The Caffeinated Penguin

musings of a crackpot hacker

Finally have time to breathe

matt | December 27, 2003

Wednesday I went over my parents' house and then to my grandmother's house for Christmas eve dinner with that side of the family.
Thursday I went over my parents' house for brunch and presents, and then to my other granparents' house for Christmas dinner.
Friday I ran some errands about town, up in Warwick, and at my [...]

What a day…

matt | December 23, 2003

This job is going to kill me.
I had 2 nosebleeds today. One lasted 20 minutes. I had another one last friday. I think the stress is getting to me.
Oh, and engineers shouldn't care about End User Licensing Agreements (EULAs) on the software that they write. Shut up and do what you're told.
It's just one of [...]

Why I need a house, tools, and game room

matt | December 22, 2003

Remember that joystick thing?
Arcade machine cabinet – $1099.95.
I could build one for like $100 + time.
I think I will, given the space and time.

Warning

matt | December 22, 2003

Do NOT get in your car while pumping gas and then get out and touch the gas nozzle. Apparently, the largest cause of fires while pumping gas is electrostatic discharge, which arcs a spark from you to the car and starts a fire. Make sure to touch something metal on the car first to ground [...]

I'm such a doofus

matt | December 21, 2003

So, Liz gets me a Playstation 2, right? I have oodles of CPU power and Graphics hardware. What do I buy? Midway Arcade Treasures of course. Classic, old school arcade games, including Gauntlet (Warrior is about to die…) and Rampage!
I think I need some of these and a multitap (1->4 player converter box). The nice [...]

Happy christmas all!

matt | December 20, 2003

Liz is going to her parents' house for christmas, and I am going to my parents' house as well, so we decided to have our own little private Christmas day today.
I got Liz the bits to make a Strawberry Shortcake Lunchbox PC. As the name implies, this is a conversion of a metal lunchbox adorned [...]

RIAA can't subpoena your information anymore

matt | December 19, 2003

A federal appeals cour overturned a previous decision, resulting in a verdict that says that the RIAA can't compel an ISP to provide the names of people at given IP addresses. Also in there is stuff about how the ISP is not responsible for traffic on their network, bringing them in line with telcos (phone [...]

PETA

matt | December 18, 2003

PETA's new flier campaign targets children
Because, you know, killing animals is bad and stuff.
Anyone want to go to Beef & Spud for dinner in leather boots and fur-lined parkas?

Take this poll

matt | December 18, 2003

From :
http://www.livejournal.com/users/mkbscratch/145797.html

Last Thursday night group meeting before break

matt | December 14, 2003

Thursday the 18th is the last “Thursday night hang out and chat” meeting before break. It is also 193's last day. People should come and hang out.