another apple vs pc post

sure, some of vista may look like the mac OS. but come on... this apple TV thing looks EXACTLY like windows media center...


Apple TV OS loosed into the wilds - Engadget

btw, media center for vista totally rules. there is a "comedy central motherload" section, that i can go on and watch outtakes and various clips from their shows... the sarah silverman stuff is a riot!!!

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ahh... the good 'ol days... Ian McKaye would be proud.

"i just wanna start eating light japanese food."

i was in a 'lost in translation' mood today. watched it while i road my bike. certainly not a movie to get me pumped up... but it kept me distracted for a while. tomorrow starts my 'official' training plan. yay. im soo unmotivated.

holy fuck is 'come on feel the lemonheads' a good album. about every 6-8 months a go on a lemonheads phase where i cant listen to anything else.

i did a lot of shoveling yesterday. yes, i did buy a condo so i wouldnt have to worry about shit like this... but for whatever reason i needed to shovel. my hamstrings are killing me.

i got my computer up to 3.3ghz. not too shabby :)
i think i am nearing the limit of where i want to overclock it.

my place is clean & organized. i hope it stays that way for a while. it makes me feel so much better.

thats it for today.

changes...

allie is doing well & seems to be recovering nicely. She has a followup visit next week, and i think thats it for a while. Still a little sore, but im sure things will start to get better quickly now. Its been a full week, so i assume most of the discomfort should start to subside. :( I hate seeing my bubbies in pain!

Last night was my last meeting as Board of Directors, President. I am officially off the BOD and am just a regular ol' unit owner. That is a huge responsibility/weight lifted off my shoulders. I will still stay involved & help out... but for the most part, I'm done.

Next week will officially start my training plan. I need to work out the plan this weekend, but come monday, no more excuses, no more pushing it off... the time is now. I am going to focus on building up a huge base for the next few months. Lots of endurance. Lots of tempo. My mom is training for a cancer ride (100 miles) in july, and im pretty sure im going to ride with her for support. this is a big deal for her, given all of her health problems... plus having cancer herself 10 years ago. Im proud of her for pushing to do this... in fact she is putting more time on the trainer than me, at this point!

thats all.

oh yeah. allie is almost finished with the IBC website. check it.

im error-free

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im back up & running. not sure what happend to my computer. something got frigged up in the bios & was sending either bad timings or voltage to the RAM. tested each module individually & they are both fine. Cleared everything out & reset to stock settings (for now) and things are good. Orhos testing showed no problems. YAY.

Thursday TV was all repeats.. I had a sam adams & fell asleep.

Allie's surgery went well. She was a trooper & was doing quite well when i went to go see her. A little loopy, but good :) This weekend will be a relaxing one of doing nothing but sitting around and watching movies!!!!

no sleepies

so i had the option of playing games, watching TV, or tweeking some settings on my computer. I opted for the later. bad move.

things are royally f'd up & I am not sure how to fix them. I know exactly what I did.. and it was nothing out of the ordinary.. but now my computer no workie. maybe i got some bad RAM. maybe something got messed up in windows. I dunno.

so frustrated. i stayed up till about 2am trying to fix it, running tests, downloading programs, etc.

I put everything back to stock settings & voltage. Still very unstable.

yawn.

im soo unmotivated. both in work & in life. ugh. im bored with every project im working on & not very challenged. I need more pressure. I work best when under the gun. Oh well. I feel like im just floating by at the moment.

Today is supposed to start my 'official' training plan. I have gotten so used to doing other things after work that its going ot take a while to get back into the groove of being a slave to the bike.

The computer is very nice. Its basically all done & running sweet. Media Center works like a charm & can record TV shows so i dont have to stay up late anymore... It scrolls thru my 700+ albums like it was nothing. something my old computer wouldnt even think about doing. I'm starting to get hooked on Half-Life 2. such a cool game. Anyways, still trying to dial things in... and will probably work on the overclocking more this weekend (right now its stable at 3.0ghz)

Allie has her surgery on thursday. Im a little nervous... but I know things will go well. Her parents are taking her, and then im going over there after work. Hopefully she recovers quickly. Im sure she will - she is a trooper.

ok. thats all.

oh yeah, its f'in cold in my office.