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Home [May. 9th, 2008 @ 12:30 AM]
[Current Mood | tired]
[Current Music |None]

Well, I'm home right now.

I found out today that the people came over to Sharon's condo and did what they needed to do. She said that she's coming in to work tomorrow. So I'm off tomorrow, and she wants to work the weekend, as we're kinda like "swapping" days. Perfectly fine with me.

Today at work was really slow, didn't really do too much. I did get something done, though. I brought my laptop into the office and booted it up, downloaded some programs from the internet and installed them.

Finally got a chance to talk to Neil, which I hadn't done in a long time. Was great to catch up with him again. :)

After getting out of work, I headed back to my dad's house and picked up my clothes, then drove back home. The sound in the Nissan is fantastic now, now that we've changed the speakers in it. :D It's actually quite enjoyable, I can really crank it in there if I wanted. Much like how the Cavalier's sound system is like (although that one's very good for being all factory speakers).

Here at home, I changed out a chip of RAM that was in my 1st Custom PC. I upgraded that machine from 256MB of RAM up to 512MB of RAM, as I intend on using the 256MB RAM chip in another computer coming up, that I want to try to fix.

For the past hour or so, I've been running the "AM-Deadlink" program that's installed on my computer. It's basically a program that goes through all of my bookmarks saved in IE and checks to see if they're good links, or if they have some sort of an error, mainly like "404 Page Not Found" errors. Turns out that I hadn't run that program in awhile, and there were around 100 dead links that popped up in the results. I checked them all by hand before deleting them, to make sure that they were dead. Two of the ones I checked were good, so those have been saved.

Tomorrow, I want to try to get a little something done with web design work. I mainly want to try to get VirtuBots back up, my Izcool Entertainment site back up, and David's G-Town DJ's website moved to the new server. Once I do, I want to transfer his domain over to the new server. I might even contact Allen (via eMail, txt, or phone, dunno which) and tell him my recommendation, as I think he's paying up the ass for hosting but not really doing anything with it. I think it's a waste of money, if you ask me. I should try to get him transferred to the new server too, as it would make sense.

- Mike.
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Work [May. 6th, 2008 @ 08:47 PM]
[Current Mood | cheerful]
[Current Music |Celtic Woman - Siulil A Run]

So I had to go to work today. It was relatively nice because we weren't too busy, and we weren't too slow. At the end of the day, around 5:30PM, it started to rain for a little while. We decided we would wait it out and close at 6:00PM.

So I went to the thrift store after I got off of work, and bought a couple of things. At the thrift store nearest the carwash, I only bought a small power cable. It's the smallest (shortest) power cable I've ever seen, it's only about 2 inches long. The 3-pin standard wall jack on one end, and the standard 3-pin jack on the other end that would go into power supplies and monitors, on the other end. My good guess is that it was for a power brick, as they're also used there, too. I'll probably find somewhere to use it (like on a power brick), and it'll save space by using less cable, than having a long cable with unnecessary length on it.

After I left there, I stopped into the Unique thrift store, because I haven't been in there in a while. My big buy tonight was from them - it was 2 chips of RAM. Both were PC3200, 512MB, DDR, 400MHz. Both were idential, and they wanted $15.99 each. So I sprung for it. They were both in identical packages, which were from newer RAM. The newer ram was the same type (PC3200, DDR, 400MHz) but they were supposidly 1GB each. So my good guess is that someone upgraded the RAM in their computer and donated the old 512MB chips, of which I bought. The packages they were in came from MicroCenter, as I can recognize the price stickers on it. Someone paid around $100.00 for each stick of 1GB memory, times two.

I'm planning on putting the new sticks of RAM in my 1st Custom PC - as that would be the ideal PC for me to stick these sticks of RAM into. I'd like to take the memory out of that computer and piece together another computer that's in my basement. That's the kind of RAM that I need to finish another computer, that I'm assembling all from parts. That would help me take something that's "worthless" (not working) and get it working again.

I have to work tomorrow, it seems like. Looks like they're calling for rain almost all day tomorrow, but my dad and I have a lot of things that we'd like to do around there, that we could work on. Repair projects mainly, repairing some of the equipment. Perfect time to do things like that, working inside fixing things on a poor day when we otherwise could not.

Here at my dad's house, I finally got around to hooking up the DTV converter box in my bedroom, so now I get all digital channels on that TV. Took me a little while (but not long) and got it all working just fine. I think every TV in this house now has a DTV converter box, pretty cool. :)

When I was at work today, I talked with David a little while on the phone. Started out as text messages, but later he called me and we chatted for awhile. We were mainly talking about web hosting about moving off of Allen's Windows/Plesk server and moving onto the Free Linux/cPanel host that I found.

Oh, and since I've been here at my dad's house surfing the internet for awhile, I found out that Compaq (owned by HP for a few years now) seemed to have acquired theirself a new image, and logo. Just see for yourself.

- Mike.
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Few Days [May. 5th, 2008 @ 11:34 PM]
[Current Mood | good]
[Current Music |None]

It's been a couple of days since I last made an update on here, but there's a few things that I need to mention.

The biggest thing that's been happening with me is that everything keeps breaking for me. The other week, the battery in my Dell Inspiron 6000 took a shit. It would flash the 1st, 3rd, and the 5th lights on it, which is an error code saying that the battery needs to be replaced. Wow !

Yesterday, on my way home, I blew out 2 of the speakers on the Nissan. The 2 front speakers. All that was working were the rear 2 speakers.

And when I was out today in the car, I blew out the driver's rear speaker ! So there's only one working speaker in the car right now. Fuck !

But really, we changed the radio in the car the other week, and the speakers are really old. We (my dad and I) were planning on getting them changed anyway, because they're so crackly when you're listening to anything with them.

And the other thing that happened, is that the subwoofer for my Altec Lansing speaker set up (in my room) I think took a shit on me. I had spares in the basement (thank you thrift store !) so I plugged in another subwoofer that I had. I brought the old one down there in hopes of me testing it to confirm that it's blown. If it is, I'll bring it to the carwash and dump it in their dumpster, mark it that it's blown, too.

The nice thing is that they lasted me a long time, I think I got the speaker setup (the one that's in my room) in late 2003 to early 2004, and here it is near the middle of 2008. The nice thing is that the individual speakers (I think they're properly referred to as "satellites" if I can recall) still worked just fine, which is good.

Anyway, in other news, I have to work tomorrow, more than likely on Wednesday, possibly Thursday, and Friday, at the latest. And if that's right, then Sharon will be working for me on Saturday and Sunday, due to the development that I had mentioned awhile ago on here.

Today, I got a computer from the basement working. The other day at the thrift store, I bought a $10.00 motherboard, which had the CPU mounted on it. Basically, it's a Mini-ATX AMD motherboard, the CPU that was on it is an AMD Athlon 700MHz CPU (Slot A ?), and had no RAM. I provided the RAM, I put 128MB on it for now, and I put a 20GB hard drive into the case. I installed Windows XP Professional on it but I'd like to get the rest of it working again, too. Turns out that the last motherboard I bought from the thrift store was junk, but this one turned out to be okay, actually.

As with web site news, I've decided that I'm going to move out of the Windows / Plesk server that Allen's running, as I can't stand that system. Linux / cPanel is much better, as that's what I've been used to for years and years. I've found a web host from Google that offers free cPanel hosting with no ads, (NovaHost) and I've gotten an account from them sometime in December, but I've not persued in doing anything with the account I had with them. Now I'm finally deciding to use it. Later on, after I get VirtuBots back up on the new server (right now it's on the old server, it's way too late in the evening to fuck around with that), I might have my friend David register an account with them for his DJ website. I think it'd be best. I mean, after all, they're giving it away for free. You couldn't ask for any better than that.

- Mike.
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Sigh [May. 3rd, 2008 @ 09:42 PM]
[Current Mood | depressed]
[Current Music |None]

Well I'm at my dad's house on the computer. Haven't really done much today, to be honest.

I think I'm letting a lot of people down right now with VirtuBots. I just read a post on the DiscussionBoards on there that someone thinks that the site is dead, and I do understand what they mean. I just haven't been much in the mood for programming anything, but I should get the ball rolling on there again.

That's making me a little depressed because I remember years ago with GiroPets I was much more on top of things, I was more inspired to get things done on that site. I don't know what happened to me, but I think I'm really losing my touch.

What even makes me more sad is the movie AntiTrust, because, in that movie, it's all about Open Source and how a lot of the characters are developing all of this great software, bettering the world. The opening sequence (few minutes long) is really great. That's probably my most favorite movie of all time. All of those people are doing things great, I used to be like that, but I've, erm, just...lost my touch.

I think it's because, over the years, I've found more and more ways to slack off rathar than doing anything great. Sites like LiveJournal, YouTube, IRCimages, and Wikipedia are part to blame. What else to blame is DVD's, movies, TV shows, and other such things that get in the way. I remember a time when I was working on GiroPets every day, for hours on end.

What happened to me ? Have I reached a point of no return ? It seems like that every time I try to get my act together, I fuck it up shortly thereafter.

I know that I can get a lot of people to come to the site - if I really wanted - which is by listing the site on TopWebGames. That's how a shit load of people came to GiroPets in the first place. But if I do that, and all of these people realize that the game is a waste of time, with no updates, then they won't come back.

So, I haven't listed it. I haven't done anything to promote the site whatsoever, and I won't until things truly have changed and I do get my act all back together.

What's even scaring me even more is that I think Web 2.0 is going to put me out of my time, because all of this shit with all the fuckin CSS, XHTML, XML, AJAX, Object Oriented Programming, and "social networking sites".

On a lighter note, I think that the 2nd Seti@Home machine I set up is working okay. It seems to be pushing out Work Units faster than the 1st machine I have set up, despite the clock speed is slower. Perhaps it's because the 2nd machine is a P4 and the 1st is a Celeron.

As with today, I had to go to work, only worked till like 2:30PM, as we closed early due to poor weather. For the rest of the day, I've been with my dad. My dad and I finally mounted the replacement left front fender onto the Nissan, and got rid of the old one with the rust and the dent in it.

- Mike.
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Quiz #3 [May. 2nd, 2008 @ 02:29 AM]
[Current Mood | tired]
[Current Music |DHT - Listen To Your Heart (Remix)]

Taken yet another quiz. I'm really tired, might hit the sack in a minute.

Your results:
You are Jin-Soo Kwon
Jin-Soo Kwon
45%
Dr. Jack Shephard
44%
Hugo "Hurley" Reyes
43%
Sayid Jarrah
40%
Michael Dawson
40%
Ana-Lucia Cortez
36%
Sun Kwon
35%
Claire Littleton
32%
Walt Lloyd
32%
Shannon Rutherford
24%
Kate Austen
20%
Charlie Pace
20%
John Locke
20%
Mr. Eko
20%
Boone Carlyle
20%
James "Sawyer" Ford
14%
You have a very short temper and are very protective over your valuables, however you try to help others when you can.


Click here to take the "Which Lost character am I?" quiz...


- Mike.
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Quiz #2 [May. 2nd, 2008 @ 01:57 AM]
[Current Mood | tired]
[Current Music |Vanessa Carlton - Sway]

Another quiz I've just taken.

Tell Everyone About Yourself
Time started::1:36AM
Basic About you:
Name::Mike
Gender::Male
Height::6' 4"
Eye color::Green
Hair Color::Brown
Age::18
Birthday::June 11, 1989
Lefty/righty/ambidextrous::Righty
Piercings::None
Tatoos::None
Zodiac Sign::Gemini
Ring Size::?
Grade::N/A
More about you:
Are you named after anyone?:Nope
Do you live in the moment?:?
Do you consider yourself tolerent to others?:Sometimes
Do you have any secrets?:Yeah
Do you hate yourself?:Sometimes I feel down on myself
Do you like your handwriting?:Not especially, but it's okay
Do you have any bad habits?:Not as many as I've had before
If you were another person, would you be friends with you?:Probably
Any regrets?:Selling GiroPets. :(
Do you think life has been good so far?:It's been pretty fair to me
Are you confident?:Not all the time
How long does it take you to shower?:10 minutes
What color is your room?:White
Where do you want to attend college?:I attended at DeVry University for awhile
Do you...?
Smoke?:No
Do drugs?:No
Drink?:No
Go to church?:No
Sleep with stuffed animals?:No
Take walks in the rain?:If I have to
Talk to people even if you hate them?:At school I did, sometimes
Drive?:Yes
Believe in premarital sex?:If it's true love
Want to get married?:Not right now, but someday, yes
Want to go to college?:Not too sure if I want to go back
Want to have children?:Someday
Sing in the shower?:No
Get along with you parents?:Most of the time I do
Get along with your sibling/s?:Most of the time I do
Color/highlight your hair?:No
Like coffee?:Eww
Wear makeup everytime you go out?:N/A
Love roller coasters?:The ones that stay right-side-up
Like to cook?:If it involves the microwave, yes
Have you ever...?
Hurt yourself? :Yes
Been out of the country?:No, but I'd like to go to a few other countries
Been in love?:Yes
Done drugs?:No
Gone skinny dipping?:No
Had surgery?:No
Played strip poker?:No
Been on stage?:Yes
Pulled an all nighter?:Yes
Gone one day without food?:Can't remember
Slept all day?:Yeah, unfortunately
Kissed a stranger?:No
Had a dream that came true?:Probably, a long time ago
Broken the law?:Yes
Stolen anything?:Yes
Been on radio/tv?:Yes, Jerry Springer. :D In the audience, though
Been in a mosh-pit?:No
Bungee jumped?:No
Had a dream that kept coming back?:Not for a long time
Gone out of state?:Yes
Live in other states?:No
Eaten an entire box of oreos?:Yeah
Had a movie marathon?:Yeah
Spun until you were immensely dizzy?:Yeah
Been on a plane?:No, but I'd like to go on one. Just so long as I don't end up like the people on LOST lol.
Ran into a wall?:Yeah, ouch
Been rejected by a crush?:Yes :(
Cried in public?:Yes
Cried over a movie?:Yes, I always cry at the end of "Deep Impact". It's so sad.
Pranked called someone?:Yes, Dunkin Donuts
Gotten a cavity?:Yes
Shopped at Abercrombie and Fitch?:Once, with Neil lol
Broken a bone?:No
Fallen from a tree?:Yes
Passed out?:No
Been to a theme park?:Yes
Eaten sushi?:No
This or That
Pepsi or Coke::Pepsi
McDonalds or BUrger King::McDonald's
Chocolate or Vanilla::Vanilla
Black or White::White
Burgers or Hot dogs::Hot dogs
Boxers or breifs::Briefs
Book or magazine::Magazine
TV or radio::TV
is the glass half empty or half full::Half empty
sun or moon::Moon
hot or cold::Hot
romantic comedy or thriller::Thriller
waffles or pancakes::Pancakes
Florida or california::Florida
Black and white or color photos::Color photos
The city, the beach, OR the country::The city
Tennis shoes or sandals::Tennis shoes
Sweet or sour::Sweet
Private or publie school::Public school
Cappuccino or coffee::Eww, neither
English or history::English
Science or math::Science
Do you believe ...?
in miracles?:Yes
in magic?:No
in God?:No
in Satan?:No
in ghosts?:Yes
in luck?:Yes
in love at first sight?:Yes
in Santa?:No
in the Easter Bunny?:No
in witches?:No
that it's possible to remain faithful forever?:No
in wishing on shooting stars?:Yes
that cussing is a necessity in life?:Yes
yourself?:Most of the time
Love and all that -
Do you consider love a mistake?:No
If someone you had no interest in had interest in dating you how would you:?
Do you prefer knowing someone before dating them?:Yes
What is worst about the opposite sex?:Trying to break the ice
Who and when was your first crush?:Zoila, a girl I knew from like the 3rd grade.
First thing you notice about the opposite sex?:Their personality
Right this moment...
What are you wearing?:The clothes I had on from yesterday (haven't gone to bed yet)
What are you worried about?:About what kind of a job I'll have later in life
What book are you reading?:Haven't read a book in a long time, but the last one I opened was "Mo' Urban Dictionary" from UrbanDictionary.com
What time is it?:1:48AM
Are you bored?:Yes
Are you tired?:Yes
Are you talking to anyone online or on the phone?:No
Are you lonely or content?:Lonely
Are you listening to music, if so then what?:Hootie & The Blowfish - Time
The Last...
Dream you had::I dreamt that I was at Navy Pier with Melisa, a girl I knew from Franklin Park. We went on the Ferris Wheel at Navy Pier and made out as it went around. It was fantastic.
Nightmare::I can't remember
Time you cried::The time when I sliced my hand open with a razor knife
Movie you watched::The Matrix Reloaded
Movie you rented::Haven't rented a movie in a long time, I can't remember
Book you read::Mo' Urban Dictionary, from UrbanDictionary.com
Word you said::"Wow"
Time you laughed::This afternoon, when I was with my dad
Person to call you::My dad
CD you played::A mix CD that I made, in my car
Song you listened to::Hootie & The Blowfish - Time (I'm playing another song right now)
annoyance::Working with David's laptop, it was being such a pain in the ass to us
IM sent or recieved::To my friend David, on MSN, this evening
Time you yelled::I can't remember
Person you yelled at::Still can't remember
time you were a skirt::Uhh, never
time you fought with your parents::I can't remember
Time you wished on a shooting star::I still can't remember
Thing you ate::A bowl of Fruity Loops, when I was watching LOST this evening
Time you showered::This morning, before I went out with my dad
Nail polish color worn::Uhh, never
Your favorite:
Type of gum::Grape gum
Restaurant::Portillo's
Season::Summer
Type of weather::Sunny with a patch of clouds
Emotion::Laughter (Having a good time, when life's worries don't seem to matter)
Color::Blue
Perfume::Don't exactly have a favorite
Candy::Kit-Kat's
Pizza topping::Cheese
Fruit::Apple
Veggie::Don't exactly have a favorite
Type of cake::Vanilla
Magazine::PC World
TV Show::LOST
Day of the week::Monday
Month::June
Holiday::Birthday
Number::7
Sport to watch::Not really into sports
Flower::Poinsettia
Finally...
Time Finished::1:57AM
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- Mike.
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Quiz #1 [May. 2nd, 2008 @ 01:32 AM]
[Current Mood | bored]
[Current Music |Shakira - Hips Don't Lie]

I'm kinda bored right now, so I'm going to take some quizzes. It's been awhile since I've done any. This is the first of, erm, a few, that I'm going to do.

Random quiz about yourself
All about you
Name:Mike
Age:18
Gender:Male
Current level of education:Some college
Current occupation:Cashier
Birthplace:Chicago
Sign:Gemini
Hair color:Brown
Eye color:Green
Nicknames:Mike
Favorites
Color:Blue
Vehicle:VW Bug, looks like a fun car to drive
Season:Summer
Temperature:80's
Drink:Soda
Food:Beef sandwiches
Movie:AntiTrust
Actor:Terry O'Quinn (John Locke from LOST)
Actress:Lindsay Lohan (From Freaky Friday and Mean Girls especially, she's so HOT)
Animal:Cats
This or That
Pepsi or Coca Cola:Pepsi
Adidas or Nike:Nike
Black or White:White
Hot or cold:Hot
Pink or blue:Blue
Silence or noise:Noise
TV or Radio:TV
Animals or Plants:Animals
Cars or Trucks/SUVs:Cars
Typing or handwriting:Typing
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- Mike.
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Worked Today [May. 1st, 2008 @ 11:00 PM]
[Current Mood | relaxed]
[Current Music |2 Unlimited - Get Ready For This]

It was a bit unexpected today, but my dad called me first thing in the morning asking if I wanted to work with him for awhile.

Turns out that the boss ordered him to go up to the garage in Wisconsin to pick up some equipment, and load it onto a trailer, and my dad asked if I wanted to tag along to help him do this. So, sure, why not ?

He picked me up at around noon from my house and gave me a box of the things that he pulled from the garbage the other day, and I looked through it really quick. There was a credit card reader in there, with no shell around it. There were 2 hard drives, they looked to be in pretty good condition. There was a big-ass PIN pad that looked like it came from an ATM machine (kinda looked like this), and a small little circuit board. The back of the credit card reader was a USB connection, and there was also another USB connection on the back of the PIN pad. I told him, by my first glance on the PIN pad, I said that it was most definately from an ATM machine. I believe that some ATM machines are run by computers, thus the reason for USB ports on some of the components and on the credit card reader, and the reason for the hard drives. I tried plugging the credit card reader and PIN pad into a USB port on my computer, but it doesn't work natively, I'm guessing that it needs some source of power in order for it to be recognized. I'll probably give the credit card reader and the PIN pad back to my dad, as I have no real use for it, lol. I let him keep the little circuit board as I have no clue as to what it's function is. I'm only keeping the hard drives, they're probably good. I'll find something to do with them.

So we went off into Wisconsin for a few hours. The things that we had to load onto the trailer wasn't too bad, it was actually interesting for once, doing something else than what I'd normally expect to do for a day's work. Turns out that they also had a lot of white towels up there too, so my dad had me load them into big garbage bags to bring back to Chicago, as the box that they were in was all torn up. (They used to sell white towels in the store at Express Car Wash, but we sold them all out just recently). My good guess, is that over the weekend, I'll have to stock the store with some of the white towels, to have them for sale.

When we were done with whatever we needed to do in the Wisconsin garage, we headed back to Illinois. My dad dropped me off at my house and he continued back to Chicago.

So, ever since I've been home, I've been watching some of Lost Season 3 on DVD's, catching up on what I've forgotten about the show. It really has helped watching the entire show all over again, as there's so many things that I've completely forgotten about.

Over the past few minutes, I've been looking through some really old files from my computer, deleting what I think has now become worthless to me, stuff that I don't need any longer. I'm surprised at some of the things that I've kept over all these years.

- Mike.
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New Seti@Home Machine [Apr. 30th, 2008 @ 10:46 PM]
[Current Mood | nerdy]
[Current Music |Lord Of The Dance - Grand Finale]

Well, today, things have been better for me.

The other day when I was at work, my dad realized that the city sticker on the Cavalier was expiring today (this was yesterday he told me this), and suggested that I get 2 new stickers for the Cavalier and the Nissan, to be on top of that before I get into any kind of trouble.

So this morning I went down to the Village of Antioch (town hall) and inquired about buying 2 new city stickers, and apparantly, they signed an ordinance to no longer require city stickers on vehicles that reside in Antioch, as they are tacking a new tax onto the Water and Sewer bills to everyone who lives in Antioch, thereby charging "everybody" for it instead of paying for stickers. I see what they mean by that. But I had insisted that I travel to Chicago all the time, where they're real strict on the City Sticker law. I was told that they didn't have any at the town hall, so I had to go to the Antioch Township building and get them there, for free, as they had other people inquiring about the same thing before. So I went over there and got them, no charge.

While I was out, I put gas in the Nissan, since I hadn't done so ever since I got that car back. My mom had me stop into Walmart to buy her something, which was a Japanese Maple tree. It was around $30.00 (she gave me the money for it) and it was supposed to be for Dave. At the old house in Round Lake Beach, Dave had a Japanese Maple tree in front of the house that he really liked. I thought that was really sweet of my mom to do that.

When I finally got back home, I slapped the 2 new stickers on the cars, next to the old ones. When I see my dad next, he says that he'll take the old stickers off of the windshields, as they're no longer any good.

My dad called me this afternoon telling me a few things. He said that next week, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, I might have to work for Sharon. According to Sharon, on those days next week, she has to be at her Condo building as they're doing some sort of maintenance and need her to be able to give them access to her Condo. My dad says that I'll definately be working on Wednesday and possibly Thursday, but Friday at the latest. And, according to her, she'll work Saturday and Sunday for me if I do her days. Perfectly fine with me.

The other thing that he told me is that he found 2 computer hard drives in the garbage at the carwash, along with a card reader and a numeric keypad. According to him, I believe one hard drive is 20GB, the other is 40GB, the card reader has a USB connection on the end of it, and, from what he says, "the numeric keypad is very tough, made of metal and looks like for an industrial use". He says that the 2 hard drives were put into 2 hard drive boxes for new hard drives, both identical, although the hard drives that had been replaced are different. Interesting. He says it's sitting on my bed at his house, waiting for me to work with. My good guess is that I'll put the 40GB hard drive into the eMachines computer that's sitting at my dad's house (in his basement) and I'll probably take the 20GB hard drive and take it home with me. That is, if they work. My good guess is that they do. Still, you never know.

So, I finally was able to do something around the house, for once. I went into the basement and unburied the HP Vectra machine that I wanted to set up for crunching Seti@Home numbers. I wasn't too sure on what I wanted to do with the computer long ago, but I'm finally putting it to use. It fits perfectly on the lower left side of my desk. It's a HP Vectra VL420DT, a desktop PC (not a tower) that has pretty, erm, "OK" specs. I'm sure it'll do fine for Seti@Home work. Pentium 4 @ 1.6GHz, 384MB of RAM, 20GB HDD.

I originally bought this computer at The Salvation Army that's near the carwash. I can't remember what I paid for it, but it was probably some really cheap money.

Later in the evening, as working with the PC got me a little exhausted, I watched "The Matrix Reloaded", which I bought on DVD sometime last week.

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The 2nd PC that I currently have crunching numbers for Seti@Home. Sorry about the mess on the floor, that's what I get for living with cats. All that cat fur.

- Mike.
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[Apr. 28th, 2008 @ 09:23 PM]
[Current Mood | aggravated]
[Current Music |Galaxy 68 - DJ Play My Song]

Well I'm in the basement right now, working on a couple of things. I'm a little ticked off because things down here haven't been working out too good.

I was sitting down here for awhile trying that motherboard into another case, and still have had no luck. So I've taken all that I could off of the motherboard (battery, jumpers, memory I put on it, and the CPU that came with it) and trashed the motherboard, as it looks like there's no power going into it.

So after that I tried to change the processor into the computer that I thought it'd be compatable with. Turns out the computer I was going to put that in appears to be dead, too, it just sits there, power on, and nothing shows on the monitor. Ugh. I'll have to look at it to see if I can fix it. No idea when I'll do it but it's another headache I've gotta take care of.

Then I was going to try to put that Pentium 3 1.2GHz processor into that Dell OptiPlex GX150 that I had down here. There were a ton of bent pins on that CPU, and when I was straigtening them out, I snapped one of them off. So the CPU is no good. I threw it out, too. Ugh.

On the other side of things, I did have a little bit of a productive day today. I put gas in the Cavalier, got lunch, and went over to Best Buy, because my DTV Converter Box coupons came in the mail today.

I bought the 2 boxes, one for my dad's house, and the other for the carwash, used the 2 coupons that came in the mail, and used the store credit that my dad had from his converter boxes. (He bought one without the coupons and got store credit from it afterward), and I only had to pay out like $25.00 in the end. I'll bill out the converter box from the carwash and get my money back from it.

When I was out, I stopped at the thrift store, not for long, the only item of interest that I bought was a tiny little strobe light for $3.00. I'm thinking of mounting it on the wall somewhere in my little section of the basement, when we're partying or something I could turn it on, party on ! Or whenever I feel like it, as it is a cool little thing. Was thinking about getting a black light, too, dunno about that yet though.

Seems like more bad than good happened with me today. Oh well.

- Mike.
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