Things that go bump in the night

2011 so far

2011-04-01T17:32:37Z

So another year has rolled around and I’ve been busy as hell. Between running Noir dating the wrong people, trying to keep the business together, longboarding, and taking up painting again, I’ve been running flat out since September.

I suppose all and all, it’s been a good last few months, but honestly the tail end of 2010 really sucked. I lost one of the great loves of my life, lost some friends, had a very bad holiday season, had a number of problems with work and cash flow, and was sicker than a dog for a couple of months.

However, 2011 started making up for it all. It’s been great since the year started. Work has been more interesting, Noir is going great, I’ve been more creative than I have been in years, and have been in great health.

So, there isn’t a lot to write about at the moment, other than to say that the new night is fantastic, and if you live in Van, you have to make it out, and that there are a bunch of new pics in the gallery that might be worth checking out. I’ve taken up techniques in photorealism lately, and have concentrated mostly on racy or erotic images. As far as DJing goes, I still haven’t managed to remember to record my sets, but I’m making a promise to get some of the Noir sets up, starting this month.

Recent Paintings
Bikini – 2011
24″x36″ Acrylic on Canvas

Lolipop – 2011
24″x36″ Acrylic on Canvas

Cherries – 2011
24″x36″ Acrylic on Canvas

Recent Flyers

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Picking up the hobbies and the passions

2010-09-17T04:48:00Z

It’s been a while since my last post. I guess I’ve been busy. Work was getting pretty slow near the end of the summer, but it’s been crazy for the last few weeks. In my spare time, I’ve taken up longboarding on top of the heli, painting, and getting a new kink night off the ground.

Longboarding is the most fun I’ve had legally in a long time. I skated a bit in my late teens and early 20′s but somehow it just didn’t keep my interest. Longboarding however seems to be different. It seems to appeal to a lot of folk in their 30s and 40s that were skaters in their teens and 20s. It more relaxed, better speed and there’s a lot less poser snottiness, and just more folk that like cruising and exploring. It’s true that a lot of my friends have told me that I’m insane for getting back on a board, but honestly they should try it. It’s hard work to get back into it, but it is amazing how much fun you can have, and how great it feels when you see how quickly your skills improve.

Then again… On my first day out, I did manage to injure myself pretty badly. I wiped out practicing breaking on a hill, and came down hard on my left elbow, dislocating it, and my arse, tearing up the upper part of my right glute. As a consequence of this bit of stupidity, I spent the last few weeks of the summer pretty much out of commission. So, although I had time to do stuff, I was unable to stand or do much with my hands.A nasty turn of events, but not unexpected. After all, I’m 39 and haven’t been on a skateboard in 20 years. It was bound to happen sooner or later, and I’m glad I got it out of the way early on. Since then, as soon as I was well enough to stand again, I started going out every chance I get. I’m having a blast, and I’m pretty much covered in protective gear. Yeah, I probably look like someone that came to earth on the starship quotnerdquot but the wrist and elbow pads have saved my ass since, and a helmet is just plain good sense. I don’t care how hardcore you are, falling down can happen so easily and unexpectedly and concrete is not nice on the ole’ noggin.

I’ve also been back into flying my heli. Strange that I didn’t get around to it most of the summer, but between painting, working on some tunes, getting injured and sucked into a couple of video games, I really didn’t have the time. Now thatmy bud is into it again too, and I have someone to go out with, I’m getting back into it.I’ve been flying a few times, and have ordered a new 500 class kit (about twice the size I have now) and am waiting for it as I type this. I’ve been checking out FPV systems, and over the next year I think I’m gonna have to try to build one into the helicopter. I think it would be pretty radto have a full UAV of my very own.

I’m also back into working on some music, but that’s taken a back seat to getting stuff ready for Noir, the new club night. We’re looking forward to it, and it’s likely to seriously kick ass. We’ve needed an alternative to the costume party scene that’s come to dominate adult themed parties in this city, I mean… Pirate night? Seriously? It’s definitely a fun idea for a costume ball, but for an adult entertainment friendly event, it seems just a tad disney to me. Might as well have muppet kink. Frankly I also need to get out and spin some vinyl again before I forget how. So this is gonna rock.

Anyhow, I gotta go eat some food, I skated something like 20km, and I’m starving.

Pictures and stuff soon.

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logik @ 2009-06-01T11:36:00

2009-06-01T18:36:34Z

Wow, what a great weekend. The weather was stellar, the company amazing and the food fantastic. I think I had more fun this weekend than I've had in years. It was also just enough of a break from the workout regime that this morning I don't ache all over anymore. So back to the hell run and training this afternoon!

Chris is doing his MMA course tonight while I'm in with the trainer, so we'll prolly hook up afterward for an hour to mess around, provided either of us can move. If we can't... well, there's always tomorrow. I'd say that I'm in to it, but last monday after 4 hours of hard training, I was barely able to stand under my own power. It was fun tho.

Oh, I also got a new kilt on the weekend. Yay. I love this thing. Soft leather kilt with matching sporin. Looks so awesome. It was my birthday present to myself.

Well, no time to really get into all the events of the weekend, so I may post later after training.

Gotta run back to work now.

Birthday reflections

2009-05-26T21:02:18Z

Well, I made it another year.   Mind you, the Birthday Weekend® damn near did me in. lol.

I gotta say that this year on the whole has been amazing. I'm now in the best shape I've been in years and getting better. Still big *laugh* but differently so.   If you can't be thin, you may as well be the biggest muscle bound oaf you can be. *giggle* .   Naw, I just like being strong and fast again.

Business has been pretty damn good too.   Yeah, we felt the pinch of the recession pretty bad as our customers struggled to make their payments and keep themselves afloat, and there were more than a handful of missed opportunites, but we weathered the strom much better than most, and there are a lot of exciting new projects happening, and some new ideas for the next year that are actually really interesting to me. I'm pretty excited.

It's been fun getting back into sparing and some MMA stuff. Chris took it up a few months ago, and it's meant that here and there between his gym time and mine, we got someone to fuck around with.   Fuck, he's getting pretty good too.    Even when we don't do that, it's been pretty cool to have someone else close by that's into physical stuff instead of just going for another damn beer all the time. Don't get me wrong.   Love going for a beer on occasion, but I'm a big boy, and I get restless. It's great to have people that like climbing, boxing, running or what have you in a social context.   's also nice when you can take the beer to a basketball court (as long as you don't get caught - lol). Also, good chance I'll be doing some iron man training with Don this year. I'm not competing this year, no fuckin way, but he competes each year, and was interested in having a training buddy. We run the same courses, do the gym at the same time, and both have a thing for goth girls so... *laugh* 's nice to have someone so experienced to help train endurance.   Who knows. I may enter next year - not to win, just to see if I can complete it.

Oh, so looking to running today. Been stupid busy the last 3 weeks, and have only been able to make it out once a week. Missing it.

Ya know, that's probably what was really missing from my life was extreme endurance training.   Having those endorphins around all the time changed everything back to what it was like when I was 20. So awesome.

Haven't been DJing a lot, which I sorta miss, but the events that I have been doing have been a lot bigger and more fun. I have however been making a lot of my own music and bed tracks and been kind of running a DJ boot camp for some electro lovers, so it's been more fun than work. Every couple weeks we all get together with gear, pizza and some brews and spend a night makin racket without having to impress anyone or worry about playing a crowd.

Reminds me... Gotta talk to Benny about the Whistler thing soon.... damn... always need more time in the week.

Been dating a lot again over the last year after a bit of a hiatus. I just wasn't in the right headspace for a quite a while there.    I had to spend some time learning to like myself again and spoiling me, instead of someone else. Also I think I had to learn to give up on "relationship' crap. I mean, I've tried... we've all seen the results.

Mostly just casual dating and meeting some pretty awesome people. Recently however, much to my bewilderment, there kinda is someone rather special. I've been quietly seeing someone recently that became pretty much my best friend over the last few months. I gotta admit that I'm a little bit smitten.   *laugh* I really didn't think I had it in me anymore.

Well... don't worry, after a good lay down and a few asprin, I'm sure the feeling will pass. It's a reallly nice change though to date someone that you'd be ok waking up beside in a jail cell. *lol* Dunno if it's gonna go anywhere, but don't really worry about it.   It's just fun to have a partner in crime.

So that's pretty much the year. Healthy, excited about work, met some amazing new people, getting to get outside and play a lot more, a lot less stress, and getting to try a lot of new things.   It's been an awesome year.

That's enough of that.   I have to get some stuff ready for the gym, and time permitting, make it down to Mikado to pick up some gloves for later this week.    Been a week since I was in the weight room, and I need that endorphin pick me up.

logik @ 2009-05-11T11:25:00

2009-05-11T18:26:00Z

Well, it's been a while since I updated this thing.   Guess I've been too busy to really keep on top of it, which is a good thing I suppose.   The day job's been keeping me hopping.   A lot of interesting stuff going on right now, and with the rollercoaster ride that was the US economy, it's meant having to re-think a lot of what we'd been doing.   Also, starting to work with a lot more mobile devices has been intriguing to say the least.

On the personal front, well... Seem to be dating a lot more than usual lately. Also got a pretty big crush on someone, but nothing serious happening.   I don't see wedding bells any time in my near future, I'll put it that way. *lol*

The mom's gone crazy and decided that she's moving to Mexico to sell stuff on the beach. I give that about six months before it implodes under the weight of it's own craziness.   However, it's your mom, so you all you can do is shrug your shoulders and wait for the inevitable fallout. Mind you, who knows, it might work out. I have a hard time seeing it, but it might.

Myself, I must admit to a bit of ennui.   I think I need a vacation away from the city.   What with money being as tight as it has been, it's been impossible.   I suppose I'm a bit frustrated by that.   Every year I seem to be a little further behind that the year before, and every time I manage to scrape a little cash together on the side, something comes along and eats it.   The latest money eating monster was the cat's vet bills, and CRA.    Between the two of em, I went from having some tuition or travel money saved, to needing to borrow money to make bills.   *sigh*

I'm starting to seriously think about moving. I love Van, but the truth is that the cost of living here is getting wildly out of hand. I've done a lot over the last two months to restructure my bills and cut costs, but I haven't felt the benefit yet. I don't wanna pull the same 'run away' routine that my mom pulls every couple years, but I am having a hard time making ends meet here, on what on paper is a really good income.

Well, it's not a disaster yet. We've got some very promising work this spring, and quite likely a bit of investment cash coming in, so it means not having to run things outta our own pockets which is the killer. We'll see though.   I'm probably moving our services off to a computing cloud, which means that my physical location on this planet will be irrelevant for work, and it might be nice to consider working from the road or overseas for a bit.   I really think I need to travel a little, and I really wanna go back to school.   With more income, lower expenses and portability, that might be possible in the future. Right now though, it's a bit of a fight to stay afloat.

Well, gotta get back to the daily grind.

logik @ 2009-05-05T12:48:00

2009-05-05T19:49:01Z

The phone wars continue.

It seems that without notice, Fido decided to cancel my data, email and web access on my phone. You see, they took it out of the monthly and pay as you go plans with no notice. In fact, even if you had a data plan, you now have to subscribe to email to SMS gateway at an additonal cost, but only if you have a data plan.

10 fucking years I've been their customer, and my loyalty is rewarded by taking away the services I rely on. First changing the charges to nothing less than a king's ransom, and then taking them away entirely.

So I ask about a data plan... No go. They have decided that I don't qualify. I thought it was due to the insolvency some years back, but that's been discharged. Nope. It is a bad debt to rogers (their parent company) for a rogers@home debt that I paid off more than a decade ago, on top of which, if I still owed the money (for which I have a receipt for payment), it would be both well outside the legal statute of limitations on consumer debt and would have been wipped by the court discharge three years ago.

To say I was angry wouldn't even begin to cover it.

Bell won't gimme a data plan until I've had a phone with them for a year, so that left me with.... *shudder*   Telus.

I'll give Telus this... they don't make it hard for you to give them money. No issue with setting me up with a data plan and contract. I just gotta come up with the $350 for a new handset and deposit.    Not sure where I'm gonna get the money what with having just paid rent and all... but without a phone that can get server notices, I'm fucked, so it's gotta come from somewhere. lol.

Oh, that's really what steamed me.   I found out about this, because at 5 fucking am, one of the servers went down, and the monitor system tried to notify me multiple times.   I never got the fucking page because my data plan and email to sms service had been taken away with no notice. Needless to say, I ended up getting the call from a customer that was pissed right off.   Fido probably cost me a customer.

Ya know... the lot of them in this country are beyond evil. We so badly need competition here.

FUCKING TELUS!!!!!!!

2009-04-22T19:32:22Z

I had a $50 credit on my account, and I just opened my recent bill.

They billed me over $500 last month for.... well... I don't know.

The charge details added up come out to a little less than $138 for my net, phone, etc. Not one of the details matches the summary page. Not a single one. Not a factor, not a multiple, in fact there appears to be absolutely no co-relation between any charge and any item on my bill. It is gibberish.

Furthermore I've been charged 49.95 a month for a $24 service for the last 2 years that I'm still fighting to get taken off my bill, and they've tried to bill me on top of all of this for a router that I own, an extra TV box that I don't have, and a service charge for fixing lines that they cut.

This is so odius and objectionable that I'm going to file a formal complaint with the better business bureau.

They expect me to pay over $500 bux a month for basic telephone service (no additional features) and a $24 a month internet package?

Yeah, right.

Something has obviously gone very very very wrong with this account, and it it isn't fixed today, I'm fucking switching my service to someone else.

Fucking theives.

logik @ 2009-04-21T12:52:00

2009-04-21T19:53:00Z

That was a lotta fun. Wow. I haven't been up all night drinking tea and talking to someone like that in forever. I'm pretty surprised actually. Given the age difference, frankly I'm shocked. I usually run out of stuff to talk to young ladies about pretty quickly. There are few that can talk knowledgeably about chemistry or science for very long, and of those, very few who share the same deeply warped sense of humor that I do. So it was a LOT of fun to find a kindred spirit, but a real surprise to find it in someone so much younger than me.

I guess there are a lot more awesome people out there than I'd suspected. heh.

Tired today though. No... get your minds outta the gutter. Nothing like that. Just ended up talking up a storm until 5 am. So I slept in and had to drag myself to do a backstroke in the coffee pot in order to be able to think again.

Working on a facebook plugin for our ticketing stuff today... with a fuzzy brain, it's kinda hard. LOL.

logik @ 2009-04-20T15:00:00

2009-04-20T22:01:06Z

Busy weekend!

Well, I haven't really been making it out anywhere for a few months. Pretty much if I'm not DJing, I rarely get out to a club or a party. Well, I promised myself I was going to start making time to at least go once in a while to keep up with friends and actually be able to kick back and relax instead of having to work every time I was out.

So I made it out a couple of times this weekend on top of flying the RC Heli, running errands, shopping, laundry, writing some new code, catching up on movies, and all sorts of other stuff. So it was run, run, run... The rest of the week looks pretty busy too. I have a couple dinner dates, a few meetings, the gym, getting ready for a gig next week, and more.

Guess it's that time of year. Hibernation is over, and there's a lot going on.

I'm pretty excited about a couple upcomming events. It turns out that some of my remixes and electro tracks have found an audience with an unexpected crowd. It means that I've been getting a lot of invites for gigs in the last few weeks, and my calendar is rapidly getting filled.

I'm pretty happy about that, because aside from just loving to do events, I could sorely use the cash. *lol* 's been an expensive few months, what with tax season, kitty dentist, being sick with strep, broken gear, and the rent hike. It seems that everyone in town is having to watch their pennies these days, so all told I'm pretty damn lucky, but still... it would be nice to have some cash to stick aside for travel or courses.

I'm also pretty jazzed about Ben wanting me to come up and play the electro nights in Whistler. It's a big crowd, and pays damn well. Besides, being able to spend weekends in Whistler over the summer might be just the thing this ole bastard needs to shake things up a little. Nothing like being the entertainment at a resort to knock the ole cobwebs outta the attic and make ya fall back in love with life.

I haven't played much since last summer, and as much as I like fuckin around in the studio, I miss the chaos of doing events. The VIP lounge went kinda pear shaped on me last summer, and I really haven't had the time to pursue other regular events since then. Now that the summer is almost on us, it's starting to look like it's gonna be a hell of a party season.

Flirting with a club in town for another night. It's be bubble gum pop. It sounds like it would just be plain fun. Nothing big or flashy, just silly bouncy fun and a chance to work with some new peeps. 's not really my primary focus, but honestly... I think that pushing myself outta the comfort zone once in a while is the only way we keep from going looney. If you get stuck in a rut too long... well... you start to get old and crusty. I think some bubble gum pop might be fun to work with. Besides, all my mixing and recording seems to sound the same to me right now. I need to stretch myself a bit.

Well, gotta go. Kitty needs his medicine.

logik @ 2009-04-19T23:16:00

2009-04-20T06:16:57Z

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2009-04-14T21:57:20Z

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logik @ 2009-04-13T14:54:00

2009-04-13T21:54:24Z

Wow IE8 is some nasty piece of bloatware.

nasty.

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2009-04-13T00:01:01Z

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logik @ 2009-04-02T12:53:00

2009-04-02T19:53:27Z

Wow. feeling like crap today. nothing too awful, but hay fever along with this mild tummy bug are killin my energy levels. I just don't seem to be able to concentrate and wanna go sleep for another 12 hours.   That wouldn't help much tho. It's mostly hay fever from the cherry blossoms starting to come out, and they'll still be there no matter how long I sleep.   Just gotta tough it out. I think I might need to go stock up on some allergy pills though.   I kinda don't wanna take 'em right now with a techy tummy, but they'll be a survival necessity within the next couple of days.

The weather forecast for the next couple of weeks is athsma and snot.

The gym has nice filtered air.   Maybe I'll go hide there after work.   Tummy isn't bad enough to prevent me from working out. Mostly it's just annoying.   It's this damn pollen that is killin me.

My kingdom for a flame thrower...

logik @ 2009-04-02T07:57:00

2009-04-02T14:57:24Z

Woke up feeling unaccountably glum today. No idea why. Maybe allergy meds or something. Whatever it is, I felt like crying when I woke up, and been having a hard time shaking the feeling this morning. Bizzare.

Well, I'm in the middle of a healthy breakfast and with an excellent cup of mud, and the sun is shining through my window, so the feeling won't last. Just odd to wake up so maudlin.

Maybe I had a really sad dream that I can't remember. Hmmmm...

logik @ 2009-03-30T17:58:00

2009-03-31T00:58:43Z

Ouch.

We did the kitty dentist today. Poor guy wiped out sometime last week and lost one of his fangs.   I had to take him into the vet to get examined.   Apparently he wiped out two other back teeth and fractured one of his lower teeth too.   Vet figures that he must have fallen on his face or something.   Cats are supposed to land on their feet, not their mouths. Poor guy. It look like the breaks were there for quite a while.   Poor fella musta had cracked teeth for ages, but there's really no way to tell without an exam.   Guess last week's wipeout was just enough to finish the job. No wonder he was in a mood lately.

Well, 5 bills later he's on anti-biotics and got some pain meds and is booked to go back for the dental work, which will be another 8 bills.    My pockebook hurts now too.

*lol* It was cheaper when I busted my teeth.

Still, gotta be done.   I'm not having him live in pain. He's my pal. I just gotta watch the buget this month pretty close and see if I can't arrange to split the vet bill over a couple months.

It's nice to see him all perked up and relaxed again. Poor guy. That musta been killing him.

I wonder what the hell he did.   He's often up to something dumb, or trying to swing off something high at 5 am, so there's no telling what exactly he did. Musta been big dumb though.

Other than that, he checked out textbook perfect health.   The vet was shocked to find out how old he was. She said he didn't look a day over 2 , and was just about the healthiest and heaviest muscled cat she'd seen in years. The only thing that betrayed his age was the teeth, which obviously were now showing a bit of wear and tear.   Nice to know that he's otherwise in such excellent health.    Guess the rough housing and spoiling him rotten with real meat hasn't been a waste.

He's not too impressed with me right now.   Gonna be a day or two before he forgives me for the cage and the trip to the vet, but at least he's obviously feeling better.

logik @ 2009-03-30T14:14:00

2009-03-30T21:14:57Z

logik @ 2009-03-19T17:54:00

2009-03-20T00:54:21Z

Dunno... Woke up today feeling bleah. Weather isn't helping.

Just not feelin the love today. Just not there.

I need a vacation I think. Somewhere far away.

Still trying to save money for the Sahara, but right now it's damn close to impossible, what with the sudden jump in expenses and the loss of clients to the 'Economic Downturn'. So, until providence provides... I may need to look at something a bit closer, and more affordable. I really just need to go somewhere different, and where my users can't find me.

Maybe I should try to run away to Banff for a week or something. Might be nice.

Ok, this is just cool

2009-03-17T22:15:16Z

Spider bite cures 20 year paraplegic:

http://www.mantecabulletin.com/news/article/2117/

I wonder if he's gonna get superpowers too?

logik @ 2009-03-17T13:31:00

2009-03-17T20:31:46Z

I do not know what the hell was up with me yesterday.    The gym kicked my ass. I was barely able to do 1/4 of my normal cardio set without almost puking, and all the weights felt like someone had swapped them for ones twice as heavy.     After an hour I was utterly spent and sick to my tummy.

Today I feel like I broke my body.

I can only guess that maybe I had low blood sugar or something.   I guess an off day every now and then is to be expected, but wow.   I sucked yesterday.   I don't think I'm going anywhere near the gym today.   Maybe some light jumping or climbing later if the weather is still nice, but no weights or heavy cardio.    Ye gods I'm sore.

Other than that... new Prodigy album kicks ass.

Checked out the Ice Cream Social at Shine with Reive last night. Wierd night. Fun, but definitely a bit wierd.   Not sure it's really my thing.   I may try again next week. Maybe I was just to sore and burnt from the gym to really get into it or something.

Bunch o' friends doing the St Pattys day thingy later. I think I might skip it, for reasons previously cited. Mostly I'm not Catholic, and I don't much feel like drinking. lol.

Might step out for dinner tho.

Normally I hate these things, but this one made me howl.

2009-03-17T20:17:42Z

logik @ 2009-03-16T17:19:00

2009-03-17T00:19:22Z

I had to double check the date, because I thought that this had to be a joke.

This is EXACTLY what is wrong with marketing people:

http://www.tvweek.com/news/2009/03/sci_fi_channel_aims_to_shed_ge.php

A more perfect example, I cannot even begin to imagine.    Marketing experts decide to change sci-fi channel name to syfy because apparently it will appeal to a wider audience.

WHAT THE FUCK?

How fucking divorced from reality (or science fiction in this case) do you have to be to think that this is a good idea.   If the channel plays science fiction, and is science fiction based the current name makes sense. Changing the name to a retarded misspelling to entice more female watchers? What? Are females supposed to be incabable of spelling?   By changing the name, they think that the programs will magically change?   This is just offensive to reason.

At some point marketing like this has to be stopped.   Slowly fucking everything up and turning it into a dull pablum of illiterate shite is not making the world a better place, or even honestly representing products to consumers.

If the sci-fi channel actually goes through with this bit of utter nonsense, they will loose their existing core demographic which tends to be comprised of exactly who this move seems to be intended to alienate:   the educated and medium to high income geeks. I for one will just stop watching the channel altogether, because the marketing crap will sour me on the whole thing.

Want a wide ranging knuckle dragging demographic? Why not just fucking become a porn chanel and be done with it.

Everyone involved with proposing this should be lobottomized- oh wait. evidently they already were.

...fucking with spelling as a way to get a dumber demographic....   jesus h fucking christ.   I hate marketing so much.

logik @ 2009-03-16T10:38:00

2009-03-16T17:38:13Z

Goddamn monday mornings suck lately.

Couldn't get to sleep until 5:30 am - tossing and turning.    6 am I get a call for emergency. Same as last fucking monday, and the monday before, and the monday before... DDOS attack on apache.   Of course, it's still running, and the CPU usage is trivial, and all other services are running, and it returns requests eventually... So the crap monitoring service didn't detect anything wrong.... So on a 1/2 hour of sleep, I'm trying to trace down the fucking origin IPs and block all of them, their ISPs and their friends ISPs... all the while customers are phoning me and yelling...   God I hate mondays.

I have no idea why we've become a weekly target.   The pattern suggests that someone is trying to fuck with one of our customers, but to what end I have no fucking idea. All I know for sure is that once or twice a week some fucker floods port 80 with junk from a few dozen new IPs, which I have to track down and block, and then spend the rest of my day doing due dilligence and filing complaints with unresponsive ISPs overseas who frankly just don't give a fuck.

Now if I was just able to block all traffic from certain countries... Sadly, we have customers who work with reps in those countries, and thanks to DHCP and the universal presence of poorly secured windo$e computers...

There really is fuck all I can do but take the punch inna nuts first, block it and wait until it starts up again.

*sigh*

Explaining this stuff to a customer and how there is no magic bullet you can use to solve the problem is pointless. They just don't get it, and even if they did, they just don't care.

Not a lotta fun on an 1/2 hour of sleep lemme tell ya.

Man, I gotta find a way to get more sleep on Sunday nights.   Nothing seems to work though. Sleeping pills, warm milk, regulated bed times, health supplements.... Maybe eating a whole turkey every Sunday....

Blarg.   Maybe I can play hookey for an hour this afternoon and get a nap.

Japanese Robot Turns Psycho Stalker.

2009-03-10T21:23:31Z

http://gear.ign.com/articles/959/959790p1.html

Now this would be an interesting twist on the terminator franchise. heh.

Very Interesting HID device research

2009-03-10T20:50:43Z