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6/22/06
---Wow...it got up to about 105* F here today, I'm impressed.
---Posted some reviews on places to eat near Petaluma, CA, I'm planning on adding more when I feel like it, I also plan to add some photos and maybe some sample menus, etc. Here's what I have so far.
6/10/06
---/Highschool, congrats to all other graduates :)
5/22/06
---Happy Birthday Jessica!
---Added a Windows XP tip, and a theme that i made, and some other stuff...check it out..
---Xoxide has the Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard (new), $69, it has an MSRP of $79.99 and retails for up to $100
--They also have
5/12/06
---Geeks.com is having some good prices eh? Check it out.
//Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard
Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard
(refurbished) for $57.50.


//Mini Shake Light
Mini Shake Light
for $5. Great thing to put in your emergency kit. Batteries suck and they pollute the world...or something. Batteries are supposedly HAZMAT...so get that light and shake it!

//Plusdeck2c PC Cassette Deck
Plusdeck2c PC Cassette Deck
for $90 (Old tapes you wanna make into high tech MP3 recordings...here ya go!)

// 3-Button PS/2 Optical Scroll M
3-Button PS/2 Optical Scroll Mouse
Everybody needs a less boring mouse for $3.50!


4/13/06
---Irony: Crime and consequences
GILLETTE, Wyo.(AP)- A teenage boy accidentally set himself on fire early Wednesday morning after allegedly trying to siphon gas from a firefighter's car. (at a Gas station called "Common Cents.") ---(So...sets fire to self with gas belonging to a firefighter, is common SENSE dead?) Full story
3/13/06
---Here's a deal for ya:
Free Shipping from Christian Book Distributors Coupon Code: 234625 Expires May first. They have some great deals on stuff, such as $0.49 CDs that are actually pretty good. Such as Ska '98, a Guardian CD, and some cassettes. On the right, click "music" then narrow down to the price range you want, there are some amazing deals on CDs for less than $5. Christian Book Distributors also sells Books, movies, clothing and other stuff, take a look, I've ordered from them in the past many times and have been satisfied.
3/6/06
---A Powerful Charity Opportunity: Xoxide is donating $5 for every Hiper Power Supply they sell through March 31st. So, head on over here and buy a sweet modular power supply, and donate to Children’s Charities of America, or, if you don't wanna buy a sweet modular power supply, you can just donate, either way, you're a cool person if you do, heh, you're a cool person anyway for visiting this site and even reading this message. /hug. (I dont know about you, but these are some of the coolest looking power supplies I've ever seen.)
2/28/06
---I'd like to announce Typicallyrandom.com's partnership with Xoxide. Great place to buy computer cases, mice, keyboards, fans, caffeinated stuff, cool looking speakers, computer mods, cooling, and of course, power supplies. (Check out the X-Connect, would go very well with a clear case.)
2/1/06
---Need a Nostalgic Appliance? Check this out. Old fashioned movie theatre style popcorn machines, fondue machines, nacho cheese maker carts, cotton candy machines, and other great stuff. Now if you buy this stuff, think how random that would be, to have a rotating liquor shot dispenser of hotsauce, vanilla extract, or vodka, or all of the above, in your living room! Not everybody has a snowcone machine in their garage. Buy this and I can make money to help pay for my website, or even college. Or at least a bowl of soup.
1/31/06
---But it was just sitting there! The city of Indianapolis has a problem, dozens, to be exact. Thieves have been stealing 300 pound manhole covers to sell to scrap yards. Replacing these glorified lids costs the city from $300 to $2000, but the danger in open manholes presents another risk, as the holes range from 4 feet to 30 feet deep. So if you're anything like the man in the story below, stay away from Indianapolis. AP Story
---Think you're a klutz? A Cambridge, England museum visitor tripped on a shoelace and fell down a flight of stairs, crashing into a set of priceless Chinese vases, over 300 years old, which were displayed on a windowsill, usually unreachable. The museum staff has vowed to glue the pieces back together again, all is well. Reuters
Story.

---Your Mouse is boring. Check these out.
---Pre-Order Now: 2 of my favorite music groups will be releasing new albums, Sanctus Real will be releasing The Face of Love (autographed), on 4/4/06. And Kutless will be releasing Hearts of the Innocent, on 3/21/06. (Autographed) Both albums are available for pre-order. Also available for pre-order is the Special Edition of the Kutless album.
1/12/06
---Warm Deals:
>Relient K albums for $8.47
>Switchfoot: Beautiful Letdown and Nothing is Sound for $10 each
>Other deals on their site, including autograph offers on other albums, reasonable shipping, other $10 and under CDs by great artists. Check it out, buy something and support my habit of music!
1/1/06
---Happy New Year, congrats, you did survive o'five
11/27/05">
--- Pretty Good Deal: *DEAD* Free Shipping at MusiChristian.com. Order over $50 worth of stuff and get free shipping.
10/11/05
---Seen around: (Petaluma Hill Road) Border collie in back of a Volvo stationwagon, bouncing between left and right side of car, jumping to the left every time a car in opposing traffic passed, apparently this dog was trying to chase cars.
10/8/05
---Seen around: (Calistoga, Rock of Ages Fest 2005) Thousands of people enjoying the Newsboys in concert, and one Border Collie up close to the stage, on the shoulder of a fan.
10/5/05
---Todays Funny Dialogue:
econ teacher: ya know a brain surgeon makes about 150 grand a year, and they only perform about 4 surgerys a year, pretty good deal, just crack a few skulls open...

student#1: yeah and make sure the nerves dont spill out all over the operating table like spaghetti

student#2: 5 second rule
9/30/05
---Seen Around: (Santa Rosa) 3 travelling ice cream carts in one block.
9/5/05
---This just in, there is a second verse to "I'm a Little Teapot," it goes something like this:
I'm a very special pot, it's true.
Here's an example of what I do.
I can turn my handle into a spout.
Just tip me over and pour me out.

9/2/05
---Hurricane Katrina has devastated millions along the Gulf Coast, the initial loss is tremendous, but their ordeal is not yet over, millions are homeless, conditions are apalling, and the effects of this disaster are long lasting. I encourage you to donate to organizations that are involved in the recovery effort.
_World Vision used 87% of their donations for programs, 5% for management, and 8% for fundraising
in 2004, you can donate directly to their Hurricane Katrina fund through the link provided.
8/29/05
---I now have a little pardnership with Thinkgeek.com, you click my link, you buy their stuff, I get a reward, they get customers, you get cool stuff, it's a win win win situation!

8/28/05
---Changes to About Me and FAQ Sections applied.
---Don't forget to check out the "other stuff" section

---New photo album started, improved captions, better organization, Check it Out
---FTP now operational again, expect changes.
5/22/05
---Happy Birthday Jessica!
2/10/05
---Happy Belated Birthday Gordon!
---Canon A510 Review Posted Click Here to read
1/28/05
---Happy Birthday Byron! 19???? Who'da thought?

1/7/05
---Happy Birthday Rachele!
1/3/05
---New Year, new Template, Please vote on what color scheme I should use. -1-, -2-, What I'm using now. Or something else? Head on over to the forums to vote.
12/31/04
---Happy New Year from Typicallyrandom.com! Bring on da 2005!
---I have decided to give a game of the year of the world from Typicallyrandom.com. And, the Game of the year for 2005 is.....Farcry. Farcry is a First Person shooter which has a long campaign mode. Though the multiplayer isnt great, the game itself is awesome. It came out of nowhere this year. The storyline was good, the graphics awesome, and the game. Half Life 2 may have been absolutely awesome, but it should have come out in 2003. It was hyped up way too much to deserve the Game of the Year award. Farcry it is, congrats Ubisoft.
12/25/04
---Merry Christmas from Typicallyrandom.com!

12/22/04
---Here's a nice little Christmas-themed background for my dedicated visitors.
---Take a hint from this video and be a good neighbor. (comment on video)
12/21/04
---Happy Birthday Nick!


12/13/04
---Gaming News: Battlefield 2 Pre Alpha Reviewed---Looks extremely awesome! Read about it Here
12/8/04
---Forum Look Updated, head over to the forum and check it out, feel free to register and post. Vote on whether or not you like it here
---Raidmax Scorpio Review added. Read it here.
---Typicallyrandom Poll, about the intro splash page. Vote here
12/8/04
---6 Week Old Kitten Unharmed After 440km Ride Next to Car Engine --- Elisabeth and Dieter Gesehl, after a 440km (that's 275 miles!) car trip in Germany, were notified by a kitten's mews of its presence next to their car engine. They only heard the cat after parking the car. "First of all we called the police as we feared for a moment that we must have run over and seriously injured a cat," remarked Mrs. Gesehl, but they soon found out that the kitten was unharmed and back to normal (or as normal as it ever will be) after being comforted for a few minutes. The couple adopted the cat and named her "Pussy." ---Amazing that such a young and fragile creature can survive an ordeal such as that unharmed.
12/6/04
---Florida Couple Reports Pot Stolen, Arrested---A Florida couple has been arrested after telling police that somebody stole their 1/4 pound stash of ganja and that they needed it back because they were going to sell it. John Douglas Sheetz and Misty Ann Holmes were arrested on the charge of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia. The couple is being held at the Bay County Jail on $17,500 bond. Makes you wonder....
12/5/04
---NY School Bus Driver Fired for Discussion of Stem Cells---42 Year old Julianne Thompson was fired from her job in New York for sharing some statistics about stem cell research with some students on the first of November, the day before the election. Thompson told the Buffalo News, a local newspaper, that she learned from an interview with Mel Gibson that she had read stated that 20 years of embryonic stem cell research had not cured any diseases and that adult stem cell research has cured 300. Thompson says that she shared that with her pupils. Parents complained, and she was fired because school employees are not allowed to discuss politics with students. Hmm...if that's the case, then most of the teachers at my school should have been fired long ago. Full story Comment on this article
12/1/04
---According to Merriam-Webster.com, the most commonly researched word on their site in 2004 was "blog" short for weblog. The rest of the top 10 list is as follows: 2. incumbent 3. electoral 4. insurgent 5. hurricane 6. cicada 7. peloton 8. partisan 9. sovereignty 10. defenestration.
11/25/04
---Happy Thanksgiving. Remember how much we are blessed
---Black Friday sales tomorrow. The Friday after Thanksgiving is the busiest shopping day of the year, and also when sales are a plenty. Check newspaper ads and set your alarm clock. This "Black Friday" is not referring to the one that set off the Great Depression, but rather when the stores begin to use black ink to show profit, instead of the red to show loss. I guess the sales are a way of, ya know, giving back to the customers.
11/24/04
---Dino Rossi (R) wins machine recount in Washington State. The close governor race in the Evergreen State is...err...close...Rossi came out ahead by 42 votes. The Democrats are going to go for a hand recount so it aint over yet... Full story
---Exploding what??? The Consumer Product Safety Commision (CPSC) has recieved 83 reports of exploding cell phones over the past two years. Though a rare occurence, this could be a problem... 13 year old Michael Sathre was picking up his fully charged Verizon LG phone when it exploded by his side. His father Curtis Sathre said it sounded like a bomb going off. The family chose not to sue, but is allowing a consumer group and the involved companies to come to their home and study the damage. The epidemic is not limited to Verizon and LG, but a Motorola phone spontaneously combusted in Philedalphia, this phone/battery combo was even bought at a nearby Nextel store. Most of the problems are caused by bad batteries and uncertified chargers. 83 out of about 170 million isnt too bad of a record, but it only takes one to cause emotional scarring and a new payphone customer. :looks at LG Verizon Phone on desk: Full Story
---New video added to site for Thanksgiving, can be viewed right here ::::videos page
11/12/04
---De Ja' Vu? Russian Sues McDonalds for Coffee Spill Burn---Nearly 15 years after McDonalds comes to Russia, a Moscow resident has sued McDonalds over 1st and 2nd degree burns over...a cup of coffee. Olga Kuznetsova is claiming 400 roubles (~$13) for medical costs and 100,000 roubles (~$3200) for "moral" damages. According to the 37 year old woman, she was opening a door with one hand and carrying a tray in the other, apparently the door slammed and hit her and her coffee spilled all over her, causing second and first degree burns. She asked McDonalds employees for help but they only brought towels and ice, as they were out of ointment. In a U.S. case in 1994, a woman recieved $2.7 million dollars, but that number was later reduced to $480,000 for damages caused when a cup spilled on her lap. The first McDonalds store opened in Russia in 1994, while Moscow was still the capitol of the Soviet Union, despite high prices by local standards, McDonalds is widely popular in Russia.
11/11/04
---Police Tell Robber to Return the Next Day for Arrest---After seeing himself on TV robbing a bank, Albany resident Darrell Lewis decided to turn himself into the police. Much to his surprise, he was turned down for arrest and told to come back the next day, according to police on Tuesday. The following day the 40 year old alleged robber went to a different station and was charged with robbery.
--- 86 years ago today, in 1918, World War I ended, the armistice was signed on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month in the year. Approximately 9 million soldiers were left dead and 21 million wounded, about 5 million civilians died from starvation, disease or exposure. At first this day was known as Armistice Day, but nowadays, it is known as Veterans Day, a day to honor and thank every veteran, be the veteran of World War I or of Operation Iraqi Freedom or just serving at home or in other nations. If you are reading this in English, thank a veteran.
11/7/04
---Relient K's Mmhmm album released last tuesday reviewed. (Buy it for $8.77) Also check out the 2 Lefts Review. (buy for $9.77)
10/31/04
---Deals of da Day! (I'll see if I can keep this goin)
<>< Pre Order Relient K's new Christmas Album, "Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand" for a mere $11.97 and you will recieve another CD by them, "Two Lefts Don't Make a Right, but Three Do". If you were to order it separately, it would cost you $9.77 and let me tell you, that was a great album, I bought it shortly after it was released and it was awesome, I am currently listening to it right now as I type this. So if you don't have RK's "Two Lefts..." or want some good Christmas music, which is less then 2 months away...ALREADY? Yeah, already...go ahead and Pre Order this album and get a copy of "Two Lefts..." a great addition to your CD Collection, or, if you already have it, it would make a great gift. And if you are into collecting, "Two Lefts Dont Make a Right, but Three Do" comes in 4 different styles.
---Typicallyrandom is now affiliated with MusiChristian. They are a great store for buying Christian music from and I do encourage you to head on over to their site and order some music.
9/2/04
---Windows Media Player 10 Released---yep, has "smart jukebox" and a store that allows you to shop for music directly from the player. Also supports over 70 music devices. Has a new look, 12 MB Download from Microsoft.com
8/31/04
---Microsoft's Security Chief Mistakenly Reveals that He Uses Firefox---MICROSOFT'S head of security, Stephen Toulouse, has accidentally revealed that he uses Firefox.
In an interview with Wired here, Toulouse was chatting about how security was an industry wide problem and not Internet Explorer specific. <Read On> ::Comment on this article::

8/30/04
---Bose Getting into Automobile Suspensions?--- Bose, a company known for their high end audio systems, is patenting a computerized suspension system that uses a linear electric motors and power amplifiers to each wheel, this is paired with a set of "control algorithms," whatever all that jargon means, it does mean one thing, by 2008, there may be a car manufacturer that has this new hi tech suspension that makes for a smoother and quieter ride.<Full Story> ::Comment on this Article::
---Bank Robber Asks for Directions---A Boston man allegedly tried to rob a copy shop Monday morning, thinking it was a bank, after being told that it was not a bank, he asked directions to the nearest Fleet bank branch. 40 minutes later, the man allegedly robbed a Fleet bank branch, leaving with only $200.
...Later that afternoon, the 32 year old man robbed a Citizen's Bank, and left with $2500, as he left, a bright red dye pack in the bag exploded as he fled in his truck, which, of course, got a flat tire not long after. Desperate to escape, covered in ink, the man ran into the gas station and asked for a cell phone to report his truck stolen. Police later found Paul Callahan hiding in the gas station. He has been scheduled to be arraigned on an armed robbery charge on Tuesday, according to police, more charges may follow. ::Comment on this news::

 

8/28/04
---Internet Getting ultra fast at a Reasonable Rate coming Very Soon.--Multigigabit internet is on the rise in countries such as Sweden and Italy, for an equivalent of only about $80 a month. <Full Story>

8/20/04
---Happy Birthday Stacia!

8/11/04
---Windows XP Service Pack 2 Out--Use at your own risk, it wont be on windows update till the 25th I hear. Click Here (supposedly this is the final version, it says it's for developers, but they want you to use windows update I think, this will allow you to have the installer on your computer so you dont have to download it every time you reformat)
---I have finally pruned the home page...you may find the news archive here

8/9/04
---Review: Xenix Blue LED Fan Mouse
Have you ever had your hands get hot when you are gaming? Have you wished to have some air circulation around your hands while going ironman at the LAN party but cant grip your coffee cup or Mountain Dew can because your hand is so sweaty? Are you sick of the boring red LED mice that are out there? Well the Xenix Blue LED Fan Mouse, at first glance and judging by the product description may seem like the perfect choice, well...you'd best think again.... {Read More}

7/17/04
---Happy Birthday #18 Derek.

7/16/04
---Happy Birthday #17 Keith

7/11/04
---German Police Successfully Revive Rabbit---A dwarf rabbit named Napoleon was revived by German police using non other than a ball point pen after he had passed out in a house fire. The officers opened Napoleon's mouth with the pen and breathed down it while giving it cardiac massage, after reviving him, Napoleon was rushed to the vet, where he will be kept for observation.
---7-11's Birthday a Success...I got me a free 7.11 ounce slurpee today, it was very good...Speaking of 7-11, if you buy a 44 ounce slurpee, you can redeem a code printed on the cup at slurpee.com for a free song download from MusicMatch.
7/6/04
---Happy Birthday #58 Mr. Bush


7/5/04
---Happy Belated Canada and Independence Days.
---Post in the Forums or doom will be upon ye....well, not quite doom, but post in the forums or....umm...you wont post in the forums?
7/3/04
---Polish Forces Find Chemical Weapons in Iraq "Terrorists may have been close to obtaining munitions containing the deadly nerve agent cyclosarin that Polish soldiers recovered last month in Iraq (news - web sites), the head of Poland's military intelligence said Friday." Full Story
6/12/04
---I am gonna not touch my computer for a few days so....check foxnews, yahoo news, and google news for your news stuff, and for the this day in history stuff just go to historychannel.com... ;)
6/11/04
---School's OUT!!!!
---I now have Battlefield Vietnam, it's pretty cool, demanding on the system, but that's cool, music is great too.
---Today was a good day.
6/9/04
---Heads up--- In about a month or so, Intel is rolling out products will all kinds of new stuff, including PCI Express, DDR2 Memory, integrated high quality audio, and improved RAID. These are very spiffy things that are coming, you budget people that cant afford the top of the line Schtuff, dont panic, and dont buy your new computer now, wait a month or so, and prices will DrOp.... (FULL STORY)
6/6/04
:---60 Years Ago Today---1944: Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy, France, took place. Many soldiers put their lives on the line for the freedom of the world. By the next day, over 150,000 Allied Soldiers were on the ground in France. Thankyou to all of the soldiers who put their lives on the line for the freedom and safety of the world, you are all appreciated.
6/5/04
:---Former President Ronald Reagan died today in his California home at the age of 93. He had been suffering from Alzheimer's Disease for 10 years. He served 2 terms as President from 1980-1988. 69 days into his first term, he was shot by John Hinkley, Jr. and made a full recovery. He was a truely remarkable man and will be remembered fondly by most.
:---60 Years Ago Today---1944: The final preparations for D-day were underway. 5000 bombs were dropped by 1000 Allied bombers on German positions in the Normandy area. Dummy invasions were performed in order to draw the Germans away from the actual invasion point.

6/4/04
:---60 Years Ago Today--- 1944: German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel leaves for Germany to celebrate his wife's birthday, 2 days before the invasion of Normandy by the Allies. His absence was beneficial to the Allies. By the time he returns to Normandy late on June 6, 1944, the Atlantic wall had been breached.
:---64 Years Ago Today--- 1940: The Allied forces finished their evacuation from Dunkirk on the Belgian coast. The evacuation had an unexpected success, saving 338,000 Allied troops from capture by the Nazis. All kinds of boats were used for the evacuation, including civilian vessels. The troops that were evacuated would later play a major role in WWII.
:---62 Years Ago Today -- 1942: The Battle of Midway began. Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo who was the commander of the fleet that attacked Pearl Harbor 6 months before, launched a raid on the Island of Midway with almost their entire fleet. Three of the four Japanese Carriers at Midway were sunk and the fourth, the Hiryu, before being crippled, destroyed one of the American Carriers with its planes. Midway was a disaster for the Japanese, with a loss of 322 aircraft, 3500 men, and 3 carriers.

6/2/04
:---60 Years Ago Today--American bombers of the Fifteenth Air Force launched Operation Frantic. The bombers would take off from southern Italy and land in Russia. The objective to cripple the German war economy. The plan was to destroy German factories in Romania, Hungary, and Silesia. The plan of taking off in Italy and Landing in Russia was called shuttle bonbing.
Also, on the same day, the D-Day invasion of Normandy France was changed from the 4th to the 5th*, this message was intercepted party by the Germans and a German General, General Karl von Rundstedt, was convinced that 4 consecutive days of good weather would be needed for the invasion, and thus, believed that the invasion would not take place in the first week of June....
* The invasion was later postponed to the 6th due to weather.

5/26/04
:---The head of the Russian border guards has ordered them to start smiling because he was fed up with their poor image and complaints from visitors. According to Vadim Shibayev "Some people have objected that our border guards are not very smiley, But now we hope that they will be more friendly."
---The RIAA has targeted over 500 more illegal music sharers. Over 3,000 people have been sued by the RIAA, over 400 have settled with the RIAA with settlements averaging to about $3000. Now I ask you file sharers this: Is it worth the risk? Would you rather pay $13 for a new CD or steal it and possibly end up paying $3000 or in some cases up to $150,000 per song? There are plenty of legitimate song download services that charge $1 or less per song. To name a few: Itunes, Napster, Realplayer, and many more.

5/24/04
New Music Download Service to Launch
--- The latest new music download service is Oxfam. A British company with which songs start at 75p. Profits from Oxfam will go to help projects in the UK and third world, which is very much unlike their competitors. So, if you are in the UK and are considering buying songs online, try out oxfam at bignoisemusic.com starting on May 26, 2004.

5/20/04
Ride your Bike to Work or School
---Just remembered that this week is "Ride Your Bike to Work or School Week" today when I saw a couple energizing stations. So ride your bike to work or school and check your newspaper for locations of food stations, the one that I visited had bagels, cookies, fresh fruit, energy bars, water bottles, and other cool stuff, all for free! I'll have to remember that. Next time I hope I remember it and leave earlier with no breakfast.....
---Google tests Gmail service....finds bug
Google, while testing their new GMail service, which will give users 1 Gigabyte of email space for free, found that they had a bug that increased the storage space from 1 Gigabyte to 1 Terabyte, which is equivalent to 1000 gigabytes. This is about the equivalent of playing DVD movies for 16 days continuously. Lycos and Yahoo both have increased their email service, but google looks better in my opinion, with 10 times the space of the free yahoo accounts, and costing less than the Lycos one. Sure they base ads on content of email but I have found that I get UBERSPAM on my yahoo account, about 90% Viruses. As long as you have nothing to hide, Gmail will probably be for you. (COMMENT ON THIS ARTICLE)

5/18/04
---Lycos Joins in on the Fray
Old-fashioned email turns out to be the next major battlefield of major search serach engines. To keep web surfers close to their properties, services increase offered storage space. After Google and Yahoo, Lycos Europe is the third search engine to boost the size of the inbox. Full Story
---There's a Pointer not to Mess With Them
Foxnews-A New Mexico man has been banned from the Rio Grande Zoo in Albuquerque after losing a finger to a jaguar's bite — and then lying about it. Full Story
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5/6/04
---That'll Teach 'im
He punctured about 2000 tires on 669 cars, he did it in Chemnitz from July 2002 to October 2003, 16 months. He was a 32 year old unemployed German carpenter. He was sentenced to three and a half years in prison. (FULL STORY)

5/5/04
---Typicallyrandom.com Webcam, (not live but you can think it is if you want to)

5/2/04
---The Senate has voted to restore the internet connection tax ban for another four years, not quite the permanent ban, which was approved by the House.
In 1998, the state and local taxes on the internet connection services were banned. The ban was ineffective while lawmakers tried to rewrite it to cover wireless and fast connections, usually called broadband. The Senate Thursday voted for a four year ban 93-3. (FULL STORY)

4/28/04
---Watch Your Step
New York dog owners are now fearing electrocution as they walk their dogs, in addition to traffic and other hazards. Three months after the fatal electrocution of a dog owner who had stepped on an electified metal plate. Now many dog walkers have been avoiding stepping on metal grates and manhole covers. Full Story

4/6/04
---I bought 2 new monitors from the local Gateway store yesterday, $42 each + tax. They are 17" CRTs, black. They look a lot better than the beige ones they're replacing...I also scored two Monster Cables, RCA, Video, audio and audio, for $10 each. Went to bestbuy, and some half the length of these ones were $70. As you may or may not know, Gateway is closing all their retail stores, and laying off 2500 employees.

4/5/04
---I built my computer into my new computer case over the weekend. Here is the link. Links to both are on the "Other" Page.

3/29/04
---A federal ban on partial birth abortions was challenged in three courtrooms around the US today....full story
---I bought Unreal Tournament 2004 on Friday....it's cool. Expect a review when I get time to play it enough...

2/19/04
---64 Bit not relevant?---"The question you have to ask yourself is will 64-bit be compelling and relevant three years from now? You end up spending more money for a feature you don't need to use." --William Siu (a top Intel executive says in a Reuters interview)
--- EOD .3 Set to Come Out Tomorrow--- Battlefield 1942 Mod, Eve of Destruction, which is a Vietnam Mod, is set to come out tomorrow (Friday), this is going to be a huge release. It is .3. It is already out for Fileplanet subscribers tuesday the 17th. (Unfortunately, I am not one of them)

2/17/04
---Do Not Spam website a scam. unsub.us, which looks just like the Do not call list website but offers a Do not spam signup, really can cause more spam because it gives the information you supply to spammers.

2/12/04
---A Vancouver newspaper misprinted a classified ad for a woman wanting to sell her Brother Sewing machine, dropping "sewing machine" from the ad. This caused the ad to read: "Brother for sale."...


2/3/04
---Well many 10th graders around California are undergoing the tedious exit exams. Me one of them...grr. About 2 hours of sitting there. Then after the 4 hour long test: on to the other classes. Half as long, about same amount of work.
---I ordered a new tv tuner card from newegg today. This one. It's got: FM Tuner, TV Tuner, 720x480 (NTSC) or 720x576 (PAL) at about 30FPS supposedly, lets see how it works for me. (later....I rma'ed
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2/1/04
---Intel is to release the new Prescott Pentium 4 processors Monday, ushering in lower prices of existing chips and more faster chips, at reasonable prices. 3.4s, 3.2s, 3.0s, and 2.8s are to be released with the new Prescott core.
---61 years ago today, the Japanese began to withdraw from Guadalcanal after suffering a defeat to the marines. After hard fighting, the Americans finally gained the advantage and the Japanese retreated, the Americans were surprised to find that their enemies had disappeared, because the retreat by the Japanese was carried out under secret orders. The Japanese lost over 25000 men compared to 1600 American. Both sides lost 24 ships at Guadalcanal. More information can be found at The History Channel.

1/30/04 --a Saturday
---Battlefield 1942 (official site) 1.6 is out. 2 new maps, added support for punkbuster the anti cheat thing, GUI Kick player voting and map change voting. other changes. Full information can be found here
---Superbowl is tomorrow and I don't care...

1/28/04
HAPPY BIRTHDAY #18 BYRON!!!!!!!!!!

1/21/034
Typicallyrandom is a site that will be dedicated to bringing you randomness. Yes, I know, most great sites have some kind of theme that will keep it cool, this one...wont...but it will still be cool.

I plan on having some videos, photo albums, reviews, tips, forums, and other great things here.

Penguins are cool, but they are already a mascot of Linux, so for now, you will have to be satisfied with a dead jellyfish on a rocky beach in Washington. Jellyfish dont make good housepets IMO.

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