Holy crap, I had this idea five year ago. Oh well, they did an OK job with what they had. And I’m too lazy to make my own. Although mine had a laser light show to draw the lines. They were a tad smarter and used a projector. Cool, regardless. Here’s the website.

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I’ve been using Globex Design’s Gmail theme for awhile now. It’s becoming more and more of a hassle for them to keep up with Gmail’s ever changing website. Even when theor server went down because of some giant electrical storm.

I checked out all the themes. I partically like the “Terminal” theme but I think I’m going to still with “Shiny”.

One difference I see so far is that the Globex Design theme greyed out read emails. Which I personally feel is better.

I’ll though I do like the Globex Design theme. Until it can become more stable. Which should be easier to do now that Gmail has made the effort to create it’s own themes. Unless Gmail will just work their theme artists to the ground because of all the changes they make.

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I use Spy-Bot S&D to get most of the malicious files that I knowingly put on my computer. I don’t have many to begin with, largely in part of my lack of IE use. But, when I open a zip and think that there’s a 60-40% chance that I’m just opening up a trojan, virus or worm of sorts, I know how to clean up my own mess. Example: If I get an email at work that says don’t open an attachment from a certain email, I’m kinda gonna open it. I can always play dumb if I really ruin anything.

Yesterday, I opened a file, OK, about five that I knew that they just might be malware. Turns out, they were! So I popped Spy-Bot open. Now, in the past there have been one or two things Spy-Bot just has had no luck in removing. VirtuMonde.c just happens to be one of the trojans that Spy-Bots is hit or miss on.

Vundo, or the Vundo Trojan (also known as Virtumonde or Virtumondo and sometimes referred to as MS Juan) is a Trojan horse that is known to cause popups and advertising for rogue antispyware programs, and sporadically other misbehavior including performance degradation and denial of service with some websites including Google.

Spy-Bot wanted to stop scanning to reboot and scan then. Fine! Go reboot and scan Spy-Bot. Whatever you want. But I knew if it needed to delete files on startup, it was going to be a bigger hassle than expected. It was. During the startup scan, Spy-Bot told me it would be best to reboot and scan at startup. Nice! Here’s your cookie Spy-Bot. Now go eat it in the corner while daddy fixes things you can’t. So I run to Google looking for my answer.

After a quick stop at Lavasoft’s non-compatible with Firefox web site, I stumbled upon Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware.

Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware is an anti-malware application that can thoroughly remove even the most advanced malware. It includes a number of features, including a built in protection monitor that blocks malicious processes before they even start.

I’ve heard of it before. Figured I’d give it a chance. Turns out, it’s pretty fucking bad ass. I mean it’s not something I need to run realtime. But it came through where Spy-Bot couldn’t. It even came with FileASSASSIN as a side tool.

FileASSASSIN is an application that can delete any type of locked files that are on your computer. Whether the files are from a malware infection or just a particular file that will not delete - FileASSASSIN can remove it. The program uses advanced programming techniques to unload modules, close remote handles, and terminate processes to remove the particular locked file. Please use with caution as deleting critical system files may cause system errors.

Anti-Malware ran and gave me a report of what if found and if it needed to reboot to delete any files. I ran it three times. My fault. First run was a quick scan. Which actually was quick. Like 5 minutes. It rebooted to remove files. Then I ran full scan again. It found a couple other things. Good. It didn’t need to reboot this time so ran full scan again for the hell of it. It found nothing.

I thought I’d just install it, run it and remove it. I think I’ll keep it a bit longer.

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Put a single candle on that cake. sweetbeard.com turns 1 on Saturday. To kick-off said milestone, Saturday will be the jump off of the next re-bearding. Those whom have been looking for a reason to grow a beard, other than awesomeness, this is your chance. Those who have grown before, this is your chance to document the glorious evolvement of your beard.

What is sweetbeard.com? Well, thanks for asking. For those who don’t know and for those who think it’s just a place to sign up and upload a pic of your beard because other people have, you’re in for a treat. With the help of modern technology, and statue of the art imaging capabilities. You are now able to maintain a record of, or track if you will, one progression on a daily basis.

Still need help deciding? Of course you don’t. You’re not even reading this part. You’re on sweetbeard.com right now signing up. But if you’re still reading this, that means you’ve already signed up and you can enjoy some of sweetbeard.com’s BigAss™ montages.

Hase’s BigAss™ montage
WhiteOwl’s BigAss™ montage
Schmoove’s BigAss™ montage

A year ago this month a movement was born. Not a movement of base political agenda, but a restructuring of the mind. A few chose to loose the chains of oppression, breaking free that which was restrained. I write of course of the Sweet Beard. In the beginning there was excitement. New faces ready for change, new websites ready for faces, a new take on an old idea. Fresh faced in the best sense of the word, many sprang forth to test their skills in pogonotrophy, some tested many times. Now that our one year anniversary approaches, I ask the faithful to return and report in a sacred JPEG-based pilgrimage. My plan is to shave off my sweet beard and start again, to revive my faith. So: on November 15th, let the growing begin… again.
Spread the Word.

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Hehe, mail goggles. You mean like beer goggles? Yes, dummy. Just like beer goggles but for mail.

Ever get drunk and send out an email that you probably shouldn’t had sent out in the first place? Yeah, Mav! Mail Goggles is a setting in Gmail that makes you do some random mail question before submitting an email.

[quote=Gmail.com]Google strives to make the world’s information useful. Mail you send late night on the weekends may be useful but you may regret it the next morning. Solve some simple math problems and you’re good to go. Otherwise, get a good night’s sleep and try again in the morning. After enabling this feature, you can adjust the schedule in the “General” settings page.[/quote]

I know wither I’m drunk or sober, calc does better math than I do. So I don’t think this would help me too much. Unless I’m way to drunk to type in the correct numbers in the correct allocated spaces.

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After the iPhone has already been out for a couple months now, Apple finally brings out a new iPod Touch and gives it a price drop. Last week you could buy a 32GB iPhone for $299 but the 32GB iPod Touch was $399. Stupid.

Differences between the 1g and 2g? Nothing big or worth upgrading for. Some Nike+iPod crap, a built-in speaker, and iTunes 8 compatibility. It’s also a little smaller and lighter with a longer battery life. Only and extra hour of video playtime but audio goes from 22 to 36 hours. I think I’ll be OK with a limited 22 hours.

The only other thing I can think of is that there’s a rumor that the 2G might be able to support a microphone.

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Will be a fully downloadable album for Rock Band? Ha! Sir Psycho Sexy that it me, some times I feel I need to scream. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Lollipops told me this info. I just repeat after him.

Actually it should be pretty fun. You’ve got classics such as, Suck My Kiss, Give it Away, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Under the Bridge and of course one of my favorites, Breaking the Girl.

Main question is, is it all censored? Cause that wouldn’t kinda suck, just really suck.

I’m also looking forward to watching everyone play They’re Red Hot for the first time. Even more curious to watch C-Tal fail on the lyrics.

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Well, I bought a PS3 to play Madden really. Since the PC version was “current-gen”, which be called “previous-gen” because “next-gen” is the “current-gen”. Anyways. It was a good decision on my part because it turns out 08 was the last time PC would see Madden.

Turns out, since I haven’t played any games in some time, minus downloadable demo games, my PS3 has lost the ablitly to read discs. You know… DVD, games, maybe Blu-Ray’s also, I don’t know, I don’t own any Blu-Ray’s.

I guess we had a clue it was broke when Neb tried to play the mosquito catcher installation DVD with no luck in the PS3. I think we just wrote it off as a shitty DVD.

So August 12th comes around. I buy Madden 09 during lunch. I get home to realize it’s not working. Call Sony. They ask for 150 buck. I give them the ol’ thats not fair routine. They don’t care. I call back the next day and give them more money.

The lady on the phone said it would be around 7-9 days of turn around. Hopefully she’s wrong and it’s less. But with me saying that it’ll take over a month.

So, Basically I just wanted to outline the repair process.

08/12 - Called Sony. They ask for $150.
08/13 - Try to find a way to get it fixed for free.
08/14 - Call Sony back. They ask for $150. I give them $150.
08/19 - Receive the Sony coffin. Pack up PS3. Chase down UPS drive.
08/20 - Sony receives PS3. I’m confused of how fast that was.

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…on the cover of Madden 09.

[quote=cnn.com] When the latest edition of the football video game franchise is released Tuesday, it will still feature the quarterback in his Green Bay Packers uniform — despite the fact Favre was traded to the New York Jets.

But publisher Electronic Arts said it was releasing a downloadable update to make Favre a Jet in the game, as well as new cover art for anyone who wants it.

“We do not plan to reissue packaging but will offer a free downloadable cover in the coming days on easports.com featuring Brett Favre in a Jets uniform,” EA Sports said in a statement released Thursday. “Fans can print this new cover out and insert it into the case of ‘Madden NFL 09.”‘
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EA Sports will release a free downloadable update to the game with the Favre character as a Jet — and any other player who signs as a free agent or moves teams — before the start of the regular season. But “Madden NFL 09″ will be released Tuesday with the Favre character as a Packer on all-time greats team.

The Packers traded their three-time MVP and Super Bowl-winning quarterback to the Jets on Wednesday, ending months of speculation over Favre’s future after he announced he was retiring in March. EA Sports originally unveiled Favre as the cover athlete for the 20th edition of the “Madden” game in April. [/quote]

EA is sooo lazy. Come on! Recall dem sum bitches. Making me use company paper and ink.

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I bought some running shows from them after calling around to all the shoe stores in all the local malls.

I placed my order on Tue, 7/22/08 at 7:49 PM. At 10:28 PM, I got this email…

[quote]Good news!

Although you originally ordered Standard (4 to 5 business days) shipping and handling, we have given your order special priority processing in our warehouse and are upgrading the shipping and delivery time frame for your order. Your order will ship out today and be given a special priority shipping status so that you can receive your order even faster than we originally promised!

Please note that this is being done at no additional cost to you. It is simply our way of saying thank you for being our customer.

The order above has already been packed and we will be emailing you your tracking number later today, when our computer systems are finished processing all of today’s transactions.[/quote]

As sugar plums danced in my head, I got an email with my tracking number at 2:46 AM.

I just tracked my package and it was delivered on Wed, 7/23/2008 at 12:38 P.M

17 hour delivery when I expected 3 to 4 days. Shepherdsville, KY to Washington, DC is a 9 1/2 hour drive by car.

I might just buy from there again.

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