Bluedragon

Author: Gabe

  • Taxing your Tip

    We had a very good brunch at Coastal Kitchen, but because our party was 6 people, they automatically added in 18% tip. No biggy except they charged the tax after the tip.

  • For Sale

    PS2 Games:
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – Like new (never played, but opened)
    GT3 A-spec – used
    Devil May Cry – Like new (never played, but opened)
    Metal Gear Solid 2 – Unopened
    DragonBall Z Budokai – Used
    Robotech Battlecry – Used
    NBA Street Vol 2 – Used
    Capcom vs SNK 2 – Used
    Spy Hunter 2 – used
    Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – Used
    Grand Theft Auto:San Andreas – used
    Tiger Woods PDA Tour 2003 – Used
    Transformers (Atari 2004) – Used
    R-Type Final – Used
    SSX On Tour – Used
    SSX Tricky – Used
    DDRMax – Used
    DDRMax 2 – Used
    Time Crisis 2 (with gun) – Used
    Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance – Used
    Lord Of the Rings: The Two Towers – Used
    Lord of the Rings: The return of the king – New (unopened)

    PS2, model ?? with network adapter

    Dreamcast Console ($30 w/ original controller), with network adapter ($100), 4 controllers (1 original, 3 Astropad Performance), RCA cable, AC Adapter.

    Dreamcast games:
    Jet Grind Radio – New, unopened
    Soul Calibur – used
    Sonic Adventure – Used
    NFL Blitz 2000 – Used
    Virtua Tennis
    Web Browser CD

    Dreamcast Accessories: Memory card, Rumble pack.

    SNES Console, 2 controllers, RCA and S-Video adapter, AC power.

    SNES Games Approximate Value
    Killer Instinct
    The 7th Saga
    The Legend of Zelda: A link to the Past
    Super Metroid
    Super Return of the Jedi
    Radical Rex
    Toy Story
    Mortal Kombat 3
    Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island
    The Ren & Stimpy Show: Veediots
    Super Mario World
    Bubsy 2

  • Mac OS X

    So I have a MacBook Pro from work. I\’m a noob to OS X (though I\’ve used unix for some time, cmd line).
    I\’m sure that most of my hang-ups are related to the fact that I\’ve been using windows since 3.1, so my brain is used to think in a specific way.

    Someone suggested I read:
    http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/
    Nothing terribly useful (that I didn\’t already figure out by just looking). Really for super noobs.

    Gonna see how useful this is:
    http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/

    Obervations:
    1. Copy/Paste is very weird for me. I\’m very used to control+c, control+v, while on the mac its apple+c, apple+v. Very weird to change my habits.

  • Blackberry 8700c

    I\’m trying out a Blackberry 8700c for work. My first time using a Blackberry device/OS.
    Going to list some Pros/Cons and compare with my WM5 device (i-mate K-Jam).

    8700c   K-Jam
    Pro Con Comparison Pro Con
    x Dialing speed – When I push buttons, the bb dials. Not so on the KJam, which has serious lag. x
    x Alarm – the bb alarm options are very limited: daily alarm: on/off, time, snooze, active on weekend: yes/no. Where as the wm deive has 3 alarms, each with checkboxes for each day so you can pick and choose when you want each alarm to work. x
    x Navigation: Touchscreen really kicks ass. The wheel on the BB is pretty nice too, but selecting text is damn annoying. x

  • Helios

    1 APEVIA X-Pider ATXA2XPW-BL/420 Blue Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case 420W Power Supply – Retail
    1 PLEXTOR 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Beige SATA Model PX-716SA/SW – Retail
    2 HITACHI Deskstar 7K250 HDS722512VLSA80 (13G0253) 120GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive – OEM
    1 AMC 8 inches 4-Pin Power Cable Splitter Model Y Power Cable – OEM
    1 ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard – Retail
    1 Leadtek PX6600GT TDH GeForce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card – Retail
    1 mushkin Green 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model 991145 – Retail
    1 AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Winchester 2.0GHz Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3200BIBOX – Retail
    1 Verbatim DataLifePlus 4.7GB 8X DVD-R 50 Packs Disc – Retail
    1 Microsoft Windows XP HOME Edition with Service Pack 2 – OEM

  • Zeus

    Gateway 6400
    I added another CPU and it currently has 896MB of RAM.
    Two 40 GB IDE HD.
    GeForce2MX
    Live!Value
    CD-RW of some sort

  • Dying Hard Drive?

    What is this noise?
    clickingNoise.wav 177kb
    I hope the clicking (near the end) is not a sign of my hard drive dying.

    What is it with me and hard drives? Why do they die around me? What am I doing that causes them to keel over?

    My machine usually has WoW running … nearly 24/7. Usually at the login screen.

    Saturday, May 19th, I logged into WoW to play. After a few hours of play, I heard the clicking noise and my machine would pause for a few seconds, while clicking, and resume normally after the clicking.

    Then, one clicking session did not end for 3 or so minutes and I shut off the machine. I haven’t turned it back on yet.

  • It’s a girl!

    We’ll be having a girl: Julia Misura, in August.

    The ultrasound tech said it’s a girl.

    The doctor said it’s a girl.

  • Jawbone

    My latest Bluetooth headset Jawbone

    This one is pretty darn good, with new noise cancelling tech.
    My mom didn’t know I was driving my car (which is usually very obvious because my car makes a lot of noise at 60 mph).
    Unfortunately, I’m told that I sound metalic or robotic.

    It does a pretty good job of staying on ear. However, even with 4 different ear buds, none of them fit me “well”. Wearing the default/smallest one still causes my ear to hurt after 1+ hours.
    The over-the-ear part is spring loaded so it helps hold it in place, but it is contoured for right/left so you can’t easily swap ears. You have to swap clips.

    The button to answer is rather hard to push. The volume button is in a strange place, and it cycles through instead of having an up/down.

    Seems my phone has developed an annoying buzz when I answer. I don’t hear it, but the people who call me say “ouch” when I pick up because its rather loud.

    The charger uses a non-standard connection so it can’t be shared with other mini-usb devices.

  • Motorola H670

    This headset was ok, but shortly after putting it on my ear, it would shake loose.
    It would end up very far from my ear drum so I couldn’t hear very well.
    Returned this one.