25-DEC-2006

Come boxing day, I'm going to see if the local Mac store will replace my mouse, cost free, or make me buy one.  If I end up buying one, I will be disassembling my current "Mighty Mouse" and posting pictures of the guts.  Wonder what Apple would say if they knew what I was contemplating doing.  Do they care?  I don't know.  Do I care?  No.  Would it be funny to seem them scream in horror?  YES!

For the "Truth Seekers" out there, I found a website that might interest the lot of you - StopLying.ca.  Enjoy.

19-DEC-2006
I'm not sure how quick some one found a way to bypass the WGA check on Windows Media Player 11 and Internet Explorer 7, but either way, for those of you not knowing yet, it's possible.  IE7 proved a little bit more difficult till I got my mouse on a link to download a zip file.  All said, after following instructions, it was extremely simple.  Need help?  Ask.  Microsoft must be thoroughly impressed!  =]

18-DEC-2006
As of some time late yesterday or early this morning, this site is now accessible with either "s130135561.onlinehome.us/spooky" or "spooky-lurker.co.uk".. with or without the www.  Have it your way.. one is possibly gonna be easier for you to remember though.

05-DEC-2006
My Saphire Radeon X1650XT arrived other day.  Fixed one problem and enabled me to use a higher resolution setting in EA's C&C Generals Zero:Hour. w00t! =)

01-DEC-2006
Did some blog archiving, so if you want to view the past, scroll down.  Whoever viewed this on dial-up, load time got cut in half.  On the fourth I should have a new video card!  w00t!  =p

28-NOV-2006
I was backing up all the files on a web server I manage, and found a video I zipped up and uploaded for a friend a while back.  Those of you who can stand the sight of a mouse being pestered, download it (83.91MB).  Get mousy wit it!

23-NOV-2006
The bloody cleaning bug done did and bit me today.  But, now after the rest of it looks so nice (comparing to the past year or so), I just wish I have properly designed office that I could call my room, stuff the bed in one corner and have my puters all nicely setup, along with the rats nest of wire out of site.  Dream on...

The three harddrives that I thought were big enough all together to hold all my movies, are about 60GB to small... give or take a bit.  300+(2x250) .. who would have guessed.  Discovered bout 4 or 5 IDE drives I need to clean off before I get rid of them or use them for document storage.  Got two IDE drives still in use.

06-NOV-2006
At some point during the previous weekend, Oct. 27-29, some cheesy wanker broke into our shop through the window, swiped my brother's sketchy JVC deck and his Alpine MRV-F340 (4 channel amp).  Wonder how long it will take for insurance to pay out so the window can get fixed, and if my brother is lucky, get something for the amp and deck.

For those of you that have free time like I do at the moment (for the next 5-6 months if I don't get a job), you may find some really nice background pictures, or stumple upon Trendax!?  What the heck is Trendax?!?  Read this! Or go off to http://www.trendax.com/flashframes.html, and click on the "Trendax" button.  More background pictures can be found here, here, here and here.  The ones on the last link are kinda cheesy.. from my point of view.

For those interested, the coordinates for the background pic are 35'41'23.29"N 139'41'35.95"E
Size: 1.05MB :: Resolution: 2000x1312 :: Camera: Nikon D1

As of Oct. 26, I'm done work for this season.  I'm not sure what's wrong with me, but for some reason I seem to be moreless bored of things I used to do in the past.  Then again, some of the people I used to hang out with have found year round work, or got busy with other stuff.  Squee.  Something will come up to make it interesting though.. usually does.. the question is when.

23-OCT-2006
The other day I came up to an intersection, stopped, crossed to the middle, tried figuring out which lane a car was in only to end up waiting for it to pass.  No problem.  Caught up with them at a curve in the road not to far from the intersection, waited for them to decide which lane they wanted and passed.  They couldn't handle being behind me and on came the brights.  I aimed my mirrors back at them hoping to return the favour, with not much luck.  Sped up a bit and darted into town, made a U-turn and headed for Timmy's.  The wankers followed! (Not shocking)  Not to long after I was parked and sitting peacefully in a parking spot then the tools spotted me and pulled up.  The driver, female no less (not trying to be sexist here but..), she told me I crossed the intersection so fast that she almost swerved into the ditch!  LMAO!  I made some comment and then her wiener piped up and said something like "this is not an argument." Now, I may not have been in the Toyota they were test driving but from the way the lights on the car moved around (sarcasm), they were no where near making tracks for the ditch.  However they almost did side-swipe me and those type of people I do not fancy following down the highway!  WANKERS!

22-OCT-2006
I'm not sure who had their head up their ass at Maximum PC when they said NASA's WorldWind was better then Google Earth.  After a short introduction to WorldWind, the only plus side of it that I can see is the viewing of planets other then earth!  I will give WorldWind credit for listing the different districts in the cities.

16-OCT-2006
Yesterday I was up 60 feet installing a new and more powerful WI-FI bridge for our internet service.  Up for 5 hours no less - heights are no my strong point, unless I have a nice platform to stand on.  Least I got my high-speed back.

Thought to ponder: When a farmer is combining the field, and the guy hauling the harvest off the field, do they get dizzy driving in circles?

Along the lines of being confused, I have to ask, "WTF is going through a cow's mind when a young bull calf mounts her?"  Some days I wish that cow pen wasn't there

17-SEP-2006
Yes I know this is a lil late for the 9/11 5th anniversary, but...

08-SEP-2006
Yesterday my ol' yeller (Cat 980C . 1979), lost it's electrical circuit leaving me no way to start 'em up, or have the fan blow air at me.  Today it got fixed - mostly.  We're getting a new wireless bridge installed tomorrow to take care of our crappy upload issue and possibly speed up the downloads.  My favorite Subway joint, which turned crappy not to long ago, is no longer open 24/7 and is going to be closing to make room for a Grape's joint, which may possibly be 'wet'.  w00t!  Some building went up in smoke on Tuesday or Wednesday and I have yet to figure out what it was.

Mattress Update: Parents are keeping it for the time being, which may turn into forever... less they sell it.

17-AUG-2006
Confirmed: Best Sleep Center, now known as Worst Sleep Center have denied my parents a refund for the mattress set they don't want.  DIE DIE DIE.  Seeing people duct taped to a pole is umm.. funny!  Like my toy rock? =p

14-AUG-2006
My mother called me from town today to ask what I wanted in my sub, I gave her my response, said good-bye and hung up.  When she got home, I unwrapped the sucker.  Me was like err.. umm.. I thought I asked for double meat, double cheese among other things.  She said she told them and they just kept on making the sub.  Apparently they charged her the same as they do me at the other Subway and I get more for my buck.  So, as a note to the people in Steinbach, MB (or those traveling through) - the Subway on Main St. won't rip you off like the one by the mall!

13-AUG-2006
I forgot most of what I was gonna post here.  I fell asleep in my chair - fun fun.  Ever seen a wasp eat a fly?  Amusing.. I guess.

08-AUG-2006
Went flying the other day with my boss' son, snapped some pics and felt the forces.  The positive "G's" were easier to handle then the negative ones very much - choking was happening... not sure what was in store next.  Now I know what to expect if another pilot ever happens to pull that stunt off on me!  =p

06-AUG-2006
Yesterday I was at a friends place in town and all of a sudden I feel something at my ear.  A split second later it is confirmed that there is a bug in my ear - moth suspected.  A friend and me tried for about 20 minutes to get the bloody thing out with tweezers and pouring water into my ear.  No luck, and by this time I'm freaking out too much to waste any more time doing it amateur style.  I get to the hospital, walk to the desk and tell 'em, "I know this will sound funny, but I have a bug in my ear."  Two of them let out a smallish chuckle.  I wait and wait and wait... oi!  Finally it's my turn, 2.75 hours later at 00:45, including the 2 minutes the one nurse spent shooting water into my ear.  She saw the bug, ran off to get some tweezers, pulled, freaked right out at the sight and asked the male ambulance driver to pull it out - her shuttering at the sight.  It was a moth, bout 3/4" long.  I now know that moth's purr in their own way, and hate being stuck in confined spaces.  This concludes my eventful night.

04-AUG-2006
Yesterday my parents got one of them Restonic branded mattresses to replace the old set they had.  Whoo-hoo, a comfortable nights sleep ahead - NOT!  I checked it out too for about 10min - I don't like it either.  They were told that the mid length of the bed had 1/3 more support then the rest.  Not true.  When I lay down on it on my side facing the edge, I was inclined to roll to the middle.  Needless to say, their old mattress is going back into circulation...

23-JUL-2006
It took a while, but Winnipeg finally lost the title "Murder capital of Canada."  Umm... whoo-hoo?  Among other things I found a huge gravel pit in BC.  It's about 5 KM's from the #1 south-west of Clearbrook and west of the triangle airport - which isn't hard to spot.  =p

17-JUL-2006
Saturday, July 15, me and a friend buzzed off to the SCN car show in my local city - Winnipeg.  Aside from the scattered assortment of cars, including a Lotus Elise.  To add to the amusement, there was a nice selection of models patrolling the floor and keeping watch.  =)

In the wee early hours of Sunday morning I joined a bunch of friends at a gravel pit for a party.  Good times, etc.  Someone brought their old wooden boat to help feed the fire.  I got burned and got my head squished.

Misc pics: Strange hat :: Funny look :: Close up :: Moon in clouds :: Friend's eyes rolled up

13-JUL-2006
(01:40ish) Update: I was told that some Russian guys had made themselves at home in there.
Question: Was it set to chase them out of there or was it done to help clean up this so-called "city" (Ghost town)?

Answer: No bloody idea!  =p

For those who live in there area and give a shit or two, this is the building, next to the fancy apartments.  The green is a result of being in 'NightShot' mode.. for those who don't know.

(20:35) On the 11th we had some overly amusing weather which knocked out power from 11-JUL-2006 19:00 (est.) to about 05:10 the next day.  My dad has a beast of a dragline sitting in the town nearby, and the winds there apparently had been so strong that it hit the boom or the bucket (or both) hard enough to make it swing over about 20 feet or so.  If I find a buried time capsule fill with loads of time, maybe I'll get some video of the weather up.

08-JUN-2006
Early in the AM, some arsonist(s) had fun setting an abandoned building ablaze next to some newer apartments.  I was told someone seen a car zip off the yard shortly before it really took off.  Congrats to the arsonist for helping clean up the town... I guess.  LOL!

Later on in the day I was on my way home from a family gathering, and some happy-go-lucky wanker driving a gun metal grey coloured VW bearing the plate ERD 239, for some unknown reason refused to let me pass him.  So I had moreless quit trying and moved off to the side to get out of his dust.  Guess what?   The bloody wanker moved right over thinking I was going to pass him!  So we are merrily cruising down the road, me moving from one side of the road to the other to get out of his dust, and all of a sudden he hits the brakes... intentions: unknown.  I step on the brakes and continue driving, except now I was trying to pass him if he was going to drive like that.  I hope the driver pisses off the wrong person at some point and gets the car in an ugly pickle.  =|

In light of my drives starting to fill up real quick like these days, I ordered two Maxtor 250GB SATA-II drives.  w00t!

03-JUN-2006
Sunday night me a two friends were driving through Selkirk and spotted some nice flames... but no hotdogs in site!  Oh well, so much for a car and either a wagon or Nissan Pathfinder... judging by the rear side window frame.  House was built separately... lucky for them.  Pics and video clip be here.

30-JUN-2006
Today I was casually working away, in this hot boggy weather, and I seen this kid jogging around the pit.  Meh, who gives a shit, he was just jogging.  I headed off to the stone pile to dump my bucket and I seen the kid scramble over the sand pile.  I waited a bit, then drove to the back corner and then I seen three kids.  Once I made my way to the back and past the sand pile, the girl that was with them slowly lowered herself into the water... and her shoulders looked bare.  Conclusion: They gone skinny dipping!  In all my years of working in pits, this was a first.  LMAO!

24-JUN-2006
Smirnoff Ice and vanilla ice-cream taste good together!  I am officially bored... with a hint of tiredness.  Oi, g'nite!

22-JUN-2006
I spotted this two days ago, and it's puzzling the crap outta me.  Should anyone happen to pounce across this post, and that lives or knows some one close to the area, I'm dying to know what's underneath!  Those of you trying to locate this part of the planet, here are the coordinates: 51°29'56.27"N 0°20'39.02"W. Copy n paste that into Google Earth and you see blackness.  Errm... squee?

I ran across a headline that I thought was amusing.  Maybe I was tired today.  =S

18-JUN-2006
I was toying around with Google Earth this early AM, and found the place I hope to be working in the new year.. plans working out and all that.


Those of you who have been pestered much by my deceiving link below of the back end of the F-18 Hornet, here's a sight you'd prolly much rather see!  At least if yer male.  =)

16-JUN-2006
Yesterday, real late in the evening, I discovered that renaming the 'home' folder back to what it used to be got me back all my settings, bookmarks, and *GASP* my email!  The beauty of OS X!  No offence to the PC users.  =D

Also, going by what I was told last night by a friend, if you want the best of both worlds, Mac/Windows, buy an "Intellimac". Along with running Leopard (OS X 10.5), they should be able to run the upcoming Vista from M$.  w00t!

15-JUN-2006
I learned 2 things today.  You can change the main directory in OS X from one name to another... with minor consequences.  This hit me the hardest after I found out the new version of Ollie's Tabs doesn't work for shit.  Upon trying to resort back to the old version I had, it told me my browser was too new! =O Grrrr!  Time to find another app that works!

When I changed the name on the main directory, I lost some of my settings and my Ollie's Tabs plugin from a previous date... back when my browser wasn't "too new".

Next time, if I remember, I'll consult a Mac user with a few more brains then I... or at least has learned some lessons before me.  =p

13-JUN-2006
Well, it finally happened... we have updated satellite shots on Google Earth v4.0.1563 (beta)(Mac client).  Along with the new satellite shots, we also got some dazzling new features.  Sadly enough though, because the ground doesn't have a 3D layer to it, it sorta degrades the tilt feature.  Anywho, it got my approval.. for the Mac client at least - w00t!

09-JUN-2006
I found out today that in my little neck of the woods, a little wanker by the name of Kelly Penner complained about the noise from a crusher run by NRC.  The little wanker talked to the reeve of the R.M. of Ste Anne, Art Bergman, that he wanted peace and quiet.  Kelly Penner is a song leader in a local church, so I assume he has sensitive ears.. and has never heard of ear plugs.  So now, 2 12 hour shifts have turned into one 17 hour shift with the 2 crews rotating one day off and one day on.  Some one needs to launch some loud banging fireworks at his place at 3am.

Part 2: MTS, EAT MY SHIT!  You pesky lil brats keep finding new ways to plug your orifices with money.  Greedy companies die and/or lose customers.  Don't be like the buzzards at AT&T... they had to make new orifices just to stash all their money.  Kinda makes me wonder whats it like to have assholes all over ones self... oi!

This concludes my rant of the day.  Those of you who don't like my words, forget what you read.  Should any of the 2 named people read this - FREE SPEECH!  =p

04-JUN-2006
Yesterday I was at an air show in Portage la Prairie.  In order to buy food or drink, you had to get a food or drink ticket - they were $2 each.  If that was insane enough, the drink itself was another $2.50 at the vendor.  Needless to say, I was happy I brought along my water bottle... suckers!

There was a lot of the usual performers there, which were getting old and boring, so the A-10 Thunderbolt II was the highlight.  The front window can take the a hit from a 27mm shell and the "tub" the pilot sites in grants the pilot protection up to a 37mm shell.  Should anything fail, there is a manual override for everything.  The front wheel is offset to accommodate the 7 barrel gun in front.  If you think the fuel milage sucks on it, it can fly just over a 1000 miles on one tank if it flies at 140MPH.   The staff sergeant from one of the Dakota's said that if 2 A-10's were doing pest control, the target could expect to be under fire every 10-15 seconds.

To add to my day, I saw a hot ass.

28-MAY-2006
Update: So ya, I like finished updating my site... moreless.  Like it, hate it or don't give a shit?  =)

28-MAY-2006
So, umm... long time no post.  W00t?  Yes, I'm in the middle of redesigning my site.  Something done did and whacked me over the head, so everyone will have to cope with it.  Squee!  By the way, I gave up on ever getting my USB key filled with info from Micro$oft.  Heh, less propaganda I spose.

30-APR-2006
This should have been posted yesterday, but I never got to it... anyhow!  It seems like our 'brighter future' leader is a replica of Bush when it comes to cameras getting shots of the caskets being unloaded in Trenton.  Flags don't get lowered, nothings announced, etc.  I here are two headlines I ran across in the Winnipeg Sun: 'Then they came for the caskets', and 'Tory gov't earns failing grade on flags, funerals'.  If I get enough requests for the articles, yes I did take pictures of them, they will be posted here.

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23-APR-2006
Apple made a historic moment when they finally got a "2 button" mouse - great intentions included.  There is one problem however - the bloody wonderful scroll-any-direction-ball is plagued with the same problem ball mice had.  Uh huh, what problem?  It collects sweat and other shit off your hands instead of off the desk!  To fix this, I will have to either a) get another mighty-mouse or b) get a comfy Logitech mouse or an uncomfy M$ mouse.

20-APR-2006
I had and excellent time seeing the new 2007 Eclipse Spyder, after that, 4 rounds of pool with a friend.  Then I get home and try and connect to chat - no luck.  So I figure I'll give it a few and see if it works then - still no luck.  WTF?!?  Yahoo has killed java chat!  WANKERS!  So, now I have to wait for another mac based solution, as I'm on my mac most of the time.  GRRRR!

17-APR-2006
I got my Linksys SD2008 and my 4 cat6 cables today!  Zoom zoom!

04-APR-2006
Two days ago I fried my Linksys SD208 when I plugged in the wrong power adapter.  GAH!  I suspect the power adapter I used had the contact polarities switched around.  This problem was fixed by going to PC Canada and ordering a Linksys SD2008 and 4 Cat6 ethernet cables.

The Linksys SD208 was disassembled yesterday for examination.  Chip had too much fun!  Chip is in the middle of the capacitors and the lil black speck off to the right is the result.  Part replacement - $0.19.

I have yet to receive my USB key from dear old Micro$oft.

16-MAR-2006
Maybe it's just my luck this last round, but I finally bought a legit *freak out @ "legit"* copy of NFS Underground 2... only to find out that the key on the back of the CD case is INVALID!  It's sad when one can search the net and find a key for a game and have it work when the one supplied by the company won't.  EA Tech Support sends you to this site and asks you to send a little report, along with some proof of purchase and $10 USD for a new key.  Wankers.  Oh well, we'll see if they take the cookie I sent them.  *LoL*

13-MAR-2006
Oh Canada!  our home and p2p land.  True digital love and in all our bit torrent commands.  With growing seeders we see thee rise, The True North strong and free! From East and West, O Canada, we stand on DL for free.  God keep our bandwidth glorious and free!  O Canada, we stand on DL for free.

More: CDN Piracy

09-MAR-2006
Today I said good-bye to my beloved 17" LG Flatron 795+ that served me so well for so long... *moment of silence* ...got replaced by a 17" LG 1780Q LCD from Dangeo.com .  Along with it, I bought a second 300GB Maxtor.  Guess I just advertised for Dangeo... oh well.  Feck, to advertise yet more, if you top $500 before 31-MAR-2006, they ship for free.  Lucky me... squeee. *LoL*

FYI (18-JUN-2006): The links above are no longer valid, but will be left in place.

02-MAR-2006
Like solving mysteries?  Want a free USB drive from M$?  Then head over to Microsoft's 'Mystery Solved' page and click on the USB drive.   Keep in mind that you will need a Microsoft Passport to get in on the deal.  You can use any email address you like, as long as it's yours.  *LoL*

Now, dear old Microsoft may call it 'Mystery Solved', due the fact that they are the only legal way of licensing Vista (and possibly beyond).  However, in my eyes there should be 3 ways of licensing Vista:

1) Call Microsoft, 2) Wait for a crack, 3) Reverse engineer the source code and remove code as needed.

Those who have the time, patience and skill to pull off stunt number 3, more then likely have enough money to buy it. =p

04-FEB-2006
If perhaps one day you find yourself on a quick trip to the coo-coo house, you may have been caught partying with a happy croc, hauling a horse in you car, or mingling with a polar bear on a snow hill.  Some of you may also enjoy pissing off the nearest grizzly, forcing you to get some exercise by making for the nearest tree and climbing just out of his reach!

For those of you interested, I found the CF Physical Fitness Guide.

A little notice for Spike's boss, I may have (or not), found a distant relative of Spike. =p

For those of you slightly frustrated with this post, don't worry, I also found a pic of your mommy and daddy. *LoL*

16-JAN-2006