Month: January 2006

It’s absurd! What are the programmers at McAfee smoking?? Standard install of McAfee; 9 programs startup via registry; 7 services startup on boot. Why??? Why do you need that many programs starting up?! That is 16 programs taking up valuable memory!?! Anyway, McAfee is coming off of this clients computer, and AVG is going on. It’s quicker, and does a better job. Go download it.

What is it with people that just dump out their drinks on the road while they are stopped at a light or sitting in a parking lot? Are they not good enough to keep that in their car and just get rid of it at home, or the gas station? Then I have to drive all over it and get coke splashed up onto my car. It is bad enough with dirt and rocks, I don’t need to add coke to the mix.

I am redoing my MythTV box. A customer of mine upgraded, so I got his old computer. It is a 3.0GHz Pentium 4, with 1GB of RAM, ATI Radeon X700 PCI-E video card, and SPDIF-caplable sound. Oh yeah, and Gigabit Ethernet.

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Ouch… $997. That is what it is costing me to rebuild a transmission in a truck that is worth about $1500. It better work for a good long time.

My truck had a little hiccup last week. Ok, a big hiccup. The transmission decided to crap out. It threw up all of its fluid, and then crawled on the ground. I thought about it over the weekend about what to do. I either had to drop another $700+ into it to rebuild the transmission, or buy a newer truck. Well, until I turn 25, insurance is gonna be awful. So I have 7 more months before it gets cheaper. I opted to drop more money into it. Also, to make matters worse, the transmission in my Mustang isn’t getting better, even after a fluid/filter change. So one of these days, I will have to rebuild that one too I suppose. I’ve also got a huge tax bill to pay, but some recent transactions have helped me there. I’ve also got the work cabinets installed into my office. And last but not least, my parents now have a blog. Check it out at http://www.harley-wind.com/. I’ve also got my cabinets in my office up. Once it is organized, I will take some pictures and post them. Anyway, I must go do something more useful, like working out or something.

I am creating an image gallery. You can see it at http://www.grebfamily.us/jasongreb.com/wp-gallery2.php

Uptimes of a few servers that I have setup with Linux:

 12:42:20 up 298 days,  8:33,  2 users,  load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
 18:40:45 up 202 days,  2:37,  1 user,  load average: 0.07, 0.02, 0.00
 18:40:45 up 202 days,  2:37,  1 user,  load average: 0.07, 0.02, 0.00
(that last one is my server.. I had to reboot to install some memory)

I’d like to see Windows do that. While doing updates. Which of course, require an “automatic restart” :) One of the Windows servers I have setup rebooted last on December 15. Anyone else have any uptimes to share?

So I was sitting in TGI Fridays yesterday eating lunch with a friend. Behind me, I hear some yelling and turn around to see a woman jump a waitress. A fight ensued, and several people stopped the fight. I payed it no attention, as I deem this to be childish. Well, they take the waitress to the other side of the restaurant, and leave the other girl. That girl starts walking around and slams her hand into things thereby throwing them. She keeps yelling that she wants the “troll,” whatever that meant. I am thinking “Patrol” as in the police. She then leaves the restaurant. We then conclude are lunch and leave shortly thereafter. While standing outside near our vehicles, the same girl who jumped the waitress pulls up near us (blocking our way out of course), and gets out of her vehicle. Of course, I ignored this too for the moment. But then I hear another voice from her vehicle yell out “Oh my God! She’s keying her truck!” This got my attention. I look over and about 8 parking spaces over, she’s leaning over keying a truck. I react by quickly pulling out my camera which I have gotten into the habit of keeping on my belt. I shoot a couple of pictures of her in the act, and a couple of her license plate. The girl never notices, and she gets back in her vehicle and pulls up to the front of the restaurant. This is when the first police officer arrives. They start talking, and do whatever they normally do. Meanwhile, my friend has left and I stick around for a minute. When the police officer has her back into a parking space, I walk up to the front of the restaurant where a second officer is questioning people inside. I ask the manager, “Who owns the white truck, because I have a picture of that girl keying it.” I show the police officer the picture, and he asks if he can borrow it for a minute, and walks to the see the other officer. He comes back with the camera several minutes later, while the girl is arrested and taken away. For my efforts, I get a free meal the next time I go to TGI Fridays. Anyway, here is a picture:

I got drunk for the first time in my life last night. It was also the first time I tried shots. The party seemed to be an overall success. All of the people showed up except for Kenneth. People didn’t really eat a lot of food. I was hoping for potato salad, but Lowell never brought any. Oh, and my mother is a major flirt when she is drunk! Anyway, I’d love to do it again next year. And this hangover thing… all I feel is light headed. Maybe I didn’t get drunk enough?