Spent most of the morning ripping out drywall from the bathroom we're remodeling. Think the best advice really is to just rip it all out and replace. Trying to patch drywall usually just ends up in misery and wavey walls. Of course for people like me, who aren't good with drywall...that's just not a good time. But sometimes you have to just suck it up and do it right the first time. Yesterday was the Holiday Meal kickoff at the Food Bank we volunteer at. I can't explain how much my back hurts today, it's a really huge project, and it's all non stop running and working the whole time. Pretty much each of the 6 groups got about 20 pallets done (45 boxes each). I heard that counts at the end of the day were around 4500 for every group. That's 4500 thanksgiving meals in just 3 hours....gravy, potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sause, peas, corn...even coffee. Pretty impressive if you ask me. Certainly one of the harder projects to supervise, but the results are so tangible, it's probably one of our favorites. Except for running over my toe with a pallet jack....thank god it was a hand jack. I've been meaning to buy a pair of steel toed shoes for a while... - since I can't see to catch a break, at least i can catch me a shit. - Do you need help little man? Video of a scare tactics with a midget dressed like a giant mutant rat creature scaring some poor guy. - Ah, the stupid things we do to impress women. Thankfully I don't have any leather pants in my closet. - Poor little kitty was sealed into a new houses wall during construction. :( he's ok though, but man...3 weeks with no food/water....

Posted by Dennis Judd at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBacks (0)

Zombie Self-Defense From how stuff works.com
1. Don't panic.
2. Get away from the zombies. Most of the time, you can move faster than they can.
3. Gather food, water, an emergency radio, flashlights and weapons, and retreat to a secure location.
4. If possible, retreat to a shopping mall, general retail store or other location where you'll have easy access to food and supplies.
5. Stay away from heavily populated areas, where the infestation is likely to be heaviest.
6. Barricade all entrances and stay put at all costs.
7. Don't get surrounded or backed into a corner or other enclosed space.
8. Remember that anyone bitten or killed by a zombie will become a threat to you and your party.
9. Wait patiently for rescue and make long-term preparations for your survival. Of course you could purchase a copy of the Zombie Survival Guide:

Posted by Dennis Judd at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

...another 12 OC3's, 64k IP's, and working all night. :( Can't wait for this project to finish...damn you San Francisco...

Posted by Dennis Judd at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Ever been listening to a song and heard something that sounds like your cell phone, thereby forcing you to stop/mute the song to check it. Only to realize that it's not your cellphone? yeah. that sucks. - The coolest, more l337 computer case mod possible. The cardboard box box. *warning* over clocking may void your warranty and cause the computer to burst into flames. Also, do not taunt happy fun ball. -I can't seem to get approval to purchase a pack of post it notes with my corp credit card. Good to know the federal government doesn't have problems like that. More bullshit "let's throw money at the problem until it goes away" from FEMA. -Serenity is up to 24million as of today. Damn that movie kicked ass....can't wait for the DVD with extras *drool* - Take the Coors Light ice swipe challenge this winter. - Scandel erupts when a 4th grade is caught outsourcing his homework to India. Seriously, this guys website is kinda new, but damn near everything on it is spot on freakin' hilarious.

Posted by Dennis Judd at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Posted by Dennis Judd at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

So yesterday I did something new, I made beer. Well, at least it will be beer in a few months. Tim and I labored intensively for hours preparing the perfect winter warmer brew. I snapped a few pics during the moment's we were not intensivly busy. I got confirmation this morning, we got bubbles already :)

Posted by Dennis Judd at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBacks (0)

Guess what came in the mail today? My free demo copy of Dragon Quest VIII that I requested from this website. It's for the PS2 and the character's are designed by the same creatore of Dragon Ball, so they're instantly recognizable. I hope it's good. Could use a good RPG after Xenosaga II....man I remember playing the first game of the series, Dragon Warrior back in the day of middle school:

Damn you metal slime, stop mocking me!

Posted by Dennis Judd at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Considering i don't really write anything of any importance here, you'd be surprised that i haven't been feeling like posting. Work, as always, has been really busy. It just seems that a lot of the projects going on are taking almost all my free time to run and organize. Now, honestly I'm not the most organized person you'll ever meet. Never could get the hang of carrying around a day planner or anything like that. Additionally, I have this horrible habit of doing the hard stuff great, but screwing up something simple in the beginning. Kind of like doing a calculus equation correctly, but since i forgot to multiply 10 by 2 in the beginning, it's all wrong. Just stupid stuff like that. Migrate 50,000 ATM pvc entries to new equipment? Check
Convert hundreds of static /23's to new boxes? Check
Modify hundreds of route statements to new loopbacks? Check
Request and route multiple /19's for dynamic customers? Check
Remember to submit the paper work notifying other groups? Damn... Stupid paperwork :( Like they say, the devil is really in the details. Of course honestly, I think I just need a vacation. Like a real one, ya know. Or, I could really need minions. Sometimes your just to close to the trees to see the forest.

Posted by Dennis Judd at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBacks (0)

All I know is that I want to play Halo 2 :) So, I've decided to ask for help. Moutain Dew is having a thing right now called "every10minutes" offering a free xbox 360 every ten minutes in theory. So basically, what I'm asking is that if you have any codes you don't plan on using, would you send them to me please? update: oh yeah, and what happens if I win with a code somebody gave me? I'll send you a christmas card...yup, that's the big prize :P

Posted by Dennis Judd at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

- It's been about six month's, so it's time for Barrett Lyon's story to get regurgitated across the web again. I mean, it's a great story and all, but it's always the same thing repackaged over and over again. - What is about police cars that turns them into drunk magnets when parked on the side of the road? Quite impressive video really, lucky guy. - Online virtual pumpkin carving. Great when you just don't have the time to get a real one. Sent by Donna. - Interesting article on hoarding and the psychological aspects of it. Really is a sad illness. - Very funny outtakes from the old TV show Full House. They could make afortune with these on DVD, or maybe release an R rated HBO version. I finally was able to replace my motorcycle handlebars sunday with a new pair of OEM ones. Thank god that's over, but now I have to get used to it all over again since I've been riding Jen's for months now.

Posted by Dennis Judd at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

Posted by Dennis Judd at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Yesterday, I was let out of the house and taken for a car ride!!!! I even got to buy some anime! Haven't spend money on anime for a while, it was nice to have Jen to "insist" that I get them :) The only trick now is finding time to watch them. I'm still trying to play Xenosaga II, Final Fantasy I, Tales of Symphonia and work. Honestly work is the reason why I haven't been posting much lately. I'm in the middle of a large migration project. For example tonight I'm moving 10 OC3's and about 44K customers to a new single device. Do you have any idea of what type of nighmare that is PVC wise? Hell the IP interfaces are enough to drive you nuts considering some of these customers were put into service during DSL's early days. The IP routing mistakes along are enough to make you wonder if Helen Keller was the one putting them in. - The Narnia trailers hit the intarweb today....but last time i checked they were 'farked'. - RFID the next great slave master? Doesn't anyone remember GI JOE....knowledge is power, all they need is somebody to cross reference these databases and the information gathers is amazing. The book can be purchased on amazon here. I look forward to reading it some time. Hell, I look forward to having the time to read....some of you who know me would be shocked that I have a back log of like 10 books to read...shameful really.

Posted by Dennis Judd at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

Literally...
It's funny, he was on Letterman this week to pimp his new movie "waiting". Which is cool and all...but he was on fire on the couch, just dishing out a top shelf comedy game...and then they go to the film clip and it was just lame.
Moving on...since I only have a few minutes today to update my all important website. Here's an article about hurricane Rita that pretty much hit's home on the central point in my opinion. Here's a quote from it. The failure in New Orleans was a failure of character. Corrupt people electing corrupt politicians who gave millions in tax dollars to corrupt cronies to either mis-construct vital levees or to spend the money on entirely useless pork projects. Then, when disaster struck, these same people—living a Faustian deal of votes for tax-funded handouts— were utterly lost when those corrupt government officials headed for high ground without them. Throwing 60 billion dollars (or whatever number it's up to) at the problem isn't going to solve anything. And the news coverage is already at 14:59 of it's 15 minutes of fame. Soon everyone will forget about it, and wander on with their merry little lives feeling like they did so much good. When in reality, nothing has been accomplished yet at all except some very larege companies, swooping in an lining up at the all you can eat government money buffet. The same people who completely mismanaged and fucked this all up in the beginning are still the same people in charge down there. And while most of the contracts were awarded to out of state companies, this doesn't stop the flow of money from passing through some of the most inept and corrupt hands. It's what is commonly termed a "pork barrel project". We are basically rewarding people who:
1. Couldn't do their jobs correctly, or with any degree of competency
2. Lost the least, or nothing at all
3. Have supported and enabled a corrupt local government
4. Tried to cast blame on the Federal Government, for states affairs. Honestly, it's moronic. They're already allowing people back in, but the leeve's have been fully repaired, or upgraded to repel a similar event. Honestly, it's the stupidest thing I think I've seen almost ever. - Here is the second stupidest thing I've seen ever than. Exhaust tip spinners. I mean honestly...they are kinda cool, but the people that embrace them are probably going to be stupid...so I have to distance myself now...ya know, cause i'm so cool and stuff.

Posted by Dennis Judd at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

I'm in one of those moods right now where I feel as If I could rip the head off a puppy and drink it's blood. Stupid little things sometimes can just ruin a perfectly good day. Like buying a pair of motorcycle handle bars off ebay, and when they arrive finding out that they are bent and practically fucking useless. If I wanted bent handle bars I would have kept what was on the fucking bike. I hate this fucking shit, fucking morons must of had stevie fucking wonder packing this up to ship to not see they were bent. I am not happy.

Posted by Dennis Judd at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)

I sent the seller these pics....you'd have to be mentally retarded not to have seen there were bend and completely unusable.

Posted by Dennis Judd at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)

Jen and I saw Serenity last night finally. Couldn't go to see it when it premiered since I was on call for work an stuff like that. There were some wtf mate moments...but all in all it was a good movie with just a few plot holes. I really hope it does well in the theaters so there are more movies made. Although, next time I hope they fire whatever PR group handled the marketing for this movie. What a bunch of morons. Want to know what the best thing to keep in mind is? "Fuck the fans"....the fans are going to come to the movie no matter what, if you try to skew the advertising towards them, everybody else is going to feel that the movie is only for them, and going would be pointless. Anyways, it was good. Always liked the whole space cowboy concept when done right. And it was a lot darker than the TV series. Anyways...links? - Nighmare City. Some cool flash/anime/cat thing that I don't understand at all. - Duct tape band aids. Oh. Hell. Yes! Now that is hella cool. - Here's a good video of what NOT to do when showing off your motorcycle skills...or lack thereof.
- A clip from Monty Python's Meaning of Life: Mr. Creosote's Barfatorium. Oh man....comic genius I tell you...really shaped my perception of funny when I was younger. Not really a link, but here's another capture of my hits that I was talking about coming from Brazil (anyone here speak portuguese?)
You can really see the difference from where I changed the code to include individual archived posts.

Posted by Dennis Judd at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

I've been on call this week (still am actually) so I haven't been posting as much. Can't be helped really, just been to busy. Actually we're still recovering from hurricane Rita in Buemont, TX and a whole host of other problems nationwide. For this week, I'm responsible for every SBC DSL router across the nation....doesn't that scare anyone else but me? :) On the bright side, my new work cell phone is working out soooo much better than my blackberry pager was. And it's cheaper for the company, so hey everybody wins. I can do my job better, and they pinch a few pennies. Anyways, onto my point before I go shower and start to replace the valve cover gasket on my honda. Brazil loves me. I check out my counter logs to see what's been happending...you know...keywords, referring url's...that kinda crap. And I notice in the past two days my traffic has spiked way up. Here, let me show you:
Not really that shocking, happens every now and then when somebody links to a file on my site. But still I like to know what they're looking at. From what I can tell from my logs, it's all about this video. Which is just some silly thing Tim sent me last halloween. No idea why it's suddenly so popular in just Brazil....but oh well. Oh, and guess what? You can listen to the entire Fiona Apple CD Extraordinary Machine for free online. Kinda cool...this is the reproduced version that's going to be released this month. It's over on her myspace page, just make sure you don't close the window. FF and Rewind are disabled....so you'll have to start from the beginnin again if you navigate away.

Posted by Dennis Judd at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)