Random Updates
Well, it's 4:30 in the morning, and I just came back from a small car accident down the block (yes, I was up when it happened). A car crashed into one of the supports for a balcony on a house near the beach. I took some pictures, so I guess I'll put them up soon. Nobody was in the car, so I'm assuming they got out in one piece (seeing as house everyone was put on standby before I even left the house).

Now, there's no real news to report, so I figured I'd fill up this space with the goings on of the past few days (mostly to appease those who have complained *cough*Casey and Mike*cough*). So here we are....

The biggest news, I guess, is that I made a collage of images of Jesse Lacey and his band, Brand New. No, it wasn't for me, but it is being proudly displayed on Alexa's Journal, as per the [28 Jun 2004|06:33pm] entry:

thanks gordon for making me the whole jesse/brand new collage...its bootiful. and thanks to cari for putting it on!

Since we're on the subject of blogs/journals, here are links to ones of people I know: Mike, A_Jelly_Doughnut, Casey, Mallory. Realize I am not responsible for the content on these blogs/journals... nor how often they update (*cough*Casey and Mike*cough*).

And, on a totally unrelated note, I did some more work on my website. I added a Site Map, which lists all the pages on the website, along with the date they were last updated. This will come in handy when that version of the site actually goes into public use July 1st (which I don't think it'll be fully complete by).

Now, speaking of July 1st, I talked to my dad about work one the way back from the car accident. Apparently, work starts at 9am on July 1st. I still don't know what I'll be doing, but that's when I'm starting. That's (technically) tomorrow, by the way.

So, there you have it. The past few days. Not a whole lot happened, and we were all bored. As usual. Now everyone go update so we all have something to read!

Time Now: 4:50 AM
Posted by Gordon P. Hemsley @ 6/30/2004 04:29:00 AM [ 2 comments ]

 
Nothing but Nothing, and Then Some
Let me start off by announcing release dates and unveilings and other miscellaneous stuff uninteresting to those that actually read this. July 1st is the date I plan to unveil and deploy version 3 of LTTP.net. The current status of it can be found here. Milestone 3, AKA version 0.0.3, of CMSform^E (it's been a long time since I typed it in its proper format like that...) is due to be released July 4th, which coincides with its first birthday (and the country's 228th). Then, we scramble quickly (redundant?) to update the styles and lang packs and DBALs to become ultra-accessible for our Milestone 4 release on August 9th. After that, we branch the CVS Repository with PHASE_1 so that we can continue development on HEAD for 0.1.x, which will include modules, while still allowing us to release bug fixes from the 0.0.x branch.

On a somewhat-related note, I still don't know what job I'll be starting on July 1st. Ah well. I believe I'm leaving July 28th for Colorado, then Canada, then Colorado again, coming back August 6th (only a few days before Milestone 4 of CMSform^E is due out).

Now that that's out of the way, let's get on with the main purpose of this post.... Well, actually, there are two of them, so let's start with the... uh... first one. For the first time in many weeks, Radio@AOL (I know, I'm sorry) played Maria Mena's "You're the Only One" (twice, in fact). The lyrics and the way this song is sung reminds me of Alexa, for some reason.... Check out the lyrics and let me know if I'm off base about that. You'll also benefit from actually hearing it sung, so maybe you should check out the short clip from Maria Mena's website. It should automatically begin playing when the Flash loads, so have your speakers ready.

On to the second order of business, some anonymous user made this comment to a totally unrelated article. (The removed comment underneath that was a repost of the first one... and I didn't realize deleting it would continue to announce that it once existed.) Now, I don't know who the poster is, but I did quickly determind that the "sidekick" is Steven Blumenfeld. After asking him if he posted the comment, this is how he replied:

Notnow27 (2:37:41 AM): nope
Notnow27 (2:37:49 AM): im just the sidekick
[...]
Notnow27 (2:38:06 AM): u leave 2 many clues
Notnow27 (2:38:11 AM): i didnt read it all lol sum1 else did

When asked who it was, he replied with:

Notnow27 (2:38:22 AM): cant say :-X

So, that's about as far as I know on that subject. We'll see how the "cliffhanger" is resolved later, I guess.

Now, thinking about this caused me to come up with the (possibly corny) idea of setting up a separate blog about things like this. Called the Long Beach Love Connection (again, corny, and open to alternative suggestions), it would contain accounts of people's successes, failures, experiences in this fragile area. This blogging software allows "teams" of posters, so anyone who would want to post would merely contact me to get their name added to the team, and then they would be able to post (theoretically) as many posts as they wanted for as long a time as deemed appropriate. Before I start up the blog, I'd like some feedback on the issue. If I get enough positive feedback, I'll start it up and we'll go from there.

That's about it for now, so, until next time....

Time Now: 1:39 AM
Posted by Gordon P. Hemsley @ 6/27/2004 01:08:00 AM [ 14 comments ]

 
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
I'm sorry, I couldn't help it. I needed to finish that off. It's just my nature, I guess.... Well, into the news.

While we essentially spent all day doing absolutely nothing, we sure had fun doing it. Let's start with the background information, since, apparently, all that stuff I posted last night was wrong. Turns out, Casey had these little surprises that he failed to tell me about (mainly that his sister and her friend were going to the mall in the car with us). This filled up two seats without me knowing, which then bumped out Nicole and Chelsea, making them take the bus (which, by the way, made them 45 minutes late). Though, that's mainly Case's fault, since he refused to take them.... But anyway.

After scrambling this morning to get everything set and ready, we had a couple of hours to kill. Kinda boring, but they got by. Picked me up at 12:20 PM, just as I expected. Billy and Erin weren't yet in the car, so we had to go pick them up.... They're like a married couple, I swear. But, after somehow getting through that car ride, it was time to go find Alexa—and see her for the first time in two years.

I didn't know what to expect when we walked into Sam Goody, but the four of us went in and looked around. Didn't see her at first, so we just browsed the music... until she apparently spotted us and came over. She wasn't as different as I was preparing myself for (as a possibility), though her hair was now straight (as opposed to extremely curly) and—as Casey pointed out to me later—a lot less "bouncy". She used to be very... well, I guess hyper is a good word to explain it.

It was good to see her again, but we couldn't go anywhere because we had two groups left to wait for. The second group came and we waited until 1:30. By that time, everyone was getting hungry and didn't want to wait anymore, so we went upstairs (twice) to get to the food court. During the time we spent circling the "restaurants" (only to get on line at the one near where we entered), we somehow lost Billy and Erin. I use that term loosely, though, because they left us. I mean, we were expecting that, but not really a half-hour into our meeting. (I can call it that, right?)

Anyway, strange happenings at the food court, but I don't gotta tell you everything.... After lunch, we went places.... I couldn't name them all for you, but we had fun at each and every one of them, even though none of us really did anything anywhere. We basically just walked around in circles... Yes, today was definitely a circle day.

Of course, all stupidity from today was not witnessed and will be forgotten... except, of course, Jimmy's. But you could write a whole entry on the quotes of Jimmy, so... moving along....

In every store we went to, (some)one of us dropped something on the floor... It was pretty funny. And we're not even going to mention a certain someone's illegal antics (Tim).

So, she's in town... er... state for another month, so we'll be having another get-together or two, probably here in town (OK, it's a city, but whatever). It'd be nice to back there again, though. So, I say, one in town and one more at the mall before she goes back to Florida. Sound good? Who am I asking? Anyway.... That's it for now. Maybe, when I get the pictures back (we took two), I'll post 'em here.

Time Now: 6:59 PM
Posted by Gordon P. Hemsley @ 6/24/2004 06:35:00 PM [ 2 comments ]

 
We're Off to See the Wizard
Ugh... I just finalized the schedules for the Alexa Reunion last night (after having to rewrite the e-mail because AOL crashed when I went to send it), and now we'll have to change things around because Tim "feels a lot better and is going". His words, different tense. So, as of last night, these are the setups. Tim's going only screws up going home, which could be handled at the mall.

The list of people attending has been finalized and I am sorry to say the following people cannot make it: Tim, Roger, Allie, and Mike. For those of us that are going, there are some things you need to know.

There will be two "caravans", if you will, picking up, and one dropping off. If the amount in attendance changes, these arrangements may change, as well.

Caravan 1 (Picking Up)
Casey
Gordon
Billy
Erin
Nicole
Chelsea

Caravan 2 (Picking Up)
Jimmy
Case

Caravan 3 (Dropping Off)
Gordon
Casey
Nicole
Chelsea
Jimmy[?]
Case[?]

Those that wish to attend who are not specified in the above three caravans must arrange for their own transportation. For picking up, Caravan 2 is very open.

Caravan 1 will be picking up its passengers at around 12:00 PM, and I suggest that Caravan 2 do the same. Please be ready. (Remember that the meeting is at 1:00 PM at Sam Goody.) If neither I nor Casey has your address, please contact us as soon as possible. Calls will be made before pickup begins.

One final thought: please forward this to all relevant parties who have not already received it.

Time Now: 8:57 AM
Posted by Gordon P. Hemsley @ 6/24/2004 08:48:00 AM [ 0 comments ]

 
Monday News
I'm sure I had a lot to say Monday night that I was just too lazy to post and have now forgotten, but here's the stuff on my mind right now....

Went to see the 6:30 PM showing of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Now, I haven't read the book in a while, but there didn't seem to be many serious differences from the book, except those that they cut for time and had to work around by slightly changing the plot.... Casey, you'll have to fill me in on what you were talking about... but not here—IM me.

[On a side note, Dierdre really did get a 790 on her Biology SAT IIs. I've known since Friday, but this talk of the movie reminded me.]

Also, in case anyone doesn't know and cares, the Alexa Reunion is this Thursday. Scheduled attendees include Alexa (duh), Casey, me, Tim, Billy, Nick, Jimmy(?), Roger, Chelsea, Nicole, Erin, Allie(?), and Mike Takhman. Oh yeah, and I think Alexa's bringing someone... that's the rumor, anyway. So, here's an excerpt from the e-mail (alright, it's really most of the e-mail...):

Just so everyone knows, the "Alexa Reunion", as it is referred to, is this Thursday, June 24, 2004. That's probably tomorrow at the time that you read this. It is at 1:00 PM at the Sam Goody of Roosevelt Field Mall (bottom floor, if I remember correctly).

If, for any reason, you cannot make it, there may be a second meeting. (I'm not making any promises at all; it's more of a nudge at the three of us....)

If there's anyone to whom this e-mail has not been sent that you feel should attend, feel free to forward it to them, or somehow pass its contents along to them.

Time Now: 2:59 AM
Posted by Gordon P. Hemsley @ 6/23/2004 02:50:00 AM [ 0 comments ]

 
Bubbles

Bubbles 
Posted by Gordon P. Hemsley @ 6/22/2004 12:17:00 AM

 
Fifth Sentence
I've stumbled across the following instructions a few times over the course of reading other people's blogs in boredom. So I've grabbed a bunch of computer books I've got around me and have decided to kill time by posting the results.

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the whole sentence in your journal along with these instructions

"Reference these manuals frequently to be sure you are aware of the rich collection of C features and that you are using these features correctly." —C: How to Program, Third Edition

"Don't worry, this lesson isn't all theory and description." —Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic^® 6 in 24 Hours

"Many other products by other companies were also released since then, but their share of today's market is minimal." —SQL Bible

"This SQL CREATE TABLE statement defines a new table to store the product's data:

CREATE TABLE PRODUCTS

     (MFR_ID CHAR(3),

  PRODUCT_ID CHAR(5),

 DESCRIPTION VARCHAR(20),

       PRICE MONEY,

 QTY_ON_HAND INTEGER)



Table created.

" —SQL: The Complete Reference, Second Edition

"For example, an automobile is associated with a serial number, a registered owner, and a manufacturer." —XML: Your visual blueprint for building expert Web pages


So, there you have it. Some very insightful quotes from respectable references by knowledgeable authors. Heh. (And, wouldn't you know it, one of these very books is due back to the library TODAY.)
Posted by Gordon P. Hemsley @ 6/21/2004 01:44:00 AM [ 1 comments ]

 
Weekend Update
Well, it's been two days since you've gotten an update. Now, the question is, an update on what? Excellent question... Wish I had the answer....

Let's see... the past two days, I guess I've been working on my Zelda website.... See my progress here. Mike made that wonderful banner... Thanks Mike!

Also, it appears I'm going on a cross-continent trip at the end of July, into August. First, we're (my sister and me) taking a flight to Denver, Colorado, while my grandparents drive there from Florida. Then, after a few days, the two of us head with our cousin and grandfather to Saskatchewan, Canada, for a family reunion. The fact that we know none of that family doesn't matter. After staying there for the weekend (Friday through Monday, I think), we head back to Denver (I think), stay a few more days, and then head back home to New York. At least, that's my impression of the trip. Things could change, things could be entirely different. Updates will be available on our website... I mean, here on the blog. Yeah.

So, for two days, that's about all I have to show. Except for one other thing. Lauren, I have a better answer to your question than "I haven't gotten that far yet": "It's very strange and doesn't follow suit at all." Oh yeah, and I hear your birthday is the same day as the barbecue/party, so happy birthday in advance.

Time Now: 11:39 PM
Posted by Gordon P. Hemsley @ 6/20/2004 11:30:00 PM [ 1 comments ]

 
Sitting for Profit
So... I promised another entry, so I didn't want to disappoint you. However, this may be disappointing.

In my haste to post a 4-hour-overdue entry, I forgot to mention that I had just made a good chunk of money for basically no work.... Remember that computer fixing I did? It consisted of running Windows Update, removing some adware and spyware via Ad-Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy, installing Firefox 0.9, running Disk Cleanup, and doing a defrag. That's it. I mostly just sat there and waited for it to be complete. And I got 50 bucks for it! (That's around $70 Canadian, for people like Mike. Of course, it's still in United States bills....) Anyway, that's a whole lot for sitting and waiting! OK, that's that with that....

What else did I want to mention...? I can't remember.... But I'm bored.... Um... must not have been important.... Oh well. Have a nice day.

Oh yeah, duh.... I shoulda looked at the link I put. I'm a little slow sometimes.... Anyway, Monk. Don't know what Monk is? Shame on you!

Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife, the devastated Monk became obsessive-compulsive. His psychological disorder has caused him to develop an abnormal fear of virtually everything: germs, heights, crowds... even milk. His condition eventually cost him his job, and continues to pose unique challenges in his daily life.

Anyway, the 3rd season kicked off tonight, and the episode wasn't that bad. The great thing is that they brought back the season 1 theme song, if only for a seg-way into the credits. When they brought in a new theme song for the 2nd season of Monk, many of the Monk fans (including me) flipped out. Where was our wonderful instrumental with the pretty-funny intro? What is this new song? Yeah, OK, it's Randy Newman... but it's not our theme song! Some people even started a petition to bring the original theme song back. (I didn't sign it, but still... Give me my song back!) This whole uproar was even a side-plot in one of the Monk episodes. At the end of the show, they even played the original theme song! It was great... Probably my favorite episode. So, back to today's show. Very nice episode. As the last scene of the show was ending, the old theme song began playing, as if it were background music. The song ended in a Friends-like manor, with the writers' (or whatever) credits on the screen. The credits then switched into normal credits (of cast and crew and whatnot) with the normal, Randy Newman theme. It's also nice to note that those credits got squished over to the side of the screen to make room for the coming attractions to next week's episode, with the sound being taken over, as well. For more information about Monk, check out the related link below.

Time Now: 1:16 AM
Posted by Gordon P. Hemsley @ 6/19/2004 12:48:00 AM [ 0 comments ] - Related Link

 
The Summer Starts Here

'Cause I am barely breathing
And I can't find the air
I don't know who I'm kidding
Imagining you care

And I could stand here waiting
A fool for another day
But I don't suppose it's worth the price
Worth the price, the price that I would pay
But I'm thinking it over anyway...

"Barely Breathing", Duncan Sheik

Ah... people.... You can't help but hate them. But on the other hand, sometimes you just can't help but love them. (Seeing as how I'm posting this fairly early, you can probably expect another one later.)

Ah... what a day today has been.... Started out like any other day... Very nice and normal. Take a test, collect some things, leave for the summer. Simple, right? But no. Of course not. We go in, sit down, start the test. Our proctor's a nice lady... I only know her as being one of the hall guards during our fourth period lunch, but a nice lady nonetheless. The only problem is, she has no idea what the f... uh, heck... she's doing. She's never seen a Regents before (I believe she said that herself), and apparently the directions are confusing. No worries, everything turns out fine. Then, maybe half-an-hour into the test, weeeee, power failure. Luckily, the school's smart and has a backup generator, which kicks in in a minute or two. (Can't say the same thing for my house, where I was boasting a 3-hours-and-counting uptime....) Again, no worries. Finish the test 10 minutes before 2:00 (when we can leave if we're done), so I sit and wait. Again, the day's still fine. Hand in the test, leave the room.

Now here's where it begins to go downhill. No one around that I'm looking for. Alright, so I go downstairs, do what I was gonna do by myself. Catch up with Takhman, head over to Palmer's to pick up a few projects. Casey and Tim walk in, collect their stuff. They've already been to Rose's, but that's alright, because they say they'll go back there with me when I go. Now, I'm checking the piles of papers, making sure I didn't miss anything, when Tim flips out on me for no reasons. The whole time, he's acting like he's on or from another planet.

[DISCLAIMER: While this post started off unhappy, I got interrupted, and now do not feel that way. The remaining part of the post will be in a different mood than the beginning.]

We collect all of our stuff, and go looking for people. Yadda yadda.... Van Dyke's proctoring; Rossi's proctoring. No one we were looking for was there. They went home after they decided they didn't want to come with me to Dr. Rose again (for them).

You-don't-know-who was there, but I didn't get any further than I've been for the past 4 months or more. There's still the whole summer (which started after the test was over), so I'm hoping for the best.

Time now: 8:45 PM
Posted by Gordon P. Hemsley @ 6/18/2004 04:23:00 PM [ 1 comments ]

 
Almost... There...
Woah! No article for yesterday? That's a shame! I'm sure you're all dying to read something new....

Anyway, not much went on yesterday. And, anything that did, I can't really remember... Though I do know that I woke up around 12 or so, so the day was quite short.

In about half an hour, I go to take the Biology Regents. Linked below is the archives (some seem to be missing right now...), so that you know what I'm taking. Shouldn't be that hard; hopefully I'll be out in the two hours... I don't really want to stay 3. Gonna be visiting and collecting grades and stuff.... And then, after that, IT'S SUMMER! That's right, no more school! Woo hoo! (Translation: W00T!)

Other than that, not much to report. More later, I'm sure.
Posted by Gordon P. Hemsley @ 6/18/2004 11:26:00 AM [ 0 comments ] - Related Link

 
One for Wednesday
Ah... what a day.... A boring day, that is. Pretty uneventful, really. This was largely due to the fact that I didn't have school, but still. It was boring.

[DISCLAIMER: Having stopped writing for hours after that first paragraph, I have no idea what I had wanted to say. The following paragraphs will not be as creative as originally intended.]

OK, so I got this employment application for the city today.... My dad told me to fill it out. Fine... It's got all these tax forms attached to it, but whatever.... There's only one problem: I don't have any idea what job I'm applying for! But apparantly I can start July 1st. I suppose I'll know by then....

Fast forward to a few hours ago. My mom comes home with the ice cream, like pretty much every night, and I get my milkshake. Usually they're excellent... but this time, something was up. So she goes back to the ice cream store, and this is after she's already taken off her shoes and is getting ready to eat her own ice cream, to get me a new one. I love my mom. Turns out, the mix used to make the soft ice cream was an emergency replacement of a different brand. It was very strange.... But I got a new shake, this time made out of hard ice cream. It was more chocolaty, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Well, like I said early, not much went on today. See you tomorrow.
Posted by Gordon P. Hemsley @ 6/16/2004 09:40:00 PM [ 1 comments ]

 
Two for Tuesday
Well, I've halved the post count for today, compared to yesterday. I guess I was just excited about having a blog, I don't know... (It's worth noting that the first came before I went to bed to end the day of Sunday, even if it was after 1:00 in the morning on Monday.)

Unfortunately, I'm not any less bored as I was this morning. The only difference is I've now taken my English and Health finals. English was so-so, with my having either not read or not remember much of the stuff on it. After the stupid English final, during which I was awarded the "Coloring Award" for having my Scantron bubbles filled in completely (yes, that's how stupid our English teacher is), I went with Casey to Van Dyke's office again. (Van Dyke being our Spanish teacher.) We learned our grades for the final (which I knew already), 4th quarter, and the entire year. It's kinda funny, but I don't remember what those latter two were, but I think they were both a 95. Which is bad, compared to the first three quarters. After the massive flood of people finding out their grades came and went, we hung around with Van Dyke for about a half hour. We were showing him stuff from eBaum's World, particularly The End of the World and The Many Uses of the F-Word.

I wound up being slightly late for my health final, but that didn't make a difference, because I finished with a half hour to 45 minutes remaining. I took advantage of that time and was able to finish my book, Story Time by Edward Bloor.

Had to fix a computer today... I had actually started doing it last Thursday, but the installation of SP1 for Windows XP took so long that I let it go and left. Today I installed the remainder of the Windows Update security fixes and whatnot, installed Firefox 0.9, disabled Internet Explorer, ran Disk Cleanup, and then left after the defrag started. Apparently it works alright, though I didn't want it to be used until I was able to do a final checkup.... Oh well.

On the crush/girlfriend/you-don't-know-who/call-it-what-you-will front, there's not much going on. But I will say this: we're having a family barbecue/party at the end of July, so BE AWARE.

Thank you and good night. That's all folks! Gordon Hemsley, signing off. Over and out.

[OK, that sounded like I was ending the blog.... Don't worry—I'll be back tomorrow.]
Posted by Gordon P. Hemsley @ 6/15/2004 10:56:00 PM [ 2 comments ]

 
A New Day

It's a new day, but it all feels old
It's a good life, that's what I'm told
But everything, it all just feels the same

"The Anthem", Good Charlotte

That seems to describe today, at least so far. Nothing going on at all, really.... Leaving in a half hour to go take my English and Health finals.

No new developments on any front... which begs the question: Why am I writing this? That's a great question, and if I had the answer, I'd actually have something to write about. Maybe it's like a boredom hangover.... But I don't know.

Oh, and the stuff on You-don't-know-who will have to wait until later. I know how you care soooo much.
Posted by Gordon P. Hemsley @ 6/15/2004 07:29:00 AM [ 0 comments ]

 
Mutual Boredom
What? You're here again? I am too? What is this?! It's a classic case of Monday Boredom. We both have it, and it's a very debilitating disorder. You're so bored, you have to find something to do, no matter how stupid it is—even if that means reading a blog about a 15-year-old computer whiz. Or, in my case, writing one.

Seeing as how I've got nothing better to do, I may as well fill in some missing details. Let's see....

CMSformE is a Content Management System written by me and a few other developers. Take a look, as you may eventually be able to use it on your site!

phpLiteAdmin is an administration interface to the text-based SQLite database system. We're creating it for a Zend/PHP contest. See here.

My Zelda site is located at http://www.lttp.net/. It's (one of?) the best games for the Super Nintendo. Everything else you need to know about it is explained there.

See also: PHP, W3C Standards

Takhman and Casey, there's not much important information you need to know about them if you don't already know it. It's all on a need-to-know basis (for whatever stories I may be telling about them).

Began hooking up all the entertainment equipment to that 4-way switch, but then I got bored and slightly confused, so I stopped. Maybe I'll do that tomorrow.... Oh yeah, and technically, that cheap-piece-of-junk thing is not a dongle. It's a splitter. Oh well.

And, even though it's still the same day as when I said that's enough for one day, here's the hot (yes, pun intended) topic of the day. (Too many days in that sentence....) You-know-who (or, rather, You-don't-know-who) has blond hair. That's all I'm saying. For now.

Now, leave your comments, or else I'm just babbling here for nothing.... Oh wait, it'd be the same if you did leave comments.... Ah, whatever... just leave them!
Posted by Gordon P. Hemsley @ 6/14/2004 10:55:00 PM [ 5 comments ]

 
Darn Radio Shack...
Alright, so... took the tests this morning.... Social Studies was slightly, kinda hard-ish... and the math? One of the easiest finals I've ever taken! The take-home test was twice- or three-times-as-hard. Oh yeah... I also found out what I got on my Spanish final (we took it on Thursday and Friday of last week, in class). 92. Not bad, I suppose. Takhman did a little worse, but I won't announce his grade.... What? You don't know Takhman? How can you not know Takhman? Oh right, I haven't told you.... OK, so Mike Takhman and Casey Kantor... yeah, they're people... in school... and stuff.... That's enough about them for now.

Oh yeah, and there's a girl that I like... saw her today. Of course, I see her everyday in school, but I'm happy about it each time. ... OK, that's enough for you about her for one day.

Anyway, after school, I went with my mom to Radio Shack. We needed a 4-way switch and some cables and whatnot so that I can hook up all my video games and such to the TV at once (gotta love that Super Nintendo). Along with all that, we got a little dongle, if you will, to connect two Cat 5e cables (connected to computers, of course) into one wall jack. So, I came down here to the basement and tried to hook it up.... And, wouldn't ya know it? It doesn't work. Aside from the fact that the other computer, with Windows 98, tells me to free up memory by closing programs so that I can run the Internet Connection Wizard when there aren't any other windows open, it just isn't seen at all by either computer. So, just like the 4-port USB hub that we got from there a while back, it doesn't work at all. We eventually replaced the USB hub with a better quality one, and I hope we do the same with this. The only difference will be that we'll take this dongle back for a refund. Piece of junk. [See link below for the wonderful dongle.]

OK, that's about it for now. Three posts in one day. That's normal, right? ... Right?!

</boring_babble>
Posted by Gordon P. Hemsley @ 6/14/2004 02:41:00 PM [ 0 comments ] - Related Link

 
Morning Update
Well, I'm leaving for school in about 5 minutes; still haven't gotten this take-home test done.... Luckily, the S.S. final is before the Math final, with a half hour in between. That leaves time to finish (and collaborate) before the test (which I'm still afraid of).

Other than that, my life is still boring... Maybe you'll find out more sometime later today. I don't know.
Posted by Gordon P. Hemsley @ 6/14/2004 07:53:00 AM [ 0 comments ]

 
Welcome to My World
Well, everyone else is doing it, I figured I may as well too.... Welcome to my blog. I'm sure it'll be boring to read, but then again, I don't know what kind of person you are. Maybe I'm not as different as I thought, and you'll be able to relate. I don't know... but I'll try to care if you want to comment.

As for my life, I use XHTML and XML and PHP and related things to program and stuff on the Internet. Currently, I'm working on CMSformE and phpLiteAdmin, as well as my website about The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Bored yet? You probably should be....

It's kinda late, and I'm about to get ready for bed.... Got math and social studies finals tomorrow, and this take-home test (even though class ended!) is freaking me out, because I thought I knew all of it and now I can't remember anything.... Oh well, wish me luck. I just might actually need it.
Posted by Gordon P. Hemsley @ 6/14/2004 01:34:00 AM [ 0 comments ]