1440 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net AtomicInternet Web Hosting/Development News atomicinternet@gmail.com atomicinternet@gmail.com Me, Myself and I (and some ASP code) http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/icon/proton.gif http://atomicinternet.homeip.net http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1052#03-10-2010 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=1052#03-10-2010 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1052#03-10-2010 A cross promotion of epic proportions was launched by Pepsi and sister company Doritos. Initially fabled to involve magic chemistry causing a spicy heat from the Doritos "Burn" that could only be cooled with the anti-chemical in Pepsi "Cease Fire," I was sufficiently intrigued to give it a try. Finding the products involved a search of no less than 4 drug stores, 2 grocery stores, and several retail outlets. Having finally secured the 2nd degree chips (1st and 3rd were nowhere to be found) and a 2 liter of the Pepsi, I was disappointed to discover while the "burn" was intense, the "cease fire" only cooled it for a few seconds before it returned full strength. There is no magical chemical interaction, just your standard marketing gimmick. Disappointed and ashamed, I finished the bag of chips to let the pain keep me from crying.]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1051#03-07-2010 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=1051#03-07-2010 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1051#03-07-2010 A sunny 55.9° day is all it takes for me to risk angering the Michigan weather gods and declare spring officially here. My 11 year old "summer" car, which most would now consider their clunker, is free of the barn and gathering the remaining salt dust from the roads to accelerate the rusting process. I credit the 4th straight day of sun for my bold defiance of this forsaken land, which will undoubtedly summon a freak snowstorm to trap my symbol of summer and crush my spirit in revenge. Until then I'm free, proud, and on my way to Sonic!]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1050#03-05-2010 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=1050#03-05-2010 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1050#03-05-2010 After seeing all the videos of Battlefield: Bad Company 2, I was in the excitement level that usually comes back to bite me when the game doesn't live up to my dreams. Fortunately, this was not so for BF:BC2 as both the campaign and multiplayer exceeded my lofty expectations. Unlike Modern Warfare 2, BF:BC2 actually rewards you to play as a team with squad bonuses. The different classes are complementary and having one of each in a squad almost guarantees you'll do well. This is especially true if Myrn, Tiger or TomTom are online and I can make overt homosexual references to help motivate everyone. You'll notice I left out Stavos who thinks IRL moving is more important.]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1049#02-21-2010 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=1049#02-21-2010 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1049#02-21-2010 After almost a month of no updates, I decided to break the silence with the news that Lisa is now handy with a crochet needle. Having mastered the pot holder, she's moved on to hats which are proving more complicated than she anticipated. I'm giving her a few more days to get it right before I clamp down and set production goals. While the hats have higher profit margin, the pot holders are faster to make, so the quantity may make up for it. Moving her to a windowless room will also make it easier to get 16 hour workdays out of her as the passage of time will become indistinguishable.]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1048#01-30-2010 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=1048#01-30-2010 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1048#01-30-2010 At the bequest of Senator Kelley and Excelcier, another Jan LAN was proposed. Expecting only 4 people for a modest Starcraft match, it turned into a 12 person event with 10 concurrent players. My lack of planning left us with only FarCry, FarCry 2 and UT2K3 as game options, but it still managed to entertain. Both the Morlocks woman and Lisas mom got to experience a LAN party for the first time, scarring them permanently. The timelapse from the Gnome Cam and event photos are posted.]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1047#01-29-2010 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=1047#01-29-2010 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1047#01-29-2010 Today at lunch I received a text message from Lisa indicating I had just become 20 Gamerscore richer while I was stuffing my face. I immediately showed everyone at the table for +5 jealousy that my wife was farming achievement points while I was at work.
]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1046#01-24-2010 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=1046#01-24-2010 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1046#01-24-2010 A $10 rebate brought the price of some new hardware down to just under $100 during my Microcenter trip with the Senator. Originally purchased for upgrading my dads computer, the jerk son that I am decided to take the new hardware for myself and give him my old server hardware. While I've gone from two cores to one, the 300Mhz speed increase seems to more than compensate when it comes to the only processor intensive task on the server thumbnail generation. And yes, it's embarassing to run a server on a Sempron, but until the AM2 Opterons drop to under $20 on eBay I'm willing to swallow my pride.

Old System			New System
Processor:	Opteron 180 X2 (2.41Ghz)		Processor:	Sempron 140 (2.71Ghz)
Memory:	3072 MB		Memory:	2048 MB
Mainboard:	nForce4 MCP		Mainboard:	nForce 430

]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1045#01-23-2010 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=1045#01-23-2010 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1045#01-23-2010 In a shocking turn of events, Senator Kelley was arrested today in front of my house by a local school bus driver. He was only yards away from salvation when the unmarked (but obviously police) car collided with the Senator, rendering him incapacitated and unable to escape. Charges include uttering and publishing, indecent exposure and impersonating a police officer. Re-election seems impossible, but we were allowed to complete our planned trip to Microcenter before he was incarcerated.]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1044#01-21-2010 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=1044#01-21-2010 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1044#01-21-2010 snuffaluffagus only lasted a few days before all tubes were removed and she was deemed fit to re-enter society again. Sword swallowing and cocaine smuggling are both out for the immediate future, but knowing Lisa I'm sure she'll be back on both those wagons in a few months.]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1043#01-14-2009 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=1043#01-14-2009 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1043#01-14-2009 My 2 year+ adventure in Xbox 360 gamerscore addiction has reached a new milestone today. While solving a case involving a hermaphrodite in CSI: Deadly Intent I passed the 50,000G mark proving a motivated junkie like me can accomplish any trivial goal I put my mind to. I promised myself I'd only play games I'd enjoy after the 50k mark, but like any predictable addict I instead have my sights now set on 100k. Bring on the hermaphrodites, daddy needs more syrup!]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1042#01-06-2010 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=1042#01-06-2010 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1042#01-06-2010 With the color wheel on my HC1500 Projector getting louder and louder, and the cost for a replacement part exceeding $400, the opportunity for an upgrade had presented itself. Once the Senator passed me this review I was on the road to 1080p projected goodness. I decided on the Epson HC 8100 not because it's a higher quality projector, but because the review indicated it was for people who "could spend a little bit more" and I wanted to be in that group. Plus it makes me unpredictable which feeds back into my appearance of being rich, especially after Tigerbomb approved the projector which escalated it to fine wine status. The new model is also much larger giving me even more of a status boost, although it comes at a cost of being much more difficult to mount. While the screen size increased to the full width of my wall (133" vs. 110") I was not able to tell much difference in quality. Fortunately Stavos stopped by to lend his videophile snobbery to assure me the quality improvement was significant, and that my popularity was on track for an exponential increase. Pay no attention to my ebay auction, I don't need to finance a new purchase by selling old equipment anymore on account of my new 1080p level of refinement. You can ignore it when making your evaluation.]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1041#01-05-2010 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=1041#01-05-2010 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1041#01-05-2010 My refrigerator of almost 10 years sounded off with the click of death yesterday, signalling compressor failure. Today I transferred all my frozen goods to my new freezer while I wait for a replacement part. This marks yet another rare advantage of living in the forsaken wasteland of Michigan natural freezers. Of course now that it's location is known, I expect my imitation crab legs will be walking off shortly.]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1040#01-04-2010 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=1040#01-04-2010 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1040#01-04-2010 record low for 2010 (so far). To celebrate a trip to Sonic was in order. Braving 15 degree weather, I made my way to a surprisingly packed stall service to enjoy an affront to the weather. While the food was good, the 20 minutes of not running my engine gave me a new appreciation for animals left in cars during the winter.

Record Low:

+7 °F at 06:34 on 03 January

]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1039#01-01-2010 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=1039#01-01-2010 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1039#01-01-2010 Stardate 63466.9: Lisa arranged for a quiet evening with the Kelleys for an event not to exceed a 3/5 excitement level to ring in the new year. The morlocks sphinx monitoring system quickly caught wind of the event and were invited, along with the Schwartzs which immediately exceeded the planned excitement level. Fortunately the new Family Guy, Things and excessive alcohol were enough to keep everyone entertained.
- Kirk-shirt-wearing-nerd out]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1038#12-28-2009 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=1038#12-28-2009 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=1038#12-28-2009 A post-christmas miracle is responsible for another Google check that arrived today. The gap between checks was only a month longer than usual this time, which is surprising given the state of the economy (and subsequent reduced number of ad-clicking fingers/bots). I credit the federal bailout money for keeping my Google check regular, and gladly accept it. As with the last few checks however, this one is not going to stimulate the economy in it's time of need, but instead getting set aside for the next 1,000 commenter party which I anticipate to occur in 2035. Assuming we survive the galactic alignment of 2012 with John Cusack, and thawing of Simon Phoenix in 2032 I should have enough saved for at least 3 rounds of hoverkarts and slightly more than the standard ration of protein paste for refreshments.]]>