August 2007 Archives

   Well, I just spent about an hour and a bit thoroughly cleaning up behind my washer and dryer. I sealed up some spots where I think the ants were entering from but I still saw them at a rate of about 1-a-minute. I decided to just seal up some more likely spots and reapply the pest control stuff. I hope that it makes a difference. I doubt it will, though.
   What I need to be doing is taking the fight to their central colonies. Wherever those happen to be. I bet that they are underneath this trailer. What a nice creep-infested (spiders and other nasty things beyond my imagination) dungeon that place is. Well, what must be done must be done. Operation Ant-lion will move into its second phase.
   If I get Labor Day off this Monday, then I plan on doing some serious extermination. I just need some time in which to get it done. Time.

   Well, I've just got done installing Xubuntu on the Asus motherboard. So far, it is running quite good. Mind you, I didn't expect it to do otherwise.
   Now all I have to do it install the ATI drivers for my Radeon 9100 I got in there.

   After installing that 512MB DIMM again, everything seems to be running fine. No weird application crashes or anything. I suppose my GamingPC is going to be just fine, now.
   The only thing I really did differently from last time is that I moved it to the first slot instead of the last. Seems to have fixed it. We'll have to see, though. Oh, we'll see.

   My super-mega high capacity battery for my phone arrived straight from Hong Kong yesterday. I waited until today to plop it in there because I had to do a little sanding on my phones back to get it to close right. The battery isn't huge but it is a millimeter or so taller than the original. No biggie. It fits now.
   That should keep it going for a while longer. Now I just have to get a battery for my iPod Mini.

   I spotted it a day or so ago but it has been ahile since I checked on it. Since then, this Raius Thunder IV 1600GX Nubus video card has skyrocketed in price. As I post this, it is sitting around $150.
   Personally, I would say that the price is worth it. If you have an 'ole Nubus Mac then I've heard that this is the fastest card avaliable.

   I finally fixed all of its startup scripts but now I have run into another problem. Apparently, after being unplugged for so long, its PRAM battery has died. It loses the time whenever I go to move it to its new location. The problem is that its gets all up in a fuss about the time being off and doesn't continue with startup process (as far as getting the server software loaded and running).
   I suppose I'm going to have to buy a couple of those batteries on eBay. The 'ole Performa 460 needs one as well.
   Once that is taken care of, it should be running without problems.
   Soon, so very soon...

   I finally got up off my ass and got the health insurance paperwork that I needed from work. I hope to get it finished up soon and return all that is needed.
   It is going to take a chunk out of my paycheck, even as cheap as it is. Now that I am having to start paying off my loan, my paycheck is starting to dissappear real quick.
   I suppose it is nothing that a little frugal budgeting can't help. Still, though. I do quite enjoy buying things I need. Such as more memory for my GamingPC. That would be nice.

   When I go back to my house today, I should be bringing along my 'ole PowerMac G3 Server. I truly can't wait to get it hooked back up at my house. I especially want to get my simple forum I made back up.
   I'm still busy thinking of where exactly it is going to go. Plus, I'll have to run it without any monitors or keyboard as I no longer have any to spare. Of course, I'll hook it up properly to make sure everything is working first. Then, it will run headless.

   I remember playing this game back in the day. I especially loved playing the 2-player variant. It was exceedingly funtastic.
   Remembering this, I bought a copy of it on eBay for real cheap. I think it was just a great deal too.
   I originally tried playing on a PSX emulator on my GamingPC. One emulator would play it poorly and the another one I tried would play way too fast for some reason. Then I remembered that I have a PS2. I don't why I didn't use it in the first place. But, who cares? I can play it now. Fun Time a Go!
   Hmm...

   I spent a little time this morning working on the 'ole Performa 460. Now it is maxed out at 36MB, on the RAM, and has a Zip100 drive hooked up to it.
   I'm thinking about what to do with it now. Maybe I should try running some older Mac games on it. I know I have a copy of Spectre Challenge, or however it is spelled, sitting around on a hard drive somewhere.

   Luckily it only took a day to get TM Anime domain registered again. Seemed a simple enough thing to do. It cost $15 dollars, though. I'm glad it is only once a year. I have enough bills at the moment.

   I haven't even gotten around to fixing the other major/minor problems it has. Now my car is making some new and horrible noise. This time I think it is coming from what I assume is the alternator. I can't be too sure. The only thing that I can be sure of is that it is going to cost me some money that I don't have.
   This sucks.

   Well, the PS2/Xbox/Gamecube controller to USB adapter still doesn't work. I've spent a good hour searching the internet for answers. I did find an updated driver for it but it still didn't do a damn thing. No matter. It wasn't too big a waste of money. I would still have liked it to work, though.
   Who cares? I finally have Valkyrie Profile. The game usually goes for around $100 on eBay these days. Lets just say that I got it for a very good price. Ha ha ha.