Linksys to the rescue. I’ve been saying for a while now that the PS2 broadband adapter is useless to me, unless they come out with a wireless version of it. Well, from my mouth to their ears, Linksys has come out with a product that I figured was only a matter of time. It’s basically a wireless ethernet (Cat5) cable, so I will be able to buy the PS2 broadband adapter, and one of these things, and not have to run 50 feet of cabling to the livingroom. That’s awesome. When combined with the QCast thing, it might just be awesome.

No actual awesomeness is implied, and resemblance to actual awesomeness, living or dead is strictly coincidental
Simpson’s quote of the day:
Homer: “Look at these low, low prices on famous brand-name electronics!”
Bart: “Don’t be a sap dad. These are just crappy knock-offs.”
Homer: “I know a genuine ‘Panaphonics’ when I see one. And look! There’s Magnet Box and Sorny!”

I finally got around to upgrading the backend code to the website - which is why you see the long list of weekly archives on the side there.

I plan to switch that for a different thing, someday. Who knows if I’ll get around to it.

I was home sick yesterday. What started out on Saturday feeling like allergies, quickly turned into a nasty cold/flu. I’m feeling much better today than I did yesterday, but still a little under the weather (Better and better as the day’s gone by though thankfully)

I watched the Riders game on RDS Sunday night, with the live webcast of the game from CJWW for commentary. The Riders played pretty awful, due in large part to injury. Even so, they were in the game until late. I liked some of the things that the backup QB showed, after Nealon’s injury, even though he didn’t really have much success. They didn’t run the ball, which is surprising, after they re-activated Corey Holmes for the game. Hopefully they get back to basics for Labour Day.

Simpson’s quote of the day: “There’s nothing wrong with hitting someone when his back is turned.” - Homer

It was sure hot out there for our final Ultimate game of the year. We managed to lose quite badly, so we finished second last overall. Anyway, with the heat, I kept getting sweat in my eyes. Boy that stings.

As a further update to the eBay saga - I was outbid at the last second again on Friday’s auction, but nobody bothered to try me on today’s, so I got it for the $45 that I was hoping. I entered the payment info, and if we’re lucky, it might be here before I leave for Montreal on Thursday.

Last night Bryan and I booked the hotel room, so we know where we’re staying now. The trip is kinda sneaking up on me - I don’t even have any plans yet. I’ll have to do some research on Montreal’s sights and sites.

And last, but certainly not least (well, unless you weigh her, cause she’s still pretty tiny) Erin and I went over to Jason and Amy’s tonight for dinner and a visit, and got to meet Mya. She’s a real cutie, as the pictures on his page will attest to. Super quiet too - I think she only squawked a couple of times all evening, and those times were pretty short. Erin was pretty eager to hold the baby. I think she’s going to want one soon (like say, the middle of February)

Oh, that reminds me… When we were getting ready for the game this morning, we were all doing stretches, and someone said they couldn’t do a stretch, because it made her want to throw up. The guy who was leading the stretches said “Maybe that’s what our team needs - more throwing up.” to which I replied “I brought Erin.” A couple of the people there didn’t know Erin is pregnant, so they just thought I was a jerk until I explained it. In fairness to Erin, she’s been feeling quite a bit better, I think we’re done with the worst of the morning sickness. Doctor’s appointment on Monday, which was supposed to be yesterday, but was rescheduled because the air conditioner at the doctor’s office was broken, and it was unbearably hot (apparently.)

Simpson’s quote of the weekend bonus post: “Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos” - Homer

First of all - Erin bought some “Rice Crispies Squares Treats” a while back for a trip we took. The box is in the kitchen, and last night I noticed that it says that its “Original” rice crispies squares treats, but also that it’s got “New and Improved taste” What’s up with that?

Had to get that out of the way while I remembered.

Speaking of remembering… I quite often come across a cool link that I want to read through further before posting. I bookmark them, fully planning to come back to them at some future date when I have time. Sometimes this takes weeks, sometimes months. I went back to the link to Sirlin.net recently, and read through some of the articles on game design that are posted there. Some of it is pretty interesting. Nothing new has been posted there in eight months or so, but there are quite a few articles anyway.

Nothing like jumping around topics like crazy…The PDA that I’m trying to buy off of Ebay is quite a bizarre story. The guy who posted the auction always has three of them up - initial bid of $45, “Buy it Now” for $49.95 - one auction expires every day. Anyway, two days ago, Erin forgot to look at her auction, and came back to find that she’d been outbid. She was pretty heartbroken. Yesterday, I had the auction up until 30 seconds left, when someone thought they could swoop in and outbid me. Well, they did, but I bid them up some first :)

The funny thing is - there’s really only a $5 range that it makes sense to bid in, since there are two other auctions with “buy it now” for $49.95 just sitting there - same seller, same product, and yet we’ve been outbid two days in a row. I’m in no huge rush to get the thing, but Erin’s kind of getting impatient. I think the whole “30 second” thing is what makes Ebay so unappealing. If there is action on an item, I think they should keep it open until there is no more bidding for a certain amount of time (say one or two minutes) - that would keep the sellers happy, since there is more chance of it getting bid up, and the buyers wouldn’t ever feel they were beaten out because someone could bid faster than them. In this particular case, I think the other person was willing to pay more than us, so they would have wound up with it anyway, but I would have bid it up at least one more time, given a choice (in fact I did, and was a couple of seconds too late.) No big deal, I suspect it won’t arrive until after I’m back from Montreal anyway, so I can wait. I’m sure that at some point, if we keep getting outbid, we’ll just do the “Buy it Now” option, but I’m far from that point.

Simpson’s quote of the day: “Oh boy. That monkey is going to pay.” - Professor Frink

So, I was browsing a messageboard that I read on occasion, and I came across a thread about using the Playstation 2 as a home theatre PC. Sounded like an interesting idea, so I read the thread. This was last week, and I bookmarked the site that sells the product, meaning to post the link here. Anyway, the product is the Qcast Tuner and it looks like it’ll be pretty neat. My only hangup is that I don’t want to run cat5 to my PS2, so hopefully an 802.11b network solution for the PS2 arrives (I’m not holding my breath) otherwise I’ll have to share my laptop’s connection with a crossover cable. That would be a bizarre hookup - PS2 -> cat5 -> laptop -> wireless card -> wireless hub -> cat5 -> wired hub -> cat5 -> linux router -> cat5 -> cablemodem just to get the console online. Dunno if it’s worth it.

The week has kind of flown by (as usual) and next weekend is the trip to Montreal (to watch the players strike) already. I think I should find out what our plans are for that trip and stuff, before I get left behind.

Simpson’s quote of the day:
Lisa: “And I’m studying for the math fair. If I win, I bring home a new protractor.”
Homer: “Too bad we don’t live in a barn.”

This morning Rob and I went out shopping for a retirement gift for the guy who hired me, and is retiring at the end of the month. After looking around town, and deciding what we were going to get, we went to Chick Peas for lunch. Great Indian buffet, but that’s why I don’t have time for a post.

We did lose at Ultimate last night, but that means that we still have one more game to play, on Saturday at 11:00, right by my place.

Simpsons’s quote of the day: “Remember what Vince Lombardi said: If you lose, you’re outta the family.” - there, you happy?

I put a second coat on the livingroom last night, so painting is finally done (for now) I think it looks quite good. Next step is to put all the furniture back where it belongs. I think that will have to wait until Wednesday, since tonight is game one of the Ultimate playoffs. If we win, we move on. If we lose, our season is done.

Simpson’s quote of the day: “Why do we have to play this corny old game anyway? I’ve got my jacks! Hey, I got twosies!” - Milhouse