Samuland - Sam's Blog

Wooo hoo!!! I Tivoed up again, I got a DirectTivo unit Thursday on my way home. I like it! Couple of drawback to the old system but also a couple of new features I really like!

As those of you who read my blog know I've had some problems lately, namely the 24 hours starting Wednesday evening at 7:30. So I've installed the key in the picture on all my computers, let me know if you need one too!

Yesterday Dade and I went with J and S to the Childrens Museum. There was a ton of stuff to do there and Dade had a blast. I really liked the bubble room and the light exploration section. Take your smallish kids there, to cool!

My ANH Luke saber is paid for but not delivered yet, uggg, anyway turns out there were a bunch of deadbeats on the list but hopefully it's going to get resolved soon. Would you like to know more.

I have got to get this case for my home theater computer I'm building!

Looking for a really cheapo airline ticket? This place is pretty good at finding stuff not on other sites. Snooze you lose

500 years ago everyone knew the earth was the center of the universe 250 years ago everyone knew that the earth was flat, and 15 minutes ago you knew humans where alone on this planet, imagine what you'll know tomorrow ... i.am.sam

Thursday, August 9, 2001

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Sorry folks a little blog today. I think I have the reverse midas touch. After dinner last night I came home to my TiVo stuck on the startup screen, it's fried. I never realized how much I like having this thing... anyway. I show up to work this morning and the office has no power! I break into the telco room and find a tripped breaker, ok power is back. Start powering up machines and the

Wednesday, August 8, 2001

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Well you knew it would happen when you heard the story originally... Some places have started using cameras in public to scan faces and match them to a criminal database... I'm not sure if I'm for or against this but... they made a mistake on this one. 'They made me feel like a criminal' when they forgot to remove the demo face from the software. niiiicccceeee....

FREEBIRDS!!!!! I finally got to go to Freebirds today... Damn I'm stuffed, and I got a date with a hot wing or two tonight!

My friend G sent this to me! Dubya! ... that's too funny, and I like the guy!

and just to be PC he sent this too! Which I think might be more funny!

Well I've been working my ASSSSSSS off to today... go here to see the fruit of my labor.

i.am.sam

Tuesday, August 7, 2001

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Dade starts school today! He's not at all scared about it either. I think he saw all the toys in the class and now he can't wait to go back.

...since I get this all day,

"Hey Sam, I don't have a modem and can't connect to the Internet, can you fix this?"

"I removed some of the pins from my monitor cable because it didn't seem to fit right, now it's not working at all...can you fix my computer?"

"Can you fix my Internet, everytime I visit a website it says my host is unknown"

I had to get one of these! HA!

I have got a severe case of technolust for this! Do you mp3?

I leave you with a quote...

"There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it." --- Chinese Proverb

i.am.sam

Monday, August 6, 2001

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I'm soooo sleepy today it's not even funny... after coding all weekend I decided to come in to work so I could code some more! Well we went to A's bday party Saturday night. It was fun Dade got to swim and we got to visit with everyone. E got glasses! He said he had a saggy eye... I thought they looked quite good on him though. Dade and me went swimming yesterday at mom and dads house, K and D were there trying to get him to dive, it was comical. Hey I finally got a memory stick, they are on megasale at Circuit City. I normaly avoid CC for thier role in the whole DivX thing but hey now it's just a cool codec.

Anyway first there was Tomb Raider, then came Final Fantasy whats next Pong the Movie? or maybe Ms. Pacman's Diary? Well yea actually... check it out

Ok I don't even want to get started on this, but you knew it would eventually happen... cloned humans

Last one... Halloween is coming CRAP! get into the mood by checking out this site dedicated to the Disney Haunted Mansion. www.doombuggies.com ... warning it is sometimes slow or down

put a fork in me... i.am.sam

Saturday, August 4, 2001

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R came over today ... his monitor went nuclear so he is gonna borrow one from me. He also decided he wants to build a web page. Watch this space for updates, I'll let you know when it goes online.

Yesterday we took Dade to meet his teacher. He walked into his classroom and was immediatly overwhelmed. There was so much to do he just didn't know where to start. He starts Tuesday so we'll see how it goes!

Since I have no links today... have a quote instead

:: Everything happens for a reason. Neither success nor failure is an accident. They have specific causes, and when you repeat the causes you get the same effects,
no matter who you are. unknown ::

Thursday, August 2, 2001

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Calm now I am ... see below!

Well we went to Wings last night... ahhh I was needing that! G,J and S went with us too! Later my sister came by and I met D. They only stayed for like 5 minutes though... Tonight we go for orientation at Dade's new school. Did any of you see Family Guy last night!!! He did a TRON outtake! I'm telling you TRON is everywhere! Family Guy overall is very funny catch it if you can. Did anyone see DM on the stupid MTV20 thing last night? DM was great with the arms pumping to Personal Jesus... "reach out and touch faith!", but the rest of the show was crap... that Kid Rock / Billy Gibbons thing was the worst, and what is with all the references to getting drunk and drinking and the tequila bar. I guess it's better than crack or something but it was annoying as hell! ...and then there's the Astros... someone just shoot me please. Put me out of my misery!

As if coffee didn't have enough caffine in it! now it does

I'm feeling the need for another Lan Party soon. Come meet up with your friends and KILL them!

or maybe a trip to play paintball.

WTF am I talking about ... Halloween is getting closer by the second... so much to do so little time!

i.am.samu ... good night!

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CRAP! Here it comes! Barry is the latest storm in the Gulf.

Hakeem, we all thought he was a good guy... but why? He has always been a whiner, he always tried to re-negotiate his contract for more money, he has claimed he will fake an injury if he doesn't get his way... the list goes on. I liked Olajuwon because he was good. He brought Houston a championship when no other sports could. He seemed to have the respect of the NBA. He was an all around good citizen. errrr... I guess I was blinded by the ring. Now that I look back on things he was not really all that nice. He was a downright a-hole at times and now... I say good riddance. He wants to leave for a couple of more million when knew the Rockets did not have it to offer. Fine. We are better off anyway... I gotta tell you I do not like basketball anymore. I quit watching the game about 2 years ago when the trend went to me me me highlight reel me me me. Have you noticed that damn near every player in the league has to hang on the rim or shout in someones face, or at the bench, or stand over someone on every freakin shot! I mean they even shout, pump or jump and act like the just won a ring for a damn free throw. I can't tell you how many times I've seen guys one step late getting back down the floor because they were acting all tough because they made a J. Like Earl Campbell said "Act like you've been there before." and get your ASSSSSS back down the floor and play some D DAMN IT! Anyway, as a result of all this BS I quit watchin... hell I'd even have turned down free tix, but now... hmmm maybe I'd like to go see the game when the Raptors come to town just so I can tell Hakeem what sell out he is. UGH... F it I'm too pissed off to write anymore. I.AM.SAM

Wednesday, August 1, 2001

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Phew! I guess I dodged the Code Red bullet! No degradation of our site, so far! They are now saying the jury is out for 7 days then they will know if they squooshed it or not...

Wings on Wednesday! Yea... and we are having company tonight... to cool!

A friend of mine, from my GDS days, BS came to visit me today, we went to lunch at Red Robin in the Marquee Center, anyway the cool thing is while he was here I was showing him this new server we aquired in a deal we are doing. I thought the tape drive in it was a real POS but it turn out it's a DLT drive which is really good. Cha Ching! Gotta like that!

I think we finaly have Dade warming up to the idea of school, he has gone to saying he "won't have fun there" to "I get to start school soon" ... persistance pays I guess.

Alot of bloggers post what they listening to at any given time... so in the blog spirt I am listening to DM "I Feel Loved", Tim Mcgraw "Angry All the Time", Anastacia "Love is Alive" and "Con Ti Partiro" the theme from the Bellagio ... yes the casino! It's pretty damn good! Anwyay... Go Stros... Cubs Suck! Now for some links!

Have you ever looked for something you were sure didn't exist... Things You Never Knew Existed I really like Sponge Bob!

I have recently started using Yodlee to track my bank accounts... all in one place, kinda cool even if they don't have SRCU.

Want to know about upcoming DVDs ... check out The Digital Bits. They have street dates for upcoming DVDs and reviews and all kinds of stuff.

Lastly, did anyone notice a new tropical wave is trying to develop in the Gulf... uh oh not another Allison!

Tuesday, July 31, 2001

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I just can't stay away today! Just saw this on the wire... all you DirectTV hackers better watch out!

A new site for me anyway on case mods... cool!

Well I had no lunch buddy today... everyone I called was either busy or not there... hmmm is someone trying to tell me something? Anyway yesterday L and myself went to lunch with PG. She used to work here. Boy she is looking good, happy as a clam except for the skin she left on the softball field...ouch, anyway it was good to see her again. Hopefully tommorrow I will be going to the place I mentioned earlier today... see I didn't spoil anything! If any of you reading this has a suggestion about this page well you can just shove it up your... wait a minute, try sending it here. sam@samuland.com I can smell the evening coming on ... I've been coding like madman all day today and ready for the drive home! i.am.hungry and i.am.sam

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