Smacking Hackies since 1835

Too tired to sleep

2009-09-13T06:58:14Z

...and feeling heartburny.

I just caught the pilot of Defying Gravity on Hulu

2009-09-01T03:06:57Z

It's not half bad! Definitely has that "Lost" in Space vibe to it, to say nothing of 2001. But I wonder when Michael Bolton is going to show up?

Pretty...

2009-08-29T14:16:13Z

There's only one thing that smells like bacon

2009-08-29T05:38:09Z

...and that's BACON!

Writer's Block: Proven by Science

2009-08-14T05:03:31Z

Do you believe everything has a scientific explanation?

Submitted By mesnyder_92

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No, not everything. Most things, certainly, and more than we can currently explain, but not literally everything. I do believe in a spiritual side of existence, and I am dismayed at the currently-in-vogue attitude of "religion is worthless and evil". Religion is no more evil than science; it's all a matter of application. To oversimplify: You can make bombs or you can grow more food. You can choose to justify persecution or you can choose to help others.

Writer's Block: Memo to Myself

2009-08-14T04:59:26Z

If you could travel back in time, what advice would you give to your younger self?

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None. I wouldn't have listened to me; I hadn't had the requisite experiences to understand why it would be that I'm telling myself this. Now, if I could go back in time and be a younger version of myself, to have it to do all over again knowing then what I know now...well, I'd do it better the second time around, but there are swaths of boring, pain, and suck that I'd be much better off not reliving at all. Just give me a few more years of relative youth in place of time travel any day.

In case there's someone out there whom I haven't subjected to this yet

2009-08-11T02:04:04Z

http://translationparty.com/tp/#1029521

Where can I get me one of these?

2009-08-11T01:50:37Z

http://gizmodo.com/5332274/in-russia-snowblowers-use-mig+15-jets/gallery/

Things found on my desk, part 23:

2009-08-11T01:49:37Z

"Fruit Flavored Hot Dogs(TM) bubble gum. Blow your lunch!"

Continuing tech weirdness

2009-06-26T23:20:54Z

My tablet was just briefly KO'd:

0210 stuck key 71

So far, I haven't been able to find out which key scancode 71 corresponds to. According to ThinkWiki, the X60 and X61 tablets' Up keys generate scancode 71, but the X200 tablet doesn't.

I checked for stuck or sticky keys and found none, but it still errored out.

I blew half a can of compressed air through the keyboard, but it still errored out.

And now, after a small bit of random poking and a couple extra spritzes of air here and there, it's working again.

W.

T.

F.

Not that I'm complaining that it's working again, but really, I'd like to know what the frell is going on.

zero-sum tech karma continues

2009-06-26T03:35:48Z

I start getting my desktop reassembled, and my tablet's desktop goes all wonky. Then my desktop boots...barely...into safe mode, due to the hardware changes, and it looks like I'm going to have to reinstall from scratch to coerce it back to life.

Oh, joy.

hacky_mcsmacko @ 2009-06-24T22:24:00

2009-06-25T03:46:36Z

The past two days, when I've gotten home, I've found my tablet desktop rotated 90 degrees.

Either that's one bizarre bug, someone's sneaking into my apartment while I'm away, or something supernatural is trying to tell me something.

hacky_mcsmacko @ 2009-06-11T21:42:00

2009-06-12T03:24:21Z

Gurgle. I should not be awake. Blasted virii. Bugrit. Millennium hand an' shrimp! Fleeb.

Writer's Block: Last Meal

2009-06-11T01:32:13Z

What do you want your last meal to be?

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A surprise.

hacky_mcsmacko @ 2009-06-09T15:05:00

2009-06-09T21:20:10Z

Today I found myself saying:

"It's not complex, it's just a lot of different parts that needs to be tackled from several different angles."

Wait...

Writer's Block: Grimm Question

2009-06-05T03:04:21Z

What was your favorite fairy tale as a child?

Submitted By wolfy284

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As a kid, I don't think I had one. Now, I'd have to say The Little Prince, if that counts. On a related note, The Happy Prince is also a fine yarn.

hacky_mcsmacko @ 2009-06-04T20:51:00

2009-06-05T01:55:04Z

I have a bad case of Writer's Arrogance. Nothing is quite good enough to say.

hacky_mcsmacko @ 2009-06-02T08:40:00

2009-06-02T13:41:59Z

Stomach flu is no fun. At least now I can say I've ridden in an ambulance.

Crap. My car's still at work.

Writer's Block: Venting

2009-05-29T23:59:01Z

What's the most annoying thing that happened to you this week?

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Falling asleep at 10pm yesterday and then ignoring my alarm an hour later, when I'd wanted to stay up til 2 or 3am in preparation for working nights next week.

Writer's Block: Places to Lay Your Head

2009-05-27T05:16:00Z

How many different places (cities, houses, apartments, dorm rooms, etc.) have you lived in? Which is your favorite? And your least favorite?

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Sixteen places in seven cities. Ten of these have been here in town.

Least favorite? The rented room in the Theta Tau frat house in the summer of 2000, because of Lloyd. His stench was like unto Foul Ol' Ron's, and should have been paying rent itself.

Favorite? Either my current digs (first place in town I've lived in that's had sun) or Bradenton, FL. Living within ten minutes of the Gulf of Mexico was nice; woulda been even nicer had I been old enough to drive myself there.

VICTORY!

2009-05-19T05:36:55Z

Holy crap, we won! Both of the Saturday bands won! And Amy won twice!

Must get pics of the trophies...

hacky_mcsmacko @ 2009-05-17T13:42:00

2009-05-17T18:43:49Z

Wow, that didn't take long.

Memeage

2009-05-14T04:02:02Z

Ganked from splott and jinglymushroom:

Your results:
You are Deanna Troi

Deanna Troi		85%
Beverly Crusher		75%
Geordi LaForge		65%
Spock		60%
Uhura		60%
An Expendable Character (Redshirt)		55%
Mr. Scott		50%
Chekov		50%
Mr. Sulu		50%
Jean-Luc Picard		50%
Data		50%
James T. Kirk (Captain)		45%
Leonard McCoy (Bones)		40%
Will Riker		35%
Worf		25%

You are a caring and loving individual.
You understand people's emotions and
you are able to comfort and counsel them.

Click here to take the "Which Star Trek character am I?" quiz...

Awww. I'm somewhat disappointed I didn't get Scotty, but that's predictable.

Yarr!

2009-05-12T15:52:57Z

It be about time we be gettin' equal time, arrr.

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/05/12/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5008563.shtml

hacky_mcsmacko @ 2009-05-11T20:45:00

2009-05-12T01:49:27Z

I just had to go back through all the Rock Band song downloads & click 'download again' on each one to validate the licenses on my replacement Xbox 360. Couldn't make it easy, could they? No 'validate all licenses' button, or 'enqueue all' or anything. So I spent twenty minutes clicking. Thankfully it didn't actually have to download the full files, else it'd be going til morning and I'd probably still be clicking through the list.

Between that and dealing with Charter, it's a good day to be angry.

Rawr.