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January 27, 2008

Awesome weekend.

Filed under: Bemani,Life,Photography,School — sherl0k @ 11:38 pm

I had a pretty great time this past weekend, what with it being her birthday.

Friday we went out to dinner at a local Thai restaurant, Bangkok. It was deeeelicious. I have a soft spot for pad thai. Liz is making me it for my birthday! I’m psyched. After that we went to Coldstone for dessert. They have the best ice cream there. Went to Build-A-Bear and made stuffed animals. Liz made a groundhog, named him Milton, and dressed him up in hospital scrubs. She’s going to keep him at her desk at work, it’s pretty awesome. And I got to make a penguin! Cody Maverick from Surf’s Up.

Add one more to the collection for me. He even talks too. It’s great.

We saw Meet the Spartans later that night. The movie was alright, it had its funny parts but with the rising costs of seeing a movie in theaters (WTF @ $9.50 a ticket) I personally don’t think it was worth it. Soon enough the cost of buying a DVD in the store is going to be less than seeing it in the theaters. And people wonder why movie piracy is on the rise…

Saturday I spent the day doing homework and taking a final exam for one of my classes, and ended the class with a 92 average. Not going to complain there. Liz was out prettying herself up, since later that night we went out downtown with her friends. We hit a few bars, played some darts, got pizza, and ended up at her friends’ house after it all to watch Snakes on a Plane. It has Sam L, it’s good by default. Liz and I ended the night back at her apartment.

Today we went out for lunch at a local Indian buffet, then back to the mall for some shopping. Liz bought herself a Coach bag, and we spent some time in the arcade playing DDR. And boy, are we old.

Got all my W2 forms in the mail, so I’m going to take care of my taxes tomorrow. Hellloooo refund. I’m hoping my SD card comes in the mail so I can start taking more pictures. I really want to get a D40 too, but it’s way out of my finances right now. Soon enough. I just need to find some scenic places in Central NY.

January 24, 2008

Rock out.

Filed under: Life — sherl0k @ 5:46 pm

So, new glasses and a haircut.

Tommy Hilfiger makes expensive stuff. But I think it’s worth it. At least a got a fancy glasses case with them.

Also got hired for a job, I start Feb 11th. I’ll be getting paid $11/hr to test PCs for defects. Can’t really complain about that.

Some other job offers should be lining up for me on the side, too. I’m working with a couple entrepreneurs in the area and just waiting for them to get everything set on their end for me to help them out.

My line of credit shows a balance of $0. It’s kinda ironic that being without a job has allowed me to pay off debt. I still have enough cash left over to take care of other bills and be able to go out, too.

Speaking of going out, Liz’s birthday is tomorrow, and we’re going to watch Meet the Spartans. Possibly get drunk beforehand, too. That would make for a much more hilarious experience. Saturday night we’re going bar-hopping with her friends.

Life is good.

January 18, 2008

Home, sweet home.

Filed under: Life,Linux,The Internet — sherl0k @ 1:18 am

I’ve slacked on posting here because I’ve been in the process of moving webhosts, and I just haven’t had the time to be around long enough to ensure everything moved over without any major hiccups. Of course, like any server move though, there were hiccups. Moving was a bit of a pain, between database inconsistencies and my old host being a pain in my rear. Everything seems to be okay now, and I’m so happy to actually be on a dedicated server so I have more control over everything. Shining Polaris’ new home is quite cozy, and speedy to boost.

The biggest issue about doing a server move is that it’s more than just my own domain I have to caretake for, it’s about 3 others also that I carry with me. And all their data. One of these days I’ll stop being such a nice guy and stop hosting everyone else’s stuff, but for the time being this is the price I pay. If anything this gives me more experience and I’ve learned a lot in the past few days which I’m sure will prove invaluable for the future.

I’ve been working on a brand spanking new emulation and ROM website, with the amusing name of Pants Emulation. I found a nice site design on OSWD to be the base of my site layout, and coded everything else from there. I was really impressed with myself with how I was able to get everything down, from the searching and results, to integrating phpBB3 login cookies with the rest of the site. And of course, the downloads database is massive. It’s only getting bigger too; as of this writing I’m adding in the entire MAME arcade set. Soon after that, it’ll be the entire Gameboy Advance set. I’m not messing around here, it’s crazy enough I put the whole N64 collection on there already. I have the emulators section almost done so that’s going live soon. After that it’s just sit and watch the download counts rise, and hopefully get some affiliates in the process. I’m still contemplating ads, as much as I hate sounding selfish I would like to make a little cash from this if possible.

Internet things aside, I’ve been spending a lot of my spare time with Liz and suffice to say things are great and we’re really happy together. She’s working some funky hours but we’re doing what we can to spend time together whenever possible and it’s working out pretty well so far. We’re heading back to her parents’ place this weekend so that should be fun. Next friday is her birthday; we’re contemplating getting drunk and watching Rambo in the theatres.

Time for me to get back to work and possibly sleep.

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