Code whore

Yes that's right. I am currently working on an interface in VB and C++ and so, my life sinks a little lower into hell...



- Gyr

Post

So Tech beat UVA! And Turkey Day is over, so I am back at work.

what? Did you expect more? Too bad, I am not in the mood.

- Gyr

Shopping in the Rain

Why must you torment me so?

- Gyr

Saturday Post and a Birthday Party

w00t time for a party!!!!!! Going to a friends b-day cellebration. Should be lots of fun, if not...well, too bad then.

- Gyr

w00t

So yeah we beat Maryland last night 55-6

I think we all know who is going to be the victor in the UVA vs VT game.

- Gyr

Solitaire High Score

My highest score ever.



Sorry for the white squares but this is on my work computer and some things cannot be seen by normal people.

- Gyr

Pac-Man

I want to play.



- Gyr

Go Dell

Linkage

- Gyr

Craftsman

So in case you didn't know, Sears and Kmart are in the process of an $11 Billion merger, this is pretty good for a company that filed for bankruptcy a few years back. The new company will be called Sears Holdings.

In other news, anyone with $8,000 lying around can get me one of these.

- Gyr

Wrist Band

::FLAME ON::

So I go to the store yesterday and almost everyone I see is wearing one of those little wrist bands from Lance Armstrong to support the fight against cancer. Thats cool, good for them. I have lost family too, let me ask someone where they got it and why they wear it. Being myself I find some unsuspecting kid and ask "where did you get the yellow thingy" and he turns and replies "My mom got it for me, all the kids are wearing them. They even have other colors"

WHAT THE FUCK

So a little research is in order, I realize that they have these things for all kinds of reasons. Disease, Hunger, Cancer, etc etc etc. But it kills me that they are wearing them not for the cause, but rather so that they can be "cool". A search on eBay will turn up all sorts and they range in price from 1.00 (not so popular) to more than 20.00 (the yellow ones) and does any of this money go back to the fund? NO! It lines the pockets of the prick who is selling it, btw these things sell for a dollar from the charities they are supposed to support. After a little more reseach and asking more kids some questions...

I discover, there is a right and wrong way to wear them. Who came up with this shit, and didn't these things only just start selling a little while ago? Seriously, if you are going to wear them then wear them for the RIGHT reason, not because they are the in thing.


::/FLAME::

- Gyr

GeForce 6800GT Fiasco

So I went out and got a new card to replace the burned out one from yesterday. Wow this card kicks ass.

So I played some Sims 2 with it and it rocks, lifelike details, facial expresions, did I mention they have fingers that MOVE. OMG how cool is this. So then it was on to my most anticipated title, Doom 3. And yes it rocks, and yes it is scarry when the lights go out and all you have is a little flashlight between you and that flesheating monster in the dark corner that you can just pick out his movements from the muzzle flash as you unload 3 clips at him and he is still coming. Oh shit what a game indeed, if you play this game make sure you have surround sound, and play in the dark.

- Gyr

Video Cards

So I purchased a new BFG GeForce 6800GT graphics card yesterday, in the hopes of playing Half Life 2 today. But no such luck, I got the card installed and all I see is complete crap. So tonight we return the card, and who knows when they will have more in stock. Upon closer inspection at work, it appears to be an issue in the slot interface, most likely due to the bent mounting bracket. This is what i get for trying to buy the openbox special. The bastard that had it furst probably got pissed at it and threw it out the damn window or something.

- Gyr

Wavy

Do the wave...try to get everyone in the office to do it too...



- Gyr

Windows XP Security

Always good to know just what it takes to secure a computer these days. Of course the only truly secure system is one that is never turned on.

- Gyr

BCS rankings and Monday

So the latest BCS rank is out. UVA - 11, Tech - 18. And as we all should know the BCS is what decides a bowl game. Oh I so hope we win at Thanksgiving. Not much goings on as it is only Monday morning, but I do have a meeting. Icky, I really do wish I could avoid going to them. Maybe they will ship me back down to North Carolina again, but probably not this week.

- Gyr

More Smak talk and a little about Sunday

Mwahahaha, so continuing with an earlier post, Miami beat UVA 31-21. I hear they put up a good fight but they did get beat. This weak the Cavs play Georgia Tech although the loss causes them to slip to 18, under VT at 15 although we have yet to play Maryland (on Thursday).

Sunday was cool, I went to the art gallery in Richmond and had quite a bit of fun until i was dragged out by my companions at closing time. I mean come on, there was bed a I could have stayed overnight. It was a modern art bed so it might not have been very comfortable but there was also that victorian era sofa.... Oh well, thats the way it goes.

- Gyr

Its the Saturday Post

Damnit, the computer crashed and I lost my post. Anyway, Friday I went out with friends in the evening for dinner and a few Long Island Iced Teas, while out I met my friends latest guy, maybe this one will be a keeper, I am taking bets on his longevity. Saturday is a bit of a blur, I know I went to lunch but beyond that things are rather fuzzy, don't know why. Maybe it was the Huricanes.

- Gyr

Shit hits the Fan

So EA is now in some troubled waters, if this post is correct. To push things along a class action law suit has been formed to try and wage war against the giant, who published Sims 2. Now I myself love Sims 2 and a few other choice EA games. But I so hope they burn for this one.

- Gyr

AOL gone???

According to this article AOL is kicking its broadband customers out. Could this be the start of something bigger? Maybe I had better look for a new IM service.

- Gyr

UPS Truck

So the UPS guy is stalking me, I am serious. Everyday, no mater what time I leave work, he is always pulling out in front of me from a side road on my way home. Very Sketchy.

- Gyr

Arafat and Halo 2

Today Arafat passed away in Paris due to an unknown illness, now the world should turn its eye to Israel and see what is going to happen next.

The giant of computers, Microsquishy has released that Halo 2 generated 125 million dollars in US sales in the first 24 hours of release, this is the largest sum of money ever for a single product in the entertainment industry. But that's not a hard number to reach if you ask me, movie tickets cost at most 10 bucks and Halo 2 costs 50 bucks. I mean who could not have seen this coming. I have seen the game, and it is nothing more than a slight upgrade over the original, still no reason to waste my money on an Xbox.

As a note, there are more a lot more PlayStations in the world than Xbox, just goes to show that when you only have only one good game, makes it kind of hard to sell a console.

- Gyr

Turkey in a Bottle

So Jones, the company that makes all those strange tasting sodas is at it again. They have a few holiday flavors for you to pick up and try. I will be staying away from them, thank you very much.

- Gyr

Visuals

So if you haven't noticed, I added faces to the posts. Now I can assault you both verbally and visually.

- Gyr

Joke and more twisted lawyers

Two goldfish were in their tank. One turns to the other and says, "You man the guns, I'll drive."



Anyway a kid in China is suing his mom for not buying him a computer when he got good grades. All I ever got was a little cash...

- Gyr

B_Update

So I enabled comments, I don't know why exactly. Maybe to fuel my strange desire for feedback from people who randomly stumble across this creation of my alternate persona. Cause I know the people I tell about the blog will just flame me over the phone for it.

- Gyr

WTF

What in the hell is wrong with this country.

- Gyr

Harry Potter

Ok for those of you who don't read the books, go read them. I was unwilling to read such a hyped up book simply because I thought it was all media and no plot, I mean it is a childrens book. But I read the first book in a college english class and have since read all the other books out until now, it is actually a pretty good series, and if nothing else read the first chapter of book 1 in a book store (only 17 pages) and see what you think.

If you are already a reader of the series then let me offer a bit of advice, go read the books to a child. I am reading book one to my cousin, who has this phobia about reading but is begging me to continue now. There is nothing more enjoyable then to see a childs face light up as his imagination paints a picture of the scene in his/her mind.

So go read a book, and turn off the stupid television.

- Gyr

Inside Joke

Ok fair warning to all those who don't understand this, (I belive that is everyone but one or two people) you have been warned.

Let the smack talk begin...mwahahaha

Bumblebee: Can't wait for UVA to beat Tech over Thanksgiving.

Guess we will have to wait and see how the game against Maryland goes on the 18th huh?

- Gyr

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- Gyr

Monday Sports, and the Athlon 64

For those of you who don't know, I am a Hokie Fan and we beat North Carolina 27 to 24 and are now ranked 16th in the Coaches poll and 20 in the BCS. However, UVA the number 1 rival to VT beat Maryland over the weekend to move into the number 11 spot with a BCS ranking of 14. The Hokies play Maryland Nov 18th with UVA playing Miami this week. As for basketball, it is not my specialty and so I stay well clear of the sport instead of sounding like an idiot.

Now onto the really fun stuff. I love computers, they are the most interesting of all my hobbies, unless you count cow tipping, and now dual video cards are available for the Athlon 64 system.

Gotta love that good news.

- Gyr

Sunday with the EVIL Shed

So today, just like yesterday (funny how my weekends are so boring) I worked on my uncle's shed. Again. But we have the tar paper on the roof now, and as usual no day in life of Gyr would be complete without something happening. So as if the gods did not hate me enough I had a door fall on me, just before we finished for the day. If you were wondering, the day started at 7am and ended at 5:30pm. Stupid door, I just knew we should have screwed into the wall. I guess that's what I get for building a 270 foot zipline from the chimney to the top of the shed. And now, for something completely different... Gadzooks! Heh, always wanted to use that in a sentence.

- Gyr

Saturday and the Shed

So I started working on my uncle's shed around 7am this morning and did not finish for the day until 5:30 pm. We only stopped because we ran out of sunlight, the shed stands 14 feet tall with a fist floor height of 8 feet and a second floor loft that is 6 feet high. We finished the sheathing for the roof today and tomorrow begin work on the shingles. I am so sleepy from working all day...

- Gyr

It's Friday...

So thanks to the bastards down the hall I have Liquid Crystal Polymer all over my hands. They are installing a cubicle farm and someone droped something or another and scared the crap out of me. If you are an optimist (damn you all) then you can take my boss' observations to heart. My fingers are now cut resistant, flame retardant, and can still move. Down side, I have a nearly indistructible polymer on my hand! We called the manufacturer, it will come off in a few hours after my fingers sweat a little, and so far no luck at cutting it off. The exacto knife doesn't even scratch the stuff, and I never did feel the torch either. To anyone wondering why in the hell I have this stuff, blame my boss, cause that's all I can tell you. And to anyone wondering why I tried to use a torch, well, you just don't know me that well.

- Gyr

Down with the monkey

So Dell is getting sued and the BitTorrent comunity has finally shown up on the hit list.

And while I am here, an update to the 8-bit comunity, Grand Theftendo has arrived. Anyone have a ROM burner I can use?

- Gyr

Zelda...in China?!?

Ok so not really but who really cares? The people in China do have some pretty cool stuff though, besides of course the massive population thing and the only one kid rule. Don't believe me, check it out.

Zelda, now that brings back some memories... mmm, 8-bit gaming ::pulls out the NES::

Ok enough of that, anymore and I would give away how much of a geek I really am. Although I am making a blog, and I do own the website, bah never mind. For those of you who do not read online comics, shame on you, if you do read comics and play Zelda you have to read this one.

And if you have never attacked the chickens in Zelda you are way to involved in video games and need to get out of the house. If you have no idea what I am talking about go buy a N64 get Zelda: Ornica of Time and run over to Hyrule and attack some chickens. Just watch out for the supper chickens.

- Gyr

Ghost in the Shell 2

Wow what an awesome movie, I drove all the way to Maryland just to watch it.

Sat in the theater all alone, and trully enjoyed the movie, and just to let anyone know who has not seen it yet...it has subtitles.

Great continuity between the two movies, all the way down to the little details. But no spoilers for the slackers who have not seen it yet.

- Gyr

Contact...

So today is the first day of the rest of my life....

Well Duh!

Anyway, I have no idea what I plan on rambling about in this thing I have created, nor am I entirely sure why I have decided to allow you into my life in the first place. So be happy or I will ban your IP from the server

The RIAA has decided to be a bastard and not allow the free download of movies anymore, shame on you people for spoiling it for the rest of us. I for one do not like paying almost $8.00 for a movie ticket.

- Gyr