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One world, one language, one game
April 25, 2007 - 8:16
- Rambling - LOST - Adobe
Greeting from the inside. Things have been a little busy lately. Not a bad busy, but a good busy. Busy like "I'm busy doing something I don't mind doing" busy. I can't really put my finger on what exactly I have been busy with, but I feel like some stuff has gotten accomplished and that's not usually a bad thing... unless you are accomplishing a task that wouldn't generally be consider good, which I wasn't, so in this case, like practically all others cases regarding myself, the product of all my busyness has been good.
All this talk about what I have been busy with has gotten me busy thinking about what I was actually doing this past week. Why don't you and I sit down and try to pinpoint a few exciting highlights, something for the record, just to show I wasn't busy laying in bed the whole time thinking about a new layout for my photo albums page.
-Let's start with Wednesday April 18th. Just the name "Wednesday" should be a HUGE clue about that days highlight, and if you can't figure it out, then you need to get LOST! So much has happened over the past few episodes my brain goes into overload just recapping the notable highlights. Two things that come to my immediate recollection is how surprised I was the second I learned Juliette was playing Jack, and secondly, how excited I was when I saw Charlie get an arrow to the jugular! I thought we had that little heroin freak, but it was just a tease... his time is coming up though, and once it does, the number of British accents on the show will be brought down to an acceptable number. [HAHA, sometimes I just like picking on something, and in this case it is foreign accents, but let it be known, I actually enjoy a good British accent...and while we are on the topic, I think it is worthy to note I spent a lot of time the past week saying "Welcome to the Rock" in a Sean Connery Scottish accent...I don't know why I laugh every time I say it, but I do, look for an audio clip in an upcoming blog post!] Anyways, LOST is awesome and I can't wait for tonights episode!
-The following day, as if my week couldn't get any better, I was the recipient of a visit from a good college buddy. Anyone who knows this man of many names would not find it surprising to hear that he rolled up to my place with a freakin' canoe tied to the roof of his buddies truck! The Barbarian was certainly rolling in style as he made his way to what I'm sure was an exciting camping trip with his fellow co worker and friend. They crashed at my place, another friend came over, and we put the new ping pong table through it's first of many beer pong sessions. Needless to say, the only thing keeping me alive the next day was the AMAZING weather which thankfully lasted the entire weekend. Oh, before I forget, here is a little picture of that evening:
-Ok, ok, weekend, weekend, what did I do? One thing I did was drop off and later picked up my new iMac from the Apple Store. Oh, how the saga with this new computer has been long and dreary. I am saddened to report that we still are not in the clear, as YET ANOTHER problem has arisen. This time, Apple is sending over a tech to my house to resolve this minor yet still annoying problem. If it wasn't for the sheer power and beauty of the monster I type this blog post on I would be incredibly angry... but the fact that Apple is simply the only choice I can see when buying a new machine and the good customer service I have received from their tech support people continues to keep me steadily in the Apple camp with regards to what kind of computer people should buy.
-What else, what else...yes, I remember some more! My good old fellow alum computer science friend who lives just a hop skip and jump away made some delicious burgers with chopped onions and Montreal seasoning...such burgers where the perfect reason to get the good old grill refilled, cleaned, and fired up. I will have to show you a picture of this grill someday. When good old lumBARDo and I purchased all the materials for the deck which was built last year [long, yet exciting story for another rainy day], the idea of buying a much more expensive grill then we actually needed did not seem like a bad idea, especially when compared to all the much worse ideas we had around that time, and as it turned out, none of our ideas ever turned out to be bad, including the grill, because the only item in the whole city of Albany more power full is this computer!
-Speaking of lumBARDo, I forgot that this past week the transfer of the home of the man who writes this blog was completed. Sign, seal, and deliver that check because I am now the sole owner of my humble little three family house..can you give me a holla? holla. thank you.
-What else is worthy to note...hmmm... I re-seeded the back yard. I find that kind of thing kinda fun...maybe not as fun as watching a TV show that I kinda like, but still better than having a cold. Actually, re seeding the grass is fun, because I get to use the "spreader" which is always kind of fun to use, but hauling a big pile of cement someone dumped along one of our fences was not very fun, hence my prior analogy.
-I made the first series of purchases for the new Adobe CS 3 suite... I picked up only Dreamweaver, as the suite containing the video editing tools I desire has yet to be released. It is very hard to comprehend how a 5 minute download cost me more than a decked out Xbox 360. I think there should be a full version available at half price for people converting from a "cracked" free version to the legitimate version [not that I am attesting to fall under such a category].
-OK, let's rap this up I gotta get some food soon and prepare for LOST. I enjoyed a nice bike ride. I enjoyed kicking the soccer ball around the front steps, but enjoyed something that happened during kicking the ball around much, much more, someone out there will get this, "One world, one language, one game"...it's from the '98 WC and hardly relates to what I'm not speaking about but still reminds me of it. The birds are eating the grass seed, yet I am unsure if it is at a rate that will affect my efforts of cultivating a fuller yard. Some very cool stuff happened at the "day job". Our season opening softball game, and my debut as an amateur coach, was unfortunately delayed this evening due to rain..and...here we are, back to right now. I hope you enjoyed reminiscing about my past week. I am sure that there are a few details that I may or may not have left out on purpose, but if I was living in a glass house, what would be so exciting about being on the inside of it?
From the inside of that house out, good night and have fun.
All this talk about what I have been busy with has gotten me busy thinking about what I was actually doing this past week. Why don't you and I sit down and try to pinpoint a few exciting highlights, something for the record, just to show I wasn't busy laying in bed the whole time thinking about a new layout for my photo albums page.
-Let's start with Wednesday April 18th. Just the name "Wednesday" should be a HUGE clue about that days highlight, and if you can't figure it out, then you need to get LOST! So much has happened over the past few episodes my brain goes into overload just recapping the notable highlights. Two things that come to my immediate recollection is how surprised I was the second I learned Juliette was playing Jack, and secondly, how excited I was when I saw Charlie get an arrow to the jugular! I thought we had that little heroin freak, but it was just a tease... his time is coming up though, and once it does, the number of British accents on the show will be brought down to an acceptable number. [HAHA, sometimes I just like picking on something, and in this case it is foreign accents, but let it be known, I actually enjoy a good British accent...and while we are on the topic, I think it is worthy to note I spent a lot of time the past week saying "Welcome to the Rock" in a Sean Connery Scottish accent...I don't know why I laugh every time I say it, but I do, look for an audio clip in an upcoming blog post!] Anyways, LOST is awesome and I can't wait for tonights episode!
-The following day, as if my week couldn't get any better, I was the recipient of a visit from a good college buddy. Anyone who knows this man of many names would not find it surprising to hear that he rolled up to my place with a freakin' canoe tied to the roof of his buddies truck! The Barbarian was certainly rolling in style as he made his way to what I'm sure was an exciting camping trip with his fellow co worker and friend. They crashed at my place, another friend came over, and we put the new ping pong table through it's first of many beer pong sessions. Needless to say, the only thing keeping me alive the next day was the AMAZING weather which thankfully lasted the entire weekend. Oh, before I forget, here is a little picture of that evening:
-Ok, ok, weekend, weekend, what did I do? One thing I did was drop off and later picked up my new iMac from the Apple Store. Oh, how the saga with this new computer has been long and dreary. I am saddened to report that we still are not in the clear, as YET ANOTHER problem has arisen. This time, Apple is sending over a tech to my house to resolve this minor yet still annoying problem. If it wasn't for the sheer power and beauty of the monster I type this blog post on I would be incredibly angry... but the fact that Apple is simply the only choice I can see when buying a new machine and the good customer service I have received from their tech support people continues to keep me steadily in the Apple camp with regards to what kind of computer people should buy.
-What else, what else...yes, I remember some more! My good old fellow alum computer science friend who lives just a hop skip and jump away made some delicious burgers with chopped onions and Montreal seasoning...such burgers where the perfect reason to get the good old grill refilled, cleaned, and fired up. I will have to show you a picture of this grill someday. When good old lumBARDo and I purchased all the materials for the deck which was built last year [long, yet exciting story for another rainy day], the idea of buying a much more expensive grill then we actually needed did not seem like a bad idea, especially when compared to all the much worse ideas we had around that time, and as it turned out, none of our ideas ever turned out to be bad, including the grill, because the only item in the whole city of Albany more power full is this computer!
-Speaking of lumBARDo, I forgot that this past week the transfer of the home of the man who writes this blog was completed. Sign, seal, and deliver that check because I am now the sole owner of my humble little three family house..can you give me a holla? holla. thank you.
-What else is worthy to note...hmmm... I re-seeded the back yard. I find that kind of thing kinda fun...maybe not as fun as watching a TV show that I kinda like, but still better than having a cold. Actually, re seeding the grass is fun, because I get to use the "spreader" which is always kind of fun to use, but hauling a big pile of cement someone dumped along one of our fences was not very fun, hence my prior analogy.
-I made the first series of purchases for the new Adobe CS 3 suite... I picked up only Dreamweaver, as the suite containing the video editing tools I desire has yet to be released. It is very hard to comprehend how a 5 minute download cost me more than a decked out Xbox 360. I think there should be a full version available at half price for people converting from a "cracked" free version to the legitimate version [not that I am attesting to fall under such a category].
-OK, let's rap this up I gotta get some food soon and prepare for LOST. I enjoyed a nice bike ride. I enjoyed kicking the soccer ball around the front steps, but enjoyed something that happened during kicking the ball around much, much more, someone out there will get this, "One world, one language, one game"...it's from the '98 WC and hardly relates to what I'm not speaking about but still reminds me of it. The birds are eating the grass seed, yet I am unsure if it is at a rate that will affect my efforts of cultivating a fuller yard. Some very cool stuff happened at the "day job". Our season opening softball game, and my debut as an amateur coach, was unfortunately delayed this evening due to rain..and...here we are, back to right now. I hope you enjoyed reminiscing about my past week. I am sure that there are a few details that I may or may not have left out on purpose, but if I was living in a glass house, what would be so exciting about being on the inside of it?
From the inside of that house out, good night and have fun.
get LOST
March 28, 2007 - 9:20
- LOST - Adobe CS - Rambling
Ha..I like the title of this blog. I'm very excited for tonights episode...someone is going to die, hopefully it's Charlie! Now that was mean. He's an OK fella, but like I have previously stated, there is only enough room for Desmond and Clair's foreign accents, Charlie just didn't make the cut.
I have had a long day, which almost wasn't long enough, because I almost overslept! I obviously hold no fault in this mishap, as the alarm surely set itself to 1hr snooze when it went off at 5am. Stupid alarm. Luckily, my brains internal clock woke me up with just enough time to get ready in a manor which did not require me to rush. I hate having to rush in the morning, yet I do sometimes find myself pushing the envelope on what is and is not an appropriate amount of time to leave oneself to properly get ready in the morning. Sleeping just feels so good. Long story short, I caught the 6:55am train to the city, the 4:40pm home, and enjoyed a warm day in Brooklyn with some nice people.
Few quick bulletins before grabbing a bite to eat and digging in for Charlie's last episode:
-The VHS to DVD project officially started last night. I am very amazed with how quickly and smoothly things went from initial setup, to import, to conversion, to burn. One immediate thing that needs to be remedied is the fact that the audio is only 1 channel. I am debating between a hardware and software fix. The hardware fix is the lazy approach, using a component cable splitter for both audio "in's", since the VCR I am using is mono (which by the way does not matter, since i am converting old school VHS home videos that def wern't recorded in stereo). The software fix is using one of the many programs in my repertoire to just duplicate the one channel (left) to the other (right). I'm sure you are as excited as I am to find out witch path I take in this NAIL BITING moment, so I will make sure to keep you posted!
-ADOBE CS 3 - OK, another geek bulletin (I do them so you feel more comfortable): Adobe officially announced their new software suite. It is obviously awesome, but what took me by surprise was that they are releasing new versions of Premiere and After Effects. MMMMM.... powerful video software...the things possible with those two programs are actually endless. I was lucky enough to go through a 1 years stint with them on an old Sony Viao I used to rock, I think the coolest things I have ever done geek wise were with those programs. Cool doesn't actually mean anything, considering what the kids are watching and wearing now a days, but if it's the eye candy you want, it's the eye candy I will work on. So, the bottom line, is that the suite I have deemed a necessity opposed to a luxury is $1600+ and it doesn't even come with Dream Weaver... so I will be saving my pennies until it's release date. The things I do for you.
Ugggg....I typed to long and am now forced to eat something in my house. From the inside, out, good night.
oh...ps...I started working on a new page called "Image Viewer"...I will let you guess it's purpose. Lessons learned during it's development will surely improve image display throughout the entire site! and you thought you couldn't be any more excited on a Wednesday night!
I have had a long day, which almost wasn't long enough, because I almost overslept! I obviously hold no fault in this mishap, as the alarm surely set itself to 1hr snooze when it went off at 5am. Stupid alarm. Luckily, my brains internal clock woke me up with just enough time to get ready in a manor which did not require me to rush. I hate having to rush in the morning, yet I do sometimes find myself pushing the envelope on what is and is not an appropriate amount of time to leave oneself to properly get ready in the morning. Sleeping just feels so good. Long story short, I caught the 6:55am train to the city, the 4:40pm home, and enjoyed a warm day in Brooklyn with some nice people.
Few quick bulletins before grabbing a bite to eat and digging in for Charlie's last episode:
-The VHS to DVD project officially started last night. I am very amazed with how quickly and smoothly things went from initial setup, to import, to conversion, to burn. One immediate thing that needs to be remedied is the fact that the audio is only 1 channel. I am debating between a hardware and software fix. The hardware fix is the lazy approach, using a component cable splitter for both audio "in's", since the VCR I am using is mono (which by the way does not matter, since i am converting old school VHS home videos that def wern't recorded in stereo). The software fix is using one of the many programs in my repertoire to just duplicate the one channel (left) to the other (right). I'm sure you are as excited as I am to find out witch path I take in this NAIL BITING moment, so I will make sure to keep you posted!
-ADOBE CS 3 - OK, another geek bulletin (I do them so you feel more comfortable): Adobe officially announced their new software suite. It is obviously awesome, but what took me by surprise was that they are releasing new versions of Premiere and After Effects. MMMMM.... powerful video software...the things possible with those two programs are actually endless. I was lucky enough to go through a 1 years stint with them on an old Sony Viao I used to rock, I think the coolest things I have ever done geek wise were with those programs. Cool doesn't actually mean anything, considering what the kids are watching and wearing now a days, but if it's the eye candy you want, it's the eye candy I will work on. So, the bottom line, is that the suite I have deemed a necessity opposed to a luxury is $1600+ and it doesn't even come with Dream Weaver... so I will be saving my pennies until it's release date. The things I do for you.
Ugggg....I typed to long and am now forced to eat something in my house. From the inside, out, good night.
oh...ps...I started working on a new page called "Image Viewer"...I will let you guess it's purpose. Lessons learned during it's development will surely improve image display throughout the entire site! and you thought you couldn't be any more excited on a Wednesday night!