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Lego Store at BrickLink In order to subsidize my new Lego habit, I opened up a store on Bricklink. I had to name it, so I thought Bricktastic! (yes, with the exclamation point) was as good as any. Anywho, if you see something you like and we're friends, let me know and I'll probably cut you some kind of deal. [LINK] [0 COMMENTS] 2008-08-07 00:57:28 EST

Lots of stuff I don't really have a specific topic in mind, but since I actually remembered to write a post, I'll just do it... I bought nothing from the last Woot-off. Last year we bought a few bags of Legos from garage sales, and didn't put them together until a couple of months ago. They were actually almost-complete sets, including a Sith Infiltrator with Darth Maul minifig. I had forgotten how neat Legos can be, and the Star Wars sets are a lot of fun. (Batman sets are fun, too) I picked up a fisheye lens off of Craigslist for my D70 (and D1X). It's fun. Heather and I just finished six weeks of weekly ballroom dance lessons. They were pretty fun, but I don't know how much I'll remember when we're actually dancing. Oh, and no, we don't watch Dancing with the Stars. I'm trying to clean up the media room. Really, I am. I finally ordered a Linksys WRT54GL wireless router to hack around with. Hopefully I'll get it all set up soon and save some on some electricity costs since I won't have to have my 350MHz IPCop box powered up anymore. I'm almost finished with the guitar speaker cabinet my Dad and I built. I have it stained and varnished, and the the speakers are installed. I just need to find a suitable plate to mount the jacks so I can wire it up, and then I'll probably add a grill to the front to cover up the not-quite-round holes I cut for the speakers... I'm planning on seeing The Clone Wars movie in the theater... maybe the Saturday morning matinée on 8/15? Anyone want to come? Anyone? I can't think of anything else right now, and I'm kind of tired of looking up links. So long, friends. [LINK] [1 COMMENT] 2008-08-01 19:36:24 EST

Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) on Dell Inspiron E1505 I've been running Fedora 7 on my Dell Inspiron 1505 for about a year now, and it's been running pretty well after the initial setup pain. There were occasional problems with the wireless and video card drivers to be reinstalled after updates, since they weren't included in the standard repositories. I decided to try Ubuntu, mostly due to the fact that it's supported so well, and because I'm pretty familiar with Debian. I had a DVD of a previous version of Ubuntu, but the install booted to a blank screen due to video driver issues. Happily, the latest version booted with no problem. I had to connect to the network using the ethernet port because the wireless didn't work off the bat, but as soon as I ran an update it started working. Ubuntu also alerted me that there was a proprietary video card driver available for my ATI X1400, and I just had to click to install it. Sound drivers and the front panel buttons were automatically detected. So far, I've had a great experience with the install and use of Hardy Heron, and hopefully I'll get a good year or so of use out of it. [LINK] [0 COMMENTS] 2008-07-02 00:55:24 EST

Welcome to the 21st Century I'm not sure how I've held out this long, but this past Wednesday I finally got high speed Internet installed. My only option was through Time Warner, but they offer a their lowest tier at $14.95, which seems like a pretty good deal to me, especially since I was paying $9.95 a month for dial-up. I'm still trying to remember all the features I've disabled on my computers and other devices due to my previously slow connection... [LINK] [1 COMMENT] 2008-06-28 18:57:36 EST

Learning Spanish I was reading a Metafilter post linked from Lifehacker about learning foreign language by CD, and quite a few people recommended Pimsleur or Michel Thomas. Since I've been wanting to learn Spanish, and my library had a set of Pimsleur CD's, I thought I'd give them a try. Unfortunately, they only had the "Quick & Simple" edition, which only includes the first eight lessons, but something's better than nothing, right? I enjoyed the lessons, though I did repeat many of them to feel comfortable with my knowledge before moving to the next lesson. The CD's use plenty of repetition to help you remember what you've learned. The pace at the beginning is pretty slow, but seems to pick up in the later lessons. One problem with lessons that are strictly audio-based is that you don't really get to learn what the words look like, which can make some difficult to pronounce words harder to learn. However, I really feel like I've learned the words that were taught in the lessons, and I'd like to continue with the rest of the CD's (and I really wish the library had them since they're a wee bit expensive...). [LINK] [0 COMMENTS] 2008-04-11 21:49:36 EST

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