Darkavich's Daily Ramblings Ramblings of a Mad Sys-Admin

January 15, 2008

Mac Software pick of the week

Filed under: Muggle Tech — Darkavich @ 11:56 pm

The new iPhone upgrade allows you to see the lyrics stored in your music file. Turns out that there is a great little widget that will automatically update the songs. THe program is called GimmeSomeTune.

Another freeware tool you should donate to the owner.

January 14, 2008

A perfect shot with this Bullet!

Filed under: Muggle Tech — Darkavich @ 5:23 pm

As many of you know I have been hooked on BBQ. BBQ as defined by the pit masters is anything you cook low and slow. Last year I took a class from a Pit Master. I took the class from The BBQ Institute.

Konrad was a great teacher. He has no problem sharing his secrets and I learned a lot. The best thing I can say is in the 40 years of cooking, I have ever been able to make ribs. I learned a few secrets and my 1st attempt after this class came out perfect!

I did a lot of research about what smoker to buy. All of the comments said get a weber bullet. I purchased the Smokey Mountain Cooker.

This unit is amazing. I put the heat source in (generally Kingsford charcoal) and the temperature stays at an amazing 250 degrees for hours. I can run the smoker for 7 hours or more on one chimney of charcoal.

If your looking for a smoker, or are starting out. I strongly recommend this unit.

January 12, 2008

The gene pool has been chlorinated

Filed under: Items in the Pensieve — Darkavich @ 10:00 pm

Well, it’s that time of the year. The 2007 Darwin awards have been released. Unfortunately, slashdot also posted the awards, so the site is down due to all the excessive traffic.

January 10, 2008

Because it’s there.

Filed under: Items in the Pensieve — Darkavich @ 7:54 pm

A major historical figure has passed away this week. Sir Edmond Hilary was one of the great 20th century explorers. Hilary was a man who was faced with challenges through out his entire life.

When he was young, he was told that he was too small so he was never included in team sports. Instead, he used his disadvantage as an opportunity to read and dream of becoming an adventurer.

He learned about the sport of climbing where size doesn’t matter. He started climbing at the age of 16 and quickly found that he was stronger and had greater endurance than any of his companions.

in 1952, Hillary tried to ascend Everest with a British expedition that ended in failure. He was told it could never be done and to give up. Most people would give up and move on to other challenges. But in just one more year he tried again and succeeded.

What everyone should learn from this is that no matter what people say, you should never give up. When someone tells you that you can’t do it, don’t get mad. Use that as an opportunity to prove them wrong and do it.

Remember the only one that can hold you back is yourself. If you see a mountain that needs to be climbed, go do it. If people ask you why your doing what your doing, tell them “Because it’s there.”

Bad marketing…

Filed under: Items in the Pensieve,Muggle Tech — Darkavich @ 2:56 pm

Ok apple, what’s up with this?

I have a .MAC account. I use it specifically so I can sync my computers and use it once in a while to publish calendars and photos.

My account expired in december and I wanted to renew it. If I renew it online Apple wants to charge me $129 for a year. Instead I can purchase another ,MAC box for $79 on amazon and wait the 2 days for it to ship and I then can register for another year.

This is just silly. Why does apple charge FULL retail for renewal? Until, there is a discount on renewing, I will continue to just buy full retail releases (at a discount).

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