35

Today, I turn 35. For some reason this birthday seem more of a milestone to me... more than 16, 18, 21, 25, or 30.

Did I mention how happy I am today?

Doctor Appointment

I went to see my doctor today at 7:20AM! Only in the U.S. can you go to a clinic and expect a doctor to be there at 7 o'clock in the morning. I left home with the moon still up in the sky.

My God-Daughter's Aunts & Cousin....

... were in this flight. Nohemi talked to me about this when I headed to Saginaw last weekend to pick up the Miata. Here's a link to the story.

Why It Died

I tore apart the old 1.4 PC to find what was the cause of its demise. Removed all the cards, the drives, then as I was about to unplug the power supply plug on the motherboard... I couldn't. After looking, I noticed that the connector was melted on the motherboard. I am glad that the sucker didn't catch on fire.

Now I know the cause. I need a new motherboard & power supply which is the excuse I needed to really continue with the make-a-new-PC project.

A Fun Subject on a Gloomy Day

I drove to work to grab a couple of CDs to play around at home. I finally took pictures of the Miata. The rainy day made the pictures look cool. All the pictures were taken at the overflow parking lot at work.

IPOWER.com Support/Billing/Sales Sucks

A couple of years ago, I had hywell.org hosted at ipower.com and needed support. I remember having to wait a ridiculous amount of time to get a person. I recall it being 45 minutes to get a person. I made the mistake of hosting mulambda.org.ph with them. I am currently on hold for 20 minutes.

Update: 40 MINUTES! Of "we appreciate your patience".

Update: 52 minutes to get a person. I was going to start watching an episode of The Sopranos while sitting on hold.

Update: To top it all off, they've charged me $47 even though I request the cancellation under 30 days. Do yourself a favor, NEVER USE IPOWER.COM!

Moleskine Journal

Last night, Nohemi and I went to Barnes & Noble because I wanted to get some sort of journal to use for car maintenance. The timing belt for the Honda was replaced some miles ago and at the time I was certain that I would recall the information. I was wrong. Instead of trying to keep all the receipts or digging through bill statements, I am going to take the route of a small journal tucked with the car's user manual that always sits in the glove box. I found one by Moleskine that is the perfect size, thickness, construction, everything.

Mah Cah

I had an awesome time driving my 2000 Mazda MX-5 Miata LS from Saginaw to Kalamazoo. I let the back go once and I am itching to do it more. When Nohemi and I went for a ride, I slipped the back end on a bunch of leaves. Parking lots are going to rock when it starts raining next week.

I also got the new plates for the Honda. My new HYWELL plates are now in the standard Michigan.gov plates.

Sakura

Our beat-up-on computer finally dies last night. I haven't thoroughly looked into it and see which part emitted the burnt electronics smell. It's an AMD Athlon 1.4 that I got back in 2001, based on BIOS. I really got my money's worth out of that computer.

Now, I am thinking of making a new computer. In preparation for Blizzards vaporware, Starcraft 2. It is only fitting since I bought my XBOX in preparation from Starcraft Ghost, which never came. I cannot complain because after modding the XBOX, it has become the most useful AV device attached to my TV. I would even go as far as saying that it is a far more useful device than the TiVo.

George is on his way to pick me up and go back to Saginaw so I can, in turn, pick up my Miata. All my computers have names... I wonder if I should name my Miata. I never named any of my cars before but this Miata thing is an obsession. We'll see.

Happy Birthday Travis!!!

Daily... means daily.

It just dawned on me that Mahalo Daily is a daily show. The fact that it was a video podcast made me immediately assume a weekly release. The fact that it was called daily really mean nothing to me. Yo-yo tricks are cool.

Veronica Belmont's Mahalo Daily is On

Mahalo Daily is up and running. First episode is about the Tesla Motors car. I wonder what the range is.