People Magazine?!

I was recently on the receiving end of a somewhat amusing misunderstanding. I’ll let Chris’ email speak for itself.

hi there Steve,

today’s the first time i’ve looked at your blogs, but i have to say i really like them… the Window’s 3am one was great! i recently found a “people magazine” from december that had a review about “The Who” that i think you did…(unless this is a diferent Steve=), but i just wanted to say that it was really great! i’m a musician, and you said it all just right… i’d love to hear what you think about my band… if you get a chance, please check us out @ www.myspace.com/goodbyeelliott . anyway, keep up the good work, and if this isn’t steve from people, you blogs rock as well=) thanks so much for your time, Chris

I found this uproariously hilarious, even a bit scary, to the point that I spent the next reading and re-reading this email, all while laughing nervously. It was somewhat unnerving to be suddenly contacted by someone I didn’t know just out of the blue… I don’t really care about pop music, much less to the extent of writing an article about it, let alone one for People Magazine! My reply:

Hello Chris,

I’m glad you enjoyed my blog. I’ll have to say I don’t write for any magazines. My writing is limited to school assignments and my website. It must have been a different Steve writing in People, I apologize for any confusion.

I looked at your site, and your music seems very well done. Congratulations on releasing a CD, and have a nice day!

-Steve Dougherty

I was wondering how Chris would’ve found my site in the first place. I Googled my own name, and it turned out I was the fourth result! I’m assuming this is how Chris found me.

PS: I’m using Lima beans instead of ice for my cold packs because they’re softer and drip less.

PPS: This post was heavily edited after initial publication, as to not be too critical of Chris.

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Ow.

Well, I was feeling great yesterday, but it turns out it takes a day for the swelling to kick in. 🙁

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Wisdom Teeth

Well, I’m getting my wisdom teeth out tomorrow morning. I’m a little apprehensive, but I’ve been told I have a virtually nil probablility of any complications. I know it won’t do any good to worry and it would only hurt to do so, so I’m trying not to. The drugs will help: laughing gas and Valium. I don’t like not being in control of myself, but it’s better than feeling them cutting my jawbone open and my wisdom teeth in half.

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Irony!

$ sudo apt-get install cron bash amarok find
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
cron is already the newest version.
bash is already the newest version.
amarok is already the newest version.
E: Couldn’t find package find
$

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Blog Theme

Changed the theme to something that will hopefully load a bit faster. But then, that’s apparent so why am I posting this? The world may never know…

Really… Hot…

Not having an air conditioner isn’t too fun. Global warming anyone? I might write an article once it cools off some and I can think straight.

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Server Problems

I like the sound of pouring rain… relaxing.

Anyways, I’ve managed to break the server in a way that won’t effect you, because the web and Ventrilo servers  remain untouched. I messed up my drivers to the point I am unable to start anything but a text-only interface. Today I might just back everything up and install Debian Etch… No data loss expected, I’ll back up onto a partition.

How Windows Managed to Get Me Up at 3AM

Behold the pile of steaming vaporware that is Windows! Were it not for a stupid court decision, Windows would have been deemed breach of copyright and we’d all be using Macs or Linux right now. A much brighter future. Microsoft was originally a 3rd party software writer for Mac, who they then ripped off. Don’t get me started on that one.

Now – onto HOW this rotting pile of code got me up. In second hour today Laura decided to forcibly borrow my watch, and I didn’t mind. I should have known better, as at this moment I can only remember two times when she actually returned a pencil she borrowed from me. She promised to give it back after 3rd hour, which did not happen. Can’t say I’m that surprised, as the presses would not be stopped if everyone in the room was just glad to get out of proximity from Sholler. I remembered by the time I had reached the AB intersection, (coming from lower D) and I stopped and searched but to no avail. I spent the rest of the day scouring my surroundings for Laura so I could get my watch back, but did not see her.

Because my watch has alarms which I use to get up at 6:30AM, I needed to secure a way to have my computer (that I have in my room) get me up at the appropriate time. A few seconds of Googling found me what I was looking for. (Seriously – third result on my first query, which I was able to click on first luckily. That was awesome.) The thing had the option of making beeps or playing music from a file or CD when the alarm went off, I chose to have it play “What Would Brian Biotano Do?” at 6:30AM Friday, so I left my speakers on.

When I first configured, I set Windows Update to automatically update this sad excuse for a PC (eMachine >.< “You bought an eMachine?! I wouldn’t STEAL an eMachine!” <-WOS General Chat) at 3AM – seemed reasonable, except for that I don’t usually leave the computer on overnight when I’m sleeping in the room, and I don’t think I’ve ever left the speakers on overnight before while I was there. So, maybe 5-10 minutes after 3AM I vaguely hear the XP logout sound effect. I get up, I don’t know – XP sounds nothing like the glory of Brian Boitano. Needless to say, I’ve turned off automatically installing updates now. We should all use Linux, then people would sell games for it. Linux doesn’t nag about updates or RESTART ITSELF AT 3AM THE ONE TIME YOU WERE COUNTING ON IT TO DO SOMETHING USEFUL!!

EDIT: Sorry for the rage, it made sense in context when it got me up at 3AM…

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