Aleph Ersatz

I live with an Anglican who often says “Love the sinner, hate the sin”.  Of course, I always reply to that with “Hail satan!”

They say the sands of time are vast…then why are mine so empty?

After much reluctance (read: procrastination) I finally added the Akismet plugin for my blog.  Wow!  I’m not longer getting any spam at all!  It’s great, thanks Steve!

Now if I could only get some actual comments to my posts, things would be perfect…

Most unique cover of Metallica’s Battery I’ve ever heard.

If it says the video is no longer available, try the direct link (below), it’s just cake.

Direct Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T57OU_32ccY

I get it, I finally get it.  Throughout high school the elder grade students who were naught more than a couple of years ahead of myself loved 80s pop music.  I never got it…until now.  Anyone remeber Gowan?  Tears for Fears?  Genisis??? Damn, that stuff is _the_ shit!  None of Cindy Lauper or Madonna shit, the good stuff…man.

I have nothing useful to wite, ergo, I write nothing.

If we put half as much energy into fixing social problems like homelessness and the environment as we do going to war over the high price of a toy we may actually progress as a society.

- Cameron in a Forture Magazine Blog Reply

The first annual KamFest: Rally for the Cure was this past weekend, and despite the inexorably small turnout, it was a success.  The idea was to get as many cars and motorcycles as possible, drive to the Wispering Springs / Clinton Indian Band (WSCIB) reserve and have a camp out with live bands and other things.  Unfortunately, only a half-dozen bikes and a couple of cars showed up, but it still went ahead.

I was involved in this because the organizer is one of my in laws, and considering he did the entire thing in eight weeks, it was quite the feat.  A lot was done, a lot of effort was put into it and something came out of it: knowledge.  Lots of knowledge on what to do next year to get closer to the advertised 1000 cars and bikes that were desired for the rally.

The main success was that while most of the attendees were all family and friends, it was still a good weekend, a good drive and a great party that night.  The three bands, Bombshella, Interceptors and Rhythm Street kicked ass, the grounds were great and the valley it was localed in is beautiful.  I wish I had brought a camera to take some pictures.  The biggest bonus was that the bands, the grounds and the visitors all showed up and gave their time and efforts in support of cancer research.  The registration fee went entirely to the cancer foundations, the grounds and music was donated, and it all came together well.  Plus, there’s nothing like following my quasi-biker in laws up the Coaquihalla in our family sedan.  Got some strange looks when yelling at them at the occasional stoplight too.

Next year we are all hoping for bigger, better and badder.  I will probably post a lot more about it to raise more awareness, and hopefully help drive for a bigger turnout.  Plus, it’s all for cancer research, so I’m glad to donate my time.

http://kamfest.weebly.com/index.html

“9/11 was an inside job.”

So was your mom!

After about a month of waiting, I finally have a newer and better system, and it’s running in parallel with my older system. Big plus was the new system was 100% free!

I had the following items donated:

ATI PCI-X X700

Decent Intel Mother Board with a 3GHz Core2 Duo Processor

1 GByte of PC4200 DDR1 RAM

350 Watt PS for the C2Duo

250 GB SATA HDD

Traded for some PC2700 RAM that I used to upgrade the old comp too. Plus there may be a second 19″ CRT in the future. Huge stroke of luck, couple of weekends of work, but it worked out quite well.

If anyone wants to donate to the Aleph-is-too-poor-to-buy-a-new-computer fund, I still need a second DVD-R or DVD-RW and decent AGP 4x video card. Once I have that, I will have a good and decent computer, both for relatively little cost! Huzzah.

Now to get this blog back into shape and used again….anyone know a decent photo album plugin for Word Press?