Chip's Spynotebook

03:22 pm - Changing My Blog to Wordpress

Hey peeps.

I am about to change my blog from Movable Type over to Wordpress to learn that for a while.

I am hoping to figure out how to automatically change the feed to point to its original address, but if you notice that you are no longer getting updates from me, please point your RSS reader to:

http://www.spynotebook.org/chip/feed/

And thank you for choosing Chip's Spynotebook as your current reading.

08:01 am - Chrismukkah is Here!

Merry Christmas and all of that.

Beth and I have completed 2/3 of our Christmas already and should be completing it later today. Our presents for our families did not come in time due to some shipping issues but they will make a nice New Year's gift also.

I am in the process of (in my head) re-designing Spynotebook, my blog, and other webby ventures I am involved with. So, hopefully by the 2009, I will start blogging again on a regular basis.

Until then, there is always Hulu.

03:26 pm - Getting Married

So, we're getting married on Saturday. Since tweets and facebook updates have replaced blogging at this point in my life I will point you to the following:

Get up-to-the-minute reports by checking my twitter feed.

As we have pictures, they will be posted to my flickr feed or beth's.

11:33 am - Breaking Dawn

Let's just say that there are potentially 10,000 comics about 8 feet away from me. Let's also do the math and figure that my house is (give-or-take) 874 square feet. Let's cross-reference along the temporal axis and note that there are about 42 days until the wedding. So, let's say I need to sort through 250 comics a day on average and decide what to keep and what to sell/donate/disown because that 874 square feet ain't getting any bigger anytime soon.

Then add the fact that Scrappy and I also own enough books to start our own book-mobile.

Oh. That's not a bad idea. Anybody have an old RV they want to donate to the cause? I could deck it out in comics and alternate history novels and sell my wares door to door.

Last night, the Spynotebook Book Club (me, Scrappy, Jocelyn, Tera) had a "progressive meeting" that spanned Your Pie, Buffalo's, and then Border's for the midnight release of Breaking Dawn.

It was fun to see MJ and Allison at Border's. If you had told me back in the day that I would be 37 years old and still be having conversations about Watchmen, Doctor Who, and vampires, well, I probably totally would have believed you. Never mind.

(I might not have believed that it would have been with actual live women and not someone from a BBS or something.)

I have promised Allison that she and Yvonne can come over and play croquet in the backyard soon.

Today, we are meeting Sheni at the Grit and then who knows.

Off to sort into DC, Marvel, and other piles. If anyone needs any issues to fill out their "New Universe" collection, I just found that box.

11:03 pm - 9 Years of Chip's Spynotebook

In order to celebrate 9 years of blogging, here are my most recent tweets so you can get an idea of what has been going on in my life the past few months.

If you want to relive my last nine years, check out the archives!

As we countdown to 10 years of our blogs, I actually do resolve to, you know, blog more.

• Sorry. "Vamps" is totally the new "Vampire Academy". http://snipurl.com/38jp1


• Screw "Twilight", I think "Vampire Academy" is where it's at.


• what was once a wonderful smell of bacon at work is now just the annoying odor of bacon that won't go away. who makes bacon at work anyway?


• Our milk expires on our wedding day. That makes it seem soon or something. http://snipurl.com/37uem


• @Carrieoke we have the HD of Firefly if y'all want it.


• Office 2007 is evil but pretty.


• trivia at timothy Loco's now


• thunder thunder. meeting friends at Your Pie after they see the Dark Knight.


• Took long way to get here. No need to rush toward the gym.


• Getting ready for the gym.


• Comics retrieved. Waiting for FamHo bus to take me near home.


• Downtown.


• going to buy comics after work and then go home. scrappy out of town. should i bus it downtown or walk home and take the car? dinner anyone?


• i gotta go to comic-con next year, that is all.


• doing a test run of a new imaging procedure at work. listening to streaming radio over the iphone.


• http://www.sysadminday.com/ Happy SysAdmin Day, I just realized that I am *not* one this year and that makes this the happiest one of all.


• I can't get my Twinkle to work on Edge. Would this have meant anything to me in 2007?


• Internet better now. http://snipurl.com/344uc


• Is anyone elses Charter connection super slow and crappy tonight?


• is watching Batman: Gotham Knight. It's alright.


• Meeting scrappy for lunch at ga center.


• scrappy and I on the way to Loco's trivia on Timothy Road.


• awesome. SON OF RAMBOW is starting at Cine this weekend.


• eating Zaxby's Black and Blue Salad. Yes, @scrappy_rocks, I ate the bread. It was a weak moment.


• Getting suit hemmed at Essie's.


• Our morning walk to work, disrupted by stop at Five Points Deli for bagels. http://snipurl.com/32zo6


• at the new job a "dead mouse problem" can actually mean a number of things.


• Playing Yahtzee!


• Annie's first trip to Loco's. http://snipurl.com/31ins


• At the new Five Points Deli on Epps Bridge. http://snipurl.com/31bsk


• Watching Dog the Bounty Hunter.


• RuSans after Dark Knight.


• mmmm, nekot.


• quick. someone remind me how to have two IP addresses on the same network card in linux.


• Do not be jealous of my lunch. Oh wait, you won't be. Dark Knight friends, meet at 6 at Beechwood? http://snipurl.com/30r8w


• Oh good. Now I have twinkle also. I gave found twitterific on the iPhone to be slow and hard to use.


• @carrieoke is that a real app now or did you do something sneaky. i like it better also.


• refiguring out things i once new


• after 268 days, started sending data to last.fm again. http://tinyurl.com/6bvzxg


• i feel like cher highlighting all the september third calls.


• sounds like chick-fil-a line is pretty full according to @lothar_


• going to Taco Stand for lunch today. Can you eat healthy there? I'll report back.


• Trivia tonight. Who wants to play?


• @scrappy_rocks I will! Whose wedding? Oh wait ...


• eating a frozen lean cuisine pizza and all its carby goodness. what was in freezer won out over south beach today.


• @scrappy_rocks is it time to go home yet?


• wow. just had the realization that twitter and facebook are my primary means of communication with a LOT of people. Who needs email?


• @Carrieoke I'm Spynotebook on there. Rarely use it.


• why does my iphone keep saying all my pictures are taken in Nagari, Xizang?


• staying here for dragon-con, even though it is not all that close: https://www.marriott.com/ho...


• Raining. Mowed grass earlier. Big Brother marathon now. http://twitpic.com/3x0r


• Sheni is now MR Shawn Fowler.


• At the Flying Biscuit.


• http://twitpic.com/3pg5 Sleepy this morning.


• big day in the ATL tomorrow. Happy Wedding Day, Sheni!


• Hey. I am sending this from my iPhone using the twitterific app.


• Lunching at Transmet.


• @carrieoke pictures please?


• So, does @carrieoke have a new iPhone?


• @spleener you should just drive to the microsoft store and get a zune phone instead.


• @spleener I heard they were running out. Good luck!


• @carrieoke did he get one?


• @ewagoner that sucks


• i'm ready for the official release of the iPhone firmware. Don't feel like being all hack-y yet.


• Has not missed the Academy.


• Is about to visit his old job.


• everybody is twittering and facebooking and emailing about chick-fil-a. i find it odd.


• thinks it feels like Friday. That's a mean trick.


• They replaced my iPhone. Dinner at Macaroni Grill before driving back to Athens.


• @scrappy_rocks call me and then call me again in 1 minute when you get home


• has an appt. at the iPhone doctor tonight at 7:40. I love driving on 316!


• @GSto sure, i will. i'll also follow you.


• don't text me today. my iphone won't unlock. i can receive, but not make calls since I can use my head phones to answer. dead touch screen.


• Reading. Waiting. Walking home soon. Trivia tonight. http://snipurl.com/2v4q0


• Taking a walk to wake up.


• annoyed that file sharing is different in Ubuntu 8.04. Why change something that was easy and worked?


• so, has anyone ever actually gotten one of the travel deals on clark howard's website?


• Wandering the halls.


• @DoctorLindsay we play trivia at loco's on timothy rd every tuesday


• Backing up home network to external drives for server reinstall. We have lots of video.


• @jocelynspies jealous of your adventures


• I find it hard to make a Mii of me.


• Shopping day over. Has Doctor Who downloaded yet?


• At the gym. Ugh. http://snipurl.com/2u4fj


• At the mall


• scrappy has finished "firefly" and watched "serenity". we all know what time it is. "buffy" time.


• It's a fire works off between the city and the club.


• Ron, Susan, Scrappy, and I are in the La Fiesta parking lot.


• La fiesta tonight for drinks and fireworks. 8 or 8:30 probably.


• thinking about dinner and then fireworks tonight. anybody want to go?


• Is the Texas Tonion on South Beach? http://snipurl.com/2tjih


• @spleener was it the lobsteriest lobster ever?


• @spleener it is about time


• DePalma's for lunch. http://snipurl.com/2td7g


• Network slowdown at new job reminds me of the constant slowness of the old job.


• Waiting for the bus. Lunch downtown today if anyone wants to meet up. http://snipurl.com/2t9h2


• @carrieoke now we know the real reason y'all are up there


• Back to the Future reference. Or maybe my mind just works like that.


• I'd rather not talk about your dead ex boyfriends over coffee.


• I'm sorry, your princess is in another castle.


• Uncle Monsterface covering Madonna. Giant pope monster - like a prayer.


• We are totally watching a dude play a video game on stage at the 40 Watt.


• on the way to harry and the potters at the 40 watt


• dreading the bike ride home. maybe I should take my apparation test again.


• getting ready for some wizard rock tonight


• who wants to hang out on the 4th? who wants to see harry and the potters tonight? who knows what evil lurks in the heart of men?


• rode bike to work for first time today. 9 minutes but was a lot of downhill and cool outside. going home might very well suck.


• Watching Silver Spoons via tidaltv.com.


• crawling around the floor at work writing down numbers. trivia tonight at loco's if y'all want to come.


• Driving to work feels fancy after weeks of walking.


• happy 70th birthday, superman


• eating peanuts with a fork


• Back from walk. Hot. Starting South Beach again tomorrow.


• Dude. Epps Bridge Kroger is all crazy today.


• I think I have read 6.33 of EW's "New Classics".


• Oh Doctor Who! How can I wait until next Saturday?


• Washing vacation clothes. Catching up on Big Brother UK. Your Pie eaten.


• In my house. Nothing stolen unlike Kate and Courtney.


• All packed except for a pair of shoes,my book,and a Diet Dr Pepper. Coming home soon.


• I am so sick of stealing wifi this vacation. Need new solution for next year.


• Waiting to mail invites. Round 1. http://snipurl.com/2pv50


• eating pop tarts and reading twitter. Last full day of vacation.


• Ocean too rough today. Ate seafood in Calabash and visited Azio Media in Shalotte. And stuffed wedding invites. Guest list only 70 over!


• Big vacation plans today? Lunch and bookstore.


• Seeing "get smart"


• @jocelynspies I may borrow it if I need to feel angsty later this summer.


• Finished "New Moon". Over the whole Edward/Bella thing.


• Shrimp and grits cooked and eaten. Time for sea turtle movie.


• Playing ring game while the search party searches. Maybe a pirate got her. http://snipurl.com/2o7wm


• Scrappy's mom lost in the Christmas Shoppe. Luckily, we have fudge while we wait.


• Just finished lunch at Calabash Seafood Hut.


• vacation makes me sleepy


• Working on the wedding invitation addresses. http://snipurl.com/2ns61


• I wonder if Chad Michael Murray ever shops at this Barnes and Noble?


• On the way to Wilmington. http://snipurl.com/2nlu0


• Reading. Watching tennis. Lunch soon then shopping in Wilmington.


• Got back to beach house minutes before rain started. Edward Cullen could totally vacation here.


• "Father Ted"-athon at beach. No cable at home = portable entertainment system on vacation. http://snipurl.com/2n637


• Just had lunch at Provision Co. w/ @spleener @carrieoke & @scrappy_rocks. Full of shrimp.


• Ocean cold. Waves high. Time to start reading "New Moon"


• About to take a brief dip in the ocean.


• Shopping done. Nothing else needs done until next Saturday.


• @carrieoke the island is nice. Chili will like it here.


• Would you rather go to a place called the "Giggling Wizard" or "Wiggling Gizzard"? Beth and I are trying to decide. My vote is for wizard.


• I am in the fanciest Food Lion I have ever been in. Hardwood floors?


• @carrieoke we are at ocean isle. How long are you there?


• @carrieoke what beach?


• Why do I still have Jingle Cats on my iPod. So not beach music.


• Almost there.


• Waiting for 3.85 gas. Are we there yet? http://snipurl.com/2me37


• On the way to the beach. http://snipurl.com/2mcbs


• Shopping for the beach at walmart. Gone all next week.


• Finally. http://snipurl.com/2ly04


• @jocelynspies @spynotebook for reals re: the famho bus. Waiting now.


• @jocelynspies um. Mailbox is full. Popular, much?


• Thai of Athens is closed. So sad. So hungry.


• @teratwitts you have us beat for sure. you can always read Harry Potter again. Or I can lend you some comics. Maybe it is time.


• canceled netflix until a time in the future that we can watch their streaming movies on a mac.


• downloading most recent ubuntu.


• @carrieoke you know, it probably does suit your viper style.


• At Marvin's Shoe Service.


• hungry already. going downtown for lunch and comics today.


• only a week and half since I started, I finally have a password to sign up for my health insurance at UGA.


• now that I am on a windows machine (ick) I am trying out Digsby, which is a IM/Social Network client. In dact, I am posting this thriugh it.


• in case you are wondering? i am against the macbook air when it comes to installing media at the workplace.


• are we all having insurance problems today? sounds like it.


• Not our best trivia night. http://snipurl.com/2k7cs


• Can't believe I forgot Nat's last name from 90210 at trivia night. I am fired.


• Day 7 At New Job : Running Windows Updates


• ugh. put the wrong name on the mac I am installing. Easier to reinstall than try and change the short name.


• On way to benefits session http://snipurl.com/2j5o0


• Should be sleeping, not reading. Apparently, I have to go back to work tomorrow. http://snipurl.com/2ixz4


• @spleener and @carrieoke yeah it was!


• Waiting for Grit to open. http://snipurl.com/2imlr


• Just got excited that gas was only 3.99.


• Plans for today: wash clothes, visit with family, read comics, catch up on Internet, and other fun things. http://snipurl.com/2hyjz


• On the way to Michael's. Beth feeling crafty.


• At Five Star Day. Waiting for Soul Chicken Pasta and listening to Weezer.


• @spleener you are teh suck


• On the bus. http://snipurl.com/2hcbn


• Harry and the Potters - July 2 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt - Who's in?


• writing mac imaging directions


• so, when you give money to georgia power intended for georgia natural gas, things get all wonky


• New job: 1 day down, let's just call it 8000 - 10,000 more to go.


• just at Steve talks at WWDC, Chip uses Windows again for the first time in years


• going to Parking Services


• Off to Tate to get my ID.


• Totally hanging out at the East Side Rite Aid. http://snipurl.com/2elym


• Scrappy hooking Tivo up for my mom and keith.


• Going with Mom and Beth to Best Buy. Then office cleaning.


• Tera at the Zim's. http://snipurl.com/2ek0m


• Scrappy helping Courtney with blog design. http://snipurl.com/2ehk3


• Lunch at the Ruby Tuesday and then Barnes and Noble to spend gift card. http://snipurl.com/2egg2


• At the Mall of Georgia. Fun times. Apple Store people are friendly. http://snipurl.com/2eg8s


• love the Big Brother


• going to the Mall of Georgia Apple Store soon. Already hit Zim's and the Farmer's Market.


• No pictures please. http://snipurl.com/2edir


• Getting coffee downtown


• watching the housemates arrive on Big Brother 9 UK. I love summer and BitTorrent.


• So long suckers.

07:41 pm - Procrastination: The Blogger's Best Friend

I'm washing clothes and getting ready to go to the beach on Saturday morning. I have been meaning to blog forever and ever, but honestly, twitter is so much easier. If you aren't following me and you read this blog, you should probably start following me there. At some point, I plan to figure out a way to archive a day's worth of my online comings and goings and post it here for the future generations. Maybe I can figure that out while I'm at the beach.

So, here is a brief catch up on my life.

Wedding still on for September. Honeymoon in Las Vegas to follow.

I started a new job at UGA on June 9 and so far I like it but I have had a tremendous amount of trouble with UGA Human Resources.

Walking to work in the morning rocks. Walking home in the afternoon sucks.

Scrappy and I canceled cable and are living off the internet. I think I am about to cancel our Netflix also. We just are such in the habit of having things streamed or downloaded that it is almost not worth the effort to get things through the mail. The tipping point was when I read that Netflix was getting rid of their option to split one account into different profiles. That is how we have handled ours for a while.

Hmmm. What else?

Can't think of anything for now.

Oh yeah, I have been reading Scott Pilgrim. It is awesome and you should read it also.

05:42 pm - Smells Like Wednesday

New Buffy today! Hannah, have you found a comic shop in Lexington yet? You should.

No new Doctor Who means I will have to trick Scrappy into reading something else. I'll glue a picture of David Tennant on Detective Comics. She'll never know!

08:23 am - Weekend Update

So, we started off the week a little crazy by canceling cable.

This is not as crazy at it seems at first. We're keeping the internet (10MB through Charter) and plan on watching TV via the web, NetFlix, and various other methods. Plus, it saves us about $90/month that can be spent on other things like comic book spinner racks, roller skates, and weddings.

I also have spent the week trying to get my iPhoto library into some organized manner. Ever since I had to recover all my photos from a hard drive crash a few years ago, they have been all kerfluzzled. The are only mildy fluzzled now.

Friday night we went to DePalma's and then for coffee on College Square. There were "preachers" with signs about drunkards and fornicators standing on the little war memorial island in front of the Arch. Loud, annoying, etc. Some girls ran out of one of the bars and started to make out in front of them and they stopped preaching and packed up and left. Now, it was about 10:00 and they might have just been leaving anyway, but the girls were very proud of themselves and so were we.

On Saturday, Scrappy and I went to the auction at Barnett's News Stand. I was there to buy one of the comic book spinner racks as were friends of mine. I paid a little more than I wanted to but I am happy that I have it. It has Richie Rich, Archie, Spidey, and Supes on it so it is pretty cool.

I am trying out a new cross-posting app so this MIGHT show up on my old livejournal also. Who knows if anyone still is my friend on there.

01:51 pm - Maybe last post on LJ

My cross post plugin that ports my spynotebook blog over to livejournal has stopped working again.  So, I am going to stop using it. Which means that those of you who read my blog via your friends page will actually need to start reading my real blog.

The address is:

http://www.spynotebook.org/chip

It has RSS feeds and junk so there may be a way to put it back into your friends page but I don't know how to do that. It is cooler anyway because it has suggested links and my flickr pictures and all sorts of other stuff.

If I can get another plugin, I may be back here someday.

I love you all equally,

chip

10:05 am - Harry Potter Audio Update

I've listened to 562 out of 6,032 minutes of Harry Potter. Harry has just met Mr. Weasley.

Only 5,470 minutes to go!