For being an active blogger, Blogger.com parent company, Google (some of you may have heard of this organization) has offered to let me be a beta tester of their new email service, Gmail. I just signed up. I can't offer a lot of details right now, as I've had the account about 5 minutes so far. I will be playing with it in the coming days/weeks.
For those of you that might want to email me at my new address, the account address is:
telk26@gmail.com
Toodles my friends!!
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
Tuesday, April 20, 2004
I have come face to face with the most insidious virus that you will ever find infesting your system. The virus is so pervasive, so intrusive, you forget that its a virus, a pestilence, a pox upon all of humanity. But the software of which I speak is the single greatest impediment to the advancement of human society, and the celebration of our arts.
I am speaking, of course, of RealPlayer, or as they call themselves now, RealOne player. Do not be fooled. This software is not helpful, useful, or in any way worth having. It is a virus. It is a foul infestation that overwhelms your system, and brings it to its knees. Nothing will make your computing experience any worse than an episode with RealOne.
At the least, at the absolute, rock bottom least, you could correct your mistakes as you progress from version to version. Still, STILL, these idiots at Real have not figured out how to have individual volume control for your movie selection. Every other media player in the computing world has independent volume control. i.e. you can set your system volume, but turn it up or down for your movie only. And this can't be hard to do. Nonetheless, their crappy software has been around for 10, count'em TEN, years, at least, and they still haven't fixed this. If RealOne comes up, for any reason, it immediately screws with your Windows system volume settings. I loathe this to a degree that I can't even express in coherent sentences, as my anger overwhelms my mental faculties.
Do not use RealOne. Do not even download it. For if you do, all the Norton's and McAfee's in the world will not be able to save you from the plague of RealOne. Throw out your computer and start over. Its your only hope.
I am speaking, of course, of RealPlayer, or as they call themselves now, RealOne player. Do not be fooled. This software is not helpful, useful, or in any way worth having. It is a virus. It is a foul infestation that overwhelms your system, and brings it to its knees. Nothing will make your computing experience any worse than an episode with RealOne.
At the least, at the absolute, rock bottom least, you could correct your mistakes as you progress from version to version. Still, STILL, these idiots at Real have not figured out how to have individual volume control for your movie selection. Every other media player in the computing world has independent volume control. i.e. you can set your system volume, but turn it up or down for your movie only. And this can't be hard to do. Nonetheless, their crappy software has been around for 10, count'em TEN, years, at least, and they still haven't fixed this. If RealOne comes up, for any reason, it immediately screws with your Windows system volume settings. I loathe this to a degree that I can't even express in coherent sentences, as my anger overwhelms my mental faculties.
Do not use RealOne. Do not even download it. For if you do, all the Norton's and McAfee's in the world will not be able to save you from the plague of RealOne. Throw out your computer and start over. Its your only hope.
Some reflections from a weekend away from home:
If you can go 30 miles with your right turn signal light on, and not notice it, I don't feel very comfortable with you going faster than me.
What kind of a numbnut do you have to be, to play frisbee in a mall parking lot?
What is it about Wal-Mart that makes people lose their minds?
When you put the 'Do Not Disturb' sign on your door in a hotel, shouldn't that tell EVERYONE not to bother you, including the front desk phoning about something?
Is it a new millenium thing in parenting to just let your hellspawn run amok in a public swimming pool?
Am I alone in thinking Jann Arden BUTCHERED the national anthem the other night?
The Inn Solutions Internet package, for hotel users, is NOT worth $7.95 a night.
I was gonna blog 'Go FISH' over the weekend, but they choked on it last night so now I'm mad at them. (Brian Burke - sign a real goaltender)
That is all. Damn Alzheimers. I can't remember everything anymore. Toodles for now!
If you can go 30 miles with your right turn signal light on, and not notice it, I don't feel very comfortable with you going faster than me.
What kind of a numbnut do you have to be, to play frisbee in a mall parking lot?
What is it about Wal-Mart that makes people lose their minds?
When you put the 'Do Not Disturb' sign on your door in a hotel, shouldn't that tell EVERYONE not to bother you, including the front desk phoning about something?
Is it a new millenium thing in parenting to just let your hellspawn run amok in a public swimming pool?
Am I alone in thinking Jann Arden BUTCHERED the national anthem the other night?
The Inn Solutions Internet package, for hotel users, is NOT worth $7.95 a night.
I was gonna blog 'Go FISH' over the weekend, but they choked on it last night so now I'm mad at them. (Brian Burke - sign a real goaltender)
That is all. Damn Alzheimers. I can't remember everything anymore. Toodles for now!