Sick of the traditional Windows XP desktop look?
Are you sick of the Windows XP desktop look? You know, that annoying looking start menu button and horrid color scheme? Well thanks to Alienware you can change that look to a much more modern and cool looking theme. Follow the link below to go to a page of theirs that has a link to some software you can download to customize the look of your pc to a new hip and cool look. Plus, the software can be upgrade to a full version that allows even further customization using Object Desktop 2004.
All in all, I'm happy with it. I like the new look and perhaps you will too. It almost feels like I have an Alienware PC...now to find $5,000 to order an ALX liquid cooled 4ghz system and I'll be all set.
Go here to download the Alienware WinXP user interface software!
The Crazed Mother
This morning I'm running late due to the occasional backed up subway system in NYC and as usually I have to transfer from the L train to the 4/5/6 at Union Square. While waiting for the 4/5 I noticed that it's very backed up because of the train delays today when a train finally rolls into the station. Of course the train is packed and there are a large number of people waiting to hop onto the packed train when I notice this mother with a baby in a stroller at the back of the pack. Now you think she might wait for the next train so the train doors don't close on her baby's stroller as she tries to board but this mother was oddly dedicated to boarding the train.
Being at the back of the pack she pushed her stroller on to the train just as the doors closed to crunch the stroller. Being the good samaritan I grabbed the door and held it open thinking she might realize her error and decide not to board. To my surprise she pushed the stroller all the way in and was almost cut off by the doors from her baby. Fortunately, some others helped hold the doors in addition to me and she was able to get on board.
After this I was just pondering what the heck was wrong with this mother? Is it that important to squash your baby's stroller with the baby inside to board a train when another empty train is going to follow in two minutes? It's just bizarre sometimes the behavior you see on the subway. I just don't get it.
The Blackout Revisited
So on the way home from work I get a call from my new roommate that we have no power in apartment. Low and behold, due to some accounting mishap the power has been shut off in our apartment and will not be turned on until the next day. Now I'm a pretty patient person so I'm not that frustrated by it but it reminded me of what it was like during the major blackout last year. It was actually kind of fun.
I ended up going to see the new film "Wimbeldon" to waste my nightly hours away since I wouldn't be able to see anything in my apartment. It was actually a pretty decent movie and I especially enjoyed the tennis aspects of it. It was cool to finally see a film made about tennis. I don't know if one has ever been made before but I think they should make more.
Well I just received a phone call from the man responsible for the accounting error and it appears that the power should be back on in my apartment. I've got my fingers crossed. I'm going to workout and when I get home I better have power!! I want to watch my newly purchased Star Wars Original Trilogy DVD set!!! Argh!!!
Old friends reunited
Well it seems that fate has decided to reunite me with an old and very good friend from high school. Not just four months after I moved into my new apartment with my good friend Eric did a circumstance arise that required a roommate swap in my apartment. Eric ended up taking a job back and Boston and my good friend Mike, who just happened to be moving to NYC, moved in.
We've been friends for years but haven't lived in the same town since high school. Now we are roommates. I know it's going to be awesome as we get to know each other all over again. Things are already changing. It's going to be a real friggin fun time! Now...if we can just stay out of the kind of trouble we used to get into as kids...
Lost at Time Warner
Recently I found out that I would be able to upgrade my timer warner service from a standard DVR box and a separate HDTV box to a HDTV box that includes a DVR. All excited I took the subway with my existing equipment for a change over to Time Warner only to find I get to be one of the lucky New Yorkers to wait for an hour and twenty minutes to get to the desk. Ugh...anyway...I fortunately got access to the net while I was waiting here so I thought I would throw up a post to share my pain and misery with all my friends. Plus, I just finished the book I was reading yesterday so I didn't have any reading material when I got here. Oh dear...they are up to 334....unfortunately....I'm 391! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Hurricane Frances Affects NYC
Today we in NYC got a small taste of the leftovers of hurricane Frances. The morning commute was heavily delayed and suspended in various areas in NYC due to flash flooding from the remnants of the hurricane. I personally got squashed into over packed slow moving trains. Amazing enough, I was one of the first to the office even though I was running 25 minutes late. One of my co-workers even crossed the bridge into the city on foot in order to get to work. Others waited for a long time until the trains were cleared enough before they could get in. Two hours after the commute just about everyone is here and things seem to be running normally again.
I love days like these. I know many hate when the commute gets messed up but I find it fun. It creates so many interesting stories and dynamics that might not have otherwise occurred. It certainly made for some good conversation at the office.
Well, let's just hope the commute home isn't so bad.
Prepare to lose endless hours of your life playing Bookworm
I once read about this innocent little game called "Bookworm" in one of the magazines I read. They mentioned how the game had taken over their office with it's extreme addiction. Of course, I just shrugged it off thinking that wouldn't happen to me.
Boy was I wrong. Due to some strange circumstance at work I happened to mention the game to my friend and co-worker Sarah Sopab who became totally hooked on the game. This eventually caused me to try it out and of course I found it strangely addicting as well. Soon not only were we playing it but others in the office had played it too. Endless hours later I managed to secure the high-score in the office (take that Sarah!!).
Ok...well If you read this. This is a warning. Do not follow the below link. You too might be come completely engrossed and loose endless hours trying to spell the next word.
However, if you find you have too much free time. Feel free to click the link below.
Bookworm - It's the end of the world for your productivity!
"Brando from the Neck Down" gets into it's first film festival
Oh great news. It looks like our film "Brando from the Neck Down" has been accepted to its first film festival. Congratulations to everyone involved and lets hope it gets into more. Here's the info on the festival that I have so far.
"Brando From The Neck Down has been accepted to be in the 2004 ConeyIsland Film Festival. It will be screened on October 2nd or October 3rd"
