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Time Capsules can take many forms

Time Capsules can take many forms. Just today I found in my wallet a Starbucks card and a $25 gift card for Albertson’s and other stores which I got on my birthday a little less than a year ago. At the time, the card was cool but I didn’t know of any Albertson’s in my immediate area. So I just kept it in my wallet…not thinking about it.

Today, I was like…”Bro, you need some food.”

And I remembered that I had the Starbucks card and also the Albertson’s gift card in my wallet. It was a gift from the beyond.

The time delay increased the value of the card tremendously. Today, I was able to buy several tomatoes, water, even some fried chicken. That’s what I call a chicken dinner. I think the lady at the counter gave me some extra wings…not sure why. Maybe it was because I wore my extra-nice sweater. I’ve been wearing sweaters alot more often lately ever since hoodies have temporarily gone out of fashion. Talk about taking a ding to the wardrobe.

Squirrels save things for the winter. They are smart little wigglers. They save food for a rainy or cold day…sometimes for a prolonged winter season. Very smart those squirrels. Lots of squirrels live in my neighborhood. I don’t pet them because they are supposed to be diseased or something and also they’re too fast anyway. Besides…who wants to pet a squirrel anyway.

There’s racoons in my neighborhood also. The one that lives by my house is significantly large. She stares at me sometimes. She is the guardian of the night.

-Tyler

Things are going very well lately. There’s a new song coming out in less than a week. Also I’m going to get new tires soon so that will increase fuel efficiency.

I’ve switched to journaling in my hardcover books. It different. But this is still good. Things are moving so fast lately. Not me exactly, just the world. I feel like I’m at a steady pace. Around normal speeds.

When I look back at how much this site has done for me, it is amazing. It’s almost as if the idea fuels itself. It’s hard to explain in words.

People talk of perpetual motion and infinite free energy devices. But doesn’t the human spirit do that? It needs nothing but time, and eventually a spring will come forth…waiting for the next memory to record itself.

-Tyler

I just got an old computer out of my storage unit.
It seriously is so much fun getting it working.

Here’s what’s been going down.

The computer only has a hard drive, a built in ethernet card, an old-style modem, an onboard video card and a some USB ports.

Fortunately, I had an extra keyboard and I managed to snag my USB wired mouse from my work-bag.

I bought a fresh copy of windows XP pro 3 years ago for this computer and the hard drive is 240 gigs strong. I’m only using 2 gigs so far.

The goal is to get this computer set-up so I can use it solely as a music creation workstation. My ESP-1010 soundcard should work on it. That’s granted that the soundcard isn’t burnt out from my when my last computer get zapped with bad energy from an old office.

So I took my secondary monitor from CyberTron (that’s the name of this computer) and I plugged it into the uncertain computer. I also attached my USB keyboard and Mouse.

It was hilarious because when I booted the thing, it said…”Hold up dog. I don’t even know what time it is, Snoops. NEVERMIND the date!”

So I had to input that information after giving the computer some suggestions for boot order. DATE/TIME the whole deal. The old dos screen was so much fun and it took me back to BIOS and AUTOEXEC days.

I was shocked to see that WinXP Pro actually started without a hitch. Of course, my screen resolution was 640 x 480 and my CD/DVD ROM wasn’t reading anything, both the onboard and PCI ethernet cards weren’t working, and there were absolutely no drivers on the computer.

That’s the beauty of a fresh install. I had nothing really. Just a lot of empty space.

So I doubled checked my devices to see which ethernet port was working. Neither worked. Actually I couldn’t even see the onboard ethernet port anywhere. And the PCI one had a huge question mark. The same was for the onboard card and a couple other things.

My main problem was getting on the net. I knew that once I could get a sturdy connection to the net, I’d be able to run automatic update and at least get the bare bones cooking.

Unfortunately, my ethernet ports weren’t working so when I swapped my ethernet cable it did nothing. I tried installing a psudo ethernet driver that came with windows but it didn’t work.

Then I got an idea. I remembered that I used to connect CyberTron to the internet at my parents’ house via a wireless internet USB adapter.

I was stoked because I even found the CD for my D-Link wireless USB adapter.

I knew that I needed to insert the CD first before plugging the thing in. That’s because some of these wireless usb puppies get ancy-pants whenever you try to plug the sucker in first.

But to my pleasant surprise, I found that the CD ROM was not autoplaying. That’s because when I went into MY computer, it said there was no disk inserted into the drive. Even though I knew it was physically in there.

Then I remembered that I had a USB external hard drive and cable in my desk. I grabbed it and found the drivers for the wireless network adapter and then dropped it on there.

I followed the instructions but unfortunately my bad install previously needed to be uninstalled before I could more forward. I didn’t want to futz with things too much so I just uninstalled and rebooted.

10 minutes later I was able to install the wireless internet adapter and now I’m 2 hours into the Windows Update process. Things are going well, although I won’t know for certain if the audio card works until I finish all the other updates. I’m waiting to install the audio card until everything else is perfectly operational. That way I will know if something goes wrong the card was damaged.

On a positive note, the video card is working because the resolution automatically set itself to a higher level. That’s a plus because my monitor is so small and the resolution was so low previously that I had to guess press in order to exit menus and accept operations.

We’ll see how this goes.

-Tyler

friday night vision

I can see in the dark…not because I’m an elf or nothing. It’s because I finally got my new computer. I had to save up for a long time. But it is here. And it has lights on it. Red lights. There is an off-switch that makes them turn off and on.

I’ve been able to transfer all my data to this new computer. It took a long time. Good thing I was using USB 3.0 external hard drive. It seriously would have taken a whole day if my comp + ex hd weren’t 3.0.

My dog is getting bored with me. She is having a lot of personality lately…dancing about and everything. At the park she knew I was talking about her to a friend and she started dancing upside-down on the grass. Sassy dog dancer.

I haven’t felt this good in a while. About 15 minutes ago, I ate approximately one half on an entire large watermelon in one sitting. (Actually it was a standing cuz I ate it over the sink) Now I feel super full.

Going to the gym lately has been so fun. It’s all about the assisted dips and the assisted pull ups lately. The thing I didn’t realize with the pull ups is that starting with wide grip then doing as many as I can and moving on to mid and V-close grip really makes a difference.

Finishing reading, “The Tao of Physics” was a seriously good feeling. Not because I was glad it was over…but because it felt like finishing a large and yet perfect meal. The kind that would leave excellent tasting leftovers, but you don’t risk it and eat it all.

The funny thing is that I have this friend that I had a feeling that he read it. And I said, “I bet you’ve already read this.” And he said he did a long time ago. So funny.

Night Vision. It’s so weird not having the looming minor dreads of daily life as much anymore. Tasks seem realistic and manageable. Talking to people is great. These are good times.

Now that I’m done with, “The Tao of Physics” I learned that I had some serious assumptions about how particles and waves work. Also there were misconceptions on subatomic particles as well. The whole bootstrapping concept was extremely enjoyable.

So, my next book is another Wadell one. It is beyond phenomenal so far. Just the preface alone got my feet tingling. Now I can see why Daniel Jackson go so intrigued with archaeology. Pieces just slide together, and other times they are too damaged to fit anywhere nicely. But by learning more, the other pieces can eventually form the correct spot. And sometimes the puzzle reveals itself to be a false puzzle entirely, and it intersects with other, more true puzzles. And they do this like several two dimensional planes connecting to each other in three dimensional space, only separated by a slight variance in angles.

It’s approaching midnight.

-Tyler