2nd Father's Day Card

This was a very pleasant surprise. Of all the people I expected to get Father-to-be cards from, Jon wasn't exactly high on my list. I'm very pleasantly shocked and honored that he'd think about that. That, and I'm a bit of a sucker for Winnie The Pooh stuff, so he hit it spot-on. When it comes to kids' stuff, Winnie the Pooh is the end all winner for me. Sesame Street follows a close second. =)

I'm off to go hang out with Pops for a while. Time to smoke his arse in some billiards.

... anyone who knows my Dad would be laughing out loud at this point in the reading...

Happy Father's Day

It's my day to brag a little. Got this this morning from the little lady and thought you all would appreciate a look.

Happy Father's Day to all those out there that are or are going to be. It's a different world, that's for sure.

Now, off to see Erin's Dad for a little while, then hang with mine this evening.

Tool - 10,000 Secrets to The Artwork

For the Tool fans out there:

There is supposedly thousands of secrets within the album cover and the album music itsself. See this site: http://www.aberdeen-music.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35677.

That being said, once you read this thread, come back here and download this: Wings For Marie (10,000 Secrets Mix) . From that, you can judge for yourself.

(There's a pop in the middle where the two songs are fused together. I thought about editing it out, but I figured I'd put the two together exactly as they say. I didn't want to change anything about it as to vary the experience. Subjective, but when I did try, the songs seem to get out of sync. As it sits now, I think it works with little interruption. YMMV)

Edited: Here's the edited version. I spent a little bit of time trying to get a good sync. Sounds as close as a guy with one deaf ear can get.

Edited again: Whoops. That's the stereo version. You'll want to sample the mono version, now properly posted.

How NOT to steal a Sidekick

If you weren't aware of it yet, the 'Net has been ablaze with this story. Internet vigilantism at its very finest. Proof that you don't have to be smart to be a criminal. That, and don't f*&^ with computer nerds. They'll humiliate you on a WORLDWIDE scale.

Just a small amount of payback for getting beat up in gradeschool.

I Hate Computers

I moved to Apples for one major reason. They just work. What I hate is the fact that I, like all my customers, am just as prone to harddrive failure as the rest. And I, like my less knowledgable patrons, am reluctant to spend money on a resolute backup procedure.

And here I am, d*$# in my hand, 1 in the morning, staring at a dead PowerMac and cursing the light of day.

I hate harddrives. You'd think a harddrive that's SIX YEARS OLD would last another six.

That's sarcasm. I should've been smarter than that. I'm just thankful I didn't have anything of consequence on the machine. Makes me leary of this laptop harddrive. I'd probably pop a hole in my skull with a small caliber handgun should I lose this harddrive.

Which makes me think about the fact that I haven't backed up since Feb 16. Hmmm.

This is just to blow off some steam. If I don't deal with this tonight, it's going to be Monday before I can do anything with it again.

Night. I'll be up for a while.