Buffalo Boy's Blog
Giving You More Than Just My Two Cents
Recently in Miscellaneous Category
The Office Space Beat Down
This scene was reminiscent of my Wednesday night:
Category: Miscellaneous
Break Stuff
Where oh where did Limp Bizkit ever disappear to? I wasn't a huge fan but of all the rock/rap crap as I like to call it, they were one of the better ones.
Anyway, this song, kinda summed up my night last night with the bastard printer:
Category: Miscellaneous | Music
My Bastard Printer
Last night I had a meltdown. I have owned a Lexmark printer now for a little over two years. It came free with my laptop. This probably should have been warning number one.
Well, since getting this printer, I had to download the program four times until someone told me it wasn't compatible with Window's Vista when I got it and so I would have to wait until they came out with a fix for it. So, finally after three months of not being able to use it, I got my hands on the Window's Vista compatible download for it.
Ever since I started using it I have had problems with it freezing up, the printer cartridges would last about a month and then when it was time to replace, black ink was $22, color ink was also $22. $44 a month on ink. So, recently I have been coming to the conclusion that with printers as cheap as they are, when I have to buy ink, I'm better off buying a new printer.
So, yesterday, I had my fill. The damn Lexmark broke down for the last time. I took the thing out back and took the back end of a shovel to it. I had to take out my frustrations on it. I beat the ever living shit out of it. With ever ounce of strength I had I walloped the sun of a bitch until it was a mound of plastic pieces. It felt great.
I got in my car and drove down to Best Buy. I told the sales person that I had a printer that was a piece of shit, used a shit load of ink and froze up all the time. His first words...."It must have been a Lexmark". No shit?
I told him what had transpired and told him exactly what I wanted, I printer that is economical with ink and one that won't freeze up all the time. A very simple request.
So, today, for $64 (just $20 more than I was paying for ink every month), I have a brand new HP Deskjet F4280. Works like a charm and I got to beat the Lexmark to a pulp, life is good again.
Category: Miscellaneous
The Plus Deck Ex Is Coming
The Plus Deck Ex is coming. Its been on back order since my birthday in July. Its an external drive that actually allows you to convert cassettes directly to MP3.
I can't wait to get this thing, the audio clips I will be able to produce will be much improved. It allows me to record just about anything, AM/FM, directly off the internet, cassette and more. It will also allow me to be very selective in what I record and save.
I will be able to save 20-30 second sound bytes from a cassette and then fast forward to the next clip I want. My lovely wife is looking forward to this as my cassettes, as I download them, will be placed in a box and put in storage until I get my own basement with which to display my entire collection.
Category: Miscellaneous
LesMisbarack
I just caught this today and its a funny little production by the Obama staff signaling the end of their work on his campaign:
Category: Miscellaneous
Maple Music Redirect Solved
If you tried to visit the site yesterday for a period of time it automatically redirected you to Maple Music. It has been doing this for quite some time off and on but usually only when you went to comment and the problem was only temporary. Yesterday, it took over the whole site.
Well, Im getting better, but not that good and so I emailed Mike Boon who at first was just as stumped at me. Apparently this was only happened in Internet Explorer. Firefox however, no problems. So after a while, Mike found the problem and last night, he posted on it on his site here
Apparently Maple Music latched onto the script of my Google Adsense, he explains it much better so if you care for a better explanation, see Toronto Mike. In the meantime, problem resolved after some head scratching.
Category: Miscellaneous
Ron Howard's Pro Obama Video
I thought this video was great. Ron Howard gets back into his old characters from past shows including one of my favorites, Happy Days and provides his endorsement of Barack Obama.
Ron Howard has always been one of America's most honest and endearing actors. writers and directors and has always done great work on and off the screen.
This is pretty cool if not for the endorsement just for the fact that he undergoes some wicked costume changes that take him back some 30-40 years.
Category: Miscellaneous | Politics
Clothing Welfare
I guess when it comes to democrats wanting certain rights in this country like healthcare or social security or unemployment benefits its called socialist or communist. When its Sarah Palin getting $150,000 worth of clothes that obviously she can't afford on a governors salary, then I guess thats just hard luck and a woman needing help.
Must be nice. Except is all wrong. How the hell does she get $150,000 worth of clothes because apparently her's won't impress enough? How is that? Hard earned money was contributed to campaign so she can have a $150,000 wardrobe? Seriously?
There is no excuse for this party anymore. They are officially no longer conservative. No woman or man needs to have $150,000 worth of clothes unless your Cindy McCain, which then you obviously need a $300,000 dress which all of us middle class folks can identify with. I have nothing in my closet worth the $150 part of the $150,000 and I go to my job everyday and look as professional as I need to.
Why is Ms. Piggy any different? Im sure her governor's salary paid her well enough to buy nice clothes, but thats right our politicians, at least in the repuke party shouldn't be expected to do what everyone else does, use their own money to buy their own necessities.
Category: Miscellaneous | Politics
More Ugliness
More from the land of the brainwashed. This clip is from Bethlehem, Pa, thats right, the state just to our south. Thats not too far away and these people were lining up to see a McCain/Palin rally. Be prepared to vomit in your mouth folks, its more of the same. How can these people call themselves Christian, rightwing what ever they are. They are bigots and racists. Its not the republican party anymore, its the racist party.
Category: Miscellaneous | Politics
Three Home Openers in 2008
Last night completed the trifecta for me. Three home openers in 2008. The Jays back in April at Roger's Centre (Skydome), The Bills home and season opener, and last night at a spur of the moment I went to the Sabres season opener against the Habs. So two of them were season openers.
I checked online and there were only 100 level and 200 level club seats left single seats only so I grabbed one and headed off. It was my first game in over a year and a half.
If I was a Raptor fan or a basketball fan period, I would try to shoot for four home openers but that won't happen. Maybe theres a ticket out there floating around for the Leafs home opener? Anyone?
Category: Miscellaneous | Sports
