xxdesmus

Precipice

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:07:59 -0800

What a tenuous position to be in. I'm standing on the precipice of a new life eagerly and anxiously ready to get started. I've earned this. God knows it took longer than I expected, but I'm finally ready to take that first step off the cliff.

Twitter Posts for the week of 2009-02-08

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:53:03 -0800

trying rather hard not to mope around (too much). #
brutal day. hopefully relaxing tonight. #
I judge Mac users who leave those dirty dirty .DS_Store files all over the place. It just furthers my believe in their smugness. #
no, I don't actually have anything productive to contribute today. #
@danschawbel Netvites.com #
http://is.gd/i6XI get Acronic True Image 10 for free ... usually $50 #
not feeling so great...ready for this day/week to be over already. #
playing with SQL server 2008 this evening ...I know, you're jealous. #
@edythemighty it took far too long to setup SQL Server 2008 express and Visual Web Dev 2008 express ...but now I get to play in reply to edythemighty #
literally just got the new Move to/Labels drop downs in Gmail ....cool stuff. These could be handy. #
@ruby Move to -> Inbox ....doesn't that work? in reply to ruby #
tired, but also bored ...so bored I don't actually feel like going to bed *sigh* #
got wifi on my Treo now...happy camper now #
http://bit.ly/j8NJ Dems in the Sen. have filibuster-proof majority and I'll finally be able to gay marry a stem cell-created illegal alien #
Sesame Street hurts my ears. Elmo just keeps squeaking, but the Count is awesome. #
http://is.gd/iw4S Cookie Monster Rap vs. Jay Z "99 Problems" #
@thirteen23 is there actually no way to resize the window? Or am I just missing something obvious here? #
http://bit.ly/2tYGc4 6 Ways Your Credit Score Changes Thursday FICO 08 just rolled out, your credit score is different now. read this. #
anyone need an invite for Dropular.net? it's kinda cool. #
@kozel basically a bookmarking site that's geared toward visual stuff (images, video, audio, etc). in reply to kozel #
http://bit.ly/G4jKW -- caption: "I can haz sn0wballz prez?!" #
http://bit.ly/R4MH Gmail now has a multi-pane view ...pretty damn cool. #
http://xkcd.com/540/ "the 'base' metaphor explained" ...SO wonderful. #
hating life (and my job) right about now. #
@bangbang023 my job is jerking me around again. told me mid-Feb I could go to NYC, now it *might* be mid/end-March. so sick of this shit. in reply to bangbang023 #
@bangbang023 just sick of getting jerked around. it's been since NOVEMBER, and March isn't even a sure thing either. such a joke. in reply to bangbang023 #
@DougH no speed/crashing problems with Twhirl here. Loving the spell check functionality though. in reply to DougH #
@bangbang023 they are now telling me maybe *knocks on wood* *crosses fingers* 2/27... but I'll still miss that March 1st move in date. in reply to bangbang023 #
Retweeting @BreakingNewsOn: Major League Baseball player Alex Rodriguez, also known as A-Rod, tested positive for steroids in 2003, acco ... #
Dear god...hair cut place has 10...yes 10 candles burning. All different scents. #
formatting my desktop before I sell it ...I'm sure I'm going to forget to backup something *sigh* #

Twitter Posts for the week of 2009-02-01

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:58:47 -0800

don't know what to do or where to go, but I can't stay here. #
http://bit.ly/vUcn Pirating the 2009 Oscars ... a break down of which Oscar-nominated movies leaked online and when. very interesting. #
http://xkcd.com/535/ "It Might Be Cool" ...awesome as always. #
http://bit.ly/iiCB Country codes around the globe ...I think I need to buy this for my wall. Looks awesome! #
just avoid CNN this afternoon/evening. no really. it's depressing as hell. just avoid it. #
maybe a busy day today...we shall see. drinking coffee and going through the motions. #
http://www.wouldyoudothatifbarackwaswatching.com/question.html yes. it's awesome. Try it -- no. really. #
anyone have the Google Gears feature added to Gmail labs yet? ...should be added in the next day or two. #
@jackpea that's exactly what it means gCal coming soon too apparently. #
glad to be working from home. watching the snow fall. drinking coffe, and working/cleaning. #
http://bit.ly/13QI6 get your very own 'I survived the Bush administration" t-shirt! ...I really want one. #
@dacort Tweetstats seems to be down? 502 proxy error at the moment. Just an FYI. in reply to dacort #
@dacort no, no worries Just wasn't sure if you knew about it. in reply to dacort #
300 looks incredible in HD ...too bad the plot of the movie sucks so bad. #
http://bit.ly/263tuv and the winner for title of the day goes to: "Cox Suckers BitTorrent Users with More Slowdowns" LOL. #
well Gmail's offline support is ...uh ...well a start. The limitations make it far less fun than I thought. #
I take that back offline Gmail is kinda cool...it's just a bit slow to get going. I now have 2 months of mail offline. cool beans! #
an exciting morning filled with cleaning and errands... #
http://bit.ly/14G89 Mim's god awful song "This is why I'm hot" in Wordle form ... bigger size = higher frequency #
drowning in student loans and health insurance payments. this sucks. #
anyone in the market for a relatively cheap Mac Mini? @ me or DM me if you're interested. #
http://bit.ly/MJkS it's official. Google is evil: they killed bambi. One of their street view vans hit and killed a baby deer. #
TGIF ... hoping the day goes quickly. waiting for T to get here already... #
it's a good day so far. Getting my new laptop this morning, big meeting with the bosses, and the girl coming to visit. Even still TGIF! #
http://bit.ly/Otiw Bush "science" advisers ...you are fired. so funny! #
@RuViljoen amen brotha, let the weekend begin! #

Twitter Posts for the week of 2009-01-25

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:13:47 -0800

yeah, I'm just going to go ahead and ignore that stuff because I don't feel like getting pissed off today. #
Dear Ubuntu, I'd like to use you on my laptop if you'd just actually detect my wireless card without a hassle. You failed again, sorry. #
http://is.gd/glz0 - Obama's Inbox .... great article with ideas about what he should do first. #
Retweeting @dcagle: best cartoons covering the whole 8 years of the Bush Presidency http://twtr.us/EY #
@ebygum just left you a bit of a rant in response to your "Why I hate the Palm Pre" posting... sorry about that in reply to ebygum #
@ebygum I forgot to add this: Palm Pre has copy & paste .... Palm +1 in reply to ebygum #
@ebygum and replaceable battery in reply to ebygum #
@ebygum then again ...it looks like it'll only be on Sprint for a while ... Palm Pre -100 in reply to ebygum #
@DearIE6 I'd love to have all those hours of my life back. Please just die IE6. Please just die already. in reply to DearIE6 #
I really should just go to bed right now. Not in a great mood. #
looking like a busy Monday... at least XKCD is amusing: http://xkcd.com/532/ #
http://bit.ly/p8RM "Feeling blue? Today - January 19, 2009 - is the most depressing day in HISTORY, say experts"...well that's uplifting #
going back into hiding. that sounds about right I think. #
https://www.lotuslive.com/ Lotus Live is IBM's cloud solution. Really? You had to include "live"? Where have I heard that one before...(MS) #
it's finally Inauguration Day! ...enough said. #
Sums it all up: NBC - inauguration stuff, CBS - inauguration stuff, ABC - inauguration stuff, CNN - inauguration stuff, Fox - Jerry Springer #
http://twitpic.com/153hu @jakemarsh my collection of inauguration streaming videos #
Obama is as cool as the other side of the pillow. He looks SOO calm. #
@sendchocolate It's not mine ...I stole it from Sportcenter in reply to sendchocolate #
Barack Obama is officially the 44th president ... we just passed noon. #
Retweeting @roadhacker: There goes the chopper!! SEE YA BUSH CHENEY!!! Sauron has FALLEN!!! #
Our new government has an RSS feed! http://www.whitehouse.gov/feed/blog/ My geek heart is now happy. #
Retweeting @BreakingNewsOn: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA CONFIRMS SENATOR TED KENNEDY HAS COLLAPSED AT THE INAUGURAL LUNCHEON. #
http://is.gd/gCyJ Wordle visualization of Obama's inauguration speech. ...turned out pretty well in my opinion. #
Whitehouse people to follow: @TheWhiteHouse @USSupremeCourt @NationalDebt @SenateFloor @HouseFloor #
http://bit.ly/18nQJ "CNN: Roberts 'screwed up' oath of office" #
http://is.gd/gAFh "Looking Ahead: 4 Ways To Make Fun of Obama" #
http://is.gd/gEi4 absurdly adorable picture of Sasha Obama giving Barack a thumbs up. AWESOME! #
http://is.gd/gEks "Inaugural Words: 1789 to the Present" ...every.single.presidential inauguration. speech. EVER. SOOO cool. #
http://is.gd/gEM9 The Obamas First Inaugural Dance To Beyonce (VIDEO) #
listening to Billie, Ella, and Louis ... hoping work today goes well. #
Retweeting @nizzer: Laughing at: CNN took this headline down quickly ( http://tinyurl.com/99plcc ) #
flashing my Treo 700WX with Windows Mobile 6.1 ... *fingers crossed* ...lets see how this goes. #
Hoping T is ok... #
http://is.gd/gLbl It's official. I have a crush on Obama. WhiteHouse.gov is valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional. Geeks rejoice! #
Don't think I can stand 3 hours of Lost tonight...1 1/2 might be the max. #
wishing this week (and weekend) would just be done already. #
http://is.gd/gR9g I have a game for you: it's called "which of these is not like the other" ... (hint: the guy at the desk) #
tired of a lot of things. #
http://bit.ly/3pqsL8 "If I Fell" ...yeah, pretty much. #
http://recovery.gov "after the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act see how and where your tax dollars are spent." #

Visualization of Barack Obama's Inauguration Speech 1.20.09

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:05:41 -0800

...I thought this turned out pretty well. Words that were mentioned more often are larger in size.

Twitter Posts for the week of 2009-01-18

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:39:47 -0800

Looking at apartments in NYC... getting excited/depressed. #
@ckanal no offense to Buffalo...but that's a REALLY odd choice (I live in Rochester) in reply to ckanal #
this is just getting depressing ... done looking at apartments for the night. *sigh* #
NetFlix claims I send them back a DVD. Problem: I never actually received that DVD. What the hell? #
@steelopus I hope so! It was a great movie. I was looking forward to seeing it again. (Thin Red Line) in reply to steelopus #
@vjj96 totally need to update your icon/avatar soon my friend #
Retweeting @BreakingNewsOn: "I never thought a black man would be elected President," says President Bush ...What an idiot! Good riddance! #
@lucky_luciano oh god... 3.5 hrs. I took the hatchet approach. I probably deleted more than I should have, but it was already a ton of work. in reply to lucky_luciano #
@lucky_luciano after 2 hours I got lazy and stopped being so careful. I'm sure I deleted a few things I wanted to keep. Oh well. in reply to lucky_luciano #
running on fumes today. didn't sleep more than 3 or 4 hours last night. brain was clearly far too busy to actually let me sleep. #
Dear @Gizmodo ... if your Facebook Connect code is slow/fails to load it shouldn't hold up your entire page. #
definitely ready for this for this day (and week) to be over already. #
2.5 mil. downloads * 3 GB image = 7300 TB = 7.15 PB. If we say it takes 12 hrs that'd require a 175 GB/s connection from them. Not bad MS! #
@lucky_luciano just downsizing right now. I may go back and clean up the tags eventually. Didn't have it in me that night though. in reply to lucky_luciano #
anyone have an invite for http://justhearit.com/ ? #
http://bit.ly/16JrI "Obama planning quick move to close Gitmo" ...as quickly as his first week. ABOUT F****NG TIME! #
Looking at apartments in NYC... getting excited/depressed. #
Someone really should just put Dane Cook out of his misery. #
watching Rocknrolla ...hoping it's as good as I'd like it to be. #
Obama becomes president on 1.20.09 .... Lost returns for a new season on 1.21.09 ... coincidence? I think not! #
@aliciamk all the essential phrases, huh? in reply to aliciamk #
feeling pretty optimistic today for no particularly good reason actually. #
scratch that. enthusiasm is gone. #
I'm just going to curl up into a little ball right about now... #
playing with Mozilla's Snowl a little bit ...it's a start. Hopefully they add more features though. #
met a friend tody who has had an iPhone for 6 months. had no idea how to zoom in/out ...not so intuitive I guess, huh? #
got a hot date with Hemingway tonight... #
it's 5 right now. yes, just 5. the high for today is only 7 ...how pleasant! #
"xkcd - I'm An Idiot" http://xkcd.com/530 ...pretty much awesome. #
way too much work to do in the half day today ... no way I'll be close to caught up when I leave. #
http://is.gd/fQ64 Windows 7 will be far more customizable .... MS's "personalize your PC" site is already up. #
curling into a hole for the rest of the day...what a day. what a day. #
finishing "Farewell to Arms" and headed off to bed in a bit I think... damn it's cold right now. #
http://bit.ly/AUFv My 2009 Resolutions ... made public with the hopes that I may actually keep some of them this time. #
Leaked MS Office 14 screenshot: http://is.gd/g0aA notice the "Create Mobile Office Device"..."create a USB Office device" ..interesting! #
my laptop can pump 1080p HD content to my HD tv ...consider me very amused. #
http://is.gd/fVa4 20 Celebrity Lives (In Flowchart Form) ...hilarious #
"Farewell to Arms" by Hemingway? Yeah, worst. ending. ever. #
#ItIsColdButIwontComplain here's hoping this Friday goes smoothly (and quickly) #
busy busy day. TGIF. #
I'm jumping in my seat every time I get a new email or the phone rings... *sigh* I'd love to just get an answer... #
http://is.gd/g8PH "Survival Lessons From a Sinking Plane" very interesting picture/story about yesterday's plane crash #
http://is.gd/g74k "Workflow Charts Finally Put to Good Use Show Fundamental Men vs Women Differences" ...HILARIOUS (and true?) #
crap... with Google Notebook being killed I need to export my stuff into a similar platform. Evernote? Why can't you import from gNotebook? #
@jlogic thank you in reply to jlogic #
well all right then...uh. #
well I certainly got nothing all right then... #
Retweet @theinquisitr: "Video of US Airways A320 Crash Landing in the Hudson River" - http://tinyurl.com/7cfeuq #
off to see Doubt this afternoon ...it's going to be a lazy Saturday #
think I need to bite the bullet and update my Touch to firmware 2.2 pretty soon. a bunch of apps require it now *sigh* #
you just sent me to a spam site .... seriously? ...wtf? #
how is there not a normal easy to use 64 bit version of Firefox yet? ...weird. #

Twitter Posts for the week of 2009-01-11

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:28:17 -0800

Pretty much miserable to be leaving NYC again. #
just going through the motions today... #
http://bit.ly/ZzQ4 Bush presidency in images. #
http://is.gd/eE2q "A Look Back At Some Of The President's Misunderestimated Remarks" #
wow...talk about awesome timing. #
http://is.gd/eJce "Apple's Hidden $1.8 Billion Music Tax [For Going DRM-Free] " #
just going through the motions right now #
http://is.gd/eMfi Barack Obama Pop Art #
http://is.gd/eMIj save/restore text entered into webpage forms in Firefox (in case of a crash). awesome extension! #
http://is.gd/eNoh "25 amazing people celebrated by Google" #
@StarrGazr Google isn't quite THAT old in reply to StarrGazr #
@StarrGazr Twitter's fault I suppose? I sent it, deleted it, and then re-sent it. in reply to StarrGazr #
@StarrGazr well I wanted to include the " " to soften the painful blow, so I deleted the first one. Yes. in reply to StarrGazr #
@StarrGazr iWork 09 just finished downloading for you ... so you HAVE to be nice to me. in reply to StarrGazr #
@StarrGazr wow, what an original idea in reply to StarrGazr #
@StarrGazr whine whine whine..... in reply to StarrGazr #
do you think we could have a blind president? #
Patterson's State of the State (New York) is pretty darn good. This guys talks a good game. #
http://is.gd/eNWv Obama-inspired Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Flavor: Yes Pecan! #
http://is.gd/eNYy "Porn Industry Asking For Federal Bailout. Yes, Seriously. " #
dinner, some hot chocolate, and a hot date with Hemingway #
http://is.gd/eNFe "Scenes from the Gaza Strip" ...wow. just wow. #
http://is.gd/ePBB -- Daily Show "Road to the Doghouse - Puppedential Debate" ....this...is...hilarious! #
Microsoft's got a guy beat boxing before Ballmer's keynote?! ...um ? seriously? #
http://is.gd/ePq8 "Official Inauguration Poster Released by Obama Team" #
http://twitpic.com/10sbw Obama Inauguration poster (the actual image) Buy one here: http://is.gd/eSJ7 ($100) #
good to know updating a clean install of Tiger is just as painful as Windows XP. Had to restart 4 times already. *smacks forehead* yeesh #
typical Microsoft weirdness ... Windows Live Photo Gallery doesn't automatically pull in my pictures library. Um, why not? #
oh man, it really sucks when you wake up 3 minutes before your alarm is going to go off... #
http://bit.ly/Xy9i "Lost -- in graph form" ...personally I think "wtf" needs to increase more steeply. #
http://xkcd.com/528/ -- Windows 7 ...well at least it's better than Vista. #
@aliciamk what phone are you thinking about? in reply to aliciamk #
yup, pretty sick of this bullshit. #
@StarrGazr thanks dear. really appreciate it right now. in reply to StarrGazr #
@aliciamk just promise me you won't get the pink one in reply to aliciamk #
tired of all of this and honestly I don't quite know what to do about it. #
who is ready for the weekend? dear god...can't this day just be over with? #
@aliciamk I'll try hard not to judge you too badly. in reply to aliciamk #
@aliciamk grade distribution is always such a terrible idea, in my opinion. in reply to aliciamk #
http://bit.ly/xuhl "For BlackBerry, Obama's Devotion Is Priceless" -- endorsement could be worth an estimated $50 million (if he could) #
@aliciamk exactly. a curve is one thing, but grade distributions are just idiotic in reply to aliciamk #
computer stuff, movie, and then maybe some football #
music library before cleaning: 88GB .... music library after cleaning: 37GB. Holy crap I am tired now. #
@bangbang023 mind numbingly boring stuff...yeah. in reply to bangbang023 #

2009 Resolutions

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:13:06 -0800

I'm aware that it's January 9th. I just wanted to take my time to ensure I actually put some real thought into my resolutions. Why post them on these interwebs? Well, I think it might be a bit more likely that I'll follow through with these if they are available to the public. So enough mindless banter (in no particular order):

In 2009 I want to...

be sitting in my new apartment, in NYC (hopefully Brooklyn), with Tessa, celebrating our 1 year anniversary on (or before) March 14th.
make a little money. Not a lot, but enough to not worry about it on a day to day basis like I currently need to.
find a way to either make my current job more interesting/fun or to find a different job that fits those qualifications.
make sure that whatever job I end up with actually has good benefits (to quote Homer: "mmmmmmm [health insurance and 401k]...")
start to pay back a chunk of my debts.
pay off my credit card, and then do the "freeze it in a block of ice" idea. No, really.
take dance lessons with Tessa.
read (and enjoy) a few of those books on my reading list.
actually take some kind of vacation, no matter how brief.
finally kill this blog (and domain) after 5+ years. It doesn't make a lot of sense any more.
get down to Atlanta to see my brother at least once, but hopefully more than that.
investigate the feasibility of grad school (informatics? information systems? pottery?).
continue to be informed about the news and politics.
scuba dive at least once (preferably some place with warm water).
go camping in the Thousand Islands.
make a point to take more pictures. Good pictures. Bad pictures. Just take pictures.

Twitter Posts for the week of 2009-01-04

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:25:12 -0800

zoning out from life (watching football) #
@bpw best I know is "20093 ...so who really knows when I guess. in reply to bpw #
going to regret staying up until 2 tomorrow (doh. this morning) morning... gotta be up in 4 1/2 hours. #
busy day, several meetings, but can't wait to leave for NYC tomorrow... #
really not doing this bulls**t today. there will be hell to pay if my work blocked Gmail. #
packing up for NYC tomorrow morning #
20% coupon if you plan to buy the Mac app Thing v1.0 -- THINGSPRESALE20 20% off #
http://is.gd/e5Dc new keyboard shortcuts in Windows 7 ...some very handy stuff #
Tired of sleeping in an empty bed...ready to be back in NYC. #
When in Rome (NY)...go back to bed. On the train, it's already quite full... *sigh* no seat to myself #
Who do you think is the most popular artist/group of all time? Frank Sinatra? The Beatles? #
Just about to Penn Station, and then headed downtown for lunch with T. #
@lucky_luciano oh, I was serious. I have no intentions of watching "Poughkeepsie Tapes". I love horror movies, but that just ain't cool. in reply to lucky_luciano #
@bpw "Poughkeepsie Tapes" leaked out if you wanted to see it: http://bit.ly/8tm3 in reply to bpw #

Twitter Posts for the week of 2008-12-28

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:12:40 -0800

I think I'm going to be starting work on a brand new project soon. I'm pretty psyched. #
last day of work for the week...can't wait to be done. really need to catch up on sleep tomorrow. #
I really need to update my Touch to 2.2 ...but I really don't feel like reinstalling all of my *cough* special applications again. #
gotta a date with hot chocolate and my book (East of Eden...SOO good) #
http://is.gd/dfdC ...a house....built entirely using CSS background colors. absolutely ridiculous (and cool) #
Merry Christmas and all that jazz. #
it's snowing now, and yet it's supposed to be 60 something tomorrow.... wtf? #
downloading Windows 7 Beta 1 (I think) ...we shall know in a few hours #
@film_girl I'll let you know once I get this downloaded and installed. Happy holiday! in reply to film_girl #
@jeremyb build is: 7000.0.081212-1400 @kkhipple info on where to download it (for now it's a mess...Chinese site, using an app in Chinese). in reply to jeremyb #
@JamesProud @jeremyb @kkhipple by the way, this has been confirmed to be real. They may release the x64 build soon also. in reply to JamesProud #
@JamesProud yeah right...I wish. Can you still pull some strings to get me in? in reply to JamesProud #
@JamesProud it's a pain in the ass...you need to install an app entrirely in Chinese. A torrent is being made right now. I'll send the link. in reply to JamesProud #
@kkhipple @jeremyb @JamesProud http://is.gd/dAR1 ...it's the real deal. Beta 1. in reply to kkhipple #
Having my own little James Bond marathon this afternoon... #
@JamesProud so far Moonraker, (currently watching) Goldfinger, and then maybe From Russia with Love in reply to JamesProud #
if anyone is using Project Playlist (playlist.com) feel free to friend me @ http://www.playlist.com/xxdesmus #
Wow! Windows 7 Beta 1 ... start the install to desktop in 15 minutes flat. Consider me VERY impressed. #
planing on doing virtually nothing productive all weekend long #
I'm getting tired of this. #
watching the Survivorman marathon because I'm just bored. #
http://is.gd/dMmh "Poughkeepsie Tapes" - I originally went to school in Poughkeepsie in 2001. The trailer for this scares the shit out of me #

Playlist.com - Soon to be popular? Or dead?

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:39:10 -0800

A new site called Project Playlist has popped up recently. It lets you create playlists (duh) and listen to music for free. You can then embed these playlists as music players in various web pages, but not Facebook or MySpace for the moment. The record labels are quite obviously not too happy about this considering you can listen to full songs an unlimited number of times effortlessly. We'll see if this site sticks around, but for now try it out and enjoy the player embedded below:

My Reading List

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:27:34 -0800

So now that I've officially graduated from college

Twitter Posts for the week of 2008-12-21

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:27:34 -0800

wandering Manhattan this morning...eventually finding a place to collapse and read this afternoon. 60 with a slight breeze...gorgeous day. #
just got a free breakfast ...that's always a good start to a day #
anyone have any invites for Unblab? It looks like it could be pretty cool/handy. #
http://is.gd/c9pF Greasemonkey that finally makes the Remember the Milk web UI NOT suck. Great script! #
Lunch with the girl and finding a cafe to read in...busy day I know. #
well crap. It looks like New Years Eve is going to be ridiculously expensive. I don't know why I'm actually shocked, but I am. #
Leaving NYC yet again. Unhappy to say the least. #
Las Vegas airport is closed ...they have some massive snow storm apparently. #
@nwjerseyliz apparently neither did Las Vegas ...I imagine they panicked when they saw even a few inches in reply to nwjerseyliz #
I need a vacation after my vacation... exhausted. #
I just broke Excel. my formula is too long. *pouts* #
http://typedeskref.com/ If anyone wants to buy me the "The Typographic Desk Reference" I'd promise to like you. I really want this book. #
http://bit.ly/ZAIB Snow storm hits Southern California and Las Vegas #
wow, today's build of Firefox 3.2pre (Minefield) SUCKS ASS. It's easily crashed on me 10 times in the past 2 hours. #
slowly but surely setting up the new laptop. getting close I think #
@ckanal I just got a Dell XPS M1530 ...I'm liking it a lot so far. in reply to ckanal #
note to self: copying over 95GB of music is going to take a while *twiddling thumbs* #
@StarrGazr I'm slightly more coordi..... crap. in reply to StarrGazr #
@chrisriedinger well I honestly listen to Last.FM the majority of the time these days, but I'm still fond of my dusty music library. in reply to chrisriedinger #
@mariofantoni I seriously need to clean out my music library. I'll be the first to admit it. It's embarassingly cluttered right now. in reply to mariofantoni #
Wow...looking at the radar, and this storm looks NASTY. Sure wish I worked from home today. #
is absolutely freezing. I sure wish my office would turn the heat on. Wait, cost cutting. oh right. #
Has no freaking idea what is going on. #
wow, for some stupid reason I still end up surprised. #
she's lost, and I'm following her into the abyss. #
Feeling absolutely awful. Really want to go home and sleep... ugh. #

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Twitter Posts for the week of 2008-12-14

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:34:07 -0800

coffee, playing with Widows 7 (6956), and getting ready to start studying. #
wow... yeah, about the studying thing. *nervous laugh* motivation is almost completely gone. #
I'm easily amused: Window 7's WordPad app can open MS Word 2007 documents (DOCX) ...very very cool. no more installing Word to open 1 doc #
@JamesProud knew you would be man ...kind of ironic. I'm cutting back right now on Twitter usage as well. in reply to JamesProud #
http://is.gd/aCDJ "Weekend Update:Plaxico Burress" on SNL...hilarious. #
It's always fun playing around with the Wayback Machine: http://web.archive.org/ check out some of your favourite sites. #
turned in a final this morning. he made us drive in (20 minutes) to meet with him for literally 4 minutes. but hey, it's done #
half heartedly studying for my final tomorrow ...just...no...more...motivation left. #
oh Bryan Adams...you were so emo before emo ever existed #
listening/singing along to Christmas music and doing some work for the job on I'm supposed to be on vacation from *sigh* #
a little studying, a little prepping for a presentation, and in general probably not being as productive as I should be. #
Retweet: @ccheever suggests this Facebook Connect Wordpress plugin: http://idek.net/sO ....works perfectly! Thanks. #
this is one those classic Xmas songs every should recognize... ? http://blip.fm/~12hfk #
GMAIL has a TO DO LIST finally! It's awkward as hell, but it's better than nothing! #
Gmail's task manager/to do list sucks right now. Hopefully they will improve it to be close to RTM's Gmail sidebar. #
1 presentation and 1 written final today...so close to being done. #
Presentation finished...written final coming up. So close to being done I can almost taste it. #
All I have left before I graduate: 1 ten minute presentation tomorrow afternoon! #
forgot I needed to make a PPT for my presentation tomorrow...doh! #
having SERIOUS motivational issues with this PPT...ugh. #
http://is.gd/aUtl "Snowflakes as you've never seen them before" ...simply incredible. #
looking at laptops ... thinking about a Dell 153 Studio, an ASUS F8, or a MacBook...decisions decisions... #
Taking any and all suggestions: looking to get a new laptop. around $1,100-$1,300. Anyone have any suggestions? #
@JamesProud MacBook is way under powered for the price though. I can get way faster for a few hundred cheaper. in reply to JamesProud #
@chrisriedinger I'm building a Latitude E6500 right now ...great suggestion in reply to chrisriedinger #
@giga I prefer power over how pretty it looks. in reply to giga #
@giga My plastic Dell Latitude D810 has lasted me 3 years without any problems. I'll take power over pretty any day of the week. in reply to giga #
@giga well a 133 is actually smaller than I'd like. I'm lookin 15.43 ...weight isn't a huge deal honestly. 1lb diff isn't a big deal. in reply to giga #
@chrisriedinger the only option for a discrete is a Quadro ...that's kind of too bad. in reply to chrisriedinger #
@chrisriedinger ouch...this is getting really expensive fast. starts with an 80GB HDD 5400RPM? geez... in reply to chrisriedinger #
@chrisriedinger don't really game much any more. in reply to chrisriedinger #
@chrisriedinger wow, the E6500 is actually really sexy (while still being a bit industrial) in reply to chrisriedinger #
@chrisriedinger @giga the problem is I'm being picky. I want to get a WUXGA ...I <3 my 1920

Brand new laptop: Dell XPS M1530

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:09:56 -0800

Just bought a new laptop and it should be here by the end of next week when I get back from NYC. I'm headed down to see my girlfriend again...yes, yet again. This is my gift to myself for graduating from college. 7 days and 6 nights with my girl...can't wait!

Here's the specs of my brand new Dell XPS M1530:

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.4GHz/800MHz FSB, 3M L2 Cache)
Tuxedo Black Casing
4GB of DDR2 RAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms)
15.4 inch Wide Screen WXGA+ TrueLife LED LCD with 2.0 MP Camera
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
320GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
Microsoft Windows Vista with SP1 Home Premium Edition 64-bit Edition
8X DVD+/-RW Slot Load Drive
Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini-card
6-cell (56 WHr) Lithium Ion Battery
Finger Print Reader
Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Module (2.0+EDR)

Needless to say I'm extremely excited! :)

Twitter Posts for the week of 2008-12-07

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:40:57 -0800

2,000 miles in the past 5 days. freaking exhausted. #
going to be a crazy busy week ...really need to get a lot of work done unless I want next week (last week of undergrad!!) to be hell. #
listening to this weekends "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me". Chris Paul is HILARIOUS! #
busy day and a very busy week. I need to be insanely productive this week. (we'll see about that plan) #
listening to the new Kanye album...trying to like it. Really not feeling it though. Electronic/synthesized music is just not my thing. #
got the brand new Common album "Universal_Mind_Control" ... kind of feeling it. it's a new sound for Common. #
@JamesProud you gotta get the new Common ...it's pretty good. in reply to JamesProud #
lofty goals for this evening ... doubt I'll actually get all of this work done, but I can hope. #
federated search in Windows 7 is freaking awesome. being able to search Flickr/Yahoo/YouTube right inside explorer is really handy #
reading and then bed time. #
coffee and class all day long. Trying to stay away and motivated for all the work I need to do this evening. #
Seriously, I'd love for something else to go wrong today. That'd be just awesome. #
@aliciamk when do you finish your finals? My school finishes on 12/12 whick I think is crazy early. in reply to aliciamk #
@aliciamk very nice. good luck! in reply to aliciamk #
@aliciamk me too ... but I graduate in 1 week (and 2 days) at least in reply to aliciamk #
http://is.gd/9Xgk (YouTube) ... senior adult choir singing hip hop. HILARIOUS! #
paper writing all evening #
wow ...motivation and focus ...where the hell did you go? #
Retweeting @panache: Can't get Britney Spears' "Womanizer" out of my head. This is proof that God hates me. #
up to date info on this evening's GA runoff (CNN) http://is.gd/6m7J #
@majornelson Microsoft did an AWESOME job. This is so much better. Very very well done. in reply to majornelson #
http://is.gd/9Z4V John Oliver: Senior Motherf**ker Analyst" "the flaw of these industrial strength douchebags" - about the Mumbai attacks #
ok ... need to finish a paper this morning so I can go to my seminar, and then come home to write another paper. *sigh* ...almost done. #
so close to graduating ... 1 final. 1 paper. 2 presentations (1 short, 1 medium). #
@Rysac1 Thanks! You too! in reply to Rysac1 #
trying really hard not to freak out ... tons of stuff to get done in the next few days. #
anyone need an invite to Demonoid? DM me your email address if you do. #
@JamesProud I'm not in love with it, but I like "Punch Drunk Love" and "Announcement" so far in reply to JamesProud #
yeah...I think I'm going to change the topic for my seminar research paper. yeah, it's due in 6 days. um...am I dumb? #
is Gmail acting up for anyone right now? It won't load for me ... #
paper writing all morning long #
http://is.gd/a1YU "Prop 8 - the Musical" ... you really should watch this. #
loving the look of the new Google Reader ...much cleaner. #
time to summarize 13 research articles ... ok go! #
having MAJOR motivation issues this evening. son of a bitch. #
I'm seriously considering going to bed ...I'm exhausted and it's only 9:30. wtf? #
last day of work for almost 2 weeks ....CRAZY excited about that. in other news I'm exhausted. #
holy crap. my company would like me to tell them everything I've done over the past year, with an estimate for hours per task. wtf? #
potentially very good things brewing here at work *knocks on wood* #
insane amount of work finish today. probably not going to finish it all. *sigh* #
@bangbang23 why update to RC1? RTM is next Wednesday I thought? in reply to bangbang23 #
@lizwebpage yeah, it's not a great sign. In fact they did cut off catering months ago in reply to lizwebpage #
4 hours of data crunching/massaging later 1 of 2 the reports are done. #
I just volunteered to take on an obscene amount of work. what the hell is wrong with me? #
not going to bed tonight until I am at least on page 5 of my last paper (ever?) #
@StarrGazr lightweight! in reply to StarrGazr #
@StarrGazr so go back to bed then princess in reply to StarrGazr #
to do: finish my last undergrad research paper ever. start studying/preparinf for 3 presentations. ...almost there! #
booting up build 6956 of Windows 7 *cough* #
@JamesProud yeah, for the time being at least. in reply to JamesProud #
@Marc_Meyer no, but it does look interesting...you going to give it a try? in reply to Marc_Meyer #
coffee + paper writing. #
@StarrGazr damn kids in reply to StarrGazr #
I <3 MS OneNote 2007 for mind mapping/paper planning. SO helpful. #
slow but steady progress. this certainly will not be the finest paper I've ever written...that's for sure. #
@Marc_Meyer did you like that site? anything exciting? in reply to Marc_Meyer #
@JamesProud you can dump the 6956 VHD and then repair it into a native install apparently. trying that right now... in reply to JamesProud #
@JamesProud an install DVD for Win 7 Build 6956 has been built: http://is.gd/av7E in reply to JamesProud #
finished his last undergrad paper ever ... Starbucks as a reward? sounds good to me. #

John Oliver: Senior Motherf**ker Analyst

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:47:44 -0800

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Barack Obama Interview
John McCain Interview

Sarah Palin Video
Funny Election Video

Twitter Posts for the week of 2008-11-30

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:17:07 -0800

listening to Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me ...and trying to get motivated. #
http://is.gd/8wVx HTTP errors in cartoon form. brilliant! #
http://is.gd/8GlK enable Google street view on your 1G iPod Touch after you jailbreak firmware 2.2 ....great news. #
watching the Giants game. #
@aliciamk what's the paper on? in reply to aliciamk #
@aliciamk hmm... don't hit me but that almost sounds interesting (says the person who doesn't have to write it) in reply to aliciamk #
thank god for a 2 day week = TGF2DW #
crazy busy day today. at the moment looking at at least 5 meetings. it'll be so nice to sleep in tomorrow. #
@JamesProud yup. It hasn't grown on me yet (translation: I don't think I'm feeling it). you like it? in reply to JamesProud #
@JamesProud I honestly think it's complete shit. That's just me though. in reply to JamesProud #
@THE_REAL_SHAQ you are one old dude. in reply to THE_REAL_SHAQ #
class, working, lunch, class, and then done for the day...so glad it's only a 2 day week. #
dinner with my mother, driving down to Atlanta early tomorrow (2AM), back late Saturday. Happy (early) Turkey Day! #
In Kentucky and VERY bored with driving already. 550 miles down. 450 left to go *sigh* #
Here it ATL ... 987 miles later, and 14 1/2 hours of drivin. #
Happy Turkey Day everyone #
staying in tonight instead of going out in Atlanta with my brother like I should. Still sick. Bah! #
outside Cinci ...doing half the drive back from Atlanta today, and the other half tomorrow morning ...long day of driving. #
I'm really not such a fan of girls right now. I'm so sick of this BS. #

One

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:37:22 -0800

it only takes one look
one touch
one smile
one wine tour
one word
one morning
one taste
one goodbye
one sigh
one night
one glass of wine
one Sunday

I'm yours.