Sunday, June 3rd was the anniversary of the day Andria and I got married... one year ago.  She is the sweetest cat ever.  She bought me new tattoos!

Here is a picture from a year ago...

and here are my latest tattoos... you can see more pictures here.

-sD-
Dr. Scotty Delicious, Scientist. 

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I got my green AX8600 last wednesday and I LOVE it so far. The first thing I did was get a 2Gb microSD card and transfered a bunch of MP3's to it via bluetooth. It was slow, but it worked. I was also able to transfer contacts, ringtones, and pictures between my AX8600 and my brother-in-law's RAZR V3c (US Cellular) without any problems (so OBEX works to whoever said it doesn't). The MP3 player is great. I love the external controls. The speaker is really loud for the size of the phone. The quality is definitely not going to be acceptable for audiophiles, but it is a lot better than I expected. The video quality is ok (good, but the LG Chocolate screen is the same dimensions but higher resolution. I wish they had used that screen on the AX8600.) I compressed some divx movies to 3gp in quick time (.h264 codec) and transfered them to the microSD card. the quality is VERY watchable. with the settings I used I have about 60 MB - 65 MB per hour of video. I ripped a DVD to .3gp on my mac, transfered it via bluetooth, made some calls, watched the movie, checked out some axcess apps, and then the phone died. The battery life is my only complaint, but it is like 1.1mm thick and I was running the phone pretty hard to kill it in one day. We'll see what it does in more "realistic" use. The one thing I noticed (and liked!) is that it DOES NOT get hot like my last 2 phone's batteries have and that is a definite plus.

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My friend J Ho tossed me about a gig and a half of the most vile, depraved, death metal music I have ever heard.

Thanks Jonny,

BTW... It's my birthday today.
I must sleep now... I have been saving lives all night long.

-sD-
Dr. Scotty Delicious, Scientist. 

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Command Control 0.0.5

Released command control 0.0.5 today which is bug fixes from 0.0.4. No new features have been implemented yet.

• Added error checking for preferences. If username, password, or URL are not set, App fails silently and opens preferences panel.
• if "sort by" is not set, defaults to "id"
• fixed bug where HTML window content was not updated when HTML window was opened using the keyboard shortcut (cmd + U)
• Corrected a typo where I inadvertently used the word "Taint" (oops).

You can download the latest release here.

-sD-
Dr. Scotty Delicious, Scientist.

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Commanding Control!

So, This is the latest blog, posted from the new appication I am developing in Xcode. It is called Command Control. Think cmd + ctrl buttons on the Mac OS keyboard. Yeah... I know, It is clever as hell!

Anyway, I decided to learn the Objective-C programming language and AppleScript to make an application that would allow me to post blogs from my desktop to my MODx powered website. Apparently it generated quite a bit of interest. (the version she is writing about is 0.0.2 alpha. Current is 0.0.3).

There is a LOT of work left to do on it, but the top things on the list are:

• A simple Rich Text Editor (WYSIWYG) for the HTML.
• Support for multiple sites / accounts
• An image browser / uploader for managing & uploading images to use in documents.
• Add support for template variables.

Also to track down and fix any number of the multiple bugs that exist for this program already.

-sD-
Dr. Scotty Delicious, Scientist.

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Day 2, Primer.

  After getting the cabinet stripped down to its core parts yesterday, Andria and I were ready to get crackin' early this morning. About 10:30 to be exact ;).  

Today the project was another kind of stripping... and not that one you filthy bugger, the kind where you remove as much paint as you can before you hit it with primer and then some pink paint. No... that is not a typo.

The back of this cabinet, which I can only assume was against a wall for much of it's life, was made of hardboard... a disgusting substance that really tends to accumulate the "funk" over the years.  The first project of the day was to replace this ugly piece with something less vile... a piece of oak 1/4 inch laminate. Unfortunately as I was removing the braces and pulling off the top board, I cracked a big chunk off the back of the cabinet.  I was able to fix it later, but that is a sucky way to start off.

One of the cool things about restoring this cabinet was all of the unique hardware we came across. screws and nails probably many times older than the two of us combined and these old braces. The edges of the braces slide into the slits on each side of the corner and a screw goes in the middle to pull it all together. It is a real pain in the ass, but I put them back in because you know I keep it real yo! 

After getting the backing replaced and carefully (yeah... where was I with "careful" in the last step?) putting the cabinet frame back together, we started priming over the yellow, orange, cracked white, and what I can only describe as stripper pink. (this time I am referring to the kind you were thinking of earlier). That damn pink took several coats, and I swear I can still see it when I close my eyes.

The third task of the day was to repair the enamel top which had buckled and was bowed up, away from the support braces underneath.  To fix this, I applied some industrial adhesive and compressed it down with a couple 50lb. bags of water softener salt.

Tomorrow the plan is to get the thing painted with a high gloss white called "glass of milk" and hopefully clean up my garage.

Check out the full gallery for day two of this project here .

-sD-
Dr. Scotty Delicious, Scientist.

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