What's the Frequency Kenneth?

03.18.2003

I discovered a little something in my land of wirelessness and radio waves last night.

While waiting for some files to upload, I was playing with my r/c car (I had a lot of files to move around). After the files were finished, I found that my cordless trackball wasn't tracking. My wireless keyboard wasn't keying. I had just changed batteries a month ago, so I didn't think it could be the batteries. The last time this happened, a quick reboot fixed everything.

This time it didn't.

Getting ready to get into some prime investigation, I turned the controller for the car off, then everything began to miraculously work again! I played with the controller a little. Controller on, pc hosed. Controller of't play well together.

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It's Not Easy Being Green?

03.17.2003

Happy St Patricks Day!

This is traditionally the day that I don't wear green just to see if I'll get pinched. I'm starting to think poeple stop pinching around the 10th grade, but I'm still holding out hope.

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More R/C Fun

03.14.2003

I picked up a new toy Wednesday. The last of what I can claim as a birthday present (I'll have to come up with a better excuse from now on). I picked up a Kyosho Mini-Z Racer, in this case a Porsche. I've been wanting a smaller r/c car to play with inside, and this one was the right size and the right price.

Although I hadn't seen on before I bought it, it is evidentlya popular little brand of car. I found a portal that linked to people selling parts and customizing the cars. They're 1/28 scale, so people have been modifying model car kits to fit the chassis. Sounds like even more fun! Now I've got to track down an A Team van or Batmobile. I'm going to do it, you know I am.

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Updated Movietime

03.13.2003

After months of putting it off, I finally updated my DVD Listing last night. It took me an hour and a half, and I ended up adding almost 40 movies, but it's done!

The sad part is, in that stack of almost 40, there were at least 11 that were still in the shrinkwrap. Granted, some like The Program and Braken Arrow were movies that I've seen years ago and just now gotten, but a couple of them, like Knockaround Guys (which probably sucks) and I-Spy, I haven't had a chance to watch. I need a good rainy weekend to do some catching up!

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Gettin Crunked Up

03.12.2003

The other night I paused my flipping of channels to watch a little MTV. It was one of those rare moments where they were actually playing music videos instead of a Real World/Road Rules/Diary/Making the Band/Video/Dinner marathons that they usually have. When I paused, I saw a video by Sean Paul that was fairly bouncy in a dance/Jamaican groove. My first thought was that all of Sean Paul's songs probably sound the same, but itwas bouncy nonetheless.

A quick Kazaa query later and I was listening to "Get Busy", the song I had seen the video for. After listening for a few minutes, I realized I didn't know half of what he was saying. A google searchlater and I had found the lyrics to the song. I must definitely be getting old after my birthday last week, because even with the lyrics, I still only understand about half of what he's saying!

Maybe I should just go listen to some MC Chris. That'll make me feel better. Then I'll be down again!

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