I can now say that I’ve seen The Matrix: Reloaded and give semi-intelligent commentary on the subject if needed. I throughly enjoyed the film—as much, or more so, than X2 even. I don’t think my parents shared my opinion of the film, unfortunately.
I’ve finally found a replacement for my busted Ray-Bans, which ironically was another pair of Ray-Bans. I guess that’s my style. My new shades are a coppery metallic brown with brown lenses. The lenses are slightly rhomboidal with a frameless edge along the sides and bottom. They’re quite comfortable.
I learned that I’ll have to be out of town on my birthday which I’m not too thrilled about. Every summer Southern Nuclear has a corporate tour for all the plant interns and this year it happens to fall on the week of June 23, with my birthday right in the middle. I should get my first paycheck this week though. I can hardly wait for Friday.
Description
My first experience with Samurize. Samurize is an extremely customizable system monitor program with meters for just about anything imaginable. As you can see, it can be placed as a desktop object and it also consumes virtually no CPU time. The only downside is that I don’t know how to make the nifty scripts like the one you see here.
The nifty wallpaper came from the small site of a Japanese CG artist. The whole thing flowed really nicely.
Credits
- Wallpaper - Devil Angel by Studio Ryokucha
- Visual Style - Classix 10K SD Carbon by gigatexel, [saint-dark], and Bant
- Samurize - Classix 10K Carbon by [saint-dark]
- Trillian Pro - Classix 10K Carbon by Raq
Description
Directly inspired by the finale of Kiddy Grade. The wallpaper features Eclair and Lumiere in their final forms. The visual style, Rhodium2, marks the return of the legendary themer arhra. The original Rhodium Edge was one of the first and is still one of the finest visual styles ever conceived. What sets the series apart is its originality, unusual color scheme, and master craftsmanship.
Credits
- Wallpaper - Kiddy Grade by Nat
- Visual Style - Rhodium2 by arhra
Description
I don’t rotate the themes on my PowerBook as often as on my desktop so it’s been a while since the last update. I’ve been using this theme for a few weeks now. The minimalist theme is gone now. I knew it couldn’t have lastest for long. Still using the default Aqua theme with a nice wallpaper this time. The wallpaper doesn’t have a name as far as I know. Check out the Misc/Other section on the linked site to find it.
I did want to share the nifty Strong Bad E-Mail Viewer with everybody. It basically does what it says and does it well. The author updates fairly frequently as new Homestar Runner tunes come out. It’s only available for Macs at the moment.
Credits
Wallpaper - The Vast Ocean by Zero
Work was dominated by web and database work. I’m working on building a new database for my department to keep track of our loaner equipment, which is rotated between various other departments based on demand. The old database was such a mess that I decided to start from scratch. My other project is to modify the ASP-driven search page from one of the other plants to meet the needs of one of our departments on site. I don’t know ASP but I’ve been able to pick up enough from the template code to do most of the stuff they want me to do. Aside from some issues getting my direct deposit set up, it was a pretty smooth week at work.
I carpooled with my Dad on Wednesday when we took my car to Dave’s Auto Repair to get the fuel-injection system flushed and cleaned. My car is a normally-aspirated 1987 Toyota Supra that is rated for about 200 bhp, which is pretty good for a car that is over 15 years old. Unfortunately, the car has never felt that powerful and we were hoping this might help. The mechanic told us that he did find a problem with low voltage on the throttle positioning sensor (TPS), which he thought might be causing the lack of power. Unfortunately, he estimated that this part would cost around $400. I don’t know if we’re going to do anything about it.
I finished the “Kiddy Grade” series early in the week. It was a good action, sci-fi anime with a lot of plot twists and a dash of light comedy here and there. Those looking for romance will be sorely disappointed though.
No, I haven’t seen The Matrix: Reloaded yet but I will see it at some point. Typically, I don’t want to fight the opening-night crowds to see a movie as soon as it comes out.
