Okay, so I decided against my better judgement to give myself a haircut with my electric shaver. That did NOT go well. After about a hour and a half, I gave up and left the task for later. My hair was short enough so who would give a shit? I went to the closet, got the broom and worked on sweeping up the remaining hair that had fallen on the floor. I was DONE until I could get a pair of scissors. If I could have gotten scissors, I would have been able to do a much better job. Here is a picture of me from today with my new ‘do.
Archive for December, 2006
31
Dec
Bad hair day?
31
Dec
RIP Saddam Hussein
Okay, as of this week, Saddam Hussein was executed in Iraq by the gallows. I am not too happy about this, considering that it was televised and it was a murder. Not only did they violate Saddam Hussein’s rights as a human being but he should have been executed in private so that he could at least go with a bit of dignity. People on death row in the United States are usually alone or with those that they select to be in the viewing room when they are to be executed. Two wrongs do not make a right and murdering Saddam Hussein was not right, because all it does is increase the blood on our hands.
It is never right to take another human life. No matter how bad they were, it is not right to take away their life. And for people to be cheering at the death of another human being is just disgusting and wrong. Would you want people cheering at your funeral? If you were being executed with the death penalty, would you want all those who hated you, your exes and everyone that stand against you cheering on the executioners in the waiting room? How can people possibly cheer at this?
Okay, today I read this interesting post on iPods in vending machines and thought to myself, would I really want to buy an iPod FROM A VENDING MACHINE?!? The answer is absolutely not. First off, what colour would I get? It would really suck if I got pink for myself. The reason being is that DRM would very likely make it so there is no music on the iPod from the very start and of course, I have two options from this point.
The first option would be to hook it up to my MacBook Pro and sync it with iTunes and download the latest iPod software (assuming I can even get an Internet connection). The benefit from this is that all my music would already be on the iPod and I can play it when I get on the plane. The problem is that I will be draining my MacBook’s battery life and I kinda like to work while I am on a flight. Normally, with flights across Canada, this wouldn’t be a serious issue, but if my flight has to connect somewhere (it’s inevitable), I am probably going to need a bigger battery - especially while waiting in airports where most of the people in departures speak French and only French (like Montreal). Continue reading ‘iPods in Vending Machines - my take on it’
If you read my post yesterday, you would know that I had a copy of Windows to return to London Drugs today. Well, guess what? They would not allow me to return it. Fuckers. It appears as if I have to beg Nicholi for a small pay advance (actually it would be a loan, seeing as I am getting the money soon, just not before it’s due) on my rent while I scramble to collect the rest of it. However, I know one thing is for certain, London Drugs has lost my business indefinitely.
I like to online shop. That’s because I hate waiting forever for a bus to come and take me to the LRT station so I can head on down to Chinook to purchase a DVD. I would much rather purchase one online but there is one factor that prohibits that. When I want something, I usually want it now and not in a few days. This is unfortunate because I am certain that Amazon.ca has a bit more credibility than London Drugs. And it is unfortunate that they have decided to violate their own guarantee, the guarantee on the packaging AND federal law.
However, I take solace in the fact that not all business are as bad with customer service as London Drugs or Subway are. MediaTemple, my current web host, gave me $40 in credits to my account for the outages in November. I am happy that at least THEY know how to act honourably.
This is a list of all the software I purchased this year, whether it was for my MacBook Pro or for my Windows PC that I used to own.
Applications that I Purchased
- Acquisition - A file sharing app for the Macintosh platform.
- Adobe Creative Suite 2 - A set of cool Adobe applications. I usually only use Photoshop though.
- Apple Aperture - A cool photo editing and arranging app.
- Chroma - A media player that I bought. I shouldn’t have though, it wasn’t all that great.
- CSSEdit - A cool little CSS editing app.
- Delicious Library - A cool app that will allow you to scan in your books, DVDs and other media so you can index them and keep track of them. Uses your iSight to read the barcodes and pulls data from Amazon.ca.
- FlickrExport for iPhoto - It’s a pretty cool app that allows me to upload my photos to Flickr from my digital camera after they are imported into iPhoto.
- Keepsake - Come to think of it, I am not entirely sure what this game is about.
- Microsoft Office for Mac - We should all know what this is.
- Neverwinter Nights for Mac - Yes, this includes the two expansion packs as well. I had to get those so I could play NWN to it’s fullest.
- Neverwinter Nights 2 Chaotic Evil Edition - I hear it’s a pretty cool game. I hope I get to play it once Game.co.uk delivers my copy.
- Parallels - For those times when I need a test Linux environment
- Postal 2 - The ultra-violent offencive game from Running With Scissors.
- Spymac Club - A series of applications for people to connect to the SpyMac community.
- TextMate - A great text editor for the Mac.
- Transmit - A very nice FTP app.
I have to find a way to make $450 quickly so I can afford the rent this month. It is getting to be so costly. In fact, I am kind of afraid to ask Shush for a small extension on my rent so I can make the date. I am so tired of this shit. I guess the only way I am going to catch up is by becoming an agent for something like the Sunflower Network. Also, Nicholi is still having trouble registering the non-profit with registries so I can’t apply for my work permit yet. Plus, I don’t have the $150 fee for the work permit. I mean, I don’t see why people wouldn’t want to loan me the money for that. As soon as I get it and Nicholi gets the non-profit registered, I will be able to pay back the loan. After all, I would have a job. I need to get $75 together also to renew my bus pass for next month. Otherwise, I will probably be stuck in this house. Plus, I need the money for the pass before the 10th of next month.
I have this copy of Microsoft Windows that I have not installed on my computer but is opened. Tomorrow, I am going to try to return it at London Drugs tomorrow. I am tired of just skating by each month and plus, I have very little money to eat on so I am screwed on that end. What a shame too, considering I have been craving Taco Bell for the longest time. Plus, I want to get some of those Moo.com cards and I would like to get my phone line moved over here. I am also having my copy of Poser 7 returned so I can have $250 USD transferred into Canada. Plus, I am begging the owner of the Sunflower Network to allow me to work on that project as soon as possible. I will probably offer to redesign their website for them for free.
28
Dec
And no more PO Box?
*sigh* I can’t keep my PO box anymore so if some weird asshole wants my address, I am going to have to give him my home address if he owes me money. What can I do though, I need to get $450 together soon or I am going to be late on my rent. Fuck! Why do these things always happen to me?
Oh well, I guess I will get the money somehow.
Okay, what the hell is the purpose of Boxing Day now? I just don’t get why we need to extend the holidays well past Christmas. Christmas is already hell because I either have to spend time with family or have to spend it with no one at all. I would like to have a girlfriend or a fiancée during the holidays or someone that just gives a damn. I know that the Boxing Day is comparable to Black Friday in the United States.
I’ve never liked the holidays. Christmas is where you receive gifts that give you some kind of indication what your family members and friends think and feel about you. Like, the time that I got a basketball for Christmas from my Aunt Heather and Uncle Johnny. What the fuck? A basketball?!? I am hardly the person that should receive something like that. Also my mother gave me a paintball gun last Christmas just because I used to go paintballing with friends from church. I know that I could not import a paintball gun at the time I entered Calgary and the CO2 tank into Canada. I entered when they had that ban against cremes, foams, fluids, aerosols and other gels. I know I would have to end up purchasing another one, once I land in this country. And possibly, I would probably have to get a rifle licence from the Canada Firearms Centre.
I hate the fact that stores close early on Christmas Eve and Boxing Day. I wanted to get a sandwich from Safeway and I would love to get one because I am so hungry. I don’t have the ability to get some food in this damn city. Even Co-op is closed!
24
Dec
Live debugging in action
Well hell’s bells, if it’s working for Bryan Veloso, it can work for me. I NEED to get Blackthorne out. Blackthorne (for the uninitiated) is the next iteration of my theme. In fact, you are probably going to be seeing a completely different style for this site tonight (keep in mind that I am referring to MY time so sorry for those in the other hemisphere/coast). I am going to work hard to bring the night to Blackthorne so I hope you enjoy seeing it evolve before your eyes. And like Bryan Veloso’s next iteration of the Aries Project - I will be using Sandbox to start out my project. I am also working toward integrating all my previous plugins into this installation of WordPress. I am also going to be using CSSEdit to style this site further and further.
It is an adventure in bringing fruitation to Blackthorne. I am going to be what we will be known as live debugging. Over the next few weeks, I will be working on Blackthorne until it is complete. I am also going to be putting everything together with TextMate, Transmit and Photoshop CS3 Beta too. I hope that you will enjoy this little adventure in my site’s life as well.
