Friday, January 27, 2006

File's date is wrong...

A while back I created an excel file that has some automation to as far as
creating cells with the correct month and days and then coloring them as needed
for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The thing with the file is that it has to end in
a 4 digit number, i.e. report2006.xls. Theres a function in it that takes the four
digits and makes it the year for the workbook. So if its not named to this format
the dates will be off. So heres the thing.

Mr. Wonderfull calls me to show me that the files' date is not showing correctly
and the I need to make sure that when the file is done in the morning that it is
done correctly and with out any errors so he can send it to the boss. I get to his
office and look at the file. The date shows as follows: 01/01/6(1). I then tell
him that the file when I sent it did not show that, and that I would look at it.
Now, I didn't notice the file error until I came back to my office and checked the
file. I make the nessecary edits and then remember the date thing. So I make a
note with in the excel file, and how it needs to be saved as, Then send it on its
way back to Mr. Wonderfull. A few seconds later I recieve a call from him, Asking
what I mean by the file name. I then try to explain to him that he had changed
the name of the file so it read 01/01/6(1) as the date. The then tells me that he
did not change the filename. And he is very adamant about it. Anything with
this man no matter how truthfull or right you can be is still wrong and your fault,
regardless of what proof you have.


NASA: JPass

Good Ole Nasa:
http://science.nasa.gov/Programs/Pagebuilding/trackJPass.asp?zip=92553&latitude=0&longitude=0&B1=Go

Thursday, January 26, 2006

I highly recommend this game...

For all ages, its a blast!

http://kids.discovery.com/games/whizzball/whizzball.html

Look for my contraptions under the names: HoseHead78 and Webmonkey78

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Microsoft, demonstrates DirectX in 1995...

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, demonstrates DirectX in 1995. In the video, he places himself in iD's first person shooter, Doom. Wearing a trench coat and carrying a shotgun, he gives a speech about Windows 95 and DirectX becoming THE gaming platform of choice for everyone.

A demonized marine from Doom walks in and says "Hey Bill! Yeah yeah yeah..." And Gates
"Don't interrupt me!"

The Doom Guy: Bill Gates

Anomalous Cinnamon Toaster Flake almost from hell.

Monday, January 23, 2006

Odd things I purchased this weekend...


This has to be the oddest purchase I have ever made. Now, mind you the two products by themselves are not at all strange, but when purchased together they make for a rather strange and quite time at the register.

What did I purchase you ask? Well, we mainly went for a Toilet Plunger, but for some reason my sister in law thought we needed Vodka to. So, We bought a Toilet Plunger and a Bottle (big one at that) of Vodka. And yes, The cashier and bagger were giving each other looks about this too.

Thursday, January 19, 2006

60 Mins.. Shows the "Gamer" or Cyber Athlete..

Have a look at this Article that CBS has on Cyber Athlets not being Couch Potatos. [ Link ]

(CBS) The world's best video game player practices for hours to hone the skills that have earned him more than $450,000 in prize money. But being the best is also a matter of being the fittest, says Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel, who credits exercise with being an integral part of his training.
60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft profiles Wendel this Sunday, Jan. 22, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

Wednesday, January 18, 2006

So, Kevin IM's me today....

Kevin says:
so the new GM up here got a new laptop from Dell. now it needs to be setup for VPN and stuff, so Vik told him to send the New Laptop to VIK DOWN SOUTH so that he can set it up, WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH HIM.
Kevin says:
so none the less, the new gm came and told me to set it up, and i'm like sure, it wont take very long.
Chad says:
haha.. more or less vik would have me do it....
Kevin says:
definatly not the 5 days it would take vikram.

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

30 True Facts about Chuck Norris...

This came after corey commented on Law and Order, I looked up the story because I heard it about Chucks Arms and not his legs, Well I soon started laughing my ass off at the following Facts about Chuck Norris. These should also be sent to Conan O'Brien. Just because he likes to show the Clips from Walker: Texas Ranger.

30 True Facts about Chuck Norris...

30. Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.

29. Chuck Norris sold his soul to the devil for his rugged good looks and unparalleled martial arts ability. Shortly after the transaction was finalized, Chuck roundhouse kicked the devil in the face and took his soul back. The devil, who appreciates irony, couldn't stay mad and admitted he should have seen it coming. They now play poker every second Wednesday of the month.

28. When Chuck Norris sends in his taxes, he sends blank forms and includes only a picture of himself, crouched and ready to attack. Chuck Norris has not had to pay taxes ever.

27. Chuck Norris sleeps with a night light. Not because Chuck Norris is afraid of the dark, but the dark is afraid of Chuck Norris

26. Chuck Norris could have any woman he wants, but he has never had sex. He only masturbates because the only person good enough to have sex with Chuck is Chuck.

25. A blind man once stepped on Chuck Norris' shoe. Chuck replied, "Don't you know who I am? I'm Chuck Norris!" The mere mention of his name cured this man blindness. Sadly the first, last, and only thing this man ever saw, was a fatal roundhouse delivered by Chuck Norris.

24. Someone once tried to tell Chuck Norris that roundhouse kicks aren't the best way to kick someone. This has been recorded by historians as the worst mistake anyone has ever made.

23. The original theme song to the Transformers was actually "Chuck Norris--more than meets the eye, Chuck Norris--robot in disguise," and starred Chuck Norris as a Texas Ranger who defended the earth from drug-dealing Decepticons and could turn into a pick-up. This was far too much awesome for a single show, however, so it was divided.

22. Chuck Norris' action figure has slept with more women then most men.

21. Chuck Norris lost his virginity before his dad did.

20. Chuck Norris once tried to sue Burger King after they refused to put razor wire in his Whopper Jr., insisting that that actually is "his" way.

19. Superman owns a pair of Chuck Norris pajamas.

18. It was once believed that Chuck Norris actually lost a fight to a pirate, but that is a lie, created by Chuck Norris himself to lure more pirates to him. Pirates never were very smart.

17. Chuck Norris once shot a German plane down with his finger, by yelling, "Bang!"

16. As a teen Chuck Norris impregnated every nun in a convent tucked away in the hills of Tuscany. Nine months later the nuns gave birth to the 1972 Miami Dolphins, the only undefeated and untied team in professional football history.

15. Chuck Norris can make a woman climax by simply pointing at her and saying "booya".

14. Chuck Norris can touch MC Hammer.

13. To prove it isn’t that big of a deal to beat cancer. Chuck Norris smoked 15 cartons of cigarettes a day for 2 years and aquired 7 different kinds of cancer only to rid them from his body by flexing for 30 minutes. Beat that, Lance Armstrong.

12. Chuck Norris was the fourth Wise Man. He brought baby Jesus the gift of “beard”. Jesus wore it proudly to his dying day. The other Wisemen, jealous of Jesus’ obvious gift favoritism, used their combined influence to have Chuck omitted from the Bible. Shortly after all three died of roundhouse kick related deaths.

11. Chuck Norris once ate three 72 oz. steaks in one hour. He spent the first 45 minutes having sex with his waitress.

10. Chuck Norris invented water.

9. Chuck Norris invented the question mark.

8. The original theme song to the Transformers was actually “Chuck Norris–more than meets the eye, Chuck Norris–robot in disguise,” and starred Chuck Norris as a Texas Ranger who defended the earth from drug-dealing Decepticons and could turn into a pick-up. This was far too much awesome for a single show, however, so it was divided.

7. When Chuck Norris’s wife burned the turkey one Thanksgiving, Chuck said, “Don’t worry about it honey,” and went into his backyard. He came back five minutes later with a live turkey, ate it whole, and when he threw it up a few seconds later it was fully cooked and came with cranberry sauce. When his wife asked him how he had done it, he gave her a roundhouse kick to the face and said, “Never question Chuck Norris.”

6. The quickest way to a man’s heart is with Chuck Norris’s fist.

5. Chuck Norris can make a woman climax by simply pointing at her and saying “booya”.

4.
At birth, Chuck Norris came out feet first so he could roundhouse kick the doctor in the face. Nobody delivers Chuck Norris but Chuck Norris.

3. Chuck Norris counted to infinity - twice.

2. Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.

1. Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.

Nice little chat...

mc atmos: hi
HoseHead780: hello?
mc atmos: would you be interested in perchasing some girl scout cookies ?
mc atmos: purchasing*
mc atmos: purchASSing
HoseHead780: Would you be interested in purchasing some butt pluggs?
mc atmos: fucking A...you read my mind
HoseHead780: Fantastic then maybe we can have an exchange, Butt pluggs for Girl Scout cookies.
mc atmos: i once kicked satan in the nuts
mc atmos: it lit my foot on fire
HoseHead780: Your nuts lit your foot on fire?
HoseHead780: I would have been mad too, but thats no reason to kick satan in the nuts
mc atmos: i wasnt thinking straight in my fit of pain and rage
mc atmos: night... sweety, ill be watching you
HoseHead780: How the fuck are you corey
mc atmos: haha
mc atmos: good, you ?
HoseHead780: Im good
mc atmos: howd you know ?
HoseHead780: Im gonna blog this IM
HoseHead780: :-)
mc atmos: haha
mc atmos: wait
HoseHead780: Im the man thats how.
mc atmos: Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.
mc atmos: ok now blog it
HoseHead780: Hahah
HoseHead780: Ok
HoseHead780: Knight Cupcake.
HoseHead780: >Karen asks do you have any work to do?
HoseHead780: Oh sure, I see ... Be that way bitch.

Back from a week off....

Well, I returned back to work yesterday, but was unable to take the time to blog. I was terrible at blogging during the week I was off, But its ok, because the time they did call I blogged it. and Yes, only two calls, Suprisingly. I figured it was because I didnt reply back to the second one. How-ever the reason for Mr. Wonderfull calling was not worthly of bugging me during my time off. When I got back he asked me why I didn't return his call and also that he called my house number too, but wasnt there. Well he didnt leave a message, and the Caller ID didnt show his number saying he did call, so thats one for me. Two the reason why he called was that he wanted to know where a certain printer was so it can be serviced. ? Huh ? Where the certain printer is normally, I would think, unless... it grew some legs and ran off with the copy machine.

Oh by the way, my printer was one of the three printers to be sent out to get serviced. Funny though, Its been a week, where are the printers? Simple servicing can be done here, I know mine just needed a good cleaning, more so did the other two. Go Figure.
So yesterday Mr Wonderfull gives me a call and asks me to print out something that he can do from online. Wait... You want me to print out something you can print out. First off he has a printer, Two MF Printers (Multi-Function), Why do you need two? Wouldnt one be enough? So anyways, I then inform him that I have no printer and can not print unless I connect to 1 of his or to another one. Wouldn't be that hard for me to, but it needed a color printer and most printers here are black. But no, he wants me to print it to one of his TWO printers, so I connect to one of them and get the drivers and print.. As I walk into his office I see 2 copies of what I just printed... I think to myself.. (Wait.. I printed just one? why are there two?). I ask if I mistakenly printed out two instead of one. He says no, I just printed one. (So if I may, but I may not Ask why didn't he just print one out in the first place? He had no reason as to why.

Yes, I deal with this all the time, and My dear friend Kevin is ever-so lucky to not have to deal with him anymore because Mr. W will more or less not go back up there. And I say un-to you Kevin, BOO!!!! You suck!

All in all it was a decent day yesterday other than the printing thing. Nothing much else to bitch about. Today has been going decently too. So, until tomorrow, Remember Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger

Monday, January 16, 2006

New Photos posted...

I posted new photos on my flickr account have a look at them: http://flickr.com/photos/hosehead78/.



Enjoy

Friday, January 13, 2006

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Yep, New layout for the blog. I've been working on this on the side for awhile now, more like 3 or 4 months off and on, on and off. Still some tweaks I need to do, things to add and or change. Other than that, its pretty much done. Do you like? I think I do. For now at least, I'm sure like when Im redo a site I do it a few different times before I get the final product, which I suprisingly didn't do here.

As for work, this is my last paid day, and have had an almost call free week, with the execptions of monday and a call on tuesday. So, I'll be back to the grind on monday.

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Fortune Cookie Reads...

Is it good when your Fortune cookie says "Please try again."

Monday, January 09, 2006

2nd Call.. 1st from Vik

Don't know why he called, Left his usuall.. "Chad, this is vik call me back." message.

Not going to call.

1st Call... 6:24AM Today...

One of the service guys couldn't remember his user name and password...

Yea me. Theres a 6:24 in the morning.

Saturday, January 07, 2006

Updates.. that take all day...

Had updates to do this morning that took me all day to do. Well, actually I finished them in the normal time, which was about 2 hours. None-the-less, Mr. wonderfull was in today, So that caused me to not finish anyother duties that I had planned before I left, which would have been around 10ish. I got to work at 6am, which is normal for me when I do my updates (beats being there after 10pm).

So, the updates are done. I now head on to getting two new pcs for the sales desk managers, which I got running during the week and ready to exchange early today. But Nope, I was stoped right in my tracks by Mr Wonderfull to help him fix his new printer that he tried to install. Well, I was quickly able to figure out why it he couldnt. Apparently, you can't use Macintosh drivers and software for plug and pray on a windows xp workstation. Well after some battle to find the correct CD for the the printer, I then did a full install of the HP software (750mbs), I waited for the first 5 mins, then figured it was going to be awhile before it finished, this allowed me to get the other pcs up and running, I got up and told mr wonderfull not to touch his pc and to let it finish installing, and let me know when it was done. I wander off to finish the other workstations. Not too much time flys by when Im summoned back to his office.

MrW: "Chad, I finished the install. I click on finish. But the scann software isn't there."
Me: "I told you not to touch your pc until I came back.."
MrW: "Yes, it was finished so I clicked, Finish."
Me: "Did you see any other buttons or notices for installing anything else or something wasnt installed correctly?"
MrW: "No, said nothing that I know of."

Well, that was great. So i then proceed to figure out why it did not install the scanning software. Now, this isn't the first time I've had problems with multi-function printers not installing fully. So, I proceeded to look at the files on the cd to find if there is any setup for the scanner. Nope. So I looked around a little bit more and decided to uninstall the software and drivers and give it a clean install with the printer pluged in (I did the first install unplugged.. because of other printers like it that way). So, I started to install the software again while Mr wonderfull was in the office, to show him that I installed it to FULL compacity. Well then ending result was an installed printer that works, but the scaning feature. Thus, mr wonderful starting to complain about why this and why that and I've done this here and there and I can yadda yadda yadda. I then told him, Look, you watched me install it with Full Options, and I went through eveything I possibly could and still no scaning tool. I then told him to read about a book about a lil boy named manual or to call HP and that I had other things to finish so I could complete my duties and be on my way to start my .. [yes] .. vacation time. To make it short and nice, I didnt end up leaving until 2pm.

So yea, Im off for a week without work. Well, Im actually wondering how long it will be until he or someone else from work calls me. I was seriously thinking about starting a Football style Pool for my vacation time and see what dates and times I would be called on. Everyone at work knows I will not be in next week, so I should not get any calls.. Notice I said should not. But we will see my friend, we shall see. Even on my way out today, mr wonderfull stopped me and asked about getting something done on monday, I had to remind him I was not going to be in on monday. and he said.. "Oh." with a hmmm kinda tone to it. So with that said, Bid thee adu.

Friday, January 06, 2006