Daedius

This man single handedly as undone every bad thought I've ever had for the accordion. Ah, so beautiful ;)

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My god, physics has never been so funny.

My god, toenails are such useless things.

10,000 internets to the first person who can give me a respectable use.

By popular demand.  My secret recipe! Shhh! =X

The Ingredients

Chicken Marinade

The Method

Please note, this above recipe is VERY spicy.   There are few tricks to pulling this recipe off nicely:

• Give yourself enough time ( it takes awhile to cook this recipe ).  This recipe takes 3 hours from start to finish for me.
• Know how your going to grill your chicken:  I've done broiler, on the fire grill, and on the skillet with this recipe.  All methods work pretty well with varying outcomes of texture
• White meat is better for eating this recipe like a stew, Dark meat chicken makes this recipe very moist and better for sandwhich fillings
• Find a good flatbread you like:  I like plain white rice or wheat tortillas most.  But home made nan is the best to have if you have the time.  Pita bread can be hit or miss.
• If you do make it too spicy, a little vinigar will tone down the spice
• Do not get the largest jalapeno you can find for this recipe!
• BE VERY CAREFUL CUTTING THE JALAPENO

Enjoy!

Feel free to post your favorite recipes below if you want.  Life is too short to horde deliciousness. =)

WTF, is this the best my country can do with its police force? Watch me drive out of my neighborhood in the middle of the night to go get groceries to make sure I come to FULL stop at a stop sign. FFS.

It's been awhile since I delved back into the Ubuntu world. The release of 8.10 today sparked my curiosity again. I must say, this was the best installation yet:

- sound worked automatically
- nvidia card detected and given the option to enable
- good speed
- all my network setup automagically

The whole install was easier than windows honestly. First I boot up into livecd, start up the install, and browse firefox while it does its thing. No stupid cd key or anything. After getting it up, I start installing some apps. And I'm golden. Here's a breakdown of what I do on my box and what applications

web: firefox
mail: thunderbird
music: banshee
im: pidgin
games: secondlife
mp3: amazon mp3 music

Absolutely great stuff and not a dime from me. Only thing I use windows now for is work. That whole making money thing. Bah.

My god, this game is just evil.  Every pit, every jump, every monster is so exactifyingly planned to fuck you over.

Today, T-Mobile announced the release of the G1 - google's first phone. I can't tell you how much i'm psyched. This phone embodies ideals I believe in: open source, google, and connectivity without borders. Asside from idealistic opinions, here's some of the hard facts that I love:

• 3G/Edge/Wi-fi == connectivity almost anywhere
• 3 MB camera for taking pictures of random things
• Trackball that functions well for video games
• Dedicated slide out keyboard that doesn't take up screen space while I type
• 179 price w/ 2 year contract
• Wide screen
• Google apps galore built in
• Amazon MP3 store
• Austin/San Antonio 3G coverage
• Release in October 22nd!

Here's the video, worth the watch!

http://www.t-mobileg1.com/g1-announcement.aspx

I often face a choice in my head. Do I embrace a system which makes my life easier but more restricted, or one which is harder but in the end liberating. For a long while I've been very pissed of because this contention has divided me ( in some sense paralyzed me ) in my desire to want to buy anymore music. I always seem to go through these thoughts:

- If I start buying iTunes, not only will my wallet burn up faster that gummi bears in potassium chlorate, but I'll be locked into Apple with all my costly music
- If I stick close to Linux, I'll never be able to play apple music without a huge hassle, or be able to get much music that I actually want without having to turn to illegal sources
- If I buy CDs I'll not only be environmentally wasteful, but i'll be encouraging the continuation of archaic system of media on material CDs rather than actually encouraging online distribution of music I can do whatever the hell I want.
- I can't go on listening and watching music on youtube forever =/ I want a sound track to my life

Well, I discovered something amazing. Amazon.com MP3 store. Not only do they have music from almost any artist I can think of wanting to hear, they are cross platform, web based, and their format is MP3 which I can use however I please! All I can say is, I think this is the future of how music should be. I shall have to experiment. It's been a long long while since I bought music, so I'm crossing my fingers and I will let you know of my experiences in a review if I'm impressed.

Choosing what to do with ones life is a very difficult task. It shouldn't be taken lightly though it seems we all step in deeply. I chose a path sometime ago, perhaps, without realizing it, to be a geek. I chose to be an ambitious geek who saw no limits to his talent or time to what I could create or do with 1s and 0s in a machine. I chose this above all other things in my life, and have done well by society's standards.

What better role to play for a male in high-tech society at the golden age of computers? Probably very few. I speak this with little ego, so don't think I'm just stroking my cock over here by this. My point to this, is merely that there is a trade off to the efforts of one's life. One I've paid over the years and I'm truly starting to grasp the pieces together of. A realization of life's illusion and dreams.

I've sacrificed my ability to be social with people beyond work in any deep and meaningful way. I've surrounded myself with false comforts that this is not true: a wife, cats, and prostitutes in online virtual worlds (good ones at least). All what truly matters to me is The Machine and the love to have a powerful mind. All else has seemed to amount to just diversions to this. And I don't believe I can change.

The End