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=917#01-05-2009 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=917#01-05-2009 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=917#01-05-2009 A recent email from Myrn prompted a trip to the vending machine for what I initially thought was counterfeit dew. The official mountain dew site mentions nothing about the new logo, but a Google search reveals a logo makeover in the works. It's not limited to dew either, and there's already some great parodies on the new Pepsi logo. The change can only be interpreted as another step closer to Idiocracy.]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=916#12-30-2008 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=916#12-30-2008 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=916#12-30-2008 feedback, but the 5% that go somewhere I would never have predicted provide the most entertainment. I decided to document the most recent example for posterity and eagerly await his response, or at least hope it gets picked up on Google for his next vain Google search. As you can tell I get a bit animated when confronted with all the caps and excessive punctuation. Mix in arrogance and I become a full-on jerk. If he had sent a cordial complaint I probably would have offered a partial refund for the hassle, but thankfully he went the ass route and I was able to work off some frustration.]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=915#12-28-2008 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=915#12-28-2008 Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=915#12-28-2008 4:49am - Power flickers and dies
5:17am - UPS powers down server
5:48pm - Power returns, server starts
5:52pm - Power dies again
5:55pm - UPS powers down server
9:09pm - Power returns, server starts
??:??? - Connectivity returns (when you read this)]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=914#12-27-2008 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=914#12-27-2008 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=914#12-27-2008 Todays 60 degree weather melted the snow around Butt enough for him to pop out and say hello. It also handily removed the ice from my driveway. Unfortunately the sun decided to remain hidden, but a break from single digit temperatures was nice for a day.]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=913#12-26-2008 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=913#12-26-2008 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=913#12-26-2008 quietly add an extra second every 4 years or so depending on the Earths mood. Of course the slowing may mean the earth will completely stop in a billion or so years. This would extend the day to 6 months instead of 24 hours possibly creating two distinct nomadic societies that constantly travel the earth to either avoid or remain in the light. Your first thought might be Morlock and Eloi but you would be wrong! The correct future non-rotating earth societies would be vampires lead by Riddick, and clones of Wesley Snipes lead by Blade. Throw some Waterworld references in as well since they seemed to be travelling a lot in that movie. Plus Waterworld sucked, so you'll get an idea of how 6 months of darkness feels. Or you could just move to Michigan and find out first hand.
]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=912#12-22-2008 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=912#12-22-2008 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=912#12-22-2008 Tigerbomb passed me this link which has quickly became my favorite game. If they made an Xbox 360 port I'd pay whatever amount they wanted. Any game you can get 50 achievements in under 20 seconds is my kind of game.]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=911#12-19-2008 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=911#12-19-2008 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=911#12-19-2008 Senator Kelley passed me this link today of a 3400 x 1600 animated GIF radar loop of the entire United States. Definitely fun to watch the current snowstorm engulf the northeast in pretty blue green and yellow. If you look closely, you can also see me passing traffic in the oncoming lane right past a cop who couldn't catch me even if he tried. I love snow!]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=910#12-17-2008 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=910#12-17-2008 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=910#12-17-2008 After a long night of Left 4 Dead in 8 player vs mode, I woke up this morning charged for a zombie fight. Instead, I fired up my snow blower and managed to clear both my driveway and my neighbors in under 10 minutes. I'm not sure if it's the zombie vision or urge to get to the safe room, but apparently fighting zombie hordes is good preparation for snow removal.]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=909#12-10-2008 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=909#12-10-2008 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=909#12-10-2008 So you paid the $399 for an overpriced blu-ray player and as movie rentals move farther from physical media and closer to streaming/downloadable you're wondering "Can I do anything with this other than play 'Little Big Planet'"? Well your answer is here as Sony finally launches PlayStation Home tomorrow. While us Xbox 360 fanboys know we get better graphics, easier development, more exclusives, streaming movies, built-in extenderand a better online network, that last point could be in contention as Sony launches their cheap knockoff of Second Life. PS3 fanboys, all kidding aside, tell me your thoughts after playing around with it. I'll be reviewing it as well at my boyfriend/neighbors house on launch day. For those disappointed in the recent lack of posts, this should provide more than enough fuel for rage and banter.]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=908#12-08-2008 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=908#12-08-2008 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=908#12-08-2008 Try as I might to hide it, my birthday continues to occur year after year. Having wrote the application that reminds managers of anniversaries and birthdays at work, I curse myself annually for not including an exception for my name. This year, however, was an exception to the cursing as it yielded an awesome Q*BERT Birthday Cake. My friend Tim from work asked me what my favorite video game character was a few days ago out of the blue and now I know why. His wife spent 6 hours making the cake from scratch (thankfully also for her portfolio and not just my birthday) and as you can see it turned out awesome (tastes just like you'd expect Q*BERT to as well).]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=907#11-21-2008 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=907#11-21-2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=907#11-21-2008 bucket of food and generator, then threw all of it along with Lisa into my truck. Before I could embark on my planned escape route from certain financial meltdown and social chaos my phone buzzed and my heart skipped a beat. Taking it from the holster I was amazed to see my google alert for the HDPC-20 flash across my screen. Daring to hope, I loaded up my mobile browser and was greeted with Google. A few more websites later and I was convinced the internet was alive and well. Running downstairs I discovered that in fact my internet connection was down, not the entire internet. I explained to Lisa that our internet connection is not the entire internet, and asked that in future outages she be more specific about what exactly is gone. Crisis averted, I went back to bed.]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=906#11-19-2008 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=906#11-19-2008 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=906#11-19-2008 Excited as a 12 year old on Christmas, I ran downstairs this morning to get the new Xbox Experience on my primary machine. My illegal load was lacking the new Miis Avatars, so I quickly set about creating one after my new "legal" update finished. A few minutes later, I was hotter than ever, but apparently nobody on my friends list was as excited as me and I was alone in Avatar world. Lucky for me, Lisa is obsessed with making virtual characters and by the time she was done creating hers, Keith had one done for a kinky Xbox fanboy three way. Now I just need to get my new avatar into Mirrors Edge so I can make out with Faith when Lisa isn't home, so long as she doesn't catch me.]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=905#11-15-2008 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=905#11-15-2008 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=905#11-15-2008 intense night of Rock Band, complete with lights and smoke machine courtesy Senator Kelley, the November LAN kicked off after 3 hours of setup and configuration. The record setup time was thanks to Call of Duty 5, a 30 minute install that refused to cooperate until we setup a dedicated server. After the setup hurdle, things went fairly well with the addition of FarCry 2 and Zombie Panic to round out the game list. Excelcier took a hit for the team by volunteering his computer to experience the technical difficulties this LAN, and Stavos lost his crown as first to arrive when Marco not only showed up first but left last after helping me gain even more gamerpoints on Xbox with Mirrors Edge. Now that all the setup kinks have been worked out, the Jan LAN should be a snap. Timelapse and webcam are all I got from this LAN thanks to my frantic attempts to get COD5 to work.]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=904#11-14-2008 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=904#11-14-2008 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=904#11-14-2008 An auction at work netted me a Dell PowerEdge 6600 server which I promptly loaded up for the upcoming LAN party. I learned the Xeon processors aren't 64 bit, which made the 8GB of memory less exciting, but still addressable. It replaces my PowerEdge 2400 which was cutting edge around 2000 (the new one is cutting edge around 2006) being twice as heavy and almost twice as large. It's also 4200 better. What do I plan on doing with this beast when I'm not serving files for LAN parties? Absolutely nothing, it sucks too much power and nothing I do needs this much hardware. I just like having it close to me, in case I need to start a virtual server farm or local weather modeling. Below is my upgrade path to awesomeness.

System	CPU	Memory	RAID
REAKTOR New Server	Xeon MP @ 3.00 GHz 4 Physical, 8 Logical	8.00 GB DDR	Dual Dell PERC 4/DC
REACTOR Old Server	Pentium III @ 861 Mhz 1 Physical, 1 Logical	1.50 GB SDRAM	Single Dell PERC 2/Si

]]> http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=903#11-13-2008 http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?comments=true&startat=903#11-13-2008 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:00:00 EST General http://atomicinternet.homeip.net/news.asp?startat=903#11-13-2008 After deciding $60 for a new Xbox game could instead buy me 4 months of a 1-game-out GameFly rental subscription, I decided to take the plunge and signed up for an account yesterday. After setting up my queue with Mirrors Edge at the top I restrained myself from hoping I'd get it any time soon, instead expecting to get the first "Available Now" title (Assasins Creed) as my first game. An email today, however, had me tickled pink as I learned the 'just released' game is on it's way. And while I wait for it, I can learn the controls and download the manual. If it arrives before the weekend I may just have to do a happy dance.]]>