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I'm leaving home school tomorrow later today. My dorm residence hall is practically bare except for my made bed and clothes in the wardrobe, for my dad is bringing down some boxes for the clothes when he picks me up later this morning. (It's 2 AM for those who are curious. And I'm getting up before 8.) A few months a go I was able to take some pictures of my room, so here there are for you enjoyment. My awesome shelf with LEGO My desk More shelfage and some cool posters. and My epic door of epicness (Sorry for the fuzzy camera phone quality here. But I'm pretty sure you've all seen those pictures before or will eventually. I quite enjoyed having some of the most random things ever.) (Hopeless, the panda/rainbow/knight, and Monty Python are my roommate's.) (Might I point out the Free Strips of Paper, with some strips taken!) On that note, I'll see you around later. I guess I'll be getting home early enough to get online, but if not I have either a white water rafting trip on Saturday or, if the river is still too high like it is now, a WAMALUG meeting. -CF
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I don't know what I downloaded, but now certain things don't work. Specifically Songza, but there were a few other websites (like the one for pictionary if you've played with Arpy) that just don't want to work anymore. I would think it was Flash, but video sites work. Flash games work. And I can't remember what else I downloaded that are "basic" computer things. And at first I thought it was only a problem in Windows, but I just re-installed Linux Ubuntu (dual boot) and set stuff up, and immediately things don't work that normally wouldn't have a problem. I'm using Firefox, but it won't work in Opera either. And I can't post in TBB using Firefox. And if it does feel like working, I first get a big grey box with a circled "play" which I have to press (it happens on BZP for the Kanoka collector and WhakaThornax). What is also weird is when I run Firefox Portable in Windows it works (last time I checked), yet it doesn't in Ubuntu. Then again, maybe it was only meant for Windows (my FF Portable, that is). And at the same time flash games (specifically Portal and Mirror's Edge) run sluggishly. IDK, help? Edit: I'm beginning to think it's Flash, because I'm looking at what I've downloaded recently that could have done anything and I think it might be the new Flash Player 10. That seems to be the only thing, as the features not working use Flash. Maybe I just need to let the websites update to Flash 10 standards, but that doesn't make sense; that's backwards. Could be this Java update.... I really wish I remember just when this started happening... Edit 2: I think it's Flash. Sonzga works in Windows in my Firefox Portable. But why isn't it canceling it out from my computer? Oh, and it also works fine in IE. So it's probably a Firefox thing. Grrr, frustrations. Seems to be working in Opera now, though it didn't in Ubuntu. I guess we can deduce that something is wrong in Firefox that is doing it, the question is what. (The other option is I start to actually download songs I like rather than listen to them on line... ) Edit 3: Oh, turning off Ad Blocker lets it run! So why didn't it work in Ubuntu...IDK, I'll check it out tomorrow. And I can tolerate a few ads if it means I can listen to my music. -CF
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Help! Currently in Linux Ubuntu, only my mute and volume up/down buttons work for my media player (which is Songbird! Amarok has the same problem though). This isn't a player issue though, it's an OS issue recognizing the little buttons I have above my keyboard to play/pause, stop, and go forward/backward in songs. This didn't work in Intrepid and I was told they fixed that problem for Jaunty, but nope. My friend posted a note on a website where people give other people help with Linux, but so far no word. Maybe you can help and send some code my way? I'm using an HP Pavillion dv6000, October 2008. -CF
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As many of you don't know, I tried to get an internship (again) on a local paper, the Arlington Catholic Herald. (8 minutes from my house, my mom works right down the hall, and I know the manager.) But with the current economy the whole Diocese is on a hiring freeze, so I didn't get it (regardless of if I was what they were looking for in an intern). So it looks like I'm back to working at the durn movie theater again. Joy. (I should have applied for Borders a few months ago and see what they had to say....) On the upside, that means I'll once again be spoiled with every summer movie that comes out that I want to see, as well as trying to obtain huge movie posters for my apartment's walls next semester. What am I looking forward to for free? Let's see: Wolverine, againStar TrekTerminator 4UpTransformers 2Harry Potter 6Ice Age 3Public Enemies? Seeing Johnny Depp and Christian Bale in the same movie, with a thriller genre, just might make me check this out.Night at the Museum 2? Maybe, since it's free, but I better see the first one beforehand, I heard it was great.G. I. Joe? IDK, I've never been a fan, but it looks cool.Distric 9? Maybe, if it appeals to me and I can get tickets, since I leave work the day before it comes out.Movie posters galore, with any luck. Maybe I can get a "9" poster early too, seeing how I already have a Transformers 2 poster.Any highlights I miss? (And why do I make it sound so terrible to go back after a list like that? I guess I just don't like the conditions, mainly, though I could give a big rant if I felt like it....) -CF
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I am never, taking. Computer Science. Again. Just finished the exam. The class was not what I'll ever need in my career (programing stuff) so I didn't quite care for it, which is prolly what made it harder. (Now, if there was an HTML heavy class, I would have taken that.) So now I have 3 hours until bed, and not another final exam until Thursday afternoon. I'll study some notes, but first I'll winddown with an episode of Stargate Atlantis while I finish my pint of Phish Food. -CF
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I'm an introvert. I don't come out of my shell too easily. When I do it's usually around friends who I trust very much. Maybe it will be in a setting where I'll never see anybody again, so I won't be afraid to be extra crazy since they can't call me out on it later. So why do I tell everyone on BZPower my girl troubles, everyday life complaints/worries, and overall inside feelings that I might not even tell my best friend? I think it is because I've never met you. (OK, I've met a few of you. See the bar to the right.) Basically, I'm here and you're there, the closest BZPer to me being Ouch or Kofan, and I haven't seen them in ages. I can't see you on the other side of the screen, so I can't see your face and you can't see mine. If I say something embarrassing or stupid, I can delete the entry or just never come back. (I can run away.) Or I just never bring it up again and I assume you'll forget since it is now in the past. Or maybe it's the community. Maybe I really do trust you all with my feelings more than my friends. Now, I know my friends will probably help me with whatever is going on with me, it's just that they might bring it up again after I first state something when I won't want to talk about it, so I'll be sheepish. Here online you all have given me support countless times (and will continue, I'm sure) and if inquired about it again I can respond much better with thought in text than thought in immediate speech. I think it's more complicated than that, though. Oh well. I've started making friends who I will probably share some of my troubles with (grrls, etc) and will grow through them. But for now, I have all of you and my ability to put my thoughts down (I am an English major, after all). -CF (Thanks guys!)
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Alright, time to see what this is all about... (I already use Pandora, just not enough, and Songza isn't working currently.) Not to mention I also downloaded Opera today. Speed dial is nice. (Seems to not quite like Brickshelf too quickly. Or other images... IDK.) Also fixed up Ubuntu to 9.04. With any luck that'll become my primary OS, as it'll be easier on my computer, thus allowing it to last longer. -CF
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Talk about Deadpool here all you like. Talk about what I care about here. Saw it at midnight last night!!! (Would have told you yesterday before I left but I had more important things to blog about.) It was awesome!!! Wolverine was great, as expected. Gambit was as awesome as ever. I really liked Deadpool at the beginning too (I've never really known who he is). Lots of other cool bits as well. They did a really good job at developing Wolverine's character, making it a real origin story. Shall I say more? Alright, spoilers: » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «Cool opening with invading the diamond dealers. Emphasis on Deadpool and his swords and Agent Zero and his magazine switchout. Yay for Scott Summers and Xavier. The diamond girl was cool too. I didn't know that Wolverine and Sabertooth were brothers, nor were they so old, nor that Sabertooth has some sort of healing power as s well. The beginning was cool with them going through the various wars. (Granted, the movies aren't canon, but I assume they did as much as they could to keep with the comic storyline.) On Deadpool: Those that know who he is have said he was not the same in the movie. This is not the place to discuss that. Go complain in your own blog. I enjoyed his character. The swords were awesome. (Though I do think it would have been funny if he had shown a slight breaking of the fourth wall and knew he was in a movie.) Mmm, I think that's it for now. -CF
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Today we played a game in Interpersonal Communication in which the setting was post-apocalyptic! Yes, that's right. We were all survivors (50-75 students) and had to go around finding resources and deciding to share them or not. Pro: It was cool that we were using that genre. I kept saying things like it's every man for himself and watch out for zombies. Con: We didn't quite need it this late in the semester. I would have much preferred to discuss what was on our exam next week. -CF
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I might as well start from the beginning. Casty's new WIP is pretty amazing. That said, he says the inspiration comes from the sci-fi book Ringworld. If you don't feel like reading through all that right now, then know this: "The "Ringworld" is an artificial ring about one million miles wide and approximately the diameter of Earth's orbit (which makes it about 600 million miles in circumference), encircling a Sol-type star. It rotates, providing an artificial gravity that is 99.2% as strong as Earth's gravity through the action of centrifugal force. Ringworld has a habitable flat inner surface..." What's cool, and what makes me want to read this book, is that I really like the concept. I've had a similar idea for a very long time, actually, though slightly different, and would love to see how he portrays the setting. My idea, however, is not a ring-world, but that idea as a whole sphere. Like the ringworld, there is a whole society on an inside that has a sun in the center. But my idea is a whole world with a sun in the middle. Like an inside out planet(/solar system). Just a cool concept I though of, and seeing a similar idea really wants me to pick it up so I can see how the environment was done to make it believable and enjoyable. (I'll just add it to the mile long list of other books to read.) -CF
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Well, that's what my dad called it when I showed it to him. Last month I bought a portable hard drive, since I figured it would be good for backing up my computer's hard drive and I thought that my friend might put Linux on that (though he didn't. We ended up dual booting). But I keep forgetting to blog about it: It's a silver 320 GB Seagate HD. It's sleek and looks cool. It's amazing. I did "a lot of" research online figuring out if I wanted this or a Western Digital. The reviews for this were really good, one might have even said the transfer rate was faster, and this was thinner (though sightly longer, but it's worth it) than the WD. And after some price comparisons, I ended getting this off of Amazon for $90 (free shipping), as opposed to buying a 250 GB WD from BestBuy. It's really nice. I still need to figure out a name for it. Maybe I'll put a sticker on the front to give it some pizazz. The temperory name is "Stargate" (since it's a "gate" lol) but I want either a Lego/Bionicle name or Star Wars name, but nothing cliche. It's silver too, and that matters. Suggestions? -CF Edit: maybe I'll name it Kopaka. This is silver ("white") so it's fitting....
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Thanks Cags Current Firefox Persona Aaannd...Ubuntu Oh yeah, look what I can do in Ubuntu! -CF
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I saw my first Doctor Who episode today (well, Friday, I just haven't gone to bed yet)! It was Planet of the Dead, Season 4, Episode 15, (the one where the double-decker bus goes through the wormhole to the desert planet and is in danger of the metal flying stingray aliens). Anyway, it was really good!!! I love The Doctor's character. He's so eccentric and fun. The sonic screwdriver is really cool too. (As is his coat. Or maybe I just like long flowy jackets (like Mal's or Ed's).) I also might have found a website that has the newer episodes for viewing. We'll just have to wait and see... The older stuff would be cool too. -CF
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Please stop uploading pictures of the latest Transformer you just bought. I do not need your pictures of what look like LEGO mechs from the thumbnail ruining my browsing for actual LEGO mechs when looking at thumbnails. Signed, ChocolateFrogs
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Key strokes Hot keys tab then post Gnome Do Docks <3 -CF
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I came back up home for Easter. Well, sort of. My parents are paying tuition so I figure I'll humor them and come up, but I probably spent more of my (awake) day not at home and instead with my best friend. Half of that time at the WAMALUG meeting. So there may have been other motivations to come up... At WAMALUG we helped build little models for the light boxes at the new, upcoming LEGO store in Annapolis, Maryland. Now, that's a little far from my house, but I figure I should take a field trip out to the opening so I can see "my stuff" and get a opening day brick! It'll be cool. Then we went to his college to hang out with some of his friends (unfortunately, another one of our friends who also goes there and some other friends of his were gone for the Easter weekend). It was cool though. We had a good time hanging out. Hopefully I can visit again and meet some other friends. They sound like a really cool bunch (more random than my current friends; more like my type last year. *sigh*). At the very least I'll probably be hanging out with them at Katsucon in February. So now I'm hanging out at home after brunch with my family, grandma and uncle. Surfing the interwebs and catching up on stuff I missed yesterday and throughout Lent, if you know what I mean. Soon I'll be heading back home to school. -CF
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*700th blog entry! *Palms! Anyway... I typed out Darth Vader's name (the BZP member, not the Star Wars character) and realized that, in typing it out, I thought not of Anakin Skywalker, but of the member himself. He has become, to me, "Darth Vader." The same goes for me. My name came from Harry Potter, but I have become my name. ChocolateFrogs is no longer a candy, but me. I also think of this when I think of the band Train. I never thought "Do they mean the choochoo train or like to train something?" but always thought of the band. Weird. -CF
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I greatly endorse and approve of Open Source. Don't know what that is? Let me explain... If you use Mozilla anything (Firefox, Thunderbirt, Sunbird, Songbird...), GIMP, Pidgin (!), Linux and other things that say you can freely manipulate the program for your own purposes, you might have come across something Open Source. To quoth myself from Xccj's blog: I think that pretty much sums it up. Pretty soon my friend will finish up with my Linux Ubuntu OS and I hope I like it enough to fully convert. -CF Quote of the Day: More like a random, funny picture, kk?
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Whoa. I hope to make a couple, like a BZPower one, an Evangelion one, and whatever else seems to suit my fancy. I'm currently using "Cosmic," but Firefox B, Matrix Kanji, Strata Black, and the anime Firefox/Chobit are tempting. As well as one for Randall Munroe. Start! (Hey guys, they have one for "Awesome.") -CF
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Hey guys. So...I have a take home test due tomorrow, which I haven't started yet, as well as two more actual test as well. On top of that, I have a paper due Monday Wednesday. Not only that, but I really need to give my best effort in school. My grades have been slipping, but I've been working at them this semester to get it up. However, the internet, as I'm sure you know, is full of distractions. Aside from the dozen or so blogs I read, there's the whole Flickr community, TBB to read, BrickShelf to browse, various webcomics (and newspaper comics) to read, and other websites unmentionable on BZP. Email is constantly being sent to me, and if I'm lucky I might try to catch an episode of a Stargate series online. In short, the internet is taking over my life, making my grades slip. This needs to stop. With that, this is my last blog entry until graduation. Yes, graduation. I'm not getting back online because it's the summer or winter. There's other things for me to do. In 3.25 years I'll be back and we'll see what I can do then to get back in the swing of things. I have textbooks to read, a school newspaper to start writing for, and friends to stop neglecting until then. As for news, well, I've written a small program that will post my Monday news in the same style that I have been since July. A tad more tweaking in the summer just might get you an artificial CF to answer PMs and post blog entries, though I must admit not with the same amount of wit and rambling. Oh, well, it's just a sacrifice you'll have to put up with. With that, I'll see you in May 2012. -CF April Fool's! Quote of the Day: Quote of the Day: Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. -Dr. Seuss
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OK. What kind of face is the =3 or :3 emote making? I can't for the life of me make it out. Is it happy? Worried? Confused? It does not seem like anything I'd make my face look like. -CF Quote of the Day: Sheppard: Eron here. Genii Soldier #3: What's your status? Sheppard: Good. Genii Soldier #3: Elaborate. Sheppard: Real good.
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Bah, my introvertness was my downfall again today. (And/or slight shyness, though I don't consider myself too shy.) I was giving a friend back her camera (after taking Certavus pix) (which, BTW, can be found here, and I'd love posts) (and votes for that matter, but we'll deal with that later)...where was I? Oh yeah... So after giving it back to her in the residence hall lobby (where I had been strategically waiting for a minute or so for her to get back from class) she said I could have given it to her roommate, and I just shrugged it off and said "whatever" and that was the end. But inside, oh, inside I would have loved to have said "But then I couldn't say 'hi' to you!" Bah. (Goodness, I hope my friends never see my blog.) -CF Quote of the Day: Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that those who have the most, live the longest.
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...is to make every chair look like this: My work here is done. -CF (This is a funny picture for today instead of the usual funny quote of the day. )
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Pro: I got an apartment next year with four friends! Con: There are no single rooms on the 4 person apartments, which means I'll have a roommate. He's a nice guy though. Con: It's on the fourth floor. For reasons too complicated to explain here. And all my friends are on the best floor of all: 2nd. Pro: But it's an apartment! (Which means kitchen.) Pro: Another good friend I don't see enough of is also on the same floor. Hopefully that means we'll hang out more. Uncontrollable con: The sun shines its first rays on my room. (I had better find some good blackout curtains, then, huh?) Pro: Space Skulls arrived! Pro: ...for $25! Pro: It came with probably two dozen big bubble "wrap" bags that make a popping sound. Con: I can't build it until tomorrow. -CF Quote of the Day: My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.
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(One of my favorite Portal lines.) And since I haven't blogged in a few days, I'll treat you to another image. -CF Quote of the Day: The only stupid question is the one that is never asked, except maybe "Don't you think it is about time you audited my return?" or "Isn't is morally wrong to give me a warning when, in fact, I was speeding?"
