Nick's Rants

I dont want to do this, I want to go, but you are making me do this, so I am going to do it poorly.

I want to move the blog. Nothing wrong with it, I just think I am going to try and put on Apple's server. Something like homepage.mac.com/nslyax/blog. That way it would be with my website, and I could move to movable-type maybe, for more features. I don't know.

Just a few more days and the boys will be gone. Thank god.

I hurt. Hurt back BAD yesterday. Lidocaine patch and a some later at least I was asleep and couldn't tell I hurt. Definitely hurts again though. then today I missed and whacked my shin with a 5 lb. sledge.

Saw DareDevil. Pissed me off, but a good movie. Wont give anything away.

Got my T-shirts in. Want to see them you got to ask, I don't want to explain. Anyway though, I bought one on ebay, and she had a second that hadn't sold, so shipped to me. Cool.

Ok, off to lay down because I hurt. LAUREN, I NEED A MESSAGE!!!!!!!!!!

bye,
nick

remember: it takes 3 lefties to make a righty, or something like that

Well, I guess I can tell you all now...

But I will wait, for the hell of it.

So what is there...

We went to Tawas today with DJ and Pat. Showed them all the stuff on the way. Water intake in northern Arenac County, Alabaster where the gypsum is mined, Omer. You know, all the good stuff.

Ok, now I'll tell you.
My mom went to the casino Tuesday night and was playing $.50 machines, but started running low. So she moves to $.25 machines. She's playing one, and sticks a few quarters in the machine next to her. Ching, ching, ching - Jackpot.
A 2004 Chrysler Sebring Convertable LX, $26,500. her cost, $.50 and $1,700 in taxes.
So there you go. It's a beautiful car, that's what we took to Tawas today.

Ok, not much else, can't even think of a decent quote to end with.

See you all later, Wednesday...
nick

Ah, another day, another blog. Seems so soon. Not that I don't want to write this, but that I don't have much to write.

Uhm, nope. Can't think of anything.

Nothing really big has happened.

This is Blog post number 21.

Being the 25th, I have had my ibook for 227 days.

I am staring at the Kung-Log window. Its more transparent than most. I can see the ichat window behind it just faintly. Can make out my buddy icon, the message bubbles, some text. Here, I will post out of boredom.

Uhm, anyone know how to insert a pic in Kung-Log?...

Hmm....

That Upload file thing doesn't seem to work...

Well, I can put on website I guess.

Here, try this desktop (124k).

That should work, I hope.

Poison from the album "Trash" by Alice Cooper

Wanted to try that.

Ok, guess thats it.

Number 22 will be your way on, Sunday. Be there or don't, like I give a shit.
(I really do care though, don't make my cry)

nick

"But I am the Network Administrator!"

Ok, back to Kung-Log due to the unfortunate and disgruntling happenings a few days ago.

Something very big happened last night. I can say what here because we don't want some people who may read this to know, but if you do know, then there you go. I don't know, nevermind.

My cousins are, uhm, interesting. They mostly just play PS2 or watch TV, but they are mostly cool. They can get annoying, a bit clingy. They don't get my jokes either. I probably should watch what I say around them better too. I mean, they are 12 and 13, I don't want to scar their fragile little minds. Oh well.

Hey, I just noticed if I spell Kung-Log properly, with the hyphen, it says the spelling is ok, cool.

I was right on the Linksys, having a wifi router makes me want the airport card even more. Too many other things that I need though, before I can get into buying more wants.

My brother found his keys. Not sure if I mentioned they were missing. I did in the first version of the last post, but don't know if it made it in the one that got posted though.

I realized that puberty killed my creativity. I used to be able to write those crazy stories in seventh grade, but not anymore. They start to get these weird sexual references and situations, and I just get pissed. My damn brain is screwed up. You ever think about your brain? Its weird. All we are is brains, the rest is just support. For mating, and feeding, and that kind of stuff. Freaky.

I am going to try posting more, whenever something happens, or I think about something cool. I also think that I am going to get rid of the counter. Its just too disappointing to see that nobody comes to the blog. I know Scott and Jason do, but there doesn't seem to be anyone else. Oh well, one day, one day you all will see. My Blog will be visited regularly by teens of people and you will be sorry because you could have been here from the start, but no, you had better things to do. YOUR BASTARDS, HEAR ME? BASTARDS! Sorry, a little too emotional there.

Adios,
nick

one cockatoo, two cockafour

BASTARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just sat here writing for 20 minutes, and POOF!

Its gone!!

Here's the just of it, because I'm lazy:

1) Why am I still Up?

2) Got a wifi AP, if you want to try it let me know, as I have no 802.11b card to try it with. Try wifimaps.com, 5 on west side, 1 on east side.

3) Uncle leaves in about an hour, leaving kids for 2 weeks. Hope Danielle comes with him to pick boys up, would like to see her. They want me to go with in 2 weeks, I dont want to, variety of reasons.

4) Apple edu discounts, BIG price drops.

5) BUY MY STUFF

And thats about where it all disappeared, page reloaded and form was blank. Yeah, that was in there too, am on blogger form because I was too lazy to open KungLog. That will show me, huh.

Ok, thats all. I don't feel bad about leaving a small post, because this is just a boredom update. Do feel bad about losing the post, as it was pretty good. See you Monday night.

nick

Well, Im sitting here waiting for my uncle and his family to come it. I had to clean my room today in preparation for their visit (aka unpack, finally) and found a bunch of stuff for the website, so hopefully I can get that up soon.

MacWorld has come and gone with little hoopla. This was likely the least exciting MacWorld since I started following them. We could have at least gotten the new monitors or keyboards/mice for the G5s, might have boosted sales. We did get the new G5 commercial though, which is on CNN and CNBC every 15 minutes, or on apples website if you prefer.

Still using KungLog, though I'm not completely sure why. Funny note, the spell checker thinks KungLog is spelled wrong, funny. Anyway though, maybe I will start using all these special features, maybe I will go back to just the web form, I don't know yet.

I need to make it to BestBuy tomorrow, while the Linksys Wireless AP/4 port Router is still $59.99. Even if I get it though, its only as good as our current router till I get the AirPort card for my laptop. I'll let you know next post.

Ok, they should be here soon, will try for a second update later tonight. If not, see you all on Monday!

nick

Hello all, and welcome to another update. This is my first post EVER to be made from KungLog rather than Bloggers HTML form. We will see how it works, and go from there.

I never worked on the website this weekend, and my Uncle Steve, Aunt Donna, and cousins DJ and Pat will be here this weekend, and the two boys will be staying for 2 weeks. We'll see how much time I have to work, who knows.

I just spent the day drilling holes for Cat5 ethernet cable through the house. Funny, because in the next day or two I should be going to BestBuy to buy a wireless router. No matter, wireless will be convenient on my ibook, but is only 12 MB/s, compared to the 100MB/s I get from ethernet. Though, if I want speed, I can turn on IP over FireWire, for 400MB/s (those are all MegaBits per second by the way, divide by 8 for MegaBytes). Oh well, run the cables tomorrow, along with telephone and CATV up to my room. Its like I'm finally moving in, after a mere 3 months. Still have alot to unpack though.

What else... Oh, sorry about that little "blurb" last time, I don't know what happened to me. To prevent it from happening again though, I will be adding a "For Sale" section to the webpage (yeah right, like I'll ever get to it). But seriously, BUY MY STUFF!

Wow, good way into my post already and haven't yet used any of the special features in KungLog. I feel bad about it. Supposed to make it easier to do bold, italic, change sizes, insert images, etc... but I don't actually do any of that. A link now and then, but I am at a month and a half on posts with only 2 links so far, and one didn't work so only I know where it is. Tell you what though, if you can find that first broken link, I will give you a prize. I will give you a 2 day, all exclusive (that means nothing is included, part of joke, nevermind, you missed it) trip to beautiful Omer, Michigan. Thats right, I will allow you to drive your own ass up to Omer, do whatever you want, then drive home. You can stare at the river, stare at the bar, whatever, its all up to you. No, nevermind, not in a giving mood anymore. Oh well. Wait, where am I, damn it, I went rambling again, need to stop that.

Ok, I seem to be tired or something. Besides, drilling those holes in the walls, I'm covered in drywall and plaster dust, so I need a shower. Next update is friday, see you then.

nick

Resistance is Futile
(where r < 1ohm)

Another day, another blog. I got the letter from delta a few days ago saying that I was approved for my degree, so just a week or two and I should have it.

My brothers birthday was "uneventful". He has apparently learned that at a point they don't really matter anymore. Oh well, it happens to us all.

NEW!!! the "I need to sell my crap" section!!!

Powerbook 5300c
100MHz 603e
1.1GB Hard Disk
64MB RAM
Sony CD-ROM DiskMan 2x CD-ROM
spare battery
Targus leather case
28.8 pc card modem
$200 o.b.o.

Apple ColorStyleWriter 2400
300 d.p.i.
apple serial port
$35 o.b.o.

Palm m125
33MHz Motorola Dragonball processor
8MB internal RAM
Palm OS 4.0
SD/MMC slot
16MB Panasonic SD Card
USB Sync Cradle
$125 o.b.o.

PLUS MORE!!!
SCSI CD-ROMs, SCSI CDRWs, USB CDRWs, USB Scanners, USB Printers, ADB Keyboards, ADB Mice, more, more, more!!!

If you need something, want something, or are just curious, just ask. Make an offer, sale or trade. I gladly accept cash, checks, airport cards, wireless routers, etc...

Ok, now that thats over...
It's the weekend and that means I need to get more work on the webpage done. probably go for more pictures or something, maybe PDFs of old school reports I liked. Who knows, we'll see.

When Panther comes out, I am going to the Apple Store in Troy. If you would like to come, let me know. If nothing else, maybe we can run out on the highway and take pictures in front of the exit sign (Exit 69, Big Beaver Rd.). If anyone would prefer to go to the Novi store, I don't mind as I haven't been there yet, so up for something new, but I don't know how to get there so you would need to drive. The Troy store is a no-brainer to get to, part of why I like it. And in case you don't know, Panther is Mac OS X 10.3, which should be out in late 2003.

Ok, enough for now. I will see you on, uhm, Tuesday, yeah, yeah Tuesday.
nick

I think this is blog night, seems early though. I guess this is it, why not?

Today is my brothers birthday, turned 18. That means 2 months, minus a day, until my birthday. I will of course be 21, although I dont drink. Ohh well, Happy Birthday Chris!

Next Monday is MacWorld New York, now Create or something. There was a news release from Apple that the G5s will be there, running 10.2.7 though instead of 10.3. Also, there are rumors that the new displays and keyboards/mice will be there as well, and perhaps the 15" Aluminum PowerBook. I guess we will need to wait and see.

No new work on the website, though I do have plans for some additions to it over the weekend. Perhaps it will happen, perhaps it won't.

I just had the wierdest deja-vu. The same episode of Futurama was on, I was writing in the blog, I was just messing with the dog, all seem like before, wierd.

According to the counter, there has only been one visitor. I had it up to 2 when I put up the last post, plus the one from today when I checked it, and it said 4, so that leaves 1. Thats pretty crappy. I blame Jason, his being MIA since late last week really hurts the count, since he's the only regular visitor. Speaking of my readers, unless you have an objection I might post the full list on the blog in a week or 2. Yes, the complete list of all 12. Actually, due to the fact that most of you don't read regularly, it might be better to only post the names of those who do ok it. I don't know, I'll figure something out.

Ok, that's enough for now. See you all later.
nick

Ok, quick, go to the bottom of the page and come back, I'll wait........

See it! Now I can keep track of you freaks. It even tells me where you were before you got here (if you linked only, not if you typed it in) so I can tell if you were o my website, since its the only place with a link here. I also updated the website, getting some pictures up there right now, its not much but its something.

I have my PowerBook up for sale at macrumors forums so if you want a decent laptop send me a message. I also have 2 printers, a scanner, 2 cdrw drives, a cdrom, a palm m125, and a lot more. Essentially if you want some type of computer part let me know, I probably have it.

Went to 2 of the fireworks shows this weekend. Thursday we went on a bikeride because my mom tried to avoid them, friday we watched them on the middlegrounds, and saturday we were at Stretches bar on Henry, about a half mile from where they were launced. I realized on Saturday that everyone watched fireworks for different reasons. Kids watch them for the bright colors and different shapes. Drunks watch them for the loud bangs. I see to watch for the science of them. That we can control black powder that well, make it shoot a ball hundreds of feet in the air, make it shoot out in specific direction, and can make nearly any color is really amazing. I dont know, maybe its just my miind creating funky reasons for going every year, who knows.

Well, I think thats it. Want to mention that my brother's 18th is this wednesday. You all have a good week!
nick

p.s. I didn't gripe about anything, how often does that happen!

Ahh, another post. It's 12:07 right now so that means it's the 4th now, so lets begin with a happy Independence Day to you all.

Molly is back from the vet. We took her in monday, but due to several "veterinary emergencies" they were unable to due the surgery until tuesday morning, and she came home wednesday. She goes back next week to have her stitches removed, but is nearly back to herself now.

I finally have the new site up. All the coding of it is done, but there is a severe lack of content still at this point. I will slowly work at it, knowing me very slowly. You can go check out the main design though, batch about whatever is there so I know what to work on.

I hate this part, I need to write more, but cant come up with anything useful. I could keep babbling like this, but you don't want that. I could go on like this for a long time, but need something useful, something at least partially important.

The case of the new G5s is starting to grow on me. The lack of drive upgrades is still a pitfall though. Maybe with hard disks being of such insanely high capacities will alleviate this some, but there is still the no second optical drive/no removable media drive thing. Ohh well, perhaps in 2004.

I still want wireless. My laptop is sitting on an end table in the front room, and either I just sit in front of it, or disconnect all the cables but the ethernet and sit with it in a chair. What would be nice though, is if I could disconnect that last cable. I want to much stuff for this ibook right now: Wireless card, more memory, 10.3 Panther (when it comes out), AppleCare, and I still haven't even paid it off yet. Like I said a few weeks ago, I gladly accept donations...

Ren & Stimpy is back, 2 episodes every thursday. The first, at 10pm is the "new" version, written and animated by the original crew. the second, at 11:30 is the "classic" version, digitally re-mastered of course (everything is now). These are the classic ones, "Space Madness", "Happy Happy, Joy Joy", "Log", etc... You know what, they are not what I remembered. I could swear the annimation was better, these things look like old "Loony Toons" episodes, but they're what, 6 years old?

Ok, thats enough for now, it says its 12:40 now so I been typing on and off for like 33 minutes, thats enough to me.

See you later,
nick