A chronicle of all things Geek.
April 19, 2016
I am nervous about going to the polls for the NY Primary because of the dirty tricks that Clinton has done in other states. I have voted in primaries before (2004 and 2008). This is big because I am a Bernie Sanders supporter, and if he wins it will greatly narrow Clinton’s lead and maybe surpass. (I can only hope.) There was some news that a polling place in Greece, NY was having problems. Looked into and it isn’t my polling place. I just want to vote.
April 13, 2016
I had a friend just come out as transgender and that makes a total of 6 people I have met that are transgender. (5 male-to-female and 1 female-to-male) It got me thinking about imperfection and what it means. The saying nobody is perfect is fitting but everyone reflexes that imperfection differently. I was thinking about the different types of imperfects there are. There are physical disabilities, mental disabilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities that can be considered that. One thing that we all have the right is be able to face them and seek help so that we can have a “normal” life and as a society we need to make sure that we accept then and give our support. At the end of the day we are just people; imperfect in every way.
April 4, 2016
This is outside my window the morning on 4/4/2016. The calendar says spring but outside looks like winter. We hit a cold snap and it got me thinking of a Time magazine article I read back in 2000. Says the melting ice caps will cause an ice age. You’re going to ask how would that happen? The article says that the melting enters cold fresh water in the oceans in the higher latitudes causing the currents from the equator to prevent the warm temps getting that high and causing an ice age. Here is a link that talks about my point: How Global Warming will Cause the Next Ice Age
April 1, 2016
On 4/1/2004 I was doing tech support for Gateway Computers. This old guy calls me with an issue with the Hard Drive. He wanted to buy a replacement. He only had 1 day left in the warranty for support. He tells me he smashed it with a ball peon hammer. I asked the question of why. The guy got paranoid and said there was data like financial data on it that he wants to protect. Informed him that we provide a utility that can write 0s to the HDD destroying all data. He didn’t believe me. Informed him what he did wasn’t covered under the warranty so I sold him a new one.
March 25, 2016
I first learned about Segwag Polo from show My Life on the D List. This got me to thinking if anyone ever tried Segwag Racing? I have played with the idea, but what kind of regulation would the race have? How long will the race be and what shape the track will be. Also rules for crashes and infractions like if a driver punches another. It was a crazy idea and Segwags aren’t that popular.
March 11, 2016 3 Comments
A few years ago I was helping out with a scifi convention and wanted to make a robot as a mascot. I tried to learn programming arduino boards to do it. Tried as hard as I could but couldn’t get the board programmed to work. I scraped the project and gave some of the parts away. Years later I was looking on Instructables and found out about the EZ-Robot Developer Kit. So I ordered the kit and am going back to creating R.U.D.I. again. Bring him to EerieCon
in Buffalo/Niagara Falls, NY area to entertain the guests. Will keep you posted.
P.S. R.U.D.I. stands for Rudimentary Utility Droid Intelligence.
February 20, 2016
On Friday February 19, 2016 I quit my job at Paychex and am going to start a new job on Monday February 22, 2016. I am excited to start a new job and nervous also. Paychex was a good company to work for and I had a job doing support for an online time tracking program called Time and Labor Online. The problem with that was it wasn’t in Information Technology and more of account management with billing and cancellation we had to perform.
I am going into a I.T. position where I will be supporting network print services. The position is a step up from my former one and the pay is 21% better. This is the kind of job I was looking to get when I graduated college and that has me nervous. The reason why is back in 1999 a year after I graduated from RIT with a BS in I.T. I had this nice paying job starting out in a company’s IT department. I had hopes and dreams of a future, but after 6 weeks I was fired. I was a poor performer at my job because of my A.D.D. and my inexperience. I now have good meds, experience and maturity, but it still a nagging feeling that I might not have it after 6 weeks. I hope for the best and preparing for the worst. I will keep you posted.
February 2, 2016
I was watching the Iowa Caucus and it was a nail biter. I am a Bernie Sanders support and he had no superpac support or rich donors and trailed behind Hillary Clinton by 4/10 of a percent. I would love if he won, but the presidential race isn’t a sprint but a marathon, and Bernie and Hillary broke from the pack. He is on her heels and may over take the lead during Super Tuesday. Only concern is accusation of Hillary changing the vote to her favor. Bernie is a fighter and so is his posse and we will make sure this election is fair. Because if it goes unchallenged then it is Florida in 2000 all over again where Al Gore decided to concede the election then staying in for the end and could of won. The corruption in the US is getting worse. This has to stop. That’s why Bernie Has a Posse.
January 27, 2016
When I was in Jr High(1985-87) I remember this Foot Locker commercial during the Superbowl. (Superbowl Ad) It showed this futuristic sport with players are flying and trying to get a ball into a goal that was the size of the ball. Some players had an arm cannon to launch the ball why others had a scoop on one hand to catch and throw the ball. This kinda stuck with me, and inspired me to create a future sport that was in zero-gee called Pargon. The more I looked into weightlessness it has evolved over time to be Floatball.
The rules were taken from Team Handball/Water Polo and goes as follows. The playing area is an enclosed space that is 20-30m wide by 15-20m deep by 2.5-3m high (Partly based on water polo pool), so there is no out of bounds. There were poles placed throughout the “field” so players can change direction. Goals where in the end walls 2.5 meters wide and meter high with bars along the opening for the goalie to hold on to. There is 7 players to a side: 1 goalie and 6 field players (i.e. water polo and team handball). Playing time was divided into 4 quarters of 8 minutes. Goals are worth 1 point.
Game would start with the ball in the center with one player for each team would do a jump ball/face off where one would push off the floor with another player off the ceiling. Penalties would be spearing where a player would charge head or shoulder first into another player. Holding onto another player and an push off where you would launch yourself off another player.
January 23, 2016 1 Comment
I was in the shower and was thinking about the eSports league and how to take the format and make it more doable. Then roller derby came into mind where a lot of local leagues came into being and then there were bouts between them as the sport progressed into travel teams. So I am thinking maybe best to start small and make it a local amateur eSports league. If it catches on in other cities then maybe we can have a travel league.
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