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January 17th, 2011
07:46 pm
Contrary to popular belief, I am not dead.
I smell a conspiracy. Some company has created a robot clone of me. It has the same name, and even looks exactly like me! I of course has nothing to do with this. I am concerned that they may come to 'tie up loose ends' and I might find myself on the wrong side of the grass. If I fail to updated for another two years, you know why.
Current Mood: Mmm, Minecraft
Current Music: Groove Salad
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August 3rd, 2008
05:14 pm - The Human Factor and the Internet, or Why My Roommate Isn't Known on Last.FM
Computers are wonderful, but they're still susceptible to the Human Factor. We humans aren't so good at coming up with common categories that are spelled exactly the same. I've heard horror stories of database records with free form 'name' fields and the myriad of different spellings and wordings that end up in there for the same or similar things. Combine this with the tendency of "the internet" (as if it were a single entity with a mind of its own) to archive things in a rather permanent fashion, and you get interesting results.
( Read more... )
Current Location: Home
Current Mood:  happy
Current Music: The Eagles similar artists (Last.FM)
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August 2nd, 2008
10:12 pm
Update.
Current Location: Home
Current Mood:  tired
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December 18th, 2007
07:10 pm - Poor Santa
Santa just rode around the apartment complex on a fire truck covered in Christmas lights. I think I was the only person to go out and wave to him. Poor Santa.
Current Location: Home
Current Mood:  hungry
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September 1st, 2007
10:18 pm
I completly forgot to post to my journal after I moved. So here's how things are now:
I have an apartment in Gainesville, VA (45 minutes from DC) with my good friend John. I currently have a 2-month contract with the Fairfax County Police Department for their PC replacement project. Basically I go out to each station or other location, inventory all of the computers, and replace the oldest ones. I'm really hoping they will extend the contract, I enjoy working there and they seem to like having me around to help out.
My birthday was this weekend, so my parents came up from North Carolina and my grandparents came down from New Jersey. Saturday we took the train into DC and visited the International Spy Museum and the National Building Museum. Lots of fascinating stuff at both. If you're in the area, go check out David Macaulay: The Art of Drawing Architecture at the National Building Museum, fascinating stuff.
And now I think I'm going to go pass out, its past my bedtime.
Current Location: Home
Current Mood:  sleepy
Current Music: 99.5 WPER
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June 5th, 2007
10:41 pm
Today's moving update:
John got me exact measurements on the room and door/window positions and figured out what will fit well in there and which furniture stays here. I have sanded all of the pieces of my desk and we made the rest of the cuts today. The top needs to be glued together, cut to finish and sanded. The legs also needed a finishing sanding and then everything will be stained and assembled. Yay! Tomorrow I go to Lowes and get a 4x8 sheet of 3/4 plywood (ouch in the wallet) and two more 2x4s. The work bench is going to grow significantly and become the living room computing/workbench area. I will have to leave one piece of furniture, and that is the writing desk. It doesn't do much beyond hold my PCs right now anyway, and my mom will make use of it as this becomes the guest bedroom.
I have all of my stuff out of the attic (goodness how did I get so much?). I've packed up all the books and all of the kitchen stuffs that I've been collecting. I'm hoping to put a sizeable dent in all of the loose stuff in the room this week so I can do the serious packing next week. Anyone know how to pack a filing cabinet? I wont be able to stand it up in the van (four drawers), so I need to do something else with the files to avoid insane messes. I might look for filing boxes at Office Max this week.
Only three more days of work left! I'm going to go eat lunch with my mom and her class at school tomorrow, and my boss is taking me to lunch on Thursday. I think I'll have one last meal at The Cookout on Friday :). Just a week and a half left before I move, eep.
Things that need loving homes
- KayPro 2x, with daisy wheel printer and CP/M and Wordstar disks
- 8088 IBM PC Clone, includes the keyboard and your choice of amber or green monochrome monitor, I also have a LOT of 5.25" floppy disks
- 286 (also a clone), includes everything the 8088 does except maybe the disks, I have no problems throwing this one out though
- Possibly my Apple //c, includes the color monitor (hook it to a VCR and instant TV) and joystick as pictured here: http://www.ekriirke.com/images/Apple2c.jpg
- Wyse WY-150 dumb terminal, amber screen with two DB-25 RS232 ports, keyboard included
- Large stuffed tiger in lying down position, 3 feet long from paws to rear (not including flexible tail) wearing a custom made graduation cap (easily removable)
- Green student pillow
- Toshiba SD-V291 DVD/VCR combo, has been known to lock up and refuse to play/eject DVDs on occasion, includes remote
That is about it, there are some smaller things but nothing worth shipping. All items come from a home with dogs, if you are allergic you may want to avoid the tiger and the student pillow. If anyone is interested in anything, just leave a comment or email me at qbfreak+lj@qbfreak.net
Current Location: Home (for a little while longer)
Current Mood: hungry
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May 29th, 2007
10:14 pm - Got any empty boxes?
I have been quietly thinking and planning for a while, and I have decided to move up to Gainesville, VA with my friend John. It may appear sudden, but plenty of thought, prayer, and advice of those I respect has gone into it. I gave my two week notice at work today, and will finish up working on June 8th. I'll spend a week packing and on the 16th my car, my parents nice big van, and likely a trailer will make the seven and a half hour trip north. Whee. I'm looking forward to having John around again, silly friends moving away on me...
It will be a new experience for me, being out on my own away from family. A little scary, but mostly exciting. Now all I have to do is make sure that Mandy doesn't lock me in her closet again. *eyes Mandy with suspicion*
Current Location: Home (for a little while longer)
Current Mood: happy
Current Music: Steven Curtis Chapman - I Will Be Here [91.9 FM WRCM]
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May 28th, 2007
11:34 pm - The icecream monster will get you!
The new wafflecone iron where my sister works doesn't always make them properly, on occasion a mutant is born. Run for your lives, the icecream monster is coming!
( Pictures inside the cut )
Current Mood: happy
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April 21st, 2007
11:12 pm
*Rattles closet door*
Hello? Mandy? Can I come out now?
Anybody?
Current Mood: hungry
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April 17th, 2007
02:07 pm
I just thought I'd post again so everyone knows that ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1) soaringdragon42 and the_fool76 did not manage to kidnap me. I am not posting this under duress of a crazed draggy who has locked me in her wi-fi enabled closet, nope, not at all.
HELP!a;lkja;kjld
kjajsafkj
[End of post]
Current Location: The closet of DOOM!
Current Mood:  scared
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