Evan Technica.
Aug 23, 2001
A mild manneered photo shoot turned into a full-blown tour of terror,
to the chagrin of all involved. Abandoned potato chip bags littered
the landscaping. A chill cut through the hot Texas air as the sun
sat it's fiery ass down. The few unfortunates left loitering
outside the dead building eked out friendly smiles amid the
unearthly evil in which they were enshadowed. The tall
concrete walls intimidated and dominated the human cattle within.
There would be no escape today or any day. This is highschool!So I got the grande tour, including the gymnasium, Natasha's locker, the cafeteria, the lost garden.... See why I felt the need to embellish? HIGHSCHOOL. woo.
Last night I made a commitment to churning out some good portfolio-building code. Being in Linux makes me want to code my butt off. I got the soundcard working, then I got it sounding GOOD, I got my aol/yahoo/irc clients all set up, and I configured enlightenment all purdy like. Orion Server is still installed from the JSP-platform research I did with Kazan, so Java development here I come. Time to rock!
Those of you not accustomed to geek-mode Evan, please tune out the rest of this paragraph. If you run Linux and your soundcard sounds like ass, try the following: 1) adding "append=no-hlt" to lilo.conf, 2) disabling "PCI Delay Transaction" in the BIOS, and 3) physically moving the card away from the other cards (especially the video card), 4) lower the baseline of the equalizer about 3/4 way to the floor. (i'm using xxms (aka x11amp)). You'll probably have to raise the mixer settings for master volume most of the way up to compensate for this. 5) mute all inputs that aren't being used in the mixer. It sounds darn good now. :-)
Now I just have to get the USB scanner and webcam working and I'll never need to enter Windows ever again. Muhahha. Unless someone will pay me to, of course. ;-)
I'm gonna go grab some late-night fast food. Woo!