Monthly Archives: June 2004

Went to the races

Posted on June 28, 2004 by Chad

Saturday I went the Busch race at the Milwaukee Mile. It was a one day show, meaning that all practices, qualifying, and race happen on the same day. It was a typical Milwaukee Mile race(ie. relatively boring), but I brought … Continue reading →

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So does everyone have a gmail account now?

Posted on June 25, 2004 by Chad

I’m sure I was one of the last to get one, but I now have invites, a grand total of 4. If you need one use my contact form and send me your name and email address. Update: Ok, don’t … Continue reading →

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Movie Thoughts: Bad Santa == Bad Movie

Posted on June 23, 2004 by Chad

This movie flat out sucks. I’m not sure why any writer would think that dropping an F-bomb every other word would make for a good movie. The dialog gets very old within the first five minutes, but keeps going and … Continue reading →

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Help me out, please…

Posted on June 18, 2004 by Chad

I’m trying to figure out the name of a band. Unfortunately I only get to listen to this station in the car, so I can’t check the currently playing area of their website and they never say the name after … Continue reading →

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$25,000 is chump change to these guys

Posted on June 16, 2004 by Chad

It was announced today that Kevin Harvick and Matt Kenseth will both be fined $25,000 and put on probation until Aug 11th for their late race actions at Pocono. As a big Matt Kenseth fan, I’m sad that Matt sunk … Continue reading →

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Another new system board

Posted on June 15, 2004 by Chad

Since I’ve had my laptop, it’s been in for warranty work 4 times times now, and everytime it’s at least had the system board replaced. I just got it back again, and of course the system board was replaced along … Continue reading →

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A new lens in the line up

Posted on June 15, 2004 by Chad

Well, I wanted a lens for low light shooting. Such as basically any indoor shooting. Well I opted for the Canon 50mm f1.8 II. Why this lens? Because it’s only $70. I was considering the 50mm f1.4, but that’s around … Continue reading →

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Lots of new pictures in the gallery

Posted on June 9, 2004 by Chad

Well, since I’ve been a little dry as far as topics go I figure I could let you know there’s quite a few new pictures in the photo album. With the nice weather I’ve been out doing a lot of … Continue reading →

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Gallery security vunerability

Posted on June 1, 2004 by Chad

A security issue was discovered in all versions of gallery from 1.2 to 1.4.3pl1. The team has made an updated release which corrects to problem. They advise all users to upgrade to this pl2 release. You can find it here: … Continue reading →

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Sensor is all clean

Posted on June 1, 2004 by Chad

All the suggested parts for sensor cleaning came in on Friday, so I took the time this weekend to gave it a cleaning. Following the instructions here, it took 5 attempts to get all the specs of dust cleared away. … Continue reading →

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