Archive for March, 2006
March 25, 2006
MeatWizard: the Podcast

Let me state up front that this is not worth actually looking at.

We bought iLife 06 today, for the upgraded iMovie and iDVD, and I got carried away playing with garageband and iWeb. It’s all integrated for making easy podcasts.

The default style leaves something to be desired:

Podcast

March 24, 2006
Dork Alert

This post goes out to all my PC-tweakin’ homies.

My computer is loud.  The CPU fans drive me bonkers.  Everywhere I look suggests cleaning out the fans.. OK, that makes sense.  Well, being the thorough guy that I am, I decide to clean out the heatsink while I’m at it.

Hey, there’s supposed to be thermal paste on here right?  I wonder why this CPU is all smudgy looking.

Ohhhh.  that was the thermal paste…

Yes, that was a hugely stupid thing to do.  You should never wipe a glob of your thermal paste off the CPU.  But guess what.  It’s not running any hotter!

I have been monitoring the CPU temps for a few weeks now, and it actually seems to be running a bit cooler.  Is it possible that alienware is using a crap thermal paste that is not doing everything it needs to be doing?

I’m going to go get some Arctic Silver for it tomorrow.  Wouldn’t that be wild if it suddenly kept itself running cool enough to not need to blow the fans at full speed constantly?

Is that possible??

UPDATE: (retroactively pardon the overexcited writing style of this post). The Arctic Silver seems to be working great. It’s running cooler than I’ve ever seen it run. (Knock on wood).

Leprechaun in Mobile, Alabama

Watch this hard-hitting news report.
YouTube - Leprechaun in Mobile, Alabama

link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=nda_OSWeyn8
March 22, 2006
Ultimate Utopia XXIII

Check out this awesome live-action Final Fantasy parody.
YouTube - Ultimate Utopia XXIII

link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=pNzFE8rNPQU
March 19, 2006
Buy my stuff.

Hi, I listed a few items on ebay today, using a local franchise of “I Sold it on Ebay”.

Check out my auctions (I already emailed them about the typos):
ernie ball musicman stingray fretless bass
yamaha a4000 sampler
gibson epiphone jr. w/ amp
cerwin-vega! floor speakers
This is your big chance to get a little piece of me in your home.

March 15, 2006
Future Boy EP

Future Boy put together an EP of remixes and lost tracks from his excellent album A Maze of Death.

I provided a mix for the track The Sign Above the Door.

Check it out!

link: A Maze of Death: Strange Little World EP
March 9, 2006
Hello Schools

In accordance with the theory that schools have application reviewers check the personal websites of applicants to their programs, I would like to say “Hello” to any and all PhD program representatives that might stop by.

Perhaps you will enjoy my hit song.

Also, I cordially invite all of you to leave comments about how great a candidate I am. Full of vim and vigor. Talented beyond words. An asset to any institution.

March 3, 2006
Spore Video

Spore will be the greatest game of all time. Check out the video today!!

link: Google Video: Spore Gameplay