Well, not really for fun! Sarah is getting married Saturday at 7PM in Dover - and my present to her is a 7 hour drive from NY, and then driving back to NY (again, another 7 hours) after its over to start work.
The AC in my Jeep is busted again, so for the duration of the trip I had to keep my left arm out the window to keep cool (it was 88+ degrees today, and the sun shining through the jeep winshield only multiplied that) - so now that arm is a completely different color from the rest of my body. Awesome.
Not only was it incredibly hot, but with the arm out the window I would get smacked with random bugs every 5 minutes or so, how awesomely painful! :D
Oh How I Miss NH..
So outside my window there appears to be a pack of Coty Dogs. Some weird combo of Coyote and stray dog I guess… but their howl sounds like a hyena. Very very weird, and very annoying.
Hey, can you turn that down a little?
So I finally fixed the problem plaguing my brand new receiver that my parents gave me for my last birthday… It would aways hum, even at low volumes, and the louder you turned it up it seemed the hum would grow exponentially.
Well the other night I was trying to watch Shrek 2 on DVD on my Xbox 360, and it was just unbearable. So I pulled the whole thing out of my entertainment center, and disconnected all cables except for the Xbox audio cables. Viola, no humming! Perfect, clear audio!
So its time for some classic troubleshooting.. plug in one item at a time until the humming comes back to identify the culprit.
Funnily enough, it was the optical audio connection coming from my PC. Funny because it was the only signal that never suffered from the humming when used!
So I enjoyed the movie it surround sound goodness and then went to bed.. the following evening after doing some packing I fired up my trusty Playstation 2 and popped in Guitar Hero 2. I cranked the sound to 11, and went at it. The walls were literally shaking with awesomeness.
Halfway through the song I was jamming on I hear the door downstairs open and close, then footsteps on the stairs leading to my apartment.
*oh crap*
“Hello, could you please turn it down? I am studying for finals…”
Haha sure, sorry! Was just celebrating, sorry!
Oh well, when I return in a few days the girl is likely to have moved out, and I can continue my jamming at max volume + 1.
What time is it anyway? 
So the first step on my way to C# and Microsoft Technology enlightenment, is a quick project in C# to get my bearings with the language.
Its so darn impossible to find a good simple screensaver for Windows, its even harder to find a reputable website to get said screen saver. All I desire is a simple screensaver with a digital clock. Thats it.
So I am going to make one in C#/.NET and see where that takes me.
Since im in NH and 500 miles away from my development box, I am installing the neccessary SDK’s and what not on my Mac with Parallels… its taking a very very long time.
So my rental of Crackdown arrived in the mail this morning, courtesy of GameFly.com 10 day free trial. I think I may keep their service for a month or two and try out a few games… Marvel Ultimate Alliance should be here tomorrow too!
So I am VERY happy with my premium Xbox console - Microsoft just released a free software update for it that adds some very slick features, and generally makes the whole thing run a bit smoother.
The Xbox has been great as a media center for me, it is attached to my desktop via 
