Email Addresses

Hey guys can you send me a email to the below email address from the email which you would check the most regularly. If I talk to you on a regular basis through email do not worry about, but if not please do. I tried to pull most of yours off of facebook, but I don't know if that is up to date or not. Apparently my contacts list is not up to date on my email.

Thanks,

Nick to the D

njd4877@hotmail.com

(Hint: This is in regards to debauchery)

[L] Portal 2 DLC announced... best part?

... it's free :).

I need to get my butt in gear and pick it up.

Acer Aspire Timeline X 4820T-6645 + Arch Linux

Our old laptop (Dell 600M) is showing it's age (for example the backspace key barely works). So I picked up an Acer Aspire Timeline X on Amazon for a little over $600. I am amazed at what you can get in a laptop nowadays. From a single-core 1.6 GHz processor to an i3? Pinch me.

Well it came in today and the first order of business is to wipe Windows 7 Home off the hard-drive and put Linux on it.

A couple guys at work really talked up Arch Linux as a stripped down DIY distro. (This is what I am running on my MythTV backend already but not a full-desktop install).

I am currently elbow deep in installation, updates to follow...

EDIT1 ======

So definitely more hands-on than an ubuntu install. My first cut left me rebooting into a system without wireless. Mulligan

EDIT2 ======

Downloaded broadcom driver from manufacturer website, transfer by usb drive to laptop, built and installed. Can now ping google (you're welcome google).

EDIT3 ======

Just upgraded to the bleeding edge `pacman -Syu`... rolling release model sure beats ubuntu

EDIT4 ======

Time to choose a desktop environment. i don't know what it is but the more processing power i get, the less software bloat i want to run. leaning towards xfce...

[L] Depressing.

You political minds on the blog have an opinion on this?

Adlib

Well since Amanda did not finish her draft I think she meant to make it like a adlib for all of us to take a guess. So here it is continuing upon Amanda's previous message...

"I have decided to move to LA and attempt to be a celebrity trainer or be a trainer on biggest loser"....

Happy Easter

Hope your baskets were as enjoyable as mine.

Happy Easter everyone.

Skype rox

I had the bright idea this afternoon to try and dust off my xbox 360 vision camera and get it working in Ubuntu (so the little one can skype his grandparents).

Well it took probably half an hour of googling and another half an hour of updating drivers but i have been able to skype my mom on her laptop and my brother on his iphone.

Anyone else on skype? if so send me your username...

Windfalls

As I was driving in to work today I had a weird thought... I wondered what I would do if somehow or another I came into a windfall of $100,000. What would I do with it? It's a great chunk of change (of course), but it's not (F-you, F-you, F-you, You're cool, F-you I'm out kind of change). I still haven't determined what my coarse course of action would be, but I thought I would open it up to the blog since we have a good mix of professions and personalities on here...

So what say ye, what to do with a $100,000 windfall?

Congrats Logan!

Heard the good news yesterday. Congratulations! Also, I moved to Clearwater this weekend - expect a housewarming (apartmentwarming?) party invite whenever it is that we get situated... so, maybe Christmas. :)

Nick in real life...

You HAVE to get one!

Greg Biffle is Gay

J do you think you can remove that thread or whatever it is, for some reason when you search some of our names that and only that pops up. Not sure if deleting that will cause another instance to appear or not.

Nick to the abc

[L] Yet another reason to hate France

I brought this up when this law was first passed. It blows my mind that the French think this is okay. Can you imagine a $200 fine just because of what you're wearing? Maybe if I was wearing a T-Shirt of a woman doing a donkey show while walking through an elementary school. The French make me sick.

Fasoli Day

Happy Birthday Adam and Drew. Today I am trying to recognize you each individually instead of lumping you under one name Fasoli Brothers since you are both special in our hearts. Have a good day gents.

Happy Birthday Nick D

NJD >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> everyone else (for today, anyway)

BAS

How is BAS (Braden Alexander Sammy) doing? Are you guys able to get some sleep or have you started downing 5 hr energy shots??

NJD > BAS > RJZ

Little Mexicans that Live in Pyramids

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