a113n’s daily dose

So tonight I got some pizza from Mother Bear’s, bought pen styli to replace the one Mama Bear lost, and got a movie to watch, King of Kong. When I went to to pick up the movie, there were a couple of store clerks (and one of their friends) standing around discussing the movie and its taglines. Evidently we’re in for a good treat. Speaking of treats, I picked up some Starburst and Laffy Taffy. I LOVE Laffy Taffy. In the recent copy of MakeZine, I learned how to build a crude yet effective taffy pulling machine. This one I really want to follow through with, because it’s easy to build and a great way to make homemade taffy. The hard part is just picking my first recipe.

It’s funny how the really simple things make a difference between a boring night and a really fun night. Mama Bear & I don’t have to go out and spend lots of money to have a good time, we enjoy a cup of tea and a game of Tiger Woods at home. I think that’s one of the reasons I love being around her so much, I can really be the closest to the “real” me as it’s going to get. Speaking of which, great xkcd comic that is hilarious and so very true. That site is possibly the best comic on the net, nuff said.

This night is just what I need after a day like today. I spent 3 hours in a courtroom for my 30 seconds in front of the judge where I was told to return two months later. I get back to the office to deal with a crashing email issue on our server and then try to get various other websites and email clients migrated. It just seemed like one slap after another today where I try to get something productive done only to be held back by a single minute detail, derailing my whole plan. I do so much impromptu work, it just isn’t funny, but as a plus I really pushed myself to get on with the PowerShell stuff. I am currently uploading our copy of VS to the server for installation, then I can do some new, exciting code-work. Interesting enough, these VS templates I found for PowerShell require the Vista SDK, which is a multi-gigabyte download. If this SDK is needed on Vista/Server 2008, skip the DVD download and use the web-based install because its less of a network-hog & using that link you can bypass MS genuine crap. I have valid copies of my OSs, but the genuine validation process for Firefox users (of which you should be one) is far too complicated even with my tricks to shorten the process.

So come to me sweet relaxation, for this weekend is DTS catchup time (with some makeout time for Mama Bear and play time for Baby Bear thrown in).

• Current Location: Living Room
  
• Website: http://www.xkcd.com
  
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There’s a new
star wars television show due to be released
in 2008. The show will revolve around Luke’s missing 20 years, between Episode III and IV. I’m not sure if the show will
be primarily about Luke/Leia or the full rise of the Empire, but there are certainly die-hard Star Wars fanatics who will be
tivoing every episode.

In other news, we got over 5″ of snow today, but I decided to ignore all warnings and brace
the hour long drive to
Ironically, I decided to travel straight down IN-46 instead of taking I-70 over to Brazil and then IN-59 around to meet up
with IN-46. As a result, before I got to the IN-46 and IN-59 interesection, I hit a patch of snow and the car swerved
towards oncoming traffic; natural instinct had me maneuver as to not crash with the approaching truck, and my car ended up
in a deep ditch half filled with water. Luckily, my car remained with passanger side in the water and driver side out of
water so that I could get in and out of the car. However, the water level was higher than the bottom of the car door, so
the car began to take water. After sitting in the ditch for an hour and a half, a conservation officer finally stopped and
we got the car out, which is now in the shop. And I’m stuck working from home until Switzer’s gets all the damage
repaired (thankfully, I don’t believe there is any major damage as I wasn’t traveling fast).

I talked to my boss
later, who informed me that he tried to contact me in order to tell me not to worry about coming in today–HA! Irony rues
the day!

• Current Location: Dining room
  

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I’ve seen [and can quote] both numerous times, but I guess I’m a bit more clueless than I
realized, as I never made the href=”http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/20/film.hugo.weaving.ap/index.html?section=cnn_showbiz”>connection.