Apple iPod Touch Alarm Fail

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I complained back on the first of January because the alarm clock on the Apple iPod Touch randomly stopped working. Now it’s at it again, but instead of not working at all this time, it’s going off an hour early.

Of course, it’s better to be woken up early rather than not being woken up at all, but really? Is it actually that difficult to program an alarm application that works properly and correctly? People have been making alarm clocks that work 100% of the time since forever ago, so I don’t know why Apple can’t do it in an application.

I did some research and apparently it has to do something with Daylight Saving’s Time. … Which brings me to my next point about how Daylight Saving’s Time is completely useless and a waste of effort.

A long time ago when I was on a very regular sleeping schedule, the time change would throw me off. It’s not like that anymore because my sleeping habits have become significantly more volatile since then, but it’s still annoying. Also, if you happen to be like me and know people from all across the world, it’s annoying keeping track of the hour difference between your time zones, then suddenly having to re­memorize the hour differences because some regions observe Daylight Saving’s Time and some don’t.

… Have a nice day.

 

Picture of the Day

Bookmarks from Google eBooks

Bookmarks from Google eBooks

Because I definitely need to use these with those eBooks that I purchased from Google.

 

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Topic #68: Name a book that changed your life. What influence did it have on your thoughts, attitudes, and actions?

I can’t really think of any specific books that changed my life in themselves, but a book that got me interested in reading again while I was in middle school is Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz.

I used to read a lot during my young childhood years – I would be known as someone who always had a book in his hands. Then, for a reason that I can’t remember, I suddenly stopped being so immersed into books. This change was so abrupt that even my parents noticed the drastic change and were curious what was going on.

A random day during middle school when I was bored in study hall, I decided to go to the library because I had nothing else to do. The librarian there suggested to me that I should find a book to read. At first I denied the offer, but she pointed out a book and said that based on my personality, I would be interested in it. That book happened to be Stormbreaker.

I checked it out and put it straight into my backpack.

After going back home that night, I dug through my backpack to make sure that I had finished all my homework, and came across the book. I decided that I would take the word of my librarian and try reading it.

A few hours later, I finished the book and had a sudden inspiration to go to the library the following day and borrow the next book in the series.

Since then, this same occurrance has happened a few times, just with different circumstances and different books. Whenever I happen to get extremely busy, I tend to forget about reading and my interest diminishes. Then, on a random day, someone would recommend an interesting book to me or would convince me to read a particular book, and if that book happens to be really good, my binge reading would come back.

This happened with a handful of different books at various points in my life – the books included Harry Potter books, books by Dan Brown (who happens to be one of my favorite authors), and surprisingly, some fantasy books such as the Mortal Instruments series.

I haven’t gotten a chance to read any books lately except for textbooks and other informational books for class, but I plan on reading regularly again when I’m on summer vacation.

 

So Far in 2011…

Number of Taco Bell tacos eaten: 18

Number of times I did my own laundry: 2

 

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How to Play Pokémon Black/White on the Computer

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Step-by-Step Instructions with Screenshots

  1. Download No$GBA from one of the following links.

    (I recommend downloading it here rather than elsewhere because the following links point to pack­ages that I have put together with all the necessary files. If you’re worried about getting a virus, wear rubber gloves first.)

    http://mediafire.com/?c1njn9489pue8yq (Primary)
    http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14198989/NO%24GBA.ZIP (Mirror)
    https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9VmxRhybymWcmw5S20yYUt4QkU (Mirror)

  2. If you get prompted for a password at any of the above links, it is Parkzer.com.

  3. Acquire the Pokémon Black and White ROMs by dumping data from a physical cartridge, or searching for alternative solutions on the Internet.

    (I am not providing links here because possessing these ROMs without meeting certain cir­cum­stances is a violation of US copyright laws.)

  4. Extract the NO$GBA.ZIP archive that you just downloaded.

  5. Drag the ROMs that you downloaded into the BATTERY folder.

  6. Return to the main NO$GBA folder and open NO$Zoomer.exe. When prompted, find and select the ROM that you wish to play.

  7. Open the PKMNBW.TXT file and copy the code under the game version that you wish to play.

  8. Press F2 or go to Options → Cheats to open the Cheats interface. Paste the code you just copied into the text box, give it a name, select Action Replay DS, then click OK. After it appears in your cheat list, double-click it to enable it.

  9. Reset the cartridge by clicking on File → Reset or hitting the * key on your numpad.

  10. Begin playing. Hit F11 if you need to adjust the emulator settings.

 

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. Why am I unable to run the NO$Zoomer.exe file on my Mac?

    Executable (.exe) files are not compatible with Mac operating systems. This emulator software works for Windows operating systems only.

    If you want to play Nintendo DS games on your Mac, search for a compatible emulator on Google.
    http://google.com/search?q=Nintendo+DS+emulator+for+Mac

  2. Why is my ROM not working?

    Make sure you have the original English version of the ROM, rather than a translated or patched Japanese version. The English versions are usually labeled (U) for USA or (E) for English.

    If that didn’t work, try downloading it from a different source, as the one you are attempting to use may be corrupted.

  3. How do I save the game?

    Open the in-game menu by pressing the Q key on your keyboard (or, if you changed the controls, whichever key corresponds with the X button on the Nintendo DS). Click on the Save button.

    If this doesn’t work, make sure that you unarchived the No$GBA folder to a freely writable directory. For example, your My Documents folder is a freely writable directory, while your Program Files folder is not (it requires administrator authorization).

    If you user profile is set as an administrator, you can also try running NO$Zoomer as an administrator. To do this, right-click on the file and click “Run as administrator.”

  4. What are other Codebreaker or Action Replay codes I can use to cheat?

    I don’t know any; search for them on Google.
    http://google.com/search?q=Pok%E9mon+Black+and+White+cheats

  5. Why is wifi not working?

    As far as I know, the wifi built into No$GBA is not compatible with the wifi used with the ROMs. I’ve seen some work-arounds, though, and some other emulators may have wifi compatibility with Pokémon games. If you want wifi, you will have to search on Google and experiment with emulators and software yourself.

  6. Why is the No$GBA crashing, malfunctioning, or not working?

    I did not make it, so I don’t know. For more information about No$GBA, visit its official website at NoGBA.com.

 

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Retarded Website

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I think we can all agree that one of the main purposes of having a website is to you can present information to a massive and variable audience. This audience can come from different time zones and can have different schedules that limit their activity on the Internet to a particular time period.

For those of you who are not aware already (which is probably most of you), I will be taking courses during my summer break at my local community college to get credit and reduce the time it will take for me to graduate at my university with my degree.

I recently received a letter in the mail with information about registration. As you probably already know (if you’ve been reading my last few blog posts), I’ve been spending a lot of time at the laundromat, our family business. When I get back home and check the mail, it’s late at night – almost midnight.

I opened up this informational letter and logged in with the information I received.

Then I got one of the most ridiculous messages I’ve ever seen in my life.

“This website is only available between 8 AM and 10 PM. Please try again later.”

Are you serious?

Your WEBSITE has HOURS?

 

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Topic #67: If you could bring one fictional character to life for a day, who would you choose? What would you do for the day?

I thought about this for a while and tried to think of a character who possesses a skill that would be useful for me to learn, but I couldn’t come up with anything realistic.

Of course, there are plenty of superheros that have special abilities like super strength or laser vision or extreme speed, but they wouldn’t be able to teach me these abilities. There are also some characters that have teachable skills, but then I realized that one day wouldn’t be enough to learn.

So, I decided that if I could bring a fictional character to life for a day, I would bring Ash Ketchum from the Pokémon series.

Pokémon was the first game that I ever played on a hand-held gaming system, and I still occasionally watch the Pokémon cartoons when I have spare time. Meeting the main character of the entire series would essentially be living my childhood dream in real life. Pretty much like every other child that played Pokémon, I used to imagine what it would be like if Pokémon were real. Assuming Ash would bring his Pokémon with him, I would be able to meet his Pikachu and any other Pokémon that he happens to have in his party.

 

So Far in 2011…

Number of Taco Bell tacos eaten: 18

Number of times I did my own laundry: 2

 

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Chickn Bnes at the Laundromat

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I was going to take a series of pictures to show what I did today, similar to what I did yesterday, but I ended up staying at the family business all day and didn’t get a chance to do anything exciting or action-packed.

So I put the two pictures that I took below.

 

Picture of the Day

Chickn Bnes

Chickn Bnes

The missing vowels in the title of this picture are supposed to represent the missing meat from the bones.

I’m so awesome and clever.

… Shut up

(Taken on an Apple iPod Touch)

 

EL GRAN LAUNDROMAT

EL GRAN LAUNDROMAT

I went around and wrote “EL GRAN LAUNDROMAT” on all the stuff at our family business to reduce the chances of people stealing our equipment.

And because I was bored.

(Taken using an Apple iPod Touch)

 

So Far in 2011…

Number of Taco Bell tacos eaten: 18

Number of times I did my own laundry: 2

 

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Action-Packed and Bloody Day

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I got my first ever blood test today, which was slightly but not really eventful. Back at my high school, I helped out during the blood drives and I always heard of the people that weren’t able to bleed quickly enough that they were sitting there with a needle in their arm for almost an hour. I was moderately concerned that I would be one of those people, but apparently I’m a fast bleeder and I was done bleeding in under a minute. After I was done, I went out into the waiting room while my parents finished their check-ups, and took this picture.

Waiting Room

There were two receptionists, one that spoke Korean (the one standing up) and one that did not (the one seated). The old woman in the hat kept on talking in Korean to the receptionist that didn’t speak Korean, asking where the bus stop was to the closest grocery store. That was moderately entertaining.

After getting all our tests done, my parents and I went to a nearby Korean buffet called the Senoya. We went to a buffet because we had to skip both breakfast and lunch for our blood tests, and we assumed that we were going to eat a lot. Ends up, I ate less than I normally would have in a non-starved state.

Senoya Restaurant

After we got home, my mom cut some watermelon that we bought from a supermarket earlier today. Ends up, the watermelon was overripe and decaying. I took some pictures of it so I could email the supermarket with the photos as proof that the watermelon was bad, but they ended up giving us a refund for it anyway.

Decaying Watermelon

And finally, at the end of the day, I picked off my gauze band-aid because the tape holding it onto my arm was unbelievably itchy.

Hey, That’s My Blood.

And that’s how I spent my action-packed day.

 

So Far in 2011…

Number of Taco Bell tacos eaten: 18

Number of times I did my own laundry: 2

 

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3.141592653589793238462643383279

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3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208998628034825342117067982148086513282306647093844609550582231725359408128481117450284102701938521105559644622948954930381964428810975665933446128475648233786783165271201909145648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273724587006606315588174881520920962829254091715364367892590360011330530548820466521384146951941511609433057270365759591953092186117381932611793105118548074462379962749567351885752724891227938183011949129833673362440656643086021394946395224737190702179860943702770539217176293176752384674818467669405132000568127145263560827785771342757789609173637178721468440901224953430146549585371050792279689258923542019956112129021960864034418159813629774771309960518707211349999998372978049951059731732816096318595024459455346908302642522308253344685035261931188171010003137838752886587533208381420617177669147303598253490428755468731159562863882353787593751957781857780532171226806613001927876611195909216420198

Congratulations, now you know the first thousand digits of pi.

Happy Pi Day.

UPDATE: Yes, there are really a thousand digits above, even though it looks short and may not seem like it. If you don’t believe me, feel free to go through and count each digit.

 

So Far in 2011…

Number of Taco Bell tacos eaten: 18

Number of times I did my own laundry: 2

 

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