have an old Hotmail account lurking around (like me), and want to check it once and a while, but hate going to the site, here is Web-Mail. It is an extension for Mozilla Thunderbird, a great email client for your computer. It allows you to be able check Hotmail without ever actually [...]

Here it comes

December 24th, 2006

Christmas is here. The last day. I still haven’t wrapped the presents. And technically haven’t gotten them all. I should get more I guess, but too late now.

Windows Must Die

December 17th, 2006

I hate Windows. With a passion. The computer I am working on here in New Orleans decided to reboot in the night. Why? Because of automatic updates! Microsoft is protecting me! By rebooting two VM’s and closing a $20,000 program without thinking “Hey, he might have some unsaved changes.” Of course, you probably want to [...]

Dreams Come True

December 15th, 2006

I had a dream last night that part of the ring finger on my right hand was turning purple. It was as if part of it was dying. I called my mother in my dream to ask her to check it for me, but she said she was busy putting up a picture frame. In [...]

Fun with HP Chat Support

December 14th, 2006

Here are some interesting excerpts from a recent “chat support” conversation with HP.
Sandra: .
Sandra: Okay, just for confirmation is the printer in the network wright now ?
Sandra: Sure, I am with you please perform them.
Sandra: Jason, let us try to resolve the issue.
Sandra: Jason, thanks for our time.
Sandra: Jason, it is very unfortunate to face [...]

Closed = Proprietery

December 14th, 2006

I was just watching the local news here in New Orleans. This one clip they were doing, they were talking about BlackBerry phones and some new Blackjack phone. The reporter asked how the two were different. The guy showing the phones said that the BlackBerry ran a proprietery operating system. He implied that the Windows [...]

So true…

December 9th, 2006

If real life were like film I’d be able to port wordpress to my toaster using a cat5 cable and a bag of glitter. -Matthew Inman

Help! I’m Stuck!

December 1st, 2006

Well, I thought I was gonna be stuck here at the hotel for a little bit as a firetruck was blocking my way out. I did here the fire alarm go off for about 5 seconds about 10 minutes ago (slow response apparently). I think it was a false alarm, but they came out anyway. [...]