Sunday, October 15, 2006
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Friday, October 13, 2006
pain in my ass
i'm taking a quick break to write this out because i need to. i'm trying to find out if a server we have that is currently in tower form factor can be converted into a rack mounted server.
actually, 2 of them, so i googled the first and within a minute or so, i was looking at the dell page that had the information i was looking for on that server (PowerEdge 1800 tower).
when i tried to look for the information on a different model (PowerEdge 800) i was drawing blank. google found a site in the UK that has a solution, but it seems to be a 3rd party option, so i figured i'd look at dell's site (again) to see if i could find it. i've spent the last 15 minutes trying to navigate the site trying to find where ACCESSORIES are.
dell used to have a semi-navigatable site. but now, it's a fucking mess. usually, if you do a search on the product you are looking for accessories for, it will pull up the actual product page. so i tried searching for the server specically. it returned some 7000+ results. and the first thing on the list, FUCKING SPEAKERS.
explain to me how the fuck SPEAKERS are at the top of the list when i'm searching for a SERVER.
finally, after getting annoyed and clicking and getting more annoyed and more clicking, i managed to trip over something that may start nudging me in the right direction.
we'll see in a moment, but right now, i don't like dell.
i want a site where i can enter a product, and the top link on the list is the actual product page to what i'm searching for. if i'm searching for a Dell PowerEdge 800, i want the first link (or in the top 5) to be for the product page of a Dell PowerEdge 800. NOT FUCKING SPEAKERS!
i'm not sure how my searching for a server is related to speakers, but whoever is in their marketing department that decided that the top 100 links are products that they are trying to sell and not the actual product infomation i'm looking for is a good idea, deserves to have a broken and splintered baseball bat shoved so far up their ass they are picking the crap out of their teeth with it.
what a bunch of fucking assclowns.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
ok, this is just plain cool.
if that doesn't work, click here. (watch the volume, this is pretty loud)
here's a word for you
bowdlerized
i had no idea what it was, so i looked it up.
and to keep you people from freaking out about how i'm making you click the link, here you go.
bowd·ler·ize
tr.v. bowd·ler·ized, bowd·ler·iz·ing, bowd·ler·iz·es
- To expurgate (a book, for example) prudishly.
- To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
it's BOWED-ler-eyes, but the funky pronounciation characters didn't want to copy, so here it is.
here's what prompted my search for the word. (look at the alternate title) Read More......
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Monday, October 09, 2006
Sunday, October 08, 2006
T-Minus 22 days
here we go 10/30 here we go!
*clap*clap*
here we go 10/30 here we go!
*clap*clap*
Saturday, October 07, 2006
why does this not suprise me?
and so i don't get arrested may i remind you DICK that the following
Article I: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. (source: my local Library of Congress)
(found via jwz) Read More......
Friday, October 06, 2006
Saturday, September 30, 2006
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST IT'S COLD!
what a way to greet us. and yes, maynard, it was pretty fucking cold last night. TK and i had a really good time last night seeing Tool at Great Woods. 5 years and 8 days ago, i saw Tool for the first time there and it was an experience, and last night was even better. so bear with me as i try and spew thoughts and details out.
the good:
suprisingly well behaved crowd, Tool, no rain, Tool, discovering going in from the south is a better approach, Tool.
the bad:
parking, traffic, parking, mud, parking, the cold, parking, the fucking talkers behind us during Wings For Marie (Pts 1&2), and did i say parking?
TK and i spent nearly 3 hours in that fucking parking lot. 45 mins getting in, and then just over 2 HOURS to get out. so, we missed the opening act Isis, which i wanted to see at least some of. never heard/seen them before so i was curious. i figured once we got there, it wouldn't take so long to park, but we were dead wrong. they parked us in the middle of fucking bumblefuck. the farthest, back corner of the parking lot they could (lot 13). where it wasn't paved. and had mud. which some inexperienced girl in a black 2000 ford explorer sport managed to spin onto the passenger side of TK's car. had i known we were going 4 wheeling, i would have driven, but what the FUCK. not to mention, lighting was non-existant so as we were walking to/from, we were hoping that we wouldn't step in a mud puddle. fucking nuts. as we were driving in, we saw that Premier Parking was $35 and laughed at that idea. by the time we got to where we were parking, we both agreed that we were idiots not to do it. (that is right off the entrance, paved and would have had us on the road in far less time) it was most certainly a scam, but for $35, it would have saved us a ton of sitting. waiting. twiddling our thumbs. so we spent more time the parking lot than the entire duration of the concert.
the concert:
we had pretty good seats all told. i thought we were going to be under the pavillion, but we were a few rows back from it. oh well, but we still had a pretty decent view of the stage which was cool because they actually projected stuff onto the stage itself (it was white and we laughed at the stage guy dusting the stage with his booties on). no real backdrops, and 2 screens on either side with projections (that was also projected onto the stage)
so, at 908pm, house lights dumped and we enjoy the following:
Intro Bass Drone
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST IT'S COLD!
Stinkfist
The Pot
Forty Six & 2
Jambi
Schism
Lost Keys
Rosetta Stoned
Wings for Marie (Part 1)
10,000 Days (Wings Pt. 2)
break
Lateralus
Vicarious
Aenema
one hell of a set. it is their current standard set, so no suprises for me in what they played, but hearing it and experiencing it are two very different things. MJK's vox were pretty good which very few missed words, no breaks in his voice (he was sick 2 weeks ago, and has recovered well). Danny is a fucking madman on the drums. Justin (looking a lot like Jesus) was great. Adam was Adam - didn't move a whole lot, but what comes out of his guitar is incredible.
i'm pretty much out of words, but this was the best Tool concert i've seen (of the 4, so that doesn't mean much). i love all 4 shows for different reasons, but this one was really good. can't wait til they come back again. i plan to be there.
thank you Tool. Read More......
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