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Building a car PC – Part 1 – reasons why, parts list
14 Aug 2010 | No Comments | Continue reading »
So yeah, I decided to build a computer to replace the factory deck in my 2006 Nissan Frontier NISMO crew cab. I’m doing this for several reasons, but mainly because I dig computers and still have money that hasn’t been spent on hookers and whiskey. A lot of websites and forums refer to car PCs [...]
The Dead Zone
18 Mar 2007 | One Comment | Continue reading »
Cingular is the largest mobile phone carrier in the United States with over 60 million subscribers. Despite it’s famous rollover plan, I didn’t jump on the Cingular bandwagon until October 2005. My clunky Nokia smart phone was in a bad need of a downsize, and since the Cingular had bought up AT&T (or was it [...]
AAC vs. mp3 vs. mp3Pro
24 Feb 2006 | 2 Comments | Continue reading »
I started copying CDs to my hard drive in the fall of 2001 when my CD collection had exceeded 300. I had already done two tours overseas, lugging a 200 disc case double packed to the brim everywhere I went. The idea of dragging them around the world on MSG duty for three years wasn’t [...]
Jokes and then some
5 Sep 2003 | No Comments | Continue reading »
Q: How do you get one week’s worth of homework done in three upper level college courses in three and a half hours? A: Open the books three hours and twenty-seven minutes before they’re due. Q: What has an abnormally elevated heart rate, an uneasy stomach, an eight hour shift of duty in two hours, [...]
Goin’ up around the bend
30 May 2003 | No Comments | Continue reading »
Somehow my weekly updates turned into biweekly. This was not my intention but it looks like it may be a necessary evil in the future. Classes officially began 5 June and, until I settle back into the time management portion of college “life,” I’m going to be swamped. I still haven’t received two books and [...]
Never any time
13 May 2003 | No Comments | Continue reading »
Eleven days isn’t all that bad when you consider the workload I’ve been under this past week and an update of this magnitude. Don’t give me grief. The SAI is finally over! Now I can concentrate on my time off, which just happens to get filled continuously with junk from every direction that I can’t [...]
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Born in the year of the Dragon, the author grudgingly accepts the fact he has too many interests and not enough time. A cyclist as long as he can remember, an avid yet inconsistent writer since age eleven, and a U.S. Marine since age twenty-one, the author also adds computers, snowboarding, and motorcycles to his list of interests. Incidentally, he is aware of his inability to make a living from any but the Corps. The author accepts this as fact and remains optimistic. Feel free to drop him a line.
