scottobear | Entries tagged with 2nd life

I was a little saddened to hear that there.com is closing on 3/9/2010. I had a lot of fun during my time at the site, and still have a nice friendship with some folks from there as a result. I wonder what ever happened to the rest of the gang, like Whims and Chias?

I'm pretty happy to see the theme live on in second life (I'm there *very* infrequently as scottobear bergson), and even more so in Playstation home (a bit more frequently on PSN as scottobear) .

Went to Walmart for some supplies, and I ended up grabbing Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood for $19... That's it for ps3 titles, until I play one of 'em to the end.

My current catalog for the PS3 is -

Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures - we love all games lego - the only one that hasn't totally enchanted us yet is lego batman for the wii, but that may change, too.
Little Big Planet: Game of the year version - my current fave. easy on the eyes, tricky levels, and an online community that's fantastic.
Uncharted 2 - my first game, and I really like it a lot - haven't played it too much, but it's a hoot thus far
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood - hard, but with infinite lives, I suspect I'll make it through eventually. good to have a western.
The Darkness - pretty evil, but a solid game. I've been fortunate in my selection thus far.

Aside from that, thing found today that disturbed me somehow - um, no. ms. easter bunny!

1 year ago - repairing internet connection on the EEE, hysteria, overtired, allergy
2 years ago - awesome taco salad, Doc Savage 75, Clinton still in it, more things I've done (5), airborne faked clinical trials
3 years ago - interviewed at calvert, flew kites
4 years ago - animated newtcam archive, bhk chat, bat-folk, Friday 5, tmbg
5 years ago - scottobear.com renew, trip to deerfield, free fonts, chat crash w/bhk,gp puts me on to spidey bible, what? WhaT?, H2GT2G, Chimp attack, giantsteps
6 years ago - blogspam treatment, work, serial adder, 7-eared kitty, clown sweater, Ephemera, visited bro
7 years ago - book meme, palm doodles, picture issues
8 years ago - mopey, bro helping out, Dick Hymen - Master of Jazz Piano, super tugboat, Newton's name, pet name poll, magic ingredients
9 years ago - Perseus tools, loved ones sick, flying monkeys, The 30 Least-Quoted Lines from Shakespeare, nosepilot, 5k comp

Current Mood: okay
Current Location: 20714
Current Music: Mongrel.. meets his maker - dj shadow

Poor Mandy had a devil of a time picking up her house guest from the bus station yesterday. Fortunately, it all worked out in the end.

They upgraded Second life.. light effects are much better.

26 letters about me... today's installment, A, B, C, & D

A - atari 400 - first telecomm 'puter/ bbs /fidonet I actually had a couple of programmable computers before the atari, but that was the one that got me into telecommunications - a stack 6-high of 5 1/4 floppy drives kept messages on the "halls of gladsheim"... Brent had a regular column that'd be considered an 'opinion blog' now. every week he'd type up something a little controversial, and invite comments and debate. more activity came from folks playing turn-based trade wars or star web. back in the day, I only had one phone line, and the first modem was110 bps, soon upgraded to 300/1200/2400 and a phone line for each as I collected a paycheck. (rollover lines meant first open line went to the speediest connection available.... 110 was rough for folks trying to game, even text based. in the time you'd complete one turn, mr 2400 could do 23. perfectly fine for the message boards, though. We tracked old D&D game notes and ran a simple dice server for the heck of it. Brent's Alias there was Loki, mine was Heimdall, Chad was Fenris, and the rest of the crew had fairly non-Norse names. Even my pop had a login as Allfather. 5 way text chat was possible, but usually any chat was just me at the console, warning folks that the bbs was going down for "maintenance", which usually meant I had friends over that wanted to play 4-player M.U.L.E.

The internet has made a lot of things simpler and cheaper, but there is a lot of nostalgia tied up in those times and 8-bit technologies.

B - Books - I love to read, and it shocks me when I hear folks say that they can't stand to do the same. It surprises me even more when someone says 'I like to read, but haven't read a book in years. '

How sad is that? a simple pleasure, easily fulfilled, not done in *years*. Not even a few pages at lunch or before bed? different folks, different priorities, I suppose.

C - Charity - I feel that it's important to help folks that can't help themselves, especially children and animals. so many out there in need, and I can afford to invest a reasonable percentage of time or thought to help make the world a bit better. it makes me more than a little sick to see someone buy a $8000 purse rather than getting a similar one for $50, and giving 7000 healthy meals to the hungry, instead. again, priorities differ.

D - Derek, my brother - I love him, but I don't much like him these days. He can't seem to break out of self-destructive habits, and is willing to take others down into that pit with him. I fear that he's a lost cause, but hope springs eternal.

Many Moons Since Wilma

Building still abandoned, long since last hurricane season. Silence and desolation, windows like the eye pits in bone picked skulls. There are even some small patches of vegetation rooted and growing in pockets wind and rain had carved in the walls. Looks dead.. worse, synthetic, and never lived in.

Note all screens are ripped out, or gone completely, and roofing remnants on the balcony. Class in the windows have been replaced, but that's about it. roof still has a blue tarp... this hurrican season starts in about a week.

"There's Poo-Poo In Your Ice" - A Local 10 Problem Solvers undercover investigation into the cleanliness of ice at various South Florida eating establishments revealed that 70% of those establishments tested were serving ice that was unfit for human consumption and 40% had fecal contamination.

Nifty C-64 emulator - runs in flash

Moment of Lyric - mp3

When you find yourself in danger,
When you're threatened by a stranger,
When it looks like you will take a lickin', (puk, puk, puk)
There is someone waiting who
will hurry up and rescue you,
Just Call for Super Chicken! (puk, ack!)

Fred, if you're afraid you'll have to overlook it,
Besides you knew the job was dangerous when you took it (puk, ack!)

He will drink his super sauce
And throw the bad guys for a loss
And he will bring them in alive and kickin' (puk, puk, puk)
There is one thing you should learn
When there is no one else to turn to
Call for Super Chicken! (puk, puk, puk)
Call for Super Chicken! (puk, ack!)

1 year ago - slack, WEP cracking in 10 min, forget me not panties, sithy meme, wiktrivia, Nosferatu download, writing assignment, how to fake fingerprints, sat maps make me think of people as ants

2 years ago - put motion detection on newtcam, last done meme, life on venus, AFMBE - Zombie Smackdown, FL Drugs, hummus

3 years ago - Memorial Day, freaky wind, There, superhero factoid, castrati, Skeletor and Gang, Chipotle, Joan Cusack crush

4 years ago - Gargoyle,

menstrualhut troll, comparison poll, memory from DC (my evil twin), yeti @ home, monster's inc good

5 years ago - monad of John Dee, Morikami, Shrek good, Pearl Harbor bad, lj-death hoax, icky stuff, good stuff, o Mousewheel event, flash ponderings

6 years ago - subject lines, Hunter thinks that my first icon looks like I'm in the phantom zone, age difference, I have done all but the car on that list, 125 things about me

Current Mood: I could use some super sauce
Current Location: 26.307511 -80.099752 (The Scotto Grotto)
Current Music: Super Chicken Theme - Was in my head before I looked it up.

Funny.. SoFlaChris and I discovered Plazes within about 5 minutes of one another. Newtcam was added.

On the way to the meeting yesterday, a 16-wheeler ran over a piece of steel, which spun off to the right, and caused Elsie's window to explode into the cab of the car. She was lucky... it took a big divot out of her doorframe. If it had hit an inch earlier, she'd probably be at least in the hospital right now. Fortunately, she's unhurt. I got a spray of tiny glass fragments in my lap, too. I think this'll be a good opportunity to clean out her car.

Brush fire caused me to bail out of SL unceremoniously. Launched an evac, and looks like folks are all ok.

Kat and GP have been so quiet since returning from vacation... only a post and a couple of comments from Kat. I hope they return to regular lj'ing soon!

These mustache tattoos made me think of GP & Kat. I admit that I was a tempted a smidgen by the idea, m'self.

Bibliochaise, is a literal armchair library “for those who like to be immersed in deep reading.”. The chair can house up to five linear meters of books.

Rush Limbaugh Arrested, out and done( Read more... )

Moment of Lyric - mp3

( ... )

Was I too far gone
Too far gone
Too far gone
For you.

Barking Kitty video. Newt does this, but not nearly to this extent.

I wonder if the orbit cam mp could do kooky avies for Newton on Newtcam? this video demo by a home user is *very* impressive.

1 year ago - Hitchhiker's, Dr. Who, Dont Cry Kitty, torrents, ebay victory, front pages, walkies pix, key/class quiz

2 years ago - Drudennacht (Walpurgisnacht), email dopes, gmail auction, game developers, Mod a disposable cam into a stun-gun, Chickens like to eat scorpions, T2 espanol question

3 years ago - Where the hell meme, boobah, timetable entry, tripped and went to the hospital on my back, slow trip home.

4 years ago - a day in the life doodle, Osbournes, Chupa/tia fight, Star Map (Awesome! I forgot about this!), give bro some DVD-fu, broken pic links I have to fix.

5 years ago - music confession, bug farts, fiction, wrote a encryption toy for CEJand me to chit chat, underwear poll, AL Amarjan Slang, McCafe,lederhosen, SOP - "you forgot the gravy"

Current Location: 33441-5482 (on my cream colored, fire-breathing racing yak, led by four valkyries out of the castle)
Current Music: neil young - too far gone

Wendy pointed me to this... how cool!

Adopt Sea Turtles for Mother's Day!

A mother sea turtle will travel thousands of miles to move from feeding areas to mating areas and then to her preferred beach to lay her eggs.

It is a long crawl up the sandy beach where she makes her nest before she swims back to sea. Wouldn't your mom travel such great lengths for you as well? This Mother's Day, show her how much you appreciate all she's done for you with an adoption of a sea turtle from WWF's Online Adoption Center.

Second life has been running slow as molasses lately.. no packet loss so I'm a bit befuddled about the slowdown.

Moment of Lyric - mp3

( ... )

Trying to make some sense of it all,
But I can see that it makes no sense at all,
Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor,
'Cause I don't think that I can take anymore
Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

( ... )

I still want to visit Weeki Wachee Springs, no matter how cornball it is. It's further away than Disney though... about a 5 hour drive. (Haven't thought about is since August 15, 2003, until BHK flashed my memory while I was talking about the Coral Castle Which I last mentioned on Feb 5, 2005, and prior on Jan 26, 2002. Google is mighty. )

Fox on a Trampoline - via

qdot Awww.

Copied from

blond_not_blind and

eryx_uk

Choose 4 random things.
I must photograph these things and post the photos in my journal. Be creative! Under my bed. The view outside my bedroom window...Post this in your journal and play along, too.

1 year ago - time machine desires, sun and moon, shatner video, famous last words, cute icon, Rosie O'Donnell & Andie MacDowell together in a TV show (urk), I talk to Kenny Rogers, palm doodle, tattered flag, dreadlock topknot, bus pics, brain meme, Lake City was the Promised Land, (7334)

2 years ago - vanity, knotts kids, memory meme (6625)

3 years ago - free ice cream, X-men promotion, new nickel, Tron 2.0, corpse teeth in new dentures,

juliabee research tree

4 years ago - cracking corn, cannibal science, subliminal ads don't work, Russians doing laundry, seafood fest, mall of the dead origin photo, be a superhero, bottomless pit, learning through disagreement, Grand Funk Railroad

5 years ago - big bug, Freedom city story chunks, acknowledgment of an R-rating, net issues, car meme

Current Mood: a little sourbelly.
Current Location: 33441-5482
Current Music: Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You

Devo - Live on "Fridays" Girl U Want & Gates of Steel

Hey, so it's Friday! It's been a long week, even with Tuesday off. I'm looking forward to getting some rest this weekend.

Made myself a new icon, testing lj's auto resize images. looks ok. I'll wear it for a bit.

Lost was the best one in a while last Wednesday. Some decent acting, and set pieces.

Designed a mega-trampoline for 2nd Life, and it seemed to go over well with the 3 Sirens crowd. Launch and sound works well, but you still land with a heck of a thump. version 2.5 will be a bit more gentle. Timmy Turtle's pursuit mode is more realistic, too. (if you outrun him, and another person is closer, he'll home in on them.)

Viruses "trained" to build tiny batteries

( Read more... )

Reported abduction a false alarm (well, better that than an actual kidnapping)

( Read more... )

Starting this paycheck, I'm slowly, but surely building up a minor stockpile for hurricane season. a wee bit at a time, in the storage closet.

My current plan -

Plenty of food (that doesn't need to be refrigerated or heated) for Newt and me. (shoot for 2 months worth of everything)
Plenty of fresh Water to drink and bathe with.
Extra batteries for the charger for the radio, laptop, desktop and cell phone
Soap, toothpaste, two full first-aid kits
paper towels/paper plates/plastic utensils
garbage bags
hand sanitizer / wet naps
spare medicine / antihistamine
extra candles, 2 of those "shake flashlights"
lots of extra t-shirts, underwear and socks.
extra litter for newt
extra tp for me
spending cash in case of dead ATMs

more to follow as I think of it

I'm glad I'm on the third floor and fairly contained from flooding.

I took over ownership of the

haikuarena since Chrissy isn't really active in lj anymore (over 2 years since her last post). I think I'll see if I can't get it active again.

Moment of Lyric - mp3 - via

Oh, yeah

There's a red house over yonder
That's where my baby stays
Lord, there's a red house over yonder
Lord, that's where my baby stays
I ain't been home to see my baby
In ninety-nine and one half days

( ... )

1 year ago - Dr Russell, MASS, undercover brother, kitty cuteness, meet force with force, walkabout pictures, America we stand as one, BCT commercial

2 years ago - +20 min, underage girl charged with child pornography, LSD

3 years ago - creaky, PotC, Bro

4 years ago - put all of oz on my palm, boat name poll, vending machines, Newt activities

5 years ago - laundry, Herb Kornfeld

Current Mood: hopeful
Current Music: Jimi Hendrix - Red House (Live)

Oh, gross. Papa John's pizza newest ad campaign is a reworking of the Go-Go's... singing "We got the Meat".

There are far too many ways of misconstruing that.

Dinner Party with WM tonight! Stuffed Shells and Vino! Somebody advise me on a wine to bring, please.

Moment of Lyric: mp3

This is the central scrutinizer...
Joe has just worked himself into an imaginary frenzy during the fade- out of his imaginary song
he begins to feel depressed now.
he knows the end is near.
he realized at last that imaginary guitar notes and imaginary vocals exist only in the imagination of the imaginer
and ultimately, who gives a fuck anyway?
so...so...excuse me...so
who gives a fuck anyway?
so he goes back to his ugly little room and quietly dreams his last imaginary guitar solo

Isaac Hayes quits South Park

"This is 100 percent having to do with his faith of Scientology," Stone told the Associated Press. "He has no problem - and he's cashed plenty of checks - with our show making fun of Christians."

Well, yeah... not to mention Jews, Mormons, Atheists, Rednecks, Santa and who knows what else. Funny how he bailed once they picked on his team.

Spent some time in 2nd Life yesterday.. got to meet big brain's analogue, bought some dragonfly wings, and had fun visiting kitten and rafe with herm.

Big Brain's eyes follow you wherever you go. He's got a blond on his mind.

You're 40% Irish

You're probably less Irish than you think you are...
But you're still more Irish than most.

How Irish Are You?

1 year ago - free flow, dreams and fragments, night stalker, zombie test, batman new times, pete & pete, cadavers away!, wedgie, autodialer, magnet phrases, beheading, I used to believe..., adp off call, mootpoint praise

2 years ago - strip mall of sin pics, doug made it to Seattle

3 years ago - French toast origin... not invented by "Mr. French", bus piccies, name game, movies with Dan, pelican poem

4 years ago - grand conversation, love quiz, a good Friday five, odd news, miss Cleo born in LA, of American parents, crossword stuff

5 years ago - first hint of the scooby movie, good vs bad stuff about the day, gnomes on snailback

Current Mood: Psalm 22:14
Current Music: Frank Zappa - Watermelon In Easter Hay

New brain came! Everything looks pretty marvy, except that they forgot to send the external 160 gig drive. Calling them today to find out about that. Frankenbox can go back to rest... but I may leave him alive to act as a newtcam server.

Second life was smooth as silk, and not a reboot in sight, save for system updates.

Having a fresh system is nice... boots up super-quick,and loads of room to maneuver.

Comp usa is also still lagging about getting the backup of my system back to me. I may just torrent the lost / rome, etc shows over again.

Cordless keyboard and mouse are keen, but I fear power outage when I least expect it.

Sunburn, part two has begun. Operation snakeskin.

Man faces jail time for selling crack

A City of Poughkeepsie man faces a stint in jail for dealing crack in the city last year.

Landocalrissan Butler, 25, of Winnikee Avenue, entered a guilty plea Tuesday in Dutchess County Court to attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony. Butler told Judge Thomas J. Dolan he had five small bags of crack in his pocket Dec. 22 when police arrested him on Morgan Avenue. He said he intended to sell the drugs.

In exchange for his plea, Butler was promised a sentence of six months in jail and five years on probation. He will also be required to forfeit a cell phone and $432 police said he obtained through illegal drug sales.

Butler remains jailed pending his sentencing, scheduled for April 4.

Moment of Lyric (mp3)

( ... )

And all the monkeys aren't in the zoo
Every day you meet quite a few
So you see it's all up to you
You can be better than you are
You could be swingin' on a star

1 year ago - banana man, dindin with mom, hollow men, voted, did a good deed, renewed domain until 3/11/2008

2 years ago - cool snail mail, Best commentary on "the Passion", star trek on ice, Spalding Gray found, lj spam, SOP

3 years ago - Laundry w/bro, flaming justice, birds with arms, hulk dance

4 years ago - Who are you quiz, seven wonders, breakfast for dinner, Bfast poll

5 years ago - declaration of love, celeb pet names, payday, tmbg, yeti-scotto

Current Mood: only one will survive, I wonde
Current Music: swinging on a star - frank sinatra

More nice visits in SL, but a few crashes bounced me. Frankenbox isn't quite stable, or some area of SL aren't safe. spontaneous reboots. I suspect Frankie

I was welcomed back by many with a big drum circle - where Kitten got her bling earlier

a little dark as the sun had gone down

Flew to the treehouse at sunset

May be going out with Danny today or tomorrow after work... not sure what the final plan is yet. I'm not in the mood for a movie, but maybe a meandering walkabout and bookstore trip is in order.

Beyond the Monkeysphere - David Wong clears up why it's "us vs them"... I like his analogies, not to mention use of a monkey dressed as a pirate. (via

ldy, thanks, littler-big sis!)

Moment of Lyric (google video)

It's the music that we choose
It's the music that we choose
It's the music that we choose
It's the music that we choose

The world is spinning too fast
I bought lead Nike shoes
To arm myself tethered
To the days I try to lose

My mama said to slow down
You should make your own shoes
Stop dancing to the music
Of Gorillaz in a happy mood

Keep a mild groove on

Ba ba ba
Day dee bop
Ba ba ba
Doo doo bop

There you go!
Get the cool!
Get the cool shoeshine!
Get the cool!
Get the cool shoeshine!
Get the cool!
Get the cool shoeshine!
Get the cool!
Get the cool shoeshine!

There's a monkey in the jungle
Watching a vapor trail
Caught up in the conflict
Between his brain and his tail

And if time's elimination
Then we got nothing to lose
Please repeat the message
It's the music that we choose

Keep a mild groove on

Ba ba ba
Day dee bop

OK bring it down yeah we gonna break out
Get the cool!
Get the cool shoeshine!
Get the cool!
Get the cool shoeshine!
Get the cool!
Get the cool shoeshine!
Get the cool!
Get the cool shoeshine!

Ah Ah Ah Ah

Day doo de bop

Bonus Google Video with people in monkey suits - Bad Touch - Bloodhound Gang

menstrualhut is at 2125

coloringbook is at 157

live_journalia is at 11, 2 dead

1 year ago - sushi and dan walkies, hunter thompson quits, cadmus jlu, freedom force, community populations

2 years ago - Monkey-mouse sperm, Alignments

3 years ago - weird news, oddball keywords, Russians link to me, community stats, mermaid art.

4 years ago - booboo'ed, Sally Struthers as soap-opera mind control, man stabbed with a swordfish.

5 years ago - Wanting things, noggin ache, Net use stats.

Current Mood: Day dee bop
Current Music: Gorillaz - 19-2000

Picked up an ATI 9550 (the AGP version of the 9250... I initially got the PCI card, because I confused the motherboard for the one that used to be in frankenbox's case before.

I can now get into second life (albeit in a less smooth way than before), and Newtcam has a more permanent broadcast location. I was delighted to see Herm all too briefly in 2L, but my bad big brain mojo spread to her system, and her network pooped out shortly after a the first visit with me since before thanksgiving. Fun seeing the world resolve form super low to super high detail. Fortunately, HP made it back shortly afterward.

via The Timeless Pin-Up Girls Gallery

The Harold Lloyd Collection- Limited edition fine-art prints include Marilyn Monroe,Harold Lloyd's World Photography, production stills from Lloyd's film career, and pinup photos from the 1950s including never-before-seen Bettie Page.

1 year ago - missed my condo, thin man, wall pictures, blue ice, geocache fountain, joker utility belt,

2 years ago - CoH preorder, getting a TENS

3 years ago - sleepy and rock-headed

4 years ago - nice dreams, String Cheese Incident, Feng Tzu-Chen, FMM poop, cool swiss mecha-island

5 years ago - placentophagy, haiku, poop on Tampa

Current Mood: accomplished

Dreamt that I was reading a comic book about a superhero/villain who wears a bandoleer of syringes fitted with fins so they act as throwing darts - uses the drugs for various effects, knockout, truth serum, hallucinogens. Not nearly as effective as a gas or launched from a dart gun, but I was asleep, and my subconscious mind wasn't interested in any editorial commentary.

He was fighting "The Collective Man", One of my Favorite old riffs on duplication, run backward - Five brothers who could merge into one guy that had 5x the strength and constitution of a normal man. In emergencies, he could also tap into the combined power of the entire Chinese populace, too, though I have no idea how that worked, even in comic book logic. The strength of a billion men, I guess? I don't think all the Chinese people in the world merged into him when he used that ability, though I think that'd be a pretty interesting proposition.

I have no idea what the guy with the syringe-darts thought he was going to do against CM... I guess he could up the dosage by five if he wanted to pull some shenanigans.

Were breakfast burritos invented in the 80s? My brain associates them being popular right around the time blue became associated with raspberry flavoring, for some reason or another. Actually, I associate them with Beavis and Butthead's "I am Cornholio" weirdness. Unreal what lodges itself in your skull.

Hm. Youtube comes through for me again. It really amazes me that B&B were so popular for so long.. and that knuckleheads actually emulated them to the point where a disclaimer was needed. (Later taken up by the gang at the Jackass tv show)

Hey, Old Ren & Stimpy Cartoons on there, too! I truly loved those before they got played out. Sakes... I burn a lot of time playing at both youtube and google video.

So, the new cartoonist meme is Fat Bat Cat??

Ah Well, Newt's more of a Streaky the Super-cat type, but maybe a little creative work with the palm later on.

Also, a meme I missed the first time, but want to take a shot at - draw yourself as a giant monster.... though mine won't be as good as this one.

Herm is being a sweetheart regarding my delayed return to 2nd Life.. She's holding a Clown Nose Vigil until I return. We'll see what lame excuse they have for me today.

Pug in a lucha libre wrestling mask.

The Endless Forest - Freaky human-faced deer roam around a forest and communicate with body language and roaring. I confess that I will check it out and try it once big brain makes it home. The Ename ruin is a neat idea. (found via

peradouro)

Tapey Worm

What Repulsive Parasitic Vermin Are You?
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1 year ago - Chilly, doodle, facial morphs (monkey scotto is still my fave), food, height comparisons, a/b meme, warning labels, toybox mooch, scythes,

2 years ago - happy Newt, nipples off, palm post - bus stop, tummy ache. penguin poop, giant nostril

3 years ago - Tests, truth, rumor, links and history, lj spam, Kev in court

4 years ago - I got my camera, Alvin gets fired from work for stealing overtime, unsolved mysteries, snap club, mcd's employees, nifty moon site.

5 years ago - Reflections on the old regime, The Litter Box Song *snerk*, Cow Saliva, "parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme", rehiring some of the fire-ees.

Current Mood: Where is that history eraser button?
Current Music: The Walrus says to call the police.

This card is my problem with compusa, along with really poor communication or support /offering of alternatives.

In a nutshell, it's been since November 10th that my Computer has been at the shop... everything else needing repair is fixed according to them.

Verto GeForce FX 5950 Ultra Video Card, AGP, 256MB DDR
Nvidia
Manufacturer: PNY
Mfg Part #: VCGFX595APB
Product Number: 308120
$499.88

However, that bad boy has been out of stock at the manufacturer, and at all known compusa stores in a 50-mile radius for the last 8 weeks.

With a $500 price tag, I'm obliged to wait, because I really can't drop that chunk of change on something that I should be getting under warranty.

The guys at the shop have given me two timelines, both of which have passed, now. I'm not quite sure what I can do, save for waiting.

Meanwhile, I have to do my work on poor ol' Battered lappie, My Toshiba satillite back from a time when Windows Me (I've long since replaced that with win2k pro) was "cutting edge".

I'd say that the only time I've had worse customer service/ communication was with Comcast... I have since boycotted them, though I've heard that they might not be so bad in other areas outside of SoFla.

Not having big brain has cost me some very significant social chat and play time in 2nd Life, LAN party activities with the old FMM crowd are out of the picture... plus, all of my downloaded movies / Netflix DVD archives are ground to a halt while the machine is gone... not to mention a lack of Newtcam.

I never realised how many people watched good ol' Newt during the day... I've gotten somthing like 80 emails politely requesting when he'll be back online again. If Big Brain is down another week, I'll hook Newtcam up to Lappie so folks can get an orange kitty fix.

I can only imagine what happens when pretty girls shut off their webcams. I suspect horny stalker-type guys aren't nearly as polite as cat fanciers.

Current Mood: aggravated

Got some 2L wonderful holiday cheer from Herm via email... I'm really looking forward to hopping back in there. The motherboard and memoryt is back in place, just waiting on the graphics card now (which was supposed to have arrived a week or more ago)

Lo! in the middle of the wood,
The folded leaf is woo’d from out the bud
With winds upon the branch, and there
Grows green and broad, and takes no care,
Sun-steep’d at noon, and in the moon
Nightly dew-fed; and turning yellow
Falls, and floats adown the air.
Lo! sweeten’d with the summer light,
The full-juiced apple, waxing over-mellow,
Drops in a silent autumn night.
All its allotted length of days,
The flower ripens in its place,
Ripens and fades, and falls, and hath no toil,
Fast-rooted in the fruitful soil.
~ Tennyson

Newton had a great Christmas morning... I gave him a gift bag full of paper wads. He went for it pretty confidently, took a paw, turned it on its side and grabbed one, and smacked it around. I have little doubt that he'll use the big bag as a hideout, too. I've got a spray bottle of "liquid catnip" but haven't used it yet.. I was going to recharge some of his toys with it, but he's still pretty fond of grabbing them, and raking with his rear claws, purring all the while without needing one. Newt gave me my favorite present, too, just some morning lovies.

Went to Christmas party at Cathi's Folks... it was lovely, a beautiful study in organized chaos. I wasn't Santa's helper this year, Joe took the role, which was pretty awesomely done. He did a great job, and the gazillion kidlets ate it up.

Speaking of eating things up, Mama 'borg sent me home with a pile of food. stuffed shells, Christmas cookies, cake, cauliflower salad, and muchy good cheer. Stephen and Elizabeth are so much older now, Allie and Nicole are both quite grown, too! A lot can happen to a kid in 4 years. Nicole looks like 16 or more at 14, and I can't believe Steven's old enough to drive now.

Mayah and her sis were running pretty wild on holiday sweets, santa excitement and general overstimulation. Dave had already gotten his fill of the insanity a bit before I arrived, but he's very good about keeping his cool. Cathi thrives in whirlwind chaos, so it wasn't a big thing for her.

I met Rosie at last, and she's a sweetheart, and her son is Mayah's "boyfriend" (they're both 5).

I still possess the power of being a big teddy bear to the kidlets. Apparently, I'm a big, soft jungle gym for tykes to maul, which was fine by me. Allie was doting on me once I commented on how good the cookies she made were.( She was the star kid of the party, anyhow. Usually the youngest, she got a chance to shine by being the "big girl" with the littler kidlets by helping and leading without being bossy. )

Dick did a good job communicating without his robo-voice... his prosthetic allows him to cap off airflow and talk with a hoarse whisper now, rather than the cylon-voicebox he was using before. He's had a lot carved out of him during his fight with the big C. Mouth, throat, lung, but now he's healthy as a proverbial horse.

500+ colors (via world of stuff)

1 year ago - Mel gifts, chrismahanukwanzakah, speed up firefox, disasteroid

2 years ago - Newtie Headbutt, Work mission

3 years ago - Scottovia, bro confession to me, pepys, cat code

4 years ago - dream fragment, internal dialog comes out, satan in the olympics

5 years ago - Boxing day, word galaxy, Life/panagrams, Whitman

Current Mood: peaceful
Current Music: poetry, see entry

Ouch... lost 'net for a little bit yesterday! Pesky, I wanted to check out Herm, make sure she was doing ok.. apparently she's a little worse for wear, but her ankle's getting better.

I'm glad she's mending nicely.

Moment of lyric - mp3

Supercar, Supercar,
With beauty and grace, fast as can be, watch it flying through the air.
It travels in space, or under the sea, and it can journey anywhere.

Supercar, Supercar,
It travels on land, or roams the skies, through the heavens' mighty rage
It's Mercury-manned, and everyone cries, "it's the marvel of the age!"
Supercar, Supercar, Supercar!

Plus it starred a Monkey, man's hairy little cousin.

Monkeytown USA.

I also dig the Pi Song. -via

1 year ago - h-bot, walkabout pics, sammich girls, mockery troopers, living tissue jacket, ff2, dan dog, bro evicted, Eau de humanity, templars

2 years ago - nightmare, tri-bloc embalming, bra sizes, angry kid, sex resource guide, sweetalyssm's bday, alien abduction tags

3 years ago - restless, newt, poo-fuel, baby costumes, bike ride w/bro, chupacabra, laser jet temp tats, honest opinion, kung fu channel, quizzes

4 years ago - hector, ap bday, sleepies, landlord issues

5 years ago - kingdomality, jobs, ghost dog-bears

Current Mood: it's the marvel of the age!
Current Music: Barry Gray - Super Car

Still feeling a little mopey, and more than a little like a cave-bear. I'm really just not in the mood for interaction with loud, noisy little peeps today. Both Friday and Monday have been cranky workdays. Today would do well to change the pattern.

Usually, Autumn will lower gravity, not raise it.

Poor Herm got her ankle hurt on vacation... I hope she's feeling better soon. Sweeties shouldn't get owies.

A group of children, all wearing ape masks, rides their bicycles to the park for a picnic. Along the way, all but one are eliminated for violating basic bike safety rules.

One Got Fat: Bicycle Safety (1963)

Edward Everett Horton narrates. Mr. Horton provided the wonderful narration for Jay Ward's Fractured Fairy Tales on the Rocky & Bullwinkle Show, too.

Best Bike safety film, ever. I love how they keep getting killed, but the rest continue on to picnic. Nelly was cute when angry, but Filbert is my favorite demise.

See also the remixed trance music video. Hooray for open source!

Moment of Lyric

( ... )

Que sera sera
Whatever will be will be
The future's not ours to see
Que sera sera

( ... )

Doing blood yesterday was pretty cool... I watched a M*A*S*H marathon on the hallmark channel. I keep forgetting how much I liked that show as a kid... I can't believe the episodes I watched were 30-some years old. I've added all the seasons to my netflix.

1 year ago - mr skelly, grocer, cheap CDs, eye of the storm, mass e-mail, Trolley, Dad's Home, Reefer man, Herc/Xena 'toon, Halloween clip art, Doom, Giant ape, subterranean hawk men dance, Hats, bro, context, walkabout pictures

2 years ago - Bewitched name revelation, surgery dream, pumpkin stencils, Joker Poll, Bro shenanigans, misc cool linkies, dia de los muertos, book of sand

3 years ago - PB&J otter, saw Ray Iglesias, worldwar, magic pebble, Made a Dan Heroclix, Hot shower, Beekeeping, Zombie - alert, boogie man poll

4 years ago - Jiffy-pop monkeys, chimera / tantivy, evil news, moonflower haiku, bus ride, brain edibility probe, DB wrecks work surfing at IMT

5 years ago - Morning walkies, back when I worked the noon-8 shift, grumps, word detective, post 509, god's wheel, million monkeys, missed debates

Current Mood: gloomy, but MONKEYS ON BIKES!
Current Music: Pink Martini - Que Sera Sera

Happy Birthday, mootpoint!

I repeat my birthday wish from five years ago -

"I hope you get lots of cake and balloons and good sex and laughter today, and from now on!"

Watched the first two episodes of Lost's second season.. I'm please that they're keeping it interesting, and that I've heard a specific endpoint was found, rather than it being an ongoing series, never coming to a resolution.

Payday!

George W. Bush cover of "White Lines" - other great mixes, too.

Speaking of mixes... *best mix of The Shining trailer ever* (happy skippy) and the zombie/horror remix of West Side Story

Again, no 2L... issues "finding server domain name". A reboot of the router seemed to help quite a bit. system is not fond of these power cycles at all. Tomorrow Herm goes on her island vacation, with a collection of pals. The lucky duck!

( okcupid test results )

1 year ago - School Training at a library, Auntie's, Spicy Sancocho recipe

2 years ago - Hoom! maps, Monkey Heaven, Robyn goes Psychic on me, Private William D. Huff, Tumbless things, palm doodle, BK breakfast, monochrome=sleepy bus pics

3 years ago - landlord a/c, Dorky dinosaur, art ljs, audio books

4 years ago - minor panic, Oyl Family, Red Dog the Pirate Guy, blackjack, mush, revised beliefs, Laundry, freeflow, nosey lj-poll, Newton's Nightmare game, love poem

5 years ago - apple jacks, chores, bday, CPAP,

Current Mood: Friday!
Current Music: Louis Jordan - The Green Grass Grows All Around

Bro's got some issues with his rehab place.. apparently the guy he's rooming with is using, and temptation is great. He sounds so lucid and on top of things.. I'd hate for him to go back to where he was just a little while ago.

Heading down to river walk later just to stretch the legs and you take advantage of ECN on call today.

HP and I found some really neat new things in 2l yesterday... playground with swings, teeter-totter and a pagoda area that is gorgeous.

I've got to make an appointment with bro's boss, setup a website with him. Air conditioning repair, etc.

I'm tempted to make this my 404 page.

Moment of Lyric - (mp3 - via)

I got bitten by a radioactive bug
I tried an experimental drug
I went out for a stroll on a gamma testing range
I found an enchanted Uru cane
I made a serum that made me small
I modified the serum so it would make me tall
I got radioactive isotope in my eye
A dying alien helped me accessorize
I gained the proportionate strength of a spider
Now I'm invincible and I can fly
I lost my sight and my other senses were heightened
I'm gonna put on my pajamas and go fight crime

( ... )

1 year ago - MM issues, water, C-Mon & Kypski's - Shittybum, Ookla, picture meme.

2 years ago - IHOP with Kev & Bheesh, Rose, Zombie Pinups, Space Art in Kids books, Title caps.

3 years ago - mental fog, Finn & Chupa aren't loved, sculpey, eraser clay

4 years ago - Fussing sans A/C, Word association poll, KFC Japan

5 years ago - The Laundry event, Newt, Cherry Coke, Quit the Everway Group, one day until I meet CEJ.

Current Mood: It's time to get funky fresh.
Current Music: Ookla the Mok - Super Powers

Really bad dreams last night regarding bro relapsing and assorted troubles with the family. Restless sleep.

I'm glad I could help sedef with her hosting! I look forward to adesertbutterfly.com !

running late this morning.. I'll catch up with you later, dear journal!

( Some more lovely 2nd life pics )

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List seven of your favorite songs of the moment in your journal.

Okie doke... let's look at my winamp playlist lately.

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce

He's Large - Olive Oyl

Bak Et Halleluja - Kaizers Orchestra (music to War)

Octopus' Garden - Ringo Starr

It Only makes me laugh - Danny Elfman

Where, oh Where, Are you tonight? - Buck Owens

Shock the Monkey - Peter Gabriel

I tag anyone who wants to share!

I have to remember to thank firpo for the cool new tunes, too.

1 year ago - register to vote, shaft soundtrack, free cliffs notes, wasabi, ghoul, word association, tv guide humor

2 years ago - Grand Prix more important than cool sidewalks, Chemical explosion, prop shoots herself in the foot, movies, Mooch-Frankie

3 years ago - super glue, isidore gains strength, marble-magnets, dumb copy protection

4 years ago - maunder, sub rosa, code link, nimda, freedoms, cej

5 years ago - suzy's hearing, purple throat potion, fall guy,

Current Mood: dec, el, do
Current Music: War - (Bak Et Halleluja - Kaizers Orchestra )

Nice day with Dan yesterday.. did lunch and hung out for a few hours. We talked about a few ideas for second life designs, and I think some have real potential... not much beats the bee-gun however.

I think Tater tots and sushi are a natural combo. I may be the only person to feel that way.

Got to spend some lovely time on a pirate quest in 2nd L with HP, too. Always a pleasure to hang out with her. We won some awesome snow globe trophies.

New GROW game

Three animated lj cat icons -

Moment of Lyric (quicktime movie here - via)

( ... )

And so I cry sometimes
When I'm lying in bed
Just to get it all out
What's in my head
And I, I am feeling
A little peculiar

And so I wake in the morning
And I step outside
And I take a deep breath
And I get real high
And I scream
From the top of my lungs
What's going on?

( ... )

Net Vibes is another great rss / search personal portal freebee. I like the built-in podcast listening functionality. (speaking of which, I've added

scifripodcast to my lj syn list... NPR's Science Friday.)

Power Dressing Man Leaves Trail of Destruction 'worst super villain ever)

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1 year ago - 50 first dates, Ghost in the shell 2, King Kong, ape man,

2 years ago - on call wakeup, misc work, talk like a pirate day coming up, MOND - (Modified Newtonian Dynamics)

3 years ago - Isidore, nearby hobby store, swapped a bunch of old MtG for MK, speed of light broken, Carpe Vultus, freeflow work and slack, palm doodles, riaa/piracy hits work (entry 4704)

4 years ago - carby dindin, veggie shepherds pie recipe in comments, boonga boonga, p-funk lj, NIMDA PSA, who would buy that?, FART KNOCKER, mush

5 years ago - fool on the hill, meemee makes a googly eyed icon for me, monday slowpoke, stun-yell, I opt out of papahood, movies with hippies

Current Mood: a little peculiar.
Current Music: He-man's remix cover of "What's Up"

//desc - box flies up 300m and then builds a floating 30x30x30 room to work from. Portable Fortress of Solitude.

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Entries tagged with 2nd life

10132 - Friday

8372 - Friday, finally!

8329 -

8324 - So, this is a Thursday, is it?

8291 - And... it's a Friday.

8246 - Ides of March. It feels like it!

8233 - A return to the land I once knew

8199 -

8193 - Fruitful day yesterday

8135 - mishmash monday.

8104 - system still out for repair.

8051 - Monday day off! Booyah!

7809 - man, I love the whistle solo.

7803 - mope mope monkeys on a bike!!

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7763 - Maybe walkabout.

7758 -

7348 - brief recap, electric man

7345 - second life test script