Tuesday, September 26, 2006

September 26, 2001

Sunday, September 24, 2006

Vegetarian Diet - One Year Later

I decided to experiment with a vegetarian/vegan diet one year ago. Since I was only eating meat roughly 2 or 3 times a week it really wasn't that big of a jump, but surprisingly I have not had any urges to partake of the flesh. Replacing dairy milk with soy or rice milk wasn't that big of a deal either. Rice milk is rockin' my socks. Cheese? I ate a lot of cheese beforehand and that was a bit difficult to eat around. Up until about an month ago I avoided cheese completely. Now I enjoy some cheese occasionally on my pizza.

For those out there who enjoy eating meat and drinking animal milk, heretic fig has a good post on buying genuine meat and whole raw milk instead of the pasteurized stuff here.

Thursday, September 21, 2006

24,000 Images Later



I made the mistake of accidentally erasing my photos folder today. I was cleaning up and reorganizing my pictures folder, and relocating it to another drive when the unspeakable took place. Instead of erasing each file or subfolders as I relocated them I decided to leave them on the old drive until I was completely finished. I bypassed the iPhoto folder, leaving it for last. Well, thinking I was finished moving files, I went ahead and put the old directory into the 'Trash' and immediately emptied it. No sooner than I lifted my finger from the mouse button I realized that I had just erased around 12GB of photos. FUCK!!

With the help of Data Rescue II & iView MediaPro, I think I have recovered nearly every photo. After scanning for deleted image files I was left with 24 folders containing 1,000 images per folder. Every deleted image was pulled, including web browser cache files. Recovering deleted files really sucks since the folder names and folder hierarchy and filename are destroyed, and you're left with 'jp19992x3444.jpg' as a filename.

So far I have spent 7 hours of my life sorting this mess out.

Remember kids, back-up your important computer data often!

Sunday, September 17, 2006

"The Hoff" Exploits KITT In New Music Video



I'm at a loss for words. Should I be laughing or crying?

If that wasn't enough, you can watch the 'making of' video for this heap of shit -- here.

Feeding The Beast

Saturday, September 09, 2006

Fun With Fascism

fas·cism (fshzm)
n.
  1. often Fascism
    1. A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
    2. A political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such a system of government.
  2. Oppressive, dictatorial control.


If you get the chance, take a moment to view Aarron Russo's film 'From Freedom To Fascism'. Check the website for a list of current screenings, or if you're fimiliar with BitTorrent, there is a rip of the yet to be released DVD floating around.