Ramblings From The Hammock

Long Time

mberry — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:48:58 +0000

Wow, it’s been over a year since I posted on here. Guess I didn’t have anything to say.

Feels Good

mberry — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 17:09:40 +0000

At last the weather has cooled off some. Forecast does not have any 90+ degree days in it for the first time in a while. Here is is noon and my AC has not come on today! It has been a long , hot miserable summer and I’m sure not sorry to see it go.

New Software

mberry — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 05:15:14 +0000

Changed the software that runs the site from Blogger to Wordpress.

Rain

mberry — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 05:34:00 +0000

Yea! Got some rain today. First this month. Wasn’t very much but it should keep me from turning on the water hose. Downside is I now have to cut the grass.

Summer

mberry — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 01:02:00 +0000

Is it Hot? Yes! How hot is it? Well, it’s so hot ….. Hmmm, sorry I can’t think of any hot jokes at the moment. After suffering through July it looks like August is gonna be a repeat. Just hope we don’t get over 100 degrees again. My pocketbook and air conditioner can’t handle it!

Server

mberry — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:55:00 +0000

Well, looks as if my hosts server got hacked. First time for this hosting co and nothing was really damaged. Just some screwing around. All fixed now.

‘Star Trek’

mberry — Fri, 06 May 2005 19:42:00 +0000

In this commentary Strange New World: No ‘Star Trek’ Orson Scott Card claims ‘Star Trek’ was “poorly imagined, weakly written, badly acted” and questions “Why did it last so long?”. He goes on to speculate that most people weren’t reading good science fiction. When they saw ‘Star Trek’ it was their first initiation into the science fiction world. While there may be some truth to that I was in fact reading science fiction by all the good writers he mentions. The more likely explanation is ‘Star Trek’ was the first good visualization of science fiction on TV. I found it fascinating at the time. Sure one can go back and pick at the “cheesy special effects” but at the time they were not bad for TV. The problem with ‘Star Trek’ now is the poor writing and direction given it by the present handlers. There is still a place for ‘Star Trek’ but it’s going to need better writing and acting.

Change of Server

mberry — Sun, 01 May 2005 06:06:00 +0000

Changed hosting companys and it looks like everything transfered ok. Not that it really matters as I suspect I’m the only one who has ever read this BLOG.

Long Time

mberry — Sun, 21 Nov 2004 05:24:40 +0000

Wow, I didn’t realize it had been so long since I last updated this thing. Guess that shows just how little goes on in my life! I kinda put the PVR project on hold as the output from the video card is just not up to snuff. Compared to the output from the Direct TV receiver it’s fuzzy and washed out. I plan to try tweaking it or get a vga to S3 video converter and take the video from the vga connector. But, I’m tired of fooling with it for now.I’ve been to a couple of more SASBA tournaments and cashed at both. If I can just manage to get a little higher up in the standing I could break even and get to go to a lot more! Toward that end I’ve been getting in a lot more practice which results in less time for things like the PVR project.

Stupidest Movie Ever?

mberry — Sun, 18 Jul 2004 08:12:00 +0000

I just watched what may be one of the stupidest movies ever made. Charlie’s Angels:Full Throttle. The first movie was kinda entertaining but this one was just stupid.