These guys (click here) have done something sort of interesting, and kinda demented.
[Edit] Looks like they’re gone. Perhaps a domain hijack.
Posted on October 5th 2004 in General
Tonight I installed Windows XP Tablet Edition on Arwen’s mom’s old PC. It’s pretty cool, but trying to “write” using a mouse isn’t exactly optimal. I was doing some reading about the Tablet stuff in WinXP, and everything was talking all “Oooh, you can only get Tablet Edition with a Tablet PC, and it won’t work on anything else.”
Here’s the thing: TE is just XP Pro with handwriting & voice recognition on a second disc. I know this because I ran the installation once without having burned the second disc, and since I didn’t put that in, I ended up with a normal XP Pro install.
Next up, I’m going to get an old Wacom tablet, and see if I can’t get some sorta mangled version of what you’d have with a “real” tab.
Of course, it’s not like it’d be portable or anything, but hey, the idea of voice and handwriting transcription is kinda cool to play around with.
Also, I told Frank about Cerberus today. They’re still using the great opensource OneOrZero Helpdesk (OZH) over there, which made me feel good, since it was the one thing I did in the year that I was there that I really felt like I brought to the table on my own, from outta nowhere. Cerberus is $300/Domain or something, but if the demo and the quick installation I did here on the home server are any indication, it’s the sorta thing that’s well worth the bux.
And now, it’s about 1am, and I’m burnt, so I’m going to bed.
Alsoplus, the tablet edition just crapped its little digital pants, so I’m going to go reboot that. I’m pretty sure that one of two things is happening:
1) The hard drive in the machine is foozled.
2) The Intel WiFi NIC is confusing the bejezus outta XP (it’s intended for laptops, and then wrangled onto a PCI card: UG-A-LEE.
Posted on September 24th 2004 in General
Meet Phil Parlock. Parlock is a family man and a staunch Republican. Parlock has a very sad story to tell about how rotten Kerry supporters are. You see, they made his little girl cry.
Terrible, right? A sign that our national politics have descended into these kind of brutish tactics, right? An embarrassing incident for the Kerry campaign, right? The media certainly thinks so, and has dutifully reported on the incident.
For the third time. Click here to see the whole article.
Posted on September 19th 2004 in General
The Dante’s Inferno Test has banished you to the Eigth Level of Hell – the Malebolge!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
| Level | Score |
|---|---|
| Purgatory (Repenting Believers) | Very Low |
| Level 1 – Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers) | Low |
| Level 2 (Lustful) | High |
| Level 3 (Gluttonous) | Moderate |
| Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious) | Low |
| Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy) | High |
| Level 6 – The City of Dis (Heretics) | Moderate |
| Level 7 (Violent) | High |
| Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers) | Very High |
| Level 9 – Cocytus (Treacherous) | High |
Take the Dante’s Divine Comedy Inferno Test
Posted on September 3rd 2004 in General
as much as they seem to like to contact US… :)
Something yummy for the spambots out there:
Events/Teleservices
Michael Platz
mikep@xentel.com
Geoff Pickering
geoffp@xentel.com
Entertainment Services
Al Antee
ala@xentel.com
Investor Relations
Caren Holtby
investor_relations@xentel.com
Telephony
Mike Dodd
miked@xentel.com
Lists and Data
Wendy Wenaas
wendyw@xentel.com
Donor Development
Len Wolstenholme
plenw@xentel.com
Creative Art/Web Services
Steve Nowlon
steven@xentel.com
Technical Support
Kim Lafleur
kiml@xentel.com
Don’t Call Service
dontcall@xentel.com
Privacy Officer
privacy@xentel.com
Posted on September 3rd 2004 in General
Looks like Xentel is in trouble.
Let’s hope they get their butts handed to them by Iowa.
Posted on September 3rd 2004 in General
A B. K. Marcus has just posted this thing about how the Howells on GIlligan’s Island were rich, even though there was nobody on the island to enforce the worth of the money.
Kinda neat, kinda weird.
Posted on August 31st 2004 in General
BURTON _ Joan Bell (nee Moroney). Born in Edmonton on January 11, 1922, passed away peacefully in Vernon Jubilee Hospital on August 24, 2004. Predeceased by her parents, Frederick Edward and Maud Ellen (nee Lauder), her sisters Helen, Margaret, Kathleen, Mary, Jean, Noreen and brothers, Patrick and James. Also predeceased by her beloved husband, William Donald Burton, in 1973. Lovingly remembered by her children, Tami Burgess (Ken), Wendy (Roger Tro), John, Mary-Anne Taylor (Brian), Bill (Jaqui) and Sherry (Jim Blom). Missing Oma are her grandchildren, John (Arwen), Diana, Anita (David Bergman), Michael, Kyle, Mitchell, Ellen, Dex, Harry, Kevin and great-grandson, Ripley. Very special thanks to Joanne Owens for her friendship, love and care of Mum these past few years and special thanks to the staff at Comfort Living for Seniors in Vernon. No funeral service by request. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Royal Canadian Legion would be greatly appreciated.
Posted on August 29th 2004 in General
Rip and I went to Hornby Island for a week (the lady in the first few shots is Maggie, and she’s proof positive that Ripley prefers blondes). Check out the photos of Ripley and Daddy – Unplugged.
Posted on August 29th 2004 in General
Don’t forget to play with the layouts/styles of this blog, using the WPStyle plugin at the bottom right of the blog.
Cause it’s cool, that’s why.
Posted on August 27th 2004 in General
