Archive for July, 2009

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-10

  • I think it funny that I view everything that I write as a work of art. Obviously that can't be true. #
2009
07/10
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John Williams is the man

Found via 3-pg.com

2009
07/09
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Twitter Updates for 2009-07-08

  • Layoffs are never ever fun. I feel so sorry for those that were determined to be lacking. Statement of value against your self esteem. #
  • Sometimes my macabe satirical self takes over and I think layoffs should be death matches. Or at least some slapping. #
  • Forgive me, lord, for I think in terms of video games. #
2009
07/08
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Thanks United… ha.

[We] were traveling to Nebraska for a one-week tour and my Taylor guitar was witnessed being thrown by United Airlines baggage handlers in Chicago. I discovered later that the $3500 guitar was severely damaged. They didnt deny the experience occurred but for nine months the various people I communicated with put the responsibility for dealing with the damage on everyone other than themselves and finally said they would do nothing to compensate me for my loss. So I promised the last person to finally say no to compensation (Ms. Irlweg) that I would write and produce three songs about my experience with United Airlines and make videos for each to be viewed online by anyone in the world.

via boingboing, of course.

2009
07/08
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Twitter Updates for 2009-07-02

  • Note to self: anthony's pizza in dowtown denver has happy hour 2 to 8. 2 buck domestics. Wicked. #
  • Illegal pete's is a close second. A little more expensive, better atmosphere. But happy hour doesn't start till 4. Hey pete! Change to 2! #
  • Of course I wish I could be drinking. But I can't. I am stuck on a damn bus. In the rain. In rush hour. #
  • Rush hour in denver is just like happy hour. It lasts fort about 3 hours, but there are no drinks, its not fun, and everyone is a dick. #
2009
07/02
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Twitter Updates for 2009-07-01

  • Gaming is addictive. Last night, planned on playing 30mins, turned into 90mins. I was on a roll though. I love playing when that happens. #
  • You have your good nights and your bad nights. Last night was a good night. Top of the leaderboard for every game except the first. #
  • But last week I had a really bad night, so it all evens out in the long run. #
  • Outlander – two things. Jim Cavaziel == awesome. Vikings+Aliens == double awesome. How did I not see this in the theater? #
  • Outlander is a great example of original scifi that does it right. #
2009
07/01
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User Account Control Error in Vista x64 Enterprise

Try this weirdness on for size.

I was troubleshooting a bad application install on my Vista x64 box here at work a couple weeks ago, made a couple application-related registry deletions. Nothing major.

And UAC re-enabled itself. I started getting prompts for application use, scripts, etc.

The weird part?

Going into the User Accounts Control Panel applet, and UAC was deselected. Vista was saying that it was disabled, yet I was still getting prompts. I would select it, reboot, check and it was back to deselected. It was stuck on, yet the control panel was stuck with box unchecked (meaning it should have been off). No GPO for Vista on my domain, no overriding apps.

WTF?

So I ran msconfig, clicked the Tools tab, and launched the Disable UAC script. Rebooted.

Fixed.

Weird. Weird. Weird.

And I checked the registry after the boot (I should have checked it prior to see if the value was different), but after the reboot, the registry confirmed it was truly disabled.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA == 0 (disabled).

Another day, another Microsoft bug.

2009
07/01
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