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Post by Dûncariel is Dead. on Mar 29, 2006 22:38:45 GMT -5
I can tell you what not to do with Photoshop..... "Don't press this button. It deletes your whole project beyond recovery. And probably without warning."
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Post by Tiana, eh? on Mar 29, 2006 23:01:29 GMT -5
I knowwww...it wasted two whole good minutes... Hmm. Thar's an idea, if anyone else does have tutorials they want to share. Or links to tutorials and such. You were working on a computer in which it doesn't take 2 minutes to smudge a line, because it jerks and goes all funny. I have other tutorials. And stuff. Not written out, but I could explain them and make them right... Hey! Duncariel! Arcsoft has one of those too... wow, I've lost a lot from that button...
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Post by Jandalf on Toast on Apr 1, 2006 0:32:25 GMT -5
Ja...those darneded buttons...
ENTRY SOMETHING-OR-OTHERETH BECAUSE JANDALF IS TOO LAZY TO GO BACK AND SEE WHICH NUMBER WAS ASSIGNED TO THE LAST ENTRY
It was something in the forties, right?
Anyways.
MMMY PRECIOUSSSSSSSSSSSS.
The Powerbook G4 that I purchased on eBay finally came through; I sent it to a location just over the border so that I wouldn't have to pay a whole whack of shipping-type duty fees to get it mailed directly to my home. We drove out and picked it up yesterday morning.
Mmmmmmmmm. It is beautiful. Especially because every dollar that I got it with was earned by yours truly. It really does make a big difference, you know? That aside, gifts are precious in their own way because they were given by someone close to you. But yes...I suppose I'm going to have to take pictures of this thing and post them up here now. Maybe I'll get a snapshot of it sitting in front of my old beast of a PC. Heh heh heh. It's almost funny. Almost sad. I don't know whether to grin or to tear up. Sniff. Maybe I should take advantage of my latest chocolate stash.
Did you know that the Hershey version of Mini Eggs tastes just as good as the Cadbury one (if not better) and costs a whole lot less? The Hershey bag was around $6, whereas the Cadbury was around $10. And they're so gooooooood.
Anyhow, finally getting this laptop has possibly been the biggest material difference I've had in a long time...I'm feeling more inspired now for some reason. It's like my l33tness factor has risen in its presence (narf). Okay, so I'm not really that l33t, lacking the basic knowledge of even how to build my own system from scratch. But I'm working on it, even though it isn't really top priority at this point.
What is top priority right about now? Learning all the little details of website-making, and for a good reason. I'll start from the beginning...noo, not the VERY beginning, because I've already said some stuff about the supposed understaffing where I work. As it turns out, there's a good reason it's like that at the moment. I'm working part-time at the graphic design department (hereonin referred to as the GDD for convenience's sake), and part-time as a CSR (customer service representative, a fancy way of saying cashier). That's what I was hired for, anyway. There were some misunderstandings along the way, contributing to my confusion, but the basic deal at the moment is this: there are three CSRs in total, two full-time gals and me as a part-timer on that side. They aren't hiring for another part-time CSR at the moment because it's my job to fill in here and there where I can at the moment. However, my hours at the GDD take priority, and the more my skills increase in that arena, the more it will dominate my schedule. Therefore, the sooner I learn Dreamweaver backwards and forwards, the sooner I move over to the GDD exclusively, and the sooner another CSR is hired to relieve us all of this terrible back-and-forth schedule confusion. Yayz. Because now, the GDD's website billing is skyrocketing. My manager is getting positively swamped with jobs, which could be seen as a very good thing, considering the GDD side of things, as a company, isn't even quite two years old yet. We've been doing amazingly well in developing a customer base, and as we've gone on we've come to see that the real money is with the corporate customers, which is a rather obvious conclusion in any case. Since Staples is moving in, we're expecting they're going to be snatching away a lot of our customers as far as photocopying goes, but the truth is that in part, we don't entirely mind. We'll be able to shift our focus to webdesign a bit more effectively then, even though we do get a lot of profit through copying. Eventually, the plan is to close off the retail part entirely and serve corporate customers only with copying as well as website design/maintenance, and so forth. I'm kind of disappointed, in a way, that I'll be leaving so soon. I won't be able to see any of these changes really implement themselves, since I'll be at the very beginning of the timeline. However, since I'm one of three employees there, my work does make a difference for the company, so I've decided I'm going to do my part in building things up, as much as that may entail. It's all rather exhausting, but exciting at the same time. I can envision myself returning in a few years' time to see where the gang's at, and at that point I know it will all have been worth it.
Argh. Now if I can only remember what to press to get a Mac to take a screenshot...maybe I'll have to change the keys to something I'll be able to recall...
WoC: quadrimular, which is lasting for four years.
Hopefully this Powerbook is quadrimular, because that was a fair bit of money all the same.
Now I just have to name the thing. HEY GUYS, ANY SUGGESTIONS?!?!
Jandalf out.
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Post by Tiana, eh? on Apr 1, 2006 22:00:09 GMT -5
Don't you want it to last longer than four years?
Name it... hmmm... The BSOD Star.
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Post by Dûncariel is Dead. on Apr 2, 2006 15:18:02 GMT -5
Pete.
On second thought, don't name it Pete. Pete is a dumb name.... it just keeps coming out of my mouth.
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Post by Jandalf on Toast on Apr 2, 2006 15:29:23 GMT -5
Thank goodness I don't have to worry about that anymore... (cackles) Although it kind of resembles a rectangular Death Star. In colour.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
I can see I'll have to think about this for a little while.
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Post by Tiana, eh? on Apr 2, 2006 15:50:51 GMT -5
Why do you ALWAYS beat me to changing your name?! It's not fair. Then I continually look like I'm the one following the lead...
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Post by Jandalf on Toast on Apr 2, 2006 15:56:01 GMT -5
I just wanted a change...went back to "normal", really, so technically you wouldn't be following any lead, I don't suppose.
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Post by Tiana, eh? on Apr 2, 2006 17:29:50 GMT -5
But it'd look that way. (shrugs) I was going to revert a few days ago but figured "no matter when I do it she'll beat me..."
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Post by Jandalf on Toast on Apr 16, 2006 0:07:41 GMT -5
ENTRY THE FORTY-EIGHTHI have got so much to blather about. My head is going to explode. AAAAAAAAaaaAAAaAaHhHHHHhhhhhhhhhh...splat. Since it's Easter tomorrow and everything, I thought now was as good a time as ever to finally put down my thoughts on the essence of Christianity. For me, it put things into perspective in a way nothing else ever has. It seems so obvious in hindsight, but looking at it like this way, everything clear and simple...it's just amazing. I put in a little diagram, simply because I think very visually myself and so it not only helps me to explain but will assist anyone else out there who also thinks in pictures. This is my take on what Christianity means, on what created it and...well...everything. Humanity has this way of wrapping up an idea in complexity when in fact, it's almost insanely simple. In many ways, I consider Easter to hold much more importance than Christmas, because while Christmas was the start of Jesus' life, Easter was literally the event which he had been born for. Origin is important, yes, but destination... Anyway. Rendered down a bit: The Old Testament was all about trying to keep yourself as pure as possible, atoning for all your own sins so that, upon your final judging, you would be clean enough before God to be welcomed into heaven. Jesus' death on the cross was the first, last, and only sacrifice that would ever have the power to erase every last sin of humanity, past, present, and future. All of it...wiped out in one blow. To be honest, I think the agony from the actual physical crucifixion was a very minor addition to that load. With his death, he descended into hell for a three-day period, from Earth's timeline anyway. In hell, he claimed the keys to the metaphorical doors that bound humanity to the effects of that first sin and all the violations of perfection that followed. It's kind of like Adam and Eve getting out of their car and accidentally dropping the keys to their house down one of the drainage grates. They start beating themselves up about it (figuratively) and worrying what they're going to do because they can't get down there, and it's raining and they're getting all wet and cold and miserable because they mistakenly locked themselves out of the car as well, and then along comes Jesus and goes down into the sewer, getting himself dirty for them to retrieve their keys so they can get inside their house. A pretty tame analogy, considering, but the basic idea. So, in forwarding the payment from his own pocket as it were, Jesus pierced through the bondages of time. He's the only one who could have done it, because he stands outside of time which is a creation of his in itself. He cleansed humanity's criminal record at the Judgment, breaking open a window to let the blessings of what would follow the Judgment to come into all of the time spanning between then and the Cross. Do ignore the extra E. I'm too tired to remake it. Anyway. With seeing that as the essence of Christianity, the rest just falls into place. Things you've been told, like how just going to a church or reading the Bible doesn't make you a Christian...they're provided with backup. Jesus didn't do this so people could go to church, flip through the Word, or donate to a charity. He did it so that everything you've ever done wrong, everything you've committed outside of perfection, no longer matters or exists if you take his offer for your own. And once you've said you'll take it, he'll never snatch it away from you. No matter what you do afterwards, it'll always be there with you. It still stands as the best deal I've ever heard of. Lots more babbling to do, but I must go bed nowwwww... (can't be falling asleep at Grandma's tomorrow) WoC: impaste, which is to lay paint or colours thickly on. EGGIES!!!! Jandalf out.
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Post by Tiana, eh? on Apr 16, 2006 1:33:35 GMT -5
I suddenly realized I have nothing to say but felt the need to post for the sake of my post count. Decent explanation, there. Head hurts. What extra e? I was too tired to see one...
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Post by Jandalf on Toast on May 5, 2006 16:31:48 GMT -5
ENTRY THE FORTY-NINTHToday was my day off because I'm working on Saturday, and I decide to make another trip to the drugstore to see if they had anything new in their foreign foods section. You know, where all the Russian chocolate bars are. Mmmmm. I arrive...and I see this: Okay, I think to myself. Was someone at Glico very, very bored, or is this some kind of cultural Japanese thing? Why on earth would they have a box of Pocky specifically for men? What makes it different? So I pick up the box to have a look, and I find this at the top: Uh- huh. Extremely curious. What, Japanese ladies can't handle dark chocolate? I think to myself. And here I thought dark chocolate was made for women. Those little hearts stamped in at the top sure make a nice addition to this box of Men's Pocky.I start wondering: what if I were to go to Japan and brazenly eat a bar of dark chocolate in public? Would the local populace start thinking I was sexually confused? Deciding this is far too hilarious to pass up, I buy myself a box and, at home, attempt peeling off the sticker with the English ingredients and nutrition information to have a look at all the fascinating Japanese on the back. I mean, who needs to know the nutritional contents of a box of Pocky? I bought it full well knowing it's junk food, and I'm going to eat it like it's junk food. Unfortunately, the sticker was rather stubborn, but I managed to get this far without defacing the box itself: Hey, I think to myself, is it telling me there's a bonus thingie inside?I open up the box: So tell me this. Why does Men's Pocky have the stickers inside? Does this make sense to anyone? Why aren't they making Younguns' Pocky and putting the stickers inside those boxes instead? True as the box told it, though, this Pocky's chocolate does look (and taste) darker than the original: Good stuff. No way I'm letting the men have it all. And it just goes to show you: no matter what you think you have figured out about cultural nuances, there's always something more to discover that just makes you wonder. Really wonder. WoC: phlyarologist, which means one who talks nonsense. Yesss! They have a name for it now! I frequent the field of phlyarology! Jandalf out.
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Post by Dûncariel is Dead. on May 5, 2006 19:05:32 GMT -5
That.... huh. I'm gonna have to ask our school's Korean exchange dude 'bout that... he may have an inkling....
Or maybe I won't. Because my mental images of this whole thing are just way too good to ruin by making it all make sense. *snrk*
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Post by Tiana, eh? on May 6, 2006 18:25:56 GMT -5
Duncariel is the reason Jandalf and I are now addicted to Pocky.
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Post by Rûûnûîlûûûnûlîônû on May 7, 2006 9:34:19 GMT -5
What are you talking about?
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Post by Tiana, eh? on May 7, 2006 16:07:57 GMT -5
Why are you spamming every possible thread on MEI?
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Post by Dûncariel is Dead. on May 8, 2006 18:34:32 GMT -5
AND WHY DID YOU STEAL MY SIG!?!
*snrk*
Yay for the Pocky!!
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Post by Jandalf on Toast on May 21, 2006 22:13:09 GMT -5
PockyPockyPockyPockyPocky. ENTRY THE FIFTIETHDear Mr. Cruise: I must be straightforward from the beginning. I have never truly liked or admired you. You've had hordes of fangirls for that purpose for a long time, anyway, drooling over your manly good looks, nice build, charm, and wads of cash. Besides which, you're too short for me to be a potential dreamboat type. Five feet three inches, was it? Or something along those lines. There's nothing wrong with that, of course. But I'm sure you know what I mean. Anyway, beyond all that, I'd like to congratulate you on the recent release of Mission: Impossible: III. Despite having way too many colons in its title, and despite having a sort of overworked plot pattern, AND despite being a second sequel, it had some pretty good action. As some have observed, Mr. Cruise, I tend to play with things when I get involved in some pretty good action. This time I got my hands on an unfortunate napkin. I must congratulate you on surpassing my expectations. Mission: Impossible: II was everything that sequels usually are (namely, bottom-of-the-idea-barrel sedimentary scrapings), but this time around, contrary to all my predictions, things really got going again. It was similar and yet different enough from the original Mission: Impossible in just the right way, I thought. Having a TV series writer in to do the screenplay might just have been a good idea on the big cheeses' collective part, you know (for the uninformed: the writer was the same guy who did the Alias series), and from what I heard you two worked together well. Something that definitely did impress me was how your character's wife reacted later on. With anger, instead of just sitting around going "AAaaaahhh!!! Ethan!! NoooOOOOOO!!" like the pansies usually do. Though I would have liked it even better if she would have managed to... well, no, I won't give away any spoilers here, just in case some of the forum members here are reading this and want to see the movie yet. Thanks for your part in the pleasant surprise that was Mission: Impossible: III, Mr. Cruise. And I really hope they aren't thinking of making a fourth one. Sincerely, Jandalf WoC: supervenient, which is used to describe something coming or occurring as something additional, extraneous, or unexpected. 'Nuff said. Jandalf out.
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Post by Morgana Le Fay on May 24, 2006 8:36:12 GMT -5
Heh, I like that. Not Cruise, your letter. So M:I:3 was decent? * will still wait until it comes out on dvd and then rent it - at the library - for free- not giving Cruise my money, no*
Have you named your Powerbook yet?
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Post by Jandalf on Toast on May 25, 2006 0:05:30 GMT -5
Superb, no. Decent, yes. (grins) And alas, my Powerbook goes yet nameless...
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