Ramblings and tech help from the Deep South. Variety of things rambled include music, our country, local flora and fauna, the life of a sometimes bewildered tech, and whatever comes to mind at any given time. Southernese is spoken here by a United Methodist Parrothead Nerd. Feel free to click on comments to let us know what you think about a post or send an email - cybersouth@gmail.com.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Music Monday Rock Classic, Thanks Leo Fender

This one heckuva' live performance. Please note the mass of this packed arena. This is one of my all time favorite rock classics. Mr. Sambora on guitar and Bon Jovi doing vocals mix for a spectacular rendition of one of their earliest hits. Age hasn't hurt. Be sure to catch the harmonies and vocal switch offs. Huge smiles especially at the end. These guys are having a blast!

If you have a subwoofer, it may grow legs and walk across the room. Sambora tears up the guitar solo. Man does that Fender Stratocaster shake the depths of my soul. Thanks to person posting this, thanks to the group and a special thanks to God for letting me derive such joy from tremendous talent. Music is truly inspiring. It lifts me up, gives me hope and washes me with utter joy.



Rock on...Jimmy Dean.

"Music cleanses the understanding; inspires it, and lifts it into a realm which it would not reach if it were left to itself."
~Henry Ward Beecher

Sunday, December 13, 2009

The Bozo Dance

Steve Ballmer, Microsoft higher up muckity mucker, was mentioned in Friday's quote. I think this pro Apple video just about sums it up. C'mon Mr. Gates, this has to be embarrassing! Funny stuff!



I'd still by a Zune over an iPod. Hey, to each his own.

"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances"

~Shakespeare (I'll be so glad to see Ballmer's exit)

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Bing...Boing? Dat Voodoo I Might Do?

Is anyone using Microsoft's sorta' new search engine - Bing? Just haven't had a chance to take a gander at this much touted product out of Redmond. Being a Google-ite I immediately call on that which I feel is the best. No doubt not everyone agrees. Google has served me well down through the years. After all, like it or not, I am human. And it's a known fact humans resist change. If you have tried it, please comment with an opinion. Or comment on any search engine with the exception of that smelly Yahoo. You try to comment about Yahoo in any positive manner and I'll be by to kill a chicken over your computer and do a few chants. Anyway, tell me about search engine experiences please, please.


"Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations."

~Faith Baldwin

Friday, December 11, 2009

David and Goliath

Interesting problem arose today. A Word 2007 document had been transferred by unconventional means and a rescue image had been made. When trying to recover the .doc with the rescue point it was said to be corrupt. Several different ideas had been attempted by the originators (very computer literate people) and they emailed me this little goody. After opening in Wordpad and seeing both text and raw data, it was off on a Google hunt. After reading several boards and attempting ideas of my own I decided to download OpenOffice, a freeware, opensource office suite as the name suggests. Through some manipulation the document was finally recovered using OpenOffice. Buttoned it up, called on the lightning fast GMail service, attached it and returned the repaired .doc to them. Happy, happy, joy, joy.

Don't you find this even a little bit interesting? Here we have the mighty Microsoft Office 2007 full whamma-jamma version not opening its own safeguard against data loss. Then we take a "free" office suite and correct the problem in a matter of minutes. It has been a while since I used this great free suite of wordprocessor, spreadsheet, etc. You can bet your sweet bippy it's staying on this machine and going on my laptop too! What a blast it is to a geek using opensource to repair a Microsoft product. Just like breaking a Windows password; don't try to use a Windows based program. Google search and find the nifty Linux application developed for password hacking. It's free too!

OpenOffice has been added to the permanent Links list on this page. And a reminder, don't come whining to me if you screw up the download or installation. It's your choice and risk. It was a breeze for me.

"I won't lie. I use Windows and enjoy it. But Steve Ballmer is a total moron."
~Kaptain Kandy

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Coffee, Weapon of Choice

Why not Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, etc., at the beach house? Not enough time. I am busy retro-posting as you read this "jewel of wisdom." After a day spent in front of a machine I sometimes even opt out of playing Guild Wars and vegetate. There are many unfinished beach house projects.

One of them is my ZBoard problem. Sometime in 2008 I killed a ZBoard with a custom Guild Wars keyset. Weapon of choice? Coffee. My back-lit Merc Stealth has suffered an attempt with the noble caffeine drink. I think I can save it. Sticky keys suck. It'll take some time and patience. Replacing it at this time is out of the question. Why? Moola.

This list could get so very lengthy. Won't bore you. Later.

"But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day."
~Benjamin Disraeli

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Mouse vs Cheese



Desperately need to laugh. This cracks me up. Hate the mouse gets... well, watch to the end. It's not very long. Yes, seems that I have posted it in the past.



"Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it."
~Henry Ward Beecher

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Local Forum Needed. Anyone Interested?

Still searching for a decent forum concerning the Tupelo, MS area. How about this? Why doesn't someone start one? That thing over at the Daily Urinal....uh I mean Journal is a joke. Sorry, but the shoe boys took it over the day after I found it. It has nice topical structure, but the creeps put all that shoe garbage in there. Once again a huge thanks goes out to Ashy for the heads up. Whew!

If you are truly interested in starting such a site there are many free tools available. This area badly needs such a place for people to gather and discus various topics. Let me forewarn you, this is not something you set in motion and then walk away from it. It will take an administrator spending some time there to make it work properly. Best to put together a team. You have to moderate all areas to keep nefarious people at bay. Heck, who knows? It might be a lot of fun.

Later.

"I Forgot That Love Existed, ... If my heart could do the thinking/ And my head begin to feel/ Then I'd look upon the world anew/ And know what's truly real."
~Van Morrison

Monday, December 07, 2009

Correction - Important

The site mentioned for a forum that past Saturday is no longer recommended. Since my first look someone has taken over and selling what appears to be 'knock-off' shoes. Do not join this site. I'll find something else. Apparently the Daily Journal doesn't give a big fat rat's ass if this happening. If you've joined, ban this site and don't ever go back. I'll find something else. Thanks Ashy for a great heads up!!!!!!!!

December 7, 1941 and the Comments Section

"It was a most dramatic spectacle there in the chamber of the House of Representatives. On most of the President's personal appearances before Congress, we found applause coming largely from one side—the Democratic side. But this day was different. The applause, the spirit of cooperation, came equally from both sides. ... The new feeling of unity which suddenly welled up in the chamber on December 8, the common purpose behind the leadership of the President, the joint determination to see things through, were typical of what was taking place throughout the country."
~Judge S.I. Rosenman
"Now war has come and we must meet it as united Americans regardless of our attitude in the past toward the policy our Government has followed. ... Our country has been attacked by force of arms, and by force of arms we must retaliate. We must now turn every effort to building the greatest and most efficient Army, Navy and air force in the world."
~Chareles Lindbergh
"A Day that will live in infamy!"
~Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President of the United State of America

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Still actively pursuing my agenda to catch up on several projects before the week is up. Just a note to let everyone know that the work is in progress even with a busted knee and a lower back that seems to have a knife in it. The pads help the knees some. Hey, if it wasn't that it'd be something else, lol. Guess at my age whining becomes a way of life.


Cautiously, I am allowing comments once again. Please respect my wishes. If you have exciting non-pertinent news then email it to me, cybersouth@gmail.com. Don't put unrelated comments under a post. BTW, you can go back and comment under any post that is still active (last 300 days). I am willing to work with everyone and feel that your feedback is usually the most interesting part of any post.

Yet, if I am trying to hit home about poor legislation concerning our national security you don't need to inform everyone a manure truck turned over on Main St. Again, that's a post for another time. Email it! Yes, I am aware that many manure trucks have turned over this year. Another day another story.

After a talk with the Haloscan I can ban IPs if necessary. It will have to be in blocks so you will be depriving innocent people the ability to voice their opinions. This will only result in hurt feelings or anger. I don't want to resort to this type of tactic. If you have some breaking news, please use that easily remembered GMail addy for this site or post it on your own page. Last week I wasted hours developing a post that had to be trashed completely due to it being covered in a non-pertinent content comment. Think of all that research down the drain. Think of the time wasted.

I still am not mad. Just trying to focus on why this page exists. If you can't stand it and don't want to publish to a self developed site use the link provided on Saturday. Been there several times and had pleasant surfing experiences. This is becoming tedious and I must start the day.

Please remember out fallen military and their families that were cowardly ambushed at Pearl Harbor and other places on Oahu, Hawaii. This was done by the Japanese on this fateful date in 1941. Forgive, but never forget.

"I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him."
~Abraham Lincoln

Saturday, December 05, 2009

Nice Local Forum _See THIS COMING MONDAY"S CORRECTION POST - THIS SITE SUCKS!

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal has a nice, active forum on their NEMS360 site called Mega BBS. It covers a variety of topics and even has one dedicated to television under the entertainment section. I am now registered as dockvudu. I plan on providing more personal info and using this site as a guide about what is hot and what is not in the local area. They have a wide variety of categories and it appears to be very active. There are over 11,000 subscribers.

Hope this helps!

"Get mad, then get over it."
~Colin Powell

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