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I just deleted my Twitter account. I had high hopes for that service however people don't seem to use it in a useful way (imho).
I had this expectation that my friends would update with "Hanging out at place X," so that people knew where to come hang out. That didn't turn out to be the case, with most updates being useless little tidbits of info.
I figured I was missing out on something that others had realized so I'd occasionally send out an update with a goofy website but I was just disappointing myself further.
Twitter, you have failed to meet my expectations. I will not miss you.
I had this expectation that my friends would update with "Hanging out at place X," so that people knew where to come hang out. That didn't turn out to be the case, with most updates being useless little tidbits of info.
I figured I was missing out on something that others had realized so I'd occasionally send out an update with a goofy website but I was just disappointing myself further.
Twitter, you have failed to meet my expectations. I will not miss you.
Yesterday we turned in the keys to the apartment. This sounds like a simple task but it couldn't possibly be farther from that.
We head over, in both cars so that we'll have enough room to pack up. Mel worked on packing up glasses while I started to vacuum. Our wonderful $40 vacuum died while cleaning the living room. We got a pretty good run out of it but it was bound to happen.
I made a frantic call to Matty P in search of a Bed Bath and Beyond coupon (I'm sure everyone gets those 20% off coupons on a regular basis) and he came through. We got a new vacuum and went back to cleaning.
We finally turned our keys in at 4:49pm on Sunday, 11 minutes before the office closed. It's weird to finally be done, knowing that where we live now is the place we will be for a while.
We head over, in both cars so that we'll have enough room to pack up. Mel worked on packing up glasses while I started to vacuum. Our wonderful $40 vacuum died while cleaning the living room. We got a pretty good run out of it but it was bound to happen.
I made a frantic call to Matty P in search of a Bed Bath and Beyond coupon (I'm sure everyone gets those 20% off coupons on a regular basis) and he came through. We got a new vacuum and went back to cleaning.
We finally turned our keys in at 4:49pm on Sunday, 11 minutes before the office closed. It's weird to finally be done, knowing that where we live now is the place we will be for a while.
These are so fantastic and so simple. I made them exactly the same way as Heather over at Bacon Unwrapped did. I had to cook them for about 21 minutes at 430 vs. 18 minutes at 430.
I'll certainly be serving these at the next party / BBQ.
I'll certainly be serving these at the next party / BBQ.
I'm sick of painting and cleaning. I'm sick of going to Home Depot / Lowes / Walmart / Target. I just want to be moved in and done with it.
I'm also very sick of spending money. One guy at work said "Don't worry, you'll get used to it." I suppose it beats paying astronomical condo fees each month.
The progress is moving along nicely. Our bedroom, the living room and the Pantry (photo right) are done. The kitchen is coming along which is great. The carpets were steam cleaned today and apparently look great (I haven't seen them yet).
We're moving this weekend which shouldn't be too bad. We don't have much stuff so we should be able to take our time.
I'm also very sick of spending money. One guy at work said "Don't worry, you'll get used to it." I suppose it beats paying astronomical condo fees each month.
The progress is moving along nicely. Our bedroom, the living room and the Pantry (photo right) are done. The kitchen is coming along which is great. The carpets were steam cleaned today and apparently look great (I haven't seen them yet).
We're moving this weekend which shouldn't be too bad. We don't have much stuff so we should be able to take our time.
On Monday, at 3pm, was our closing. We signed all the papers in record time, being done in about 30 minutes. As we are sitting there, ready to take the keys and head over to the new place, the lawyer lady says something like "I can't release the property because the seller has signed off on the final HUD-1 we sent them this morning."
She expected to hear "within an hour." This was at 3:30pm on Monday. It's now 9am on Wednesday. We still don't have keys to our new house. Our money is all sitting with the title company. I have no idea why the seller doesn't want to get paid.
She expected to hear "within an hour." This was at 3:30pm on Monday. It's now 9am on Wednesday. We still don't have keys to our new house. Our money is all sitting with the title company. I have no idea why the seller doesn't want to get paid.
OK, I doubt Mel is really trying to set me up to do something I don't want to do but life really can't be this good.
First, I manage to talk her into the idea of an 80's power ballad as a first dance song. We have settled on "Heaven" by Warrant. Then, she sends me an email about a complete upper receiver for an AR-15 that is on sale, which she knew I wanted but wasn't keen on me purchasing. Today, while watching DJ videos to see who we wanted to try and book, she says "We should use this song as our introduction song." It was "The Final Countdown" by Europe.
I'm not sure how I've managed to convince her 80's music is cool and that it's OK for me to have an assault rifle but I've managed to do it.
Man, I am one lucky dude.
First, I manage to talk her into the idea of an 80's power ballad as a first dance song. We have settled on "Heaven" by Warrant. Then, she sends me an email about a complete upper receiver for an AR-15 that is on sale, which she knew I wanted but wasn't keen on me purchasing. Today, while watching DJ videos to see who we wanted to try and book, she says "We should use this song as our introduction song." It was "The Final Countdown" by Europe.
I'm not sure how I've managed to convince her 80's music is cool and that it's OK for me to have an assault rifle but I've managed to do it.
Man, I am one lucky dude.
I've just about convinced Mel to have an 80's power ballad for our first dance song. I wanted to use "Something to Believe In" by Poison but I think she's shot that down. It's a little on the depressing side.
I'm looking for some feedback. Right now I'd really like to go with "Heaven" by Warrant however Mel has also suggested "Love of a Lifetime" by Firehouse. I'm a little turned off by the Firehouse simply because it's Firehouse. "Open Arms" by Journey is on there, as much as I hate Journey, it works.
"Is This Love?" by Whitesnake has been suggested by two people though I'm not too sure about that one. "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin would be hilarious though I think the hilarity might be a drawback.
Any thoughts?
I'm looking for some feedback. Right now I'd really like to go with "Heaven" by Warrant however Mel has also suggested "Love of a Lifetime" by Firehouse. I'm a little turned off by the Firehouse simply because it's Firehouse. "Open Arms" by Journey is on there, as much as I hate Journey, it works.
"Is This Love?" by Whitesnake has been suggested by two people though I'm not too sure about that one. "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin would be hilarious though I think the hilarity might be a drawback.
Any thoughts?
Never, ever buy a house and plan a wedding at the same time.
OK, it's not that bad. The wedding stuff is moving along at a nice pace (unless you ask Mel as I'm sure we're doing things slower than she'd like). The house purchase still appears to be on track for March 31st.
We found a lovely place to get married, The Executive Court in Manchester, NH. We booked a photographer, Andrea Runkel / Luminescence Photography, who seems really cool. May 16th, 2009 is the magic date, in the event I hadn't mentioned that before.
On the house front, we had an inspection done by Keith at Fair View (really great people). They recommended Herb The Plumber, who was also excellent. He checked out a few things I had concerns about and did a walk through with me. It's great finding good contractors in an area where you don't know a lot of homeowners.
On a somewhat related note, Mel informed me that it's 1 year and 62 days until we get hitched. It's cute when she actually acts like a girl for a change.
OK, it's not that bad. The wedding stuff is moving along at a nice pace (unless you ask Mel as I'm sure we're doing things slower than she'd like). The house purchase still appears to be on track for March 31st.
We found a lovely place to get married, The Executive Court in Manchester, NH. We booked a photographer, Andrea Runkel / Luminescence Photography, who seems really cool. May 16th, 2009 is the magic date, in the event I hadn't mentioned that before.
On the house front, we had an inspection done by Keith at Fair View (really great people). They recommended Herb The Plumber, who was also excellent. He checked out a few things I had concerns about and did a walk through with me. It's great finding good contractors in an area where you don't know a lot of homeowners.
On a somewhat related note, Mel informed me that it's 1 year and 62 days until we get hitched. It's cute when she actually acts like a girl for a change.
I've got a generic Dell workstation sitting in my living room that acts
as a media server, a computer I remote in to if I need a file and a
file server. I also installed vmware server on it to practice for the
RHCE exam (passed it with little to no practice outside of the course,
go me!). Finally, I added a second IP so that I could fiddle with a few
policies options on the Juniper Netscreen I was using at the time. This
was a little excessive.
All of a sudden, I was unable to stream media from my xbox 360. It said "PC Selected Failed" in the test on the 360. It worked fine from my laptop but not from my jack-of-all-trades workstation. I couldn't figure out what was wrong so I called Microsoft. The woman I spoke with was useless. She had me stop and start services, reboot, reinstall media player, etc. Two hours later no progress had been made.
I finally just hung up the phone. She was spinning in circles and trying to blame my router. When I told her that was impossible because it was on a switch she got confused. That's when I gave up on her.
I removed vmware, removed the additional IP and reset the winsock catalog (I think "netsh reset winsock catalog" but you'd want to check the order of that). I also cleared the contents (did not delete the folder itself) of the "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\DRM" folder. This required me to clear my library and add everything back in to media player (make sure it doesn't delete your files before you do this).
Now I can stream media again! It sounds trivial but a 37" LCD TV beats the heck out of my little 12" laptop when it comes to watching videos. Hopefully this info comes up for someone in a search and this hasn't been a waste of time.
My point, in the event it wasn't obvious, is that it's best to have a couple of computers if you intend to do wild stuff on them like vmware and extra IPs.
All of a sudden, I was unable to stream media from my xbox 360. It said "PC Selected Failed" in the test on the 360. It worked fine from my laptop but not from my jack-of-all-trades workstation. I couldn't figure out what was wrong so I called Microsoft. The woman I spoke with was useless. She had me stop and start services, reboot, reinstall media player, etc. Two hours later no progress had been made.
I finally just hung up the phone. She was spinning in circles and trying to blame my router. When I told her that was impossible because it was on a switch she got confused. That's when I gave up on her.
I removed vmware, removed the additional IP and reset the winsock catalog (I think "netsh reset winsock catalog" but you'd want to check the order of that). I also cleared the contents (did not delete the folder itself) of the "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\DRM" folder. This required me to clear my library and add everything back in to media player (make sure it doesn't delete your files before you do this).
Now I can stream media again! It sounds trivial but a 37" LCD TV beats the heck out of my little 12" laptop when it comes to watching videos. Hopefully this info comes up for someone in a search and this hasn't been a waste of time.
My point, in the event it wasn't obvious, is that it's best to have a couple of computers if you intend to do wild stuff on them like vmware and extra IPs.
