Mon, 03 Nov 2008 {1:39 am}
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As most of the people who would be visiting this website already know, Arxan laid off 23 of its roughly 100 employees on 30 October. I was one of them. The severance package included 2 weeks pay + 1 week for every year of service + payment for any unused vacation. In all, I'm getting 3 weeks pay since I hadn't taken any of my vacation yet.

So, now I'm applying for jobs. I suppose I'll have time to update this as things come along.

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 {11:17 pm}
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I installed Ubuntu on my PS3 on Thursday. Finally was able to successfully install the kernel that allowed WiFi networking to work on Friday. I applied the overscan fix using fbset on Saturday. And later found out that video playback was horrendous (at least from high def sources, haven't tried SD). I read about efforts to utilize the PS3's GPU from Linux, but apparently firmware 2.10 effectively stopped what success had been had (which came out in January), so I don't have an old enough firmware for it to work. The PS3 also has several Synergistic Processor Units (SPUs), which someone has made a video driver to use, but of course it's very buggy. Some people have apparently had success using that driver with MythTV. I installed it, but something seems to be wrong with my mysql installation (which it requires), but I haven't put in the effort to find out what's wrong.

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 {1:25 pm}
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I switched to a new web hosting provider. My other one doesn't expire for another two months, but this one was on sale (probably the perpetual sale that says it ends at the end of the month, and then next month you have until the end of that month to get the deal.) But the monthly price is the same as my old one (it's cheapest offering is now $10/month compared to the $4/month I was at). The new host will provide DNS for unlimited domain names, so I can have Ally's website hosted properly (instead of just the GoDaddy redirect to hoam.altoidbox.com). If we decide to do an Allen and Company website, we would be able to host it here as well. Woo.

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 {7:15 pm}
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My PS3 PSN network ID. Woo.

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 {5:53 pm}
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Ahoy-hoy. Not much has been going on, so I haven't much to say. The Death Note movie was in theaters in May, and Bleach: Memories of Nobody last week. Quite unusual of the old Goodrich Quality Monopoly to have such things. They were sure to charge extra though, so it wasn't all good. The grass in the back yard has been coming in. I've already mowed it twice. I'd share a picture, but I'm too lazy right now.

Thu, 08 May 2008 {2:21 am}
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Grades are in.

CS483   A
CS422   A
PHIL206 A
ASTR264 A
Final GPA: 3.81
CS GPA:    3.92
Hours completed: 126
Hours needed:    124

I shall be graduating this Saturday with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science. I don't know if they assign degrees for minors, but they are Philosophy and Organizational Leadership & Supervision if they do count for anything.

It only took me 6 years (comprised of 8 full semesters and one summer semester)

Thu, 01 May 2008 {12:37 pm}
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In other news, I'm done with all but one final. CS483 is the only remaining one, and it is probably the hardest as well. Luckily, I have it at 8 in the morning.

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 {8:24 pm}
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Here you go Allen, fresh cat:

His name is Fry.

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 {7:09 am}
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I turn 24 today. Yay!

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 {11:51 pm}
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Seven weeks until graduation (and starting at Arxan full time).
Five weeks until finals begin.
Three weeks until we close on our house.
Two weeks until my 24th birthday.
w00t!

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 {12:21 am}
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Our Realtor finally heard back from the seller's Realtor on Tuesday evening. They countered our latest offer changing the closing date by one day (so the seller could save some money on a mortgage payment, or something like that). So we accepted the counter-offer. In mid/late April we'll be moving to 401 Big Pine, West Lafayette. The house comes with all necessary appliances (refrigerator, microwave, dishwasher, washer & dryer), so we won't have any big start up costs. And, they were all bought new within the last couple years, so that's an additional plus. There will be some furniture we need to buy, but nothing pressing--I mean, we do alright with what we have now in the apartment.

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 {7:42 pm}
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Well, we haven't heard back about our latest offer (sent Thursday), and our Realtor hasn't been able to get a hold of their Realtor since Friday.

Unless we do hear back from them soon, I think I'll wait another month before looking at any other houses. The housing market isn't supposed to be getting better any time soon, and we'll be more likely to find someone willing to wait 45 days or so rather than 90 days or more.

Drill was this weekend. Basically, we tracked down equipment that's been on the books but no one knew where it was in order that we could ship it out to other units. Boring stuff. Next month will be more of the same.

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 {7:20 pm}
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We've put in a couple offers on that house, but their Realtor (Cathy Russel, of all people) or the seller himself doesn't seem to get that the closing date in the offer is the earliest we can possibly close. In their latest counter-offer (after one round gone through already and explaining to them why the closing date has to be when it is), they kept the price where we wanted it, but they changed the close date to the middle of March. Our Realtor talked to the lender again to see if there was any way to get a mortgage for then, but it just ain't happening. I called Bank of America this evening (they sent me a letter about their "no closing cost" mortgage a couple weeks ago), and we would have to close even later than what Countrywide will let us do. Now, I don't necessarily think closing in the middle of March is a good move, considering I'd still have a couple months of school left and we'd have to deal with the payments on the apartment during that time too (in order to terminate the lease, they require 60 days notice, and then charge you 2 months rent extra). I've thought about doing a sublet, but I don't know how much hassle that would be. At least if I could get someone to rent it, I wouldn't blatantly be giving away money for no good reason.

On another, somewhat related note, I'm considering getting a geothermal heating/cooling system installed once I move into a house (providing the installation cost isn't prohibitive.) There is a program Indiana has that will give up to a $2000 rebate to someone installing such a system. Duke energy has a $200 rebate program, and part of the cost I could write off on Federal taxes. I think it would be a good investment, so long as I stay in the house long enough to reap the benefits.

On to homework...

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 {6:26 pm}
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We looked at those houses yesterday, and today we looked at the second two on the list again. After further consideration, we really like the 401 Big Pine house a lot better than the other one.

The other home (4616 Elijah) after further inspection has lots of stains in the carpets, poor paint in some places, some scuffed walls in certain rooms, they didn't use the door stops so the locks on the door knobs have created dents in the walls, the fencing around the deck seems kind of weak, and it's 400 sq ft smaller.

The Big Pine home has a good paint job, very few (I only noticed 1) carpet stains, a much flatter back yard, and larger rooms. We would have to seed the back yard though as it is now mostly dirt and rocks, but that shouldn't be too bad.

I was kind of disappointed that both homes have low efficiency furnaces and water heaters. I wonder if we can sell them back to a heating/cooling contractor for a discount on high efficiency replacements. Probably not, but it would be nice.

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 {12:40 am}
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I got a new laptop. Not new per se, but it's new to me. The specs are only slightly better than my old one (save for the smaller hard drive), but it's the XPS M1210 (12.1"). I was getting tired of the bigger Inspiron 1420 (14.2"), and selling it resulted in only a small expense on my part for getting the smaller laptop. It's the same size as my old Dell 700M, which was a little larger than my old Fujitsu P5000, which, again, was slightly larger than my even older P2000.

I'm disappointed that Dell's new small laptops have gone the way of being thin rather than actually being small. The XPS M1330 (13.3", notice a trend?) does not feel like a small laptop. It is very light and thin towards the front, but the back of the laptop is just about as thick as the M1210, and the extended life battery sticks down rather than out, making it even thicker. Why would they put a battery that extends in the thickness direction on a laptop that they exclaim is "one of the world's thinnest". They're completely negating their thinness advantage by extending the extra battery space in this direction.

On a separate note, Ally and I will be going to look at houses on Saturday. We already looked at some houses a couple weeks ago and put an offer on one, but the seller was looking for a quick sell and we can't close until May at the earliest.
Houses we'll look at on Saturday, in order of my preference based on photos and driving by each one.
4951 N 50 W, WL
401 Big Pine, WL
4616 Elijah, WL
1166 Montgomery, WL
1621 Shining Armor, WL

I really like the second house (from photos), but the yard is kind of lacking, and its in a subdivision.
I also like the first one mostly because of the yard and location. I'm not sure about the house yet since there are no interior photos, but it is a split level and is likely very similar to my parent's house, though it seems to be mostly contained on the upper floor with a second living room and utility type stuff in the lower floor. it also has a deck out back.

Well, that's it for now.

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 {12:10 am}
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Employment news!

I received and accepted an employment offer from Arxan today. I don't yet have a hard start date, but it will be in May sometime. I will continue to work there as an intern during my final semester at Purdue.

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 {8:39 am}
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Happy 2008!

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 {9:44 pm}
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And grades are indeed in.

The results:

Software Security:	A
Ancient Philosophy:	A
General Chemistry:	A
Leadership Through Teams:	A

Yup. All 'A's, and I'm also on the Dean's List and Semester Honors. Only one semester left until I graduate--6 years after finishing high school.

I still haven't gotten word from Arxan about employment, but I think I should soon.

All Christmas shopping is done, save for one person. And I yet to receive my N810. I actually have gotten tired of waiting for it and have bought a slightly cheaper and slightly more used one off of eBay which should arrive tomorrow. I'll sell the new one when I get it and hopefully come out ahead since I got such a good deal on it in the first place.

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 {8:17 pm}
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As you may or may not know, I had interviews today for a full time position at Arxan. If you didn't know, don't feel too left out as I only found out myself last Friday. The interviews went well, and (I think) by the end of the week I should find out the results.

Other news...

My Nokia N810 has not arrived. So far as I can tell, it hasn't even been shipped yet, but I did get it for $70 under retail, so I can't complain that much so long as I do get it (this month, preferably).

Apparently, I never updated the quick-links with my Fall 2007 schedule, and now it should be time to put up the Spring 2008 schedule.

Finals this week:
Tuesday - Chemistry
Wednesday - Software Security
Friday - Philosophy

Grades in - Dec. 19

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 {12:18 am}
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Twice so close together, I know.... Anyways, here's my Christmas list, which may get updated from time to time. At the moment, I only have video games on the list, but I think I should have other things I just don't know what. I wanted tools previously, but Ally already got me a power tool set with a drill, rotary saw, and another kind of saw. I already have a socket set. I guess I could use a wrench set or screw driver set. The drill didn't come with very many bits, so maybe a drill bet set would be good too, but I don't see myself drilling much of anything in the very near future. On with the list!

Ordered by Platform:

• Wii Games
  • The Simpsons Game
  • MySims
  • Super Swing Golf Season 2
  • Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
  • Super Mario Galaxy
• DS Games
  • Mario Party DS
  • Pokémon Diamond/Pearl
  • Final Fantasy III
• PSP Games
  • Riviera: The Promised Land
  • Jeanne d'Arc

If I add anything new, I'll put it at the top of the list as to be more noticeable.

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 {11:23 pm}
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As you might have seen in the Jabber, I said I was going to try out the E-TEN x800, which I did, see?It has basically the same features as the Tilt without the keyboard and half the RAM, but it has double both the vertical and horizontal screen resolution, making web viewing easier. Though I've had it for a week now, I feel it's not as good a device as the Tilt. I'm going to sell both of them and go back to my regular phone. I realized that my wife can dial a number (or do speed dial) in a couple seconds while I'm spending 30 seconds to get the number up in the contact list. It wasn't a big problem on the Tilt because I had the top 10 on the main screen on the people tab. Two clicks and I'm done, but the x800 isn't compatible with that program. I really liked the high resolution though.

I found a Nokia n810 Internet Tablet with an even higher resolution (800x480), a larger screen, GPS, QWERTY keyboard, and it costs a hundred and some dollars less. I figure that I don't need my phone and my PDA to be the same device (though it would be handy), especially if my phone is small enough that I'm not carrying two big things around.

Stock footage:

Hardware Specs: 72x128x14mm - 226g 4.13" 800x480 Touch display 400MHz OMAP 2420 CPU 128MB DDR RAM 256MB Flash memory 2.0GB Internal Memory Slide out QWERTY keyboard GPS Microphone & Stereo Speakers VGA (web) camera 802.11b/g Bluetooth USB 2.0 3.5mm headphone jack

Software: OS2008, Linux based Mozilla based broswer Included Mapping Software with free downloadable maps Email support (IMAP, POP, SMTP) Media Player (audio, video) Image viewer RSS feed reader VOIP capability with video calling PDF reader More free software from Maemo.org!

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 {9:57 pm}
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Well, it has been a while...

Thanksgiving break begins tomorrow (or it began at 2:45pm today for me.) I've been playing Super Paper Mario recently. I bought it sometime in May or June, but had only played about an hour until a few days ago, now I'm up to around 15 hours.

Also, about a month ago, I got a PDA phone. I had been wanting a PDA for a while, but didn't really want to carry an extra thing around with me. I had considered PDA phones in the past, but they were expensive and were BIG. Well, they're still kind of expensive, but they're much smaller now. I got an HTC Kaiser (AT&T 8925).

Not only is it a PocketPC, but it has GPS on it too.

For Halloween, Allen & Co. had a fast food theme. I was Wendy:

Ally was the Hamburglar, Allen was the Burger King, Bryan was the Arby's guy, and Steve went as a "runner" from Logan's Run since it was his 30th birthday.

Apart from that, I've been working at Arxan on Mondays & Fridays, going to school Tue-Thur, and not doing much of anything on the weekends.

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 {1:09 am}
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I've decided to upgrade my desktop computer, and since I got 6 months same as cash financing, I can spread the cost over several months.

I decided to get an Intel quad-core cpu. I had considered waiting until the AMD Phenom x4 processors come out, but I heard the overclocking potential for the Intel Q6600 was great and the price was reasonable, so I sprung for it. I got 2GB of DDR2 RAM, and a new TV Tuner/DVR with hardware MPEG2 encoding (whereas my old one had software encoding, though it has lasted a few years and worked well - thanks, Dad). I have been able to overclock it to 3.0ghz (from its stock 2.4ghz) by changing the FSB setting from 266mhz to 333mhz. Since it was running a little hot, I decided to get a new - and better - heatsink and fan. Unfortunately, I had to remove the motherboard from the case to install it, and shortly after installing it, my power supply bit the dust. So now I have to buy a new power supply, though I'm not entirely supprised this one died. I've had it since my last one died, which I believe was over a year ago, I don't remember, but I'd rather spend $30 a year or so to replace cheap and crappy PSU's rather than shelling out $120 or more to get a good one, and needing to replace it every 3 or so years to keep up with the power requirements of the newer systems I'm upgrading to.

Anyhow, it's late and I should be going to bed so I won't be tired for school tomorrow. My old hardware will be on eBay soon, so I may place another post when that happens.

Sat, 18 Aug 2007 {12:08 am}
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It's been a while since I last wrote. Summer "break" is over. School starts on Monday, and I'll continue to be working at Arxan during the fall semester.

Because Dell was giving $250 discounts on $1000 or more laptops bought by students, and they were giving free upgrades to 2GB ram and 160GB hard drives, and because we were getting a good deal of financial aid, Ally and I decided to get new laptops. They are the Dell 1420 with Core 2 Duo processors, and I've already mentioned the other two most important components. As such I am selling our old laptops, but the auctions are almost over by now.

My old laptop: See it!
Ally's old laptop: See it!

Sat, 02 Jun 2007 {11:42 pm}
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New games for the Wii: NFS: Carbon, Super Paper Mario (en route), Mario Party 8 (sold out, but I got a $20 gift card at Circuit City for trying to buy it). Games sold: Elebits. Net cost : $65 for 3 new games & 1 sold. Well, I only have 1 of the games and have only paid for 2 of them, but the third is a planned purchase. Basically, Mario Party 8 will be free if you subtract the proceeds from Elebits & the $20 gift card.

Other than that, I've finished 1 month at Arxan, and it seems to be pretty enjoyable. All the other interns are fun folk, and the regular employees aren't too bad either.

Wed, 09 May 2007 {7:58 am}
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Grades are in: A's across the board. Yay, woo.

Fri, 04 May 2007 {7:16 am}
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I'm done with finals, will be doing Army Reserve stuff today, Sat, & Sun, and I start working at Arxan on Monday. Then, on Tuesday, I get to find out how I did in all my classes, which two I already know I got an A, the other two are dependent on how well I did on the final.

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 {4:39 pm}
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The Wii did come in the mail today. I got it set up and played some Tennis, several games of Bowling, and a 3 hole game of golf before having to return to school.

Wii#: 1541 4464 9559 2128

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 {8:58 pm}
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To celebrate my internship, I bought myself a Wii off of eBay. It was used, but came with

• 3 games
  • Rayman Raving Rabits
  • Elebits
  • Wii Play
• component video cables
• a classic controller
• a 512MB memory card
• 8 Virtual Console games
  • Super Mario Bros (NES)
  • Gunstar Heroes (Genesis)
  • Alien Crush (Turbografx 16)
  • Super Mario World (SNES)
  • Donkey Kong Country (SNES)
  • Zelda Ocarina of Time (N64)
  • Mario Kart 64 (N64)
  • Super Mario 64 (N64)
• and all the items that normally come with the console
  • Wii Remote & Nunchuck
  • Wii Sports game
  • composite video cables
  • infrared emitter bar
  • vertical stand

All together, if I were to buy all of this new, it would cost approximately $525, but I got it on eBay for only $400.

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 {2:50 pm}
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Internship search update:
The Interns for Indiana matches are done. I have been paired with Arxan Technologies in West Lafayette for a summer internship.

Other Internship related news that doesn't matter any more:

• I was contacted by the CEO of Medical Decision Modeling, Inc last Tuesday, and I was able to talk with him briefly on Wednesday. This was an IfI participating company.
• I heard back from CTI Group on Friday who wanted me to come to Indy for a second interview, but since the IfI matches are binding, I won't be doing that.
• Today, I got an email from the CEO of Vyante saying he would be on campus next Thursday & Friday and wanted to schedule an interview with me.

I should be starting my internship with Arxan on or around May 7, right after a nice four day Army Reserve weekend.

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 {1:57 pm}
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Today I had an interview with Arxan which is located in Purdue's Research Park. It seemed to go pretty well, and I was the last of the four interviewees to leave. According to the sign out sheet, one left an hour and fifteen minutes before me. There was a hacker aptitude test, since most of what Arxan does relates to software security, and one of the best ways to test security is to try and crack it yourself. Other than that, not much of anything else happened.

The Interns for Indiana Job Fair was canceled due to lack of company interest. Today's interview was my first IfI interview, and there is only until the 13th before IfI interviews are over, so hopefully I'll be hearing from some more companies in the near future.

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 {6:15 pm}
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I had a brief telephone interview with Baker Hill this afternoon. And, after talking to Steve, I found out that his brother Charles works for Baker Hill. It wasn't much of an interview, I think they just wanted to talk to me for a few minutes to see if they want to do a more complete interview later. I was told that I should find out in the next several days if I'll be having another interview with them.

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 {3:22 pm}
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I received a request for my transcript from Baker Hill (who makes software for banks & credit unions) about an hour ago, so I might be getting another interview soon. Though considering how the Interns for Indiana program works, if I get an offer from any of the participating companies which match a list I provide of acceptable host companies, then the offer is automatically accepted for me, and the date for that is only about 2-3 weeks away.

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 {4:33 pm}
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I had my interview today for a CTI Group Summer Internship position. There were several things they asked about that I didn't have answers for, but they still seemed positive towards the end. So maybe they were more trying to asses what all I knew and didn't really expect me to know everything that they were asking about. They said they wouldn't be making any offers until mid-April. My Interns for Indiana deal is supposed to have all of its decisions made by April 9th, so if I get an internship there, I'll have to won't be able to do the CTI one.

7:19pm UPDATE!
It turns out that the Interns for Indiana Job fair, along with all of the decision making, has been postponed by 1 week. Therefore, I'll have an extra week to see if I hear anything from CTI before I have to commit for sure to the IfI internship.

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 {4:11 pm}
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Spring Break's Over!!! Whooo!

Sat, 17 Feb 2007 {2:38 pm}
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I got this on the 7th, actually, but hadn't taken any pictures of it yet.

The "New" Car!

2003 Grand Am GT

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 {10:45 am}
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Happy Valentines Day!

Ally made me my Valentine dinner early, so we had that last night. Steak covered by bacon, sides of salad and a fried cheese-onion-spinach ball, with an apple tart for dessert. It was teh awesome.

Also, Purdue Cancels Classes! For half of Tuesday and all of today. w00t!

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 {11:36 am}
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Schedule now here!

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 {11:15 pm}
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I was a pallbearer in my grandma's funeral today. Bernice Boeckman was born on December 25th, 1929 and died on January 16th, 2007. She has had Alzheimer's disease for several years and was seemingly well past her time to go after being bed-ridden and without conscious activity for a few years.

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 {6:20 pm}
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Happy New Years!

Mon, 25 Dec 2006 {11:13 am}
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Happy December-ween Everyone! Oh, and Merry Christmas too.

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 {8:43 am}
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It's official! All A's this semester. w00t!

FALL 2006

Classification: 6 School: S Major: 73C Campus: West Lafayette

ASTR 263 DSCR ASTR-SOLAR SYSTEM 3.00 A C S 354 OPERATING SYSTEMS 3.00 A C S 381 INTRO ANALYSIS ALGOR 3.00 A OLS 284 LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES 3.00 A

Grad GPA: 3.72 Hrs: 78.0 Pts: 290.0 Sem GPA: 4.00 Hrs: 12.0 Pts: 48.0

Semester Honors & Dean's List

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 {6:23 pm}
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Altoid Clock
Gifts from Allen Bol

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 {9:20 pm}
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Finals are over. I actually finished my last one on Wednesday. On Monday was my Astronomy final, Tuesday was Operating Systems, and yesterday was Algorithms. They were also taken in increasing order of difficulty. Though I'm quite confident that I did well in all of them. I expect to get an 'A' in all my classes this semester, even in my fourth class, Leadership Principles, which didn't have a formal final during finals week, but it did have the Ultimate WAK during the week after Thanksgiving.

I've been working on Ally's new website, Hoam Productions, which will showcase the comics she's been working on so that publishers can have a look at them (and her website in general). It has a "bloggish" look to it on the main page. It has a gallery for pictures or photos, and it allows visitors to give feed back on entries, comics, or pictures as well as leaving general comments on the main page à la my Jibber Jabber. Its nearing completion in terms of the back-end, Ally just needs to input more information and more comics.

Thu, 23 Nov 2006 {11:28 am}
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Thursday was dinner with the Amador's. Friday was dinner with the Boeckman's. Nothing special to report at either. Food, movies, & games. C'est tous.

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 {8:58 pm}
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Well, would you look at that! A decorated Christmas tree and a loot full of presents and its not even Thanksgiving yet!? You can blame my wife for that. I don't usually do my shopping until about the 20th of December. :) I guess it is good to be done with most of it.

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 {9:30 am}
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All Saint's Day Palooza

The Monarch & Dr Girlfriend aka Dr Mrs Monarch

Clicking the photo takes you to the Halloween album rather than to that particular photo in the album. We didn't really do much. Handed out candies to children, ate the pork shoulder Steve had prepared for us, had Steve's b-day cake, and watched some good old Venture Brothers Season 1.

Sun, 22 Oct 2006 {10:57 pm}
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I got married today. Pictures will be in the gallery in the coming days/weeks.

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 {12:07 am}
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Well, the lappy arrived today, and after running it once to see the results of the problem myself, I promptly began disassembling it. After having it disassembled as far as the instructions go, I found I was not yet at my problem. As it seemed the backlight only came on when the inverter power cord was bent a certain way, but in order to get a better look at it, I had to take the back cover off the display. This proved difficult as I only had a crappy set of Allen key wrenches and the one I needed was the smallest, but using much force and a set of pliers for grip, I was able to get display cover off. There are two wires broken in the power inverter cable. They were just snapped off when I saw them, but I've since unsheathed them in preparation for splicing.

Edited 23 Oct 2006 12:10am
I have since lent the LCD portion to Steve who had volunteered to resolder the two broken cables and put some heat shrink tubing on them. Thanks Steve! (who doesn't read this)

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 {10:13 pm}
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w00t! After buying one PowerBook G3 and reselling it for $50 profit, I found this wonder of a deal that I plan to keep. It's an Apple iBook G3 800mhz with 640MB RAM, 30GB hard drive, and included AirPort card with Mac OSX (10.4.8) and Mac OS 9.2.2 installed. It does come with one issue: the back-light goes out after the lid is opened to about a 20 degree angle and beyond. I'm hoping this is an easy fix, otherwise I'll be tied down to an external monitor. But even with the issue, it was bought at an excellent price.

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 {2:31 pm}
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Today is talk like a pirate day. And I took a quiz to find out my Pirate name... Here be.

Thu, 10 Aug 2006 {1:46 pm}
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On Satuday, Aug 5, I moved out and into an apartment with my newly appointed fiancée. As of now, the wedding date is set for Oct 22 of this year to be held in Battleground (if we can ever contact them) or alternately in Prophetstown. The fall semester starts on the 21st of this month and after it's completion I will be more than halfway done with my college education. Thats it for now, I guess.

Fri, 07 Jul 2006 {12:50 am}
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Here's what I gave to Ally today (or at least a stock photo of something very similar to what I gave her.)

w00t!

And as proof she said yes, here's a crappy picture of her hand wearing aforementioned ring. Though, being as it is, this photo is probably not capable of really proving anything.

Tue, 04 Jul 2006 {3:15 pm}
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It's the Fourth! Are you violating any city ordnances today?

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 {9:35 pm}
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This is a new post, used for testing my new method of adding news to this website. Lets see if it works!

Sun, 11 Jun 2006 {7:12 pm}
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I got my DS Lite today and gave Ally my old DS yesterday. I'll post pics of my DS probably soon maybe if I feel like it. Its not like you can't see it on a billion other pages by now. And the people who would see it here will probably see it in person in the near future.

Summer school starts tomorrow as does work. I will be working monday - wednesday, 3pm - 10pm in BRNG B281 or whatever that large group of labs is called down there.

Other than that, not much is happening I guess. I've got drill this weekend. So, I'll be heading towards old Danville, Japan at around 7am Saturday morning...