Only the Beginning, 2010

Due to a variety of health issues, posts were on the back burner last week. Still trying to rebuild the page since the js-kit haloscan terror strike. Hope to proceed as usual in a few days. With the time off involved work has backed up. I apologize to those concerned. Efforts are being made to work as fast as possible in order to regain the sub-normal schedule. Between the back problems and the medication required to ease pain, a two day stomach virus and now flu-like symptoms, the last few weeks have been tough. The West Christmas celebration was pushed ahead again and will be this coming weekend. Seems we are all ailing. Enough about the woe and misery of the West clan and families.

Let's all hope and pray that this year will be productive and positive. Let's all hope and pray our idiots driving the Congress train don't completely derail the country before we can vote the jerks out and put some decent folk into office. There are a few exceptions. I am proud to say that Senator Wicker of Mississippi has aligned with the people and votes the right way on just about all occasions. People, we need many new people that will rebuild the economy and stop all this needless spending. Import and export control needs to be revised. Illegal immigration has to be stopped. The health care issue has the whole world laughing at us. A serious look at term limitation HAS to be considered. The retirement plan for Congress and benefits need to be thrown out with the dish water. You can afford to run for office? Then you can afford to take care of your needs and family. The rest of us do.

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb."
~Benjamin Franklin

EDIT: Sorry, the Gunter Photostream link break is now repaired. Go see MARVELOUS pixs! Dave points the camera the right way!!! Art is art...

Extremely Long Post

Hotty Toddy!!!!!!!!

Family , Flu & Fixes

During this coming weekend Cybersouth should start looking whole again. I have found some info in saved templates. As time permits it will all be uploaded. Sorry about the lack of content, but we have the "fine" ppl that bought Haloscan to thank for ripping everything apart. No use in beating a dead snake, you can read about it back a few posts.

Look forward to spending the weekend with family. Hope Beagle and the Purple Giraffe overcome the current flu bug. This is actually our Christmas. Many things coincided to make the decision to have Christmas 2009 in 2010. Hey, it for sure beats NOT having a celebration!

Later!

"A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold."
~Ogden Nash

Monday Music - Vigdis Wisur

This is a song written many years ago by Jimmy Webb. It is also the title of a famous science fiction novel by Robert Heinlein. Both are favorites of mine. She sings like an angel and the guitar work is awesome.



JK, best wishes to you on this day!

Links,etc.

Slowly the link list is being rebuilt. Please don't take offense if your link is not showing up, YET. When saving the template the links disappeared. Strange. I will restore all of them and add to the list too.

NVidia had a driver update 11/29/2009. I just found it. Most gamers have probably downloaded, but thought it was worth mentioning. It has corrected a few minor problems with this PC. Check it out and remember you download and install at your own risk. NVidia link is in the list.

"Do you realize if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight?"
~Al Boliska

Happy Boxing Day!

Why does the USA not declare December 26th a national holiday like the folks in the British Isles and other parts of the world?

"Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree.  In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall."
~Larry Wilde

js-kit.com and Haloscan are Web Mobsters

Since I could not reassemble the page in its original form, I have eliminated all the hard work put into the sidebar, links list, etc. You will see temporary changes to the colors, location, etc. for a few days while I try desperately to put things back together again. As you can see (over to the right) the process has started and will be slow in rebuilding. What a way to spend Christmas day! And it certainly won't be finished today! Sorry about all the cancellations. Floating around the web is an intense dislike for all these debaucheries. Others concerned please email me cybersouth@gmail.com. Together we may have grounds for a class action suit. Legal counsel can be sought to recompense our lost of time and the stress created. I hope these sorry bastards have the nerve to get in touch. Then I'll at least find the CEO and their location.

Folks, this is NOT a day to show up unannounced. I will be very busy and don't need interruptions or I may leave town as planned. Please call. The truck will be here even if I do leave town and I have the greatest neighbors in the world that look out for me whether I am home or away. No offense intended, just telling it like it is...

Haloscan SUCKS!

Apparently, just because I would not be intimidated into forking over money in a mafioso like manner,  these jerks have screwed with my page and it will take complete reconstruction to put it back in the original format and form. Hours have been spent trying to correct problems.  I WILL report these jerks to the proper authorities and don't ever use their products.  THEY SUCK SUCK SUCK!  I swear I'd kick their asses if I could find them.  Sorry bastards and bitches need to all be gut shot and left to die slow painful deaths!!!!!!!!!

Haloscan Can Go to Hell

After years of faithful use and support Haloscan decided to stop the comments overnight unless I paid them. To hell with the greedy bastards. Now using the inherent comments engine by Google and it's almost a sure bet they will never charge.

So, what does all this mean? Haloscan has deleted every comment that has been made here. The new comment form is easy to use and it has been tested. Sorry for the inconvenience. If they had given me more than 24 hours warning I might have stuck with them.

Also they messed up my sidebar and it is showing up at the bottom of the page. I feel this was probably intentional. Will work on it over the holidays and see if it will return to the original position.

This is just another piece of junk thrown on the scrap heap known as my life lately.

"If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles."
~Doug Larson

Music Monday - Many Things Far Better Than Obama Come from Chi Town

Chicago is a group that has been through many transitions. This rocks from beginning to end. The video is a bit dark at the first , but gets better (especially in HQ). Interesting to note the vast age differences of people in the audience. This is an old song that was made famous by Steve Winwood when he was only 14 years old! Get your groove on or whatever and turn up the volume!

"Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world."
~Percy Bysshe Shelley

Pixs and SCSI

Since people won't respect my wishes and stop sending pictures to my cell phone action has been taken to stop you from costing me many dollars. Two 25 picture loops cost me somewhere around 15-17 dollars. Send the pixs by email. You won't be able to send any to my phone now. Mudslingr, thanks for the assistance. People amaze me.

Started a project at 9:30AM this morning and didn't arrive home until 9:00PM. 11.5 hours on Sunday. Had a certified SCSI drive DOA out of the box. ARRRRGGGHHHH! SCSI is great, but all that formatting gets old. It was a 10,000RPM on a decent card so the data transfer was fast! Did manage to finish the server update and will mirror when other drive arrives. Not a bad day. Determination works...sometimes.

Thanks MJR, the food was awesome and your patience is remarkable.

"Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."
~George-Louis de Buffon

Very Brief

After moving furniture and PCs last night it is mandatory to slob around today and stay in a medicated fog. This isn't much of a post. La La land does not have all the attraction it did during my purple haze years. Sorry folks, time for more Flexiril. Peace out all you hepcats!

"A miracle drug is any drug that will do what the label says it will do."
~Eric Hodgins

Medical Note

Visited the doctor today. Annual check up and except the aching back reports are good so far. It'll take a week for the rest of the lab results to show up. They did test blood sugar level and mine was in tolerance. Whew! The nurse told me if I had not eaten that 9:30PM burger with Coke the test would have had better results. They were pleased that I had lost weight and encouraged me to continue. Received a flu shot and opted out on the H1N1 vaccine. All in all, it was a pleasant visit (I have white coat syndrome). The back thing just has to take time. Still hurts, but complaining doesn't make it feel any better. Ever notice that?

Scheduled to work this weekend, but may take a day tomorrow and do as advised: Stay off the feet and let the back ease up. Anyway, Good Lord willin' I will be around for a few more days to aggravate everybody.

"The only equipment lack in the modern hospital? Somebody to meet you at the entrance with a handshake!"
~Martin H. Fischer

Avatar and AVG Free Edition

If you haven't upgraded to AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition version 9.0, it's time to do it. In a few days I'll have some suggestions and hints about installing it. There are some do's and don't's about installing and scheduling. Also, the way you do the very first scan is important.

Anyone going to see Avatar? Lotta' noise being made about a movie that cost 1/2 billion dollars to make. Hope it doesn't turn out like Costner's Waterworld. With a great track record like the one James Cameron possesses, my money says it'll be a smash hit.
We'll see.

Rain in the morning. Dress to stay dry. Peace out!


"There's no thief like a bad movie."
~Sam Ewing

Returning

Today was productive and educational. Since the time has come for me to file for additional VA benefits, I had a long talk with someone that works for them that is trusted. In the course of the conversation I was stunned by a fact unknown to me. Out of all the people that returned alive from the "War" in Vietnam less than one third of us are still alive. We are getting older, but such statistics are appalling.

It's not sane to put people in harm's way, then mistreat them when they return. This comes from someone who has had the absolute disgust of being processed through the VA Hospital, Memphis, TN. This is the workplace of some of the most hateful people on the planet.

Whining? Yes, but passing on information that is valuable. If you have a veteran or someone on active duty in your family please remember that war is truly hell on earth. Do not go liberal and turn your back on fellow countrymen that have served to keep freedom a viable option.

A prayer for those serving is certainly not wasted. Upon their return from duty be positive and help them adjust. Show them the courtesy of knowing they have defended a great nation with great people.

When the time comes to elect our officials take this information and make proper decisions. God Bless America and Merry Christmas. Later.

"A warless world will come as men develop warless hearts."
~Charles Wesley Burns

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

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)

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

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