Apparently the odor from the pizzas from Old Town Pizza on Greenwood in Bend will linger in your car for a while. So much that a local bear chewed on the bumper and tried to get into a car that had, just a few minutes before, been a pizza transport out to a party in Tumalo.
Month: September 2004
Need ASAP: 2×512 MB DDR400 — Have DDR2 for Trade
OK, I need this ASAP so if there’s anybody locally who can help me out, that’d be dandy, as I’m on a deadline with this client, despite them screwing with me on their requests.
I misread the specs on a motherboard I ordered for a client’s computer, discovered that I need DDR400, not DDR2400. So I have 2 512 MB Sticks of DDR2 400, would like to trade straight across for DDR of the same capacity.
And if anybody has an adapter that will allow you to use a 20-pin ATX power connector on a 24-pin ATX connector motherboard, please let me know as well.
E-mail me at jake [at] [this site’s domain] dot com. My IM handles are over here, if you want to use those.
If you could ship these overnight, or even drive them to Bend, Oregon (if you’re in the area), that’d be terrific, and you’ll be getting much more valuable RAM out of the deal.
Update on 9/30: No dealers locally would trade, so I had to buy some and RMA the old stuff. Thanks anyway, folks!
Moron Crook for the Day
If you’re going to steal large pieces of equipment from a lumber yard, make sure you don’t leave drag marks that run straight to your house.
Update 9/29: Sorry, Newsday link originally posted now dead. Updated link to story.
Asinine Lawsuit for the Day
Not in the mood for sex? Blame McDonalds.
Somebody’s Having Too Much Fun
She was driving drunk with her two kids in the car, urinated next to car, threatened police officers with a tennis racket, and decides to kick police officer in the nads and break a police car window, just for fun. All in a day’s work.
Conan to Replace Leno in 2009
Honestly, I’ve always enjoyed Conan O’Brien far more than Jay Leno (Conan’s written some great Simpson’s episodes, which is just one more reason to respect the guy), and I’m glad to hear that in 2009, Leno will step down and let Conan take over. Link via Waxy.
Update: Good article and commentary on this announcement posted here.
Need A Gmail Invite?
Don’t bug me for them anymore. Go here and sign up, as that’s where I’m putting all my extra invites.
L.A. to New York in 4 Minutes
This is one of those mesmerizing time-lapse videos that I could just have running all the time as wall-paper. And it’s fun to watch, too, because it’s not just a simple drive, but there’s other plot twists in the whole thing. Link via b3ta.
Fast Fingered Percussion
I’m a percussionist with both the Cascade Winds and the CO Symphony, and I can truly appreciate well-done percussion and talented percussionists. For example, check out the videos of the folks here, as there is some very impressive work there.
Occassionally when I’m at big department store, I’ll play with those keyboards that have drum noises and such associated with some of the keys. I can never play those keys like I can a real set of drums, as it’s just too small and difficult and my hands don’t work that well. Then I saw this video link in the latest b3ta newsletter, and was blown away. The video is of a guy playing percussion on the Prodikeys keyboard — a combo dual computer with computer and MIDI piano keys — and it’s damn impressive.
The State Of The Computing Industry
We really need to a) Beat virus writers and spammers senseless and b) take people offline that don’t know how to keep their computer locked down (or buy them all Macs). There are some scary stats here:
- Spam exceeded 70% of all e-mail in July 2004 (60% of which is being sent by infected zombie machines)
- About 1 in 12 e-mails carried viruses in the first six months of 2004
- There are now 1,740 known, unpatched security flaws in Windows and other operating systems
- More than 1,974 unique phishing attacks were reported in July 2004
- In surveys, 74% of users whose PCs are running adware from Claria (formerly Gator) said they had no knowledge of it being installed.
The above article mentions a pile of ways to protect yourself (which are pretty common sense for most geeks), as well as backs up those claims with research.