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I’m watching the debate as I’m writing this.  Wanna keep up with my thoughts on it, check out my twitter account. - http://twitter.com/jameson42

Just finished watching the movie “Accepted”.  Thanks, NetFlix!  Great movie.  Reminds me of a John Hughes movie from the 80s.  Good quirky fun.  Louis Black’s part is awesome.  Some great outtakes, almost entirely Louis Black.

Gonna work on updating the site more.  Good chance a lot of it will be quick little posts like this, but at least I’m posting!

My TV is working.  I called Olevia tech support, and he had me unplug the TV, wait a couple minutes, and plug it back in.  I swear I had done that a few times before when it first stopped working, but this time it turned on!  So now I’m getting back to watching season one of Heroes all the way through.

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The trailer for the Iron Man movie is out!  Check it out here.  Comes out May 2, 2008, starring Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark.  I think he’s perfect for the role.

On a side note - anyone else think Robert Downey Jr. would have done great as Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates movies?

This movie rocks!  Non-stop action and comedy.  In this movie I saw Clive Owen do things with a carrot i never thought I’d see anyone do.  I’d speak of the plot, but I’m afraid that would ruin it for you.  Just know you get to see Clive Owen be cool and British, Monica Bellucci be sexy, and Paul Giamatti be creepy and evil.  The stunt crew is absolutely huge!  Go see this movie - you will not be disappointed.

Technorati Tags: Shoot Em Up, Clive Owen, Monica Bellucci, Paul Giamatti, movies

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This has not been a very good week for me.  First, my desktop PC stopped working.  Won’t turn on.  Seems like a burnt out motherboard, but this would be the second time in a month that I’d have to replace that.  I think there’s something wrong with the power supply, and it busted both motherboards for me.  I think I may be adding BFG to the list of manufacturers whose products I won’t be purchasing again.

This morning, I went to turn on my TV, and it just turned itself off after a couple seconds.  It’s an Olevia 337H 37″ LCD.  TV won’t turn on at all now.  From what I read on various forums and such online, it probably needs it’s mainboard replaced.  I can’t talk to Olevia’s tech support to try and get it fixed until business hours on Monday.  So, I won’t be watching any TV this weekend.  Not that there’s anything on, mind you, but I just got Heroes season 1 on DVD and I’ve been itching to watch it.  I’ve got a tiny 14″ TV in storage, but it just wouldn’t do the show justice.  Gotta watch it on a nice widescreen TV in high def.

Late last year and early this year, when Olevia’s TVs first started selling like crazy ’cause of their low prices, their customer support and tech support got flooded with requests, and apparently was really slow at fulfilling them.  I really hope that’s improved by now.  I don’t want to have to wait more than a week or two to start watching a decent TV again.  I really hope I have it working by the time Heroes season 2 starts up.

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It’s a lazy day, and I had nothing to do, so I went to go see the movie “Balls of Fury”.  It wasn’t as good as the previews.  Don’t get me wrong, it’s a decent movie, and has plenty of funny moments. There just seems to be a lot of down time between the humor.  It’s a funny story, with some cheesy one-liners, and Christopher Walken.  Overall, I think I’d give it 3.5 out of 5 stars.

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This is one of the funniest videos I’ve seen in a while. Great waste of brain cells. It’s called Heat Vision and Jack. Apparently it was made as a pilot for Fox back in 1999. Fox turned it down. So sad. I would have watched it.

Jack Black plays Jack, The voice of the motorcycle (Heat Vision) is Owen Wilson. Directed by Ben Stiller. Ron Silver plays himself. Pure genius.

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Woohoo! I ordered my new television today! It’s a 37 inch Olevia LCD flatscreen. Ordered from amazon, only $700. Cheaper because it has no tuner. It should arrive in 3-7 days. I’ve been waiting for this for a while - I’ve been living with a 14″ TV, and playing games on that just isn’t as fun as with a bigger TV. This thing is just big enough to fill my entertainment center.Yet another new site layout put up last night. This time I think I’m sticking with it. I like the colors. Please comment to let me know it you like it.

I finally made it back to work. I’m feeling a bit better, and I got my blood work back from the doctor. All clear. Apparently my blood is “Perfect”. No colesteral problems, nothing wrong with my thyroid, so I just had a nasty flu.

On a side note… I’ve put Windows 2000 back on my gaming PC. I’ve got a dual-boot setup going now. Linux has about 200GB of HD space, Windows has the other 40GB. I put Winblows back on the system for two reasons.

1. Windows has much better gaming support. I’ve been using Cedega for my Linux gaming needs for a few months now, and I guess I’m a little tired waiting for better DirectX 9 support. Playing Guild Wars under Cedega, I can’t do any antialiasing or postprocessing effects because I have to run the game with DirectX 8.
2. I couldn’t get my new bluetooth headset and USB webcam to work the way I’d like them to in Linux. It’s a bit easier to get bluetooth working in Windows, and recording video from a webcam in Linux takes a bit more work than I’d like to devote right now.

I’m still using Linux for everything else… web browsing, audio/video stuff, CD/DVD recording, and programming when I have the time. Now that I’m not using Cedega anymore, I can stop my subscription and save $5 a month.

I should be able to post a video of my juggling tomorrow. I would make the vid tonight, but Heroes is on, and that gets my devotion tonight.