Thursday, November 03, 2005
Have a little Test going on today...
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
FireFox 1.5 Release Candidate 1, Now Available
This is the first release candidate of our next generation Firefox browser, to be released later this year, and it is being made available to our developer and testing community for compatibility testing and to solicit feedback.

Download Release Candidate
Firefox 1.5 RC 1 for Windows, English (5.0MB)
Other Systems and Languages
Note: This is not the final release of our Web browser, it has been made available for testing purposes only, with no end-user support. If that sounds scary, you'd probably be better off with the latest version of Firefox 1.0.
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Ok.. Got photos uploaded...
Where to eat before we go into disneyland. We get to Disneyland early, about 6pm, We can not go in until 9pm. So we have the dilema of "Where to Eat?". As we walk down Downtown Disney, We spot a Pizzaeria, Karen asks the Kids, "Hey Pizza!, wanna go there?".. Kids response "No, No lets go somewhere else." So we pass the Pizzeria and continue on the quest for a place to grab a bite to eat. We come too a fork in the road and a choice of these two resturants: The House of Blues or A Mexican Cantina (Don't remember the name, also noticed its not listed in the Downtown Disney Directory). So we choose The House of Blues, mainly because we havent been and the kids wanted to. Man.. Let me tell ya, the Food Sucked, The Service Sucked and the Prices were high for what you got. The Kids ordered Mac 'n Cheese, Yes, Mac 'n Cheese. Well, the food came fast. DJ's exact words about the Mac 'n Cheese "If they ask about the food, Im gonna say Your Mac 'n Cheese Sucks. It doesn't even taste like Mac 'n Cheese, there's not cheese about it.", My response "Well, thats what you get for ordering that here, next time you'll know."
So, the only thing left for that place is the music, but being the food and service sucked ass, Well more than ass, it was just really sad. I doubt we will return.
As for Disneyland though! it was a great night. I'll Post photos in a few.
Monday, October 31, 2005
Pluto has Two More satellites (AKA Moons)!
Read More about it here [ Space.com ]
View a Short and Two Long Exposures [ View Images ]
Wow, Disney's Technology using Technology.
At the Turtle Talk With Crush exhibit at Disney's California Adventure theme park, Crush the sea turtle makes a cameo like those at the start of most Disney rides. Nothing seems out of the ordinary as the character goes though the script with a cast member, until the Finding Nemo star takes questions from the audience.Wow, This is great. Add this to Disney's rides like Star Tours, and you can have a fantastic time that would allow a ride or show vary in differences each time you ride it.
"I want to talk to this little dude in the purple shirt," Crush says, "the one up in front, on the left."
Crush is referring to a real guest in the "Human Tank." In a moment he starts answering questions from random children, doing the backstroke on command and guffawing when a girl asks him how he can hold his breath and talk underwater.
Their also testing out Massive Online games for Actual park rides like Buzz Lightyears' Astro Blasters in Anaheim, Ca.
Check out the Whole article at Wired News
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Saturday, October 29, 2005
Base.google.com

At the current moment in time (Approximatly, 3:36pm PST) you can get to the login screen of base.google.com. I how ever can not log in using my information. So, I set forth to find out why. So I found this article about it GoogleBlogOScoped. I'm apparently not the only one thats having issues, but the writer was able to do more than I. Thus I am sadden. Read the article, it explains what base.google.com is. but for now heres a lil bit about it.
Examples of items you can find in Google Base:
- • Description of your party planning service
- • Articles on current events from your website
- • Listing of your used car for sale
- • Database of protein structures
Til next time...
Friday, October 28, 2005
A Fish, A Fish Where a Fish, a Fish, Fish, Robotic Fish

Computer scientists at the University of Essex in the U.K. developed the self-guided robot fish, seen here swimming in the aquarium. The designers say it is the smartest such robot yet created—the fish uses artificial intelligence and built-in sensors to avoid obstacles and respond to environmental changes.
Very life like, Check out the Video for this.
Reuters Video Feed [CLICKY]
Ahh, the fabulous time of a Private Disneyland Party...
The adventure to Disneyland last night was great. Went very well, Had a blast. Rode the all the rides we could in the time we had (9pm to 1am). Most time we waited in a line was for Space Mountain (35 to 40 mins, give or take). Of course had to go to Star Tours, Jessie wasnt big enough to ride it last time. Checked out Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters, Great Fun shoot'em up ride. Karen and the kids caught Pirates of the Caribbean for the first time. Took on the Haunted Mansion Holiday, which was a freakin blast, they converted it to "A Nightmare before Christmas" theme, of which I got a few photos of this with the camera phone. And of course we hit up Mr. Toads Wild ride, Snow White, Peter Pan, Unfortunately we didn't get to Alice, Time was going by really fast. Caught Pinocchio's Daring Journey (note: need to watch this movie again..) Also got on Astro Orbitor, which is located in the entrance to Tomorrow Land. Took the Indiana Jones™ Adventure and got on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. I think that pretty much it, besides the last ride of the night we got on Space Mountain again, then took off home. Got something to eat and got back home about 3am. Great Night! Here are a few photos from my camera phone. I'll have the digital ones for you all later.
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Thursday, October 27, 2005
Tonight Disneyland! Tomorrow Work!
2 Blocks down make a left and Bam. your at 64th and Main.
Just thought I would let you know that.
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Messages from work...
And today he left me another one. VM Ron 02.
Enjoy some more
Monday, October 24, 2005
I'm Extactic! (and so guy for using that word)

To this Fine Spectacular Container.

You too can get your own lovely container! Check out: www.bottlesandCans.com
Friday, October 21, 2005
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Turn me around bend me over and offer me a cookie.
So the meaning of this post so, so late in the day...
I started today with a smile on my face and a Blue Monster in hand. On my way to work I get buzzed on my Nextel.
"Whats up?"
"Chad, you coming in today?"
"Yea, Im on my way now. Should be there a little after 7:30am"
"Ok,....."
" ... ? ... "
"Cause, the computers aren't working. They're not showing anything on the screen."
(This next comment from me isnt because Im being a smart ass, Its just needed to be asked.)
"Are they on?"
"Yes, they are. The computer is just blank."
"Ok, Turn them off and wait about 10 seconds, then turn them back on."
"Ok, Oh and the power was off earlier today... (in a Yeah, I think so tone.)"
"Really, well then that changes everything, I'll be around in a few."
I arrive at work, and clock in to get my day going. Head on over to the Cashier's computer to see whats the matter. Ah! a router needs to be reset. Simple enough. So the shipping and receiving guy comes looking for me. Tells me the same thing. And I tell him its the same problem. I explain to him how to fix it if Im not around again. Well, he also has a problem with a Dot Matrix printer that isnt working. So I log into ERA to see whats the matter. Simply it's holding the print job because the router needed to be reset, which is was. After the reset you need to give ERA alittle push so it sends the que'd job on its mary way.
Next Issue arises as I'm in the Server room making sure all Servers (Ours and The Third party ones) are up and running, so I dont get other calls. When Bloop. Power goes out. Its about a little past 9am at this time. The power is out for about 2 minutes max. Everything comes back online looking spiffy. Ahh, But the internet. So, at about 930 or so I give the Mr. Wonderful a call.
"Good Morning Mr Wonderful!!" (Nice and bright!)
"Yesth, Chadt.." (I'll have to get a Voice mail from him and put it up here.)
"It seems to be that the T1 line has gone down, and I have Done everything I can possibly do.... " (Now mind you if you know what type of access to things I need they give me, you'll know that this EVERYTHING isnt alot.) "... and I was wondering if you can give Luis a call and have him check out the firewall" (at this time, I came to the conclusion that with the power outtage that the firewall went down and shutdown hard and the configuration wasnt saved to flash. We had recently upgraded to a T1 from DSL, this is why I thought that. Because it was a possiblity.) So on-ward.. I went explaining the situation to Mr Wonderfull. "Blah Blah Blah Yakk Yakk Yakk Llama Yakk Cow, BLah Llama Blah Blah Moo." So I sit, and wait for some reply as Mr Wonderful does his thing hes does so very well. While I sat and waited I thought about the other possiblities that could have caused this. Could it be that its a refurbished Router? Could it be that the UPS's are worth the 1 ply tissue paper in the mens bathroom at your local AM/PM. Could it be that I shouldn't have ate that burrito from the vending machine? Was it because the T1 speed both up and down Sucks ass. These my friends are questions that moggle my bind. Thus I get up and check the router out and the firewall. Nope, still no connection. "Hmm..." I thought puzzled. Nothing that I can do at the moment. "Damn I wish Mr Wonderfull would get back to me."
At about 11:30am I get a Call from Vik, asking me for some information. I give it to him. and What do you know, He can't connect to us. Imagine that. So, After awhile with dealing with him I get him to have Luis call me so we can get somewhere. We then proceed to try to change around a few settings on the firewall and back to the DSL IP settings. and Nothing, after ahile the Firewall stops allowing a connection, it goes in to denial. Alot of other things happen during this. We try that, do this, try that, move that, hit that, kick that, turn if on, turn it off, Blah Blah Blah. Sign off, Sign on. Nothing. During the this and that time, I had called the T1 provider and got a tech to come out before we closed, or at least before I left for the day. about 1ish Luis hangs up because he has gone through his own resources. And Still no internet access, No wonderfull world of Google, No Checking of personal email, No mySpace.com nothing. Sad a Porter is, Sad... Never the less, I contuine on. I get a back linksys router up and running through the net work. The PIX 515E firewall is down and out likewise the T1 Router. 3:30pm was the time the glorious Single Image page of google with offers of a lucky search came to be. I am Trumpet. then POP! my bubble goes from the sound of my nextel going off. A Sales manager cannot check a credit report. "Doh" I say with a smack to my forehead. So I give ReyRey a call, and to my suprise the T1 line has yet to score a few points against me. So, I tell the rep to change it over to the Dialup modem, which fixes it for the time being. In the mean time, The Tech for the T1 provider is working on the T1 router. The Router is bad. and a New one is placed in. Thus it is about 4:50pm when the new T1 router is completly setup and ready for me to test it. Thus, I unHook the current connection. OH, yea I did. How-ever I thought about it, but also.. Its almost 5pm, most of the employees are completed with work and pretty much heading home. So, I did disconnect it. And No luck with the new router. Oh, it works but not with the Firewall. So I am led to believe that the firewall is having issues.
I am in NO WAY going in early tomorrow. I may however post more about todays events.
I so look forward to tomorrow.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Printers Sport Hidden Codes...

This is actually a great idea, unless your a kidnapper and need to use your printer for hostage reasons, then I think your pretty much screwed.
The tracking codes have been around or in use since about 1999 or earlier. Enjoy the Full Story here
Mommy can we go to McDonalds....

Apperently all the DS user has to do is bring his/her DS and a Wi-Fi-enabled game into a Wayport-enabled McDonald's, the user simply launches the game in Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection mode. No setup is required. Maybe a good thing, maybe not.. How hard is it, or I should say, How soon? will be used for laptops and psp's to use the WiFi connection. Im sure sooner than McDonalds and Nintendo wants.
Source: pocket-lint.co.uk/
www.NintendoWiFi.com
Monday, October 17, 2005
Monday, October 10, 2005
The Fabulous goodness of FireFox Extensions..

- FlashBlock
- Gmail Delete Button
- Adblock (Use Filterset.G with this if you have FireFox v1.0.7)
- Adblock Filterset.G Updater
- PDF Download
- FasterFox
- MouseGestures

Friday, October 07, 2005
Support your own habbit, I do.
All the bins are shipped out free of charge.
http://www.bottlesandcans.com
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Alarm Clock Puzzle...

What the Alarm clock does is fire the pieces in to the air, and then makes its wonderful soothing sound until you put the pieces back in again.
Check it out here, Or even buy it: [ Link ]
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Honestly...
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Webcam Action...

Monday, October 03, 2005
No Freaking Way...

Check out the Live Webcam on The Stratosphere [View]
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Going for a new Look...
Just Testing..
Check it out in Action!
Download Status Bar for FireFox, Quite Niffty!


Check out the Download page for information and some more Screenshots!

Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Happy Birthday GOOGLE

However Google's actual birthday is September 7, 1998. So, Happy Belated B-Day GOOGLE, May you see High Doubles.
Have a look at past Holiday Logos: [Link]
Monday, September 26, 2005
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Gonna Have a go at the eBay thing...

Gonna have a try at selling on eBay. Bought a 14.1" LCD Display for a Dell Latitude 100L because I had aquired one for Free from work, but the only thing about it was that the Display was bad. Thus I changed the display, and about 3 days latter dell decided to call and want the Laptop back, So I had to change the display back to the one with an issue.
Want to see my Item [Click Here], Hey Need it? Bid on it!
For those like me whom have yet to sell anything I shall let you know how it went. Well, The setup was fine and easy, Quick and simple. Im just curious on how it will list within the searches because I did not pay for the higher listing fee. The Item will last for 7 days, After that I might put it back on, I will be charged 7 dollars for this ebay posting. I shall post in 7 days about my ebay selling adventure.
Here go look for something on eBay.com.
My Item for Sell Link
Monday, September 19, 2005
MMmm Orange...

This lovely LaCie USB drive needs No Drivers and is very USB 2.0 compliant. Good for us whos desks are filled with junk, So this takes up very little space, So Junk is not moved aside.
Buy One! [www.lacie.com]
Friday, September 16, 2005
fireFTP... Oh Great people of Mozilla (and other delevopers!)

Something that has been long awaited for Cha! Presents us with fireFTP. Check it out for your selves!
Must have FireFox installed!
Install 0.88.3beta (English - only 60KB!)
- Features include:
- Any operating system: Windows, Macintosh, and Linux
- Compact: only 70KB in size!
- Resuming: resume broken downloads
- Tabbed Transferring: use fireFTP in a Firefox tab
- Passive/Active Mode: support for both modes of transfers
- Proxy Support: proxies aren't a problem (SOCKS only)
- And best of all: it's FREE!
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Finally a game for programmers... C-JUMP
c-jump helps children to learn basics of programming languages, such as C, C++ and Java. This is great. and for 30 bucks ($US) you can not go wrong.
Soruce: c-jump.com
You can buy it from the site or from eBay.com
Friday, September 09, 2005
He he, Space Junk...
> 4 million pounds of stuff
> 110,000 total objects 1 centimeter and larger
Thursday, September 08, 2005
Take me to a Place where I haven't been there once.
You Know...
Why do Drive through ATM machines have Braile on them?
Because the Drive-through ATM machines are the Same machines as Regular WalkUp ATM machines.
What I want to know is How do the dogs know what an ATM machine is.
...
What if ... ????
Someone has some explaining to do.
What If... ????
And If so how come I can't get any honey from the bees?
...
So.. I ahhh...
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Simply Hired.com - Job Search website...
I stumbled upon this site through nwfusion.com. Seems to be a promising site. I've done a few searches with them and have gotten several decent job hits in my area. Maybe i will apply for them?...
At a further glance:
"Simply Hired is a vertical search engine company based in Silicon Valley, and we're building the largest online database of jobs on the planet. Our goal is to make finding your next job a simple yet effective, enjoyable journey. We can't always promise you'll discover your dream job, but we'll give you the best chance possible to get a bigger paycheck, a more considerate boss, or a shorter commute."
I will look more into them and report in. They have some pretty decent features offered when checking on jobs. For instance, I tried a search for Network Admin in Moreno Valley, Ca. A got back a few hits that had what I was looking for. Noticed this lil image too

Friday, August 26, 2005
Thursday, August 25, 2005
Wholy Crap Evil Demon Spawn!

So the Rock will star as "Sarge" in the new G2M (Game to Movie) "DOOM". Yet another game storyline ripped to pieces. I mean, Its not the Rocks Fault, Im not bitching about him being in the movie, Although they could have picked someone else. But thats not the point of me posting at the moment. Granted that some G2M's or Even C2M (Comics) have had a Great out come, but still the Storyline has a tendincy to be mixed up.

Source: filmforce.ign.com
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Google Talk... Reality..!?

Download Googles Messenger: talk.Google.com
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Burn, Flip, Burn .. Ahhh No Ink....

On January 4, 2004, HP announced an innovative new technology to address the problem of labeling CDs and DVDs.

However, this seems to be an older Technology, But has yet to really catch on. I went looking around on the web to see How much this will cost, i.e. Hardware, Software and media. Suprisingly this setup isnt all that expenisive. Below is a price list of Hardware, Software and Media for the Lightscribe technology.
HARDWARE
- BenQ - Model #: DW1625 BLK OEM $ 59.99
WRITE Speed DVD+R 16X DVD+RW 4X DVD-R 8X DVD-RW 4X CD-R 40X CD-RW 24X DVD+R DL 2.4X
- HP - Model #: DVD640I $ 75.00
WRITE Speed DVD+R 16X DVD+RW 4X DVD-R 8X DVD-RW 4X CD-R 40X CD-RW 24X DVD+R DL 2.4X
MEDIA
- HP
- 8x 4.7GB LightScribe DVD+R Media, 5-pack
- Lightscribe CD-R 52x, 5-Pack
- Memorex
- DVD+R Light Scribe 10 Pack $ 13.99
- CD-R 80 LightScribe 10 Pack $ 5.99
- Imation
- 700MB 52X CD-R 30 Pack Disc $ 19.99
- Verbatim
- 4.7gb 8x DVD+R 10 Pack Spindle $ 12.99
Source: LightScribe.com
Pricing Information: LightScribe.com & Newegg.com
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
"Its like Pandroa's Box, But I can use it!"

Borrowing from amateur astronomers, German researchers have developed a folding space telescope that collapses into the size of a large suitcase during launch but which unpacks to its full length once in orbit.
By collapsing that space, the team was able to reduce the DST’s volume during launch by 70% and its weight by 50% compared to other space telescopes with similar apertures.
Read Full Article: Space.com
Milky Way central nougat seen better now...

A new infrared survey that claims to be the most comprehensive structural analysis of our galaxy confirms previous evidence for a central bar of stars.
The bar is embedded in the center of the galaxy's spiral arms and cuts across the heart of it all where a supermassive black hole resides. The survey found that the bar is longer than thought and sits at a sharp angle to the galaxy's main plane.
"This is the best evidence ever for this long central bar in our galaxy," said Ed Churchwell, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of astronomy.
Read the Full article: Space.comImage: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC/Caltech)
Monday, August 08, 2005
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
...
Like yesterday there was Lunch for everyone. And when was I told this, After I ate. thank you very much.
Friday, July 29, 2005
Yea... I think someone needs to clean the Webcam lense.

Snapshot from CSU - San Bernardino, Ca Webcam. I think it needs to be cleaned. This is a Robotic Webcam, meaning you can play with it. When I was messing with it the cam focused on the spider webs.
Source: webcam.csusb.edu
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Wow... This is Just what I need...
My Very Own Vampire Kit!... Man.. I remember like it was just, Ah, this morning that I thought to myself.. Man I could really use a New state of the art 21st Century Vampire Kit. and BAM.. here it is. and Only for the low low cost of $ 150.00 bucks.. Man.. I cant pass this up.
Check out the Amazing Find on Ebay
Haha God that is Priceless...
Windows Getting smarter, Or just more annoying?
Source: news.zdnet.com
Monday, July 25, 2005
I would Love to have this Freakin Sweet Collection!!

This bountiful collection was the one that was offered up on ebay about a month ago. It is now being given away by penny-arcade.com, in there The Omegathon contest.

Source: Penny-arcade.com