Nathan Quote #4:

"I'm going to pee on you, because I hate you."We told him he could not have candy.

• He decided to argue. I sent him to his room.
• He cried, complained, and yelled. I sent him to the top bunk, took the ladder away, told him he was in his room for the rest of the night, and sat there with Nikki watching him and not speaking until he calmed down.
• He stripped off his clothes and threw them at us. He then threw down his teddy bears, and his bed clothes and sat up there naked.
  

Parenting is fun. I barely contained my laughter. Since on the Internet I don't have to, here's what I instantly thought of. :)

Chapelle's R. Kelly - Pee on You | Viral/Other | SPIKE.com

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EPIC REDDIT THREAD ALERT

"Hey Ask Reddit, what's your favorite .gif?"

Mine is really a c-c-combo:

Help! Need help naming a track (v2.1): DK & Santogold & TEPR Update!

I forgot that I followed up on this request for help and found the answer...

Santogold - Say Aha, remixed by TEPR

I believe TEPR's site (LOL MYSPACE) is here:

http://www.myspace.com/tepr

Sooo, here's the mix I was looking for:

Sing With The Band f/ VINNY!

Sing With The Band does Live Band Karaoke every thursday night at Chicago City Limits

Thinly Veiled Excuse of Drink and Game for Make Benefit Glorious Operating System of Windows 7! (The Presentation, The Pictures)

The pictures... the presentation...

Prepare yourself, oye... :)
*NOTE
These videos are available in HD on youtube, so click on 'em to go to youtube, or just watch and laugh here.




So we started out with some music, we oooh'd and aww'd over a new Windows 7 laptop one of the guests brought in. We moved on to some Rock Band 2, and some Skype conferencing with another party in North Carolina.

We ate some pizza, drank a bit, fooled aruond, and started the presentation, which... I gave you above.

After we moved onto a Bomberman Live contest that ended in me giving away the Party Pack copy of Windows 7 Ultimate!

Second place got the poster. :)

Full Flickr Photoset here:

Halloween 2009!!!

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What I've Bought Lately: UPS

I've needed some better surge protectors / uninterruptible power supply, and I saw a special for a 1285VA UPS, so, I grabbed two!

I bought a Cyberpower CP1285AVRLCD UPS
I got 2 for $200 total from Buy.com. (Now they're available on Amazon for $108 each)


I'm using one for my television / stereo / gaming equipment, and one for my computer equipment in the other room.

What I've Bought Lately: Video Card

Well, I hosted that Windows 7 Party and had my computer hooked up to my television (Toshiba 40RV525U 40" LCD) and realized if I wanted HD Audio I had to use three minijack/headphone to rca converters and send them to my receiver... I don't have an optical audio out (toslink) or a coaxial audio out port on my motherboard (ECS G31T-M, purchased for free at a Fry's B&M store) so... I needed to remedy that.

My video card, an XFX GeForce 8600GT worked well, but didn't have any native hdmi out, just two dual-link DVI which are great and work with DVI-HDMI converters, but... do not output audio.

So I looked for the best card I could get for under $100 that did not take up two slots. nVidia didn't have anything to offer with these requirements, however AMD/ATi did, I found a HIS Radeon HD 4670 that fit the bill.
It may take up two slots, but it's "second slot" is to the LEFT, not to the right, and I had space to the left!

So, that's what I've bought lately

Thinly Veiled Excuse of Drink and Game for Make Benefit Glorious Operating System of Windows 7!

Just to clarify:

My Windows 7 Party, "Thinly Veiled Excuse of Drink and Game for Make Benefit Glorious Operating System of Windows 7!" is happening tonight. So, get a hold of me and join us there!

Windows 7 Whoppers! Hmmm..... mmmmm....

I think I know where we're getting dinner tonight at the Windows 7 party. :)

Linus Torvalds Gives Windows 7 a Big Thumbs Up!

heh heh heh

So I'm holding a Windows 7 Launch Party of my own!

Happening tonight, check it out!
http://houseparty.com/party/176744

Toshiba 40RV525U: Awesome, when it works...

We have a Toshiba 40RV525U flat panel television that's nine months old. For six of these months it's had some issues. We had it repaired a few months ago, it still has the same issue.

I'm keeping track of it all here, just so if someone needs to refer to evidence, they can.



Also:

Are we proud of our country yet?

I posted a new diary on the Daily Kos titled: "Are we proud of our country yet?", it was prompted by this picture:

These are just "stream of consciousness" thoughts that came up in the middle of an instant messaging conversation. So, if you're going to read then yell at me, at least read the whole thing then yell at me. :)

Thanks.

IMMA INDOCTRINATIN YOUR CHILDREN

... because if there's one thing Obama loves, it's indoctrinating children.

1 vs 100, Live Show, Avatar Video!

Hehe, so ... Chris from 1 vs 100, (The live host) asked us to submit video of people doing the dance that the avatar does, so...

HERE IT IS!

(lol) (taken with my new Canon PowerShot SD960IS, and yes I am crazy about it)

...and now for more from your capitalist shill:

I'll be brief:

I'm selling, via eBay, two Blackberry Curve 8320 phones. They're fully unlocked, in near-mint condition, are fully tested, come with all the original accessories (and one of them has an extra battery and silicon case), and come with a pitch man... me!

• Auction with original accessories
  
• Auction with extra battery, silicon case

While eBay auctions aren't new, the "pitch man" aspect seems to be.

Frank suggested I do a bit of video. Half a year ago I had a Sidekick 2 with a broken screen, but I wanted to eBay it for parts so we filmed a couple minute video showing it working, making phone calls, but unable to display anything on the screen.

That never went anywhere.

However, I wanted to film myself showing whatever product I was selling working. Frank suggested I take it the next step and do something a little more comprehensive. So we started with these eBay auctions, and we'll move on to something more involved later, but here's the online video (also embedded in HD in those auctions... check 'em out!):

Family Portraits: See? Even I occasionally look good!

Frank Rodriguez put some portraits up of Nikki, Nathan, and myself.

I take a ton of pictures but it's rare that I consider myself... erm... "good looking" in one. (Yes yes I'm hard on myself, relax!) So I'm posting them here for your (and my) viewing enjoyment! Click the pictures for the link to the full res source.

Chicago Portraits

Chicago Children Photography

I've asked if we can take some portraits, and some outside staged pictures like we did a couple years ago, once we do that I'll make sure to put those up!

* Note, if you're interested in having a portrait taken, head over to his site at Portrait Photography Chicago and drop him a line!

Imported Spirits from 1971

Nikki's parents found some old liquor at their house. This, is that liquor!

Chicago, Photography, Nathan!

** Shameless Plug **

Frank Rodriguez has posted a couple of very neat pictures, of myself, Nikki, and Nathan at his portrait/blog. Check 'em out!

http://www.portraits-chicago.com/chicago-children-photography/
All Nathan, all the time.

http://www.portraits-chicago.com/chicago-portraits/
It's a picture of Nikki and myself, just ... well, being together!

Lenovo's System Update Tool: DEPRECATED

Source: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-72207.html

Forum Discussion: http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?board.id=Special_Interest_Utilities&message.id=4434&query.id=8940#M4434

Disclaimer: No, this is not an Internet Retardation Day (tm) Joke. I wouldn't do that to you.

Last night around 4PM I was running updates using the ThinkVantage System Update utility. I've always considered this utility part of the IBM/Lenovo advantage. This is the #1 reason I prefer Lenovo laptops to Dell laptops (those manufacturers being the only ones my company uses) and it makes life SO MUCH EASIER, both on laptops not updated in years, or in installing a fresh Windows install from scratch.


... and now it's gone.

Lenovo is changing the way customers obtain updates for their PCs and Servers.

For our PC customers, automatic updates via ThinkVantage System Update (TVSU) are being discontinued. Customers can continue to download updates by accessing the Lenovo support site at Lenovo Support & downloads. Lenovo is pursuing alternative solutions for system updates and future offerings will be communicated through the new Lenovo Message Center Plus.

Thanks Lenovo... you turned me from a -huge- cheerleader of your hardware into... well, someone pissed off at you. True: No other laptop manufacturer really offers a comprehensive update utility that would download and batch install everything within a couple reboots, INCLUDING bios updates. (Asus's utility is a joke, I am typing this on an Asus laptop right now.)

Fuck you Lenovo... fuck you. You don't give us something awesome, then take it away and expect us to like it.