I just went to install the Windows 7 upgrade on my Vista Home Premium laptop and the program tells me I need to do a clean install, not an upgrade.  I'll have the same problem with the PC too.

What a waste.

Current Mood: angry

Due to unemployment, tight finances and lack of a room or room space I think that I will not be attending.
It's a shame as it's my "local" con and I was looking forward to a lot of fursuiting and a skit for the variety show.

Have fun folks!

At this time MFF looks VERY shaky also.

*sigh*

I helped my brother move out of the house he has been renting and back home to my folks place.
We reserved  a 17 foot U-Haul Cargo Box Van.

They gave me this instead. 



It's a little bigger than what I'm used to driving (the blue VW Passat Variant parked in front of it).  It's a 26 foot cargo box, the largest they rent.  I did fine until I turned the corner into the street at the house.  I didn't swing wide enough and scraped the stone pillar on the corner. That set of scratches at the bottom of the orange stripe from the rear wheels back was the result.  Yes I had their insurance, so I just had to pay $40 deductible.

The pillar is at the right of this picture.  It's about seven foot tall.  The Truck is 12 foot tall (and about 8 ft. wide).



All in all it was an "Adventure in Moving".

Current Mood: exhausted

Three days of work this past week and it's now over.

They could not extend the furlough.  They are putting four more people on furlough with the possibility of six more in the near future.

So I'm now officially out of work.

I'm glad it's settled, but I'm not exactly sure what I want to do now.
I'm 55 and have 32 years of architectural work behind me doing everything from ATM installations in bank drive up booths to a terminal at LGA and JFK Terminal 8.  I've worked on banks, a prison in DC, corporate offices, computer rooms (remember those?); I've laid out aircraft parking for San Bernardino and done studies at SFO. I like the airport work, but there isn't much out there.

I'm tempted to just give it all up and do something "safe" like Best Buy or Radio Shack but I don't know if it would satisfy me.

I guess I'll just have to think about it for a while ...

Home from upstate.  Left about 12:15, home before 2:45.
142 miles, average speed 60mph, average mpg: 29

It was a NICE drive!

Current Mood: happy

You can acually run (and play) World of Warcraft on an ASUS Eee PC 1000H


Second Life works too - somewhat jerky though.

Current Mood: geeky

Not pretty this time.

Valve Cover gasket and Cam Tensioner were leaking oil, about 2 Quarts in 5000 miles.  I had them fixed as I know I'd forget at some time to check for low oil.  $419.37 (65.87 Parts, 353.50 Labor)

Air Conditioner not working.  Unfortunately this too could not be put off as I drive my elderly parents around (Dad will be 90 on Friday the 7th, Mum will be 88 on Saturday the 8th)  $268.58 (117.08 Parts, 151.50 Labor)

Oil Change - $74.95 (Parts 49.10, Labor 25.85)

Total: Parts $232.05, Labor $530.85, Sales tax $65.80 = $828.70

Current Mood: drained

Ursus Californicus passed away on July 30th.

He will be missed.

http://ursuscal.livejournal.com/

Current Mood: depressed

I tamed a new pet for my Night Elf Hunter Ghorge.
Yep, he runs in Stealth Mode.

Well wonder no more!!!
 
It is a known fact that the penguin is a very ritualistic bird which
lives an extremely ordered and complex life.
 
The penguin is very committed to its family and will mate for life, as
well as maintaining a form of compassionate contact with its offspring
throughout its life.
 
If a penguin is found dead on the ice surface, other members of the
family and social circle have been known to dig holes in  the ice, using
their vestigial wings and beaks, until the hole is deep enough for the
dead bird to be rolled into and buried.
 
The male penguins then gather in a circle around the fresh grave and sing:
 
      "Freeze A Jolly Good Fellow."
 
........... Then they kick 'im in the ice hole ............

Current Mood: amused

My horde team is currently as follows:

Boef - Druid - Leather work, Skinning
Briskit - Warrior - Tailor, Enchanter
Rhalf - Rogue - Mining, Blacksmith
Sunaru - Rogue - Alchemy, Inscription
Teebone - Hunter - Skinning, ?????

What should I do for Teebone?  His skinning is good, but I would retrain if needed.
Sunaru could be re-trained, he's low level.

Boef and Briskit are both fairly high level, although Briskit's Enchanting is low enough to change.

I'm trying for complementary skills where I can and an overall group that can support each other.

Current Mood: curious

Yeah.  I have been laid off.  Supposedly it's temporary.
If there's work I'll be called back.  If it lasts until September 12th, it's over.

The question is - do I really want to continue with Architecture?
I'm not sure what else I could do though.

I can apply for unemployment, so I'll have some money trickling in.

This probably will kill both MFM and MFF for this year.

*SIGH*

Current Mood: frustrated

GOD TEXTS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
BY JAMIE QUATRO
 
- - - -
1. no1 b4 me. srsly.
 
2. dnt wrshp pix/idols
 
3. no omg's
 
4. no wrk on w/end (sat 4 now; sun l8r)
 
5. pos ok - ur m&d r cool
 
6. dnt kill ppl
 
7. :-X only w/ m8
 
8. dnt steal
 
9. dnt lie re: bf
 
10. dnt ogle ur bf's m8. or ox. or dnkey. myob.
 
M, pls rite on tabs & giv 2 ppl.
 
ttyl, JHWH.
 
ps. wwjd?

Current Mood: amused

I have been waiting for the new game FUEL by Codemasters for the PS3.  It came out today.

I loaded it up and started playing.  There's definitely something wrong.  It's running in S..L..O..W....M..O..T..I..O..N..!

The speedometer says 75mph, the car acts and looks like 15mph.  Otherwise the graphics are very nice and with 5000 square miles of area to explore, it should be fun - if they can fix it.

For now it's back to Burnout Paradise.  Hope to run into you there!

PS3 screen name Smrgol_Kirin.

Current Mood: frustrated

RCFM was a blast.  I had a great weekend.

The trip home was a different story ...

It was a cascade effect due to the late arrival of equipment in Huntsville.  The flight left at 8PM instead of 6:30 so we got into Atlanta at about 9:45 - a half hour after my NY flight to JFK had left.  It took until about 11:00 for Delta to sort things out and get me on a flight, set me up in a hotel room and issue meal vouchers.  I had vegetable soup in a sourdough bread bowl for dinner and headed for the hotel.  I was in bed around midnight (when I should have arrived at JFK NY) with a 3:30AM wake up call to get to the airport in time for my 6AM flight to LaGuardia which arrived on time at 8:15AM.  However my checked baggage arrived at JFK at 10:15.  Delta did supply a car to get me from LGA to JFK and I finally arrived home at about 11:30AM, about 11 hours later than planned.  The additional parking fees amounted to around $30.00.

So now it's unpack, shower, do laundry and then rest.

Thanks to </a></a>brace_bear for keeping me company (he was on the same flight out of HSV).

Current Mood: drained

Thursday, May 21, 2009
Delta Air Lines # 6673
Operated by: Comair, Inc - Please check in with the operating carrier

New York John F Kennedy Intl (JFK) to Washington Ronald Reagan National (DCA)
Departure: (JFK): May 21, 12:45 PM EDT (afternoon)
Arrival: (DCA): May 21, 2:17 PM EDT (afternoon)
Class: Economy

Thursday, May 21, 2009
Delta Air Lines # 6451
Operated by: Comair, Inc - Please check in with the operating carrier

Washington Ronald Reagan National (DCA) to Huntsville Int'l (HSV)
Departure: (DCA): May 21, 3:55 PM EDT (afternoon)
Arrival: (HSV): May 21, 4:56 PM CDT (afternoon)
Class: Economy

------------------------------

Monday, May 25, 2009
Delta Air Lines # 5123
Operated by: Atlantic Southeast - Please check in with the operating carrier

Huntsville Int'l (HSV) to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson ATL (ATL)
Departure: (HSV): May 25, 6:25 PM CDT (evening)
Arrival: (ATL): May 25, 8:30 PM EDT (evening)
Class: Economy

Monday, May 25, 2009
Delta Air Lines # 242

Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson ATL (ATL) to New York John F Kennedy Intl (JFK)
Departure: (ATL): May 25, 9:15 PM EDT (evening)
Arrival: (JFK): May 25, 11:35 PM EDT (evening)
Class: Economy

I have talked to LK and the Cape May Furmeet is a go for the weekend of May 15th, the weekend before Memorial Day.

The good news is that the railroad is up, the cars are in good shape and ready to go.
The bad news is that there are 300 freight cars in storage that are blocking the line to Cape May, so no train this year.

The schedule will be the same, Saturday morning at the zoo, then into Cape May for the afternoon and dinner.  Hang out on Saturday evening.
Sunday on the Wildwood Boardwalk.

I hope y'all can make it!

Just an oil change this time - total for Oil, Filter, Washer, wiper fluid top off (forgot to ask them NOT to do it) tax, etc. 90.88

The good news - Fridays off! 3 Day Weekends!

The Bad - 4 days pay.

Due to lack of work in our office for the short term, I've had my hours cut back from 40 to 32 per week.
The next few months are going to hurt and I'm going to have to cut WAY back on expenses.

I've commited to the DooDah Parade and to RCFM. After that, I have no idea what I will be able to do.

At least I still have a job ...

*sigh*

Current Mood: annoyed

Some of the Rocket City Furmeet staff got to stay at the new hotel this weekend.

They got to try both the Breakfast Buffet and the Manager's Reception, both included with the rooms.
They say that even the new Second Life model and the posted photos do not do justice to the actual hotel.
I think we will have a great time with the new outdoor plaza and fountain.

It should be a fun weekend. Especally with the "Old West" theme.


Care to join us? www.rcfm.net

I have an older game - Fur Fighters by acclaim - that wants to see the CD in the drive to run.
It runs fine with the CD (or a copy) in the drive.

I'd like to run it on my mini laptop (Asus Eee PC 1000H, Windows XP, no CD drive).

There was a "no disk" patch for the program published once, but I have never gotten it to work for me. It still asks for the physical disk.
(The problem may be as simple as the program looking for the CD drive only with a specific letter rather than finding it)


What I'd like to know is how to set up a virtual CD drive on an SD memory card (or a thumb drive) and a virtual copy of the CD that the game will accept.

As this is a "first time" for me doing this, I'd need a walkthrough and links to programs or steps rather than just an overview.

Somehow during a tech session on Tuesday night the tech and I managed to screw up my notebook's wired LAN settings to my Linksys router. At this time I can not get an IP address on the eathernet port nor will the automatic repair function work. The LED to to the left of the jack is green and steady. The one to the right is either off or blinking orange.

The autoconfig IPv4 address is not related to my network.

If I connect it to another router, it works fine. Another computer connected to the LinkSys router works fine.

Does anyone know how to delete and remake the LAN connection?

I'd prefer not to set up a static address (it will work if I do so) as I use this computer in other places.

Oh yeah, this is Vista 64 bit.

Current Mood: annoyed

You will be missed, my friend.

Current Mood: crushed

This is a cut and paste from a group I belong to. You will have to do this for EACH BROWSER on EACH COMPUTER you use. It is not necessary to do it for each user.

Please share the information.

---------------------------------

If you belong to ANY Yahoo Groups - be aware that Yahoo is now using "Web Beacons" to track every Yahoo Group user.

It's similar to cookies, but allows Yahoo to record every website and every group you visit, even When you're not connected to Yahoo.

Cut and paste the following into your browser in order to look at their
updated privacy statement at:


http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/details.html


About half-way down the page, in the section on *cookies*,

you will see a link that says *WEB BEACONS*. Click on the phrase "Web

Beacons." On the page that opens, on the left find a box entitled

"Opt-Out." In that Section find "opt-out of interest-matched advertising" link

that will let you "opt-out" of their snooping. Click it and then click

the opt-out button on the next page. Note that Yahoo's invasion of your

privacy - and your ability to opt-out of it - is not user-specific. It

is MACHINE specific. That means you will have to opt-out on every

computer (and Browser) you use.

Current Mood: annoyed

- Heat Shield Recall work
- Fixed faulty Cruise Control < Requested repair
- Replaced worn engine mounts (all three) < Found during inspection
- Oil change with filter

Parts: $337.40; Labor $369.80; Sales Tax $61.00 = Total $768.20
These prices are after a 15% discount coupon was applied. Original total was about $930.00

Car rental for 2 days: $90.88 + $6.00 for gas. (Toyota mini-van at economy car rate plus a break on gas - Thanks Enterprise!)

Total outlay: $ 865.08, and they washed the car. (but now it's raining)

http://www.wimp.com/amazingkid/

PSN User Names: Smrgol_Kirin, DavidMcC

World of Warcraft

Silvermoon:
Horde:
Boef - Tauren - Druid - L32
Teebone - Tauren - Hunter - L19
Briskit - Tauren - Warrior - L22
Sunaru - Blood Elfe Rogue - L8

Alliance:
Dayfid - Night Elf - Druid - L17
Ghorge - Night Elf - Hunter - L37
Alapmi - Dranai - Mage - L23
KCJones - Dwarf Rogue - Engineer - L13
Eyegor - Human - Paladin - L15

Bloodhoof:
Horde:
Borgenion - Tauren - Hunter - L4

Wisperwind:
Horde:
Bourguignon - Tauren - Shaman - L11

Do you have a Playstation Network acccount or play World of Warcraft?
I'd like to know the details.

Current Mood: curious

My PC has gotten worse. It now reboots even before Windows gets going, even in safe mode.

I've tried booting from the CD, but even that fails before things get to a point that I can get running.

Replacing memory is not an option at this point. My PC has an ASUS P4T533-C motherboard and uses DDR SDRAM PC-3200 400Mhz chips.
Last time I looked at these they were $200+ for a gig of memory. I'm not going to shell out that kind of money unless I know for SURE that that will solve the problem.
Of course I'd need two gigs, so that's $400 or better right there. The processor is a P4 3.06GHz. It has a Radeon 9800 series graphics card ands a Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 audio system.
It has two DVD RW drives, one a dual layer.

Is it even worth fixing? I can get a new Gateway FX PC at Best Buy for about $1200 with a good payment plan (18mo, interest free) but I'm still paying off the laptop.
http://www.gateway.com/programs/fxseries/

Eventually I'll have to get a USB interface for the hard drives so that I can get the data off them. *sigh*
I wonder if I can get an external drive case for the DVD drive too.

For now I'm living with the laptop,Gateway P-6860FX with an Intel Core2 Duo T5550 at 1.83 GHz. and 4 Gb of RAM. It'll run 2nd Life and WoW so it'll do.


Maybe I don't need the PC at all ... Just a good Hi-Def large monitor.

Current Mood: annoyed

http://www.emailthis.clickability.com/et/emailThis?clickMap=viewThis&etMailToID=1090787641


Or the tiny url


http://tinyurl.com/8h9erl

Current Mood: amused

The beast ran fine in Safe mode last night for several hours.

Tonight I've run MSConfig and disabled all of the programs listed.

I'm restarting them in small groups - maybe this will find the rogue program that's causing the problem.

I'm glad I have the laptop to work from for everyday stuff.

Today I replaced the power supply in my PC. This was to (hopefully) stop the 5 minute reboot cycle problem that I reported earlier.

This did not work.

I am currently running an MS Windows Memory Diagnostic off a floppy disc in advanced mode. One pass with no errors so far.

I've updated XP and the original install disc now balks saying that the OS on the machine is newer than it is so it doesn't want to repair stuff.

Are there any downloadable XP operating system diagnostics or fixers out there?

Current Mood: annoyed

It's Louve's Whelpday!!!!


Happy Whelpday Louve'!!!!


I'd call ya if I could.

* HUGS! *

My Computer has decided that a complete restart every ten minutes or so is a very good idea.

I'm running XP Pro and the beast is a P4 3.06GHz with 1.5GB RAM (I thought I had 2GB ... hmmm...)

Any ideas on whether it could be hardware or software related?

OK, this:




is an e-Flight Blade mCX RC helicopter.

I'd like to repaint the body into a stylized "fox head" design. I have a nice copper red for the upper body which will blend into white for the bottom.

What I need help with is reworking the black window area to look like eyes. I can't get the shape quite right.
Any suggestions for the shape/size of the nose and mouth would be useful too.

Thanks!

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24566641-662,00.html

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ThSi1wbqU&feature=related

Current Mood: amused

I found my "old" PSP and stuff today.

Current Mood: annoyed

207,000 miles +/-

New Battery at Sears
3 year full replacement, pro-rated after that.

Lots of rain, so I had them put it in rather than getting one myself and swapping it in the parking lot at an Auto Parts Store.

My room mate for FurFright just cancelled due to a family obligation on that Saturday.

*sigh*