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Testing the new xrisxros plugin for posting to myspace….. everyone hold your breath

Update: stop holding your breath. it didn’t work.

Do you love me? well then here are some things you can get for me for christmas!

Black With Black Ribbon Top Hat

Any of these (think geek)

A final peice for my bedside linux box

more forth coming.

I wrote before about how i’m getting closer to ditching windows completely. well, more good news on that front. i’ve set up my touchscreen on this suse box, and i have discovered that suse has a functional version of xvkbd, which gives me a nice on screen keyboard to type on. ( i’m using it currently.

so, now i can type and play solitaire all from the comfort of my bed.

+1 kudos to suse, the distro i now reccomend.

Today, my friends, is a day that shall be remmbered. Today, i have successfully come a step closer to ditching windows.

I was able to set up Quasimodo (my amd sempron computer with 1 gig of ram and other cool stuff) with SUSE linux (which is a very nice distribution) and then easily got Cedega, after which I successfully installed, patched, and played World of Warcraft. This means that one of my main reasons for using windows (because it’s my gaming rig) has become… well… no longer a good enough reason. It seriously took me all of 2 minutes to install cedega. and after that, it took the regular amount of time to install and patch WoW.

Also, i have noticed that i’m am getting some really friggen awesome download speeds on my linux box. I was definently clocking in at over 700KB/s earlier this morning. (where as on my windows box, i can usually get around 400KB/s).

I seriously hope i stop being sick with this damn cold soon, and get back to work and life and stuff. other wise i’ll end up with 4 SUSE boxes.

So i received an email today from Jeanine, who, as you’ll recall, sent out an email earlier asking for help with getting her job back. This email was a follow up about the whole ordeal.

December 11, 2005

Hi Everyone!

This is Jeanine Williams, (one of) your favorite hard working Stage Managers. First of all, I want to thank every person who read my email during the Thanksgiving weekend. Those who took time from their busy schedules to write letters on my behalf, there’s no word in the dictionary to describe how grateful and appreciative I am. (Believe me, I’ve checked.) Those who wanted to write but couldn’t, regardless of the reason, I’m still grateful that you read my story. As I’ve said before, my main concern was that my side wasn’t being heard. Thankfully, I knew people who cared enough about me professionally and personally to listen to me.

For those who are curious to know the outcome, I’ll be brief. (No, really I will.) Last Saturday was my arbitration with the Human Resources Manager of Stone Mountain Theme Park (SMTP). The only one present besides her and me was my immediate boss, the Entertainment/Wardrobe Manager, Ms. Lynn Dundon. Curiously, none of my detractors (including Carl, the main antagonist) were required to be there. In fact, none of them have been reprimanded in any way since my suspension, which I feel is clearly gross miscarriage of justice. Apparently, my behavior towards them was unacceptable and punishable, but theirs towards me wasn’t. Go figure.

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