In part one of the farewell to Andrew events, we played “LEGO Pictionary”… was quite fun and the games were close! Cookies + LEGOs + Spongebob Square Pants = Win. Although we didn’t get the opportunity to watch much SBSP.

Here are some pics from Fort Worth…

Now… gotta run to HEB for Liquid potluck…

Oh man, almost forgot this one…

There ya go =)

I think I’m pretty tired of seeing Mighty Mouse news/reviews now. The thing is way overrated. It’s something Apple should have had years ago. Here’s what I think: it is overpriced, and offers no features another mice couldn’t do just as good. With MAYBE the exception of the “360 degrees scrolling,” but that was iffy when I used it. Even then, there are Microsoft/Logitech/whatever mice that can do that too, though, I could see the argument that maybe, just maybe not quite as good, but it’d probably come down to personal preference at that point. Of course, the only time I could see this coming in handy is in maybe… Photoshop when you’re zoomed in.

It can’t even do “advanced mouse maneuvers” like holding down the right/left button, and then (while still holding), press (and then maybe hold) the other button. If you’ve ever used a 3D editor, this technique is very handy. And (though this occurs more rarely and probably isn’t that big of a deal), you can’t click, then pick up the mouse while holding your click.

I swear, Apple’s marketing department is so good it drives me crazy when they get people to buy these things…

And people complain about Microsoft copying Apple…

Oh wait, it has aural feedback?!?!?!! WELL HOLY CRAP, BATMAN. I’m going to the Apple Store now. sigh

OliverWEB may or may not be down in the next 12-24 hours for a few hours due to domain name transfer…

In other news, I get new toys to play with at work! Woot! QVGA/VGA LCD displays, development boards, and Linux = fun. =)

That is all.

It’s rare that I have a hard time getting to sleep, but yesterday night was kinda tough for me, not sure why. Ideas just kept flying into my head from everywhere and random “mock conversations” were going on and everything. Kinda weird.

Bought a bunch of new clothes at Lakeline with the sisters. New wardrobe is growing at a decent pace…

Woo, I created a Linux category so I wouldn’t lose/forget all the things I do to my distro everytime I install and forget the next time around. Note that this is for personal use mainly so I probably won’t have much explanation… heh…

Here’s #1:

.xmodmaprc

remove Shift = Shift_R
keycode 62 = slash question
keycode 61 = period greater

As requested, here are some more detailed pics of the Microsoft Rubik’s cube:

… and a picture of Viraj to seal the deal:

Simply magical.

REVVIN’ UP YOUR ENGINE
LISTEN TO HER HOWLIN’ ROAR
METAL UNDER TENSION
BEGGIN’ YOU TO TOUCH AND GO

HIGHWAY TO THE DANGER ZONE
RIDE INTO THE DANGER ZONE

HEADIN’ INTO TWILIGHT
SPREADIN’ OUT HER WINGS TONIGHT
SHE GOT YOU JUMPIN’ OFF THE DECK
AND SHOVIN’ INTO OVERDRIVE

….

TOP GUN!!!!!!

In celebration of my new job, I shall ask you a question. What do the following three images have in common?

Answer: I shall own all three soundtracks in approximately 7 - 10 days. Oh yeah. Awesomeness. You don’t know. You don’t know.

This is Olivia, she is not happy. However, I am quite happy how well this turned out. =)

I think the pic above loses some of the effect so small, so… here’s a larger version.

This is me playing with selective color/black&white. I don’t really like it, I got sloppy… but I figured I’d throw it up here anyways.

I didn’t really do anything to this other than cropping it, but I like it a lot, so here it is. =)

I’m trying to think of words to describe my mood and I just remembered how Sam once described himself as “feeling emo”… haha, that just makes me laugh. I would link you to the actual post, but I don’t remember when it was and Xanga doesn’t have a search =/. Haha, we love you, Sam. =)

So, Mark, Sam and Viraj just finished a seven or so hour game of Simpsons Monopoly while Van and I played a game of Total Annihilation (which concluded much sooner than seven hours). Yay for the classic games. =)

I’m looking forward to another week at Freescale, I should be figuring out which group I’m going to do my first rotation at. Woooooo. Oh yeah, and I think (hope!) I get my first paycheck too… which is severely needed… haha. I think I’m this’ll do it. Some of those pics are so insanely fruity, lol. We miss you, Andrew, visit! =)