by Matt | May 16, 2002 | Imported Entry
Now, I’m the first to admit when I’ve left my computer on, or left something downloading, and I usually appologize since thats a waste of resources. I bring this up because yesterday we got our electric bill. It was nearly $200. Now, seeing as how we live in a two story home, with central air, three computers and other electronics, $200 doesn’t sound like a whole lot. Especially when you realize that this is infact Savannah GA and the air conditioner is running all the time to keep our house at a constant 70 degrees. Well, realization struck the household and it was decided that we were using electricity to much, althought I don’t really agree that $200 is “to much.” So, today, as we all left the house for classes, the air conditioner was turned off. A great idea. A fantastic idea infact. That way, we’re not keeping the house cold when there’s no one here except the roaches. What I don’t understand is why, after consciencely deciding the air conditioner was a waste, did leaving a computer on all day seem like a good idea. If you’re energy efficiant with one thing, wouldn’t it make sense to do so with everything else? I don’t try to understand it. All I know is that my computer is always off when I’m not actively using it, and if we’re applying the same rules towards air conditioners, we should apply the same rules towards other computers as well. Otherwise we’re being hypocritical and not really saving any money in the long run. Plus, hot air is bad for computers anyways, I wouldn’t want to leave my system to “bake” in a house with no AC all day. That’s just my two cents.
by Matt | May 14, 2002 | Imported Entry
Like a bunch of school yard children… the video game companies form a big circle and start beating each other down. Let the price wars begin.
That is all… honest.
by Matt | May 14, 2002 | Imported Entry
Fantastic… now shit from outerspace is slicing through the earth at incredible speeds… swell.
And… if that wasn’t enough… this shit levitates… and NASA is working on time travel, otherwise know as merely “superluminal quantum tunneling” to the rest of us, or perhaps it was the “transient inertia effect” or “quantum vacuum energies.” I always get those confused, don’t you?
Wouldn’t it be nice…
That is all.
by Matt | May 14, 2002 | Imported Entry
Lauren gave me a really nice compliment yesterday that I failed to mention. She said I was very much like a Beatnik. I took that as an extremely nice compliment and have been thinking about it for a little while. I don’t nessisarily see myself as an actual Beatnik, there are very few who can (or should) but I certainly embrace the 60’s counter-culture ideas. I dislike mainstream media, people influenced by or in the mainstream media, shallowness, authoritarian governmental figures, rules limiting my freedoms, that sort of thing. I agree far more with the ideals than I do with the sterotypes. I don’t wear all black, call people squares or drink to much caffine… well, at least the first two. I do have a passion for good music, expressive art, poetry, writting and pretty much anything else creative. I wish I could say I have more qualities that lend themselves to being Beat, but I don’t. So, I guess I’m only a little bit of a Beatnik, not in the traditional sense of course, but more in the passive mentalities. I’m an artist, and I think that artists lend themselves to that side of the social spectrum. We certainly love creativity and freedom and we express it in everything we do, otherwise there wouldn’t be any point to being an artist. I don’t know where any of this is coming from, but I figured I’d get it out of my system. Everyone needs a little self-analysis every once in a while.
by Matt | May 13, 2002 | Imported Entry
I’d like to call everyone’s attention to a few pictures that are somehow still floating around the web. These will help illustrate how damn cool we all were in highschool. I point you towards pictures for the highschool trip week took to the IT Expo in NYC. I would like you to pay perticular attention to there:
Picture of Chip, Jeff and myself (notice how “bad ass” I’m looking. Note the Ray Ban’s, Brooklyn Dodger hat, flashy jacket and ever present “early 90’s” plaid shirt)
Capt BadAss (myself) and Chip (looking like he just ate a lemon). See. Bad Ass… I’m not telling lies here folks.
As always… this has been your daily dose of heavy sarcasm. I was the furthest thing from “bad ass”, but I felt like taking a trip down memory lane. Enjoy.
by Matt | May 13, 2002 | Imported Entry
FUCK MICROSOFT. FUCK THEM IN THEIR STUPID ASSES.
Look at the crap I got today when I tried to register my LEGAL copy of Office 2000.
We’re sorry, we cannot process your registration. Our records indicate that this product has previously been installed on a computer. Per your End User License Agreement you are only allowed to install this product on one computer. You may make a second copy for your exclusive use on one other computer. Additional installations require the purchase of additional Licenses. If you think you have received this message in error, please choose “Telephone” under Registration Options to discuss it with a Customer Service Representative.
WHAT THE FUCK?!? HAVE YOU PEOPLE NEVER HEARD OF OWNING A NEW COMPUTER???
What a bunch of assholes. To never consider that someone might actually purchase a new computer within the life of one of their products is simply moronic. Of course I’ve installed it on one or more computers… that doesn’t mean that I didn’t UNINSTALL it from the other ones. Fuck you Microsoft. Thanks for a shit load of nothing you pretencious assholes.
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