Editing Stuff

Yesterday I have got my digital camera working and have posted an image of myself on the About Me page you can find on the right hand side. If you are interested in knowing what I look like, now you know. I also added some stuff in the About Me page. I took some other pictures, but I don’t plan on showing them to you.

I also recorded my longest Earthbound video yet. The reason why it’s the longest is because not only is that part a large maze, full of tough monsters, and 5 bosses, but I screwed up and died on the game for the first time. I am not too shocked, but it is indeed sad to not stay deathless the whole game. Oh well, at least I don’t use save states or anything.

Yesterday I stumbled on this:

Computer:Monitor, display this document, O.K.?

Monitor:No prob, boss.

Computer:O.K., now it looks like Mouse is moving around so, Monitor, will you move the pointer icon accordingly?

Monitor:Anything you ask, boss.

Computer:Great, great. O.K., Mouse, where are you going now?

Mouse:Over to the icon panel, sir.

Computer:Hmm, Let me know if he clicks anything, O.K.?

Mouse:Of course.

Keyboard:Sir, he’s pressed control and P simultaneously.

Monitor:Oh God, here we go.

Computer:(Sighs) Printer, are you there?

Printer:No.

Computer:Please, Printer. I know you’re there.

Printer:NO! I’m not here! Leave me alone!

Computer:Jesus. O.K. look, you really ne…

Mouse:Sir, he’s clicked on the printer icon.

Computer:Printer, now you have to print it twice.

Printer:NO! NO! NO! I don’t want to! I hate you! I hate printing! I’m turning off!

Computer:Printer, you know you can’t turn yourself off. Just print the document twice and we’ll leave you alone.

Printer:NO! That’s what you always say! I hate you! I’m out of ink!

Computer:You’re not out of in…

Printer:I’M OUT OF INK!

Computer:(Sighs) Monitor, please show a low ink level alert.

Monitor:But sir, he has plen…

Computer:Just do it, damn it!

Monitor:Yes sir.

Keyboard:AHHH! He’s hitting me!

Computer:Stay calm, he’ll stop soon. Stay calm, old friend.

Keyboard:He’s pressing everything. I don’t know, he’s just pressing everything!

Computer:PRINTER! Are you happy now?! Do you see what you’ve done?!

Printer:HA! that’s what you get for trying to get me to do work. Next time he…hey…HEY! He’s trying to open me! HELP! HELP! Oh my god! He’s torn out my cartridge! HELP! Please, please help me!

Monitor:Sir, maybe we should help him?

Computer:No. He did this to himself.

So that’s pretty interesting. I got that from http://brandonsmind.com/post/31522690. The rest of his blog isn’t really like that, but that post in particular in funny. And for some harmless but funny geek pranks, check out http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/04/01/top_10_harmless_geek_pranks-2.html

I also worked on a logo for BZFlag the other day for the Twilight server. It looks pretty nice and I spent about 25 minutes on it.

Hehehe, see you later.

Google Uploader is Buggy

Today I was trying to upload that large Earthbound video I was going to put on the site, but it seemed to have failed…6 times. I had no clue why my uploaded video wasn’t appearing on the site, until I came upon one of my friends who has used it multiple times. He says that after the video is “done”, you must press Upload again and then it’ll “finish” the upload. The second time always works. I am currently uploading the new Earthbound video, and hope his tips follow. I do like how the upload resumes if your network breaks off or something, so it’s pretty good.

I was looking through some search engines for a good screen sharing program that’s easy to use to easily see another person’s desktop screen and watch what they’re doing. I happened upon Bosco’s Screen Share which is a very nice and simple program indeed. It tells you your IP address, and if your firewall and router settings are set up correctly, so you won’t have any issues. You can then “Dial” a computer like calling a telephone and the recipient can  accept or deny access to viewing their screen. Another nifty thing is the “Privacy” feature, which at any time a person is viewing your screen, you can click it and makes them see a black screen. So if you need to quickly log in to a bank account or something, you just click and that should do it. I found the program slightly sluggish though, but changing the process priority to BelowNormal speeded up my computer and kept a steady frame rate for the receiver.

In other news, I created the hard level of BZFlag Racecourse today. It is very tricky and this screenshot below is color coded. Red=Basic Path Green=You need to jump here to continue Blue=Climbable Slope

It is a very challenging map and it is up at twilight.fairserve.net:5219 if you ever get the chance to try it.

If you haven’t noticed, I added a huge section on Bash scripting into my Linux Tips page if you want to check that out.

I stumbled upon this website called Computer Stupidities and it’s full of jokes about how dumb people can be when it comes to operating systems. It involves mainly tech support and your average customer. Two of my favorites:

Customer: “How much do Windows cost?”

Tech Support: “Windows costs about $100.”

Customer: “Oh, that’s kind of expensive. Can I buy just one window?”

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Customer: “I have Windows Thirty One.”

Tech Support: “Ok, this program requires either Windows 95 or Win32s. Do you have Win32s on your system?”

Customer: “No, I have Windows Thirty One, not Thirty Two.”

Tech Support: “Windows 3.1 is the operating system. Win32s is a program that makes your computer fast like Windows 95.”

Customer: “What’s Windows Ninety Five got to do with it?”

Tech Supprort: “You need either Windows 95 or Win32s to run this.”

Customer: “I HAVE THIRTY ONE! WHY WON’T IT WORK?”

Tech Support: (giving up) “Ma’am, your computer is too old. Buy a new one with Windows 95.”

Customer: “I’ve heard about Windows Three Hundred and Eleven. Wouldn’t that be better than Ninety Five?”

 http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/cs_os.shtml 

I also got a huge stuffed white tiger. It is about 4′ 8″ in length. With its tail stretched out, it gains an extra 3 feet. I like it! I will post a picture of it later.