It's been about 6or 7 years now, but I've finally finished Zelda: Link's Awakening on the Game boy advance.

I've stopped and started this thing twice, and I finally forced myself to beat the damn thing. Now after finishing Golden Sun and Golden Sun 2 I am officially out of portable games to play.
I"m hoping to pickup Final Fantasy I & II for the Gameboy Advance...we'll see next time I go to Gamestop. Yesterday we spent the day at a mutual friends wedding. Congrats to Rick and Kristin for their gettin' hitched.

Probably the best part was at the reception, they put us at a table full of moral degenerates and perverts. We fit right in :) Of course, as a result, on their "wedding wishes" cards it now says D.V.D.A, but I had to bust out my A game just to keep up. So it's really not my fault. Some cute cat pictures you say? Why yes I do have some..
- Think your car is safe in your garage? Not always, Ferrari flattened by pickup truck. Stupid ass kid reaching for cell phone caused about 200k of damage! Gonna be paying that off for a looooong time jackass. Wanna see pics? Damn straight you do.

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So I've decided to start pimping SBC Yahoo! DSL...couple of reasons:
1. I really do think it's a great product
2. I've been helping people and fixing lines for year, that's a lot of customers I've helped the company keep and saved from tier one hell.
3. It looks good on my permanent record (possibly the same record that keeps track of all my highschool detentions...not sure). So there you have it. In exchange I will continue to do what I've basically done for free all along, answer questions and help people get the most of out of DSL and try to make the experience as painless as possible. I want everyone's internet to be as reliable as the water from your tap, or the electricity in your walls. It just works. So if anyone wants to help, or decideds to order SBC Yahoo! DSL or any other SBC service, click the link at the top and follow the directions...and I magically get credit...supposedly. I don't think they'll give me a free PS3 or Ipod though :) (spam joke there folks....) Ok...links, we have some links:
- This is your cat. This is your cat on catnip. Any questions? Very funny video if you love cats. - Old by now...but ouch! - I've already arranged a buyer for one of my kidney's so I can get this keyboard.

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I am so sick of talking about bgp, acl's and dyncamic ldap acl updates...works just a little overwhelming at times. But when somebody suggests we add a whole new bras, domain filter, and re IP every customer as opposed to just fixing ldap to pass a secondary ip route statement...well it's just frustrating. Anyways, i've been slacking since the BBQ so where are a flurry of links I have saved up for whoever it is visits here: - Konfabulator. Every use it? Well it's free now. The basic weather plugin it comes with is uber cool...give it a try you'll like it. It's a desktop, widget kinda thinking, like object dock, but with updating content. Right now it's monitoring the weather, time, cpu load, and local traffic for me.
- Cool video of Chris Pheiffer doing some amazing stunts at a bike show.
- 12year old boy killed after running into traffic from driver of car he shot bottle rockets at. Well...at least he'll never do it again.
- If you are in a 3rd world country, and you see a bunch of guys poking around at a briefcase...RUN!
- Everything you needed to know about computers is on this page.

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For the past month or so we've been spinning up for this BBQ we're had yesterday. God I'm glad that's over :)
I look at like this, it was a great motivator to get lot's of things done around the house. Blacktop the driveway, replace the rotting outside wood, paint the trim, clean the deck, etc, etc. So it was great that we got all that done, it's just that I underestimated how damn hard doing all that would be. Over all I think things went well, and it gave me the excuse to play with streaming video again ;) Honestly though I really wish I had one of those fancy wireless webcams that are their own servers...that's pretty damn cool... Did you know that Windows Media Encoder has a hard set default of 5 maximum connectons? Even with a low fps of 32kb, you can't change it...it's not even an option anywhere in the program. You have to actually go into the freakin' registry to change it manually??!!! If I hand't seen it with my own eyes I would never have believed it. It's just insane. Microsoft even has a knowledge base article on it. Oh well, at least now we've been able to break in the desk and patio set. I always wanted to have a large BBQ when I moved in. I'm still not sure if it was better that it was slightly overcast and cooler, as opposed to sunny. At least it didn't rain much, just a couple of showers. Of course today, after it's all over, is a beautiful day. Hot as hell, but it looks prettier. Oh yeah, and I got to drive a prius :) All together there were 2 prius's, 1 Ford Escape Hybrid and my car :)

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So how does UPS deliver your Hard Drive to you? Screen capture from somebodys' (really super cool) home video system. There's also a video I've mirrored here locally:
Video of UPS guy playing bozo buckets w/ hard drive. So if you live in Lindenhurst, NY don't order anything fragile. Or you'll end up doing this at your desk:

(originally from Nick...damn embedded objects) Now if you'll excuse me I need to go back to sitting at the window waiting for UPS to deliver my new 700m laptop. It's like christmas all over again...except much more expensive...

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I was bored earlier, so I decided to play around again with streaming video. Living in an apartment though was much easier to capture everything....here I can only pick on limited angle in a single room. Anyways, still using WME...it was still setup from last time, except now my machie has more RAM, but then again it also has SP2 and Norton System works...so that kinda kills any benefit from ram. The only real thing I had to do was setup a dynamic DNS solution (I used no-ip), reup the *.asx file w/ the addy in it (wme uses port 4791 by default, not 1121), and add a server mapping to my router pointing all port 4791 to my local lan ip. Nothing amazing.... Only annoying thing is that firefox doesn't seem to support asx natively....of course why would it? Not like it comes with activex installed, so there's nothing I can say besides use IE. - Don't put a bottle rocket in you butt cheeks and try to fire it. Apparently I should have typed that twice. - Video tape of somebody taking a sniper shot at an american soldier. Supposedly captured from an enemy, it shows what a difference body armor makes. - Have you had your daily kitten? Sure are a lot of cat orientated sites out there suddenly... - Another crazy guy trying to do a motorcycle stunt. Best part is the cry he lets out before landing. - Blonde on a bike vs. RC car. Guess who get's hurt more. - Long...looong read about one man's battle against Dell and the laptop from hell. Good read, but did I mention it was long?

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I've been looking for a new wireless router on the cheap, and was pointed towards this one at Compusa for $4.99 after rebates\
Isn't it cute? The rebates were a pain in the butt, since I picked up a PCI wireless card also for $9.99. Though you have to be careful since some stores aren't honoring the rebate. Had to fill out 4 forms...but the rebate form tells you the store #'s that aren't honoring it. Either way, cute little guy, and I already have him setup as just an AP (my 5861 is doing the NAT, DHCP, yadda yadda). The palm pilot seems to like him (802.11b) so one of these day's I'll get around to putting the PCI card in my main machine. Oh yeah, and I pressure washed the desk last night...3 hours of fun and dirt. By the way, when using a pressure washer, try to keep it away from your toes. Kinda stings. Apparently stuffonmycat.com has solved it's bandwidth woes....so go check out stuff on cats.

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Today's High 95 degree's. What does Dennis choose to do?
1. Sit inside play video games and drink
2. Knit a fantastic little pair of mittens
3. Paint the garage door and blacktop the driveway. Did you know that those gel based driveway sealer's are acidic? Of course I'm only assuming that from the chemical burns on my legs from where it splashed on me. Although it does help me keep my mind off the ginormous blister on the webbing between my thumb and forefinger....
btw...finally found where those damn ha!ha! guy images were coming from that I see all the time on fark.com....

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God I don't really want to go do the dishes... I suppose it could be worse, I could be stuck working at a bookstore on the night of the Harry Potter release until 2am.. Ever watch Lingo? It's this game show where you have to guess 5 letter words hosted by Chuck Woolery and Stacey Hayes. Seriously, Chuck is freakin' hilarious at times. Can't belive some of the stuff he gets away with saying on the air. Anyways the "tournament of champions" was on today, and a team was unable to figure out the word, so it went to the other team with a bonus letter. And I shit you not, the word they couldn't get was "owned".
Now that's irony. Jen picked up the New Fannypack CD See you next tuesday and an older Tegan and Sara CD called If it was you. So far so good, but I really have to say I was impressed by the Fannypack CD. They've gotten better since their last CD and i'm glad to see they didn't just give up after their song cameltoe got labeled as a one hit wonder. You can actually hear some of their songs on their myspace webpage if your interested.

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Probably one of the best, if not the best, reality TV show on the air right now is the Amazing Race. Now we've seen 5,6,7 I think, but Game show network just started rebroadcasting the show from the very beginning. Also, this was just to good to leave buried in the comments section. Nick has waaaay to much time on his hands...plus I'd hate to have to kill him for blowing my cover: 7 Reasons why Dennis Judd is a closet gangsta rapper: I intend to show that Dennis Judd desparately wants to be a gansta rapper, but is inhibited from doing so by his whiteness. 1. A history of posting police brutality/stupidity strewn with phrases like "bad cop, no donut!" This shows us a lack of respect for authority in general, especially evident for police officers, and being one of the most common gangsta rapper traits. 2. The perception that the music he is listening to should be listened to by everyone else...hence the manifestation of the "Listening To" section. This is our first example of an inhibited pre-gangsta rapper stage...as the real gangsta rappers accomplish this by BLARING thier rib rattling music out of their cars at intersections. Same motives, differing methods. 3. An intense appreciation for alcohol. Gangsta rappers tend to stick to one or two types of liquour usually of the malt type. Dennis feels this same affection for the bottle, but must do so in a socially acceptable, overly white, masterpiece theater sort of way with a beer review web site. We all know that he just wants to get smashed like the rest of us, but the great white inhibiting force that keeps Dennis from realizing his destiny as a gangsta rapper prevails again and requires that he justify his desires in a socially acceptable way. Once again...same motives different methods. 4. The bling anything craft kit web site post...nuff said 5. Ahh I remember the ghetto prom post...what most didn't realize at the time was that Dennis was the one who acutally took those pictures. 6. A predisposition to post articles related to municpal, police, and government "wrong doing" in other words Dennis regularly calls out "the man" when "the man" is abusing his power. I can't even describe how gangsta that is. 7. He has a disgruntled and almost conflict-ridden relationship with his neighbors. I don't imagine there's a single gansta rapper in the world that gets along with his neighbors. A real gangsta rapper fires bullets into their neighbor's living room...Dennis is considering parking his car in front of their house. How long till true colors show and this escalates into gang war. The motivated young man we see remodeling his house and customizing his vehicle is a facade. Beneath this mild mannered exterior lies a straight up futhamuckin thug just waiting to come out and take over the Chicago criminal underground....you heard it here first

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Good lord...I hate it when I have links I mean to post sitting on my desktop all week... very cluttered looking...oh well I suppose most smart people are messy :) - A refreshing read, the truth behind cosmetic surgery. It's a board certified plastic surgeon's blog it's neither good nor bad, but more just reflective of his thoughts. His post relating to the london events reminds that not all plastic surgery is boob jobs and cheek implants. Kind of makes you wonder, if it wasn't for all these vain people getting unnessecary surger would the current skill/ability level be as high as it is? - This was new to me. Fake trees that are really cell phone towers. Pretty neat conecpt idea.... - A very creepy urinal. Leave it to the japanese....oh, and don't click the pop up ad for the "free ps3"...they're not even making them yet....dear lord... - Bad cop, no donut! Cop get's angry when he thinks he's been short changed. Arrests cashier and maces her. - Nothing like being ambushed about Video Game Violence on a television talk show. Proof that somebody who wants to make a point will find a way regardless of facts. - Reno 911! really has some comedy gold in it sometimes. Seriously, if you've ever played Dungeons and Dragon's you need to watch this...hell any RPG... "I have boots of escaping....POW!"

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On today's show we answer the question: "Dr. Science, what would it be like to paint a house if you lived on the surface of the sun?". I know the temp high was only 92 degree's, but damn.....4 hours in the sun damn near killed me. We've been working on replacing some of the outside wooden trim that was rotting or just otherwise so poorly maintained that it was unrepairable. Here's some pictures to give you an idea of what I'm talking about:
Been like that since we moved in....we did all the construction of replacing the actual boards last weekend. What we did though was paint them in the garage first 3 coats, plus primer....that shit'll survive a nuclear war now. Obviously somebody had repaired the corner boards once already. The problem is they replaced them with crappy ones, and didn't paint them before putting them up...so they just kinda crapped out right away (aside from them being on wrong anyways) and as an added bonus, they didn't put plywood every behind. So they basically made a very nice bee get away and perfect nest location. In short, what i'm trying to convey is that the person who did this was a moran. But don't take my word for it....
So after cleaning off that crap we removed the super long side trim board, rebuilt up the corner supports and put the new boards up. Then we caulked the heck out of everything, pulling off the old stuff as we went. The next weekend two coats of paint were slapped on, and you can see the difference Old / New:
The thing that scares me most is I didn't even get a tan....

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This is ralphie... this is ralphie's new layout... Think of it kind of like a non-extreme makeover....:) Figured she was tired of the same old tubes...

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I've been toying around with drawing a comic based on cats for a while now. They do so many stupid cute things it would be a shame. Here's my first attempt....I didn't try to color it...barely able to fight my way through photoshop as is... feedback is welcome...

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Spam and phishing attempts are certainly on the rise. I must get at least 20 (usually 30+) bullshit emails a day asking me to unlock my paypal, or my password's been changed for dennisjudd.com: Hey josh, there is something wrong with: Dennisjudd account. if you did not authorize this change or if you need assistance with your account, please contact Dennisjudd customer service at: info@dennisjudd.com thank you for using Dennisjudd!
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+++ Dennisjudd Antivirus - www.dennisjudd.com I have my own antivirus? Cool....i'm awesome! - 10 Things Your Contractor Won't Tell You. One of my favorite things is, they never tell you that they pee in your basement and probably poop in your walls. Seriously...your walls are filled with crap from all the morons and sloppy sob's that worked on your house. Think about that for a while.... - The worlds best brewer's as ranked by ratebeer.com. Kinda cool...I can agree with a lot of the list. - If at first you don't succeed, try jumping off the roof like...at least 10 more times. - Redneck rollercoaster. Or as I would call it, the darwinmobile. - Sick of those stupi cactus's on antenna's? How about a stripper instead? I've already ordered two, one for my car and one for Jen's. I'm sure she'll love it!

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Stopped by Tom and Jen's this weekend to see their new puppy:
Cute, no? They named her Sedona and I'm sure soon she'll be bigger than our cats. Speaking of which, another cute gizmo shot:

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One of the most annoying web pages of 99. The Hampster Dance! Back when Flash was new, and HTML was a mystery to me. Before dennisjudd.com even existed....there was HAMPSTER DAAAAANCE!!!!! I've seen a lot of articles complaining about Live 8 (otherwise known as the help end poverty by giving money to corrupt political establishments who will hoard and waste it for personal gain), and the horrible MTV coverage. Well no shit sherlock, it's MTV....they don't do music anymore, and haven't for quite some time. Which begs the question why they have "VJ's" since there's no V's to J. Everybody's shocked an angry at how they handled the coverage, about how the current puppets talked over the music, and how they cut away for commercials. I'm gonna tell you right now, I don't give two shits. But I do know why they did it that way. Basically broadcasting Live8 was nothing more than a trailer. Like the kind you see in movie theaters. A trailer for what you ask? A trailer for the live 8 special edition DVD with 10% profit going towards ending poverty in Africa , and that feeling that you've really helped somebody by purchasing it. Which you have....only instead of a poor black child in africa who is eating dog shit and dreaming of a spoonful of rice, you've made a lot of rich fat white music exec's and promoters happy. There's gonna be Live8 the dvd, live 8 the behind the scenes commentary, a live 8 box set, and probably a live 8 cd collection. All of these will be available for your christmas dollars, and so you can feel better about yourself for doing something positive. When in reality you've done nothing but hand your brain over for a bunch of media conglomerates to manipulate. MTV dangled the carrot and got everybody so frothing mad they're running faster than ever before.

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I've been playing a game called Painkiller: BooH (battle out of hell) and the load times have been for crap. So I decided that it was finally time to upgrade my RAM from 512mb to at least 1gb. I have a Dell Dimension 8300, 3.0Ghz....so after a little research I found it used PC3200 Ram (400mhz front side bus, 184 pin, ddr). I went shopping and reading about this new type of ram (new to me anyways) and decided a few things. Since the Dell already had two 256mb ram sticks, running in dual channel mode I would have to buy a matching pair of whatever type of ram I wanted. That means two more 256mb sticks, for a total of 1.0gb, or two more 512mb sticks for a total of 1.5gb. Price aside, I decided to go with two 512mb sticks for a good reason. That way if my new ram and old ram doesn't get along, I won't be SOL and I can just use the new stuff for a total of 1gb. So I ordered the ram from Newegg, I'd like to say I did a whole lot of research, but really I just went for what was the best deal I could find in a quantity of two. I mean I did a lot of research...but only across the span of a few hours, not days or anything. Anyways, I orded it Wednesday, and had it Friday (holy shit! awesome). Finally installed it last night and got it running. Here are some pics of the Ram and case, etc:
Old Ram from Dell 8300 (factory Ram)
Ok so, the ram in the system was from the Dell Factory. Hynix 512mb (2x256mb) of 400mhz, pc3200, CL3 in dual mode, banks 1 and 2. So I orginally added the new PQI (also PC3200, only difference is it's CL2.5) to banks 3 and 4. The computer booted (latest BIOS btw) just fine, BUT here's the rub. The bus speed was 333mhz....not 400mhz?!? So I tried placing the new PQI ram in the first banks (1 and 2) and the old Hynix ram in banks 3 and 4. Still no joy. The system booted, windows loaded, but what's better; More ram at a slower speed or Less ram at a faster speed? I opted for the less ram (only 1.0gb) at a faster speed, but since I thought this might happen I'm not to upset. What i'll do is use the old ram to upgrade another computer from 256mb (pc2100) to 512mb (pc3200). So there ya go...if you have a Dell Dimension 8300 w/ factory ram, heads up. now i need to go paint the house....

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Normally I try to post semidaily, but I'm on call this week for work so honestly there have been some busy nights. For example I was up until 6am this morning working a power outage in a california pop. To bad we're in a drought condition here, because the weather is beautiful these past couple of days. Finally cooled off and w/ no rain that means we can get a lot of work done outside. For example, Today we plan to replace some wood trim. Speaking of which, we need to get going on that. Being up so late made me sleep in a bit more than I wanted. 4 hours of sleep should be fiiiiiiine.

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