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Archive for July, 2007

Maumee River Sighting

Monday, July 30th, 2007 Posted in Gabbing Gfuss, news | No Comments »

Not that I'm an IRL (or NASCAR) fan, but seeing Sam Hornish Jr. jet skiing on the Maumee river is quite a treat. Since my infant child is screaming, I'll talk to you later.

My Salvation Comes From R/C Tanks

Thursday, July 26th, 2007 Posted in opinion, software, tech | 2 Comments »

Well, since my XP Pro laptop is blue screening before the XP splash screen, it may be a good opportunity to blog about Ghost 4 Unix (g4u). Snazzy little tool (bootable CD) that enables you to create gzipped images ...

Not So Awesome; NSA & AT&T spying on net usage…

Monday, July 23rd, 2007 Posted in Blogroll, news, opinion, tech | No Comments »

I always figured it'd happen eventually, let alone already be in place for years. An AT&T whistle blower is finally gaining some publicity with the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The following 2 links are to stories I saw recently. ...

Hand Shakes Still Mean Something and Pepsi S-diddly-ucks

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007 Posted in Gabbing Gfuss, opinion | No Comments »

Remember the good ol' days, when a hand shake was strong enough to close a sale or get a loan? Don't worry, I don't either. But it is something I do each time I want to use the ...

Metal Gear Solid 4; a PS3 exclusive.

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007 Posted in gaming, sony | 1 Comment »

Sweet; I knew I spent $600 for a good reason. Now give me a Final Fantasy 7 remake!

Test from the N770

Monday, July 9th, 2007 Posted in gadgets, hardware, mobile, software, tech | No Comments »

Just a test post from my new Nokia N770. (Thanks WOOT!) Not exactly super efficient, but it works. I'll be posting some specs, projects and mods.

OpenMoko: Not a variation of sudoku

Monday, July 9th, 2007 Posted in gadgets, hardware, mobile, software, tech | No Comments »

I've been following this project for awhile, and it's finally getting ready to roll out. This will be excellent competition for the iPhone, but unfortunately will probably never catch on outside niche nerd groups. OpenMoko is basically a unlocked (can ...

Vista vs. Mac OS X

Monday, July 9th, 2007 Posted in mobile, software, tech | No Comments »

So, this post could go on for a really long time, but I'll keep it short. Here are two reasons why I currently like Windows Vista over Mac OS X*: Vista ALREADY supports restoring previously deleted/modified files (Volume Shadow Copy ...

Betting on UFC fights is fun…

Sunday, July 8th, 2007 Posted in General Blog, opinion | No Comments »

Especially when you're the one that knows at least a tad bit about the fighters and their styles... and the people you're betting against are girls who are just rooting for the cutest fighter.

Transformers is not the suck

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007 Posted in General Blog, opinion | No Comments »

I was pleasantly surprised to find that Michael Bay did not ruin my childhood by making Transformers a steaming pile. The Autobots and Decepticons animations and models look freakin' sweet... although it is hard to tell the difference ...