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1:54am | Playing Final Fantasy III on my DS that ive had since july and never even opened the box until yesterday… Not a DS fan, just an FF fan ;) |
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1:56am | Oh, btw, my DS is white, of course :) Mom gave it to me to match my white PSP… Ive just VERY rarely seen a DS game that tempted me… |
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1:59am | I’ve decided to put it by my bed and use it for bedtime story games, including RPGs… I saw reviews for FF 4 and 6 on DS and gave in… |
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8:57am | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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10:35am | Just passed the 24 hour mark since the internet went out… |
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2:09pm | Terra and i are outside, making some major changes to the back patio… If all goes according to plan, it’s gonna be sweet… |
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3:32pm | Well, THAT was a chore, but it’s much better… The whole frame thingy that is supposed to hold a canopy was a huge job to break down… |
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3:33pm | But we still want to paint or replace the table out there… Will post a pic after we figure that out… |
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5:14pm | Internet still out but the message at tech support now mentions something about their problems with Qwest Communications… |
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5:34pm | After many tests with Handbrake i am very disappointed – the video quality is bad, the files huge.. Some cool features but the videos suck! |
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5:36pm | (caveat – maybe there are settings i should change to make it work right (ive changed a bunch) but i cant google it…) |
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6:11pm | So, Qwest cut ZiaNet off! WTF?! Where does that leave us?! http://tinyurl.com/a22q9f |
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6:12pm | So, Qwest cut our isp off! WTF?! Where does that leave us?! http://tinyurl.com/7goukv |
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Latest on Wed, 21:21: Um will it been a hard day i have been at work all day and this nation is going down we are losing our stocks and if we play a country album backwords that wont help us at all to hell with it lets stick together pepole and love one another now
: after several weeks of changing things, i think i finally have the site the way i want it... incl. the daily lifestream post format...
: oh great!!! the bug has returned that causes my site to randomly revert to the default theme and then it is totally ugly (white page, one sidebar, big blue space at the top) and missing content... i thought i had fixed that forever :( dear reader, if you visit and see it that way, please text/email/whatever me so's i can go fix it...
: ok, here goes yet another chat box...
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and here are the widgets, plugins, badges, and other stuff to make my site cool :)- Alex King's Twitter Tools
- David Cramer's LifeStream WordPress plugin
- flickr badge
- James Lao's Category Post Widget
- del.icio.us Linkroll
- Google Reader Clip
- Andy Bailey's Stumbled
- Vladimir Prelovac's WP Wall
- Tiga WordPress theme
if there's anything else on the site that you wonder what it is, where it came from, or how it's done, feel free to contact me...- Alex King's Twitter Tools
- This site, and all similar endeavors, are dedicated to my dad, who always encouraged my growth as a techie...
Samuel Truman Cornelius
July 23, 1945
December 16, 2007
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christopher
aka zane, aka insidious_plots, aka jesusfreakgeek
Life-long movie lover and LaserDisc collector, computer user since age ten, espresso snob and hobbyist barista, learning to cook, seasoned fledgling magician, wannabe photographer, reformed drug addict, disc golfer, Psion 5mx user, PS3/PSP enthusiast (but only a casual gamer), amateur nurse, city guy temporarily stuck in a very small town and rarely stops complaining about it…
ya’ know… the usual stuff...
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reading my Twitter timeline will keep you updated on my day-to-day life and i have recently begun posting pics and videos from my phone to my flickr photostream and my YouTube channel, respectively...
i have reluctantly given up on Zannel for fear of them folding like so many other social media services recently, but i still have countless pics and vids there... and i think my Dashwire and TwitPic days are over...
i love photography and i also use flickr to show off my photographs and snapshots, though i don't update it often enough, but here's my personal faves i've taken and here's my faves i WISH i took...
Wakoopa knows all about what desktop software i use...
Del.icio.us is where i keep all my favorite bookmarks...
and i am always adding interesting news/blog items i've read to my Google Reader shared items...
you can learn a lot about my taste in movies at my Netflix profile and yes, i own about 350 LaserDiscs and they are all listed on my LDDb collection page...
i don't listen to much music but i go through phases when i look to Last.fm and/or Pandora to try to satisfy my needs...
btw, people complain because i never use my MySpace and Facebook and i usually don't even remember i have an account on StumbleUpon and i haven't gone to my LiveJournal in years...
i also own insidiousplots.com, jesusfreakgeek.com, abqdiscgolf.com, nmdiscgolf.com, and baristopher.com...
and, for years, everything else kind of ends up in the old stuff directory...
LifeStream for 2008-12-30
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12:21pm | Grrrr, internet is out… It’s the isp (zianet) obviously having an outage – all their tech support lines are busy… |
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1:15pm | Whoa! Zianet confirms ’severe network difficulties’ across new mexico, arizona, idaho, utah, and colorado… No repair time estimate :( |
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1:16pm | Just breathe, christopher… |
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2:06pm | Hooked mom up with some video podcasts on her psp (news and stuff) and she is watching them now and is just delighted :) |
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4:26pm | Im really diggin’ that new conversion software i got – its really fast and does a good job, but it is a little lacking in advanced settings |
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4:28pm | But the best thing is that it will convert anything! And the interface is dumb-proof – for simplicity, i dont think ive seen better… |
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4:34pm | The way i do dvd-to-psp is rip the dvd, convert vob to avi, then avi to mp4 – that’s 3 separate progs, but FormatFactory is all-in-one… |
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5:24pm | Staring at that red light on my router… Wishing it was green… |
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5:28pm | My holy grail would be a prog that would make a file with psp-compatible multiple audio streams so movies could have commentaries, etc…. |
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6:05pm | Trying Handbrake for dvd-to-psp – ive had it a long time and dont remember why i didnt like it.. It, uh, does seem to support multi-audio.. |
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6:38pm | UNBELIEVABLE!!!! Handbrake made a dvd rip and the final vid has two audio tracks – the soundtrack, hit a button, and it’s the commentary! |
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6:40pm | And the conversion took like 20 minutes!! And i have had this prog for months!! |
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10:31pm | It may be the fastest loyalty turnaround in my life ever, but Handbrake is incredible!!! For dvd-to-psp ripping, anyway… |
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10:59pm | All day and no internet makes christopher something something… |
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11:03pm | @livin4hymn HA! So glad someone got the reference! :) you da’ man and don’t let anyone ever tell ya’ different :P |
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11:04pm | “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” Mahatma Gandhi |
LifeStream for 2008-12-29
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1:14am | Watching the Dr. Horrible dvd with mom and terra, starting with the ELE submission videos… Um, these suck! (except the first one…) |
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1:49am | Dayim! The compression on the Dr. H dvd is awful! (erm, horrible?) or maybe it is the source material? I was expecting crystal clear :( |
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3:08am | The making-of featurette is great… |
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6:59am | Published a blog post. |
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6:30pm | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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6:30pm | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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7:39pm | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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8:32pm | Netflix activity: Shipped: Unforgiven http://is.gd/89Px http://zannel.com/u/1O3AJHQECJ |
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9:07pm | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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9:07pm | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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9:14pm | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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9:14pm | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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9:36pm | Trying out FormatFactory, a convert-anything-to-anything program.. Why have i never heard of this? It rocks! (thanks LifeHacker!) |
LifeStream for 2008-12-29
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10:30am | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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10:30am | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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11:39am | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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12:32pm | Netflix activity: Shipped: Unforgiven http://is.gd/89Px http://zannel.com/u/1O3AJHQECJ |
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1:07pm | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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1:07pm | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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1:14pm | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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1:14pm | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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1:36pm | Trying out FormatFactory, a convert-anything-to-anything program.. Why have i never heard of this? It rocks! (thanks LifeHacker!) |
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9:22pm | Playing the Bioshock (PS3) demo – it is AMAZING! So atmospheric, breathtaking setting, great pacing, i am just in awe… |
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9:55pm | Bioshock is REALLY something… I can almost forget it is a fps… Or at least it may be an fps i would actually want to play… |
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9:57pm | Great sci-fi, and a good pace of telling the story and about this incredible world you are in… A shooter but firmly rooted in the story.. |
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10:49pm | playing Silent Hill 0rigins on my psp, in bed, in the dark, with headphones… I do this alot lately at bedtime :) it’s not a bad game… |
LifeStream for 2008-12-28
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3:04am | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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5:14pm | Watching the Dr. Horrible dvd with mom and terra, starting with the ELE submission videos… Um, these suck! (except the first one…) |
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5:49pm | Dayim! The compression on the Dr. H dvd is awful! (erm, horrible?) or maybe it is the source material? I was expecting crystal clear :( |
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7:08pm | The making-of featurette is great… |
LifeStream for 2008-12-27
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9:50am | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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9:50am | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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10:00am | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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10:00am | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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11:55am | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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12:30pm | Posted an item on currently listening to on Pandora.com. |
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5:32pm | Netflix queue’d: 002- Unforgiven http://is.gd/89Px http://zannel.com/u/98QQ3HJ3SN |
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5:32pm | Netflix queue’d: 001- Iron Man http://is.gd/dL29 http://zannel.com/u/EN7BNMSGP1 |
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7:03pm | Playing Final Fantasy IX with @nurseterra :) |
LifeStream for 2008-12-26
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2:08am | About to watch A Christmas Story on blu-ray with mom and terra… Would you believe the audio is mono? Youdathunk they’d do a remix… |
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5:16am | Playing Mirror’s Edge :) :) :) :) :) thank you, @nurseterra!!!!!!!!! |
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6:59am | Published a blog post. |
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4:15pm | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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5:20pm | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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6:06pm | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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6:34pm | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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6:34pm | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
LifeStream for 2008-12-26
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8:15am | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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9:20am | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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10:06am | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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10:34am | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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10:34am | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
LifeStream for 2008-12-25
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11:09am | Xmas morning :). Highlights include a stuffed Moogle for terra, stuffed Wall-E toys for wesley, take-apart… http://zannel.com/u/8MY8GS3YY1 |
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6:08pm | About to watch A Christmas Story on blu-ray with mom and terra… Would you believe the audio is mono? Youdathunk they’d do a remix… |
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9:16pm | Playing Mirror’s Edge :) :) :) :) :) thank you, @nurseterra!!!!!!!!! |
LifeStream for 2008-12-24
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1:13am | @livin4hymn i believe you’re thinking of “oh, the weather outside is frightful” :P |
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1:38am | @livin4hymn we got the wind prob here in alamo, too… And i was thinkin’ old wooden chair + open oven = makeshift fireplace :P |
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6:59am | Published a blog post. |
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6:26pm | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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6:50pm | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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7:01pm | Shared a link on Google Reader. |
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8:28pm | gorgeous day outside, a little breezy but not chilly… Not exactly the way i envision xmas eve… But, we’ll be in all day, lotsta do… |
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8:31pm | All month, our xmas soundtrack has largely been a box of tapes of stuff ive recorded off the radio – it was my xmas tradition for many years |
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8:34pm | includes traditional & contemporary music, novelty songs, old radio shows, and even commercials, news and such – radio time capsules, kinda |
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8:37pm | The tapes span 1996 to 2003, when i just stopped doing for no intentional reason… But, they are treasures now :) (need to digitize them) |
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8:41pm | The rest of the time has been filled by various xmas internet stations (via PSP hooked into the sound system) and pandora.com (via PS3!)… |
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8:56pm | Plans include a living-room-to-living-room video conference present opening via the ps3 (what CAN’T it do?) so mom gets to see her grandkids |
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8:57pm | And via netflix, we have A Christmas Story on blu-ray and It’s A Wonderful Life (which terra has never seen!)… Two undeniable classics… |
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9:00pm | Oops, forgot to specify, the lr-to-lr video link is to my brother’s family’s living room… It’ll be like all opening presents together :) |
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9:07pm | @racquelmorris then let me say MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and yours, without reservation or exception, from this bible-thumpin’ jesus freak! :P |
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9:18pm | I guess i’m at about 15 twitterers in the alamogordo area that i know of… (btw twuzzer.com, is how i find twitterers by locale…) |
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9:44pm | Uuunnnggghhh… Terra brought home those damn cinnamon melts from McD’s – DOUBLE orders! Im just gonna sit down for a few minutes… |
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10:02pm | “It’s Christmas Eve! I could be home right now drinking this monster egg nog my brother makes with lighter fluid!” -Better Off Dead, 1985 |