Quiet | Sounds of Silence
It’s a rare time when you happen to capture an image that is composed so perfectly that you have to look at it a few times to really believe that it happened. The equipment is a Apple iPhone 4 and this shot was taken aboard a moving bus. I don’t think I could have timed the lighting or the silhouette of the plane flying through the frame any better.
Happy | Cee-Lo Green – F U
Sony Online Entertainment has added a free to play subscription model to the EQ2 franchise affectionally known as EQ2x.
I had retired from the game due to other priorities, so I froze my game account to use that money elsewhere. I was pleased to see the new pricing model, hard to beat free right?
Well ok, it starts out to be free based on their membership tiers, but if you take a look at what you get you may be tempted to make some adjustments to your account.
I upgraded to a Silver membership which still has no monthly fees associated other than a one time fee of $10.00 for the upgrade. So far it’s been nice to come back and play since I am basically running around without the care of a monthly fee.
The Station Cash aspect adds the fun of micro payments, so you too will have to ask yourself how important is a particular race/class combination? If it’s something you really want, be prepared to pony up some Station Cash.
Well see how long I play, since it’s on SOE I don’t mind as much. The big test will be to find out how much I can tolerate the gimping of the game features and whether or not it will detract from the gameplay.
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Contemplative | Whirring Computer Fans
Hence the challenge of the day, how to get Boot Camp 3.1 installed onto my machine without hacking in all of the components? It turned out to be a lot easier than I expected. But first let me explain the initial problem. Due to all the hardware and forced software loads, my Windows registry was a mess, so much that I couldn’t do an upgrade of Boot Camp by running the setup file like any other user.
In order to get things working I used the Diagnostic Startup mode for the System Configuration Utility by running the command msconfig from the Run dialogue box. Once you apply the settings, Windows will prompt you to reboot the Mac. Login to the computer as per normal, note that you will not be able to run any installers until you initialize the msiexec utility. You can register msiexec by following this handy guide.
Once you have the msiexec running you will be able to run the Boot Camp installer off your Snow Leopard DVD.
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Excited | Sounds of Crowds
Apple announced several new pieces of hardware today for their iPod lineup. So on a whim I decided to take a trip to the Apple Store. I’d been meaning to pickup a new input device since my wired mouse suffered the sticky ball issue. I spied the multi-touch Apple Magic TrackPad on the shelf and had to have it for my Mac at home. The biggest advantage is the fact that it will act like the TrackPad on my current MacBook Pro.
I happily got it home and un-boxed, however I discovered something that was a bit of a challenge. My iMac was able to recognize the device, but it was very noticeable that none of the gestures were able to be recognized on my Windows Boot Camp partition.
I did some searching and finally determined that my version of BootCamp did not have the support built into it. I decided to see if I could bootstrap the drivers into place by getting the install executable from Apple’s support site. It took all of thirty minutes to figure out, but I can happily say that my BootCamp 2.1 install is now Multi-Touch able. The final score, Geek: 1 and Mac: 0
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Quiet | Sound of Banter @ Goombays
All told the project took 4 days to complete. Sanding, taping, priming, painting and cleanup. Overall I believe the project was a success.
To give you an idea on how dramatic the change was, here is a before picture:
Quiet | Pixie Lott – Turn It Up
Strayer University
Summer semester is in full swing for me and I decided to get back to the task of completing the degree that will never end. Based on the number of classes that I can afford to sign up for per year and taking well advantage of the tuition reimbursement benefit at work, I figured out that is equal to three classes per year. Work had me so busy that I missed taking a course in the winter and spring semester so it’s time for me to play catch-up. The plan for this year is to take a 300 level course for the summer when I have a little bit more time and a more manageable work schedule. This will free me up to take the last two 100 level courses left in the core credits required for my degree in the autumn.
All said and done I think I will be done by the time 2012 rolls around, that is of course there is still an Earth and Armageddon hasn’t decided to come. In my opinion the 2012 phenomenon is almost like our Y2K issue, oops silly Mayans the calendar continues past the 5,125 year cycle that was originally setup.
Happy | Sirius Radio
The Fast hit the milestone of 18K miles today.
– Post From My iPhone
Quiet | Sounds of Silence
Chloe Jane McLean was born April 16th at 12:12pm Washington D.C. time.
She weights 7 pounds 7 ounces (3.37kg) and measured 20.5 inches long (52.1cm).
Quiet | Whirring of Ceiling Fan
Was out and about today and noticed that the Honda finally reached 72,000 miles on the dot. It’s a Honda Element which has been given the names “Tonka Truck” or the “Rolling Toaster” since for all intents and purposes it is a box.
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Quiet | Fizzy Pop
Photograph from mhaithaca on Flickr
Passover is coming and I can tell just by looking at the appearance of yellow capped Coca~Cola bottles that are showing up at all my local grocery stores. Passover this year technically begins on the sunset of March 29 to nightfall of 5 April / 6 April (7th day) and is a Jewish and Samaritan holy day and festival commemorating the biblical event of Hebrews’ escape from enslavement in Egypt. While Coca~Cola is normally Kosher throughout the year, it is during Passover that Jews avoid most grains, such as the primary ingredient in sodas corn syrup. When you see those yellow capped bottles of soda you are about to partake in soda that has real sugar, so enjoy it while you can before the corn syrup rendition returns back to the grocery store.
