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stoney321
Remember when Val Kilmer was funny and hot? Seems like 25 years ago.... And good lord, that makes me feel old. "What did you say to him?" "I told him I'd put him on the Montgomery Ward mailing list." Nope, that really was the one that made me feel old.I have some nerd talk and questions for the nerdery.
1. Question: who has used Windows 7 with joy in their heart, and if so, do you recommend 32 or 64 bit? ATTN Mac users: I don't care. I already drank the iPhone Kool-Aid, I won't drink anymore. Also, I like writing my own code/hacking my own PC, thx.
2. Nerd Talk: one of the best freeware apps out there for your PC: CCleaner. My computer is running so much faster now, it's redonk.
3. Question: I'm looking to create a Wordpress blog to move stuff off here and have my own domain name, as recommended by Chuck and others. Which hosting site do you recommend for me? I have a lot of traffic here, so I'm hoping that will continue when I move off LJ, too, so that's a factor. (Side note: that post has some great writerly don'ts, but that's par for the course over there.)
4. Nerd Talk: I plan on creating an RSS feed to go in this space, so I'm not "going away." I'm just getting a bit more professional, but with the same amount of dick jokes. :)
5. Nerd Talk: I figured out how to make my own ringtones by circumventing the iTunes rules (pfft, I own songs, I should be able to make a ringtone out of it, iTunes! Again, mac Users: SUCK IT, I DON'T CARE. You're cultists. Ahahaha. I'm 01d 5c7001, yo.) I first dl'd a very intricate program called audacity that has a high learning curve. Then I got smart and dl'd a program called iRinger. Way more simplistic and the way to go. When you export after making your ringtone, it automatically sends it to your ringtone folder on your phone. EASY AND LOVELY. I may have gone crazy nuts.
I'm off to find a cocktail dress so I don't look like a rube with my good bag and cheap shoes (haha, reverse that, I'm that girl. I'd eff me. I'd eff me so hard.) when I'm in Las Vegas this weekend with
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kita0610 and lynnenne. Aside from that, I'm all over the jeans and button down because I'm quite boring. And by jeans and button down I of course mean spandex hot pants and sparkle tube tops with rainbow sequins. I'm classy. Also, I have to pay for the trip somehow, am I right ladies?
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Date: 2009-12-01 04:30 pm (UTC)CCleaner is godly. And Spybot-SD makes sure you don't get the wifi syphilis.
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Date: 2009-12-01 04:33 pm (UTC)Oh my god, I love Spybot so much it's not even funny. I've been happily running that for almost a year now. One of the best freeware apps out there (that, plus the new AVG + CCleaner = happiest computer ever.)
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Date: 2009-12-01 04:54 pm (UTC)I'm a Mac User, so I have nothing to offer on the nerd score. However, I was reeled into commenting by the Real Genius quote.
"Would you prepared if gravity reversed itself? The only thing I can't figure out is how to keep the change in my pockets. I've got it. Nudity."
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Date: 2009-12-01 05:04 pm (UTC)Maybe because I had silver snakeskin hightops I wore in 1987? (I bought them in Hawaii when I used to travel for a living. They were seconds and I got them for five bucks and wore them with at...wait for it....purple jumpsuit. From Liz Clairborne, because I am rad. With shoulder pads out to there. Because, you know. Makes your waist look smaller. And? A mondo perm.)
P.S. Mac users don't need no Kool-aid. We have hard cider. ;) AND AWESOMENESS. (What?)
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Date: 2009-12-01 08:11 pm (UTC)Snakeskin hightops, eh? AND a purple jumpsuit? Holy shit, I'd pay good money to take those things from you and wear them NOW. Of course you have to have the shoulder pads and perm, too, it's like... not doing that is like peanut butter without jelly!!
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Date: 2009-12-01 05:07 pm (UTC)Other awesome freeware? AdAware, Spybot Search and Destroy, and Avast. I'm currently on the hunt for a user-friendly easy contact management package so that I can print out my Christmas card labels and such, so feel free to make suggestions. I refuse to continue using macros and spreadsheets.
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Date: 2009-12-01 08:14 pm (UTC)Man, I know NOTHING about contact management software because I'm old school and write out my addresses in my fancy Copperplate that I practiced ad nauseum as a kid. I'm a nerd. I bet someone will come along and suggest something, my flist is good for that stuff.
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Date: 2009-12-01 05:30 pm (UTC)As for the Kool-Aid- you can script and code your own Mac if you know how. My SO is an IT guy and he knows all the tricks. I like having a Mac precisely because I don't HAVE to code, but that's just me, lol. Oh, and there are several ways of bypassing the whole ringtone thing- and again, that's a question for my SO. (BTW- he hacked his iPhone so that the startup symbol is a pineapple instead of an apple... awesome.)
Sorry... I love my Mac too much to not defend it. I... I think it's ingrained in me now. (Bare in mind I've used PC and Mac in equal amounts growing up- it's not cult indoctrination, I've just grown to prefer the Mac!)
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Date: 2009-12-01 06:00 pm (UTC)Yay, cocktail dress shopping! I hope you find something extra slinky for Vegas.
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Date: 2009-12-01 08:19 pm (UTC)But I found a great dress that made me feel tall, yay!
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Date: 2009-12-01 06:17 pm (UTC)But you lose for having an iPhone! WHAAAAAAAAAAT????????????? I'm going to get a droid, I do believe. I WILL NOT GIVE IN TO THOSE MAC FUCKS, NO!
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Date: 2009-12-01 07:55 pm (UTC)How have we not shared the phone info?? Dude, I was so anti-ANY phone for years after I quit my job in the stock market. I seriously kept asking for a Jitterbug - the Grandma phone with big fist-smash buttons? I had a Blackberry and I haaaaaaaaated it. God I hated that phone. Then this summer the Mr. got me an iPhone and I sighed heavily, turned it on and BIRDS LANDED ON MY SHOULDER AND A SAW A RAINBOW. I seriously love my freaking phone, and I have NEVER said that about a hand held device. LOL.
I just bought this in bamboo over the weekend for it, and I cannot wait for it to arrive all simple and hip.
O HAI. I'm currently dl'ding S1 of SPN. I THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.
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Date: 2009-12-01 09:02 pm (UTC)I would LOVE to hear about Windows 7. I'm running Vista 64bit on this new computer and Dell neglected to install SP2 on it, and the install is giving me horrid errors. I should be able to get it fixed, but far more trouble and time than I should have spent, had dell done the job right in the first place. (oops, didn't mean to go ranty in the comments. LOL)
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Date: 2009-12-01 09:10 pm (UTC)I'm hearing good things about Windows 7 - nothing negative from any corner I've poked. Oy to your Vista issues, what a pain in the neck.
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Date: 2009-12-01 09:16 pm (UTC)I see your sparkly tube top. It's hawt.
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Date: 2009-12-01 09:33 pm (UTC)It has a rainbow Jesus on it that makes my tits look massive!
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Date: 2009-12-02 12:10 am (UTC)YAY!
Remember when Val Kilmer was funny and hot?
YAY? I remember, it was back where a pound of onions was a nickle. Those were good days back when...*snoore*
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Date: 2009-12-02 12:39 am (UTC)Good luck with the shopping!
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Date: 2009-12-02 01:02 am (UTC)Try that, add Spybot (more freeware) and if you're using something like Norton or McAfee, look into AVG 9 - it's also free and is MUCH better (and uses less resources, too.)
Good luck! (Email me if you or Ron want any other suggestions.)
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Date: 2009-12-02 02:22 am (UTC)let me tell you, it's pretty awesome in 64 bit
I've seriously had no problems with it and my mac is a tiny bit jealous of it's big brother
YES MY LAPTOPS HAVE PERSONALITIES AND ARE RELATED
ok, not really, I'm just being a spaz tonight
as for setting up your blog somewhere, I have no thoughts on that. I pretty much just love the LJ
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Date: 2009-12-02 02:45 am (UTC)And I'll still be on LJ (I'm a permanent user, after all) but I need a professional writing presence if I'm going to work this book, you know?
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Date: 2009-12-02 02:52 am (UTC)i have had no less than THREE different Communication/Advertising professors talk about how godaddy has a "great income model" - which is ad-speak for "charge more; offer less".
that said, i don't know which hosting sites are GREAT :(
that dress? is lovely and i am jealous.
also, if you get time, and i know it makes this not funny... but i don't understand the "good purse, cheap shoes, but reverse and i'm that girl" joke?
i used to have the BIGGEST crush on Val Kilmer. also, Christian Slater.
o.O
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Date: 2009-12-02 10:41 am (UTC)works great too, for making and downloading.
Audacity is for sound and track editing..that's a bit much
herb+
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