Save A Horse, Ride A Meatball November 17, 2004
I’m an idiot, and I dropped a 120 GB IDE hard drive from about 4 feet onto a carpeted floor. Now when I put it into the computer it won’t detect it, and it just makes clicking noises. I know data recovery services are more expensive than I can afford… Anyone specialize in this type of thing or know someone that does that could possibly help me out? This kinda shit seems to happen to me alot… My high school photography portfolio fuckin decayed or something, I went to look at all the photos last time I was at home, and they were all brown and discolored, some of them you couldn’t even tell what the photo was supposed to be of.
I would love to have a projector to play videos and winamp visualization plugins on, that would be awesome. Even though I just lost 120 GB of music videos/movies/etc, I’m still thinking about trying to save up and build a projector. There are several of those do-it-yourself guides that I’ve seen that explain how to build your own projector, but that one seems like the best.
Alright, as far as the Power Hour DVD goes, it’s definitely gonna have three power hours on it, and that’s the final count. One will be rap, one rock/pop, and one punk/metal. I’m almost done with the punk/metal one, and I have videos downloaded for all three power hours, but I haven’t cut them all down to 60 seconds yet, or chosen the order that the songs will go in. Once I’m done with all that I’m gonna make menus and everything, and I’ll probably end up adding extra shit on the DVD as well. It’s gonna be a little while until it’s done because I want it to come out good and I don’t wanna rush it – But I’m real busy with school too (as usual) – I’ve only worked on it for like half an hour so far this week. Anyway, if you’re interested in the DVD and want me to get in touch with you when it’s finished, just post a comment with your e-mail address/IM me/e-mail, whatever. I’ll keep a list of the e-mails of people who are potentially interested and when it’s done I’ll let you all know the details.
I turn 21 on December 4th. I’ve posted about how the cops are really cracking down on parties lately here in Shippenburg. Since I have very little time left until I can legally drink, I’ve been very careful where I go. Last weekend I didn’t even go out Friday night. Saturday night a bunch of my friends were going to Lambda Chi. They never have kegs, always BYOB parties, so they can’t be charged for furnishing to minors. Because of this, cops never seem to bust the parties. I was all ready to leave with them to the Mardi Gras party, and then I realized going out at all might be a bad idea since I would be walking there with a bookbag full of beers and I had already been drinking. I decided to stay home, slightly antisocial but as far as I’m concerned it was a smart move. I passed out around one or so, and two of my friends came back here at like 4:30 and had gotten underages. The frat got busted, even though they weren’t serving alcohol. I don’t really understand why or how it happened, but apparently the police had a warrant and they searched the entire house. They busted 102 people that night, though they did let football players go. When they first arrived they wanted to get their shit organized, so apparently one of the cops said “Alright, all you whores line up here, and assholes line up here”. They setup tables with laptops so they could “process” everyone quickly, even though they were there for several hours. One of my friends was working the door at the party, he wasn’t even drinking, and he might be facing a several thousand dollar fine – He doesn’t even live at the house. I just think this is ridiculous, is there nothing else going on in this town, they really have to bust parties where alcohol isn’t even being served? I understand it’s their job and all, and people should consider the consequences of their actions (underage drinking) before deciding to do them anyway, but several people I know are probably not gonna be going to school here next year because of being busted at that party. Underage drinking charges (especially when you have more than one) are pretty serious. Here at Shippensburg, the school likes to stick their nose in your business – Even if you’re caught drinking off campus, you still face on campus consequences – Being forced to take classes, and facing possible suspension/expulsion. I just think the whole situation is messed up and it’s only getting worse. If this was my freshman year here and I hadn’t met alot of the awesome people I’ve met, I would definitely consider transferring to a different school. It’s not that drinking is that important to me that it will make or break my decision to attend a specific school, but if you do decide to drink, even if you “play it safe” and only have a few beers, you’re still at a high risk of getting busted for it. I’m not sure where I’m going with this, I’m just letting off steam. I’m sure alot of you disagree with what I have to say, and that’s fine, but a good number of those who disagree probably don’t have much of a social life anyway, which would explain your position on the matter. You probably eat babies too, don’t you? Oh my god, you eat babies? That’s terrible. Flootarg.
On Monday night, Dr. Dre was attacked, the G-Unit got involved in a brawl, and a man was stabbed. Just another rap awards show though, nothing out of the ordinary. Speaking of awards shows, Anna Nicole Smith was at the American Music Awards. And? You tell me, check out the video.
Wanna make cheese in your bathtub? Alright, awesome… Oh, you want a link that teaches you how to do that? I should have known… You can learn here.
I’m NOT Lovin’ It“. I hate McDonalds commercials with a burning passion, though I guess that one was kinda interesting.
Oh man, “AIM Hottiez” is so lame. You click the links and it adds “hot girls” to your AIM buddylist. Are people really that lonely?
Check out Lindsey Lohan at the pool, here. Man, I would kill some paparazzi if I was a celebrity.
If I was smart, I’d probably set some time aside to read “how to learn a language“, seeing as how I’m in Spanish 3 and barely know a word of Spanish. Then again, I’m not too smart, so I’m just gonna forget about that link and continue with the update. I’m incredibly confused by this.
This flash video for Radiohead’s “Creep” is actually really cool. Check it out if you like the song.
I only played around with this 99 Rooms thing for a few minutes, but it seems really cool, if you have some free time on your hands I suggest you check it out.
Do you have a weblog? Wanna post an entry, but just don’t have the time? This is probably what you’re looking for.
I found this site while looking at entensity.net, and I gotta say it’s one of the… Well, I guess worst sites ever.
ODB, aka Big Baby Jesus, is dead. No, really. I’m actually kinda upset about this one. Speaking of rappers, if for whatever reason you wanted/needed to know a rapper’s real name, you could probably find it on here.
So Playboy did “Girls of Starbucks“, and I guess that probably went over pretty well. Then they did “Girls of Wal-Mart“. Okay, there’s probably some hot girls working there. They recently took another step down, and decided to do “Girls of McDonalds“. What’s next? I’m looking forward to “Girls of the Hatfield Meat Packaging Factory”. Actually, that has alot of potential.
I dunno how many of you shop for DVDs online, but I usually get mine from Deep Discount DVD. They’re usually the cheapest and they have free shipping. Right now you can get 20% off your order (excluding pre-orders, video games, and electronics/accessories) by using the code NYTIMES, USATODAY or BARGAINFLIX. Enjoy!
Want a free $15 Best Buy gift card? Apparently you’ll get one for filling out this short survey. Oh yeah, and you can get a free subscription to Sporting News here, Blender here, Forbes here, and Horticulture (but why?) here. More free stuff… Reach Access Daily Flosser here. Good? Oh yeah, and if you sign up for a (free) account at Snapfish.com you’ll get 50 free prints, and you can get free shipping if you use the code SHIPNOW. Seems pretty cool, I already ordered mine.
yeah Nov 17, 2004
yeah baby
zabiela Nov 17, 2004
seems like everytime i’m one of the first to view your updates, there’s no g-mail invites. then when i dont chack the site, you do have them… grrr. anyway, nice update… whats up with the midget sex ofender?
roadie Nov 17, 2004
Kickass update John! I shall read it fully soon!
<3
Ryan Redeemer Nov 18, 2004
PowerHour CDs are awesome. I am all into your DVD concept. Send me an email when yours is ready
FullClipIndo Nov 18, 2004
Hey man i’m interested in that power hour DVD, I want one reserve one for me. Me and my friends could put that baby to use with some beers and women.
E-mail: FullClipIndo@Comcast.net
AOL: FullClipIndo
Thx, nice post!
michael Nov 18, 2004
hey, i’m interested in the power hour DVD, my email is mocisme2@yahoo.com thanx
aim:amnesiacxandriod
Ace. Nov 18, 2004
Man, about all these parties being busted…102 people? How many people usually escape? Jumping from windows, running like hell, mad scrambles etc? Maybe things are different in your neck of the woods, but when trouble comes aknockin’ here, few get caught, and the rest have a crazy fence hopping good time.
Mike Nov 18, 2004
The only things me and my mates have been ‘busted’ (by campus security) for, here in England is stealing random work signs and shopping trolleys (shopping carts?). They almost expect us to get wasted in the bars/clubs here on the uni site…
Keep up with the PowerDVD thing John. I’d be interested, sure, but it depends on shipping cost over the Atlantic…
JL Nov 18, 2004
Lemme know when the powerhour rap edition DVD is done
Ed Nov 18, 2004
I’m potentially interested in your DVD
David Nov 18, 2004
this update was well worth the wait
i can’t wait on the dvd
in the mean time, everyone should sign up for a free photo ipod!
http://www.freephotoiPods.com/?r=11861783
Mike Russell Nov 18, 2004
I’m Interested in the Power Hour DVD
aol: Shr3d3rX
adam Nov 19, 2004
hey john, im interested in your power hour DVD, but can you send me the track list to my e-mail address?
Thanks
David Nov 19, 2004
hey, i made a powerhour rap cd today, slaved for 5 hours >:O
if anyone wants a copy e-mail me, all i ask is enough to cover shipping, or if you have aim i can file transfer it for nothin
broke ass college student…*sigh*
oh yeah and umm…help a nugga out
http://www.freephotoipods.com/?r=11861783
mike Nov 19, 2004
heres a gmail invite, first come, first served i guess
http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-17424f7a0a-defbf5c15f-5537136f12
bossfn Nov 19, 2004
i checked in the comments to see if people had written about the data recovery…
I used a piece of software once that totally saved me with a dead 40gig hard drive. I’ll take a look to see if I have the program…it’s on an old cd somewhere.
John Nov 20, 2004
Thanks bossfn, I’d aprecciate it alot.
KeplerNiko Nov 21, 2004
Hey John, was that "potential" link to "feuerfreimovie.swf" a link to Rammstein’s "Feuer Frei!" video? I ask because I’m a huge Rammstein fan, and it would be cool to see that you felt one of their videos was worthy of linking here.
I think your hard drive might be toast. If you dropped it like that and it’s only clicking, you probably messed up the motor or something–something came lose. I would guess that you’re going to take it to a shop so they can manually recover the data if you want it back. That really sucks.
That also really blows that your parties are getting busted. I commented a few posts back about how there were going to be a lot more cops at my college’s Homecoming (Furman), but even then people got pretty trashed and it was all cool. I don’t think there are a whole bunch of 200+ people parties here, but none of them, regardless of size, get busted up by real cops. It’s usually a $50 citation, party-goers disperse, and that’s it, and the weirdest thing is that we’re a dry campus–these people should (according to the policy) be getting kicked out or something!
KeplerNiko Nov 21, 2004
I was going to say that you really have a thing for Carmella DeCesare, but I went to the link and that thing just keeps going and going. (Change the 1 to 2 and so on . . .) I guess I can’t blame you there.
Todd1 Nov 21, 2004
Free Ipod.
John , I have been coming to your page for a long time. Whats the deal with the free Ipod thing. You sign up for BMG or Columbia house and then a bunch of your friends have to sign up to? I just dont want to kill myself trying to get one of these things for nothing, and loading up my inbox with junk mail.
I know you got one, so i would be interested in hearing what you had to do.
Thanks Man.
Todd1
Cameron Nov 21, 2004
hey jigga john i want a power hour dvd too man put me on your list
cameron
aim-ffx51
email-ffx51@hotmail.com
bossfn Nov 21, 2004
Ok then biznatch, I found the program complete with serial and all. It’s less than 1mb.
Tell me where you want me to send it to.
Mo’Tussin Nov 21, 2004
For some good projector plans try…www.lumenlab.com
parts of the forums are free and it gives you a pretty good idea of what you can do. I’m in the process of building mine.
Daniel Nov 22, 2004
Let mek now about the Power Hour DVD, gracias.
John Nov 22, 2004
bossfn, if you could send it to jiglet@gmail.com, that’d be awesome, thanks!
Jeff Nov 22, 2004
hey john whatever happend to the jiglet forums?
John Nov 23, 2004
KeplerNiko it was some weird flash thing with the Rammstein music in the background, kinda like they made a video for it – I have seen the real video for that song though, oneof my friends has their new DVD.
Todd1, you sign up, complete an offer (they all require credit cards but most are free trials that you can cancel) and then you get five people to sign up using your referral, and all five of them have to complete an offer as well. It’s that simple.
Jeff, the server that the forums were on crashed, and everything was lost. I’d like to bring them back but I doubt many people would join. Maybe I will, though.
Mord Dec 12, 2004
Put the drive you dropped in the freezer for several hours. Then remove it and immediately hook it up. If it spins up, it will probably keep running long enough for you do get your data off it. Then crack it open and have some fun.