Yesterday I started getting my new service with Comcast, but not everyone will have it available to them at this time. Here in Morgantown Free On Demand Movies are now available on channel 298. There are Many Free Movies that can be played, all you need is a digital cable box. It works like a DVR, even though I don't have a DVR. I also have HBO so I get Free Movies on Demand plus HBO on Demand.
If you do not have this service yet, you will have it probably by the end of the week. It is now here and I have it, it's just not completely set up yet.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Sometimes...
Sometimes you do things or things are said that may have a very big impact on your life, but you just don't realize it at the moment. Mine was realized with this old beat up key chain that you see. It was given to me roughly 20+ years ago by a very dear friend, and it was on my key ring up until the last years of my college career when the hole just basically wore out on this solid piece of brass. It was a sad day for me when I finally had to remove it from my key chain or risk having it falling off and losing it. Recently that very dear friend and my lives have crossed again. I have usually been a very skeptical person, one not putting too much faith in predetermined destiny's or fate. With events over the past few weeks, I have to take a very serious look at my previous viewpoint on fate.
When Diane and I first started speaking, I immediately remembered this key chain. I searched my apartment frantically to find it, but to no avail. This morning I noticed something in my sock drawer that I hadn't seen in a few years and was actually looking to find, except not in my sock drawer.
Sometimes things happen for a reason and we may not know why at that time. Sometimes...
What a wind storm
What a windstorm we had last night, it actually knocked out power for many, plus knocked out comcast and their services for some time. Everything is back to normal now.
A couple things I heard this morning.
First for those of us who live in Northern WV, we will be getting a new area code. The old 304 will remain in the southern part of the state, but with the recent additions of cell phones and fax machines, the numbers available were running shorter. West Virginia will split into two different areas, with those of us in Northern WV being affected by the change.
WVU is going to try to sell out the spring game this spring. Pretty big accomplishment considering 10,000 is usually a very good number, but the stadium hold 60,000. In an attempt to draw more people, there will be an announcement later this week that there will be a Major Musical Act concert at the Stadium the night before the game. The artist is signed, but they are not going to announce who it is until later this year. If they are talking about 60,000 people in stadium, this is probably going to be a very big announcement. Think about it, the size of the venue and how many they want in the stands. Something tells me the largest concert to ever come to the State of West Virginia is a few days from being made public.
On a really good note, I found the old keychain Diane gave me 20 years ago this morning.
A couple things I heard this morning.
First for those of us who live in Northern WV, we will be getting a new area code. The old 304 will remain in the southern part of the state, but with the recent additions of cell phones and fax machines, the numbers available were running shorter. West Virginia will split into two different areas, with those of us in Northern WV being affected by the change.
WVU is going to try to sell out the spring game this spring. Pretty big accomplishment considering 10,000 is usually a very good number, but the stadium hold 60,000. In an attempt to draw more people, there will be an announcement later this week that there will be a Major Musical Act concert at the Stadium the night before the game. The artist is signed, but they are not going to announce who it is until later this year. If they are talking about 60,000 people in stadium, this is probably going to be a very big announcement. Think about it, the size of the venue and how many they want in the stands. Something tells me the largest concert to ever come to the State of West Virginia is a few days from being made public.
On a really good note, I found the old keychain Diane gave me 20 years ago this morning.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Some news I found out yesterday.
Yesterday evening Pam called me to talk. I guess she had just found out that Moke has volunteered for and will be getting deployed to Iraq as early as this June. I haven't had a chance to talk to him about it just yet, but Pam just found out yesterday. I'll try to fill everyone in as soon as I get any more information about the situation, I'm sure everyone as well as me is curious to find out more information on this.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Finally got Ubuntu installed and installed right
After setting my machine up again right Saturday Night, I wanted to explore a little deeper and see if I really wanted to install Ubuntu onto my system, since I had had a few problems getting ti configured right.
Well, let's just say that the third time in the charm and I just had the drives inverted the first time I installed it. I was actually sizing Windows to 40 GB and Ubuntu to 400+GB. This time I got them right and installed properly.
I left a 50 GB exchange partition so that both operating systems could share a file. I reduced Windows to I think 365 GB, which is still quite huge and I used a 45 GB partition for Ubuntu. Finally got it right.
Now all I have to do is learn Linux a little better. The reason I decided to install it was because there are a couple open source GIS Programs I wanted to try.
Well, let's just say that the third time in the charm and I just had the drives inverted the first time I installed it. I was actually sizing Windows to 40 GB and Ubuntu to 400+GB. This time I got them right and installed properly.
I left a 50 GB exchange partition so that both operating systems could share a file. I reduced Windows to I think 365 GB, which is still quite huge and I used a 45 GB partition for Ubuntu. Finally got it right.
Now all I have to do is learn Linux a little better. The reason I decided to install it was because there are a couple open source GIS Programs I wanted to try.
Slow day so far
It's been a slow day at work so far, still just waiting on a set of procedures more than anything else. Hopefully they will come in pretty soon, I don;t mind the break, but it does get a little boring.
I have promised Diane that I will participate in lent this year and give something up. She asked me to participate and suggested giving up soda for it would be nice. I agreed because I have started drinking it again recently and need to quit again. Softball is a few months away and it's about time to start getting ready.
To those of you who may have wondered about the goal tending call at the end of Saturday Nights game, notice the ball is starting to come down then Ewing blocks the shot. Goal tending, 2 points to WVU and game over as the clock expired after the shot. However we did not get the call and we ended up losing, although this image clearly shows we should have won.
Talking to Amy a little bit yesterday, she is targeting a June 28th wedding date and she wants to have the wedding at the reception at her new place. It has a big front and back yard, and should be able to accommodate quite nicely.
Still thinking about adding Ubuntu again to my computer as a dual boot system. I am however 0 for 2 in getting it installed how I want it installed. I'll get it.
I have promised Diane that I will participate in lent this year and give something up. She asked me to participate and suggested giving up soda for it would be nice. I agreed because I have started drinking it again recently and need to quit again. Softball is a few months away and it's about time to start getting ready.
To those of you who may have wondered about the goal tending call at the end of Saturday Nights game, notice the ball is starting to come down then Ewing blocks the shot. Goal tending, 2 points to WVU and game over as the clock expired after the shot. However we did not get the call and we ended up losing, although this image clearly shows we should have won. Talking to Amy a little bit yesterday, she is targeting a June 28th wedding date and she wants to have the wedding at the reception at her new place. It has a big front and back yard, and should be able to accommodate quite nicely.
Still thinking about adding Ubuntu again to my computer as a dual boot system. I am however 0 for 2 in getting it installed how I want it installed. I'll get it.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Big Ole NON Hairy Sunday.
Like that title, I just had to use it for my sister Kim.
Yesterday WVU played Georgetown in basketball, and it came down to a controversial last second shot that should have been goal tending that WVU was on the wrong end of. WVU was on he losing end of a 57-58 loss.
Yesterday before the game I did install Ubuntu on my computer and messed up the installation. Somehow I turned a 500 GB HD into a 40 GB hard drive that I could not seem to recover. When I cam beck from the game I reformatted my hard drive and did a full install of Ubuntu, only this time it wiped out Windows. Needless to say at 2:30 this morning I was reformatting a 500 GB HD for the second, really third, time yesterday and getting my system back up and running. I guess I am getting too much practice at this because it was a quick procedure one it formatted. Everything is up and running and I'm re-examining if I am going to install Ubuntu, and if I do how it will be installed with the patricians and their sizes.
This afternoon I stopped by to see Terri and we all went up to see Amy and Ralphie. They just purchased his brothers trailer and were getting ready to move in. It's actually a really nice set up they have and will have a big front and back yard.
Looks like my Spring, Summer and beyond is starting to get planned out a little bit already. Diane and I are getting along very well and plan on seeing a lot of each other. The funny thing is I carried of piece of her with me daily for roughly 20 years in a keychain she once bought me (It broke a few years ago towards the end of my time in college). I would say our future looks pretty good, but we are taking it slow and letting it build and trying not to rush into anything. Right now I know that I am very happy and thankful that our paths crossed again.
Yesterday WVU played Georgetown in basketball, and it came down to a controversial last second shot that should have been goal tending that WVU was on the wrong end of. WVU was on he losing end of a 57-58 loss.
Yesterday before the game I did install Ubuntu on my computer and messed up the installation. Somehow I turned a 500 GB HD into a 40 GB hard drive that I could not seem to recover. When I cam beck from the game I reformatted my hard drive and did a full install of Ubuntu, only this time it wiped out Windows. Needless to say at 2:30 this morning I was reformatting a 500 GB HD for the second, really third, time yesterday and getting my system back up and running. I guess I am getting too much practice at this because it was a quick procedure one it formatted. Everything is up and running and I'm re-examining if I am going to install Ubuntu, and if I do how it will be installed with the patricians and their sizes.
This afternoon I stopped by to see Terri and we all went up to see Amy and Ralphie. They just purchased his brothers trailer and were getting ready to move in. It's actually a really nice set up they have and will have a big front and back yard.
Looks like my Spring, Summer and beyond is starting to get planned out a little bit already. Diane and I are getting along very well and plan on seeing a lot of each other. The funny thing is I carried of piece of her with me daily for roughly 20 years in a keychain she once bought me (It broke a few years ago towards the end of my time in college). I would say our future looks pretty good, but we are taking it slow and letting it build and trying not to rush into anything. Right now I know that I am very happy and thankful that our paths crossed again.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Considering a dual boot system
As many of you know, I had some computer problems a little over a week ago where I crashed my system by spilling a glass of water right onto the top of the hard drive. Of course I blogged about this while my hard drive was down and the obvious question came up. How? I used a Live CD and ran a temporary Linux based operating system called KNOPPIX. It boots from your cd or dvd drive and is a fully functional and operational operating system.
When I was putting my next hard drive together, I briefly considered a dual boot system using a Macintosh OS called Leopard. Unfortunately, it is easier to put windows on a mac machine than to put MAC on a windows machine and that idea quickly went by the wayside.
However I have always liked Linux and there are numerous versions out there of it. I briefly messaged one the most educated Linux users I know and asked him what version of Linux did he think would make a nice system for a dual boot. He recommended Ubuntu, which ironically Dell Computers sells systems with this operating system already installed on it. This doesn't mean much, other than the fact I have a Dell and know the motherboard and all it's components would be compatible.
So this morning I downloaded Ubuntu (Free Operating System) and burned image to a CD. An image is an .iso file that a CD knows to read and could be a bootable CD or DVD. I was quick to find out, that Ubuntu initially boots to a live CD like knoppix or unlike knoppix can be installed as part of a permanent primary or secondary bootable operating system.
I am currently using ubuntu and familiarizing myself with it as I blog this, and am probably going to install it as a bootable secondary operating system in the near future.
It is more stripped down than Knoppix (It runs from a DVD in it's larger version which I also have) and does not have all the extra stuff that I probably wouldn't use to begin with. It does however have most if not all of the knoppix features that I do use and like, such as a fully functional 2.3 version of Open Office and a few other programs I use. It is a much more stripped down version of Linux, but the stuff it doesn't have is the stuff I wouldn't use. No C++ emacs programing software or network administrator tools like knoppix has contained within it.
Friday, January 25, 2008
It's another Big Ole Hairy Friday
Yes it is once again that time of the week when work ceases and the time for us to enjoy the fruits of our labors begins, it is another Big Ole Hairy Friday and the dawn of yet another relaxing weekend.
The only thing I have planned for the weekend is to go to the WVU-Georgetown basketball game Saturday evening at 7:00. Chris gave me his tickets for the game and I was planning on taking Diane, but her brother bought tickets and is taking her son, so she has no one to watch her daughter. A little bit of sadness on my part, but if anyone wants to go I have a (that is one) spare ticket.
I have tried to generate a human interest story in the Dominion Post. Bob Gill, someone who attempted a World Record Motorcycle jump in Preston County in 1974 in which he came up short and left him as paralyzed from the waist down is going to attempt another jump in Las Vegas later this year. I sent his contact information to the Dominion Post. So, if in the future you read a human interest story about some old daredevil, it was me who sent them the idea.
Rich Rodriguez has officially dropped his "Bombshell" that he and his agent were talking about. Rich, if you are reading this take my advice and write out the check today before this ends up costing you way more than four million. You're listening to an idiot for an agent and you have already screwed yourself in my opinion, you are going to get schooled.
Is it softball yet? I'm ready to get rid of these 10 degree temps and see it in the 80's anytime now.
Update on the 2008 Family Christmas fund.
Beginning Balance $112.00
Interest $0.01 (woo hoo we're rich)
Jean contribution $20.00
New Balance for 2008 $132.01Donations for the 2008 Christmas are appreciated and recommend.
Have a great weekend.
The only thing I have planned for the weekend is to go to the WVU-Georgetown basketball game Saturday evening at 7:00. Chris gave me his tickets for the game and I was planning on taking Diane, but her brother bought tickets and is taking her son, so she has no one to watch her daughter. A little bit of sadness on my part, but if anyone wants to go I have a (that is one) spare ticket.
I have tried to generate a human interest story in the Dominion Post. Bob Gill, someone who attempted a World Record Motorcycle jump in Preston County in 1974 in which he came up short and left him as paralyzed from the waist down is going to attempt another jump in Las Vegas later this year. I sent his contact information to the Dominion Post. So, if in the future you read a human interest story about some old daredevil, it was me who sent them the idea.
Rich Rodriguez has officially dropped his "Bombshell" that he and his agent were talking about. Rich, if you are reading this take my advice and write out the check today before this ends up costing you way more than four million. You're listening to an idiot for an agent and you have already screwed yourself in my opinion, you are going to get schooled.
Is it softball yet? I'm ready to get rid of these 10 degree temps and see it in the 80's anytime now.
Update on the 2008 Family Christmas fund.
Beginning Balance $112.00
Interest $0.01 (woo hoo we're rich)
Jean contribution $20.00
New Balance for 2008 $132.01Donations for the 2008 Christmas are appreciated and recommend.
Have a great weekend.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Yesterday
Yesterday afternoon, Jean and I took a trip to Clarksburg to work on a couple of Mick's Computers. He wanted some software installed on his laptop and their entire network was unable to connect to the internet.
I installed Business Plan Pro and Office for Mick, then addressed and repaired the connection problems for both their PC and the laptop.
They are up and running and up to speed now. I was treated to dinner at one of my favorite restaurants when we all took a trip to Ryans Steakhouse in Bridgeport.
On the trip back, I was listening to WVU beating Marshall 66-64. Both the WVU Men's won and the WVU women won 58-51 for the sweep.
I stopped by the bar for a few minutes to say hello to Terri.
I installed Business Plan Pro and Office for Mick, then addressed and repaired the connection problems for both their PC and the laptop.
They are up and running and up to speed now. I was treated to dinner at one of my favorite restaurants when we all took a trip to Ryans Steakhouse in Bridgeport.
On the trip back, I was listening to WVU beating Marshall 66-64. Both the WVU Men's won and the WVU women won 58-51 for the sweep.
I stopped by the bar for a few minutes to say hello to Terri.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Morgantown to Dulles
The Morgantown airport now no longer offers trips to Pittsburgh, and now are flying daily trips to Dulles International Airport in Washington DC.
This could be a special interest to many international Students coming to WVU, as they can now get a flight here from Dulles.
For me, it means my local airport now flies exclusively to an airport within 5 minutes of my office.
This could be a special interest to many international Students coming to WVU, as they can now get a flight here from Dulles.
For me, it means my local airport now flies exclusively to an airport within 5 minutes of my office.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Monday Tidbits
* First off, I had a great weekend. It's been a while since I have had a weekend this good, despite the weather.
* Yesterday Diane and I ended up making it to the movie we missed Saturday Night, when we went and seen I am Legend with Will Smith. It's a good movie, but it was a little hard to follow at first, but like I said it was a good movie.
* Super Bowl XXXXII is set. It will be the undefeated New England Patriots trying to do what has never been done in the NFL before and finish the season with a 19-0 record. The Miami Dolphins in 1972 were 17-0, but that was before the NFL went to 16 game seasons as opposed to the old 14 game seasons. The Patriots will attempt to make history against the New York Giants, a team that they have already beaten 20-10 earlier this season.
* Heard an interesting tidbit this morning on the Eric and Kevin Show. Thye play a game called "Are you smarter than Eric" which is a series of head to head trivia questions delivered by a show guest named Ernie. Today there was a question about the Iran Hostage Situation years ago. Ernie asked a question like where were the hostages housed or something along those lines. Contest was over and Eric won, and one of those 52 Hostages from the State Department called and said Ernie was incorrect with his question and answer.
Funny thing is, the guy claimed to be Ernie's brother, so Kevin and Eric didn't know how respond not knowing if it was a prank. Well, turns out Ernie calls back in and it was his brother, he still works for the State Department and he was one of the 52 American Hostages. They talked a little about what it was like for Ernie and his family to go through what they did knowing his brother was a Hostage. Pretty interesting little tidbit and conversation.
* Today is Martin Luther King day and is a holiday for many, but not me.
* I did have a nice three day weekend even though my computer crashed last week.
* Yesterday Diane and I ended up making it to the movie we missed Saturday Night, when we went and seen I am Legend with Will Smith. It's a good movie, but it was a little hard to follow at first, but like I said it was a good movie.
* Super Bowl XXXXII is set. It will be the undefeated New England Patriots trying to do what has never been done in the NFL before and finish the season with a 19-0 record. The Miami Dolphins in 1972 were 17-0, but that was before the NFL went to 16 game seasons as opposed to the old 14 game seasons. The Patriots will attempt to make history against the New York Giants, a team that they have already beaten 20-10 earlier this season.
* Heard an interesting tidbit this morning on the Eric and Kevin Show. Thye play a game called "Are you smarter than Eric" which is a series of head to head trivia questions delivered by a show guest named Ernie. Today there was a question about the Iran Hostage Situation years ago. Ernie asked a question like where were the hostages housed or something along those lines. Contest was over and Eric won, and one of those 52 Hostages from the State Department called and said Ernie was incorrect with his question and answer.
Funny thing is, the guy claimed to be Ernie's brother, so Kevin and Eric didn't know how respond not knowing if it was a prank. Well, turns out Ernie calls back in and it was his brother, he still works for the State Department and he was one of the 52 American Hostages. They talked a little about what it was like for Ernie and his family to go through what they did knowing his brother was a Hostage. Pretty interesting little tidbit and conversation.
* Today is Martin Luther King day and is a holiday for many, but not me.
* I did have a nice three day weekend even though my computer crashed last week.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Last Night
Last night I had a date with an old and dear friend. We had a chance to rekindle a friendship from years ago. I got to see a picture of myself from some years ago that I never saw before. The picture was actually of Me, Diane, Marian and Greg my old room mate at a dinner we had way back when I was a few pounds thinner and actually had hair.
The evening started out at Texas Roadhouse, but a 1 1/2 to 2 hour wait turned into a trip to Puglioni's for dinner. We had intentionally planned to go see I am Legend, but there were a few mixed signals and we misunderstood the show time. This was at Hollywood Theaters, so we tried to run the the mall and see we could catch a showing there and once again to no avail. What we did end up seeing was the Bucket List. It was an awesome movie, I loved it.
We had to alternate our plans on where we ate, what movie we were going to see and what theater we were going to be sitting in. Overall, it was a great evening with an old and dear friend.
The evening started out at Texas Roadhouse, but a 1 1/2 to 2 hour wait turned into a trip to Puglioni's for dinner. We had intentionally planned to go see I am Legend, but there were a few mixed signals and we misunderstood the show time. This was at Hollywood Theaters, so we tried to run the the mall and see we could catch a showing there and once again to no avail. What we did end up seeing was the Bucket List. It was an awesome movie, I loved it.
We had to alternate our plans on where we ate, what movie we were going to see and what theater we were going to be sitting in. Overall, it was a great evening with an old and dear friend.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Back up and running
Wow what a day, the computer for the most part is back up and running. Still have things to do to it, but it is operational.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Computer Fried
I went to the WVU basketball game tonight and came home and poured myself a glass of iced tea and sat down at the computer. The iced tea spilled hitting the front bottom of my computer. On my computer, that is where the hard drive is located. I think I fired my computer, I can't read Raid 0 on boot up. I'm screwed to say the least.
I have put knoppix in and it will not even recognize that hard drive. I don't know if I have fried my bios, or fried the hard drive. Either problem is major. If just the hard drive is fried, I'm going to be busy finding a Serial ATA hard drive and reinstalling EVERYTHING on my computer. If it is the bios, well I have to buy a new computer.
Not a good night.
I have put knoppix in and it will not even recognize that hard drive. I don't know if I have fried my bios, or fried the hard drive. Either problem is major. If just the hard drive is fried, I'm going to be busy finding a Serial ATA hard drive and reinstalling EVERYTHING on my computer. If it is the bios, well I have to buy a new computer.
Not a good night.
Bored
I've been sitting around for the last week waiting for the client to decide how certain features are to be compiled and how to QAQC the databases. It's been a nice relaxing break, but I'm ready to stop being bored. Sheesh.
On the WVU front, Rich Fraud has finally broken his silence and made a statement. I guess having his friends and Mommy make statements for him were getting old. Of course he owes WVU $1,333,333.33 tomorrow, so you knew he was going to say something soon. Funny how Rich thinks WVU is a person and not an entity and he also refers to himself in third person in the article. Talk about someone who needs a touch of reality.
On a side note, the Hillbilly Gypsies will be playing at Nick and Terri's this weekend. It's Nick's birthday and my suggestion is if you plan on going, get there early.
On the WVU front, Rich Fraud has finally broken his silence and made a statement. I guess having his friends and Mommy make statements for him were getting old. Of course he owes WVU $1,333,333.33 tomorrow, so you knew he was going to say something soon. Funny how Rich thinks WVU is a person and not an entity and he also refers to himself in third person in the article. Talk about someone who needs a touch of reality.
On a side note, the Hillbilly Gypsies will be playing at Nick and Terri's this weekend. It's Nick's birthday and my suggestion is if you plan on going, get there early.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
The lost notes from Rich Rod's Computer
They have been recovered. Here they are:
I saw this and just HAD to repost it.
I saw this and just HAD to repost it.
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