I had posted previously about building my new computer. Well, here is a little update. It sucked. Thank you.
To make a long story short. They didn’t sell RAM that was compatible with my motherboard, and they only had a 7 day return policy. I had no way to get RAM that would work by the end of it, so I dismantled the thing and took it all back. So, I’m back to square one. Awesome.
This time it was Charlie and Amber’s housewarming: Hawaiian style. This was full-blown entertainment, including a mullet wig, a gigantic straw hat, a daddy in pokey, and the lead singer from Journey!
It was definitely a riot. Josh and Kim (the IL version) were there with their 3 kids (Emma, Kyle, and Isabelle). Josh ran after Emma all day, Kyle decided Rhya was his new girlfriend, and Kim took care of Isabelle.
My favorite quote of the day, which I’m probably biased toward:
(a little background first) The Steve Perry look-alike was drinking beer out of a St. Louis Cardinals mug. Before I was introduced to him, I walked up and said, “You know, drinking out of that St. Louis cup probably affects the taste of the beer. It tastes better than it really is in the beginning, and slowly loses its flavor near the end.”
Yeah, yeah, yeah…insert your comeback below…..
Anyway, some other memorable things of note:
I’m sure I missed a few, but when you’re learning life lessons around a keg, you retain as many as you can.
Princeville, Dee-Mack roll; Heights, Farmington shut out
It’s been a while since people have been able to leave a Princeville High School football game after the third quarter because Princeville was winning by such a large margin. Adam Baer (Princeville’s tailback) is pretty impressive. Previously, he rushed against Stark County for 314 yds.
JP and I made the trip out on Friday night to watch the game, and it was nice to see some high school acquaintances that I haven’t seen in years. After the game, we headed over to a local bar (used to be “Matt’s tap”, but bar ownership in P’ville tends to be a bit transient. We had a few brews, but not as many as some (Mercer). All in all, it was a really good time.
Go Maroon and White! (5-0)
Sorry to anyone that has tried to sent us e-mail to our mattandrhya accounts in the last few days. I made a change to the server, and it rejected mail from everyone. It’s fixed now. And we love to get mail, so please help us test it!
ESPN.com – Bears and Packers Recap
I went over to Chip’s yesterday to watch the Bears-Packers game, knowing that I would probably be watching the Bears get slaughtered. Not so, between Urlacher and Briggs tackling anything that moved, and the Bear corners and safeties looking like centerfielders, the Bears were able to pull one out. I guess Lovie got to accomplish goal number one for him.
And the Cubs won, too. Huge.
All right, as many of you know, my computer took a dive on me, after around 8 years of hard service. This is especially sad since the Digital Computer 133mhz with 64mb ram (upgraded from 16) that my parents use (think around 12 years old) still runs like a champ. Anyway, in true nerd fashion, I decided that it was time for me to build my own computer from the ground up. So, I went and bought all of the components yesterday. I haven’t started yet, but it looks a little something like this:
Asus A8V Deluxe Motherboard
AMD 939 Athlon 64 3500+ Processor
512 MB PC3200 DDR RAM
SATA 36GB 10k RPM HDD
SATA 80GB 7200 RPM HDD
Lite-On 8x Dual Layer DVD-Writer
8x AGP GeForce 5200 FX 128MB Video Card
Antec 380W Ultra-Quiet Case
I’m going to through another DVD reader and another 512MB of memory eventually, but this will definitely do for now. I’m going to dual boot XP Pro (yes, I have a full license), and I’m thinking Gentoo. I’ll let you know how it goes.
Happy anniversary, guys! I think it is 17 years (correct me if I’m wrong). And, I don’t want to toot my own horn, but I like to think it was your amazing choices of ringbearers that made your marriage this successful!
No, really. Nick and I carried those little pillows with the “rings” tied to them down the aisle like heroes. Look at the tape.
We wish you all the love and happiness in the world, and here’s to many, many more years!
We had our first official “Housewarming” get-together at our house on Saturday. We’re having to do it in waves, as the little bungalo can only fit so many people at once. So, the the Miller family came over on Saturday for a cookout. We mostly sat outside and talked, and it became apparent that I need a football and a bocce ball set if we plan to hang in the backyard again.
After it got too dark, we moved in and broke out some games. Most notably, Lea Anne and I went undefeated at Euchre, laying waste to Jo and Harry, and then dominating JP and Rhya again, and again, and again.
And I think a few beers were consumed throughout the evening…
Anyway, we had an awesome time with everyone, and we can’t wait to bring over the Blooms!
Some of you know, some don’t. I gave up on my PS2 when it died on me. But, I couldn’t stay away for long, so I decided to buy an XBox, as I’ve been reading about all of the nifty hacking that people have been doing with them. So, like I said, I broke down and bought one, and then sent off for a modchip. I’m sure this doesn’t surprise anyone, since I had a mochip in both my playstation and PS2. What is nice about the Xbox being modded over the others is that is has a 10 gig hard drive (and you can put a bigger one in). I can play mp3′s, video files, run servers, and play my games on it without even using the DVD drive. I’m going to RadioShack to by the wire to mod it tonight. I’ll let you know how it turns out.
Update: First night, unsuccessful. At least the xbox is still in working order. It just doesn’t know there is a modchip in there. I took it apart before work this morning, and I found two suspect solder points that I can redo. I’ll take pictures of the whole thing tonight. Check out the Xenium Ice chip at the developer’s website. It looks more like a daughterboard than a modchip. Hopefully, I’ll have XBMC up and running tonight.
Update 2: It works! I resoldered the suspect points on Friday night, and fired it up….Worked perfectly! I’ve already watched part of Eurotrip on it, Copied one of my games to the hard drive and played it, and put a bunch of mp3′s on it to play while Rhya and I cleaned the house. Next, I’m going to upgrade the hard drive to 200GB, but that can wait a bit, since it works with samba shares. There are some pictures of the solder points and the modchip (xenium) here.
We wish you all the best with your new little girl, your move back to phoenix, and all the new things that are happening in your life. You’ve been a great friend, and we hope to see you soon.
Oh, and may Josh give you one day without listening to the Roots or Outkast.
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