Who needs Windows?
Here’s my new desktop. It’s nothing fancy, just a pretty much plain installation of Ubuntu Linux. It’s been working out great so far though! Biebs donated a hard drive, and I installed Ubuntu on it a few days ago. And since then, I haven’t even had the need to fire up Windows XP!
It does have a few issues, it won’t run Windows games without a whole lot of convincing, but I have got Guild Wars running almost as good as it does on XP. For surfing the web, photo editing, music, and just about everything else Ubuntu does just as good a job, if not better, than XP! Did I mention it’s FREE?
Sweet new podcast!
Here it is! Much yakking about nothing! I shelled out big money for new voice work this time.
This week:
- Got a Wii
- Painting the House
- Hurricanes & The News
- Music: One Day as a Lion
- Music: Offspring
Some interesting search terms for the site.
It’s fun reading about how people are finding the blog. About half of all the traffic I get here (which isn’t much) just comes from the blog popping up in search engine results. Here’s the top 10 search terms used to find BGWillers.com in the last seven days. Apparently I’ve talked about all of this at some point.
1. super mario 64
2. deal or no deal staged
3. montgomery burns
4. new monopoly
5. toronado caliente
6. hp bloatware
7. el monterey burritos
8. super mario virtual console
9. 5 inch bowser mario toy
10. 4 willers for the snow
The last is my personal favorite, though I have no idea what it means!
Lots of fun times…for a geek like me.
Well as posted earlier, we got the Wii this weekend. Andrea has already worked up some mighty sore muscles from hitting home runs in Wii Sports. I’ve been sitting around for hours creating Miis of everyone I can think of. I’ve been really enjoying the new Mario Kart, though I’m a little dissapointed they dumbed down the powerslides this time around. But still a blast none-the-less. I am still favoring the old controller over the tilt method you can use with the Wiimote. Started a little bit on Mario Galaxy, but haven’t gotten very far yet.
Biebs hooked me up with an old 160GB hard drive he had laying around, so installed Ubuntu on it and have been having great success so far. Still have a little bit of work to do getting Guild Wars to run in Linux, but I’m confident I’ll get there. It’s my first step to shedding Windows completely on my next computer I build, hopefully sometime next year!
So lots of geeky stuff to play around with, and as always not enough time for it all. If only I could get by on like 2 hours of sleep!
09.6.08We put it off long enough…
Now I can do fun stuff like this!
We finally broke down and bought a Wii. We were in the store today and I saw one on the shelf. I almost didn’t tell Andrea about it, because I knew I was weak and she’d talk me into it. But she walked over while I was looking and saw it. Next thing you know we’re walking out with a Wii, Mario Galaxy, Mario Kart, and an extra controller. Ha ha!
It’s been fun, sitting there, creating Miis, getting the WiiConnect24 up and running. I’m really excited about the virtual console, although I’m going to wait a while to download any games, as I think we’ve spent enough money as it is!
So if anybody wants to come over and play Nintendo, just let me know. Now I’ve got all of ’em!
09.4.08Damn you, El Monterey!
One of my cheap food staples is El Monterey burritos. You could once upon a time get a 10 pack for less than $3.00. I probably shouldn’t, but I eat them 3 at a time. Anyway…they’ve been getting more and more expensive along with everything else in this world. But we’re in the store the other day, and I noticed they were selling for $2.95! What a deal, I thought!
Well today, I’m pulling the package out of the frezzer like I’ve done countless times before. It seems a little more compact than usual. The bastards didn’t lower the price! They just shorted me 2 burritos! They could have at least been straight with me. You know like a big banner on the package that says “Now with 20% LESS Burritos! Arriba!” Personally I’d be less offended if I were paying more for 10 burritos. I just feel like they tried to pull a fast one on me.
Let me tell you, El Monterey. Your burritos aren’t cheap enough, or good enough, that I can’t find a more faithful quick eats companion. Quick rice has my back.
Our Home. I wish!
Here’s the place we stayed in Hawaii. So nice I felt out of place!
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09.2.08More of the pics.
You may have perused the gallery already, but for those who haven’t and those who wondered what they were looking at…here’s a few more with commentary.
Opaeka'a Falls - The house at the top of the falls is actually for sale. $4.25 Million and it's YOURS!
Wailua Falls - You might recognize it as the waterfall from "Fantasy Island".
Of all the waterfalls on the island, the ones below were my favorite. These falls are about 3 miles from Hanalei, where the picture was taken. If you look at the full size picture in the gallery, you’ll see a few baby waterfalls to each side of the big one in the middle. The top of this mountain gets over 400 inches of rain a year, it’s one of the wettest spots on earth.
Waterfalls descend from the clouds.
We made it back!
I must say, if you ever get the chance to go to Kauai…GO! Andrea and I both had a fantastic time. We were there for eight days and seven nights and at the end of it we STILL weren’t ready to leave. It’s amazing how beautiful it was everywhere you looked.
The island was bigger than I thought it would be. Only one hiway went around the island, except for about 10 miles. So if you want to get from the north side to the west side, it’s about a 2 hour drive clear around the island to get there. The island is only about 35 miles wide, but we managed to rack up almost 800 miles on our rental Jeep.
Here’s a few highlights. Check out all the pictures in my Picasa Gallery.
Here we are just getting off the plane waiting for our bags. We were enamored right from the start as we walked through the airport, and everything is open to the outside air. There were some fences and gates to keep people from bypassing security areas and the like, but no matter where you are, you’re breathing fresh ocean breeze!
Andrea at baggage claim in the Lihue airport.
From there we hopped on a shuttle to the car rental place. Which was hidden away in a little industrial area. We’d never have found it ourselves. From there, Andrea’s dream came true when they handed us the keys to our Jeep for the week. She’s now for sure she wants one of her own!
Andrea in heaven.
Then we headed up the coast for a beautiful drive to Princeville on the North Shore. We took lots of videos, but it’ll take some time to get ’em uploaded so look for that post later. As a wedding gift, Andrea’s Dad let us use his timeshare. It was a real classy place. I was quickly feeling out of place!
Entrance to Princeville.
Our building. We stayed in the top left condo.
My favorite spot.
The view off the balcony. Looks too pretty to be real, but it is!
We got all checked in. Took a moment to take everything in, and then hopped in the suits and headed for the beach! But more on that later. It’s 2 AM (only 9 PM Hawaii time!) right now and should get to bed. Jet lag sucks!
To be continued…
08.25.08
The Honeymooners Arrived In Hawaii