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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.

Cool Charge

2004-11-11T23:03:00.000-05:00

Today I found a really cool "charge" (a flash animation which is usually funny, but eventually serious) about Bush here.
For those of you who don't speak Portuguese, I will (try to) translate it:

Theories that help us understand Bush's re-election:
The way the people feel is very simple and elementary. The squeme of interpretation of the world has only two sides: positive and negative, good or evil.
The masses have a modest intelligence. The propaganda should be based on very few arguments, repeated as much as you can.
It is easier to envolve the people in a huge lie than in a small lie.
If the lie has extreme proportions, the people won't even think its possible to create such a profound "fake version, (maybe counterfeit?)" of the truth.
It is the duty of the leader to show that the enemies belong to a singel category: individualizing can cause doubts in the masses about the justice of your right (to harrasse, or do even worst with them).
Now, do you know who wrote those sentences? (Not me, I just translated them)

Adolf Hitler

Amazing, right? (Yes, I am one of the worst translators possible. :-( )
BTW, I been going to Charges.com.br since the very begining in 2000. Great website that always showed the opinion of the great majority of the Brazilian population (we usually don't split the countries opinions :-)

The quote: (well, can be thought about Bush and his re-election...)
Perhaps the biggest disappointments were the ones you expected anyway.

Kit's Website

2004-11-10T22:49:00.000-05:00

Today I decided I will write about things most people are interested in. So I will point out some cool links....

First of all, Kit, my good friend, has two webistes. His first, http://kit.kitkorp.com/ is his blog (which he updates daily). The second one is http://www.scuzzstuff.tk/, which is a websited dedicated to games and flash animations.

Another cool one is my own set of links in Del.icio.us (my feed is on the side and here) Those are pretty much my bookmarks that I want people to see (I have lots of junk in my computer, like modding companies and who sells PS2s.) You can also create your own and spread your links for free!!

Again, I am not in the mood to write, so I will be quick: I decided to give up on my "old model" PS2 search. I will buy a new model this weekend, along with a memory card and controller. (Metal Gear is coming soon, I need to get it!)

Today I am ripping CDs (my new project: convert EVERY CD in my house to MP3 and get them all into my nice little NSLU2 ITunes server :-), so no music.

Fortune!!! Actually, a quote:
It's easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

Filler!

2004-11-09T22:36:00.000-05:00

A combination of things are happening: 1. I have a test tommorow, 2. I am tired and 3. I don't really have any actual content.

So I will be quick: I am encoding all of my CDs into MP3s, and Firefox 1.0 came out today. Make sure to upgrade!!

No music, quick quote:
Nothing is faster than the speed of light ...

To prove this to yourself, try opening the refrigerator door before the
light comes on.

Links!!

2004-11-08T22:11:00.000-05:00

Well, I am still searching for a PS2... I am seriously considering buying a used one from GameStop or EBGames, or maybe even ebay. (The reason for this is that GTA: San Adreas came out and Metal Gear: Snake Eater and Grand Turismo 4 are comming out soon. (actually, GT 4 came out already:-) )

Other games in my list are Tony Hawk Underground 2 and Need for Speed Undeground 2, maybe even Final Fantasy and Resident Evil: Outbreak, as well as some basic online games, such as..... well, they are not important right now :-)

Other than that, today I have no music because I was watching the Metal Gear Trailers!!!!!

The quote..... ah, here is a cool one:
Matter will be damaged in direct proportion to its value.

Finished working on my NSLU2

2004-11-07T23:26:00.000-05:00

Today I finally finished working on my NSLU2 (I was the 20th beta tester for the Unslug 2.x series, so now we get binaries!!! :-), so now I have a fully functional Linux server that has a nice 80GB hard drive, its noiseless and won't crash due to overheat!!!

I already got my mt-daapd (ITunes) server loaded with 733 songs (I am encoding every CD on the house + adding my downloaded 2.2 GB), a ssh server (remote access is fun!), and I am working on getting a FTP server and some more small things (bash, etc)

Ah, for those of you who care, I hang out at irc.nac.net #mtgjudge (yep, I am a Magic: The Gathering DCI Level 1 Certified Judge!), kitscuzz.hopto.org (port 21) #whitman (check out the web interface at Scuzz Chat!), and at irc.freenode.net #nslu2-linux (go nslu2 development team!!! :-)

Since I have school tommorow, I just finished my homework, so no music :-(

As usual, my random quote generator (fortune!) found this nice quote:
You know you are getting old when you think you should drive the speed limit.
-- E.A. Gilliam

Consider this yesterday's post

2004-11-07T00:29:00.000-05:00

Well, I got to work on my NSLU2 unslug 2.x firware build (16 people are testing/developing it! I will be #17!!!!!!), and soon I lost track of time and it was after midnight. :-P

Today something decently interesting happened. I went to a DC United soccer game agaist the New England Revolution (they tied), and I must say that even 2nd division (the bad teams) from Brazil are better than the best here (Sorry, thats the truth, or maybe I am just biased....). They are not bad, they are just not as good....

Other than that, I got my second stripe in Tae Kwon Do today (Yes, I do TKD. I am currently a purple belt :-). That means I am exactly half way through Black Belt!!

No music (too late to listen to anything), but I do have a quote (as usual):
"We Americans, we're a simple people... but piss us off, and we'll bomb
your cities."
-- Robin Williams, _Good Morning Vietnam_

Yes, I am alive

2004-11-05T22:42:00.000-05:00

No content for today (I am tired). I almost didn't post because blogger was giving me an error, but it ended up working.

Well, I am alive, I am just not in the mood to post. Wait, there is something cool I found out today:

In an NTFS Filesystem (used by Windoes 2k and XP), you can't rename any file "nul" or "col" (no quotation marks). Try it. It will just go back to the old name :-P.
Also, if you try to rename any file, if you put a "." in front of it, you will get an error message (try it!). I tried them both at school (XP SP1) and at home (XP SP2), and they are both true! People on the net reported them as true on win 2k (not sure which service pack). Comment if you get any resoults!

No music today, and here is your quote:
neutron bomb, n.:
An explosive device of limited military value because, as
it only destroys people without destroying property, it
must be used in conjunction with bombs that destroy property.

Boring day.....

2004-11-04T22:16:00.000-05:00

Well, once again, nothing exiting or interesting happened today.
The only thing that makes today decently interesting is that Bush won, and about 75% of the world is mad about it (if not more). (I *hope* we all knew that).

Anyway, today I actually did something different. The stupid county forced me to got to the doctor because "they didn't have any medical records." Turns out that I spend about 45 min in the waiting room and 5 min with the doctor (he just signed a piece of paper, took my blood pressure, and left :-P)

Another cool thing (not interesting or exiting! :-) is that my friend kit decided to protest against Bush and the 52% of the stupid people who voted on him. He closed his website and put a nice message about Bush and some other controversial stuff. (check it here.)

Music.... tommorow I have a test, so no music today :-(

Lets see what my random quote generator comes up with today:
We are the people our parents warned us about.

A random link today.....

2004-11-03T22:04:00.000-05:00

Well, today I decided to acutally post a link!!! So, today we will see:
Asterisk! Asterisk is a really cool Linux :D program that lets you use your network VoIP system to call the outside world!! My dad just set up a system so that people from other countries (inside theit VPN) can call anywhere in the DC Metro using this system without paying the international rate. Pretty cool, eh?

I finally finished my 2.6 GB Bittorrent download!!!! Its over! Now, the next step is to buy a PS2 and mod it..... :-P

Other than that, I am still working on my picture hosting system (I think I might use Flickr), and thats pretty much all thats going on..... I might tell you about my school day tommorow..... (lets see: how many people actually read it all without sleeping? Comment and you get a free random link!!!)

Today I am listening to a cool remix: Kung Fu Fighting (Dance Remix) by Fatboy Slim (nice beat!)

Now for the QUOTE!!!!!! (Some might argue that this is true.... whatever)
All my friends and I are crazy. That's the only thing that keeps us sane.

I hate titles

2004-11-02T21:45:00.000-05:00

As usual, no actual content here. But my bittorrent is hours away from being done! :-) (Actually, my title might be considered actual content.... wait, no, it isn't :-( )

Today I am trying some new tools with my blog. I am working on getting better picture hosting, and in getting a link to my Atom feed, and getting the subscribe to my blog! working (try it, might be workign now!).

Other than that, my day was, as usual, uniteressting. I went to 2 or 3 stores looking for the old model PS2 (not much success), and read about 90 pages of Of Mice and Men (a 110 page book :-P). Artur also went to a Magic tournament at Dream Wizards, and lost as usual.

Today I am listening to Born Too Slow, by The Crystal Method (I been playing too much Need for Speed Underground lately.... I finished the game yesterday!!!)

Lets see... ah, here is a good quote by Linus Torvalds, the great creator of Linux:
In short, at least give the penguin a fair viewing. If you still don't like it, that's ok: that's why I'm boss. I simply know better than you do.
-- Linus "what, me arrogant?" Torvalds, on c.o.l.advocacy

Bricked my NSLU2..

2004-11-01T22:22:00.000-05:00

Day 4. About 65% done of my torrent. I am trying to switch trackers as I write (thats 2 taken down), and I have hopes to be done by day 7. :-)

Anyway, I managed to brick my NSLU2 today. But thanks for the people at the NSLU2 Linux project, I unbricked it in about 20 min :-) But the stupid NSLU2 is still not seeing my HD.... :-P

Also on the news, me and my brother finished sorting through our Halloween candy (will post pictures soon). We have no official count yet, but it looks like it is on the hundreds!

BTW, if you can vote, or influence someone, don't vote Bush. ANYONE but Bush. Please :-)

Today I am listening to Faroeste Caboclo, by the masters of music Legião Urbana.

The QOTD is by the great philosopher Aristotle:
What soon grows old? Gratitude. -- Aristotle

Still bittorrenting.....

2004-10-31T22:59:00.000-05:00

Am I still bittorenting...... only 60 hours left!!!!! (1.6 GB downloaded, about 5~6 GB uploaded)

Anyway, me and my brothers got about 5-7 lb (lets say about 3-4 kg) of free candy (the best part is that it's free) in 2 hours.... thats pretty good. (I should auction it on ebay!!!)

Well, today we had a bunch of people over. My brother called 4 friends to trick or treat, Adam, Lucas and Danjam (he live 4 houses up, and they all happen to be at Danjam's house) came over, and my mom invited another 2 people. We all ended up playing some poker and monopoly for a few hours, nothing interesting.

BTW, my uncle went back to Canada and my dad went to Brazil today.

As usual, I am not listening to anything :-(. However, I have a quote!!!
A witty saying proves nothing, but saying something pointless gets people's attention.

Uncle in town

2004-10-30T22:25:00.000-04:00

My uncle from Canada has been here since Wednesday. He came here for a medical conference, and decided to stay a few days with us. :-)

Other than that, today I went to my aunt's/cousin's Halloween party. It was for kids, so I just stood around and did nothing for about an hour or so.

I also been looking for the old PS2 model. Amazingly, Sony managed to get the old model out of the stores, so I can't find it anywhere. The prices online gone up, mostly because people who want to mod it (like me) prefer the old model. (Why didn't I buy it 2 weeks ago???? :-((( )

For those of you who care (lets see.... no one?), I didn't post yesterday for two reasons: 1. I am (still) downloading my 2.6 GB file of bittorrent at 4 kb/sec and 2. I watched The Exorcist until 12:30.

Today I am listening to Fortune Faded, by Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Well, I am finally posting a link today. Lets see..... why not La historia del mamut?
Its the latest internet hit in Brazil.... however, its all in spanish :-(
(Its about a Mamut doing a bunch of crazy stuff)

BTW, tomorrow is Halloween, so I am getting my crappy skull mask and getting some free candy. Free is *always* better :-)

The random quote of the day is:
"How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars." -- Steve Martin

Quick post today

2004-10-28T22:13:00.000-04:00

Well, today I am downloading some stuff on Bittorrent, so my internet connection is as slow as it can be possibly be :-(
Well, today I added my del.icio.us sidebar (for those of you who don't know, del.icio.us is a website where I keep all of my bookmarks. I think I have 80 links already... check it out!). It displays the last 10 entries on my del.icio.us system. (I usuallly have a new link everyday). I will try to add some more stuff in the next few days, so check it out!

I didn't listen to anything today, so no music info :-/

The quote(s) of the day is:
"Anything created must necessarily be inferior to the essence of the creator."
-- Claude Shouse
"Einstein's mother must have been one heck of a physicist."
-- Joseph C. Wang

My parent's aniversary...

2004-10-27T22:37:00.000-04:00

Well, today something interesting actually happened. Today was my parent's 20th wedding aniversary, so we went to dinner into a Brazilian Restorant (Green Fields) in Rockville. The food wasn't as good as I expected, but it wasn't bad at all.

Other than that, I am really considering buying a PS2 this weekend (while the old model still exists), so I can put a nice Matrix Infinity Modchip, a PS2 High Definion kit, fiber optical cable (5.1 sound), a HDD, wifi, wireless controlers and memory cards. The games... well, lets just say I "borrow" them. :-)

Well, today I am not listening to anything, but I have a cool quote:
Politics -- the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich by promising to protect each from the other. -- Oscar Ameringer

Some stuff and a cool quote

2004-10-26T21:03:00.000-04:00

Nothing new happened today, exept that maybe I only got 5 hours of sleep. I had a project that was due today, so I woke up at 5:30 to finish it. But no big deal - I am sure most of you do it all the time :-)

Other than that, my latest project is to configure my brand new NAS - a Linksys NSLU2 with a 80GB hard drive.

Just as a filler (which might come in everyday with my quote!) - I am curently listening to House Music, by Eddie Amador.

Well, for my useless quote, (the name of the blog is Cavalkaf - My random quotes and links, right?), why not have a quote about principals:
"It is important to people to know what you stand for. But it is more important to people to know what you don't stand for."

(People told me have a cool way to end my posts, so here we go - my random quotes and links!)

Another boring day in my life...

2004-10-25T20:58:00.000-04:00

So, as most of us expected, nothing happened today. No bombs, no one trying to kill me, nothing. (Well, that is in part a good thing :-) )

Kit, my friend (check his blog out here) made me a challenge (actually, he just said that. He never actually chalenged me). I need to be able to have interesting posts everyday for the next month or so in order to him to read it. Well, Kit, I will not fail!!!

Other than that, I changed the look and theme of the blog, as well as posting a picture of me in Montreal (hey, I am trying to make this decently interesting). I will try to post some more interesting stuff through the next days, so keep reading (or feel my wrath!)

My picture

2004-10-25T18:55:00.000-04:00

I was bored, so I posted a picture.

XBox barely sells in Japan

2004-10-25T17:31:00.000-04:00

Check out http://www.joystiq.com/entry/7816036482524569/
The M$ Xbox sold a miserable 173 units last week on Japan.

BTW, this is my new blog, where I will post all of my random quotes, links, and facts, and even some actual blog entries when I feel like it (once a year?)

If you read this, comment!!!!!