Insidethe.com http://www.insidethe.com/blog It is my space, but better than myspace Sat, 19 May 2012 00:53:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Daylight http://www.insidethe.com/blog/2012/05/daylight/ http://www.insidethe.com/blog/2012/05/daylight/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 00:42:07 +0000 Jared http://www.insidethe.com/blog/?p=1283

I feel Your presence Lord
Like the daylight upon me
I give You my best praise
In the safety of this place

My hands are lifted high
I sing of love so deep and wide
I search for timeless truth
With words say I love You

Who will answer to the cries
Of the oppressed and the terrified
Who will stand up for the weak
The helpless and the suffering

I won't turn a blind eye, walk the other side
While slaves make our shoes and our wedding rings too
While children are bought, their innocence sold
How long will we wait for You to take us away

-Lyrics from Daylight by Ten Shekel Shirt

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How quickly I forget each day starts out much the same. The only real difference is the size of the bag that travels with me.

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Every year I'm amazed at the beauty that is present in each stage of the spring season. The street is peppered with a uniform covering of maple pistils that all fell overnight, as if an internal alarm clock sounded and the tree knew it was time for the next stage of life.

 

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Sometimes I can't tell who is driving and who is driven.

 

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*sigh*

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  • The staff was very friendly and helpful
  • Bring a 25' network cable
  • Know your intranet.fites.net login in advance
  • If you are alone stick around for the tournaments because a team may form or need someone at the last minute. Knowing your intranet.fites.net in advance will help (see above)
  • Get TeamSpeak in advance
  • If you are a normal human being, don't bother gaming in the morning because no one will be playing. All the die hard gamers will be sleeping on the floor between 6AM and 9AM.
  • Don't be shy, some rigs are really cool, others are just held together with duct tape!
  • Don't be shocked at the number of 24"+ screens
  • Your computer will probably be OK over night but if you're paranoid you can pack it back to the hotel room
That said, my only real complaint is the lack of continuity in game play. There were so many different games being played that it was hard to get more than a couple people in anyone server. The LAN Party didn't meet my expectations of having a large number of people all playing the same game.

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If Google emphasizes the fact you don't have any messages what does that mean? Here are a couple possible ideas:

  • "You found the bottom of your inbox, maybe you aren't as popular as you thought. Here is a little encouragement!"
  • "Good for you, it's only the elite few who actually read all their messages."
  • "No no, really, there are no more messages, go back to your life, more messages are bound to come in."
  • "... now that you've read all the messages in your inbox you can start on your spam folder!"

 

 

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These are from Lavallette, NJ during my last beach trip for the season,  October 3, 2011.

DSC_7901 DSC_7902 DSC_7903 DSC_7904 DSC_7905 DSC_7906

Did anyone else cringe and say "ouch" when his board hit the water?

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Frankly, Scarlett, I don't have a fix.
        -- Rhett Buggler
Source: Linux Fortune
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Except from Dostoyevsky's "White Nights"

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