Open Source Guitar Hero!
Have you ever thought about buying a gaming console just to play one or two games? A great example would be that I only purchased a ps2 so I could play the GTA series, which still kicks! I also purchased a Wii right when it came out and i still feel a little wiitarded for getting one so earlier in the console race just becuase of the lack of quality games designed for the wii. After a week or so you feel bad for spending the money but its not the end of the world. Well if you wanted to buy an XBox 260 or a ps2 just to play Guitar Hero, then Frets on Fire will knock your socks off!
Frets on fire is a great Guitar Hero like game that has a HUGE library that one can download from any Torrent site. This includes all the songs that are on the console version. The game is open source, so copies can be download for Linux and mac. The great part of this game is that a Guitar Hero guitar is not needed ….. you can use the keyboard! This game is awesome!
so go here http://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net and get your copy now!
What plagues linux pt.2
Hello all of you who jumped on this site because I put linux or Dell in my blog. I know people everywhere are asking if I fixed my girlfriends machine yet and the answer is yes. I used ndiswrapper and with the extracting idf and sys files i was able to get the card working on her laptop. So major victory for me and all of the linux community because this install passed the infamous girlfriend test! Hoorah!
I should mention that card works but sometimes i need to go back to terminal and reset it or delete a file to get my card working. I’m not sure why but ndiswrapper doesn’t work right away so thats annoying. I had a friend look at it and we’ve decided to write a nice script to reset it during startup but i haven’t done that yet.
Overall I love linux, ubuntu, and the opensource community but hate when stuff breaks down, is hard to install, or just doesn’t like me.
-Jonathan
F*ck leaving the seat down!
I have to say that a number of things piss me off. Some would include chewing w/ mouth open, talking to the tv while watching it, saying brother after every sentence, and not using turning lanes to slow down before turning. These are great examples of what annoys me but let me tell you of something recently that spurred the thought of creating an annoyances part of this blog.
I’ll begin with the misconception that women need to train men to put the seat down after taking a piss. Why the fuck do we even need to do that? Is it because women don’t look down before they sit? I always wipe off the seat before sitting but that’s just me. I think the whole issue is just another way women can bitch at men for not having everything their way. Its a form of control and they need to get their priorities straight when picking their battles. I’ve heard all the counter argument from women but the fact remains that unless their is a house pet to be concerned with, the toilet seat isn’t even an issue.
But with all the seat in mind, i think women forget what they’ve been doing while in the bathroom in the first place. I should say that multiple times I’ve experienced the wonderful site of terror after looking in while lifting the seat to take a piss. What is this monstrocity? I never want to see what remains especially after letting it stew for an afternoon. So why is it a problem to look down and realize that the sit is up, but it’s not an issue to NOT FLUSH.
So what is the middle ground? Leaving the lid down could help the site problem but not the smell. I think the seat up doesn’t cause any harm unless you have a doddler or a poodle. So is it ok for the man to allow such forms of control just to let his women be happy? Should we allow people to get angry without a just cause?
More of these annoyance rants to come!
Jonathan
what plagues Linux!
I’ve recently installed Ubuntu Fiesty Faun on my girlfriends laptop (Dell inspiron 1000). Things went ok during the install but afterwards i couldn’t get online. I plugged it in from my router and bingo things went as planned, but when i put in the wireless card there was nothing. So i decided to install ndiswrapper to get the wireless card working and nothing happened! This is pissing me off because i know in about five hours its gonna be pissing her off!
So what to do now? I’ve emailed my local lug group and they pointed me to various sites and recommended things that are not out of reach but time consuming. I’m getting frustrated with certain linux problems such as hardware support and drivers. I had a similar issue with my own computer with a Sound Blaster Audigy card that was almost brand new! I acknowlege that Creative isn’t really giving out new drivers for their sound cards and Alsa does a good job, but its a pain in the ass!
So if anyone out there wants to comment and step me, and the rest of the world, through installing a dell wireless 1350 card in a Ubuntu 7.04, i would be happy. I should mention that i’ve been using linux for a few years but some things are just unbearable, and this is one of them.
Jonathan
Ozzfest 2007
Ozzfest 2007 at Alpine Valley, WI was an all day party. I’m still burnt to shit from not wearing sunscreen and i swear i’m still a little dehydrated. But with all that aside, i had a great time and the music kicked my ass.
Some things that grabed my attention was how much Hatebreed kicked my ass! They rocked so hard and i’m not even into the hardcore metal scene. They reminded me of how Pantera rocked ten years ago … RIP. Another thing was that most of the music played was hardcore/black metal. I remember old Ozzfests being centered around more rock’n Metal like Ozzy, Manson, Zombie, and just more rocking metal. I’m not knocking these kinds, but its just not my thing. I’ve been known to play some Dan Swano, Amorphis, Tristainia and other darker metal but when the melody is replaced with repetitious gutteral guitar and dumb double kick drumming, i’m out.
A little thing that hurt was that people were knocking Lordi right behind me. To be honest, Lordi was the only reason i went to Ozzfest. They kick ass and no one really knows them over in the US. I have to admit that they didn’t sound the best live but they where million times better than Lamb of God, which i think stinks (enough said). Also they kept saying Michigan instead of Wisconson and they referred to Alpine Valley as Milwaukee instead of East Troy. This is not horrible since there is a Troy Michigan and the concert was really close to Milwaukee but it just made the Asswholes behind me laugh more and think Lordi sucks. Well, they can suck it.
Overall the concert was awesome with toppless girls, rockin bands, and a chillin party crowd that only got out of control at a safe distance from me.
I’m out!
DOA the movie
In the same realm as Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, DOA has great energy and style. This film was fast paced with sexy women kicking some serious ass! The only thing I can say i didn’t like about the film was that it didn’t come over to the US and i had to watch it online. Poor mistake because I know many people would have seen it just for the nostalgia of the game.
I give this film 8 & 1/2 kicks to your face!
Quit my job!
I know that no one reads this and no one cares but i just wanted to scream to the world that i just quit my job! Six years of hell at corporate retail giant and not even a $1.50 raise. Hopefully now i will be able to get a job that involves what i have studied during college. I’m feeling relieved and worried at the same time.
thoughts on the film “The double life of Veronique”
The thought of living double lives have fascinated me for some time. After watching the film “The double life of Veronique” I had to sit down and think about how it made me feel. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101765/ . With films like Fight Club, viewers find out that a multiple personality is coming out and the film has a nice clean ending. This film was different because it wasn’t exactly about two people living identical lives or a split personality, but rather someone connecting with another person, almost spiritually, without meeting that person. Although commenting fully on this film would take more than a thought, but rather a full film review, so I’ve decided to write about my thoughts after i watched this film
My first thought circled around a dream i had a few years ago about a girl i’ve never met. She had dark hair, fair complexion, and was about five feet four. I remember finding her in an alley, either behind a bar or in an abandoned loft apartment. Either way the lighting was coming in from above and I could feel wind hitting my shoulder and back. We met, laughed, held each other and kissed, then I walked away. The feeling of being in love or complete was overwhelming and it took me a while to snap out of it in the morning. I remember wanting to see her again in my dreams. Asking to run into her again, almost as if she was real. Almost as if she was somewhere dreaming about me, or maybe we were on another plane of existence not known to us now but will be revealed later or even after our deaths. Although i remember the dream vividly, we did not meet again. Even with trying to lucid dream to get back to her, it never happend.
I believe this kind of connection between something that is real, like reality, and something that is not so tangle, like our dreams, is something that can soothe the soul. The romantic dream between lovers who never met before and will never meet again fills me with questions like what is love, what is reality, and why do we dream.
An empty feeling
Today started off normal. Class, work, class and them sleep is my usual daily routine and today was no different. I had a great lunch with a friend and soon, now that i’m out of my last class for the day, my girl friend will be coming over in a few hours right before i must go to bed and repeat the cycle. An ordinary day with a few challenges in class and no real personal problems should set up the night for relaxing, going out, or at least a good feeling of accomplishment, but tonight I feel empty.
The feeling is like a rock in my stomach or an ache in my heart. I’m not sure why the inexplicable sense of depression or melancholy. I believe i think to much of the future and what i am to become. I worry that I’ll never graduate, even though I’m almost finished, and if I do graduate, i won’t be able to find a job that doesn’t pay minimum. I worry about my relationship with my girlfriend. She thinks about the future as well, but she mainly thinks about marriage or children. We don’t always see things the same, and here is a prime example. For now I’ll leave it as that.
These worries do not consume me. I’m usually happy and confident in what I do and say, but today I lament for no reason. Maybe it is all chemical and not situational. Missing endorphins or late of chemical/mineral/vitamin whatever leading me into a spiral of sadness. Being unbalanced and moody is a foreign concept to me, and this is especially apparent when dealing with friends. I have a few friends with supposed depression, bi-polar, and manic but i really haven’t experienced any of that myself. Maybe this is what its like.
I think I want to sleep or get high. Forget what I’m not remembering. Lose my myself before i realize what I’m not.
French Night
Last night i stayed up late trying not to accomplish anything. This happens when the mind realizes that the body has been so busy all week that it wants to shut down on Sunday. This is not brought out with drinking or any other libation, but rather a constant state of motion that never ceases. A perpetual motion machine in constant loops around job, eat, and sleep. So last night I chilled.
While relaxing on my pillow top mattress, i decided to watch a film called Delicatessen. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101700/ . The premise is a Butcher is killing people to feed to his tenents, but when the daughter of the butcher falls in love with the new tenant, she has to decide whether or not to help the new item on the building’s menu. It was full of beautiful camera shots, suspense, and action. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a good film that might not be something they would normally pick.
The night was also complemented with the sexy sounds of Air. Air is a French techno/trancy band that fascinates me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_%28band%29 . The light sound relaxes, but the actual composure of it stimulates and makes me look deep within its notes, beats, and melody. Their website is also amazing. http://www.pocket-symphony.com/ . Not only is the site designed beautifully but it also sports video, sound clips, and other information. It is a must to go there and just sit and listen. Then watch and absorb. Relax and enjoy.
hopefully i can get responses from anyone who runs into this post. Tell me what you think!
