1/31/07
Hey Joe
Fans of Jimi Hendrix have shown disgust at a new energy drink that will be released in April. It is called "Liquid Experience" and will debut at the Experience Music Project in Seattle. The drink will be purple and will be either a berry or grape flavor. The chief executive of Beverage Concepts has stated that they will honor Jimi Hendrix's memory by donating some of the profits to an unnamed music education foundation. Screw those guys. Don't let Jimi Hendrix's memory be cheapened by commercial advertising.
1/30/07
Do You Really Want Windows Vista?
I was watching Attack of the Show today and they were talking about Window Vista, so I thought I would post about it. The two guys who were on there talking about it had mostly good things to say about it. I think one of them actually worked for Microsoft though. I wasn't paying much attention. Anyway they were saying things like how it installs really fast, how great it looks, how it is supposed to be more secure, blah, blah, blah.
Why not to buy Vista:
Vista will take a lot of time to install. You will have to reinstall all of your old programs, search for drivers to make all of you peripherals work, and while you are doing this, you will have to figure out where all of the options and menus are at.
It is too new and still a little bit incomplete. A lot of the companies that make software and hardware for the new operating system aren't completely ready for it. Video and sound card companies aren't ready either, which is very important. Even many security programs aren't ready, such as Trend Micro, Symantec, and Panda.
Gaming on vista will not be available right away. DirectX 10 will be a huge step up for gamers but for DirectX to reach full potential it needs the proper graphics software, which does not exist fully yet, and supporting games, which does not exist at all yet.
Vista is also very expensive. The cheapest version is only $99.00, but that is only the XP upgrade. If you get the upgrade version, you have to keep the XP cd and it doesn't support Aero UI and Media Center capabilities. Home Premium is $239.00 for the full version and $159.00 for the upgrade version. These versions are basically the equivalent to Windows XP Home and mostly meant for the nontechnical average user. The best version to get with full functionality is Windows Vista Ultimate, which costs $399.00. The upgrade version of Vista Ultimate costs $259.00.
I recommend sticking with Window XP. It is still up to date and it's what you're used to. They still plan to update it well into the future as well, with Service Pack 3 scheduled for 2008.
1/27/07
The Super Bowl Shuffle
I just felt like posting today, so here is the classic song from the Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew. This classic rap song was recorded by actual players of the Chicago Bears before they appeared in Super Bowl XX. The group consisted of "Sweetness" Walter Payton, "Punky QB" Jim McMahon, "Samurai" Mike Singletary, Willie Gault, Steve Fuller, Mike Richardson, Richard Dent, Gary Fencik, Otis Wilson, and William "Refrigerator" Perry. There's your history lesson for the day
1/26/07
Pumpkin Cake Roll
As I get ready for my weekend, I leave you with a recipe straight from my Grandmas kitchen. It's really good. Hopefully someone I know will see this and make it for me. I love having a website. I can post whatever the hell I want. Anyway, here it is.
Ingredients
- 3 eggs, seperated
- 1 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup canned pumpkin
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Filling
- 1 package (8 oz.) cream chesse, softened
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- additional confectioners' sugar if desired
Instructions
Line a 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan with wax paper; grease the paper and set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat egg yolks on high speed until thick and lemon-colored. Gradually add 1/2 cup sugar and pumpkin, beating on high until sugar is almost dissolved.
In a small mixing bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually add remaining sugar, beating until stiff peaks form. Fold into egg yolk mixture. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; gently fold into pumpkin mixture. Spread into prepared pan.
Bake at 375 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until the cake springs back when lightly touched. Cool for 5 minutes. Turn cake onto a kitchen towel dusted with confectioners' sugar. Gently peel off wax paper. Roll up cake in towel jelly-roll style, starting with a short side. Cool completely on a wire rack.
In a mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, butter, confectioners' sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth. Unroll cake; spread filling evenly to within 1/2 in. of edges. Roll up again. Cover and freeze until firm. May be frozen for up to 3 months. Remove from freezer 15 minutes before cutting. Dust with confectioners' sugar if desired.
Note:
Prefer banana; when preparing the cake roll, puree two medium ripe bananas to get 2/3 cup to replace the pumpkin in the recipe.
1/25/07
Wierd Video About Piercings
I have several piercings myself. Sometimes I feel like people look at me like I looked at these two girls.
Update: I decided to add a picture of myself so you can see my piercings. Yeah.....I'm cool. Check out the About This Site page.
1/24/07
Bus Driver Must Have Taken The Short Bus
A retarded bus driver kicked a helpless 5 year old off of his bus because he wasn't on the list. Omar Murray was placed on the bus by mistake by the school aide in Long Island City after being dismissed. He rode the bus for about a mile when he was thrown off in a Queensbridge housing project. A woman who was picking up her own children heard what had happened and took Omar to her home where she contacted his mother. His mother plans to press charges against the bus driver.
1/23/07
Rage Against the Machine Has Reunited!
For one show anyway. After seven years, Rage Against the Machine have reunited to headline the 2007 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California. They played the first Coachella in 1999. Other bands joining them will be Red Hot Chili Peppers, Willie Nelson, the Roots, Sonic Youth and many more bands. The tickets can be purchased this weekend on Saturday the 27th from Ticketmaster. For a 3 day pass it will cost about $250 and there will also be a limited amount of one-day passes. The concert will take place about 130 miles east of Los Angeles in the desert beginning April 27th.
1/22/07
Do You Want To Learn SEO?
Do you have a website that doesn't rank very well in the search engines or would just like to get better rankings? SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is the way to go. Many people think that SEO is just some BS that doesn't work. Those people are idiots. If you want to learn everything there is to learn, check out this website. Over 300 SEO blogs. You can even download the opml file that you can import into the feed reader program of your choice so that you can have all of these blogs for your reading pleasure. Or, to help you fall asleep if you aren't interested in that kind of stuff.
1/18/07
What Is Aimless Direction?
Nobody seems to know. Except of course YOU!
I also received this in an email and thought it was hilarious so now I am sharing it with you. It is an ebay conversation between a seller and possible buyer. I hope it is real and not made up.
1/16/07
The Chicken or the Egg
Why is this question always asked? Who cares really? If you really think about it, it was probably some other kind of bird that eventually evolved into a chicken and the chicken evolved into making eggs to produce or something. Thanks a lot KBPI for making me think too hard!
1/09/07
Hail To The King Baby
Bruce Campbell, star of the cult classic Evil Dead series is now starring in a new commercial for Old Spice. Definitely worth a watch.