Xbox day 27: Could it be?!?!?!?

Well I had a sneaking supiscion that I would find a little note on my door. So I stopped by the local Wal-Mart to pick up a test run. When I get home I see that wonderful brown, yellow and white note telling me they dropped it off at the office. Call me cocky...I think it's fixed now. Yo Murphy you listening!!!! Then I realize I have a meeting at 9 tomorrow. Well it looks like the Xbox will have to wait until Friday unless by some miracle I won't even hope for I get off work real early tomorrow. In the immortal words of Mark Hamill "Almost there...".

Summer Sunrise

Okay today was a busy day....hmmm a fire truck just rolled by my apartment. Anyways, the day started with a sunrise for summer solstice. Taking pictures of it was part of a challenge. When I think of something equally cruel and unusual and sleep deprivating I'll return the favor. So I got my ass up at 6 to catch this elusive thing we call a sunrise. Here are some of the better results...







After watching a giant ball of burning gas/plasma illuminate an otherwise peaceful black sky. I hurried my gluteus maximus to a repair shop so I could drop the car to get new tires. Yeah new rubber...just before rainy season.

Then I walked to work (Hey you! stop laughing) :). Thank god it's close, makes my life easier.

Work some, eat, work some more, pick up car with new tires, work some more, go to Wal-Mart, go home, try to blog, watch power outage due to storm erase initial blog entry, turn off computer, tune guitar, clean apartment some and write this blog entry. Game over man, game over.

Hope y'all enjoy the photos.

Xbox 360 Day 21: Good Grief Charlie Brown

Got the new system this monring. They actually sent me a new system or perhaps a refurbished one, let's say a different system. No Joy. Well I hate to say I told you so. Ohh wait...no I don't. I happen to be sitting on the Xbox customer support line playing the waiting game right now. Right now they're playing adds for the accessories, I'll buy a freakin' face plate just give me a working game system. Okay just got off the phone 8 minute wait...16 minute phone call. Acceptable, if not downright pleasant for a customer support call. I will give them props on running the support line until 1 in the morning eastern time zone. Okay so he verifies no blinky blinky on the LED in the power supply. Guess that means bad power supply. Well this next part surprised me a little bit. They're gonna send me a new supply with the box to send the old one back. So I might actually have this thing up and running by Wednesday of next week or so. By the way calling tech support after changing a flat is such an enjoyable evening.

Xbox 360 Day 20: It's Baaaaaaack

Just got the notice today. So tomorrow I should be able to pick it up and give it a try. My guess, 2:1 it's not gonna work, I really think it's the power supply. Anybody care to place any wagers?

Betrunkenes Blogging

Und sie, obwohl Boston schlecht war.
Gutes glück mit der Übersetzung.

Quick Movie Quote

"The future isn't set. There is no fate but what we make for ourselves."

Google away :). Though I've modified the quote ever so slightly so it doesn't show up on google. IMDB allowed too bwah ha ha ha.

In the Movies

What movie best depicts what you do? What is the most accurate description of either the product you work on, or the specific job you do at your company. If you've ever tried to describe what I do or rather what product my company creates...it's a trick. Before you rush to post here's the rules.
1. Pick a movie you've seen and write a short description as to why. If it's obvious say so.
2. It has to be fiction. If there's a documentary about your type of job it doesn't count. This should take care of Apollo 13 for a certain somebody.
3. First come first served. If somebody has already commented using your pick...tough noogies. This rewards my loyal readership :).
4. I'll post after 3 days. This will negate my innate advantage.

BTW OT: If you haven't checked out WIRED's June 2006 issue you gotta see page 185.

Xbox 360 Day 8: Here Today. Gone on Monday

Well the box arrived for the Xbox. UPS has been called and pick up is scheduled for Monday from the apartment office. I think I picked the absolute worst time to schedule a repair. One delay with the holiday another delay because of the weekend. They better not want the power supply. Ohhh well what can you do. Yo Retailers! In case you wonder why people keep returning defective equipment to you instead of calling customer support...this is why. NOTE: The Xbox will not even at the repair center until the original estimate of 10 to 14 days is over. Now I know she probably 1. was talking about business days, 2. was considering days after the Xbox arrives at the repair center until it's shipped out again. 3. didn't want want to tell somebody about a month. Of course she probably gave that answer because thats the answer they tell her to give. Yeesh.