September 2007

I was a big fan of E3 up until they downgraded it. I am actually a big fan of a lot of conventions, especially when some of my favorite people, or people who represent my favorite things are there, like Comic Con, PAX, or Otakon. If I ever do what I want to do, then maybe I will be featured at one of those places. If I was I would need a trade show booth. I would want one that wasn’t like everyone else’s, I’d want one that really stood out, something that people would remember weeks, months, even years after the convention. I hope one day I can get to be featured at one.

I submitted my Myspace Profile Parser to Hotscripts today. Hopefully it is accepted. If it helps get the word out about the script, then that is good. I am looking to be seen as a serious programmer in the online community. Now if this actually works and I can get the word out about it, then I may put some of my other scripts online and see what happens.

I’m hungry and I don’t know what I want to eat. The only thing that is in the house is pasta, and I will probably just end up eating that.

My aunt left today, but she said she might be back down next week. I’m trying to earn as much money as I can this month because we might go up to Vermont to check out how much we like it up there. There’s this one town that just seems perfect for us, so we want to go up there and check it out.

Krissy and I have been talking about going to New York this holiday season to see the Christmas tree. Now when I was in New Jersey, this wouldn’t be such a big deal, drive in, or take a train and then see the tree and go home. Now that we’re in Delaware it is a bit more of a hassle.

First we’d need to take a train up there, then we’d need to find a Hotel in New York and leave the next day. Now personally I don’t mind New York. It gets hectic, especially around Christmas time, but it definitely is beautiful, you can’t deny that.

If we did do this, we’d need to check out New York Hotels online first and then book a room. If you don’t book in advance, then you get overcharged. I mean I don’t know, but it would be nice to go up there for an overnight one night after the tree goes up.

I love beer. It’s my drink of choice whether I am home or out, so I have been thinking about brewing my own for quite a while. It takes a few weeks to brew, but once it is done, it comes out fresh. There is nothing like fresh brewed beer. I’ve been checking out MonsterBrew because they have everything you need to start brewing your own beer. From incrediants, to kits, to the hardware you need to make it, they have it all. They even have books and videos on the subject coming soon, just in case you are curious about brewing your own, but don’t quite know how to start. It really is a one stop shop for all your home brewing needs.

So I am using my new Westinghouse LCD monitor, and I must say for a 20″ monitor that cost me $189, this thing is beautiful. There are no dead pixels, everything is crystal clear. I absolutely love the clarity on it. I still have my secondary CRT monitor and maybe within the next few months, I might buy a 15″ to replace it, if I can find one for a good price. I think I would go with Westinghouse again, this is beautiful.

When I was in Deltech I had to use the AS/400 operating system by IBM. Now I’ve used Linux, Unix, Mac, and Windows, and I have to say that the AS/400 is more like a Unix operating system than the Mac, which was actually built on top of Unix. The difference between the AS/400 and other operating systems? AS/400 wasn’t built by people who had worked with Unix systems. Also while 32 bit operating systems are still relevant, and only came to be popular 2 to 3 years ago, the AS/400 has been on a 64 processor since the mid 90’s. Now personally I have worked on an IBM AS/400 iSeries that we used to run reports in class. Eventually we got to see how it handled C++ programs and SQL commands. It handled it better than most Windows machines.

I am happy to report that this will be one of my last posts (if not my last post) on my oversized CRT monitor. I bought a 20″ Westinghouse LCD Monitor at Best Buy today and I am going to set it up tonight. I’ve needed one for a while due to mine being very dark and with the blurry text so it is basically dying on me. I will write a post on my review of my new monitor when it is up and running.

Krissy and I have been trying to get organized and not have everything all over the office. With organization comes office supplies, at least when it comes to use anyway. See we bought pens, pencils, notebooks, paper trays, and binders. While not all of that seems like it would help us get organized, it really has. The trays has our mail in it, the binder has the paper and the notes of the day, week, month, etc while the bins have everything else that didn’t need to be in plain sight. It wasn’t even that expensive for that stuff either, it was all very reasonably prices, especially with the back to school sales going on right now.

I’ve been trying to get a hold of my friend in Ohio for the last few weeks. Everytime I call I get a recording that his number has been disconnected. Now I know he was trying to move for the last few months, but I also know bill collectors call him and occasionally he just doesn’t pay his bills so they will disconnect his service and the calls will stop temporarily. Now I just need to wait for him to either get a new number and call me, or wait until his phone is reconnected.

I haven’t played pool in over a year. I used to play everyday in high school, mainly because we had a couple of pool tables to play on at school. I’ve always wanted a pool table. I’ve been looking at pool tables and I’d love to have one with black or red felt. I never really liked the green ones much, but a white table with black felt would be my perfect table.

There’s a billiards place up in Dover that I went to, I should go back and play. Maybe Krissy would go with me one day and play, after all it is boring playing by yourself.

I’ve been playing around with the Userplane chatroom for the last week or so. I cannot figure this thing out, it is very difficult for me to get to doing what I want it to do. Userplane provides the chatrooms for Facebook, Myspace, and many others, but it isn’t an easy program to customize at all. I should be done, but I keep running into things that should work, but don’t work. It’s really annoying me.