Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:33:40 -0500 http://www.sawedoff.com/ PostNuke Powered Site en-us http://www.sawedoff.com/images/logo.gif http://www.sawedoff.com/ quasar@sawedoff.com http://www.sawedoff.com/Article51.html So i just got back from a trip to the UK. Went over there for work, but ended up doing a lot more than work :) (yes Paul, i actually WORKED while i was there too...). that being said, i didnt take any pictures of me working (mainly because its not allowed) but i DID take pictures of everything else :) pictures are here More story after the jump... Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:33:40 -0500 http://www.sawedoff.com/Article50.html On Wednesday i went to the U2 concert in Toronto. pictures and videos here. It was pretty cool, they definitely went all out. the set was absolutely huge, it completely filled inside of the skydome rogers centre. and the screen they had was pretty cool too, it actually moved (up and down). Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:05:48 -0500 http://www.sawedoff.com/Article49.html So last Friday I bought a vertical smoker bbq. It stands about 4 feet tall and has 4 racks inside, in addition to a drip tray and a special place for the wood chip box right down over the flame. First thing I smoked on it, of course, was ribs. And while i was at it, i put in some tomatoes, bell peppers, jalapeņo peppers, and onions. with those, I made a real smoky pasta sauce. tasty stuff. picture: veritcal smoker bbq Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:39:42 -0500 http://www.sawedoff.com/Article48.html Ribfest Kitchener 2009 started today. i went over and bought some ribs and took some pictures. pictures official site Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:39:40 -0500 http://www.sawedoff.com/Article47.html As of yesterday i have a gravel road. The city sent me a notice a week or two ago saying they were gonna repave, but didnt say when. yesterday i rolled in and when i got up for work, the road was gone... road pic Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:55:11 -0500 http://www.sawedoff.com/Article46.html So i went to Ribfest in Etobicoke yesterday. It rained. I knew it was going to in advance though. The weather forcast said it was going to rain all week anyway. Of course, on the way home it cleared up, and has been clear since. Grrr. Oh well, I got tasty ribs. pictures here Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:52:51 -0500 http://www.sawedoff.com/Article45.html So I've been a week now in my new house. It's nice to own, finally. Got the walls painted in the basement (thanks to those who did it), got all the stuff moved in, some of it unpacked even. Had my first bbq party. Back at work today for the first time in two weeks (95000+ emails later...) and man am I tired. Good thing I can kinda make up my own hours for the next month or so, definitely not coming in this early again... Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:20:54 -0500 http://www.sawedoff.com/Article44.html Mmmm... more ribs... i went the opening day this year, as I had to work night shift that night. Got in there quick, got my ribs, then off to work. I'll go back Sunday afternoon if I can to get more, and to actually get some beer (drinking at, or before, work is frowned upon for some reason...) pictures official site Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:46:39 -0500 http://www.sawedoff.com/Article43.html I went to Ribfest in Etobicoke on July 1. I forgot to upload the pictures until just now. Damn it was a nice day too. The lines were too long, but the food was good. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:36:20 -0500 http://www.sawedoff.com/Article42.html I bought a house! After viewing countless places, sometimes up to 6 in a day (did about 2-3 days a week for a month or so), I found one I liked enough to buy. It just so happened that my realtor was representing the seller too. I got to view it before it even got on the market, which was a good thing, because the day it came on the market I had my offer in at 11am, and he still had *7* people who wanted to see it. I would imagine at least one of them would have immediately placed an offer too. I got in fast enough to lock everyone else out. It is in pretty damn good condition, freshly painted and some other repair jobs too (like new front windows) within the last 2 months. There is also some stuff scheduled to be completed by the seller before I move in too, like new front steps and back patio. I will be taking possession on Friday August 29th, and moving in probably the following day. The weekend after (Saturday September 6th) I will likely have a party (read: bbq) for anyone who wants to come (assuming that I actually know you, no random strangers). Pictures here. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:02:18 -0500 http://www.sawedoff.com/Article41.html I just got back from my weekend vacation to Cedar Point in Sandusky Ohio. Took a bunch of pictures, with a lot them are from the drive down, and the rest from the first day in the park. Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:00:21 -0500 http://www.sawedoff.com/Article40.html so i've been looking at houses recently. looking to buy one, finally. went and viewed a bunch this week, found a couple i like, but they all seem to have a quality that doesnt quite line up with my requirements. ie i found a nice semi, but its got electric heat. thats a bit expensive, and i want forced air, mainly for the airflow, and mostly so that i can have central air conditioning. i guess i keep looking. Fri, 23 May 2008 20:32:49 -0500 http://www.sawedoff.com/Article39.html On Thursday I went to the Rockwood Tractor Parade for the first time. Apparently they've been doing this for a couple years now. It's a fairly small rural community there, and what they do is put Christmas lights all over their tractors and parade them down Main Street. It's, uh, kind of interesting. Have a look in the gallery to see what it's all about. I was playing with my camera settings a lot so some of the pictures aren't the best. Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:16:37 -0600 http://www.sawedoff.com/Article38.html Went into work tonight, and there was no snow on the ground. Maybe some white up on the lawns and a little in the corners. Certainly none on the roads and sidewalks, as it had been melted by traffic of one sort of another. Went out for "lunch" at about 2:30am, and yeah, theres 2 inches of snow everywhere, and i actually had to brush off my truck. Going home time, 7am, rolls around and there is 3.5 to 4 inches. Starting to freezing rain too. Actually had to scrape. Just took this picture of the houses across the road from my place. Yeah, it wasnt like that 12 hours ago. You can see on the vans that the slope of the snow is even, so you know its quite a build up. Three words tell the story of who won this fight: four wheel drive. Truck > Snow. I was almost doing the speed limit when other people were going half of it. Hit the gas at a stoplight, slid sideways a little, hit the four wheel drive button, hit the gas again and went nice and straight. Yay truck! On a side note, so glad i stopped at the mall today before going into work to buy new boots... Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:16:21 -0600 http://www.sawedoff.com/Article37.html So I got back from my road trip on Sunday night, about midnight. I think thats the longest drive I've ever done. Pictures of everything are in the gallery. Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:53:34 -0500 http://www.sawedoff.com/Article36.html So last week i bought a ps3. Wanted to get it before the new crap software emulation one comes out. Wanted to get it so when MGS4 and GTA4 come out i can jus pick up the games instead of fighting for a console too. I ordered it from bestbuy.ca on monday night (abouts midnight) and it arrived at my door thursday morning. And i chose regular shipping! Talk about fast. Tracking information says it only came from Mississauga though. The game i got with it is The Darkness. Not a bad first person shooter. Its got a nice amount of gore and evil and stuff. The one big gripe i have with it is that the font on the inventory screen is FUCKING SMALL. I actually have to get up and go real close to the TV to read it (i think my tv is a 29"). Maybe it would look better with the composite cables, but that would still only get me 480p (vs 480i). I'll probably just not bother and get an HDMI cable when i eventually buy a new tv though, instead. Oh yeah, i bought a camera at the same time. A Canon Powershot A570 IS. Maybe i'll finally remember to take that picture of my truck. Sun, 05 Aug 2007 16:25:45 -0500 http://www.sawedoff.com/Article35.html So apparently this past weekend was Ribfest and Craft Beer Show in Kitchener, at Victoria Park. I didn't know this before Saturday night. Kinda wish i did, i woulda went on Saturday. But at least i got to go on Sunday. I woulda been real pissed if i had missed the whole thing. There were only 5 rib vendors, but there were also about 10 beer vendors. They beer ticket tent sold small glasses for $5, about 3-3.5 ounces each, for the beer to be sold in (and only in). Why so small? Officially, they were "tasting" glasses. Branded right on the glass was the slogan Quality, not Quantity. That didn't serve most people well, as I saw a couple people go up to the individual vendors, order 1-2, drink them down on the spot, then order more to take back to their table. Oh yeah, the ribs. I got a full rack from two of the different vendors. First one was real hot, tobasco flavoured. Glad i had beer to wash that down. Second one i brought home with me to eat later, and it was tasty, but even though i got extra sauce (which they initially forgot until i asked again as they were handing it to me) it still could have used more. I like my ribs pretty wet, i guess. Damn, forgot to take pictures... Left my camera in the truck. Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:44:35 -0500 http://www.sawedoff.com/Article34.html I bought a new truck today. Ok not new, used, but its new to ME. 2003 GMC Sonoma 4door 4x4 pickup. Its black. I took pictures, but they were on my dad's camera, and my parents internet connection is DIALUP, and yeah, they didnt upload correctly. I suppose i shoulda stuck around to make sure they uploaded alright, but it was working fine at 1/2way done... dunno what happened. I'll take new pictures with my own camera tomorrow or something. edit: pictures in gallery Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:44:02 -0500 http://www.sawedoff.com/Article33.html So yesterday i went to Ribfest 2007 in Etobicoke. Ate a lot of ribs. Not as many hot chicks walking around wearing next to nothing this year though, unlike last year. Got a couple pictures of some though. Brought home a rack of ribs as well this year, plan to eat them later today. Also bought a bottle of BBQ sauce from one of the vendors, Billy Bones. Damn that stuff is tasty. Pictures of everything here. Sun, 01 Jul 2007 12:02:17 -0500 http://www.sawedoff.com/Article32.html so i bought a laptop last week. got a toshiba qosmio f25, bought it used. its got a decent processor, 15" widescreen display, 100gb 7200rpm hard drive, a tv tuner, dvd writer, and all sorts of other neat stuff. its very shiney. sucky part is that it has windows media center 2005 on it. i'm gonna partition it and install linux, i think. havent played with linux on a laptop in a long time. i am pretty sure the tv tuner wont work, but from what i've read the rest of it will. not gonna completely format it and get rid of windows just yet, caue i still want to be able to play ffxi on it. ffxi runs nice and smooth on the geforce go 6600. maybe if i can get it working under wine or something i'll wipe out windows completely. Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:56:26 -0500 http://www.sawedoff.com/Article31.html Apparently i've been having issues with spam in my comments system. i blame postnuke for that. so i upgraded. website might look a little funny until i get all the kinks worked out. Sat, 05 May 2007 22:20:29 -0500 http://www.sawedoff.com/Article30.html So I'm on with my new team at work now. This means my schedule has changed. If you want to see it, just email me and I'll give you the URL if you don't already have it. If you already have it, just click refresh. (its the same kind of shift schedule, just shifted down by a few weeks) Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:04:25 -0500 http://www.sawedoff.com/Article29.html Here's the latest flash game that has found its way into my bookmarks. Desktop Tower Defense. Another highly addicting game. Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:22:20 -0500 http://www.sawedoff.com/Article28.html Well looks like someone talked some sense into the guy and he relinquished the domain. Got him to take the transfer lock off of it, just waiting now for a WHOIS update and i'll be able to transfer it to my registrar. Then this whole mess will be sorted out. Read more for info on how to connect to the website in the meantime. Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:23:01 -0600 http://www.sawedoff.com/Article27.html So the owner of the domain for my Final Fantasy XI linkshell has decided that he does not want to reliquish it to us and has redirected it to another hosting. What a fucking pirck. I tried to be civil with him about transfering it to me, but he wouldnt listen. In his comments he said he was going to redirect it to a porn site. Classy. Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:01:49 -0600