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I saw “Crank” (great action flick with Jason Statham) when it came out in theaters like 2 years ago… But, I hadn’t seen it since then.
It’s a 100% guy movie, and it’s unique enough to be an interesting watch.
Anyway - I re-watched it today because I woke up way too early, and it was available for free on demand. I noticed that Jason Statham’s character, Chev Chelios, has a cell phone with a pretty sweet ringtone.
I’ve been diligently searching for ANY replacement to my “CTU 24″ ringtone, but all the ones I’ve tried have ended up being temporary: Metal Gear codec ringtone, GTA4’s mission complete - gg vanlandw, and a couple other random ringers. It’s been difficult to find a suitable replacement, but I’m digging this ringtone and plan on keeping it for the foreseeable future.
If interested:
http://www.palmerforpresident.com/misc/Ringtones/Crank-Ringtone.mp3
Or, just click on ‘files’ on the header nav - there’s a couple more ringtones in there. I found a sweet plugin that lets you list out directory contents within the wordpress content. I’ve been meaning to get that installed for awhile now.
So today, as previously posted, I worked. Our bank is trying out new saturday hours where one IT person has to be on staff in case of issues.
Overall a pretty quiet day, and then I misused the shutdown command.
At our Lansing branch, there’s been a computer on for a few days that still has somebody logged in. It’s been throwing tons of account lockout errors into our logs and flooding the crap out of our logging reports. So, I figured I’d do myself a favor and shut that computer off.
I know the microsoft windows shutdown command very well… It can be used to remotely shutdown or restart computers as long as an administrator account is used. Well, I used my admin account and I typed the command so fast and fluidly that I didn’t realize my mistake until it was all over. “shutdown -s -m \\xxx.xxx.xxx.130″ …Hmm… Wait… the computer IP that I wanted to shut down was .30, not .130… shit… what did i just shut off? Pull up our IP list… Double shit. The Lansing domain controller/print server.
A couple people were working at the Lansing branch, but nobody had the necessary clearance to get into the datacenter. And Lansing being a remote market, I didn’t configure HP’s integrated Lights out on that server. There was simply NO possible way to get that server to turn back on aside from driving two hours round trip.
I drove one hour in pouring rain to arrive at our lansing branch, I pushed a power button, and I drove an hour back to GR in pouring rain. But, I stopped at Arby’s at least.
For about the past year, I’ve used a small indoor antenna to pick up local HD channels. It’s always worked pretty well for me - allowing me to pick up Wood, WZZM, and Fox17 without any trouble. This has served pretty well for me, especially since I downgraded my Comcast cable to the LOWEST possible level which cost 14 dollars and gives me like 15 channels.
However, there’s always been one issue that’s plagued the entire setup: wireless internet.
As soon as Flo, Vanlandw, and/or Vanbergs would boot up their laptops and connect to my WLAN - the HD tv reception just immediately tanks. I tried changing my wireless to different channels, I tried three different antennas, and overall I messed with the setup WAY too long.
So over the weekend, I decided to try something completely random. I took my standard Comcast analog cable and plugged directly it into my HD tuner (removing the antenna completely). I used the HD tuner to rescan the channels… And, to my sheer surprise, I picked up about 25 channels - and about 6 in pure HD. I get more HD channels this way than I did with the antenna!
I thought for a minute and tried to figure it out… But I couldn’t come up with an answer. How could I possibly be picking up crystal clear HD over an analog cable signal? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining - but at the same time I absolutely hate when I can’t figure something out. So, I did the inevitable and consulted the smartest man on the planet: Mickeyvb.
His statements made perfect sense, and I was almost embarrased that I hadn’t thought of it. But seems like my cable, connected to the telephone pole outside my house, is acting as an antenna and pulling the signals out of the air. With miles and miles of cable to pick up the signals, the reception is perfect. Every channel has a perfect and full signal, even with laptops around.
Looks like I can ditch my little indoor antenna for good…
Last year, my friends and I started an already famous tradition known as “Fantasy Football”.
Kramer got everything started and created our league last year - and I am so glad that he did. It’s hard for me to understand how I can get so into something like this. But it’s borderline addiction for me to watch football and constantly check my fantasy team’s stats. The shame of it is, I am actually more excited about the upcoming fantasy football season than I am about the actual Detroit Lion’s 2008 season.
Last year was a learning experience for me from a fantasy football perspective. I drafted extremely poorly. With an awful draft, I finished with a record of 3 wins, 11 losses and ended up in dead last place in the WPE league. It was pretty frustrating, but I learned a lot from messing up that draft.
Today, one year later, was my chance for redemption.
The draft took about an hour, and when it was said and done I was very happy with my team. I didn’t get everyone I wanted, but there were plenty of good players. I had set a stipulation for myself to not draft even one single Detroit lion; since that’s what primarily ruined me last season. (Kitna, Furrey, MacDonald, Jason Hanson).
My strategy this draft was to get one prime running back in round 1, but then concentrate on getting some top shelf receivers and worry about the 2nd running back in a later round. The strategy ended up working pretty well, and in our league I arguably have the best receiving core.
Here’s my whole team as it currently stands:
- - Derrick Anderson (Quarterback)
- Terrell Owens (Receiver)
- Braylon Edwards (Receiver)
- Chad Johnson (Receiver)
- Brian Westbrook (Running Back)
- Reggie Bush (Running Back)
- Chris Cooley (Tight End)
- Dallas Cowboys (Defense)
- Josh Scobee (Kicker)
- Joey Galloway (Backup WR)
- Nate Burleson (Backup WR)
- Ricky Williams (Backup/Maybe starting RB)
- Ronnie Brown (Backup RB)
- Rudi Johnson (Last resort RB)
- Vince Young (Backup QB)
I’ve been looking forward to this ever since my last place finish in 2007, and my team will DEFINITELY be alot more competitive this year.
I took a couple chance picks in the later rounds thinking they might materialize into something - Mainly Ricky Williams is a big question mark, but I thought he’d be worth a late pick.
I’m looking forward into whooping everyone’s ass! :-) Good luck to all opponents in the WPE yahoo fantasy football league.
Just an FYI to the world that I don’t like my cellular device, and I strongly desire a new one.
Anybody wants to trade, let me know.
