Sunday, March 29, 2009

A7N8X-E Deluxe, SATA II Hard Drives and You

On Friday and Saturday, I replaced my old WD 120GB SATA drives with brand new WD 1TB SATA II drives. Let me tell you, it wasn't the most fun I've ever had; moving loads of data around and around so that I could get all the data from the old to the new. I moved all the data off the old drives on Friday and then yesterday morning I ran into a major snag with my Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe not being compatible with the new SATA II drives. BAM! I never even saw it coming. Fortunately I was able to find a fix on the Asus message boards, New SATA Bios from Silicon Image.... Yep, I needed to update the MoBo to the newest Bios to get it to work but that link had excellent step by step details on the process. Of course I didn't have a floppy drive but after swapping floppies with an old computer, the Bios was flashed, the the HDs were recognized and I was up and running in no time... moving all the data back to the new drives. Yes, it's Sunday afternoon and I'm still moving files. What a fun weekend.

I'm currently watching: Scrubs

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Sunday, December 16, 2007

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday

So I decided I wanted a Wii for Christmas right about Thanksgiving but then I went away for Thanksgiving and yeah, it was just a bad time. So 2 weeks ago, Kristin went to Best Buy at like 7:30AM when it opened at 10:00AM but was too far back in the line. They had a minimum of 18 but ended up having 23. The last person who got one got there at like 6:30AM. So last weekend she went at like 6:00AM or something but it turns out they weren't selling Wiis last weekend; they were holding them all for this weekend. Yay.

So yesterday I check the ad and they have a minimum of 21. Last night I go to Best Buy and talk to a guy. He says get there by 4:00AM. I think the man's crazy, but alright, I want one and what else am I doing at 4:00AM on Sunday so I say what the hell. They open at 8:00AM now anyway. I woke up at 3:45AM and got there by 4:15AM. I didn't get a Wii this morning. I was like 52 in line. The guy 2 in front of me was there at 3:20AM and didn't get one. Probably the 12 or so people in front of him who got there before 3:30AM didn't get one. They had 70 but were only giving out 27. I guess they were holding the rest for next weekend. When youll probably have to line up Friday night and stand there for 2 days to get one. To say the least, I won't be having a Wii under the Christmas tree.

It's pretty assanign that you could wait probably 5-6 hours in 30 degree temperatures and not get a Wii, that is in the store, just so Best Buy can tell people that they're gonna have 50 of them the Sunday before Christmas. A sale is a sale. This my friends is why I hate Best Buy.

In lighter news, Matt got a Rock Band. I think that's what I'll be doing until I get a Wii. I can't complain.

And the Eagles won their Superbowl this afternoon, beating the Cowboys and injuring a lot of them. It was a great game and it pretty much defines the season of what could have been if we had gotten some breaks. Tony Romo had a career-low QB rating of 22.2, bumb-ass Terrance Newman played like Terrance Newman and Roy Williams, of course, played crappy while Roy Williamsing Donovan. When will the NFL do something a little more severe to this man who continues getting fines for committing the Roy Williams tackle??? He obviously doesn't care about the fines.

I'm currently watching: NFL Football: Washington Redskins at New York Giants

Labels: Purchases, Sports, That's Life

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Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Rock Band

So I realized I hadn't posted about Rock Band yet even though it is one of the greatest games ever. I don't know what to talk about other than we played it for the first time Friday night and it's the most ridiculously fun party game ever. We got our band, the Faceless Apples, and we just rocked for about 4 hours. With Guitar Hero, I'd always be playing and thinking to myself, man I should be doing something constructive with my time; Maybe play some real guitar. However with Rock Band you not only have Guitar Hero but you also get Karaoke AND pretty fun, almost realistic, drumming action as well. Look for the Faceless Apples coming to a city near you real soon. Our world tour is going well.

Oh, and I finally got my real guitar on Thursday night as well. It looks and sounds pretty.

What I'm listening to: Coheed & Cambria - The Second Stage Turbine Blade - 33

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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

I bought my guitar. Yeah, you heard me right.

I ordered my guitar last night. It shipped today. I leave for the Bahamas tomorrow night. I should be back Sunday. I should have my guitar by Monday. It's gonna be a weekend full of highs I suppose.

What is that you said? Finally, after all these years, you've finally purchased your acoustic guitar? Yessir, that's right. I finally purchased my acoustic guitar. A Taylor 414ce. Beautiful.

What I'm listening to: Silence

Labels: Purchases, Vacation

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Monday, April 23, 2007

Update

I started looking at rings a year ago April but decided to buy a house first. Fast forward to this April. I bought a house, started looking at rings again, went home, bought one, came back, gave it to Kristin, and yes, she did say yes. It happened that fast. Some other fun facts? I've now been to Shea. Even thought it was probably colder than the Meadowlands in January, I can knock one more ballpark off my list. I want a Wii pretty bad after playing hours of it at Taylor's while I was home. I now have my Phoenix trip booked and 2 weeks from right now I'll be checking off Chase Field from my ballpark list. Tomorrow it should be 85 degrees outside and I'll be playing Wiffleball for the first time in like 10 years. If it's still hurricane season outside like it feels like it's been for the last week, Ultimate Alliance is always calling my name.

What I'm listening to: Silence

Labels: Purchases, Sports, That's Life, Vacation

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Thursday, November 30, 2006

Must put credit card away.

Rocky t-shirts. I've never been so tempted to buy something in my entire life. And the free movie poster makes it almost unbearable.

I'm currently watching: Scrubs

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