Author: James
What a boring Columbus Day. Not that I’m celebrating this day. hey, it’s another paid day off work. While reading about Columbus on Columbus Day, I stumbled upon the following:
8. Columbus was an opium addict, the same drug used in producing modern-day heroin.
9. There is genetic evidence that Columbus and his men brought the sexually transmitted disease Syphilis to Europe.
What an amazing hero! Just today’s thoughts…
Going to high school in the mid 90s, computers wasn’t as modern as they were today. Our school was 97% Macintosh, 2% Apple IIE, 1% PC. These were the old Mac II’s I believe. There was only 1 PC that had a modem and hooked to a phone line, so I stayed in that room. Since then, I didn’t look back and over the years seemed to forget about the Apple OS. Over the past couple of years, I noticed an increase in Mac purchases. Many friends who were tired of spyware and viruses, made the move away from Windows to the Apple world.
Everyone always asks me for help with their computers when things go south; 100% of which are all PC issues. Never had an issue with Apple. Recently posted an ad on Craigslist asking if anyone had an old MAC computer they wanted to get rid of. One person responded, stating that he could install OS X on my PC. I had heard about this some time ago, ago and hadn’t yet gave it a shot. So, last week I installed OS X on an older Dell GX270 (P4). Seems to be working nicely. The whole purpose of this is to learn a new OS in an attempt to broaden my knowledge in the IT world. Although I’m sure in the corporate world, Apple doesn’t quite have the grip that Microsoft has.
Recently finished my degree, and have started studying for my A+ certification. While finishing up my degree, I discovered that the Air Force will pay $4500 dollars to take classes for certifications. Further research revealed that the Air Force offered free training CBT’s (Computer Based Training). These CBT’s cover A+ and Network + just to cover a few. My goal is to be certified on A+, Network+ and Security+ prior to me getting out of the Military in 4 years. The only thing the Air Force will not pay for is the test fee’s.
We have been plagued with an unusually dry summer this year. Finally it has been raining all day, and there is a HUGE glob of green and yellow on the Weather Channel’s radar and it’s a welcome site. I’m sure the farmers could always use some rain. The sound of rain on the roof also helps me sleep.
Finally the blistering summer heat is behind us (hopefully). Fall is only 1 week away; Bringing cooler weather and some of the best holidays of the year. The kids are finally in school this month, and are doing well thus far. GOOD TIMES…
Another labor day is upon us. Cooler weather is here, but not as cool as last year. It has been a sweltering hot summer as we’re looking forward to some cooler weather.
We were planning a camping this weekend, but the hurricane (or lack there of) and Audrey’s reaction to mosquito bites caused us to change our plans.
We are looking forward to the upcoming holidays and of course my birthday too (October 18th).
After paying someone to mod my kids PSP, I decided to attempt to mod the WII myself. It was quite easy and didn’t take as long as I anticipated. The longest part is downloading the games to a USB hard drive.
This screen shows the games that are downloaded to the hard drive.
Here is the main screen with the home brew channel. The Homebrew Channel is the channel that gives you access to the Games that are downloaded on the USB hard drive.
Like the PS3, the WII can now play movies and music from your network wirelessly.
Here’s the WII Media Center main Screen. As you can see, I have my recorded TV Shows, movies, and music on there. Works really well, in fact, the WII plays some video files that the PS3 will not play.
I did have an issue where a game would not play off of the HD and had to put the disc in. but other than that, it has been smooth sailing thus far.
Anyway, was going through the stuff I have here in storage here in VA. I really need to clean out the closets… I picked up the Commodore cartridges somewhere… don’t remember where. Probably a yard sale. The acoustic coupler I got from a buddy quite some time ago.
I posted my first Essay today. It was to be on a Hero, and we are to explain why he/she was a hero in our eyes. I didn’t want to choose a military hero, as there are thousands of those, I wanted someone different. I chose Bill Gates. With all the volunteer work and donations he gives to the American School system, he is a hero in my eyes.
WIsh my luck!
Happy Father’s Day. Fathers Day started in June of 1910, when a lady who was raised by her father was listening to a Mother’s Day Sermon, and wanted her father to know how special he was. Her father’s birthday was in June, so she chose June 19th as the very First father’s day. Interesting piece of info.
From Morning Glow Website:
The idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington. A woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father’s Day while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909.
Having been raised by her father, William Jackson Smart, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a courageous, selfless, and loving man. Sonora’s father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on the 19th of June, 1910.In 1926, a National Father’s Day Committee was formed in New York City. Father’s Day was recognized by a Joint Resolution of Congress in 1956. In 1972, President Richard Nixon established a permanent national observance of Father’s Day to be held on the third Sunday of June. So Father’s Day was born in memory and gratitude by a daughter who thought that her father and all good fathers should be honored with a special day just like we honor our mothers on Mother’s Day.