tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288188442023-11-16T06:11:05.172-05:00My chaotic lifeJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28818844.post-61050664373670047872015-03-06T23:45:00.002-05:002015-03-06T23:45:49.409-05:00Deeper down the rabbit hole I goThis season I am officially digging myself deeper into the realm of retrocomputing\retrogaming. Hopefully, sometime between June and August, I'll be getting a 1541Ultimate II and a C64 Reloaded board. I will be seeing how far back in time I can drag myself. Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28818844.post-20736268862477257382015-01-22T23:28:00.000-05:002015-01-22T23:28:01.829-05:00A little cranky are we?My desktop is getting a little slow. That doesn't matter, when I get back to work, I'll be basically doing a complete rebuild of it. A new power supply first, then a new CPU, RAM, yadda yadda. At the end of all of that, I should be able to run the PC version of Grand Theft Auto V and pretty much everything else for that matter.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28818844.post-51254847424324219082013-04-19T23:17:00.000-05:002013-04-19T23:17:08.821-05:00Back to the grindstone!I am proud to announce I am officially back to work in 14 hours. Sometime next month I'll be ordering a new power supply for my desktop and give MiniMe some rest and relaxation.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28818844.post-85882861297068105942013-04-07T22:33:00.002-05:002013-04-07T22:33:47.699-05:00Another death...I learned today that the grandmother I hardly knew passed away. The only part of her name I know is Barbara. I don't know if I'm even spelling her name right, so, tomorrow, I'll know more information when my father gets back from the UK.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28818844.post-38132435325686715022013-02-15T02:34:00.001-05:002013-02-15T02:34:32.125-05:00My music...It's well established that I like listening to chiptunes and chiptune remakes. But, in the depths of my collection of 170K+ audio files, I discovered a mashup of Rambo II and Green Beret by Martin Galway. This track which is almost 8 minutes long, makes me want to cry in unspeakable euphoria. This <a href="http://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=42809">module</a> is by Jogeir Liljedahl. This music pretty much sums up my life in 8 minutes.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28818844.post-61970185736934854632012-12-29T01:26:00.000-05:002012-12-29T01:26:16.139-05:00OOPS!<iframe bordercolor="#000000" class="yvmszetamrkvyazzhano" frameborder="0" height="150" hspace="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/adi/N7433.148119.BLOGGEREN/B6533661.1199;sz=180x150;ord=[timestamp]?;lid=41000613802463918;pid=27975;usg=AFHzDLt-4eCPdsfUBz9o3kF6RE-M9Jpnaw;adurl=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.abt.com%252Fproduct%252F27975%252FBelkin-F3H98225.html;pubid=609122;price=%2413.31;title=Belkin+F3H982-25+25+Fe...;merc=Abt+Electronics+%26+Appliances;imgsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fcontent.abt.com%2Fmedia%2Fimages%2Fproducts%2Fl_f3h98225.jpg;width=110;height=79" vspace="0" width="180"></iframe><iframe bordercolor="#000000" class="yvmszetamrkvyazzhano" frameborder="0" height="150" hspace="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/adi/N7433.148119.BLOGGEREN/B6533661.1200;sz=180x150;ord=[timestamp]?;lid=41000613802463918;pid=27975;usg=AFHzDLt-4eCPdsfUBz9o3kF6RE-M9Jpnaw;adurl=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.abt.com%252Fproduct%252F27975%252FBelkin-F3H98225.html;pubid=609122;price=%2413.31;title=Belkin+F3H982-25+25+Fe...;merc=Abt+Electronics+%26+Appliances;imgsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fcontent.abt.com%2Fmedia%2Fimages%2Fproducts%2Fl_f3h98225.jpg;width=110;height=79" vspace="0" width="180"></iframe>I ordered a VGA+audio cable to connect my soon to be built DOS gaming PC and some how it ended up in Felton, Delaware. I'll post the circuitous route on my other blog when it gets here.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28818844.post-8207433753905854832012-12-20T19:00:00.000-05:002012-12-20T19:00:02.206-05:00EndOfCalendar != EndOfWorldGet the FUCK over it! The world will not end for 10^9 years! The Mayan calendar may end, but the world will keep on running. END OF LINE!Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28818844.post-84940127968733965572012-11-30T20:54:00.000-05:002012-11-30T20:54:23.111-05:00You know you're sick when......you can't taste NyQuil.That stuff tastes frickin' nasty. My tastebuds are clogged and I've got a scratchy throat.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28818844.post-40134923573730950202012-10-29T20:42:00.000-05:002012-10-29T20:42:10.852-05:00WTF^2?!Okay. Something serious is going down here in Lansdale, PA. The street I live on is now closed. The air smells weird, and I have no fucking clue what is going on! We have fire fighters all over the place. I'm surprised we still have power.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28818844.post-1872572331060146992012-10-29T14:25:00.001-05:002012-10-29T14:25:22.878-05:00Holy Crap!This bitch of a storm Sandy gunning for the Delaware Valley. I have a less than .01% doubt that we will lose power within 6 hours. So my watching of Hawaii Five-0 will be interrupted tonight.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28818844.post-90786494133693602202012-10-28T22:28:00.001-05:002012-10-28T22:28:27.635-05:00READY. █I'm prepared for whatever this hurricane brings us. I wish everybody luck on the East coast of the US. If the power goes out tomorrow, or earlier, I will find some alternate forms of entertainment. I will be in blackout condition. May this bitch of a storm run out of energy quick! Good luck!Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28818844.post-49187631207818179392012-10-22T19:42:00.001-05:002012-10-22T19:42:21.086-05:00STATUS:ACTIVEI was a nervous mess today for good reason: April the cat that I swore myself to protect, as sick the past few days. She was having troubles using the litter box. I knew something was not right when she was visiting the box 5 times in a minute. Turns out she (probably) has a urinary tract infection. Good news though, She's fine. I have a few pain tablets for her. She will be good for another 10 years.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28818844.post-32435265304378695542012-08-27T15:10:00.003-05:002012-08-27T15:10:37.477-05:00That's a first!I work at a country club. We usually have outings on Mondays. Today is Monday. Today's outing was cancelled. Outings are rarely cancelled due to weather.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28818844.post-22152704457958888962012-06-13T19:45:00.000-05:002012-06-13T19:45:32.038-05:00Soon...Someday next month I will be acquiring an AverMedia Game Broadcaster HD when I have the funds. When I get it that should finally put a project that has been going on for 2.5 years now. A review will be on my projects blog when I get it.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28818844.post-81453059121894576182012-04-09T18:04:00.001-05:002012-04-09T18:04:50.216-05:00Sad news...My hero Jack Tramiel has passed away. He was a tough son-of-a-bitch who had the gall to bring computers to the masses, challenging IBM, Apple(my enemy), Atari, and pretty much everyone else. He will be missed by me and everyone who had or still owns a Commodore computer. <span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="pl"><span class="hps">Dobra</span> <span class="hps">prędkość,</span> <span class="hps">Idek</span> <span class="hps">Trzmielski</span><span>!</span></span>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28818844.post-18804055820374955512012-04-05T21:31:00.002-05:002012-04-05T21:31:31.564-05:00Now you know why...My blog title "My chaotic life" has definitely earned it's stripes yet again. My mother has been committed to a mental clinic. I am holding back tears speaking to you, the world, about myself. My life has dealt me so many bad hands that I am just numb. My mind is just a flood of emotions right now. My mother was contemplating suicide. I'm usually the one helping everyone including my mother with everything. Now I feel helpless. I can't eat, I can't sleep. I don't know what to do right now. If any of you want to help me get through this, thank you. If you want to be a troll, there is a special circle of hell for you.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28818844.post-35435131192189361002011-12-17T23:30:00.001-05:002011-12-17T23:30:29.759-05:00Full circle...I have left Microsoft's pasture for the greener swath that is Linux. Windows was fun but I felt constrained. I have installed Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelelot 11.10. The funny thing is my default media player for audio files under Windows 98 was Cubic Player. On Win 2K-7 was Winamp. On Linux...Cubic Player. I feel right at home again.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28818844.post-74853136755281491372011-11-20T02:02:00.001-05:002011-11-20T02:06:25.770-05:00Yummy...Last Thursday, I went in for surgery. I had to get an ingrown toenail taken care of. Now there is nothing but a strip of red, black, orange, and other assorted colors. The feeling sometimes feels like sandpaper, sometimes like an engraver. Healing time commences.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28818844.post-48296213285338243202011-11-14T23:25:00.001-05:002011-11-14T23:28:57.307-05:00Rant time...PeTA has officially crossed the line in my book. They attacked an institution that is Mario, as in the short, portly plumber Mario of Super Mario fame. They could not attack the franchise back in the 1980s, so they picked now? What lowlives attack what those hypocrites may have played as a kid? Last I checked a costume a skinned animal does not make. That is all.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28818844.post-23891401218222778032011-10-26T19:50:00.002-05:002011-10-26T19:50:26.098-05:00Really?!I just read that Gadaffy's family is bringing a lawsuit against NATO. What in holy fuck do they expect? Sympathy? OK, how many people did he and his cronies kill? Thousands, tens of thousands? And his family wants compensation for <i>HIS</i> killings? I find this lawsuit completely irrational and without merit. When we the USA killed Osama, his family gave exactly less than a flying fuck about it. Actually, I think they didn't care at all.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28818844.post-42452177452334014422011-10-12T23:30:00.000-05:002011-10-12T23:30:33.593-05:00Goodbye old friend...I have made the decision to discontinue use of Winamp. It used to be be my goto media player for everything, but was starting to show its age. The module plug-in has been abandoned and left to rot while the MP3 and other "modern" plugins got top priority. My new media player has become XMPlay by un4seen Developments. XMPlay has, what my favorite other media player Cubic Player for DOS does, a MIDI soft-synth.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28818844.post-1614381485727266392011-10-07T01:27:00.002-05:002011-10-07T01:27:33.600-05:00(Temporary) fix?!I ordered an All to HDMI box to convert my video signals to, well, HDMI. For a few years I was using a VGA box to do the conversions. The VGA device gave good results but the video quality from 8-Bit game systems was really poor for my tastes. The HDMI box however, treats everything right. My Atari 2600's video is crisp with no sign of inter-layer fuzz. However, I also have an Intensity Shuttle which I still plan on using when I sort out all of my video signal woes. The Shuttle does not like 8- or certain 16-bit game systems. My theory is that the chroma subchannel in the video signals is dorking with the video processor. The work will be covered on my project site, so stay tuned.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28818844.post-38888217588059611092010-10-22T00:44:00.002-05:002010-10-22T00:47:43.216-05:00GRR!It is official: Lady Gaga is an annoying bitch! Her song Alejandro got stuck in my head after going into a store and hearing it over the sound system. It is also rattling in my head now just thinking about it.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28818844.post-27164909956058476222010-10-13T22:41:00.004-05:002010-10-13T22:46:19.432-05:00Yes!!!!!!!!!!!39 down alive, 39 up alive! The Chilean mine accident started tragic but ended in triumph. I am making a note here, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI">HUGE SUCCESS</a>!Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28818844.post-87122720306191506092010-07-20T22:03:00.002-05:002010-07-20T22:12:51.921-05:00Go with God sir...I watched the tribute to Captain Philip C. Harris of the F/V Cornelia Marie and I have to admit, I shed a few tears. I am getting choked up just saying this. I am not very religious or anything but if he followed a faith he is now with God. The short poem that I wrote In Memoriam is:<br /><br /> May God smile upon him<br /> That Neptunius granted him the bounty of the sea<br /> May They both look out him<br /> As he lived life free<br />Fare thee well Captain!Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03621119365181270554noreply@blogger.com0