Net Life

 

 Yet another Unix flavor.

Yeah I know there is a LOT of stuff out there about the US elections. Most of it is sound and safe, but a lot of it is confusing and so entangled, you'd have to be a dedicated follower of the elections to really keep up. Once in a while, however, a truly inspiring light shines through, from the deep corners of the internet, and clears things right up. Sure, you don't get long lists of the candidates respective viewpoints or debates or what have we. What you DO get is a ray of hope, that there will indeed be a brighter future. This video was brought to my attention through Digg, and I can't deny, after having watched it quite a few times, it brings a very powerful message through in a very clear and easily understandable way, without sacrificing integrity. And that's not something you see a lot these days.

Without further ado:

Enjoy

Over the last 12 months give or take, posting in here hasn't really been
a major priority of mine. Ironically, the lack of posts haven't been
due to an event less life. At least, not more eventless than usual.
It's due to the fact that so much weird shit has happened over the
last year, that I've been in a material overload.

What can be more fitting for a guy at his wits end, than a week of non-stop gaming and geeking? I don't know either. So that's what I'm going. Tearing a week out of my not really busy schedule to play some Quake and some CS and some whatever other game I can get my hands on with a bunch of friends. 

A friend flew in from Belgium, to drive with me and Bense. We rented a car from Hertz, and on Monday we drove the 300 odd kilometers from Copenhagen to the house of our friend. It's small time, but what the hell. We only need computers and stuff. And of course we brought our own anyway.

So, lots of soda, and frozen food, the warmth of the comps and a few hours of sleep. That's what this week is all about. It's 4:30 in the am, and my eyes are starting to fog up a bit, so I think I'll head out, but just wanted to drop a few words. Trying to keep myself at the bat with this website thing. I did enjoy writing, but just had a lot of crap going on, what with medication and doctors and psychiatrists and stuff. Oh, and work. Anyway, sleepytime, and I'll be back shortly.

Ye, I suddenly realized I had been given a 2 weeks notice for renewing this domain. And that was like.. 9 days ago. My Visa card has been inactive for some time, and I wasn't able to renew it myself, since only a credit card could do it. Had put it off long enough, and it soon became apparent to me, that had I not in fact renewed it before Tuesday, I might very well lose it. And that wasn't a comforting thought, seing as I've had it since 2001.

I spoke to Rancor, and he agreed to renew it for me. But for some reason, the renewing process also required access to webbanking. Right, we tried from his box, but a technical error made it impossible to write the login information in the designated areas on the webbanking page. The textboxes were outside the pop up windows frame, and with no scrollbars, getting them in focus proved impossible.

I was getting somewhat desperate by this time. Then my brother, who happened to be visiting, offered to provide the service required. He had a different bank, one where the webbanking wasn't tied to one computer, and where the coding was sufficient enough to allow him to actually follow the payment through. I opted for a 5 year deal, for the lowly sum of USD 60, meaning this fucker won't expire til 15-01-2013. That's right, baby. 2k13. Howzabout that? Spiffing indeed.

So, now I'm off to do the final corrections on the webpage I just finished up, effectively allowing me to buy a new laptop. I'll be back with you guys in the not too distant future. Be good!