It's Bloody Cold

It's Bloody Cold - British Parady of James Blunt - You're Beautiful

I found this a few months ago...Alanna just mentioned watching the You're Beautiful music video, so I stuck this up for her. :-)

The Postal Service LP number 2 in the works!

Ben Gibbard's Postal Service Prepping Next Delivery: Second LP
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1534893/06222006/postal_service.jhtml

From MTV.com:
"We're slowly starting. We're crawling right now, and whether that crawl turns into a walk remains to be seen," Gibbard said. "But we'll know more towards the end of the year. I've just been touring so much and trying to find time to make it happen and make our schedules line up.

"The good thing about working with [producer/musician] Jimmy [Tamborello] is it takes him sending me something for me to write lyrics for it. It's not like I'm sitting around going, 'Oh, that would be good for a Postal Service song.' "


Oh Yeah!!! I have a feeling this will be out even before the end of the year. But if it takes till next year...I'll wait! It'll be worth it!

This is the coolest form of advertising I've ever seen!

So simple, so easy, just stick, ring, and run! :-)

I actually want one of these, just to play with it, and prank with it!

Vista Beta 2 Adventures

First off, my main reason for trying out Vista is simply to get Media Center for free, run it in the bedroom and to modded Xbox's (XBMC). When I move I'll be w/o cable TV and will loose my Comcast DVR. So, as a temperory band-aid until I get buy my $40 copy of Vista when it launches from my M$ employed cousin, I thought "why not take this oppertunity to total my computer with a test install of Vista!"

Installation:
As a beta: SUCKS! Couldn't even do an install from the DVD. Vista's installer would hang just as the GUI portion of the install would start.
So, I had to do an Upgrade installation through WinXP, which, of course, made a mess. My plan was to repartition my 40GB drive XP was installed on into a full 40GB partition (it was in 2 20GB partitions...why I didn't that in the first place, who knows!
After the install....3hrs later.....Vista Beta 2 boots up. It's pretty! :-) It's fun! And the new Media Center looks Amazing!! And the HD video it demos for you actully ran with little hick-ups! Something I never got outta my machine using XP.
But there was a problem. No audio! Apperantly my Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 5.1 card needed drivers. So I got them, installed them, restarted, and...still....no sound. SO off the net I go in search of answers. Got nothing really. So, I decided to start fresh. I'm currently in the middle of re-installing XP on just 1 40gb partition, then will attempt to install Vista again.

Most who read my blog probabaly don't care too much about computer stuff, but I'm bored waiting for XP to finish installing and have only my Linux Server to Surf around on....so here I am ;-)

UPDATE:
Well, got audio working! Sorta. No multi-channel. Just stereo. But it'll downmix. It'll do for now. Can't get my capture card to work. It is old, but it was the first card to do real-time MPEG-4 decoding. It's like, 5 years old...or more. No support for it for about 3 years..then all of the sudden, Media Center dropped and drivers for the chipset popped up everywhere...It was weird.

Anyway...Doubt anyone really know, or cares for that matter, about this post. But I'm boared, and it's hot, really hot. 80 here, 90 upstairs, crazy!

Though...the new Media Center is AWESOME! Wow..it's cool. XBMC still kicks it's ass, but still, the new MC is rather impressive!

Guess what!?! More Videos!! :-) Time Attacks!

These are awesome! And once you start watching, you'll wanna watch them all! Clear your schedule lol...


Super Mario 64: Start to Finish Time Attack (16:27 mins)


Super Mario 64: Start to Finish Time Attack (2) (21:00 min)


Super Mario Bros. 3: Start to Finish Time Attack (11 mins)


Super Mario Bros: Start to Finish Time Attack (05:26 min)


The Legend of Zelda: Start to Finish Time Attack (25:29 min)


The Legend of Zelda and Nintendo Entertainment System Promo
Funny to watch!

Whoops!

Yea...he's fired!

This is just too funny!!

Aaron Lewis of Staind rips into Pauly Shore in a special rendition of 'It's Been Awhile'
(Watch the whole thing! Trust me..uber funny!)

A pair of awesome songs

My Chemical Romance - The Ghost of You (Awesome Song, Powerfull Video)
I never, said I'd lie and wait forever
If I did we'd be together now
I can't always just forget her
But she could try

At the end of the world
Or the last thing I see
You are
Never coming home
Never coming home
Could I?
Should I?
And all the things that you never ever told me
And all the smiles that are ever ever...

Ever...
Get the feeling that you're never
All alone and I remember now
At the top of my lungs in my arms she dies
She dies

At the end of the world
Or the last thing I see
You are
Never coming home
Never coming home
Could I?
Should I?
And all the things that you never ever told me
And all the smiles that are ever gonna haunt me
Never coming home
Never coming home
Could I?
Should I?
And all the wounds that are ever gonna scar me
For all the ghosts that are never gonna catch me

If I fall...
If I fall...
Down

At the end of the world
Or the last thing I see
You are
Never coming home
Never coming home
Never coming home
Never coming home
And all the things that you never ever told me
And all the smiles that are ever gonna haunt me
Never coming home
Never coming home
Could I....
Should I?
And all the wounds that are ever gonna scar me
For all the ghosts that are never gonna.....


Death Cab For Cutie - Blacking Out The Friction
(Fan Made Video)

Sealing the Deal; Part II

Ok, I'm ditchin' the 2 bedroom. It was slightly shady anyway and this kid I was dealing with on the apt wasn't, well, just a kid. Showing it for his parents who were too lazy to do it themselves.

So...I found a better apartment! MUCH better! Alanna and I went and saw it today. It's a huge one bed (bye-bye dedicated theatre ;( maybe next year!). Only 2 blocks from David Brink Park on Lake Washington, view of the lake off the deck, newly remodeled kitchen with black counter tops and very nice/new tile flooring. That's right! Tile!! No crap lenolium! It's super private and quiet! The location is wonderful! (Aside from the ghost's that may wonder over from the spooky Funeral Home 2 blocks down :-P) Hidden parking.

I put down my deposit...I move in first week-ish of July!

(if you haven't noticed by my over explanation of the place, I'm still rather excited about the whole thing :-P Am I getting my hopes up? Probably! But who cares! LoL)

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NOTE: Please re-view the post "MC360 Released for XBMC!!" as it has been updated.

Gates Leaving Microsoft

Like I really need to post this, who hasn't allready heard the big news:

Gates to leave day-to-day Microsoft operations
REDMOND, Washington (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates announced Thursday that he will transition from day-to-day responsibilities at the company he co-founded to concentrate on the charitable work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

SOURCE: http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/15/gates.ap/index.html

Sealing the Deal

Just a few more steps and I'll have my 2 bed Kirkland apartment! Cragslist has been so silent for so long on Kirkland apartments (<$900 that is) that for a moment there, I thought I'd be stuck having to move into Redmond. Then this post popped up on my RSS feeder.

And...if this Apt doesn't go through (it will! :D), there is another 1 bed sitting down there I might get my hands on.

Another great vid!

Funny Stuff!
:-P

Cat Swinging from a Fan

Sick? Funny? Both?


Don't worry, it's fake, some Nokia commercial from a few years back

MC360 Released for XBMC!!

EDIT: 06-15-06 -1920PST - Added "jC!'s BLUE Box" running the MC360 skin on XBMC Screenshots

Don't you wish your Xbox could do this ;-) (psst..just ask me..takes just 10 mins!)

All you Xbox modders out there (if there any who read my blog) the highly anticipated MC360 skin for Xbox Media Center (XBMC - http://www.xboxmediacenter.com) dropped today at Noon PST. MC360 is a highly advanced Xbox 360 themed skin that has been almost 7 months in the making. Brought to you by the Blackbolt Team, comprised of many of the top XBMC, EvoX, and Avalaunch, skinners in the modding scene from.


Don't you wish your Xbox could do this ;-)
(psst..just ask me..takes just 10 mins!)


So, if you have a modded out Xbox, and run XBMC (which you should be using as your default dash) be sure to grab T3CH's latest XBMC build featuring MC360! (http://blackbolt.x-scene.com/)

The song you must DL right now...

Death Cab for Cutie - Blacking Out The Friction (Live)

lyrics (Album Version):
I don't mind the weather, I've got scarves and caps and sweaters,
I've got long johns under slacks for blustery days.

I think that it's brainless to assume that making changes to your
window's view will give a new perspective.

The hardest part is yet to come.

I don't mind restrictions, or if you're blacking out the friction.
It's just an escape (it's overrated, anyways).

The hardest part is yet to come.
When you will cross the country alone.

It'll be listed, some what, like this in your P2P software (I know you have one ;-P):
Death Cab for Cutie - Blacking Out The Friction/Brand New Love (Sebado)

7 Min long! :-) (Album Version only about 3 mins long, get both!)

It's been my favorite DCfC song for about 3 months now. Hard to find one all-time favorite DCfC song, but this would have to be my current overly, repeatedly played song right now :-)

Rain

Pouring rain as I drove to work this morning. Do you ever find yourself driving along in the blinding rain, the kind of rain when your control over the car is in question and from time to time the steering wheel is on the brink of it's own control, and the rain stops and instead of having that feeling of relief, you feel disappointment? Do you begin to miss the dangerous weather condition? I guess it's human nature to enjoy danger. Maybe we just want to have a tale to tell, how we defeated all odds as we sped down I-5, dodging cars, passing the slow drivers, and literally leaving them in your wake, all the while not being able to see more then 10 feet down the road. And only on 5 hours of sleep. Maybe that loss of that danger depletes the chance of challenge and chance of a good bragging story.

And, this morning when I get into my car, I realize the sun roof was left cracked open, leaving my seats covered with rain. Whoops! I need one of those newer cars where the sun roof senses rain and closes automatically. Some Day!

Wow, am I tired this morning. Just one more 5am morning (for the week).

Blog Template Going Crazy

Maybe you noticed, if you visted my this blog on Thursday night, things looks a bit, well, plain. :-P

Not sure why. But anyway, I should have it fixed here in a few mins.

Y! Video! Awesome!! (well...almost)

Yahoo! today launched Yahoo! Video uploading to combat YouTube. Hopefully this is just the first step. Currently, it's not interrogated into Flickr :-( and more importantly, does not allow the ability to post videos as private (friends/family).

So, as I've been thinking over the past week about posting videos I take with my Canon, and wishing Y! had Video Uploading, today it came true! But I will not be using it. I've chosen YouTube for the private posting.

I'll post a link here once I get some videos upped (upping a video now, 20 MB's takes a lil bit of time!). But, like Flickr, you'll need to sign into YouTube to see my videos. I know it's a pain to have to be signed in to everything just to view some content, but hopefully, Y! will get their act together soon!

EDIT: Here's the link to my first video! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRj6CwfOnAk) It's a vid from Mini Golfing at Willows Run on Memoral Day. Consider this a test, not sure what's required for people to view private videos. I'm sure it says it somewhere on YouTube, but I'm lazy and it's late. :-P