I've been beating my head against the wall for the last couple of weeks, trying to figure out what the title of this one movie is. I don't really remember a lot of details about the movie, but I'll do my best:
- It takes place in Africa (or maybe Thailand?) somewhere
- The guy stays at a hotel across from a bar
- The air conditioner in his room doesn't work and the tennant puts off repairing it
- The bartender is that big french guy with the huge nose
- The guy runs into some young guy who is willing to drive him around while he's there
- The guy is there on mob business or something like that, and is trying to find some other guy who owes him a lot of money
- The other guy stages his own kidnapping and death
That's about all I can remember about the movie at this point. Do you know what the movie is called? Have you seen it?
Okay, I know a couple people advised me not to purchase this particular model. The deal and the specs I got on it were enough to offset the heat issue, though...
My federal tax refund was spent tonight on a Dell Inspiron 1300 (A.K.A. b130). The system has a 15.4" widescreen display, 1.4GHz Celeron-M, 1GB DDR, 60GB hard drive, 802.11b/g, 56k, 100Mbps, Windows XP Home and a free 1 month subscription to AOL (yay!).
So yeah... I'm going to have a brand spankin' new laptop sometime around the first part of next month. I'm excited.
Let's have some tin-foil-hat anti-Google banter, shall we?
Google wants to keep copies of your files on their servers if you use the new Google Desktop.
A video on Google Video that is censored to the American public. Can you see the video? How about a screenshot of it?
Google is becoming bigger and more powerful than anyone has anticipated. For those of us who warned of this kind of thing, we've all been labeled as paranoid, yadda yadda yadda. I'll take my apology on a silver platter, please.
This is just the beginning. Google's market audience is a captive audience. They're all using Google because of the special services, fancy features, and stuffed purple unicorn (okay, I made that one up). These are all features that other search engines don't provide.
So why else wouldn't someone point their browser to http://www.google.com/?
Good question.
I'm going to fix my boat before the summer hits.
So I've been playing with Blender for the last few years, in hopes of becoming good at 3d modeling. Well, going on year #3 (I think), I'm still pretty much right where I started, and I have no real signs that I will get any better at it.
When I look at the work that other people do and call "incomplete", such as this one, I get very depressed. I spent about an hour, just trying to model the basic shape the hood of a car. I got nowhere NEAR what I was aiming for, and it looked like crap. I looked back at the image I linked above, and I nearly cried.
So, here's my promise: I will show you my creativity, but it won't be anything like this. I will show you what I can actually make with my hands, and I will impress you with it.
(Note: This final product isn't going to happen for at least a year, so just be patient and stay tuned.)
Hi.
Google Search: blown head gasket symptoms oldsmobile alero
A recent visitor to this site found it based on the above search query. While I didn't have that content actually here, I figure it would just take a couple minutes for me to.
When a head gasket "blows" on any vehicle, the variety of possible symptoms can range from higher fuel consumption to water in the oil. The syptoms are very similar, if not identical, to those that would be caused by a cracked cylinder head or engine block.
Possible signs that your car may have a faulty head gasket include (but are not limited to):
- Increased fuel consuption
- Higher operating temperature than normal
- Hard starting
- Rough idle - Excessive steam in the exhaust
- Coolant in the oil
- Oil in the radiator
If you notice any of these issues, have your vehicle inspected by a mechanic as soon as possible. If you keep driving your car as normal with these conditions, you could cause further damage to your engine and/or become stranded on the highway.
Goodbye to W3C validity...
You scored as Cultural Creative. Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life has a meaning outside of the rational. What is Your World View? (updated)
I just added a blacklist to the blog here, because the majority of my bandwidth usage goes to HTTP referer spammers. The blacklist works on a keyword level, and I understand that some valid referers may be blacklisted as a result. Never fear: It wasn't my intent.
If you copied and pasted a URL to get here because you saw a "Stop wasting my bandwidth" message, and you feel it was in error, you know how to contact me.
I got a brand spankin' new Seagate 300GB hard drive today. My total hard drive capacity in this computer is now something like 0.48TB. And to make things even cooler, the new drive has a 5 year warranty! :)
Edit: I forgot to mention... In the process of getting everything set up, I was browsing a few sites of questionable intent, in search of ways to make Windows see the entire new drive. Well, stupid me, browsing the internet with NO ANTIVIRUS, I ended up getting lost in popup-hell, and ended up getting infected with some sort of virus. I cut my network connection within 30 seconds of it happening, so not a whole lot of damage was done. I got AVG Free Edition installed, managed to get an update somehow, and got the pests removed from my computer. It was a very embarassing experience, and I don't expect it to happen again.
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Yes, I know... I've been listening to a lot of Big Wreck lately. They're good. Check them out!
I'm going to start something here. People have always told me that I was born a leader and that I am excellent management material. While I don't exactly see eye-to-eye with people on that topic, I have no choice but to accept it.
On a daily basis, I hear people talk about how qualified they are to "run a business" (read: be a manager), when in fact they have no more qualifications than a newcomer to the working world. These qualifications are of utmost importance in determining the success of any leader, whether you're a manager, group leader, or just someone "stepping up to the plate" of a certain task.
In this first issue, I'm going to cover something that goes a long way: Attitude.
Attitude defines a person and their place in life. A poor attitude in the working environment shows that an individual might be irresponsible, unmotivated, or that they cannot be trusted to complete their assigned and implied duties that coincide with their employment. Likewise, a good, positive attitude will show employers that an individual is worthy of their job, that they take it seriously, and that it isn't perceived as burdensome.
The target of an attitude, whether negative or positive, should never be thought of as any single being, task, or event. Rather, the attitude that is being expressed to one's fellow workers, supervisors, or even the customers that may be dealt with on a daily basis, is to be uniform. Fellow workers should be treated with the same respect and friendliness as a paying customer; Supervisors should not be required to tolerate sarcasam and dissent that an employee may be "dishing out"; Customers should never be required to endure the comments that a quarrelsome employee might tell another, such as, "Do it yourself." Everyone within a business, regardless of which aspect in which they are involve, should be dealt with using a positive and servitude attitude.
Attitude towards assigned or implied duties is just as important as attitude towards fellow employees or customers. Employment consists of a single primary assigned task, which is accompanied by an infinite number of secondary tasks. The primary task might be something as mundane as flipping a hamburger on a grill, which is dependant on the secondary tasks, such as maintaining the cleanliness of the grill, disposal of any wastes, and keeping a full stock of hamburger. And for each secondary task, there will be further tasks, secondary to the secondary task itself (which is viewed as a primary task): These tasks are no less important than the original primary task, and must never be regarded as such. To do so, maintain a positive attitude towards the tasks. Don't grumble and complain when the floor needs to be mopped. Don't procrastinate and say that the trash can be disposed of tomorrow. Complete your duties when they are assigned, and do so with a smile.
As stated previously, attitude can go a long way, and as a result it can be a rather lengthy topic. In future issues, I may re-address this topic, but for now I am going to leave it as such.
If you have anything you would like to add, any comments, criticism, or would like to ask a question, feel free to do so in the comments.
I'm somewhat strongly considering radio advertising for my business, in hopes of getting a broader customer base. As part of the consideration, I've been looking for professional voice actors. I found these three gentlemen who provided custom demos for me:
What do you think?