September 2005 - Posts - Into the mind of Gerlach

Into the mind of Gerlach

An Xbox MVP

September 2005 - Posts

I can not agree with Jeff Jarvis any more!
I agree with him 100% on his Dell stance. Linkage
My mom always said...
life is like a box of chocolate.  That if something moves and shouldnt...duct tape it.  If it doesnt move and should use DW-40.

Now...duct tape is godly.  It can fix almost anything...it can bandage things up. hehe.  (hows that for a segway).

Ok ok...so anyways, it appears GM has come out with a duct tape bandage for people.  Odd...but duct tape solves everything.

<a href=”http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1865357,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532”>Linkage</a>
New Bacardi Commercials
I dont drink, but I think the Alcohol companies have THE best (most of the time) commercials. They always are funny.

The new "Bacardi and Cola" ones I find are hilarious.

My [former] home network
I am a beginner in IT. I am an IT major, and I have a VERY small network. Most people who have blogs hosted on www.msmvps.com have pretty large networks. They are professional IT people.

So I am talking to my brother on why he keeps getting kicked, and he tells me that when my oldest sister, Erica, blows a fuse upstairs he gets kicked off. And then it hits me. The gateway (I dont know why I set it like this), is hooked up to the wireless AP that is in my sisters room. It only acts as a swtich/Wireless AP, because my MN-100 router does all the routing and such, and that is located downstairs.

So, for me, I understand it all. I lost my brother at..."it is connected to..."

He replied to me with this: "changing happens when u come home and only when u come home".

Now coming at your via MSN Messenger
I dont know if I mentioned this earlier, but you can receive "Into the Mind of Gerlach" updates via MSN Messenger.

Well...you can. You will see the little button on the left side. Cmon it just screams "Alert me" at you.

Medicinal Drugs?
I dont need any!!!

I am a fully healthy, 18 year old man. I dont need vikatin (however you spell it).

I also dont need Office XP for $60!

Did I ever tell you I hate spam?

Watching a comedian on Comedy Central.
I noticed, if you dont catch my funny bone in the intro...I tend not to watch you.

Note to any comedians reading this. Get a good info.

My Barry Bonds Rant
So...somehow it all relates to steroids...with Barry Bonds. Who knew?

So, he came back and hit 3 homers in 3 games. Big deal right? What about that Cleveland rookie thats hit like 6 in 5 games, and is leading his team to an AL Central title or Wild Card. Wait...he didnt decide during spring training (and not the off season) to have surgery on his knee.

Now Barry Bonds is all uptight about congress and this steroid issue. He said something along the lines of "we have more important things out there. This is the United States and there are people that need help"..yada yada. A couple of things on that. 1) What else do you want Congress to do? They will appropriate money as necessary, that didnt take too long. There are agencies part of the US government, not congress, that go and handle important things like this. Congress is here to make the country safer and to regulate via laws. SO, to be on the steroid issue is nothing that bad. But, the only person I have REAALYYYYY heard any negative comments about congress and steroids (within the pass could of weeks) was Bonds. What Barry...are you scared or something? Oh, and Barry what have you contributed to the Katrina Relief cause? I havent heard anything about you and donating.

Personally, I think all of his stats should be taken with caution. He has indirectly admitted that he has taken them. He has not said specifically that he has taken the "clear" and [whatever the other one was]...but he said "Oh, I thought it was flakseed oil"..yea barry, and a kid that committed suicide didnt know the gun was loaded.

Barry Bonds is full of BS. He is a pretty good ball player, but, regardless DOWN WITH THE RECORDS FOR BARRY. TAKE AWAY HIS STATS.

So good.
I love these. I think I need to go into rehab as I AM ADDICTED.

Sloganizer
Trixie talked about Sloganizer...and it freakin rocks.

generated by sloganizer.net

it looks too long for the sidebar though...maybe I can add it to the top.

Is Firefox better? (security-wise)
He says no and I agree.

Just follow the link to see some nice graphs.

Syracuse Katrina Relief Update
So, I talked about Syracuse Helping with Katrina Relief.

We got free tickets to the game after that. I left at halftime, as I was falling asleep in the stands. I wasnt able to hear how much we raised. Well...I found out today.

$57,600

Amazing.

What has my attention?
So, Xbox made their announcement last night (12 am EST)...well, I guess today, because it was Sept 15th in Japan already. But anyways, they announced their release dates. Nov 22nd, 2005 for the North American Region. More information at Major Nelson 's blog.

So anyways, Apple made the Nano announcement about a week or 2 ago. If you compare those 2 announcments, (it sounds bad), but the Nano is more on my mind. Maybe because what MS announced was speculated (and correct within like 4 days), for a month or so now. I came to almost BELIEVE the speculation. The nano, on the other hand, was a TOTAL surprise. There was speculation of a colored MINI, and that flash drives would be in the mini. BUT, no one expected the death of the mini and the birth of the Nano. The sheer surprise by Apple on that (which I must agree with Scoble, is a good design).

But, now throwing in PDC, Longhorn/Vista is on my mind.

What I find bad, is that I am an Xbox.com MVP, and without NO extra knowledge (I dont have any), I was not ammused by the announcement.

Oh, what REALLY REALLY annoys me, is that MS is yet to make a BIG announcement inside the states. They are an American company for god's sake. We have a game show in Germany for the pricing. We have a game show in Toyko for the release date. What was released on American soil?!?!? E3? That was NOTHING...a bunch of PR stuff. UGH.

Back to AnoEyon
Whatever this blog theme is called.

Someone (another MSmvps.com blogger) mentioned that onenote (the theme) doesnt have the security feature. Yea well...either my site has been getting traffic, or someone figured "Hey I dont have to put a security code in, but they can still see all my information, let me post some spam".

So, that is why I went back to this theme. I kinda liked onenote's look.

Shhh...dont type so loud
Or someone may know what you are typing.

UC Berkley says they have devised a way in which they can (with 96% accuracy) recreate text with just listening to key strokes.

Scary Linkage

New Vista Screenshots.
Ummm...amazing.

Microsoft published some screenshots of Vista and other program from PDC 2005. Linkage

Want a music phone?
First thing comes to mind...the new Motorola ITunes phone (Rokr). Yea...engadget pretty much says to AVOID it. Too many negatives on the first try.

Engadget Linkage

PDC 05
Man, I wish I was a developer, out of college and had money to go to it this year. It is becoming THE event. There is just so much to talk about. So intead of me trying to compile it, just head over to Scoble's Blog.

Scobleizer Linkage

Christmas List
What? I am only in college...I am still young.

So as it stands right now:

1)Clothes

2) Digital Camera

3) AverMedia's MCE2005 Certified PCMCIA TV Tuner

4) IPod Nano.

I am a simple person to buy for right?

Advertising an enemy?
I have gmail. And gmail not has advertisements on TOP of the inbox.

So, I check them (because it is good placement) and little do I see...but a Yahoo advertisement. I find this odd. I just think it is so odd, and against what competition stands for, to have you advertise your opponent. Its like the yankees rooting for the BoSoxs this past weekend. Link

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