Oink.me.uk

I am now part of the elite class of… oinkers? Oink.me.uk is a crazy exclusive bittorrent community. Luckily I found some very nice people to invite me in. Can you imagine downloading that new album you can’t find anywhere else on the net 2 weeks before it comes out? How about downloading it in less than 2 minutes? Now you may see the advantages of a community like this.

There has to be a catch though, right?

Of course there is, but it’s simply common courtesy as bittorrent goes, meaning you must have a fair share ratio (meaning you upload at least half as much as you download). But I haven’t found it to be an issue yet.

Damn. Life is sweet…

Update: Please don’t ask for invites, I only recieve them once I become a power user (upload 10 GB, be a member for 2 weeks, and keep a ratio of at least 1.05). I’ll announce when I become a power user on this blog, and I’ll be happy to invite people as long as they send me some kind of proof that they won’t cheat and that they’ll maintain a good ratio.

Bruin Woods ‘06

I had a great time last week with all my buddies that I see once a year for a week up in Lake Arrowhead.

Brian, Chelsea, Rachel, Riley, and I hangin’ out up in the treehouse at Bruin Woods in Lake Arrowhead.

Can’t wait to see you all next year (but hopefully sooner)!

In other news, it turns out I have four impacted wisdom teeth which require surgery under anesthesia to remove. This will happen Thursday (August 17, 2006) morning, so don’t expect much out of me for about 2-4 days afterwards.

I drove a car for the first time EVAR today. It was surprisingly easy… I’ll be having another lesson tomorrow morning, then another on Wednesday afternoon.

For anyone who has a mac and is a student:

Schoolhouse is possibly the most useful program for assignments I’ve ever laid eyes upon.

“With the ability to sort and organize your assignments, exams, and projects quickly and easily Schoolhouse is a must have for any student on-the-go. The power of smart groups allow you to interact with your work as simply as your iTunes library. Newly introduced in this version are Classcasts, the ability to publish your assignments to the web automatically for anyone to subscribe to. And with powerful automatic graphing of your grades and a GPA & Finals calculator you’ll never be in the dark at the end of the semester.”

It seems that this app can export assignments to iCal or even to an iPod. How sweet is that? And it’s free (although I’d gladly pay the developer for it).

To all you Windoze users out there… umm, well… good luck, I guess. I’m sure pen and paper will work fine to remember stuff.

My Sidekick 3 is working great; it has many much needed upgrades which the SK2 lacked (mainly the track ball and the size of the device, no longer does it have the dimensions of a bar of soap). My only complaint is that the battery becomes depleted after a very short amount of use compared to the SK2, but hopefully this will all be sorted out in the next OTA (Over-The-Air) update.

Check out Tapes ‘n Tapes, by the way. A link to a torrent of a music video of theirs is here. They’re awesome.

Just ordered a bag from Iron-on Resistance along with some shirts from Oddica, there’s a coupon right now for $7 off your order if you write in the code ‘tell’ so I figured I’d just go ahead and get Blackbird Migraine and Ghost Cameras printed on the ever so soft and communist American Apparel.

Still working on my summer work of second semester Honors World History (I’ve already finished second semester Honors World Literature) from 10th grade which I missed while in Italy and Japan. I have to finish this or they won’t let me into 12th grade. Damn Pali thinks I have a textbook delinquency too, so they won’t give me my schedule for next year (I turned in all my books for sure).

Sidebar

Some may not have noticed the little things in my sidebar to the right, so for them, I’d just like to explain a little. This is all Web 2.0 stuff, which sounds much more intimidating than it is.

Up at the top where it says “My Events” is an RSS feed for the events I’ve listed on Upcoming.org that I’ll be going to. For all of you who know me in real life, I suggest making an account and adding me as a friend so we can all see what concerts/shows we are either “watching” or know that we’re going to. It’s a pretty cool idea and the site implements RSS feeds very well.

Second, under “Music” I have a window showing my most recently played tracks in iTunes through last.fm, a sort of social music site where you can find other people with the same tastes in music. Pretty cool (and free) so another thing to add me as a friend if you’re up to it.

Third, I have my 10 most recent del.icio.us posts. Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking site which lets you see who else has bookmarked the same things as you, but also is convenient for accessing your bookmarks from anywhere.

Fourth are the archives, which are simply just archives of blog posts.

Fifth, under “Blogroll,” is my list of links to my other sites and to my friends sites (check em out).

Sixth are the categories I list my posts under.

Seventh is my 10 most recent Flickr photos. Flickr is a social photography site in which you can look at other peoples pictures, comment on them, create groups or pools, etc. It would take too long to list all the cool things you can do with Flickr.

And lastly, my hits and my calendar of posts.

Get out there and discover the revolution which is Web 2.0.

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Comment on headphones

After trying many headphones both inexpensive and expensive, I’ve finally come to the conclusion that the Ultimate Ear super.fi Pro 5 are the best in-ear headphones I’ve ever used. My main problem was the lack of bass in the Etymotic series (specifically the Etymotic ER-6, which I own) which I orginally bought for its astouding clarity, but paid for it later when I missed the clean and clear bass found in even the inexpensive Sony Fontopia series. BUT I warn everyone who either owns the Fontopia series headphones or is considering buying them:

If you own them, be careful of the part of the wire that is supposed to go behind the neck, its breaks EXTREMELY easily and renders the headphones useless. To anyone considering to buy the Fontopia series headphones, be sure to buy the Neck Strap Headphones MDR-NX1 because they are the same headphones internally but have the addition of a neckstrap that won’t wear away to nothing. But be warned of the headphone’s short cable as well, it should be fine if you put your MP3 player in your breast pocket or have a small MP3 player like the mobiBLU Cube that can simply hang from the input jack, but for everyone else, either use an extender or if you own an iPod, consider the Apple iPod Radio Remote.

Hope this helps some poor soul like I once was trying to find the perfect headphones.

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