07/22/08

Po Chai Pills to the Rescue

Sushi is awesome.

Day-old sushi is still awesome.

Multiple day-old sushi is not so awesome.

Having returned from a weekend trip, I noticed a plate of sushi sitting in the food dispenser. Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, I gobbled the sushi down lickety-split.

I should have seen the warning signs. The browning avocado on top, the hardened rice, the chewy texture of the shrimp–all signs of spoiled food. Five hours later, I learned to regret my hasty actions.
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07/15/08

Upgrade to WordPress 2.6

Just managed to upgrade from WordPress 2.5.1 to WordPress 2.6 via the 3-step Upgrade Process. The new features are awesome. I especially like the Image Captions which will save me time for having to do it myself through HTML and CSS.

07/15/08

Embarrassing…

I forgot the login info to my own blog after seven days of non-use.

Luckily WordPress has a workaround via the database to remedy this problem. If they had not, I would have been rather red in the face to ask for help on their support forums.

07/12/08

Movie Review: Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay

Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay is a hilarious hour and a half adventure of two marijuana smoking buddies getting into trouble. The story starts a week after the end of the first movie, Harold and Kumar Go To Whitecastle. The two are flying to Amsterdam so Harold can hook up with Maria. Except that they never land in Amsterdam because Kumar is suspected of being a terrorist on the plane.

The comedy style is inline with the first movie. If you liked the first movie, you’ll like Escape from Guantanamo Bay. If you hated the first movie, you’ll probably hate this one too. The main plot is driven by love, but sex and weed are still key elements in the storyline.

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07/9/08

Limited or no connectivity

A week or two ago, I lost internet access. I checked the router and the settings were not changed. The other computer had internet access. I checked my ethernet cable, my ethernet card, and fiddled around with the Windows network settings with equally negative results.

Turned out my problem was following the Windows Automatic Updates’ recommendation to update to XP SP3. A whole bunch of people had the same problem as me after installing SP3. They would receive the “limited or no connectivity” message on their network icon and pull their hair out trying to find the cause.

A simple uninstall of SP3 through the Add or Remove Programs tool under the Control Panel fixed the connectivity issue.

Forward three weeks later, the automatic update from Windows struck again, installing a security fix which seemed to fix my internet connection to not allow me to connect. Again, the only workaround was to uninstall the fix. And turn off the automatic update so this does not occur again.

This may have been a ploy by Windows to push everyone towards Vista!

07/5/08

Movie Review: Never Back Down

Never Back Down is a good fighting / action movie. The story involves a former football player from Iowa moving to the sunny beaches of Orlando where he discovers organized fighting. The fighting is in the form of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), with its combination of boxing, kick-boxing, wrestling, and street fighting. He ends up being lured into competing at Beatdown, an underground fight tournament.

If you are a fan of fighting movies, you will like this movie. If you are a fan of MMA, go watch Forrest Griffin fight Quinton ‘Rampage‘ Jackson in the UFC instead. As with most Hollywood movies, the fighting is choreographed for as much action as possible for the standard audience member. This basically means very little blocking, a lack of proper technique, and all offense.