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September 24:
I've been sick the past two days. But I think I'm getting over it. Was going to look a laminate carpet to put over the carpet of my apartment so that I could mess it up with art without worrying about the carpet, but didn't feel like going to a specialty shop and getting people there sick. I went to Lowes though but the cheapest laminate they had would have been $150 for the amount I needed.
September 29:
Went to Good Year to get the small leak in my radiator looked at. It would have been $50 for them just to look at it. I decided not to right now as the leak-stop stuff has almost sealed the leak so I can wait a bit longer to find someone else.
Went to a carpeting store. They said that the plastic roll of laminate flooring is usually a special order thing so just go to Lowes or Home Depot. I went to Home Depot and their cheapest Laminate flooring is the same cost as Lowes.
Have main computer all set-up now. Bought a pre-cut 12' x 9' roll of laminate. Maybe in two weeks I'll buy the next section. It's costing me to do this, but when I get back into making art, I don't want to get stuff all over the carpet of the apartment that I would have to pay a lot to clean up.
October 01:
Extreme Macro Photography on a Budget.
1K Javascript demos.
Student historical inaccuracy.
Look into "Cheat Engine."
http://www.royaldiscount.com
October 03:
Notes for Linux users. Lots of info on web on how to handle the 4K sectors, but no real straightforward "How To." Well here it is:
Run fdisk with the -u parameter to partition the drive and select 64 as the starting block (instead of default 63). Then, use the -b parameter in mkfs to specify 4096 block sizes: mkfs -t ext3 -b 4096 /dev/sda1
Results are impressive: hdparm -t /dev/sda1 = 132MB/sec
I've selected all of the parts except for hard drives for my second NAS. Trying to decide if I should buy everything now... or wait until FreeNAS version 8.
Fastest rotation possible.
October 04:
Incompetech.
October 08:
The Check Engine light on my engine is now on. :/ Went to Auto Zone and got an error code of P0440.
The last part of my second NAS arrived at my friends... but won't be able to pick it up until Sunday.
October 09:
Created new operations manual file for the next back-up server. It shall be called, "Abbot Mortimer."
October 10:
Cart system like http://www.fandomfashions.com/ uses?
October 13:
I have been taking St. John's Wort to try to help my sleep. I think it has been affecting my sleep but don't know if it's good or bad. It seems to be slightly increasing the length of my dreams, but I seem to be waking up a lot at night now.
Next download: April 1, 2007 and November 11, 2007.
October 14:
Won an auction for a magazine containing Herbie art, Huzzah #40. Didn't even know this magazine existed.
October 15:
Found a puddle of water near the AC / fridge last night... seeping into the carpet and hard to get by. Called today to get it fixed. Luckily nothing of importance got wet. There is a fan and a dehumidifier right now trying to dry things downstairs.
October 17:
Finished Mossflower last night. First book I actually finished reading since college. That was quite a story. Looking forward to the next book.
October 18:
Oogoo - A Sugru Substitute. < Maybe something to try in the future to make molds from?
Ugh... Allergies.