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2005-02-07T22:52:00.000-05:00

We're living in a golden age. All you need is gold.
-- D.W. Robertson.

Just to keep this active....

2005-02-06T22:52:00.000-05:00

Well, I can't remeber for how long I haven't post, so here is a quote:
Majorities, of course, start with minorities.
-- Robert Moses

Does anybody still care about this blog?

2005-01-09T22:57:00.000-05:00

Well, lets see whats new..... well, we got a new PC, as well as the first part of my professional audio speakers!!!!!! Yes, I got the JBL E30, the surrounds channels!!!!!! :-)
What else....... not much, really, expect that I might buy a pair of kamas and nunchucks (martial arts weapons) so I can train with/ agaist weapons on my quest for a TKD black belt.....

I should adopt this strategy... should I?
Walk softly and carry a megawatt laser.

Fotolog!!!!!

2005-01-02T23:03:00.000-05:00

Check out http://www.fotolog.net/cavalkaf

QOTD:
I never failed to convince an audience that the best thing they could do was to go away.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!

2005-01-01T01:57:00.000-05:00

FELIZ 2005!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!
(No Quote :-)

Flog!

2004-12-31T00:09:00.000-05:00

Yep, I got a photolog up and running. Planning on posting a picture eventually, as well as updating this at least once a week (if anybody cares :-P)

Shall we see the quote?
Computers have a lot in common with air conditioners:
Once you open WINDOWS, they stop working properly.

Merry Christmas

2004-12-24T21:19:00.000-05:00

Well, I haven't posted on a while, so lets see what happened....
First, merry christmas (or happy holidays) to all who read this!!!!!
Other than that, I (finally!) got my blue belt, and am an advanced belt.

Well, for those who care, we finally had a interesting day of school: we did nothing, other than talk and maybe watch a movie or two. :-)

Also, all the trackers/indexers for bittorrent are going down, just when I started downloading some good anime :-(

Ah, the quote we all expect:
Committee, n.:
A group of men who individually can do nothing but as a group
decide that nothing can be done.
-- Fred Allen

Quote!!!!!!!

2004-12-20T22:17:00.000-05:00

"Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame. -- Laurence J. Peter"

Music!

2004-12-14T22:43:00.000-05:00

For the few who care, someone managed to get iTunes in one of the computers at school. What does this means? CD Ripping, of course!!
So now I am converting the ACC files into nice Lame-enconded MP3 files, all which are available in the shared folder! :-)
In other news,...... well, I guess thats it.

A quote, shall we?
"Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down."

Nothing to see here, move along....

2004-12-12T22:34:00.000-05:00

Well, nothing new in my life, other than:
1. I downloaded the entire Season 1 of south park today;
2. I installed a 40GB HD in my PS2 (works like a beauty)

Yep, very uniteresting... so here is the quote:
By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be
boss and work twelve.
-- Robert Frost

Nothing

2004-12-07T22:42:00.000-05:00

Nothing... to.... talk.... actually.... write..... about......
Quote.....
If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's
read by persons who move their lips when the're reading to themselves.
-- Don Marquis

Tests + Multimedia Content

2004-12-06T22:33:00.000-05:00

So, once again, TESTS!!! So I will have a brief entry:
Well, today, as usual, I downloaded lots of stuff. However, what I been doing which is really cool is using an RSS feed to automaticaly download the TV Programs that I like of the internet throught the day (check out http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000167021291/ for more info). The webiste (TVTorrents) is having a bit of trouble lately, so it might not work well this week. (BTW, Suprnova is down *again*. Weird.)
Ah, I finally completed the 4th season of South Park. I now have a total of 86 South Park episodes in my computer (39 to go in order to have all ever created up the the 8th season), as well as the latest episodes (all in HD, of course :-) of the TV Shows I watch. I must say, bittorrent is one of the best uses of the internet :-)

You all expect a quote, right?
Don't drink when you drive -- you might hit a bump and spill it.

TEST!!!!!!!

2004-12-05T22:48:00.000-05:00

Ahhhh!!!!!
I have a test tommorow, and I have 15 min to study!!!!
So, here is a quote:
If you think the problem is bad now, just wait until we've solved it.
-- Arthur Kasspe

I beat THUG!!

2004-12-04T23:06:00.000-05:00

After about 2 or 3 hours of gaming, me and my brother beat Tony Hawk's Underground (aka THUG) (which, BTW, I got for $12 on Black Friday :-). Now onto the "normal level", which will follow the "sick" level. Its a cool game, but it isn't as entretaining as MGS 3 (which I haven't played in a couple of days). Other than that, I still have Prince of Persia and SOCOM II: US Navy Seals to beat, as well as Fifa 2004. I am still working on getting that modchip...... and a hard drive..... and a wireless adapter.... and my high-def kit..... but I will eventually have it all :-).

Lets see the quote, eh?
"I don't understand," said the scientist, "why you lemmings all rush down
to the sea and drown yourselves."

"How curious," said the lemming. "The one thing I don't understand is why
you human beings don't."
-- James Thurber

So I managed to bypass security today....

2004-12-03T22:53:00.000-05:00

Well, like we have every once in a while, today we had a pep-raly at my school. (Pep-raly is something where they show off the sports teams). As usual, I find it better to just go home an hour earlier in such ocasion :-). Well, while walking to get the ride on, guess what I found: a security guard (which its never there) was watching if people where getting out of school. Ok, so I move on to the staff entrance. What do I hear? Gangester music, so I decided not to risk, and move on the the next exit (yes, I know them all, as well as security points and staff only entraces/exits, as well as how to bypass security in mosts cases). What do I find near the next exit: other security guard. Moving on to the next one (those are all for the main building, moving to whitier woods, which has about 3 or 4 exits). I have luck this time, and no security is found . :-)
(BTW, this took 10 min total, and no guard saw me (MGS trains me for this!! :-)

Other than that, I had a pretty unintesring day. We have a programing project, which I was done in the 1st of the 4 days (first try with no compile errors, and all working perfectly!), so I have monday and tuesday to maintain my del.icio.us feed (which mostly what I do in programing class anyway) and to browse the web :-)

Ah, a quote! (I know several people with such a view)
I have defined the hundred per cent American as ninety-nine per cent an idiot.
-- George Bernard Shaw

Stuff tommorow!

2004-12-02T21:58:00.000-05:00

Well, I have an italian oral tommorow, so the post today will be brief (as usual):
For those of who don't know, I am taking Italian 1. Even though it is not the most useful language, I am feeling guilty for not speaking italian, since I am an italian citzen (long story short: my great grandfather is italian).

Other than that, nothing interesting is happening. Lets see..... yeah, nothing really. However, there is music today!!! (BTW, my collection is up to an astonishing 13 GB :-P ) Anyway, I am listening to The End, by The Doors (music from Apocalypse Now, the first one in the movie...)

Ah, the good an old quote of the day:
"Irrationality is the square root of all evil"
-- Douglas Hofstadter

Kit's Blog

2004-12-01T22:37:00.000-05:00

For the very few who are missing my blog, here is Kit's Blog!!!!!!

Anyway, a quick update on my life. I got my PS2 and some nice games, so I am spending a good amount of time with them. I finally got my 3rd stripe on TKD and I am almost getting my blue belt (hopefully by the end of december, the 22nd ot be exact). Other than that, the WWHS Robotics team is still working on getting sponsors (that means I need to find one) and I have 1 or 2 tests this week.

Thats pretty much it..... here is a quote:
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even
where there is no river.
-- Nikita Khrushchev

I know I haven't been posting...

2004-11-26T23:11:00.000-05:00

Well, I got some more games for my PS2, but I missed an incredible deal today by minutes [a 160 GB Maxtor Hard Drive for $40, I would use it for my PS2 :-( ]. Other than that, I am working on getting my neighbor's computer fixed (re-install everything from scratch, should be done by tommorow) and being "forced" to get my binder (communly refered by "the stack of papers") and my backpack organized.

BTW, bittorrenting is REALLY fun.... check out suprnova.org for some great files ready to be "bittorrented!"

Before my quote, some nice stats for my laptop:
felipe@darkstar felipe :) $uptime
23:10:11 up 2 days, 8:35, 4 users, load average: 2.26, 2.20, 1.94
felipe@darkstar felipe :) $/sbin/ifconfig
eth0

RX bytes:2977708606 (2839.7 Mb) TX bytes:208570534 (198.9 Mb)

From Linux's fortune cookie database (aka my quotes:)
Keep your mouth shut and people will think you stupid;
Open it and you remove all doubt.

Playing MGS 3

2004-11-23T22:22:00.000-05:00

Well, got my PS2, so I am playing MGS3!!!!!
(I missed at least 10 items in the first part of the game. :-(

Quote:
If only I could be respected without having to be respectable.

4 simple statements + quote

2004-11-20T23:47:00.000-05:00

1. I got my PS2 memory card!!!!!!!!
2. I got my PS2 tracking number!!!!!!!!!
3. Check out my del.icio.us feed for new links!!! (been posting new ones pretty much every day during C++ class.... hehehehe
4. My cousin left tonight, just a few hours ago(!!!!!!!!!!!)

(Yes, I realize I haven't had a real post in a while.... maybe next week)

Quick Quote:
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what
is the root of money?
-- Ayn Rand

Another post that should be posted yesterday...

2004-11-20T00:10:00.000-05:00

Oh well, I let midnight past without posting again. Well, for the few who care, I bought my copy of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (great game!!!!), and I plan on getting the memory card tommorow so I can start playing on monday (when my PS2 arrives). Other than that, my cousin is still here. Nothing new.

Quote:
Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.
-- Alan Watts

Weather Underground: Bethesda, Maryland Forecast

2004-11-17T22:46:00.000-05:00

Weather Underground: Bethesda, Maryland Forecast

Well, I decided to post a random link today (actually, my cousin was using the computer and this was the page she left it on :-P ). (I have 2 test tommorow, so I decided not to make up any content today :-)

Still bittorrenting.... more music to my collection!!

So, here is a quick quote:
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to
make it shorter.
-- Blaise Pascal

More Music!

2004-11-16T21:42:00.000-05:00

Tonight I am downloading another round of music. My collection is getting bigger by the day... (about 150 tracks added to my nice little NSLU2 ITunes server today, bringing the total up to 1158 ;-) I am expeting to add another 60 tommorow, and get some 2 or 3 CDs of MP3s on the weekend. Soon I will be over the 4GB mark!!!! (maybe I am already... I like to encode everything in at least 192 ;-)

Other than that, my friend Alexandre (check out his delicious feed here), which showed me delicious, a bunch of cool Linux apps, as well as other stuff, said to mention him (that brings the total reader to.... 2, maybe 3 :-) here. (I copy a lot of his delicous links to mine :-)

The music! Just got my "fresh" MP3 of the ITunes best-selling song "Numb / Encore" by Jay-Z and Linking Park. Really cool music...

QOTD:
Factorials were someone's attempt to make math LOOK exciting.

This posts counts as two (actually, 3)

2004-11-15T21:29:00.000-05:00

(Blogger didn't work yesterday, so I am posting yesterday's post with this included. Okay, so today I decided to download more stuff. I found out all the great stuff suprnova.org has and decided to download a gig or two overnight. Other than that, nothing new, other than MGS 3: Snake Eater (check out my del.icio.us feed for links) comes out this friday!!!! :-)

Well, I didn't post yesterday. Two simple reasons behind it: 1. I stayed up late getting my South Park Episodes in order (Suprnova.org is a GREAT place to download TV Shows) and 2. I turned off my computer when I realized I didn't post. BTW, nothing happened yesterday, so I would post a filler anyway.

So, here is what happened yesterday: I woke up at 9, as usual, ate my breakfast, as usual on weekends (yes, I don't eat breakfast on weekdays. Been doing that for the past 7 or 8 years of my life :-P ). Then I went to the 10th year aniversary of my Martial Arts school (watch the 2nd and 3rd degree black belts do some amazing stuff, like breaking 4 boards with a single kick). Lunch came. Adam came here and we played RTW: Enemy Territory, Quake 2 and some NFS Undeground all afternoon (we are planning on setting up a lan party with at least 16 people one soon). Soon after, I got bored and started playing with my South Park collection (I am downloading an average of 1 a day), and finally went to sleep on my bed. Oh, and I bought a PS2 online. Nothing amazing happened.... well, maybe tommorow.

Sunday (today), I woke up late, etc, and went to my brother's MSI final soccer game in hope of getting food at the after game party (it was the last game of the season). They won 3-0, but no party :-(. So we went to Ledo's Pizza, and got lost for a few minutes. While lost, we found a really cool Surplus Plus, one of those army stores with knifes, etc. I am getting my militaty artic coat there someday.... Then I came back home, watched some TV, and my cosin from Brazil came (she is in a diplomatic thing with the Supreme Tribunal Minister). Then I got bored and wrote this.

You should check out kit's latest project at http://kitscuzz.hopto.org:7070/thing.html

No music, quick quote:
You never hesitate to tackle the most difficult problems.

Sleepy....

2004-11-12T23:24:00.000-05:00

I am tired today, specailly because I missed getting my brand-new PS2 (old model) by a few hours!! Why didn't I buy it 2 hours ago??? WHY???

Anyway, no music, here is a quote:
You don't become a failure until you're satisfied with being one.