http://www.attack-gecko.net/blog Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:11:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Moving a 200lb. tv has it's pros and cons. the pro: you're getting rid of a 200lb. television. The con: while moving said television down a set of stairs, it jumps into your chest. I now have a bruise the size of a dvd cover. The only ... http://www.attack-gecko.net/blog/2008/09/01/branded/ Covering the olympics, I've been watching a lot of tape delayed (boooooo, nbc. boooooo!) olympic coverage. I've also seen a lot of promos and filler footage. Those promos and fillers have something that sounds familier to the astute, campy-western-tv-show-watching viewer, NBC is using the theme music from The ... http://www.attack-gecko.net/blog/2008/08/16/sounds-familiar/ Horribly awesome that is! Well, not completely awesome, but it does cause one to have a few more moments in the middle of the night to discover odd nuggets of tastiness like Dr. Horrible's sing along blog featuring mr. neal patrick harris and nathon fillion (of flrefly fame). Written my ... http://www.attack-gecko.net/blog/2008/08/03/timeshifting-is-horrible/ So the y! has been doing this live sets thing down in santa monica for a couple years now. I haven't been paying too much attention to it, though. every now and then a band will show up that peaks my interest and i'll catch a couple of the ... http://www.attack-gecko.net/blog/2008/08/02/hootenanny/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } green1JPG.JPG, originally uploaded by carmz4444. Since the cat is mostly out of the bag by now, here's a preview of the new place. Carmen threw a new coat of paint ... http://www.attack-gecko.net/blog/2008/07/22/deal-closed/ Sorry to break the silence with a book keeping post. Got some new shoes over the last week. It's been well over a year since i bought a new pair, but to be fair, i've been busted up during that time. anyway, decided to mix it up a little ... http://www.attack-gecko.net/blog/2008/07/22/on-the-road-again/ I've been getting my ass handed to me in all sorts of ways over the past week. No day more prominent than yesterday in which 1) baray beat me in wii tennis, 2) baray beat me in the brain game, and 3) I proceeded to lose nine straight games ... http://www.attack-gecko.net/blog/2008/07/01/losing-sucks/ Well, it had to happen sooner or later. While unshaken in my support because he is doing a lot of things right, i have to lay down the obama gear and hold the donations for a few months after he decided to back the new FISA bill. I ... http://www.attack-gecko.net/blog/2008/06/26/disappointment-fisa/ Being a superhero ain't easy. I can say this with some degree of confidence. First, there's the whole decision to become a superhero. The long hours, always being on call. Crime never sleeps, blah blah blah. Once the decision is made, you have to get the superhero body, ... http://www.attack-gecko.net/blog/2008/06/26/superhero-shape/ And so another fedora release has made its way onto my laptop. Have i ever said i need to find another distro? Well, i need to find a new distro. some low lights: If you have an ATI card, sit this one out for a bit until the kids ... http://www.attack-gecko.net/blog/2008/06/06/fedora-9-in-the-hizzie/