Here’s the new layout. Started using mozilla on my win2k pro pc here. I like it for the most part, although it had a stuck process alnight. Loads pages very quickly and the tabbed windows is sooooooo nice. However my smokeping page doesn’t load at all in mozilla, so I will have to figure out why. So no, it is not my default browser yet. Also installed gaim on my pc here. I love it too. A lot better than the last time I used it. Shows buddyicons right in the buddylist, tabbed IMs, encryption, and all that. I also bought deadaim for my pc here and it works well. Tabbed IMs is where it is at. I love that. It was worth the 5 bucks and a yr of free updates. Seems everyone uses it anyway. Now I understand why.
I got kismet installed on my laptop and it works well. Find all those hidden (closed) wireless networks people don’t want you to find. Currently listening to Full Devil Jacket. Seems they have disappeared. Too bad; they were decent.
Now you know this could never be justified
Now you know I could never be satisfied
Now you know you can’t love me if I can hide
Now you know that this little child is terrified

So I found out today that I gotta go in for surgery to get a cyst taken out. Yay. January 15th. The surgeon guy was cool so I guess I’m gunna be ok. 2-3 days in the hospital, then 2 fucking weeks of no work. I guess it doesn’t matter that much. I don’t work much lately. Still though. whiskey tango foxtrot. Maybe more than 2 weeks. Wow. This is gunna suck. Anyone who says they aren’t intimidated are tools. So yeah I’m not exactly looking forward to this. fucking gotta pay the $1500 deductable too. Putting me in the poorhouse. At least I have insurance or else I would be paying 11 fucking grand, or somewheres around. Hospitals. What a joke. anyway, wish me luck.
On a slightly lighter note, I went wardriving with some friends last sat. Man that was fun. I got this 200mW wireless card from work. Wow! This card is powerful. At least 4 times powerful than my orinoco silver card (30mW card). Antenna diversity (i.e. two external antenna ports, which I may buy mobile mount omnis to increase range and pleasure). After spending an hour trying to figure out why no APs were listed in NetStumbler, a friend found the setting to change (changed to a diff. device listed) and boom, lots of access points. So we drove around augusta for awhile. Then stopped at dunkin donuts for food. Must have food. And of course wardrove from dunkin donuts whilst eating. Then we went to hallowell for awhile wardriving there. Found lots of aps there.
Wardriving is the shit.
I actually borrowed two of those wireless cards from work. One to put in my Dell 1170 rebadged orinoco AP-2000 access point. Well it doesn’t like the card. Big suprise with orinoco junk. I did however tonight get the wireless card working under linux on my laptop. So fucking cool. Actually the install was easier and more configurable than my orinoco card is. I love this card. Fedora Core 1 with the card. Lovely. Now to load it up with all the necessary wardriving tools.
I saw a segment on TSS tonight about freebsd and clusters. That sparked my interest in trying to start up a cluster in my basement using clusterknoppix.
I found a site to load your access point up with linux. I will have to try that.
TSS did a segment last thursday on a kit to build your own access point. Damnit, I wish I had 250 bux. I got the wireless card, just need the board, case, and CF card. God, I seriously want to build that. Looks like a really fun project. Another cool project I want to do is this one. Roll your own mp3 player. Man, also a sweet project. But I’d rather do the access point right now. someone PIF that access point project. Please? All the wireless. Man I love wireless. For home. Not for a wireless isp. I’m getting burned out from working at Airolink and wireless on a large scale such as that. Drives me nuts. People with viruses, spyware, adware, and nubs who hose their computers and expect the isp techs (me) to fix it when it has nothing to do with us.
I re-organized my private ftp. Moved the files to a separate partition which has more space. Uploaded devildriver. Seriously, you peeps gotta download and listen to them. They fucking own. Lead singer is dez fafara. Yes, the one and only coal chamber lead singer. His new band is so heavy. Swinging the Dead is my fav. song by them right now. And yes, on that note, I guess this is the end of Coal Chamber. Sadly. I really enjoyed their shit. I’m gunna miss them, but I guess everyone needs to move on. I leave you with this:
Pick it up, fuck it up, this swinging sound it’s got them moving • You scream for blood, you scream for flesh, keep the bodies moving • Ride if you like, ride if you like, deathride • • Swinging the dead, swinging the dead • Deathride

so i just got back from the staind, sevendust, and chevelle concert in lewiston tonight. man sooooooo sweeeeeeeet. sevendust pwned. period end of story. staind was up there too. chevelle… eh not that bad.
so i brought a girl from work to the show. that was cool. and she is def. cool. likes all the same music i do which is hard to find in people.
i really hope something becomes of this…. <3