Game of Thrones Season 3 Blu-Ray/DVD comes out this week and the Target one comes with a special bonus roundtable disc that this (www.youtube.com)is suppose to be. Hosted by Mac from It's Always Sunny.
If it helps you any, BestBuy also has limited to them special slipcovers (www.bestbuy.com)(Lannister, Targaryen, or Stark) Looks like you're going to have to order a few more copies.
So I'm getting out of my car. It's raining, and I'm late for work. I'm wearing a Sherlock-esque high-collar trench coat. Danny Concannon (www.imdb.com) is getting out of the car next to me, equally hurried.
The problem is, I forget to set my e-brake. And my car starts rolling towards the beach. I sprint after it, but lose track as it gets redirected by a guardrail into a wooded area. I follow after it, but it leaves a trail of destruction through the forest. I pop out on a beach. A lady is fishing. I ask her if she saw my car. She says no, but puts down her fishing rod and offers to help me find it.
Josh, TimeMachine will not connect to my NAS. Error is:
"There was a problem connecting to the server "ScrotoNAS(TimeMachine)".
The server may not eist or it is unavailable at this time. Check the server name or IP address, check your network connection, and then try again."
I can connect to my NAS via the interface, have ensured that TimeMachine is enabled and probably configured. So it's something with TimeMachine or network settings on the computer end.
I did a little research, see here (forum.qnap.com). I don't quite understand their fix. Can you enlighten me? Thanks buddy.
The fix here is using the command line utilities to explicitly re-associate your local disk's TimeMachine backups with the NAS TimeMachine partition on the far end (best I can tell). If you're fairly sure you don't have network issues, then I'd be curious what would cause your Macbook to disassociate. Has it been working since you set it up again? What's the timeline for this change? And what changes have occurred locally on the Macbook? Update to Mavericks, etc.?
Hrm. Wasn't there an issue you had a while ago where Windows file sharing was considerably faster than Apple file sharing? The suggested steps have you using AFP to perform time machine backups.
That guy is incredible. Complex rhythms with both hands (and... fingers)? I'll start practicing when I jerk off ;)
On a serious note, I have been picking up the guitar again. And I'm taking in one of them for some much needed love (floating tremolos are a bitch to calibrate without training and tools).
I don't like large pickup trucks. I've decided that if I ever run for an elected office, one of my first agenda items would be to eliminate the daily use of them. One of my biggest gripes about them is that they aren't needed for day to day commuting that the majority of people do. Sure it's the "American way" to do everything big and ostentatiously but that's just the consumerism/righteousness of our society that I feel is another problem.. I'm better then you and get to do what I want, how I want, and when I want. Blah. Shut up and get a real job you damn hippy! Okay back the first rant.
According to fueleconomy.gov (www.fueleconomy.gov) the best fuel economy truck is the Ram 1500 2WD is 25mpg combined. The best car without electric assistance is the Ford Fiesta at 37mpg. That's a 12mpg difference. According to here (www.fhwa.dot.gov)the average miles driven a year is 13,476. That means that the Ram is going to use ~539 gallons and the Ford will use ~364 gallons a year. Here (www.eia.gov)states that the average gas price is $3.309 and diesel is $3.977 per gallon. So the truck will cost ~2144 and the car will be ~1204. A $940 difference a year. The Ram's starting MSRP is ~24385 and the Fiesta is ~$14100 with a difference of $10285. Let's say the average ownership of a vehicle is 6 years the car is saving $5640 in gas, for a total of $15925 in savings over the truck. That's a pretty big chunk of change.
That alone should make people switch. Here's some more fun facts: in 2012 we imported 3,120,755 gallons of crude oil seen here (www.eia.gov). I couldn't find any statistics of how many of each type of vehicle are on the road, but some the sampling here in Anchorage it seems like there's more trucks then cars. Obama has pushed the idea of getting the mpgs of vehicles up, which I believe these numbers are reflective of that that, but I'd try to get them removed pretty much all together.
I realize it'd never happen, so I'd have a way that people could still drive them as necessary with a permit of some sort where you'd go to UHaul or an equivalent place to rent them for the particular time you needed one. There would be some other exceptions as well; for instance you could have one if you didn't live in a major metropolitan area a.k.a the boonies. Or maybe you could own one but if you weren't visibly hauling anything, the cops would have the right to pull you over and give you a ticket if you couldn't justify why you were driving one. Basically make it annoying to to drive one. Just think, instead of cops having to have a quota for speeding people, they could also have one for trucks muhahaha.
Really, I don't see the daily need for people even here in Anchorage. I get around just find in a front wheel drive car. Also death to hummers. They aren't even utility vehicles..
My second agenda item in my imaginary campaign would be to legalize marijuana and tax the crap out of it like they do alcohol and cigarettes. Maybe we could do that with trucks as well.. This one is actually happening on the state level which makes a lot of sense to me. Like prohibition, the government might as well regulate it and get in front of it instead of always chasing the problem.
Okay, back to work.
Work is over rated.
Reddit has a good little forum Why Do Americans Drive Trucks? (www.reddit.com) Pretty much sums up my question and people pretty much answer how I'd expect: image, random hauling,
I like driving trucks. But my like does not justify the expense. I only ever need a truck maybe, once or twice a year.
So, uh, I agree? Then again, you're almost talking about an emissions tax. Which would be a carbon tax. Which is convoluted.
An emission tax would be interesting. Hook something up to the tailpipe that read all the emissions as they left which has a cellular antenna in it which would feed into a bill. Possibly like the European Television license, one would be charged a monthly fee based on having one, and then more on top of that for the emissions. I like it. So everyone would have an allotment per month that was geared towards cars that trucks would always go over.
I think the problem would then be that the wealthy would be able to pay it off easy and they would become a bigger wealth symbol; but it would help keep the majority off the streets.
Lets get this passed! Brumbaugh for President!
I totally get your argument that trucks use way more fuel than cars. Preaching to the choir on that one. I've even done the math and weighed the benefits.
I'd even have no problem paying a tax for my truck. I use the "truck" parts of it all the time. For me, it's essential.
I can't go fishing in the summers without the 4WD capability, and without the power of my truck, I can't tow my dad's boat back and forth to where we go fishing.
Year-round, I am doing various home-improvement projects where I am transporting wood or tools that bulk out even E's jeep. Couldn't transport that stuff without my truck.
In short, I find use for my truck, but I am a realist regarding the "penalties" I pay due to its higher cost of operation.
So, I'm visiting a family member, somewhere off of Northern Lights Boulevard.
I'm waiting for them in some lobby. People are bustling. Turns out: it's the green room for the Blue Man Group. A man in blueface is smoking, reading a magazine in between acts.
Someone sees that I'm out of place, and walks up to me.
"You a fan of the show?" she asks. She isn't dressed like I performer. I assume she is a stage manager, or an assistant.
"I'm just waiting for my cousin." I realize too late that I have marshmallow in my stubble, and start trying to pick it out.
"Oh. Well, you should wait for number 253," she says. I have no idea what she's talking about, and I guess my face shows that fact. "You haven't seen it before? I'll show you."
She proceeds to walk me out of the building into the parking lot. Cars are going by, but in the wrong direction for Northern Lights. I try to make a comment, but she's already doing flips.
Another performer walks up to me and gives me a hug, then sets me down on the bench while the stage manager is doing backflips. "She likes you. You treat her right, you hear me?" the performer says.
This album is a pretty incredible concept album. It comes in two versions: with and without vocals. The concept of descending deeper into the ocean is better implemented with the vocals, and when I listen to the instrumental versions I often yearn for the vocal melodies. However, since the album was originally written as an instrumental album, the instrumentation alone is still quite impressive.
4.0/5 - Very good album, but also very dense. The emotional journey is very good, and the vocal performance is amazing.
2.0/5 - Not their best outing. A couple of good songs, but they sound tired on this album. Maybe their financial troubles contributed.
Not particularly relevant, but came across this today: http://www.business...owl-lastman-2013-2 (www.businessinsider.com)
I understand liking things for entertainment. I like Sherlock, Steve Martin, and shirtless attractive men. What I don't understand is the form of irrational allegiance (which I liken to a second (or third...) nationality) to sports teams. It's a thing you watch, not a team you're actually a member of. It's not bad, I just don't have that kind of connection to sports. I don't even have that kind of connection to restaurants or food, and that's as close a thing as I can muster to an irrational relationship with an activity.
3.0/5 - Just good... although I rated it pretty highly, I have a feeling this isn't an album that will grow on me, since it's lyrically a little silly, and the quality tapers off over the length of the album. However, I will keep a physical copy because they provided a much more dynamic master on DVD. Yessssss. Quality. Also, I love Stu Block.
This album was a tough one to rate. I've listened to it all the way through 3 times now, and some individual tracks more, but I still feel like I don't quite get it. It is incredibly technical and complex, and the atonality and bellowing death metal vocals produce a pretty significant barrier to entry. But it is fascinating, and I can tell there is something pretty special here that will get better with more listens. A throwback and extension to the roots of technical death metal.
4.0/5 - Brutal and technical death metal about the Chinese invasion of Tibet from the perspective of monks? Yeah, better believe it's pretty great.
