It's more the huge amount of time I spent trying to figure out what the heck was wrong with those computers when it wasn't that at all. The monitor is failing weird, it's fine at low resolutions, (640X480, 800X600), but as soon as it boots to higher res (1024X768+) it craps out. I gave to illusion that the computer was broke, and I've wasted two weekends to it.
So i was supposed to go to delaware today for a battle for the midieval battle group im in but since my car has no gas it put the kaibosh on that. so then after that i was going to hang out with a girl that im really into but, as luck would have it, she had a family emergency and had to cancel. so instead of doing a day of fun filled activity i sat on my rump over a friends and was forced to watch craptastic football. lady luck smiles upon me.
Was about to go to sleep only to discover that I had accidentally deleted the only copies of two papers I spent this weekend working on. One is due today, and one is due tomorrow. The one due tomorrow was over 7000 words too.
@Kiey: Those files are probably still recoverable. Also: BACK THAT SHIT UP!!
I thought I had, but then when I went to find them where I thought they were they weren't there. I think I just need to start saving all my writing on Google Docs in addition to normal saving.
And they aren't, I wrote something else to the flash drive between the deletion and the realizing.
I'm supposed to go pitch the stuff in one of my papers to two professors in about an hour as part of the class, and I'm pretty sure I'm going to sleep instead.
@Kiey: Those files are probably still recoverable. Also: BACK THAT SHIT UP!!
I thought I had, but then when I went to find them where I thought they were they weren't there. I think I just need to start saving all my writing on Google Docs in addition to normal saving.
Turn on revision tracking and set up a batch script to run on an interval that duplicates your documents. On my laptop I use a little program I knocked together in VB.NET that watches the My Documents folder on my computer for Word temp files. When it sees one, it copies it to an archive folder and starts a file watcher to check for changes. When the temp file changes, it copies a new temp file and increments the old one, like log files in Linux. Once the temp file disappears when I close Word, the watcher realizes that I'm done, turfs all but the last n iterations, and copies over the actual saved file itself. This way, even if I accidentally delete some or all of the document, I've got spares.
EDIT: If you want a copy, I'll gladly share. I don't have a license on the code yet; I'll slap some Creative Commons on that business.
My fail; I deleted the comment I was going to write here....
Turn on revision tracking and set up a batch script to run on an interval that duplicates your documents. On my laptop I use a little program I knocked together in VB.NET that watches the My Documents folder on my computer for Word temp files. When it sees one, it copies it to an archive folder and starts a file watcher to check for changes. When the temp file changes, it copies a new temp file and increments the old one, like log files in Linux. Once the temp file disappears when I close Word, the watcher realizes that I'm done, turfs all but the last n iterations, and copies over the actual saved file itself. This way, even if I accidentally delete some or all of the document, I've got spares.
EDIT: If you want a copy, I'll gladly share. I don't have a license on the code yet; I'll slap some Creative Commons on that business.
I'd like a copy, but as the CC FAQ suggests, you shouldn't license it under the Creative Commons license. What I'd do is retain full copyright and post just post a link.
Can I use a Creative Commons license for software?
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I'd like a copy, but as the CC FAQ suggests, you shouldn't license it under the Creative Commons license. What I'd do is retain full copyright and post just post a link.
I hadn't really looked into it, but that's very good to know. I guess that's what I'll do for now, until I look more into licenses and how they work. I'm out of town until Thursday; I'll have the link up when I get back.
As a heads-up, it does require the .NET 2.0 framework, so anyone not using Windows are out of luck. Sorry.
Circuit City deserves to fail. Their prices are 20- to 30-percent higher than comparable electronics retailers, and their selection is donkey balls.
Everyonce in a while they would have a good thing on stock and they do price match with companies like Comp USA. That is how I got GTA San Andreas for 20 bucks about 3 years ago.
Someone on the Collected Animals forum posted a link to some dude's myspace who claimed to be supporting Panda Bear and No Age at the Miami Art Fair on December 6th. I got super excited, talked to my parents, and was certain I'd be there. Then it got revealed that this was a hoax. I am sad now.
I already posted about this in StS, but today was a giant fiasco. Today was the first of two 2 hour practices scheduled between now and Saturday, when we're supposed to have our show. Everyone showed up an hour late and couldn't even stay because they had practice for the school play. Not only were we all told different songs to learn(it's a cover band), but most of us haven't even played together before. On top of all that, none of the guitarists or horns showed up. It was me(bass), keyboard, and drums.
My conclusion is that there is no fucking way in hell that we can learn a 20 minute set in the span of 2 hours with songs we've never even played together before. That was going to be very unlikely even if we had a practice today where everyone showed up and was on time and knew the right songs. I told my friend, the frontman, who asked me to join that we should definitely cancel. Honestly, if he wasn't my friend I would have just quit and walked out on them. I probably will once this show, that hopefully won't happen, is over with. All this coupled with the fact that I wasted my valuable time learning and worrying about learning two relatively difficult songs that we're not even playing makes me really, really pissed off.
That reminds me of Tank Car, a blue 80's era Dodge Colt hatchback. The driver used extra wide, white duct-tape to create "Viper Stripes" Think this: plus this:
Figured I'd share this atrocity somewhere: PETA made an unauthorized "parody" of Cooking Mama. When you pluck the turkey within the allotted time, she'll say, "MEANER THAN MAMA!" Play it now while you still can, they're going to get slapped with a cease and desist from Nintendo in 3... 2...
Figured I'd share this atrocity somewhere:PETA made an unauthorized "parody" of Cooking Mama. When you pluck the turkey within the allotted time, she'll say, "MEANER THAN MAMA!" Play it now while you still can, they're going to get slapped with a cease and desist from Nintendo in 3... 2...
That was actually very good and funny.
I don't think its protected, as it tries to pass off as the real thing.
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Poor Samsung 712a, it served me well for 4 years.
Also: BACK THAT SHIT UP!!
And they aren't, I wrote something else to the flash drive between the deletion and the realizing.
I'm supposed to go pitch the stuff in one of my papers to two professors in about an hour as part of the class, and I'm pretty sure I'm going to sleep instead.
EDIT: If you want a copy, I'll gladly share. I don't have a license on the code yet; I'll slap some Creative Commons on that business.
As a heads-up, it does require the .NET 2.0 framework, so anyone not using Windows are out of luck. Sorry.
My conclusion is that there is no fucking way in hell that we can learn a 20 minute set in the span of 2 hours with songs we've never even played together before. That was going to be very unlikely even if we had a practice today where everyone showed up and was on time and knew the right songs. I told my friend, the frontman, who asked me to join that we should definitely cancel. Honestly, if he wasn't my friend I would have just quit and walked out on them. I probably will once this show, that hopefully won't happen, is over with. All this coupled with the fact that I wasted my valuable time learning and worrying about learning two relatively difficult songs that we're not even playing makes me really, really pissed off.
And yes, I got to his house before he even did.
Think this:
plus this:
I don't think its protected, as it tries to pass off as the real thing.