Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy... It's upgrade time!!

The Day of TRANSFORMATION is at Hand!!!

Yes, it's been 3years in the making. Well almost 4years, but who's counting? (other than me)

It's happens 3 times/decade, when I upgrade my PC Gaming Rig to the hottest new gear... Only to be out done 18months later.. hahahahaa!!!

I went from This -- (Hot stuff in 2005/2006)

• Manufacturer: Custome Rig (ABIT NF7)
• Processor: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ (Barton)
• Memory: 2GB Corsair XMS 3200
• Hard Drive: 75 GB Total
• Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS (AGP)
• Monitor: Dell E176FP
• Sound Card: SB X-Fi
• Headphones: Turtle Beach EAR FORCE 5.1
• Keyboard: Logitech G15
• Mouse: Logitech MX310 Mouse Surface: RATPADZ.COM
• Operating System: WinXP Pro (Ninja)
• Motherboard: ABIT NF7
• Computer Case: Aluminum ANTEC SuperLanBoy

To THIS!!!! (I've highlighted the major changes)

• Manufacturer: Custome Rig (EVGA nForce 750i SLI)
• Processor: Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz
• Memory: 4GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800
• Hard Drive: 150 GB
• Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT SuperClock 512MB
• Monitor: KDS 22in Widescreen
• Sound Card: SB X-Fi
• Headphones: Turtle Beach EAR FORCE 5.1
• Keyboard: Logitech G15
• Mouse: Logitech MX310 Mouse Surface: RATPADZ.COM
• Operating System: WinXP Pro (Ninja)
• Motherboard: EVGA nForce 750i SLI
• Computer Case: Aluminum ANTEC SuperLanBoy

Some may say, "You have a 64-bit CPU, why not switch to WinXP x64, or Vista64"
To them I say, "Forget that MESS!!!"
Granted 64-bit support is maturing, but it's not a requirement, yet.

"But what about the extended memory space, Crue?"
"Quiet N00B!!!" -Crue

Show me a Game that can tax my 4GB of DDR2 Ram.. there isn't one!
Hell, my games don't even come close to using enough CPU cycles to get my Core2 Processor excited, let alone thermally warm. 8^)

On top of all that I built WYF a new Gaming PC, and refit mine for $500/each.
Try to top that!! 2 Gaming Rigs for ~$500

Yes, the Gauntlet has been thrown!

This Day in History... how could anything be more important?

Happy Birthday to ME!

Yes, it's true I am yet one more year closer to the time of my death!

According to my "calculation" (which I'm making up) it won't be for many, many, many, many, many (you getting this?) years down the road.

Great Events for the year of my birth:

- The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Dallas Cowboys 35–31 in Super Bowl XIII (to some a most exciting and disappointing game)

- The first fully functional space shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center, to be prepared for its first launch. (wicked cool Government Space travel, gets usurpt in 2011 by private sector space travel... or atleast that's what I'm predicting) :^)

- Anyone Remember "The Three Mile Island Incident"? A nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, caused a partial meltdown.

- The Seattle SuperSonics won the NBA Championship against the Washington Bullets.

- The Susan B. Anthony dollar is introduced in the U.S.

- NASA's first orbiting space station Skylab begins its return to Earth, after being in orbit for 6 years and 2 months. (EPIC FAIL!!)

- Michael Jackson releases his first breakthrough album Off The Wall. It sold 7 million copies in the United States alone, making it a 7x platinum album. (MJ was much cooler, when he was Black!)

- The U.S. Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn, when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 km.

- The Entertainment Sports Programming Network, known as ESPN, debuts.

- The world premiere for Star Trek: The Motion Picture is held at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC.

#1 most important event - Jacob was born!!

Now if this doesn't clue you in to how old I am...
Then I pity you're failing memory,
it means you're far older than I and becoming senile!

The Latest... and why don't I send out more updates?

I swear if I have to put up with this Vertigo crap for another week I'm going to hurt someone.
Well maybe not hurt, but glare very sternly.

Luckily it's either improving or I'm adjusting to it. (damn resilient internal balancing mechanisms)

Thankfully it's the "subjective" variant, or I'd be really messed up.

I've stopped my vertigo meds...I can't stand being tired for 3/4 of the day.
And I ran through the antibiotic, which seemed to be a complete waste.
YEAA!! for low cost Meds, thanks to my PPO.

Either way, I can't run without being unsteady/stumbling.
And my Ninja Reflexes are suffering in exccess.

As you can see, this was my attempt at levity in this situation.
Vertigo sucks... woah to those that have to suffer through it cronically... you have my pitty.

And for those that have bad memories, schedule issues, or just don't know...
My birthday is coming up on Nov. 17th (best day ever)

Don't buy me some sappy cliche crap... just email me a good joke and "Happy Birthday!!" in the subject line. It shows you care, even though we may not see each other.
With my busy schedule I'm lucky I get any free time.

Of course something Star Wars related will always get you Bonus Points. (just don't expect to cash-in aforementioned points) 8^)

Speaking of jokes... Check this out!

CRAB DIP

Food of the GODS - CRAB DIP

• 1 - King's Hawaiian Bread
• 2 - Cans Crab Meat
• 8oz. - Neufchatel or Lite Cream Cheese
• 8-10oz. - Sour Cream
• Minced Garlic
• Paprika

Pre-Heat Oven @ 350degress
Core out the middle of the bread and set the insides to the side.
Combine the rest of the ingredience together in a large bowl. MIX WELL!
Pour the MIX in to the, now hollow, center of the bread.
Lightly cover top with foil and place in oven.
Set timer for 30min.
Shred or cube the "bread insides" you set to the side earlier.
After time expires, remove from oven and allow to cool about 5min.

Serve with the shredded/cubed bread and enjoy!!
Also good with crackers, as a veggie dip, and beef log.

This is the BOMB!!

I hate chain-email

More insanity from the Web

I just recevied by far the silliest chain-email spam.
In fact.. I'll include my reply to everyone who was left on that email.

As a coup de grace - I put a Link in the email to see how many people would click on it, and take them to this page. Now THAT is a science experiment!!

Of course, I've taken the extra step of blanking out everyone's lastname/email.
Because I care about other's right to privacy.
**If people would use BCC more often, I wouldn't be able to have this much fun!**

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
** MY REPLY **
OK... That's just silly.
Who's the "kid"?... Someone who thinks you can send an email into the ether, and it will actually do something constructive.

There's no truth to this email being part of a real science project.
- No tabulation
- No data collection
- No real source or resource pointing to the "origination"

It's just CHAIN-EMAIL SPAM.
OK, I digress... Everyone have fun forwarding this to all your "pals" on myspace. 8^))

-----Original Message-----
From: Colette M*** [mailto:colette@*******]
To: Peggilee W****; Pejcharat H***; Julie T***; Lindsay E***; Karen B***; Jessica B***; Chris M***; Jonét W***; W***, Jacob; Darnell; Katy F***; akonefal@***

Subject: name game

Sorry, guys, it's quick and for a kid's school project! (And you are the ones I thought might follow through - either because you have kids, you like science, or you're just plain nice.) This is for a science fair project. If you could do this, I would appreciate it!
DON'T ASK, JUST PLAY! Copy and paste this entire letter into a new e-mail (PLEASE do NOT hit FORWARD), then read the list of names below.
If your name is on the list put a star* next to it. If not, then add your name (in alphabetical order), and do not put in a star. Send it to ten people and send it back to the person who sent it to you. Put your name in the subject box! You'll see what happens... It's kind of cool! Please keep this going. Don't mess it up.

***** I REMOVED THE "NAME LIST" TO KEEP THIS SHORT *****
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Apple & Intel Goodness

A Blog a day keeps the Apple away.

Check this action out - Intel Pimp'in Out the new Chips!

Wow! It's dusty in here.. better start blogging!

Broswers, browsers everywhere!!

Everyone's two favorite browsers (side-by-side)
Love which ever one you prefer!!
Firefox 2.0
Internet Explorer 7
If for no other reason - Upgrade each one (whichever you have installed) to the latest release... NOW!

"WHY" you ask??
Well, first and foremost these new releases have "more" secure code. While it can be (and does get) argued as to which one is better. That's not my point right now!!

Upgrading each will help your PC just a little bit more...
Plus it'll cover all the Firefox user, who have seen those one or two websites that just don't play friendly w/ Firefox... so you're obliged to open IE every now and then.
As always... YMMV!!