Lep's Lair

Back from the Trip

leprakhauns — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:56:17 +0000

So we got back on Sunday after a nice relaxing trip out to Ronkonkoma. When we got there we realized that we realized we forgot the cameras, so we decided that when we were going to go to Atlantis Marine World that we would buy disposable cameras. We bought three disposable cameras and managed to finish the film in all of them, not we just need to get them developed. I will hopefully be getting them on a disk as well as physical copies, or maybe just instead of, so I will be uploading them to my gallery once I do, though hopefully I redo my gallery with a multi file upload script as well, otherwise it will take forever.

Other than that, I will be having a pretty nice payday on Friday, which will enable me to pay the remaining bills for the month, plus preorder Halo Reach. Then I believe next Friday we will be purchasing a couple of Droid 2′s since we can upgrade our phones now. I’ve wanted an Android phone since I saw what they could do years ago, it’s only recently that we’ve had the means and the upgrade available to us, so why not right?

I’m on Vacation

leprakhauns — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:56:28 +0000

So I put my away message up on Google, and even though we haven’t officially left yet (or packed for that matter), I am on vacation. I haven’t done any work, or put bids in on anything much today, I figure I will do that on Sunday or Monday when I get back. Either way, hopefully next week when I get back I can get some good clients or finish up some of the stuff that is pending that should lead to a decent payday.

Later today we are heading out to Ronkonkoma and tomorrow Atlantis Marine World, so hopefully I’ll get some good pictures and be able to relax a bit, since it’s been about 8 months since I had a full day off with nothing to do. I will blog when I get back and hopefully put up pictures.

Jersey Shore

leprakhauns — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:00:25 +0000

I’ve been really busy with work the last few days, which is why I haven’t been blogging, though I guess I don’t really have much to blog about, otherwise I would have posted sooner. I am trying to finish up as much as I can before Friday since this weekend we are going away and I will be away from my email for a few days.

One of my clients is doing a Jersey Shore website. For the most part that show offends me as a New Jersian, mostly because the show put a bunch of New Yorkers in a house in Seaside and would have you believe that these people are from NJ. Obviously most people from New Jersey are upset about this, even the governor has come out and said it was offensive, and that is probably the only thing I would ever agree with him on. If you are from NJ then you know that isn’t even how we talk, these people act like the spoiled Gotti kids that had a show a few years ago.

I must say that I am amused by the number of shows about New Jersey that are going on television, but they aren’t true to life, most of them have New Yorkers playing New Jerseans, much like the Jersey Shore. I wish they’d follow people around Middlesex County College, or Brookdale, or Rutgers, and show what real New Jersey college aged people is like. Even just putting a camera in Denny’s or Peter Pank in Sayreville would be more accurate and possibly more entertaining than some of these shows.

Marvel vs Capcom 3: FTW – GC 10: Floor Match Gameplay (Cam)

leprakhauns — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:00:08 +0000

The feud between Marvel and Capcom takes the floor in Germany's GamesCom 2010 with a playable demo!

Everybody Luau

leprakhauns — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:42:35 +0000

No, this isn’t some new stage in my life, actually it was a friend’s birthday party this past weekend and her dream has always been to have a luau, so we went to Party City and picked up a bunch of luau supplies, including the outfit that I am wearing. She had no idea what we were doing, but she loved it when she finally got there, after being stalled by her boyfriend. I’d have more photos, but they are on my Facebook and I don’t normally carry a camera around with me anymore, so that’s why there have been a lack of pictures here for a while, but hopefully when I get a phone with a better camera, things will change.

That luau actually took up most of our weekend. We decided to do it on Saturday and while we were in Party City, we got her mom and boyfriend on board and just kind of went crazy from. It was really fun.

X-Men Evolution: Season 1, Episode 8

leprakhauns — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:00:18 +0000

GET ALL FOUR SEASONS ON ITUNES! X-Men: Evolution Season 1 itunes.apple.com X-Men: Evolution Season 2 itunes.apple.com X-Men: Evolution Season 3 itunes.apple.com X-Men: Evolution Season 4 itunes.apple.com Spykecam Season 1 Episode 08 SpykeCam Original Air Date: February 10, 2001. For a school project, Spyke gets a video camera to document life as a teenager. While Spyke videotapes his fellow X-Men, Sabretooth decides the video camera is the perfect way to find Wolverine and Xavier’s School along with it.

Planning to have Money

leprakhauns — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:45:09 +0000

For some people money seems to come easy, they get it whether they need it/deserve it or not. For me it seems I get it when I have something planned. When I was going to Disney, I had money coming in from a bunch of different projects and clients, when we canceled the Disney trip that money stopped coming in. When we made plans to take a vacation out east, I got $600 from different clients. I am going to try and have things planned from now on, since it seems to be the only way I can have a lot of money come in. So far I think I want to pay off most of my bills and get two of Kris’s credit cards down to half, then get a new laptop for myself. Kris also needs a car since we only have one between the two of us and she wants one that is going to last ten years or so. Let’s see how well this works, in theory it sounds good, I suppose, let’s see if in actuality this will work.

A few days ago I put up a logo. While I do have some minor issues with it, I think it is good for the most part and really symbolizes what I am and what this site is. I will edit it, possibly this weekend to fix the issues I see with it, but I really like it.

It’s getting late and I still have work I need to complete before I can get to bed, so I should probably wrap this up, but first some questions:

What do you think of the articles so far?
Is this your first visit to LepsLair.com?
What do you think of the logo?

Vanquish – Preview

leprakhauns — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:00:14 +0000

The creator of the Resident Evil series attempts to conquer the competitors and retake the throne. This is Vanquish.

Doomed to be Productive

leprakhauns — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:55:31 +0000

I seem to have money when Kris and I plan something. Paypal sided with me regarding the dispute, and I had a few payments come in today, which is nice since this weekend we decided to take a vacation to a hotel out east and then go to Atlantis Marine World one of the days we’re out there. We’re going from August 27th-29th. I’m hoping I can just have Friday off and make it a three day weekend, but that depends on clients. It also depends on bills and how we are with money I suppose, though even when we are fine with money I find myself working more and more.

I suppose it’s because I can’t really relax. I am hoping that on our vacation I will be able to at least get a little relaxing done. Yesterday I played a lot of Left 4 Dead 2, but even then I felt like I should be doing something productive, I’m not sure why I can’t just take a day and relax without thinking about work or anything important, I am sure that when/if I get the Droid 2 it will only get worse since I will be able to check my email and do some minor work wherever I am. Maybe I am just destined to stay in a productive state.

Yesterday I did manage to get something done though, I put up the articles section and I think so far that it may be confusing some people, especially since right now it is on top of the blog and no one scrolls down that far, maybe I will change that, but eventually I’d like to have them side by side I think. Either way it will be a place that I can get my thoughts out about things that are separate from the blog and sometimes more important. I will hopefully eventually have categories there too, so I will have posts on video games and other things I want to write about.

Blu-Ray for All

leprakhauns — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:35:39 +0000

Kris and I went to K-Mart today and I finally bought something that I’ve wanted for a while, a Blu-Ray player. I love movies, I usually watch them while I am working, so I will still stick with DVDs for the most part and Blu-Ray movies will be movies and stuff that I must have in high definition. Now the best part of the Blu-Ray drive? The price, it was only $30. It doesn’t have all of the bells and whistles like BD Live, but from my experience, if it is streaming over the internet, you most likely do not need BD Live, that’s why there’s YouTube. So far I bought Hot Tub Time Machine. I am already planning on buying Lost: The Complete Series when it comes out. That might have to wait if money doesn’t come through though, since I also planning on buying the unannounced Droid 2 that is said to be released in a matter of weeks, so hopefully that happens as well.