<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496</id><updated>2011-04-21T20:16:27.010-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Programmer. Rock Star. Homeowner.</title><subtitle type='html'>:Do you realize that happiness makes you cry? (Flaming Lips, "Do You Realize??")</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>47</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-111660374056829360</id><published>2005-05-20T11:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T13:31:21.110-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>It's been forever since I posted.  I realize that.I got married a while ago. It's mostly the same as when we were just living together, except that family seems to like us a lot more now. So does my healthcare provider. So does my auto insurance agent. For us, it's mostly the same, but I have to keep track of one more date every year.I had what came dangerously close to a nervous breakdown a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/111660374056829360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/111660374056829360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_archive.html#111660374056829360' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-110027372540374335</id><published>2004-11-12T10:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-11-12T10:35:25.403-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hello there, bastards.  As you saw in my last post almost 1.5 months ago, I'd gone on sabbatical of sorts.  Though I'm not exactly reformed, I am more aware of the big picture, am far more productive, and rest easier knowing that my laziness is firmly under my control.Speedy-like catch up of the past month's events:1) Got Audible.com's audio-book of David Allen's Getting Things Done.  Changed</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/110027372540374335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/110027372540374335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2004_11_01_archive.html#110027372540374335' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-109382404027682289</id><published>2004-08-29T19:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-08-29T20:00:40.276-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I make the possible impossible.  I am the procrastinator, the ruiner of good fortune, and the waster of opportunity.I dig holes, and I sit in them with no intention of leaving.  I squader, I pout, and I forget to solve problems whose solutions would put me back on top of the universe.To that end, there are gonna be some changes.  This "digging a hole" mentality stops now.  Time to get </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/109382404027682289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/109382404027682289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2004_08_01_archive.html#109382404027682289' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-108569015815973405</id><published>2004-05-27T16:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-05-27T16:35:58.160-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Thanks for all the Phish &gt; May 25, 2004 -- The day the day was announced the music would die.  Phish is breaking up, right after they play Coventry in August of this year.  I appreciate the band's commitment to keeping their craft pure; there's been no doubt in mind that, as the band gets more interesting musically, they've gotten less fun.  Sure, I can sit in a smoking jacket, listening to the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/108569015815973405'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/108569015815973405'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2004_05_01_archive.html#108569015815973405' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-108437035040959597</id><published>2004-05-12T09:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-05-12T09:59:10.410-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Let's do the time warp again &gt; Wow, I can't believe it's been over a month since my last post.  In that time, I went to Toronto, lost a heat pump, had the dining room ceiling collapse, ate lots of sushi (good!), had power steering failure on my little blue fire-breathing monster, and watched the Avalanche lose to the Damned San Jose Sharks.I will definitely post some writings on our drive to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/108437035040959597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/108437035040959597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2004_05_01_archive.html#108437035040959597' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-107862228447105726</id><published>2004-03-06T20:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-03-06T20:21:03.983-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The worm turns &gt; Great.  I now officially work for a Giant Corporate Clusterfuck.  Not by choice, mind you; my company was bought by a bigger fish, so to speak.  In: tons of educational benefits (FREE DEGREES, CERTIFICATIONS), out: every kind of occupational freedom.  Maybe a FedEx envelope will show up for me one day...Toronto in 2 weeks.  Pretty stoked, but, as usual, everything is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/107862228447105726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/107862228447105726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2004_03_01_archive.html#107862228447105726' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-107659649681919144</id><published>2004-02-12T09:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-12T09:38:27.090-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Troy 1, Bad Guy 1 &gt; Well, I guess it's a draw.  The asshole that stole my check card hasn't been caught, but my bank credited back the amount stolen, so I'm back to where I was, pre-thievery.  Sometimes, you just have to wait for Karma to give the bad guys wedgies, if you can't find them to do it yourself.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/107659649681919144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/107659649681919144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2004_02_01_archive.html#107659649681919144' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-107650705444734881</id><published>2004-02-11T08:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-11T08:49:02.860-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The fire in my hand &gt;Listened to The Verve's "Lucky Man" on the way to the Caps/Tampon Bay game, and seriously got the chills.  I thought about the last time I listened to the song alone, which was the time I worked until 4 a.m. at i3 the day my summer vacation started.We worked tirelessly into the night, even though I was supposed to be driving to the folks' beach house.  Instead of taking a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/107650705444734881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/107650705444734881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2004_02_01_archive.html#107650705444734881' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-107548692207866214</id><published>2004-01-30T13:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-01-30T13:25:06.030-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Bad Mood Post &gt; Well, my January just keeps looking up!  I lost my check card the other day, and someone used it to buy JC Penney merchandise and gas.  I'm glad I could help you out, fucker.Yeah, so I'm trying to claim those transactions as fraudulent so I get my funds back.  This experience made me so upset, i almost wished someone would trip me so I could puncture my lip with a canine tooth.  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/107548692207866214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/107548692207866214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107548692207866214' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-107414320918020011</id><published>2004-01-15T00:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-01-15T00:08:40.263-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Holy fucking shit, I have cable modem again &gt; Wireless router is all set up, I can conceivably use the laptop while on the can, and no one else is on my subnet.  Life is good.Out.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/107414320918020011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/107414320918020011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107414320918020011' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-107331184580261668</id><published>2004-01-05T09:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-01-05T09:12:24.170-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Back to work &gt; This particular Monday morning seems different from the rest.  Sure, it's been almost a week since I started my extended holiday extravaganza, but it felt extra weird to join the other brake-light red blood cells on their daily sojourn to the heart of the nation due to the cancellation of The Brak Show.  Dammit, Cartoon Network; how many times are you going to cancel shows that </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/107331184580261668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/107331184580261668'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107331184580261668' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-107325572377899189</id><published>2004-01-04T17:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-01-04T17:41:54.670-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Touch the metal; love the metal &gt; So there it was.  I tentatively reached out to touch its case, its aluminum, ventilated, unassuming case.  I ignored Katie's harping in the background ("It's so ugly; I can't believe you like this thing"), and continued cooing as I scoped out its perfectly bared insides.  Two G5 CPU casings gleamed, as its twin fans kept it nice and cool.  The power supply fan </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/107325572377899189'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/107325572377899189'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107325572377899189' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-107279397747257889</id><published>2003-12-30T09:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-12-30T09:21:57.733-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Everything falls apart, or X-mas Wrap-Up &gt; Your choice.  Anyway, a bunch of good things happened, and a bunch of bad things did too.  Rather than make you read side-side, I'll try up-down:Good:Family rocks (except for my mom's.  Fucking rednecks.)Went snowtubing at 7 Springs in short sleevesTwo Towers Extended Edition at 3 a.m. Saturday nightBuilt the ultimate Washington Capitals team on my</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/107279397747257889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/107279397747257889'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_archive.html#107279397747257889' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-107185132748726844</id><published>2003-12-19T11:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-12-19T11:33:51.700-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Miss me? &gt; Of course you don't...because you don't really exist.  I need to remember that the whole reason I'm writing this is to reflect and meditate on happenings around/concerning me, and not because I'm writing for an audience.  I think that's the heart of purity of expression.  Is anyone watching?  Who cares; keep your eye on the ball.Well, now that THAT's out of the way, fuck you, Coach </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/107185132748726844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/107185132748726844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_archive.html#107185132748726844' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-106945045579343659</id><published>2003-11-21T16:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-11-21T16:34:53.920-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>MEGA SHOPPING FRENZY! &gt; Remember what you were doing 3 days ago, on November 18?  No?  You must not be a geek, given to fits of hyper-consumption frenzy.  You see, several things made their way into Best Buy on this day.  They included, but are not limited to, the following:Aqua Teen Hunger Force DVD Set - Season 1 and (most of) 2Mario Party 5 (Gamecube)Ultimate Gretzky (DVD)Flaming Lips - </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/106945045579343659'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/106945045579343659'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_archive.html#106945045579343659' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-106804288697314796</id><published>2003-11-05T09:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-11-05T09:35:03.826-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>In theaters now &gt; The Matrix Revolutions is out.  I'm going next weekend to avoid the loonies.  9 days is too long for me to wait...it's a good thing I have a mountain of work to do.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/106804288697314796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/106804288697314796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_archive.html#106804288697314796' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-106748117415266727</id><published>2003-10-29T21:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-10-29T21:33:00.030-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Well, I'm starting on the next Java certification test, this time for Sun Certified Java Developer.  I thought I had a life.  I guess I really just have certifications.About to order a remote for the GhetTiVo.  I've learned several lessons as a result of building my own DVR.  They are the following, listed within the unordered list breakdown below:The real thing feels more polished - I could </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/106748117415266727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/106748117415266727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106748117415266727' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-106727447930881146</id><published>2003-10-27T12:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-10-27T12:08:49.106-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Carry knowledge in the underwear &gt; Well, I did it.  I passed my certification test, so I am now a Sun Certified Java Programmer.  Thank you, thank you, please, you're too kind.  I'd like to thank the Lord Jesus Christ, Biggie, Tupac, Tha Crazy Eighty-Eight, and the dude on Rt. 40 that talks to himself and walks like a pregnant lady.  I'd also like to thank the underwear I wore for 5 days straight</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/106727447930881146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/106727447930881146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106727447930881146' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-106605402017156799</id><published>2003-10-13T10:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-10-13T10:07:00.286-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Day off haiku &gt;What to do today?Wax car, paint house, video games?See Kill Bill again!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/106605402017156799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/106605402017156799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106605402017156799' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-106503691837969481</id><published>2003-10-01T15:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-10-01T15:40:29.003-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>LATE! &gt; Well, smack my ass and call me Tardy.  It's been almost a month, so let me dust off the Can O' Memories.  This month, I have done the following:Got a (sorta) promotion at work, doing Java stuff!Got guilted by family about waffling over a Thanksgiving trip to FLPromised to finish my Java cert in a two-week period (starting yesterday)Started a new business (Alpine Auto Services), </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/106503691837969481'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/106503691837969481'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106503691837969481' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-106269808360309346</id><published>2003-09-04T13:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-09-04T13:55:24.090-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Wesley Willis 1963 - 2003 &gt; God bless you, Wesley.  The demons can't shoot your jam session down now, brother.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/106269808360309346'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/106269808360309346'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106269808360309346' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-106268901949765658</id><published>2003-09-04T11:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-09-04T11:23:39.970-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The Old Home Place &gt; Well, we've had us some adventures tryin' to plant roots in the ol' HF.  We bid on one house, then retracted because the owner was a gibbering loon.  Seriously.  I really hope we start dealing with more normal people from here on out.Last night, we happened upon a cute little BRAND NEW place, complete with huge unfinished basement, hardwood floors, 2-car garage, and all the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/106268901949765658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/106268901949765658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106268901949765658' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-106191672679274613</id><published>2003-08-26T12:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-08-26T12:57:22.896-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Country Roads, take me home &gt; I can't believe we're looking for a house in Harpers Ferry.  I have every negative stereotype about rednecks (and let's face it, what other kind is there?) in mind when I think of Harpers Ferry, and let me tell you, dear reader, the reputation is well-deserved.On our drive last night in the MINI, we drove on gravel roads that lead to water.  Sure, there were </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/106191672679274613'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/106191672679274613'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#106191672679274613' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-106156219823914756</id><published>2003-08-22T10:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-08-22T10:24:59.176-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>So you say you want a revolution? &gt; The Matrix Revolutions trailer is here!  It's pretty danged awesome, and quite a bit different from the teaser trailer at the end of Reloaded and the one at the end of the Enter the Matrix game.  After being Slashdotted yesterday, the download servers should be ready to serve again.  In the trailer, there's lots of gunplay, zero-gravity ass-kicking, and a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/106156219823914756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/106156219823914756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#106156219823914756' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-106123409345038612</id><published>2003-08-18T15:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-08-20T10:15:29.550-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>From the Queen of England to the Hounds of Hell &gt; Just got back from Myrtle Beach, and crap am I tired.  Between all the driving to and from, staying at Katie's folks' place at the beginning of the week to house-sit, and hitting up Kings Dominion on the way back, I'm a tired puppy.As for the vacation itself, it wasn't really much to speak of...which is usually cool if I can even just relax.  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/106123409345038612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/106123409345038612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#106123409345038612' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-106001018501178204</id><published>2003-08-04T11:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-08-04T11:16:25.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Turn It On &gt; I've said it before, 2003 is NOT the Year of the Matrix; it's the Year of the Troy.  Everything I'm into is showing peak activity this year.  Eraserhead came out on DVD, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, a little trilogy of movies I rather enjoy is being completed this year, as well as the Lord of the Rings releases.Next month, the Flaming Lips are releasing a DVD/CD combo </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/106001018501178204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/106001018501178204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#106001018501178204' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-105944659347660265</id><published>2003-07-28T22:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-07-28T22:43:13.326-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Tank, get me an exit &gt; I lost my cell phone on the subway this morning.  I actually panicked when I realized how hard it would be to contact me after losing the phone.  By the time I called Katie from the site I was working, she had already been called by the subway stop 3 down from mine, saying that I had to come claim my phone before they shipped it off to Lost and Found.  I motored, much like </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/105944659347660265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/105944659347660265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_07_01_archive.html#105944659347660265' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-105892853853030453</id><published>2003-07-22T22:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-07-23T10:31:53.670-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Where I work &gt; You know, my workspace is very anti-Feng Shui.  Everything about this place seems to violate rules of personal spirituality.  The cubes are designed to give anyone the opportunity to sneak up on you while working or otherwise.  The kitchen on my floor is small and houses a large-volume printer.  You can't even get a refill on water without managers storming in to interrupt a moment</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/105892853853030453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/105892853853030453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_07_01_archive.html#105892853853030453' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-105880392925136204</id><published>2003-07-21T12:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-07-21T12:14:44.390-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Get your motor running &gt; Got an electric toothbrush over the weekend.  It's like power tools for your mouth.  It gives me that just-left-the-dentist feeling (head vibrating, teeth shining, etc.).In other news, some of the folks from DC Metro MINIs and I will be heading up to Helix MINISports in Philly to get our supercharger pulleys upgraded.  Hoowa!In still other news, Katie got a job working </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/105880392925136204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/105880392925136204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_07_01_archive.html#105880392925136204' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-105845299926263992</id><published>2003-07-17T10:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-07-17T15:52:43.836-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The MINI's new clothes? &gt; Crap.  I was hoping not to think about this too much, but my malaise has finally made me face facts:I need new mods for my MINI.  Yes, I know I'm confusing want with need, but let's not split hairs here.  I have a bone-stock Cooper S, just so I could get a MINI quickly after decorating trees with my Civic last year.  Now that everyone has a MINI, not to mention that </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/105845299926263992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/105845299926263992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_07_01_archive.html#105845299926263992' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-105775783474890620</id><published>2003-07-09T09:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-07-09T09:44:45.263-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Going Mobile &gt; So we're moving back to NoVA.  That's right, the golf and soccer mom capital of the mid-atlantic.  A great place to raise kids because there's tons of money still to be made out there.  Plus, it's a place of perpetual work for the experienced programmer.  We finally figured that commuting to Vienna from Frederick is retarded and a time- and money-waster.  I'm sure gonna miss the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/105775783474890620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/105775783474890620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_07_01_archive.html#105775783474890620' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-105767191539123538</id><published>2003-07-08T09:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-07-09T09:27:22.783-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Father Time? &gt; I woke up this morning and found that I had somehow found a way to rule time.  I'm serious; I was actually convinced that I had, at long last, figured out how to change the progression of time.  I looked at my alarm clock when it started screaming at me at 5 a.m., and thought of something that sounded really inventive: instead of hitting Snooze to give me 9 more blessed minutes of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/105767191539123538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/105767191539123538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_07_01_archive.html#105767191539123538' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-105724863522542183</id><published>2003-07-03T12:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-07-03T12:16:58.253-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Old == New? &gt; It's certainly good to catch up on old friends.  It's amazing how a lot can happen between contact with friends, and yet it feels like time just restarts right when you make contact.  That experience is one of the secrets to life; it's the only way to attain any kind of time-travel concept.  Sure, a lot's happened in life-years, but friend-years is a whole different measure.Cuppa </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/105724863522542183'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/105724863522542183'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_07_01_archive.html#105724863522542183' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-105675866905383899</id><published>2003-06-27T20:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-07-03T13:49:03.240-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>So I saw a pickup truck the other day.  A beat-up one.  It was white and dull-looking, with lots of rust on it.  I figured it was your usual, run-of-the-mill migrant worker on the way to a new job, when my eye caught a sign taped onto the tailgate.  "Software engineer -- UNIX/C, Perl, Reactive".  And his phone number.   Fuck this industry and its betrayal of American programmers.  Fairfax County </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/105675866905383899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/105675866905383899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_06_01_archive.html#105675866905383899' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-105673733826569768</id><published>2003-06-27T14:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-06-27T14:08:58.253-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I told you I'd do it -- I'm blogging from my Zaurus.  Now, if only MVA had WiFi... 8-)Troy out.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/105673733826569768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/105673733826569768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_06_01_archive.html#105673733826569768' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-95867100</id><published>2003-06-20T12:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-06-20T12:22:47.453-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Well, I've gone and done it.  I bought a Linux PDA.  I blame reading Linus Torvalds's autobiography, Just For Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary for getting me fired up about Linux again.It's tough to be working for a Microsoft Solution Provider, and to be evangelizing Linux.  Out of one corner of my mouth, I'm preaching the evolution of programming brought about by Microsoft's .NET </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/95867100'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/95867100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_06_01_archive.html#95867100' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-95599802</id><published>2003-06-12T14:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-06-12T14:42:56.770-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Good times!  The Flaming Lips have won two Webbies, one for Best Music Site, and one for People's Voice.  Great job, guys.  Wayne's speech, in the requisite 5-word limit: "Firsta Grammy, now a Webby."</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/95599802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/95599802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_06_01_archive.html#95599802' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-95381388</id><published>2003-06-06T14:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-06-06T14:56:06.460-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Apparently, road rage is the big thing these days.  Here's what I don't get: why do people seem to hate my MINI?  We should all be so lucky to be following a MINI to work.  Hey, it's not some cocked-up soccer mom SUV.  Which would you rather share your commute with?Over the past few days, it seems that more and more people get upset with me when I attempt to pass people that are traveling </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/95381388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/95381388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_06_01_archive.html#95381388' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-95105933</id><published>2003-05-30T22:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-05-30T22:42:34.726-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Yeah, so it's been a while.  Saw some friends, saw Matrix Reloaded again, tried to bid on a new TV card for the TiVo.Oh yeah, and I also got pretty sick.  It's amazing how taking a few days off from work makes time really fly, even though a lot seems to get done in that time.  I guess that trip to Pittsburgh really took a lot out of me.  While there, I was really struck by how close family ties </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/95105933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/95105933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_05_01_archive.html#95105933' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-94735918</id><published>2003-05-22T09:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-05-22T09:35:01.563-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hmm...homemade TiVo is almost done.  It sounds like all I need now is fast Internet access (maybe even from Adelphia, the broadband provider that could...or could they?), and an audio splitter for the DirecTV box.  Booyah!In other news: the NHL Eastern Conference race seems to be a series again...the Sens are now tied 3 games to 3 with the Devils for the Eastern title, which means they'll be </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/94735918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/94735918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_05_01_archive.html#94735918' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-94636401</id><published>2003-05-20T11:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-05-22T15:29:23.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>American Idol Don't click the link!  Don't give this abomination any more support than it already has!  To my mind, American Idol represents the biggest atrocity in recent years toward the art of television and music production.  For the rest of this post, please make the distinction between Musicians and Pop Artists.  The relation goes thusly: Pop Artists are not necessarily Musicians; Pop </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/94636401'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/94636401'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_05_01_archive.html#94636401' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-94577813</id><published>2003-05-19T08:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-05-19T08:56:58.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Well, as predicted, I loved Matrix Reloaded.  A whole lot.  It even made a believer out of Katie.  I wish philosophy class was like this: lots of guns and ass-kicking, as we pondered existentialism.I feel just as I did after seeing the first movie in 1999; a huge feeling of "jesus, when is the DVD COMING OUT???"  I waited on pins and needles till it was released.  I'd like to thank the Wachowski</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/94577813'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/94577813'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_05_01_archive.html#94577813' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-94448267</id><published>2003-05-16T09:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-05-16T09:55:57.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>HOA annual meeting last night... what a show.Up until now, I've been tolerant of our...well...less-than-evolved neighbors.  I've even become pals with a few of them.  Last night, at our HOA meeting at the local Pizza Hut (hey, did you know that you can order pizza online?  Truth!), we found out just how deep our neighborhood's redneck roots go.  The most lucid, intelligent person at the meeting</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/94448267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/94448267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_05_01_archive.html#94448267' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-94387508</id><published>2003-05-15T09:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-05-15T09:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Matrix Reloaded Well, today's the day.  Hope everyone enjoys the film.  I'll see it one of these days, and even though I've watched and rewatched all the trailers many times, I'm sure I'll still completely love the movie.  It's a nice feeling to be able to trust successful filmmakers again.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/94387508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/94387508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_05_01_archive.html#94387508' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-94324836</id><published>2003-05-14T08:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-05-14T08:47:52.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Maggots can be our friends.  I was listening to Elliot in the Morning and discovered that some doctors are still using maggot therapy to eat away rotten flesh in serious wounds for healing purposes.  Maybe you'll be left with a big hole in your leg, but it'd be a right clean one!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/94324836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/94324836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_05_01_archive.html#94324836' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-94297599</id><published>2003-05-13T20:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-05-14T08:40:17.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>New: a tidbit for the Christian Matrix fans.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/94297599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/94297599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_05_01_archive.html#94297599' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390496.post-94295117</id><published>2003-05-13T19:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-05-13T19:46:09.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The professor threw Ross's sandwich away.  An electric motor is running upstairs.  Bonus: my IM notifizer is blinking on the taskbar.  Cheers!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/94295117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5390496/posts/default/94295117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cellarstudio.blogspot.com/2003_05_01_archive.html#94295117' title=''/><author><name>Troy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13662296627492702130</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
