Williamts99.com - My sarcasm may be difficult to distinguish

Just have to go to Dreamhost.com and use the code WILL50OFF to get your $50 off for the year.  Enjoy

The latest and greatest Ubuntu version 9.10 Karmic Koala is now available, with free 2GB online backup/sync and sharing space(Ubuntu One).  Just download the ISO image for your platform and burn it to a disk, or make a bootable USB memory stick.  Just in case the downloads are going slow from the servers, I have a ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso LiveCD mirror.  Once you are done checking it out and/or installing, see Medibuntu for gratis goodies/codecs that they can't include by default.

Note:  Ubuntu is a free operating system, please distribute, modify, and use how ever you see fit.

Well my Daioh(Great King) cabinet used to be a Dig Dug game, so I have the Dig Dug Documents.  Then it was a Daioh machine so I have the Daioh Arcade Installation Manual.  I will also be scanning(or photographing) the marquee, instructions, and control panel when I get around to it.

So here I am playing with the Nikon D40 and wondering why the flash doesn't work.  Needless to say the first result on my google search answered my question and showed exactly how to fix it.  Super simple fix with only removing two screws on the flash and re-clipping a piece of metal.  It took me longer to go upstairs and grab my screwdrivers than it did to fix the flash.

Thank you Mr. Laude for your very helpful Nikon D40 Flash Fix Video.

This morning my nephews wake me up to let me know that it's raining outside and were wondering if I would take them to school.  Of course I ask if they have jackets and/or umbrellas, 'no' is the reply.  I stated that 'William is asleep and I'm not going to wake him up and take him out in the rain'.  Zachary says 'is he sleeping? it is only 2min away'.  It came as a surprise to them that I wasn't going to put the extra seats in my van, wake my sleeping 2yo, take him out in the rain, to drive 2min down the street because they are ill prepared.  Then came the crying about how they were going to be late for breakfast at school because they were expecting me to drive them two minutes to school, understandable because walking probably triples that time to 6minutes. Needless to say we found solutions, there was a bright yellow jacket
that Zachary ended up wearing even though I think he was opposed to it, a Gore-tex that Quintin wore, and a blue jacket for Jarrod.  Don't worry children, the rain with hide your tears for the 2 block walk.

I am embarrassed to say it, I just purchased a high end S-VHS VCR.  I can honestly say that I have never, ever, EVER thought that I would spend actual money on a VCR.  Of course being the frugal person that I am, it is a used model out of a studio.

WTF! you might say, well there is a method behind my madness.  My family has some old VHS tapes that I want to convert to digital before the tech becomes unavailable.  So for the money I have spent it will be a whole lot cheaper than paying someone to do it for me, and I can spend the time to adjust things to get the best output.  This usually runs about $20 for an hr or two of transfer.  I have about 15 tapes of variable length, so you can see where the cost would add up pretty quickly.

I am still looking to borrow a Digital8 player or camcorder(prefer multi-sys) if anyone knows of where I can get one.  I only have a handful of Digital8 and Hi-8 tapes to convert.