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Hi all. I know it's amazing: I'm actually blogging again and it hasn't taken me a few months! So college is sweet. I have awesome teachers. Then again, I have only two teachers that i see. I have the same teacher for 3 of my classes, Windows, Linux, and Networking. Then I have another teacher for English, and he is awesome. He's a teacher that's hard to explain, but so far I've only had two classes with him and both times he's left the room for 15 minutes. I guess if you sneak out, all you are doing is wasting money (lots of it). Plus he's just funny and fun. Then i have online classes so I haven't met them and probably won't unless I absolutely do not understand something. I was able to access my online classes the next day from my last post, just to let you know. Still don't have my book for Web Design. It's actually called Electronic Publishing, but it's just Web Design from high school. On a different subject, Vista died. If you have me on MSN and want to ask me about it, go for it. I miss Vista... wait i have it on my Lappy. Yeah I know I stole the name from Strong Bad, but hey, I'm going to copy it. I still miss Vista on my desktop. Vista does have better performance over XP i figured out. It takes way to long for XP to load. I'd say an extra two or three minutes for it to load up into XP then Vista. But I also want to warn you before you go out and buy Vista: make sure your computer is good enough. I'd say at least 2 Gb of ram and a decent processor. I hate people who are like "Vista sucks. I got it and my computer runs so slow." How much ram do you have. "1 Gb." That's why it runs slow. Vista is a ram hog. Some people might say this is a bad thing, and maybe it is, but really, ram is dirt cheap. And Vista looks pretty. I probably won't sway any of the Vista haters out there, but hey, I like it. Umm... what else. Well if i think of anything else I'll make another post. Later cats.

The Colors

Hello everyone. Well i start college tomorrow. I only have one class tomorrow, and it doesn't start until 1. I also have some online classes which i hope I'll be able to access tomorrow. I got an email for one of my classes online saying I could access it today, but when i tried, it failed miserably. So either I'm doing something wrong, which is possible, or it's not up yet, which is also possible. The thing is, i got an email for the same class telling me I had an assignment that's due next Sunday. I'm really hoping i can access it tomorrow. Something else that kinda ticks me off though is you pay tons of money on books, and when you go to buy them, they don't have them or the teacher still hasn't decided if they are going to use a certain book, even though it's 7 days before class. I figured you should know what book you are going to teach from 7 days before class. So i need two books. One for Electronics publishing, and the other for Networking Fundamentals. Another thing on the Electronics Publishing. I'm kinda ticked about that because in high school i took Web page design which is the same thing as Electronic Publishing, and i had the opportunity to take it as a college credit. I didn't because i didnt think i was going to need it. Sigh. Well i think i'm going to head to bed. Later.

It's Cool

It's a wee bit cool down here. I updated the look of my blog. I might change it again. We'll see how this looks for awhile. Enjoy.

What is there to say?

Hey everyone. I just wanted to swing by and blog. It has been awhile but here I am. I thought I would update you on my life because that's what blogs are for. I don't even know if anyone besides my brother reads this anymore. Oh well. I was going to talk about Vista, than I looked over my blog and realized I already had. So you just got lucky and did not have to hear me yammer on what I was going to say of what i already said. I've been playing video games of late. Lots of them. First one was Warcraft 3. The main reason I got back into that is because i read Warcraft War of the Ancients trilogy, which is a very good series, and it sparked my interest and understanding of the Warcraft universe further. I didn't really like Warcraft before I read some of the books, but now I do. It makes a lot more sense now. Especially since a few characters from Warcraft 3, such as Illidan, Furion, and Tyrande, are all in War of the Ancients Trilogy. It's a good read. You'll especially like it if you love Warcraft. Another game I've been playing is Shadow of the Colossus. That is an awesome game. Highly recomended from this person. I saw it for Target for 15 bucks and was like, "Sure I'll give it a try" and it was definitely worth it. It's not 15 bucks anymore, but it's 20. I'd run out and buy it right now if you are looking for a great game. Another game I picked up Super Paper Mario. I picked it up going "I heard good reviews. I kinda liked Paper Mario for the 64. Sure I'll give it a shot." Boy was it a good idea. One of my favorite Mario games and that is saying a lot. It's 2d action meeting with 3d. There's Pixls, and characters. Bowser is also a playable character which is fun. Nothing like watching him swim and vomit fire. If you have a Wii, pick this one up. Best game for the Wii since Twilight Princess. One more thing and then I'm off. I've updated my website, www.royfuss.com, which you should visit. I redesigned it, and I have a forum up. The problem is I need people for the Forum to work. I have three people, including myself. So stop on by. Thank you for listening.

Urine transfered from my bladder to my pants

This is all.

Microsoft messes up, but not Vistas fault?

So yesterday i took my new 320 gb harddrive, and installed Windows XP x64 on it, than partitioned it and installed Vista on half of the harddrive. I only a few problems with Vista, but nothing that windows update didn't fix, or just finding an internet download didn't fix. Update fixed my video card driver problem, and than finding the drivers on the internet for my motherboard fixed the problem of my CD not running for the drivers. So that went well. After i got settled in, i went back to XP. Well i couldn't get my wireless network card to work (which i later found out how to fix) so i decided to reinstall XP. Never ever ever do that when dual booting the two. Basiclly, it messes up the boot loader thingy for Windows when you want to choose between the two. I could only boot XP, and not Vista. I try as i may, I couldn't find an alternative. So finally i just decided to wipe the harddrive and start over again. So here I am waiting for the harddrive to format and windows XP installation. After than I will partition the harddrive using GParted. After than, I will install Vista on the new partition. Speaking of Vista, let me share my thoughts about it. It's very beautiful. I mean the prettyness is just awesome. I can't believe I'm saying something good about a Microsoft product. You have to have a high end machine for it. I do as I discussed in a previous post. So i don't recomend it if you dont have a high end PC. Vista does ask everytime you run a new program, if you want the program to run. So that is kind of a down side, but I haven't really gotten irritated by it. Another thing is that on my friend's Vista laptop, i didn't know how to change the internet card settings. Well on my PC now, I just kinda guessed and found everything. So it's pretty logical i guess. It's deffinitely different. The only other thing i can think of is that sometimes it can't read cd drivers. For example, my motherboard. I found the drivers on the internet though i just downloaded them and installed. Worked like a charm. I was kinda worried about Itunes support. For one I was running Vista, but I was also running an x64 version. On apple's website it says they don't support x64 versions of Windows. Yikes. I tried to install itunes anyways. It worked fine. I guess I didn't try to play any songs, but it did install. The reason i didn't test itunes is because i decided to go to XP and install things, whcih ultimately lead to the 2 windowses (?) deaths together. If you ever get the oppertunity to format a 320 gb. harddrive, don't. It takes about an hour. well im gonna let you guys go bye.

Uber

I decided that I would update. I must say it has been awhile since I've really really looked forward to a CD. Probably John Reuben's Boy Vs. The Cynic was the last CD I really really looked forward to. I would listen to Nuisance on his website a lot. Now Linkin Park is releasing a new CD finally and I've listened to their song What I've Done a lot and boy I am excited for it. So I can't wait until May 15. I also found a pretty sweet program that I think everyone should have. It's called Download Accelerator Plus. Downloads files faster from the internet. I didn't believe it until I saw it myself. What it does it partitions the file into smaller files and downloads them. It makes downloading a lot faster. I'm gonna give you an example. Using Firefox's downloading program, I downloaded Unreal Tournament's Mega Pack, which is a 200 megabyte file, in about 45 minutes. With Accelerator Plus, I downloaded it in about 20 minutes. Yeah. Little less than 20 minutes actually. So i recommend it. I also upgraded my computer BIG time. I bought a new motherboard so i could support all my new stuff. I had a 450 watt power supply, and upgraded to a 680 watt to handle my new stuff. I got a pretty new case to put it in. It's a full sized case, with 2 fans on the side, one big fan in the back and one fan on top. they all have blue lights, except the one in the back. The case looks like a transformer and has a green light where the transformer mouth would be. You know what, here's pictures of it. It's a heavy bugger, but my old computer overheated all the time so i needed a bigger case and more fans. This thing does not overheat, not even while I play oblivion on full specs. Which brings me to the guts. Got a new video card. I had a 128 megabyte ATI video card. Now i have a 768 Megabyte Nivdeo 8800 GTX video card. I needed a full sized case to fit that baby in. It's about the length from my palm to my elbow. It's long. Next was my processor. I didn't skimp on the either. I used to have a 2.2 GHz single core AMD preocesor. Now I have a AMD 6000+ series 3.02 GHz dual core processor. Yeah. It's awesome. Next was my memory. I went from 512 Megabytes of RAM to 2 Gigabytes. It's awesome. I run Oblivion without a hitch. It's a fun game. I also bought STALKER. That's a freaky game. If you give me a gun and tell me there are enemies everywhere, I'm fine in first person shooters. STALKER is different however. You are put inside an area known as the Zone. It's Chernobyl, you know the place where the Nuclear Power Plant blew up. Lots of radiation. Anyways, it's creepy. First off, the weather effects are amazing. The wind is creepy as anything. You wonder around the Zone fearing that you'll get snuck up on by mutants. I looked up the enemies and know there's a mutated dog somewhere, and some crows that are creepy. So when I'm walking around the Zone, by myselft, nothing really but trees, the wind blowing creepily, dogs howling, and crows cawing, but nothing is attacking me... I get freaked out. And this is DAY time. I haven't even gotten to night time I'm so freaked out. If i find some cheats or something to make me invincible, I'll feel a little safer, but I'll still freak out when something jumps out at me. So if you want to be in suspense a lot, I recommend this game... but than again I am a scaredy cat. Ask by brother. I slept with a night light until I was 15. Still can't play Resident Evil games. Nights.

Whaaaat's Happenin'?

So I ordered a new computer... parts. I enjoy building my own computer vs. buying one. It's a lot more customizable. For instance: I bought a 768 mb video card... it's huge. and awesome. It'll keep my video games running at full specs for awhile. I also got an AMD 3.0 ghtz dual core processor. Another thing that'll keep things running. I even bought a new case... good thing too. The video card is HUGE! About twice the length of a "regular" video card. Won't fit in a "normal" sized case. Now I didn't think the video card would be as big as it is when i bought the case. I just new the video card and processor would produce a lot of heat, so i wanted a big case, and one with lots of fans. This case came with 3 "small" fans and one big one. It's nice. It even has lights. I enjoy the look of it. What's with all the quotes? I use size terms lightly. It really depends on what's your definition of "normal" is. Anyways, moving on. So with all of these awesome parts, I have to have something to power this. I thought a 600 watt (a good sized power supply) power supply would handle it. So i ordered one. I get it, and realize that the video card would need two peripheral power plugs... i have 6 to use. I need two for hard drives, two for cd/dvd drives, and I want to use two for the fans and lights. Not enough for the video card too. So i send it back (I lost 15 bucks in the process of returning it and restocking it). I buy a better 680 watt with 8 peripherals. And it has lights. the computer as a whole is nice. I receive the motherboard last. I put it in the case, line it up so that the inputs can be plugged in (keyboard, mouse, etc) and the PCI express ports line up perfectly so the video card inputs (for monitors) are outside the case. This is fantastic. Alright now to screw it in... why don't i see the holes on the case through the holes of the motherboard? Crap. There's probably 25 or so holes pre drilled in the case. two holes actually line up with the motherboard's hole. I call Derek (praying he has a solution) and he told me that I needed to use some special screws, etc. I didn't have these screws, but he said he did and would bring them on Friday. So I'm waiting patiently. The only thing in my case right now is the power supply. Can't do much except connect the fans and lights. I had a little more than a week to wait, but I needed to get ready for a formatting of the hard drive. I needed a few things. Mainly some Microsoft Office action. So i got Office 2007 and installed it (i wanted to check it out) and boy was i surprised. Microsoft simplified it. No more menu bar at top with "File" "Edit" "View" etc. Instead, they have a fairly good size toolbar. It's a tabbed toolbar. meaning you click on the "Home" tab and you find the font options, center, color, etc. Than you click on the "Insert" tab for tables, shapes, pictures, etc etc. I think this is a good idea for people who don't know a lot about computers. I mean it's simple. You can hover over "B" under home and it'll say "Bold - make the selection text bold" etc etc. Good idea, right. I mean i had to relearn where things are, but it was simple to relearn and I probably know everything I could do in 2003 in just a matter of minutes. Probably the only praise Microsoft will get from me. I'm also gonna try Windows Vista. I have to check it out. So I'm gonna. I'm going to try to have Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Linux running on this computer. It'll be interesting. Anyways I'll keep you updated. Later.

Pocket Lent

You really don't realize how smell affects your appetite until you have fasted. For Lent I decided to fast every Wednesday, so today I fasted. It went well. I've done 30 hour famine before, where you fast for 30 hours and raise money for a growing food in third world countries. But we stayed in the church basement and had no signs of food around. Just juice. So when i fasted today and went to school and what not, it wasn't too bad. I went with friends to Taco Bell, just to hang out with them, and I was like "I really want a cheesy ghordita crunch!" Just because of the smell in there. I held firmly though. Than I went with a friend across the street from the school to the gas station to get some drinks, because I can drink stuff, but not eat stuff, and he decided to get a Waffle cone since it's waffle cone Wednesday. I was looking at it and it made me hungry. Again i held strong. Than at home my dad was making Tacos. I almost lost it. I don't normally like tacos but it smelt sooooooooooooooo good. I held of firmly though. And here i sit typing to you folks. I also bought two CDs today. Amberlin Cities and Toby Mac's Portable Sounds. I had no idea Amberlin released a new CD, until i got to the Rainbow Shop and there it sat. So I picked it up. I spent 36 bucks exactly on them. I get home and surfed the internet and checked out Target's ad, and i find out we have both the CDs and they are on sale for 9.99. So if you plan on picking up either of these CDs, go to Target. I guess I did support the Rainbow Shop, so it wasn't all bad. More good news. My bro and Ashley are coming to town on friday! YAY! he gets to install my amp and get linux working on my computer. Exciting considering it's HIS birthday. hehe. Well I'm gonna head off to bed so later catzzzzz.

Perfect Circle

Hey everyone. I told I'd blog more. I don't work until 5 today so i have some downtime at least. I CD player in my car went out a couple weeks ago and my brother took a look at it and found nothing wrong... except for the obvious fact that it wouldn't turn on. He used a voltage meter to check the wires and it said everything was fine. Well, Steve looked at my CD Player and used a voltage meter and my main power wasn't getting any power. So then we check the Radio Ignition fuse. I even knew what that did. Apparently it was shot to death. So I bought a new one and put it in, and now my CD player works. Yay! How my brother didn't think about checking that is beyond me. Anyways, I also bought a new CD player, just because I want one that I can plug my IPod into. It's nice. I also bought an amp while I was at it. I needed one for my Subs that have been sitting in my car for about a year now and I had no amp for it. You think I waited long enough? I wanted to get new speakers to, but the speakers I wanted were 55 bucks a pop, and times that by four is 220 bucks. Yeah. Plus I thought about when I tried to take off the side panel to my doors, and that wasn't fun. So I opted to not get a set of nice speakers. I bought the new Swichfoot CD on Saturday, Oh, Gravity and I liked it. It's a different sound for them, but it sounds great. I don't have much to elaborate on. It's just awesome. Apparently I've been spelling awesome wrong for the past some-odd years. I never knew it has an e between the w and s. I guess it makes more sense that way. The new blogger has spelling correction in it. I like it. You don't have to put up with as much of my bad spelling. I'm off to play some Wiiage before work. Later cats.