Vash's Place to Hide

Vash has MOVED!!

2007-02-14T22:22:00.000-06:00

Yes folks for anybody that has read this blog at all, I have moved to Bowling With Geeks.
So check it out! It won't have anything on it for a week or two but eventually I'll be able to revamp somethings.

Vash

I went to a White Sox game

2006-07-02T13:36:00.000-05:00

Yeah for the first time I went to a white sox game, and we smashed the Cubs 6-2 it was awesome. By the way I'm announcing a new vidcast within the coming year. Yes I tried my hand at Podcasting and it didn't work out too well because it wasn't scripted at all and I was just winging it. But this time it'll be scripted and I'll know what the h E double hockey sticks I'm talking about. I'm only giving one hint. It's about the only sport I can play now. Till then

-Vash

Heh.

2006-05-05T23:31:00.000-05:00

I'm surprised anyone actually reads this anymore. But to those loyal to this blog I thank you. Yeah so my iPod is f'd up and I need to clean the back of it. Any suggestions for the polish or something I could use to get the scratches out of it? Well it's safe to say I'm a lot buffer than I was before. My muscles are about 1/2 the size more bigger than they were before. Pretty impressive for a geek eh? Got some new tunes from Blink-182, Breaking Benjamin, Fort Minor and so forth. I must also say my education is being continued further in my Computer Information Systems is going quite well. Let's just say I know how to mess with the start button and permissions to what programs can be used the next time my parents decide to piss me off. Haha. O and I've been watching Alex Albrecht's new cooking show Ctrl+Alt+Chicken. Good show, definately worth checking out. O and Diggnation has done nothing but get better. Especially Episode 42 where Kevin talks about all the ladies he's tapped. *Shifty eyes* I'll leave that up to your imagination. Haha. Peace.

-Vash

Hmmmm

2006-03-11T22:15:00.000-06:00

I haven't posted in two months. How interesting. So let me fill you in on the chaotic dwelling that is my life. Well my girlfriend left me for me for my friend (yeah that was fun) . I placed 5th in conference for Bowling and my team got 10th in state. I've started working out so I'm working on numero uno on my resolutions. I also got the 1GB Nano in black. Yes I know, why get the 1GB Nano right? Well considering I don't have that much music to begin with I think it's a good replacement for my 1GB shuffle that broke down. Oh yeah, my chemistry class still sucks. Wanna hear a good story? (no) hey shutup, anyway, the midterm of the third quarter went by and i had a D in chemistry, because we only had 5 assignments in the gradebook and I did bad only on the test. Kinda lame. Oh well I got it up to a C- now. It's not so bad. Still sucks though. Well till the next update.

-Vash

New Years Resolutions

2006-01-12T22:03:00.000-06:00

Well well, now comes the inevitable time of the year where every single blogger tells their local viewers about their new years resolutions. Here are mine as followed (in any random order).
1. Lose 15lbs.
2.If I can't do #1 then convert most fat to muscle, or at least tone my stomach fat (i'm not that bad but still severely out of shape).
3.Buy another iPod.
4. Bowl a 300
5. Finish writing my winter one act so I can start my writing career off to a good start.
6. Help my girlfriend bowl better.
7. Buy Season 2 of the Office (How easy is that?)
More to come.

-Vash

Shady's Back

2006-01-10T22:22:00.000-06:00

Unfortunately I'm pissed because my dad decided to delete my iTunes off my computer without my consent. I almost blew an ulcer. He's a genius huh?

-Vash

Back from the dead

2005-12-10T21:32:00.000-06:00

Yeah I probably won't be posting for awhile until my chemistry final is gone and over with. I hate that class so much. But unfortunately the world requires three years of science at least to get into college so I will go on with life. My Computer Information Systems class is great. I've learned hexidecimal and how to convert Binary to hexidecimal and the other way around. And now I've got the floppy map stuck in my head. It's kinda weird but oh well. The mind of a geek. Whadda ya gonna do huh? Oh yeah, did I mention I've also been watching The Office on NBC. I love that show so much. The funniest stuff on the planet besides Family Guy. So yes...I've also decided when I start posting again that I will sort of start my own column on whatever the hells going on in the current world along with reviews, personal politics, personal life, how to's with PC Repair, and so forth. So stay tuned when Vash's Place to Hide get's its new name. I'm not sure what to rename it so if you have a suggestion then leave me a comment then. Till then.

-Vash

Overloaded

2005-11-19T17:01:00.000-06:00

Yeah, chemistry is crazy. So many things to remember. I'm getting sick of it too. Creative Writing is going really well though. My Computer Maintainence and Repair class is going as smooth as butter. And American History is fine. So for the most part school has been taking up all my time along with bowling. Yeah bowling started up again and this year I made varsity. Yeah that's right I said varsity. So all that s#%@ I've been getting from a JV member has gone done quite a bit. But every now and then he opens his big yap but whatever. I'll ignore it. Um...yeah. Hopefully I'll update more often but for now there's nothing to update about.

Alex Albrecht is back!!

2005-11-09T22:05:00.000-06:00

Finally the man has posted again for the first time in over a month. Alex is back and has announced a cooking show called Ctrl+Alt+Chicken. Odd quirky name huh? And if you don't know already Martin Seargant has a new vidcast called Infected. So go check it out at Alex Albrecht or Revision3.

-Vash

Money Money...

2005-11-08T22:06:00.000-06:00

Alrighty. I've completely abandoned all plans to find a banner for this thing because everytime I do it changes the template so I stopped. Um...I've found out my college plans and now I'm currently involved with that. If it goes my way (hopefully) I will be moving out and to an area with good broadband. And right now I have no money because I have no job and nobody will hire me. That's all for now. Vash out!

-Vash

Banner

2005-10-27T14:19:00.000-05:00

Alright I have a banner but for now it won't show up for a little bit. I don't know what happened but when I put in there the banner didn't show up and my blog weirded out by suddenly changing the template size. It was crazy.

-Vash

New Template

2005-10-22T21:53:00.000-05:00

Ahh the new template. I think it looks good. I just need a banner now. If someone can make me one then send it to vash123@gmail.com please. Ha I recently just read that not too many people are happy with the Cingular's Rockr phone and have returned it. I knew it was a bad idea from the start but that's just me.

-Vash

Ahhh!

2005-10-17T21:46:00.000-05:00

Well, I guess for now since I'm having so many problems I'm just going to stop production on TC. I know I sound like an idiot for getting all hyped up for nothing but had I had the time or resources I would've put my back into it. So I'm sorry for disappointing anyone that actually looked at it. Plus my parents have been giving me a lot of crap lately about being on the internet so much. So um..yeah I don't know what to tell you really but I'm sure I'll pick up where I left off after I graduate. I'm so disappointed right now.

-Vash

Great Glavin

2005-10-14T23:49:00.000-05:00

Wow....I did update the site but it hasn't shown up yet so tomorrow I'll take a look and see if there's anything I can do about it. Wow....

-Vash

Updated...finally

2005-10-09T18:47:00.000-05:00

The site's been updated with an incredible lackluster post on there. You'll see what I mean when it gets up there. Only problem is I can't upload it to the server so I have to have a friend of mine do it and I've no idea when he'll get to it. So yeah. I went bowling today. It was kickass. I bowled a 233, 194, and a 234. I think that's possibly the highest series I've had so far. So yeah that's how my day went besides some observation essay I had to write for creative writing. It was kinda boring but kind of cool at the same time. I sat there and watched people from afars away (sounds kind of creepy) but you supposed to watch how human interaction works in different towns, businesses, etc.... so I did it in a bowling alley. Didn't take long either. So yeah.

-Vash

Tomorrow

2005-10-08T16:31:00.000-05:00

Yes I'm an idiot I know, I didn't update TC because I forgot. I had such an awesome night yesterday. The football game was pretty freaking awesome and my team won 22-8. But it was also pretty damn cold. So I went to McDonalds afterwards to warm up. That was fun. So tonight while I'm watching Saturday Night Live I'll do it. And if I don't I shall beat myself up. So here's hoping I don't bruise easily.

-Vash

Such a slacker

2005-10-05T21:53:00.000-05:00

Wow, chemistry has had me in such a fritz lately. I seriously don't get the whole conversion thing. So the entire time I've been in a panic about that. All though I must say one of the questions the teacher made up was, "1 fizzle= ? Frizzles." It had some giant table and you had to do this stupid factor label crap which didn't make any sense. I mean come on! Use actual measurments like grams, or liters. It's stupid questions like those that have made me fail my chemistry test. And yes I know I'm complaining but that's basically the whole reason why I don't understand it. Anyway, I've been such a slacker with posting and modding my site. So Friday before I go to a football game and hang out with a few buddies I'm going to modify my site (I know I said I'd do it before but this time I really mean it) and post something for Techspec. And holy crap! We had a spy in the white house!

-Vash

Crazy week

2005-09-30T19:58:00.000-05:00

I've had such a crazy week. I haven't been able to post that much because chemistry has been keeping me busy all the while. Stupid conversions, I can do them but for some reason this week I blanked out and failed a big chemistry quiz I had. So anyway I'm hoping to update Tech Corner tomorrow along with including a script of a show I'm writing or just some other script I'm writing. Otherwise I'll get to on Sunday. Man, homecoming is coming up and next week is gonna suck. The same people basically who were nominated last year for homecoming court are nominated this year. I still think it was rigged but whatever. Everybody else thought the same thing. One funny thing was is that my friend Ashley said, "I got nominated again, come on I won last year." Hahah, she's funny. L8er.

-Vash

Yawn

2005-09-24T17:09:00.000-05:00

Hmmm, I know I haven't updated much but that's because I've been trying to fix my website. I've also been conditioning as well so I'm not usually near the computer except for today. As soon as I fix my site I'm hoping to put some of my creative writing content up on there. So for now stay tuned.

-Vash

Tech Corner...it's lives!!!

2005-09-20T22:17:00.000-05:00

Yes, my site is up and running. It still needs to be majorly modified but what the hey, it's up at least!!

-Vash

Rebirth of Tech Corner

2005-09-19T21:44:00.000-05:00

Yes that's right, the rest of you may not care but I do. The website I've been waiting for so long to get going is almost in the works. Although content I want to produce is pretty much scarce right now because I don't have all the resources to do what I want. I really want to get a vidcast going showing you the various topics I learn from my PC Configuration and Repair class. I would love to do that. I also want to get a podcast going with my friends from Rochelle. Right now my template on my site isn't working as well as I'd hoped it would. The template is completely gone as of right now. All it is the text I had in before and all the links etc....etc. So I'm getting my friend Xander to help me and hopefully the site should be up and running within the week. So don't go to it right now but later (like in a week) on go to Tech Corner and check it out!

-Vash

G4 CEO History

2005-09-16T23:47:00.000-05:00

Yes, Charles Hirschhorn is gone! TechTv fans rejoice!!!

-Vash

Digital time baby

2005-09-10T21:23:00.000-05:00

And by that I mean I was playing Digimon Rumble Arena 2. This game is a definite improvement over the first one but it still has it's flaws. So basically the only thing I've done all day is play that game. Tomorrow I have to study for my chemistry quiz again.

-Vash

More bones to pick

2005-09-09T22:32:00.000-05:00

Hmm, I'm slightly angered about someone called Captain on Blogger. His site is called Free the Trilobites or Tribbles or whatever the hell it is. I was kinda angry because on Kevin Rose's site he left a comment saying "Hey I found a decent blog," that blog was linked to his own. Pretty lame in my opinion. So I let him know that on Krose's site and his own. I might have gone overboard by attacking him on his blog so I apologize for that. But then he has the nerve to delete my comment on his blog and gives some bullsh#$ comment that says "blame the spammers vash!" Umm...don't think so. What's worse is he deleted my comment and not the actual spam that was on his own site. So yeah...captain you might be a cool guy in your own retrospect but your full of yourself if go on a tech-celebrities website and leave a comment saying you found a decent blog which is your own. And then the whole comment delete dealy. Ok I'm done venting now....so yeah..I think that was the first time I've used bold and italics on my posts.

-Vash

Bowling again

2005-09-09T21:22:00.000-05:00

So yeah, I got a new ball and that thing hooks like a banshee. I also got a spare ball for those pesky ten pins. That thing likes to hook too if it's a dry lane. This was my first time actually using my new ball for a game. My first game sucked. I got a 150. I'm not kidding but it went up twenty pins a game. So after that I got a 170 and a 190. I'm still kinda pissed though. That 170 game I could've had at least a 190 but oh well. So for the first time using that it wasn't that bad. So I'm looking forward to the future. And yeah I've seen that new iTunes phone and I'm not too impressed. I think I'll stick with buying an iPod and keep my cell phone seperate.

-Vash

I've had enough

2005-09-06T16:51:00.000-05:00

From now on my posts will no longer have a comments box. I've been spammed again. I don't think I got through to you people. DON'T SPAM HERE you motherfu#$3!5 spammers. Spam is not cool it is very annoying.

-Vash

I hate chem

2005-09-05T22:02:00.000-05:00

I was supposed to do my chemistry project today but my friend didn't come over with that sheet that had the guidelines for it so I had nothing to do. So I went over to Techspec and posted two stories that I found pretty interesting. One of them was about the mac mini deal being pulled and the other was about Kazaa biting the bullet in Australia. So go check it out! Then after that all I did write in my creative writing notebook. That class is pretty fun. I can write out all my ideas in there. I've been writing a story somewhat similar to Mutant X but the character is completely different and it involves government conspiracies instead. It's some weird stuff. I've also been writing a tv drama to sort of speak. I'm tired of seeing these dramas with high school kids who are rich and get all these women so easily. So I've been basically writing my auto-biography. So tomorrow as soon as I get home I have to design a chemistry poster and create a magazine ad for my element. It's pretty stupid. My chem teacher wants us to do some sort of advertising for our element. So yeah, that's basically my day in a nutshell.

-Vash

I'm such a slacker

2005-09-04T00:28:00.000-05:00

I should've been doing my chemistry project today and writing for Techspec but I'm just so tired. So tomorrow I will get to my chemistry project and by Monday I promise I will write at least some short post for Techspec. I apologize to Phatlip for slacking but school is such a drag.

-Vash

Vote for my buddy

2005-08-30T21:51:00.000-05:00

Hey Hey, vote for my friend Johnny on rrstar.com/sports so he can be the athlete of the week on my news station 13 wrex. After hitting the link scroll down until you find a poll for athlete of the week. Vote for Johnny Gonzalez. Peace!

-Vash

Indiana....yeah!

2005-08-28T17:39:00.000-05:00

Believe it or not, my time in Indiana was actually pretty nice. Although I was basically cut off from technology (i.e. broadband) I still enjoyed my time talking to my cousins. My great-aunt has dial-up but I didn't bother because a whole bunch of family was over. The rest of the family I don't mind, my family on the other hand, you wouldn't want to be around. So the entire time I was basically hanging out and talking with my older cousins playing some games and drinking (soda for me), along with watching the Colts/Bronco's game on a giant tv. Although the house I was at was pretty far from civilization it had a ton of technology in it. So now I'm off to go study for a chemistry quiz I have tomorrow.

-Vash

So tired....

2005-08-26T21:56:00.000-05:00

Yeah, I'm pretty tired. I worked out for awhile tonight. I jogged for like for an hour off and on and then I did 300+ crunches. For me that's pretty intense since the last time I've truly worked out was three months ago. I'm incredibly out of shape and have decided to try and lose some weight so I can at least look good in my other shirts. The only ones that look good are the prep shirts that I have. Anyway, I've been falling behind in my posting for Techspec and I hope to start doing that again Monday. I've just been trying to get the hang of school and getting used to my new homework schedule that I have. Plus I've been immersing myself in the BrokenBinary Forums. It's pretty cool. That place has some pretty funny characters there. Plus I've been dealing with the recent spam that's been hitting me.......well that's pretty much it. I'm going to be gone tomorrow and probably won't be back Sunday because I'm taking a trip to Indiana for some family get-together dohickie. L8er.

-Vash

Ditto

2005-08-25T22:23:00.000-05:00

I'm turning on the word verification for my comments as in hopes to stop the spam that keeps hitting my blog. Just like my friend Caleb I've no idea why you would want to spam this site. Mine isn't even that popular. So no more spam.

-Vash

*&%# Internet

2005-08-25T16:39:00.000-05:00

For the past couple of days I haven't been able to access the internet. I removed a piece of spyware from my computer (that probably came from my dad surfing the internet) and my internet would not load any pages after that. It was really crazy. We almost got to the point where we had to reformat my hard drive but luckily it didn't come to that. It just started working again but my dad won't let on it. So right now I'm at my friends house (who has broadband hehehe). So you people may not see me for awhile because my dad thinks it's my fault for downloading stuff like This Week in Tech or Diggnation. You all know that's a load of BS but whatever. So I might be on later tonight or sometime in the next century. Till Then....

-Vash

I'm getting sick of this

2005-08-21T21:11:00.000-05:00

Seriously, stop spamming my site. I don't appreciate it and from now on I'm going to delete any spam that comes here. If worse comes to worse I'm going to remove my comments. I don't come to your blogs and spam you so stay the hell away from mine you stupid mofo's. Anyway I'm sort of tired so I'm going to surf the internet for an hour and then go to bed.

-Vash

Chemistry Bites

2005-08-20T23:00:00.000-05:00

I'm not in school even three days and already I have a chemistry quiz on lab safety and lab equipment. So basically I've been studying for that for like two hours today. Boring stuff.

-Vash

Stop spamming me

2005-08-18T19:17:00.000-05:00

I don't think I made myself clear, dont' spam me. I do not want you advertising your site on my comments unless I make a post entitled "Plug Time," and I plug your site because I like it. You can also comment me if you like what's going on here or just leave a comment pertaining to my topic but other than that don't spam. Spammers me me sick :/

-Vash

Don't spam here

2005-08-18T18:00:00.000-05:00

Alright who's the asshole who spammed me in my last post? You don't even have the courage to show your blog on here? I've deleted your comment and plan on reporting you if you pull a stunt like that again. I don't appreciate spammers and if I had a choice I'd pull a cracker trick and delete your database. Basic point: DO NOT SPAM ME!!!

-An Angry Vash

Broadband possibly coming Vash's way?

2005-08-16T08:42:00.000-05:00

Finally, the answer I've been possibly waiting for. The Northern Illinois Technology Triangle (or NITT) is onboard with the town of Rochelle to start installing fiber optic cables from the town of Rockford to Rochelle. My town is almost in their of line of site so hopefully they will connect the towns inbetween, because my town is only five minutes from the highway. Although it may take awhile before they begin installing the fiber optic cables I'm still excited and hope to see my town included in the plan. Rochelle News-Leader

-Vash

Plug Time

2005-08-14T22:29:00.000-05:00

Alright while I was surfing Digg like usual I found a site called Ebook911. It's awesome and contains ebooks on Java, Perl, Java-Script, HTML Editing, How to use Linux, and so forth. I highly recommend it for those of you who want to get started in that sort of stuff.

-Vash

Skipping school....sort of..

2005-08-14T00:19:00.000-05:00

I'm taking a college class my junior year which is PC Configuration and Repair and fortunately for me it doesn't start until August 24th so I basically get to sleep in till 9:30 in the morning instead of having to get up at 6:15 like I usually do. This means for a week I only have four classes because there are only eight periods in the day and my college class takes up three periods, plus lunch so there's only four. So yeah the rest of my high school day is basically easy classes except Chemistry. And what really sucks about that class is it is with a teacher I didn't want. Oh well. Gotta roll with the punches huh?

-Vash

Martin Sargent is back!

2005-08-14T00:15:00.000-05:00

Those of you Unscrewed fans who haven't heard this yet but Martin Sargent now has a blog.

-Vash

Close but no cigar...

2005-08-12T10:08:00.000-05:00

Alright people will think I'm joking about this but I'm not. I was literally ten minutes away from posting possibly one of the biggest diggs in history. The story about Peter Jennings is literally 13-14 diggs from 2000 diggs right now. However when I went to post it I saw that only one other person had dugg the story (obviously somebody with broadband) and unfortunately for me the story had 71 diggs already and was steadily climbing. I was so close, seriously, and I know I'm complaining but what I'm really complaining about is my ISP, aol is a piece of shit, anyway, here's how it went down. As soon as I saw the story broke I immediately booted up my aol to dialup. Unfortunately I forgot to turn off my Norton parental control list off and the damn thing started loading as soon as I went to type in my password. So I was stuck for a minute waiting for it to load and then I had to re-type my password and was on my way. Well of course the log-on took five minutes and and I immediately hit my firefox icon and furiously typed in digg.com. Unfortunately once again the transfer to the Digg homepage took like three minutes and when I went to submit the article it was already on there. That's when I immediately thought, "dammit!" So from there on I just watched as the story soared to huge hits and I sat amongst the background kicking myself for living in an area with the only accessibility to the internet being a crappy aol 33k dial-up connection. Dammit, verizon or somebody bring me high-speed please!!!

-Vash

Get your Vash buttons

2005-08-07T23:38:00.000-05:00

Alright well I created a button for my website. It's along with all of my other buttons. If any of you have any suggestions of what else to make for my buttons drop a comment.

-Vash

RIP Peter Jennings

2005-08-07T23:35:00.000-05:00

Although the man wasn't my favorite reporter kudos to this guy for being such a damn good reporter. Peter Jennings for those of you who don't know was ABC's World New's Tonight's anchor. 1938-2005.

-Vash

I love this

2005-08-07T17:18:00.000-05:00

I was on Digg and found an article about why men can't hear women all the time. ABC Online News

-Vash

School starts soon

2005-08-06T21:55:00.000-05:00

Oh dear, the thing I've been wanting and dreading all summer long. School starts in a week and a half. Oh well, this year at least I'm taking the classes I want and don't have to play the sport I suck at (football). Ahh the only thing left to do, become an awesome technology ladiesman sorta like Krose. Heheh...

-Vash

New shoes are nice

2005-08-04T21:03:00.000-05:00

Finally, I've managed to ditch my crappy nike's (trust me they're good but they've fallen apart) and gotten some awesome mossimo shoes. They basically look like skater shoes but I don't care. Although one thing is I'm not used to black shoes. All my life I've warn white tennis shoes basically. Anyway, I'm sick. Literally, sinusitis sucks. I was severely congested for several days but thanks to the marvels of modern medicine I'm feeling much better. Although the side effects of the medicine make me wheeze a little so I have an inhaler to cure that. The only reason I wheeze is because of what happens after post nasal drip and because my sinus is infected. Anyway, I've been watching the From the Shadows video's and I'm quite impressed. Although The Broken and Systm are still #1 in my book, #2 will fall to From the Shadows.

-Vash

ABC banned from Russia

2005-08-03T22:38:00.000-05:00

I actually managed to watch nightline on that particular night somehow. I saw the entire report too. Words can't describe how people can justify things nowadays. Anyway did anybody see that?

-Vash

The Broken Episode #4

2005-08-02T21:05:00.000-05:00

Yes that's right, confirmed on TWIT 16 by David Prager of Revision 3. I'm so psyched now. I missed the darker content and I missed the 40's and the swearing. The bloopers were the best. So sometime this year a new broken will be out.

-Vash

Content Content Content

2005-08-01T21:38:00.000-05:00

Ahh, a much needed visit to my friend in the next town over got me a lot of tech content to last me awhile. While I was there I downloaded two episodes of The Laporte Report, a couple of KFI's, all the episodes of Command-N, TWIT 15 and 16, and all four episodes of From the Shadows. And last but not least I also got Systm Episode #3. I couldn't wait to watch it so I watched it as soon as I got home. Some pretty cool stuff! So for the next week and or two I'll watch or hear an episode of something once a day so I'll have something to do until school starts. Yipee!!

-Vash

Be happy and quit griping

2005-07-30T23:30:00.001-05:00

It seems to me like a lot of people are griping about Systm. All they keep saying is Kevin is coming up with excuses all the time. I think their full of #$#@. Krose is a busy man and has to divide his time among so many things. First he had to move to san francisco and that took quite some time. Then they had to move everything. And sometimes he'll make appearances on Call For Help 2.0. Admist that Kev had to do Diggnation and This Week in Tech as well. Then they had to go out looking for a studio. Then moving equipment to the studio takes time as well. Kev said once they get the studio ready they can start cranking out the episodes. Which there is going to be 2 to 3 releases each month. So quit your griping and let them get settled first. And not every episode will be suited for each persons needs. So Jay don't worry there are fans out there who appreciate Revision 3's work.

-Vash

God #$%$*#

2005-07-30T13:51:00.000-05:00

OMFG, I've tried relentlessly downloading the keys to unlock my Foo Fighters CD and it refuses to download yet again. This makes me glad there are music pirates out there. Fuck the music companies that put copyright protection on their cd's. It even refused to connect to their server so I could download the keys. It kept saying make sure I have a valid internet connection. Well I do you f#$#$#@ @$$$^les!!

-A very pissed off Vash

Arrggggghhh

2005-07-29T22:06:00.000-05:00

I love the new Foo Fighters CD, except for the fact that you have to download the keys to unlock them for your computer. This really pissed me off. Well I tried downloading the keys and it won't download them, which pisses me off even more. So now the songs will only play on my stereo which is alright but I like listening to my songs on my computer. So now I'm getting really pissed off. AAAAAAAAAAA!!!

-Very Very Very Very Angry Vash

More laughing

2005-07-28T16:20:00.000-05:00

I read this article about how cantenna's are illegal in San Francisco. It's pretty stupid but whatever floats their boat.

-Vash

Anticipation is a b#$##

2005-07-28T13:06:00.000-05:00

And I'm talking about the next release of Systm. Switcherman said it's probably going to be released late tonight and I'm hoping they release it before 7:00 or my dad won't let me go to my friends house to download it. Arggh I hate waiting. Although I'm sure it'll be quite worth it.

-Vash

I had to laugh

2005-07-27T18:01:00.000-05:00

I love this artice posted in the L.A. times. It rips Hilary Clinton a new one about the whole GTA hot coffee ordeal.

-Vash

Time off for a geek

2005-07-26T22:12:00.000-05:00

Well I haven't talked about my personal life in quite some time now. That's mainly due to the fact that I haven't had one the entire summer. I've hung out with some friends but all we did was goof off. Of course the whole thing with me asking out the girl I liked never worked so dating hasn't exactly been on my mind. Well recently I've been hanging out with some ladies (one normal and one sort of geeky) and my best friend Jarid. I only intended to hang out with the ladies to pass the time and have some fun. Well now one of them has gotten attached to me (the geeky one) and I'm having sort of a hard time telling her no that I don't wish to go any further as far as a friendship goes. Well I have another blog on MySpace that is completely devoted to my personal life and friends. Recently I posted on that blog that I did not wish to pursue any further relationship with this chick and that to pursue such a thing would be incredibly awkward. Plus the fact that she hates about all of the music I listen to except Relient K. There’s no way I could possibly pursue a relationship with any girl if she hates and despises Green Day. I'm sorry but that band is just a giant part of my life and the way I rock. I cannot go a day without rocking to Green Day. All my friends know that too. Well I just don't think she's been taking the hints and possibly the fact that I posted straight blank in my blog that I didn't want to go out with her and now she's been calling me for the past two days. I answered the phone the first day and the second day I just decided to give up and ignore the phone. Not that I don't like the sudden popularity I've been thrust into (trust me before I was a loner) but the wrong ladies are liking me. Lately I've been asked like eight times by all these chicks, not that is a bad thing but once again it's all the wrong chicks. If it's not a fat one it's a not so attractive chick and etc....I think you get the point. Anyway I can't actually wait until I can get back to school, (hold on a sec am I really saying that), because now I'm going insane without school because this place is such a bore. Plus my car hasn't been fixed yet which is really a bummer. I can't believe I'm saying this but I really want to go back to school!!!

-Vash

What is going on with my FF

2005-07-24T22:29:00.000-05:00

First you people oughta know I downloaded FF 1.06 the other day. Ok well the other day I was downloading episode 4 of diggnation, and I looked at my download speed and I had to do a double take. My download speed was at least 525 KB's/s. I don't know what the hell happened but I got about 75% downloaded and then it immediately slowed down to 15KB's/s. It was the oddest thing that happend. Ever since then my download speeds have increased. It's one thing when you've got broadband but when you have dialup you certainly know the difference. Normal download speeds out here for dialup is 2.7 KB's/s. Well I'm quite happy now my download speeds have increased to 4.6 KB's/s. Now of course thats crap compared to everything else but unfortunately my town lives in the stone age when it comes to communications. We can't even get a decent cell phone signal sometimes (U.S. Cellular). I'd change carriers but right now I can't because my dad pays for it all (I'm not going to complain). Which is quite odd I don't know why we don't go to with Verizon or something considering thats my regular phone service. But anyway I'm happy now. Although I wish some carrier would bring something faster out here. A satelite connection something. I'm going insane out here people. All I can say is thank god for friends in the next town over with broadband. Peace!

-Vash

This got a good laugh

2005-07-22T22:41:00.000-05:00

I came across a soundboard at techtvforever.net and found it quite funny. Especially where Leo Laporte says, "I go to Canada to get my music." Or if you don't feel like going through a website to find the link then here's the direct link.

-Vash

P.S.
You people may already know about it but I finally just found it.

Plug Time 4

2005-07-21T01:29:00.000-05:00

Recently on an episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno I saw a band on called Relient K. I've never heard of them (until the show) and decided to pick up their cd. I think it's good for a rock group. Another band recently seen on Late Night with Conan O'Brien was the band called The Hold Steady. The lead singer is a little quirky but the music is solid and I recommend them. Also I came across a site a long time ago called the BrokenBinary. I saw the stripped version (I believe) of their upcoming site and I'm liking it already. Right now the sight is just forums but I hope the site comes soon. Keep up the work guys!

-Vash

Liking the new template

2005-07-19T22:37:00.000-05:00

Obviously you've seen the fact that my blog template has changed. What do you people think?
Let me know.

-Vash

Oh well

2005-07-18T21:33:00.000-05:00

Yeah, I've come down with a cold over the past couple of days. That really sucks. Oh well. I've been busy writing stuff for Techspec and listening to some podcasts like This Week in Tech and Diggnation. Those podcasts are awesome, no doubt about it. And I plan on listening to some new podcasts I haven't listened to before like Steve and Landos on the go Web Show and hopefully some new ones in the next couple of days. Oh, I just remembered My Life Bytes as well. All it takes is one trip over to my friends house cause he's got broadband. L8er

-Vash

Ouch...seriously

2005-07-14T21:32:00.000-05:00

Wow, I just found out that I was born with a broken back and didn't know it until this afternoon after I went to see a neurosurgeon. So now not only am I out of football, I'm also out of any conditioning P.E. or any P.E. for that matter anyway. The lucky thing for me is I still get to do bowling in the winter. But the shocking thing is within the next twenty years more than likely I'm going to need surgery to correct what is wrong. Here is basically what happened. The lowest part of my spine, or the lowest area in the lumbar region in my spine, or the back of my spine on the lowest lumbar region whathaveyou, is not connected to the spine. Right now it's only being held there by my muscles. But in twenty years my muscles will fatigue and that part will slip down and pinch my ciatic nerve, causing even greater pain in my back which would force me to get surgery. So basically I'm going to get surgery hopefully before it happens. That really sucks.

-Vash

Nowadays

2005-07-13T17:55:00.000-05:00

Unfortunately due to the amount of resources I have here, I can't transfer my third podcast from my computer in my room to this computer. I only have a 128MB USB Thumb Drive, and the podcast is 140MB(Only cause it's a wave file right now). The only reason I can't convert it to MP3 because my computer is old (about 4 years old) and doesn't have access to the internet for all that jazz. And it runs on Windows ME. Yeah it sucks. Anyway I plan on that probably being my last podcast if at all I release it. I'd rather spend my time writing for Techspec and reading the tech books I buy from Barnes and Noble. And those doctors visits for my back have taking up some time as well. Depending on what happens after I visit a neurosurgeon tomorrow about my CT scan results I might just be spending time to write. So yeah it's all good.

-Vash

Firefox gridlock?

2005-07-09T16:02:00.000-05:00

I don't what happened but when I installed Newsmonster to view RSS feeds and restarted firefox it wouldn't load. I don't know what happened. This problem only started after I installed Newsmonster. I clicked on Firefox in frustration many a times and of course got nothing? Is it me or what? I've no idea. Think I'll go check out the firefox forums.

-Vash

Just great!/New Podcast

2005-07-09T14:31:00.000-05:00

Well I actually got some worthwhile sleep this morning and what did I wake up with. A cold!! I've been sneezing since 11 a.m., it's not fun. My nose is stuffed up and I can't blow my nose anymore cause it's sore. I'm gonna try and do a podcast for tonight on subjects pertaining from the latest release of a Popular Science Magazine. I'm going to cover the Global Warming solutions, Cool Geek gadgets that are featured in their magazine, the broadcast flag, and some other things that are new in the mag. Also the second episode of diggnation is out. Definately check it out alex albrecht and kevin rose laugh up a storm in this one.

-Vash

Sorry

2005-07-08T14:26:00.000-05:00

Sorry for the lack of updates, for the past few days I've been really busy or sleeping. I just wrote an article for Techspec. It's about the anti-trust suit AMD has against Intel. Plus I've been sleeping in really late because for the past few days I've been an insomniac. And last night I went bowling for the last time for my league. I'm hoping to get a few more podcasts released in the next couple of days along with possibly another article. And as a fellow human being I offer my condolences to the victims of the London terrorist attack.

-Vash

Episode 2

2005-07-05T18:06:00.000-05:00

http://ourmedia.org/ia/details/VashEpisode22ndEpmp3_0. That is the link to my second podcast. Hopefully it should show up within the hour.
-Vash
P.S. I know I didn't have that much content on that ep so I plan on getting more tonight as I record Episode 3.

Rebates

2005-07-05T18:01:00.000-05:00

I recently just read an interesting article on Digg about how company's use rebates to sucker in people. It was a very interesting read. Check it out!!
-Vash

Episode 1....Download Time

2005-07-05T16:45:00.000-05:00

Alright well I just checked out the link and it's up. Just hit the link in my previous post and it should take you straight there. All you have to do is find the thing on the web page that kind goes like this: (Url:Link). You have to find that thing and click on it. So I'll just reiterate this again. Your going to hear the sound of my computer fan buzzing in the background. And there is no music unfortunately because the file size would've taken forever to upload. Otherwise I would've had some Green Day or Weezer and whatnot. Oh well. Happy Downloading!
-Vash

Podcast Uploaded

2005-07-04T23:30:00.000-05:00

Well it said I uploaded it but it will be a couple of hours before it shows up apparently.
http://ourmedia.org/ia/details/VashEpisode1TheRealPodcastmp3. That should be the link. Who knows. If it doesn't work just drop a comment. Just to let you know the podcast is pretty boring and it's just me. If any of you want to join me for a podcast eventually, I have skype so just drop a comment. Unfortunately I couldn't add any music because the music would be make the file too long. (I have dialup) and the fact that I wanted to get this published as quickly as possible.
-Vash

It should be up soon.

2005-07-04T22:28:00.000-05:00

Alright I uploaded it to Ourmedia instead of Podblaze. The thing was it didn't show up as being published yet. So I'm asking anyone to check out my Ourmedia page and see if it went up yet. Otherwise I might have to re-upload it.
-Vash

Delay

2005-07-03T19:21:00.000-05:00

I'm going to be a little late with releasing my podcast. As of right now I'm having an incredibly hard time uploading my podcast onto a server. Right now I'm using Podblaze. Which is probably my mistake. If any of you people know anything that is dial-up friendly drop a comment because I could use the help. Otherwise I'm just gonna go to my friends house and release it. He's got broadband.
-Vash

Vash's Podcast?

2005-07-02T18:39:00.000-05:00

Yes that's right. I've felt that it is time people hear my voice. Even if it's only one person. I feel like getting into the podcast craze just like everyone else. I've already recorded my first one and plan on releasing it soon. And right now I'm about one third of the way there on my second one. It'll be a simple podcast really. It'll be me ranting about things. For instance I'll be ranting about G4, lawyers, and the how many channels I have on my tv in the first episode. Till then
-Vash

Busy...Busy....Busy

2005-07-01T23:19:00.000-05:00

Yeah I've been really busy today. Just today I posted two articles for Techspec. And then I've been working on my site. Plus all the chores around the house that I've been doing have kept me busy for most of the day. So yeah it doesn't leave much for my social life anymore but I don't care. My friends are busy hanging out with other people so it's all good. Work is work and I'm enjoying it. Big time.
-Vash

Techspec Addict?

2005-07-01T17:55:00.000-05:00

For some reason, I've now become addicted to writing. My love for everything tech, computers, and writing has found it's place. Techspec rocks! So check it out people, plus I posted another article.
-Vash

My first Techspec post

2005-06-30T23:38:00.000-05:00

Well my first post for Techspec was a little disapointing because I was hoping to have a bigger story than that but I'm happy I posted something, plus it involved Kevin Rose so it's all good. I have another article I'm going to write later on but I need more information. Till then
-Vash

Underground Forums

2005-06-29T21:52:00.000-05:00

Lately I've become more involved with some more forums and I think you people should too. This place is awesome. It's run by some moderators of Scopetech. Underground Tech and Underground Forums are pretty awesome. Enjoy
-Vash

Techspec

2005-06-29T21:45:00.000-05:00

I've now become a writer for a site called Techspec. Within the next two days I should have my first article/post written. This post will be short because I've got to get working. And leave comments for those gmail invites if any of you want one.
-Vash

Gmail Invites

2005-06-29T16:37:00.000-05:00

I still have my gmail account and I have 50 invites left that I want to get rid of. So anybody wants one just drop a comment.
-Vash

The long road that lies ahead of me

2005-06-29T15:12:00.000-05:00

Well I've decided not to release this site until next year due to my limited resources. For someone like me it'll take awhile to get all the kinks out. And then comes all the security as well so I don't get my ass kicked by a script kiddie. I'm currently trying to come up with a logo for Tech Corner. If anybody knows any programs or sites to help me create my logo just leave a comment.
-Vash

Coming soon.......Tech Corner.

2005-06-28T11:38:00.000-05:00

Well I've been creating my new site and unfortunately it won't be up for a long time as because I need a server that would hold all the stuff I'm developing. Trust me people! I've got nothing but free time now because that idiot never called me back for my schedule and I can't play football as a count of I have a stress fracture in my lower back. I can get around no problem so I've been going places but can't do any excercise like I want to. So I've been doing nothing but developing. I'm gonna call it "Tech Corner". And who knows if I'm even going to publish it at all. It'll all happen a couple of months from now. If I feel the website looks good and the content is solid then I'll publish it. And I would need some writers as well. So till then.........
-Vash

Awesome Mod/Plug Time

2005-06-27T20:13:00.000-05:00

Alright go over to The Tech Guys site which is my first link and then find his entry titled "Mod Time". It is probably the best mod I've seen so far. Check it out.

-Vash

I had to laugh/Plug 3

2005-06-26T21:09:00.000-05:00

I recently read on Rvas Digg News news that AOL 'Gives up' and is finally moving it's content outside of it's subscribers zone. Hah!! Although I should be quiet because I use aol just for my dialup service. I'm ashamed I know. Of course I'm not the one with the paycheck so I don't have a choice. Although I do not use any of aol services except it's alternate Aim. All I can say is thank god I have Firefox or I would go insane. And I guess you could say this entry was a plug.
-Vash

Trip to the bookstore

2005-06-26T14:30:00.000-05:00

I went yesterday to Barnes and Noble and picked up a book on HTML. It's a pretty good book actually. I plan on reading it thoroughly so that way I don't get thrashed the next time I make a comment anywhere about HTML code and such. Anyway I stayed up until four in the morning making a website in my room. It's nothing fancy but I certainly got started. And also I will be taking down the link to Jason aka Dark Magician until I can figure out what I can do about that link. Sorry Jason.
-Vash

URL Confusion?

2005-06-23T17:01:00.000-05:00

Hmm, somethings wrong with my link to Jason aka Dark Magician 25. It used to connect to his site but know it connects to a person known as hotteacher. They both have the same url as well. When I clicked on the same link through CBSpaceCowboy website, the link worked. And his name under CB's site is Jason Brooks under links. So somethings the matter here.
-Vash

Vash's Greatest Hits?

2005-06-22T14:29:00.000-05:00

Well incase you people haven't noticed I have a counter on my website recording the amount of hits I have. Well for some reason it seems like people have actually started reading this blog this week because it's jumped about fourty hits in a week. Now I feel special. It seems I've surfaced in the blog world and people are noticing me. So ummm....... thanks people!
-Vash

Plug Time 2x

2005-06-21T23:00:00.000-05:00

Here's another awesome blog I've come across. It belongs to a person commonly known as CBSpaceCowboy. He is also a writer on another blog called Underground Tech. So if anybody else wants a plug and is hopefully tech related leave a comment. Man do I want a camera phone. At first I thought I never would use it for anything but now I'm totally wrong. There are so many things I could take pictures of and I don't have a freaking camera with me. And of course I always have my cell with me. Explains how well I think.
-Vash

Plug Time 2

2005-06-21T21:06:00.000-05:00

Time to help out a fellow blogger so here goes. I'm sure some of you nerds have heard of him. It's Jason a.k.a Dark Magician 25. It nice to know that I'm not the only person who rants about things. And I mean that in a good way. Anyway, now I'm going stir crazy over this damn job. I called again and once again I talked to the secretary. I told her I wasn't trying to be pushy but I need to know now if I'm gonna have a job. Of course she gave me the runaround again and told me he would get ahold of me later today. Load of BS. So now it's gotten my dad pissed. Who knows whats gonna happen now. Wow, I've been visiting Sarah Lane's blog for the past few weeks and noticed that some of the people who comment on there (Not including me) are little high on something or just plain wacked. Seriously, I wonder what Sarah thinks of these people. And I might be over exaggerating but oh well so many people are starting rumors on her comments. I hope she deletes them soon.
Yipee, I had a load of fun today. I went to the hospital again and got a CT scan because they couldn't find anything on my MRI. Round and round I go, where I stop nobody knows. And by that I mean doctors haven't found anything on my x-rays and MRIs. So it's been back and forth to hospitals and orthopedic doctors to figure out what the hell's wrong with my back.
-Vash

Mondays are bad

2005-06-20T22:43:00.000-05:00

Very bad indeed, I went from having a job to not sure if it's there anymore. Now I think the guy who hired me is giving me the runaround. He was supposed to call me Thursday with my schedule and never did. So I called Thursday and his secretary told me he would call Friday. No call, so Friday night my mom called him and he told me he would call Monday. Which is today. Well it's about eleven at night and still no freaking phone call. Now I'm pissed. There was another job I could've taken somewhere else but it's taken now. So now I'm really pissed. Rochelle is a screwy town. So for now unless he calls sometime this week I'm screwed.
-A very mad Vash

Systm is awesome

2005-06-19T22:46:00.000-05:00

Of course I say this weeks after it's already come out. Systm is awesome. Of course I had a freaking hard time with downloading out where I live. So I had my friend with broadband download it for me and I'm finally getting to watch it. Keep on rocking Krose and Double_D.
-Vash

The reunion and other things

2005-06-19T22:29:00.000-05:00

Ahh yes, the much celebrated family reunion. Actually it wasn't that bad because I had some relatives over from Ireland. And I'm talking about the country. So those people are always fun to talk to. And I guess I should apologize for making a comment on Spiderman's Weblog. I made some comment about everyones favorite webslinger using a linksys card. I typed before I thought about it. I tend to make a bad habit out of that and end up making a complete fool out of myself. So therefore I apologize.
-Vash

Money Money Money...Moooonney!

2005-06-13T22:01:00.000-05:00

And what I mean by that is that I got a job today. I work at a Ford dealership washing cars. Real easy stuff and I work five days a week. So I'll finally have some money to do stuff around here. Like perhaps make some modifications to my piece of crap computer in my room. It's not that great of a computer let me tell you. It runs on Windows ME and is a product of Hewlett Packard. Big piece of crap. It only has bout 256 MB of ram. Not exactly the cleanest electronic in your closet.What I'm more than likely going to do is start saving up some money on the side for an awesome laptop for college. I've got about two years before that so I should have some accumulated cash by then.
-Vash

Plug Time

2005-06-12T22:38:00.000-05:00

Alright I discovered a site a long time ago that is pretty neat if your into linux, politics, and current events. It's called Muddy's Mind. Enjoy!
-Vash

Lights, Camera, Action!! Not really....

2005-06-11T21:49:00.000-05:00

And what I' m referring too by that headline is a job interview. Yep, I've got a job interview Monday morning. So hopefully that'll go well because that's the only place out of six businesses that I applied at that actually called me. So yeah. Here's hoping.
-Vash

PC World

2005-06-10T18:22:00.001-05:00

PC World is alright. I've subscribed to them and every day I receive some new emails from them telling me about the programs you can download off of their site. It's pretty cool. I've picked up some pretty cool programs from there. They range from a transparent toolbar to a program that helps delete data permanetely off of your computer. I recommend subscribing to them if you want a little variety of programs on your computer.
-Vash

Hmmmmm......

2005-06-08T22:31:00.000-05:00

I'm a little mad at my friend right now. I happen to like Green Day. Well my friend doesn't and for some reason just started making fun of them. I wasn't too pleased but let him continue. Then he started "trying to imitate" Billy Joe Armstrong. It sounded like crap to me but it seemed to amuse my other friends. So somehow I managed to change the topic to something else before I blew a blood vessel over my favorite band. All I can ask now is, if they can make a mute button for a tv or your computers media player, than how come you can't make one for your friends. Ohh, I think they call that a fist. But I'm not violent so I won't resort to that.
-Vash

Rome: Total War

2005-06-07T22:16:00.000-05:00

. Today was full of nothing. Except for a game called Rome: Total War. That game is f'n sweet. For those of you who have played Age of Empires this game will be even better for you. You'll love the battle scenes and all of the different units associated with the game. Units range from Gladiators to Roman Calvary to Headhunters to Onagers. It's a fun game and I highly recommend. Plus the graphics are some of the best graphics for a pc game I've seen in awhile. (Trust me)
-Vash

Boring Monday

2005-06-06T22:09:00.000-05:00

Yeah today was extremely boring. All I did today was wake up at one. And do nothing till three. Then at three my dad drove me into Rockford just to fax some thing for my upcoming bowling tournament. And then I went to Cherry Bowl to meet up with my famous friend Tom Carter and my good friend Darryl. I spent about an half an hour there then went home. I ate a little food at home and watched the first episode of Hells Kitchen on Fox. All I can say is that guy Gordon Ramsay swears a lot. Then I went into Rockford again to get an MRI on my hip. That was extremely boring. At least I got to listen some music while I was in the MRI machine.
-Vash

License Time

2005-06-04T23:18:00.000-05:00

I got my license this morning. I was gonna get it yesterday but I screwed up something with my birth certificate. Anyway, bad news for me is that my parents won't let me drive for about a month for no apparent reason. And I seriously mean that. They will not let me drive period. I drove when I had my permit but not when I got my license. It'll probably take a month before they'll let me.
-Vash
P.S. My birthday was awesome

Vash's Place to Hide

Vash has MOVED!!

I went to a White Sox game

Heh.

Hmmmm

New Years Resolutions

Shady's Back

Back from the dead

Overloaded

Alex Albrecht is back!!

Money Money...

Banner

New Template

Ahhh!

Great Glavin

Updated...finally

Tomorrow

Such a slacker

Crazy week

*Yawn*

Tech Corner...it's lives!!!

Rebirth of Tech Corner

G4 CEO History

Digital time baby

More bones to pick

Bowling again

I've had enough

I hate chem

I'm such a slacker

Vote for my buddy

Indiana....yeah!

So tired....

Ditto

*&%# Internet

I'm getting sick of this

Chemistry Bites

Stop spamming me

Don't spam here

Broadband possibly coming Vash's way?

Plug Time

Skipping school....sort of..

Martin Sargent is back!

Close but no cigar...

Get your Vash buttons

RIP Peter Jennings

I love this

School starts soon

New shoes are nice

ABC banned from Russia

The Broken Episode #4

Content Content Content

Be happy and quit griping

God #$%$*#

Arrggggghhh

More laughing

Anticipation is a b#$##

I had to laugh

Time off for a geek

What is going on with my FF

This got a good laugh

Plug Time 4

Liking the new template

Oh well

Ouch...seriously

Nowadays

Firefox gridlock?

Just great!/New Podcast

Sorry

Episode 2

Rebates

Episode 1....Download Time

Podcast Uploaded

It should be up soon.

Delay

Vash's Podcast?

Busy...Busy....Busy

Techspec Addict?

My first Techspec post

Underground Forums

Techspec

Yawn