Archive for December, 2003

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Wed Dec 17, 2003 11:38 PM

by on 2003/12/18 at 6:38 am
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Just got back from The
Return of the King. It was quite excellent. I happen to
think the third book is the worst of the lot. The Sam and Frodo
stuff in there is endless and not very exciting. The battles in
the book are good tho. The movie made the Sam and Frodo parts
interesting and the battles were cool. Very nice movie. Its a
toss up between this and the first one wich was better. Will
likely have to see it again, and of course get the deluxe dvd
version when it comes out.

Thu Dec 18, 2003 11:13 PM

by on 2003/12/19 at 6:13 am
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Hurray. Cobalt machines are finally end of lifed. I fucking hate the
cobalt raq’s. Some clients of ours have them and they are
worthless and anoying. They don’t ever have security updates,
which is a gigantic “kickme” sign on the internet these
days. They don’t have featurefull software, since they are 10
million versions behind. They have crappy hardware. You can’t
get their binaries easily. They just suck. Hurray for them
getting the axe!

Had a nice time at boulder hacking society tonight. Went and had
dinner at the southern sun, then over to caffe sole for wireless
and geeking. The wireless there still hates my usb wireless
card. Noticed that my laptop has a mini-pci modem in it, and the
thought was to try a mini-pci wireless in it and see if it could
find it. Convinced john to take the mini-pci out of his thinkpad
and let me try it. Turns out tho to do that he needed a “secure
torx”, so that failed. Oh well, it was a nice try anyhow. Will
see about finding another mini-pci to try.

Fri Dec 19, 2003 1:13 PM

by on 2003/12/19 at 8:13 pm
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Just your typical friday. Working along trying to get some things
installed and some other things upgraded. Should probibly go to
the store later and see about picking up stuff to make yummy
finger foods for the party tomorrow. As usual, I have no idea
how many people will show up. Only a few people managed to reply
they will be there, so we will see. I should invite more folks,
if I knew any more to invite.

Sat Dec 20, 2003 11:14 AM

by on 2003/12/20 at 6:14 pm
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Need to get my butt in gear and start cleaning up the house in prep
for the party tonight. Also need to make some cookies and take
stock and see if I have enough finger foody things. Also need to
check on booze. I think I have all the martini fixings I need,
but not sure about other things. Also need to go and drop off my
old microwave and toaster over at colorado homeless
families. Busy Busy.

Sun Dec 21, 2003 11:14 AM

by on 2003/12/21 at 6:14 pm
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Well, the party went quite well. Had a not gigantic, but reasonable
crowd. Had some good discussions on various topics. The carmel
apple martini’s were a big hit. Many of them were
consumed. Party finally broke up around 2am or so.

Today I think I will play with computers and watch netflix that have
piled up. Don’t have to do anything in particular, so I don’t
think I will. 😉

Tue Dec 23, 2003 12:33 PM

by on 2003/12/23 at 7:32 pm
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Not much exciting to report on monday. I did stay up until the wee
hours finishing a book. It’s been a while since I did
that. Staying up till 3am is not as fun the next day as it used
to be. It was a fun book tho: The 4th Dresden book:
Summer
Knight. Not some kind of great literary work, but a fun
read. Lots of nice twists and turns, good fights and dialog.

I need to go out later today and get food for Xmas eve/day
dinners. Since I am staying home this year I get to make my own
dinner. Will probably look for one of those turkey breast
thingies, and look at doing some cookies or other desert.

Wed Dec 24, 2003 7:16 PM

by on 2003/12/25 at 2:16 am
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Just had a delightfull dinner: A nice boneless turkey, some mashed
potatos and some crescent rolls. The rolls did really well in
the convection oven. It browned them nicely and made them yummy
and fluffy. All the dogs got greenies to chew on.

Need to determine my plans for tomorrow. Might go and see return of
the king or go for a hike or something.

Wed Dec 24, 2003 11:01 PM

by on 2003/12/25 at 6:01 am
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I would just like to take this chance to point out that my dogs are
super cute. They are laying around (as they often do) just
looking super cute.

Thu Dec 25, 2003 8:57 PM

by on 2003/12/26 at 3:57 am
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Nice quiet christmas. Slept in some (It’s hard to sleep in too late
when you have critters that want you to get up and feed them and
let them out and such). Took the dogs for a nice walk. Got phone
calls from my dad and one of my sisters. Baked up some choc-chip
cookies and ate far too many of them.

Finished the angel season 2 dvd’s. Watched some of the first season
buffy dvd’s, wow do they all look young. I guess it was seven or
eight years ago now.