Sometimes I'll draft a post, and the forget about it. This one that I forgot about, so it is kinda old.
Has anyone seen this car? This is an awesome car... the OSU Dean of Arts & Sciences agrees with me! - by the way....
If our economy finds some way to run cars on ears of corn, moonshine, or hydrogen - I hope there is still gasoline available at a reasonable price for hobby cars, antique cars, etc. I really like to work on old cars, and if there is no gas to put in them... they'll lose that grunty exhaust charm. You know, the rumble.... Sure, there will be conversion kits to make your '57 chevy burn hydrogen, but the muffled wine of an electric engine is not the same as the ROAR from a gas burning, poison gas belching, tire burning muscle car!!
I really want to get this car! I gotta find a way to afford it. One way would be to put my Dad as the primary driver for insurance :). Corvettes hold their value, so I don't think I could pick up a used one on the cheap. '80s corvettes may be entering my price range, but they are 20+ years old!! I would have to rebuild it, most likely, and I don't do heavy work on cars. One hand, with something old like that, it may be possible for me to do the work. On the other had, it is a Corvette, and they didn't make half a million, so finding parts could be really difficult. Other cars, like a '67-'69 Camaro, have nearly EVERY part available from someone since they are popular cars to restore. Maybe I should get one of those... a 40+ year old car!!! They are very stylish.
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/autos/0712/gallery.corvette_zr1/index.html
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Power Toys
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx
Has anyone seen this? I there are some neat applications that Microsoft offers for free!! It is for Windows XP!! One puts a window preview in the alt-tab function, like Vista. Another provides four desktops, like Linux. Another installs a graphing calculator!!
Check it out!
Has anyone seen this? I there are some neat applications that Microsoft offers for free!! It is for Windows XP!! One puts a window preview in the alt-tab function, like Vista. Another provides four desktops, like Linux. Another installs a graphing calculator!!
Check it out!
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Brilliant Idea
I had a brilliant idea to combat my hardware imcompatibilities...
Virtual Machine
It only costs $189 to get the VMware Workstations -- no thanks, I'd rather by new hardware.
I tried microsoft's virtual pc. It is free. But I cannot figure out how to share usb devices.... So back to square one!!
Virtual Machine
It only costs $189 to get the VMware Workstations -- no thanks, I'd rather by new hardware.
I tried microsoft's virtual pc. It is free. But I cannot figure out how to share usb devices.... So back to square one!!
Saturday, August 2, 2008
New computer...yay...
I got new computer. I got a really good deal. I used a $400 off coupon from HP and got an ATX machine. I really like my new computer, but I am getting frustrated trying to get it to work with my XP peripherals. Vista is a lot different, and I haven't found it to be backwards compatible. But I really needed a new computer after 7 years. Most people probably don't have cars that long!
My newest game (before I bought this computer) won't run because it has a virtual driver of some sort it installs as part of its copy protection features. The company that made the software doesn't make a patch.... go figure.
The most frustrating thing is trying to get my vista to print on my laserjet 1012. It doesn't. HP doesn't make drivers for vista. Now, it is not like vista came out last month... it came out like two years ago!! Shame on you HP.
I turned off the annoying thing that second guesses everything you want to do. It is sooo annoying.
I got a new game today. It is called assassin's creed. It has a weird plot, without going into its details, you are a 12th century assassin bound to follow the assassin's code of honor (creed) as you carry out your missions. I think it is going to be an interesting game because there is more than one way to complete the mission, and you can go anywhere, do anything. Reminds me of another game that I like, that has that same flexibility in achieving objectives.
I got this real dog of a game called Star Trek Legacy. I am a star trek fan, so I'll buy about any star trek game.... that is EXACTLY what the software company was thinking when they slapped this POS together. The thing is so buggy it is frustrating. Their story line is really lame, too. I did patch it, by the way. And every single mission requires you to battle.... it gets boring.
It will take a lot time (and new software), but eventually I hope to get vista up and going. What am I going to do with my old PC??? Let me know if you have any ideas.
My newest game (before I bought this computer) won't run because it has a virtual driver of some sort it installs as part of its copy protection features. The company that made the software doesn't make a patch.... go figure.
The most frustrating thing is trying to get my vista to print on my laserjet 1012. It doesn't. HP doesn't make drivers for vista. Now, it is not like vista came out last month... it came out like two years ago!! Shame on you HP.
I turned off the annoying thing that second guesses everything you want to do. It is sooo annoying.
I got a new game today. It is called assassin's creed. It has a weird plot, without going into its details, you are a 12th century assassin bound to follow the assassin's code of honor (creed) as you carry out your missions. I think it is going to be an interesting game because there is more than one way to complete the mission, and you can go anywhere, do anything. Reminds me of another game that I like, that has that same flexibility in achieving objectives.
I got this real dog of a game called Star Trek Legacy. I am a star trek fan, so I'll buy about any star trek game.... that is EXACTLY what the software company was thinking when they slapped this POS together. The thing is so buggy it is frustrating. Their story line is really lame, too. I did patch it, by the way. And every single mission requires you to battle.... it gets boring.
It will take a lot time (and new software), but eventually I hope to get vista up and going. What am I going to do with my old PC??? Let me know if you have any ideas.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Maintenance
If you got here by other means than my website, cool. My website is having issues. I edited it in notepad to change the pic and it blew up......
I'll fix it when I can...
I'll fix it when I can...
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Crazyness
Okay, here is something that is not fish....
Has anyone seen this website? http://www.terrapass.com/.
It is a website that calculates your carbon footprint. It does this by asking you about your car, how much you drive it, the airline trips you take, and where your house is. My cars generate 22,409 lbs of CO2 a year, my house makes 16,200 lbs of CO2, and my air travel accounts for 5,263 lbs of CO2 for a grand total of 44,000 lbs of CO2.
This site gets better!
Not only does it tell you how much CO2 you are putting into the environment, but it also provides a convenient way for you to offset your footprint. You simply give them money. You can even choose how you want them to spend it: establish wind farms, methane mitigation for farms, or landfill gas capture.
And what do I get for my $261.80? A bumper sticker, fridge magnet, postcard stickers, luggage tags, and decals. MAN, that just isn't worth it, unless they had a T-Shirt!
Has anyone seen this website? http://www.terrapass.com/.
It is a website that calculates your carbon footprint. It does this by asking you about your car, how much you drive it, the airline trips you take, and where your house is. My cars generate 22,409 lbs of CO2 a year, my house makes 16,200 lbs of CO2, and my air travel accounts for 5,263 lbs of CO2 for a grand total of 44,000 lbs of CO2.
This site gets better!
Not only does it tell you how much CO2 you are putting into the environment, but it also provides a convenient way for you to offset your footprint. You simply give them money. You can even choose how you want them to spend it: establish wind farms, methane mitigation for farms, or landfill gas capture.
And what do I get for my $261.80? A bumper sticker, fridge magnet, postcard stickers, luggage tags, and decals. MAN, that just isn't worth it, unless they had a T-Shirt!
New POST!!!
I know I have been way to lazy to post lately. But it is what it is. I have been busy, too. I went to Oklahoma, worked overtime..... that is about it. It feels busier than it sounds. You know, after work, dinner, clean dinner, pay bills, it is bedtime! Not much time for anything else.
Everything is going well. We have new fish babies now, 3 of them. And the babies we had a couple months ago are small dalmatian mollies! I knew their mother was a dalmatian, but I didn't know that the father was, too! I am really curious to know what kind of babies we have now. I just found them in the tank one day, I didn't know anyone was pregnant. Now, I suspect that the mickey mouse platy is pregnant, but I'll have to wait to see if I'm right. Since I think the mickey mouse platy is pregnant, I suspect the babies have a painted platy mother and a red dalmatian platy father, but we probably won't see their colors for another month.
Just so this does not turn out the be a fish blog, I'm gonna have to find something else to blog about that is not fish related or too deep and political, because though important, it makes boring reading.
Everything is going well. We have new fish babies now, 3 of them. And the babies we had a couple months ago are small dalmatian mollies! I knew their mother was a dalmatian, but I didn't know that the father was, too! I am really curious to know what kind of babies we have now. I just found them in the tank one day, I didn't know anyone was pregnant. Now, I suspect that the mickey mouse platy is pregnant, but I'll have to wait to see if I'm right. Since I think the mickey mouse platy is pregnant, I suspect the babies have a painted platy mother and a red dalmatian platy father, but we probably won't see their colors for another month.
Just so this does not turn out the be a fish blog, I'm gonna have to find something else to blog about that is not fish related or too deep and political, because though important, it makes boring reading.
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