domingo, febrero 11, 2001

Start saving now, because in April The Sims: House Party is scheduled to come out. Look at these screenshots. The last one is too funny lol
<sarcasm>
Boo hoo.. no more Baywatch
</sarcasm>
I don't know if this works, but if someone wants to try it:

Preventing People from Linking to Your Images
Add the following to the .htaccess file:
# Rewrite Rule for images
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER}
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://
You would replace the above with the domain name and path of the page that is referring to your domain. For example: www.their-isp.net/users/mypage/
The RewriteCond directive states that if the {HTTP_REFERER} matches the URL that follows, then use the RewriteRule directive. The RewriteRule directive will redirect any reference back to the referring web page.

sábado, febrero 10, 2001

Wow, no posts in two days! I've been sleeping pretty much all the time, but the flu is still here. Right now I'm craving some ice cream (even though it's twenty some degrees outside) so we are going to Baskin Robbins hoping that it's still open

jueves, febrero 08, 2001

I feel like crap today. I think I have the flu plus I have a stinky fever. This sucks! Needless to say I will be sleeping all day long, so don't expect any coherent postings today.
I was just wondering if anyone received the Blogger stickers promised during the server fund campaign.

miércoles, febrero 07, 2001

I wonder why the 90210 page is still up at the Fox website. Last I've heard, the show (finally) ended.
Dammit, I caught that flu/cold bug that's going around. I've been sleeping pretty much since I've got back from work. And to top it all, we ran out of medicine and I don't feel like going out to get more. Oh, and I missed Voyager and Temptation Island (I like to watch those ppl bitch and complain about their SO doing something they shouldn't do even do they are doing it also heheh).
The Undead Tech Support: because vampires need help too. I haven't laughed so much in a long time! LOL
<link stolen=zannah>

martes, febrero 06, 2001

Just when all the snow from last year and all the stupid ice on the sidewalks have (finally) melted, it snows again. Dammit. I live in the wrong state. I don't mind driving on snow, I just don't like the idiots that drive 90mph on it!
Not a surprise, a practicing attorney sues the Survivor's producers. The catch is that she was a contestant on the show (second one to get booted off, I think). I tell you, we live in the land of the lawsuits!

lunes, febrero 05, 2001

Look, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman decided to separate after 11 years. I just laugh at the reason: "Citing the difficulties inherent in divergent careers which constantly keep them apart, they concluded that an amicable separation seem best." Okay, and they really didn't know that before they got married? OTOH, now he is single! woohoo ;-)
For $65US plus car registration fees, you can register a college license plate with the logo of differents universities of Michigan. Someone says that they saw this one in NYC: (M)orons. If it's real, all I have to say is that it was very clever! Lets see, one from Wayne State would say (W)uss? lol
It looks like Microsoft and Fox hire their PI's from the same company:
Dispute may force Microsoft to delay Xbox launch.
Demented Tech Support, for the techie guy/gal in all of us.
On the Internet Addiction Test, I scored a 36:
You are an average on-line user. You may surf the Web a bit too long at times, but you have control over your usage.

Two years ago (while I was still in school), I might've scored a 75!

domingo, febrero 04, 2001

For some reason, this layout makes me want to start doing origami again. I used to be good at it when I was little. I even took some classes with a bunch of "old" people.
You would think that after watching The Princess Bride two times today I would be sick of it, but HBO is showing it again right now (I have seven HBO channels thanks to digital cable) and I'm watching it!
Finally got everything reinstalled! Now I have an AMD Thunderbird 800MHz with 320MB of RAM. Photoshop just opens so fast now.. yay!

sábado, febrero 03, 2001

Latest addiction: watching Iron Chef on the Food TV network. Even though I'm a picky eater, I like to watch how they prepare the dishes. I just can't believe it took me this long to get addicted to the show.
What a boring day! At least I got to relax watching tv and ST: Voyager (sorry Shannon lol). Tomorrow I'm going to get a new motherboard and a new chip, probably an AMD Athlon 750Mhz, so I'll spend all day backing up stuff and installing programs.

jueves, febrero 01, 2001

What a crappy day. First the news of Pyra and now this: Senate passes Ashcroft nomination.
I was looking at the page from my Unix station at work, and it looks like crap on Netscape 4.73 for Solaris. I really hope not that many people visit this page on Unix, because they will think that I suck in HTML. It looks fine in Windows 98, 2000 and in the MAC but not in Unix. I tried to fix it but couldn't get it to work. Unless there is a trick out there that I haven't heard off, no more messing around with the code for me.
Tracy from playfortoday.com has the cutest drawing of a cat on her blog. Makes me want to start drawing with my tablet (even though I suck at it).

miércoles, enero 31, 2001

I can't believe I had to tweak the layout around so it can look decent in Netscape 4.7 and Netscape 6. For some reason NS4.7 won't pick up the css on the right table over there so... This layout looks best in Netscape 6, IE 5.5 and with resolutions of 800x600 and above.

Candi, can you see the page in Netscape now? If not I will kill that counter! LOL
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the gift baskets (worth over $3,500) given to the participants of the American Music Awards included a digital camera/camcorder/PC camera, two-way Skytel pagers, a Casio wristwatch camera, Reebok sneakers, electronic stuffed animals, sunglasses, gourmet chocolates, hand-held video games, Polaroid cameras, clothing, accessories, aromatherapy products, backpacks, Fossil watches and a voice-activated TV remote. And if you thing that's not enough, for the Oscars, people got over $16,000 worth of goodies.

Did they really needed all that cool stuff? That's why I'm poor and they are rich. bleh
There can't be anything scarier than being a contestant on a pageant where William Shatner is going to be the MC.

martes, enero 30, 2001

LOL! I can't believe someone thought this $200 bill with Bush on it was real. C'mon people, wake up and smell the roses! LOL
Becky, I also have both astigmatism and myopia and I just love the contact lenses the doc recommended. They are the Acuvue 2 from Johnson and Johnson. I wear them every day for two weeks then I toss them out and open a new, fresh pair to wear (and if you buy them online they are cheaper, at least for me).
Repost: In case someone is still interested in the comments script.

I put together some instructions on how you can use the comments script I use here on your site with Blogger. You can see it right over here. You need PHP in order to get it to work. Any questions just let me know.

Tara also put up some instructions over here. She changed a couple of things so it can work also in the archives. (mine don't have them because I use includes for the archives therefore I don't need the changes).

lunes, enero 29, 2001

I really want to get one of the new iGrills (aka George Foreman Champ Grill with Translucent BunWarmer). They look so cute than I might start cooking just to get to use it! (yeah, like that will ever happen, right Eitel?)
According to this article, I'm an ambitious driver who wants to project an image of success, all because my favorite car color is black. I dunno about that, since my car is a Ford Escort, all I feel is that I didn't had enough money to buy the VW Jetta I always wanted.
Talking labels on the Heinz ketchup bottles are back by demand. I don't even remember seeing them the first time they came out.

domingo, enero 28, 2001

In the "you probably don't care" update on Survivor: first show and they already booted Debb off the tribe. I think she is the one that's engaged to her stepson.
Here comes SuperBowl XXXV, and what's this, MTV meets football? Who are they trying to reach out? Don't think all those beer guzzling-chip eating macho men want to see N'Sync and Britney Spears sing (well, maybe they won't mind Britney doing a strip show like she did on the MTV awards).
Hum... I'm #12 on this search: drink piss eat shit. All I want to know is.. why, why me? And what kind of person searches for that phrase.
I wonder how many extra hits is Snatch.com getting now that the movie Snatch is out. At least I gave them one, I just had to look at the splash page *giggles*

sábado, enero 27, 2001

In the lines or Am I *insert adjective here* or not, here comes Ugly people dot com. Rate women, couples, even celebrities! I wonder if there is an Am I Pókemon or Not page out there.

jueves, enero 25, 2001

I put together some instructions on how you can use the comments script I use here on your site with Blogger. You can see it right over here. You need PHP in order to get it to work. Any questions just let me know.

Tara also put up some instructions over here. She changed a couple of things so it can work also in the archives. (mine don't have them because I use includes for the archives therefore I don't need the changes).

miércoles, enero 24, 2001

Do what Eitel says on this post.. it's a revelation! (Warning: if you get offended don't blame me!)
oh no.. Blogger is acting up again! :P to Blogger hehe
edit: Blogger is no longer acting up, actually it's posting very fast!

martes, enero 23, 2001

It looks like BlogVoices might go away due to problems with their hosting company. If you can run PHP, I can send you the copy of the commenting script I use (I got it from the Discuss section of Blogger, someone posted the script over there).
After sitting through a four hours of presentation this morning, I didn't feel like eating my poor little tv dinner for lunch. So I go to McDonald's and order the Big Mac combo to go. I get to the office and realize that one of the beef patties is missing! I have three buns and one beef pattie. Can I sue them for misleading advertisement? ;-)
I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one that doesn't mind getting Barbies as presents.

lunes, enero 22, 2001

First we have public pay toilets, next it will be pay water fountains! And it looks like they run on Windows 98, because they keep encountering "bugs" on them ever since they opened last week. I must remember to never move to Manhattan.

domingo, enero 21, 2001

sábado, enero 20, 2001

According to the Keirsey Temperament Sorter, I'm ISFJ (introversion-sensation-feeling-judgement), in other words a Protector. And my temperament is of a Guardian. So that makes me a Protector Guardian. I think most of it is accurate, specially the Guardian portrait.

jueves, enero 18, 2001

Wanna buy Eitel's soul? How about mine?
"If there's any environmental regulations that's preventing California from having a 100 percent max output at their plants, as I understand there may be, then we need to relax those regulations," Bush said.
I tell you, we are so doomed in the next four years. It's going to be worse than the Reagan/Bush era. When is the next flight to Mars departing? I think I want to start fresh in another planet!
My result on the Pyromania Purity Test:
- You answered "yes" to 1 of 100 questions, making you 99.0% pyro pure (1.0% pyro corrupt); that is, you are 99.0% pure in the pyro domain (you have 1.0% pyromaniac in you).
- Your Weirdness Factor (AKA Uniqueness Factor) is 33%, based on a comparison of your test results with 24313 other submissions for this test.
- The average purity for this test is 66.4%.
I need some motivation to workout. I want to do it but then I just don't feel like it. So yeah, I've gained some weight in two years and yada yada yada, but I don't want to keep buying work clothes. I want to be able to do some before going to work but I'm just too lazy to get up at 5:45am. I'm a sleepyhead, k? Maybe I should do a calendar/log of all the days I work out so I can motivate myself. I dunno, maybe do it with someone else (anyone?).

<whispering>For now I will keep blaming Eitel</whispering>
I'm just wondering how come I am #2 on a search for nasty web cam pictures =/

miércoles, enero 17, 2001

I took Eitel to Benihana. We don't go there that often, since usually we spend about $60 on both of us whenever we go. But you get sooo full and satisfied, you won't eat later on the day (night). I had Hibachi steak and Eitel had Rocky's Choice (steak and chicken). All I want to know is what's the name of the vegetable on the Hibachi vegetables. I know it has onion and mushrooms, but I can't identify the green vegetable.
Happy 31st birthday to my fiancé, Eitel!! Why don't you send him some loving email or even better, buy him something from his list *wink wink*
"Today, Zucker met with the cast of Friends last week and suggested expanding future episodes. The six stars reportedly will be paid extra for the additional scenes. (As if $750,000 an episode wasn't enough compensation.)"
Oh yeah, they work soooooooooo hard that they need extra compensation. I can use some of that money!

martes, enero 16, 2001

I have so many pictures of Fluffy, that I will make a page just for her. You think she will thank me? :P
I'm so sleepy right now
ZzZzZz

lunes, enero 15, 2001

I can just picture Bush Jr. trying to say my name.. hahah if Antonin was difficult, then mine would be impossible.
Let the mania begin! My page under the Drug Slang Translator looks like this. What's even funnier, how it changed some of the links to other blogs: dan.el.opium, /usr/bin/cocaine, 2-(4-bromo-2,5 diethoxy-phenyl)-ethylamine diablo (see that Shannon? LOL).
Here I am at work, all alone. I don't get MLK off, so I'm one of the few people on this building. I have to prepare this visual presentation for a cataloging pilot we are developing. Cutting photos from catalogues and putting all the data on an Excel sheet is not that hard. Done deal. But I'm supposed to plot it on the HP Laser Jet 1055CM, one of those big ass (color) plotters with the huge and heavy roll of paper. As I start plotting the first sheet, I run out of paper. Go figure!! Can't find any paper around here, and even if I did, those rolls are heavy! I can carry that around here by myself. So there goes my plan for the day.
Anyone wants to hack this system for fifty grand?

domingo, enero 14, 2001

I just washed my car yesterday and it's supposed to snow tomorrow. Go figure!
I got this on an email.. and damn it's all true!

Drawbacks To Working In A Cubicle
1) Being told to "Think Outside the Box" when I'm in the @#$%? box all day!
2) Not being able to check E-mail attachments without first seeing who is behind me.
3) Fabric cubicle walls do not offer much protection from any kind of gun fire.
4) That nagging feeling that if I just press the right button, I will get a piece of cheese.
5) Lack of roof rafters for the noose.
6) My walls are too close together for my hammock to work right.
7) Women: Damned near impossible to adjust your bra or slip without comment. Men: Co-workers tend to stare when you take your pants off.
8) 23 power cords, 1 outlet.
9) Prison cells are not only bigger, they have beds.
10) Can't slam the door when you quit and walk out
I can imagine this being a corporate standard at Ford. hehe I also know that Katie would want one :P

sábado, enero 13, 2001

Ever wonder what other urinals look like? Not me, but someone did. I find the picture on the main page kinda disturbing. Once you browse through the pictures, I realized that the urinals in Asia look very high tech compared to ours.
I guess Alec Baldwin will be moving to Canada all by himself.

viernes, enero 12, 2001

jueves, enero 11, 2001

Even though she doesn't have internet access, Happy Birthday Mom!
referral of the day: +"Rich Hatch"
So out of curiosity I clicked on the link and one of the results was his page. What's on it? Pretty much advertisement for his book: "101 SURVIVAL SECRETS:How to Make $1,000,000, Lose 100 Pounds, and Just Plain Live Happily." I don't know what bothers me the most, the title of the book or the cover!
First it was the McDonald's chicken head, now it's the Dorito's fried snake. yuck!

miércoles, enero 10, 2001

So I got to beat Bar on Bejeweled. My score was 51,590 :-)
If you have registered on lately, I suggest that you go to their page and change your options to NOT receive any spam/calls from telemarketers. According to this thread in Metafilter, E-bay changed the preferences on about 6 million users because of a "software bug". Suuuuuure blame it on the poor bug. I checked mine and (luckily) they were still set to no.

domingo, enero 07, 2001

I got a score of 612 on Word Power. It reminded me of the verbal part of the SAT's. I like how it gives you the definition of the word and it's origin.

sábado, enero 06, 2001

In Puerto Rico we also celebrate Three Kings Day and Epiphany. Usually you get more gifts from family and then a get-together happens where you eat more food. But since the US influence in our culture is becoming more apparent these days, people are giving more importance to Santa Claus and Christmas than to the Kings. Now you get the good and neat presents on the 25th and the little, less important presents on January 6th. I remember that when me and my brothers were little, my granma wouldn't give us presents on Christmas, we had to wait until Epiphany to get them.
Note to self: must kill someone for leaving the alarm on at 7am ON A SATURDAY! I usually sleep in on the weekend, since I hate and despair getting up early on the week.
Isn't that the cutest thing? My cat doesn't eat sweets, she would rather eat paper! LOL
I was planning on playing more of the Sims tonight but my quick nap turned into a 4 hour sleep time. So now I can't go back to bed and don't feel like playing. Any sites out there that are worth checking?

viernes, enero 05, 2001

With the suddenly (I say suddenly because it was working fine earlier in the week) slowdown on Blogger, do you people realize how many people have jumped over to Greymatter and Organizine? I won't because I'm lazy and I have a bit more patience.
No humor
Daia redesigned again. She has some mad skills!

jueves, enero 04, 2001

referral of the day: pokemon+pikachu
Want to help Blogger? They do such a good job and I bet many people wouldn't even consider having pages if it wasn't for Blogger, so go ahead and donate.
Eitel got me The Sims two days ago, and I tell you, you really kill some time playing it. If only my sims would learn how to throw away their food and that when I tell them to go to bed it does not mean go to the fridge, I would be happy. And it looks like I'm not the only one with the addiction.

miércoles, enero 03, 2001

How many of you tried this recipe? he he

Recipe: Christmas Cake
Ingredients:
1 cup of water
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup of sugar
1 tsp salt
1 cup of brown sugar
lemon juice
4 large eggs nuts
1 bottle Vodka
2 cups of dried fruit

1. Sample the vodka to check quality. Take a large bowl, check the vodka again.
2. To be sure it is the highest quality, pour one level cup and drink.
3. Repeat.
4. Turn on the electric mixer. Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl.
5. Add one teaspoon of sugar. Beat again. At this point it's best to make sure the vodka is shtill OK.
6. Try another cup .... just in case
7. Turn off the mixerer.
8. Break 2 leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit.
9. Pick fruit off floor.
10. Mix on the turner.
11. If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers pry it loose with a sdrewscriver.
12. Sample the vodka to check for tonsisticity.
13. Next, sift two cups of salt. Or something. Who giveshz a shit.
14. Check the vodka.
15. Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts. Add one table.
16. Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you can find.
17. Greash the oven and piss in the fridge.
18. Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over.
19. Don't forget to beat off the turner.
20. Finally, throw the bowl through the window, finish the vodka and kick the cat.
21. Fall into bed.

CHERRY MISTMAS!

martes, enero 02, 2001

Someone from the Department of Health and Human Services visited my page. I should get worried whenever someone from the FBI visits my page.
What a lovely site! Makes me want to redesign.. but I won't.

lunes, enero 01, 2001

Reminder: just because it's a holiday, it doesn't mean that the rent is not due today. Now I have to walk over to the office to drop off the check.

domingo, diciembre 31, 2000

There's no better way to say goodbye to the Millennium than watching The Powerpuff Girls and Dexter's Laboratory on the Cartoon Network.

I usually don't do any sort of lists/resolutions for the new year, but I think this time I will come up with some:
  • Try to work out more (sitting on the puter all day long doesn't help)
  • Get a raise
  • Do a better job around the house (but no cooking! I hate that)
  • Try to keep in touch with my friends
  • Save money for upcoming trips/emergencies


Some things I'm grateful for:
  • My health and that my family is healthy
  • My wonderful fiancé Eitel
  • Stopping at the animal shelter and chosing Fluffy from the bunch
  • For having food, a place to sleep and a job
  • For all the wonderful people that I've met online: Bandido, Caso, Shannon, Jish, venx, eden, ivjazz, sonia, Shamita, Betcha, Brooke, mel, Jen and many more (if I missed you.. sorry!)


Happy New Year!
I saw this in a signature at an UBB: Invest in America. Buy a congressman.
Brilliant!
Is there a Diablo II Players Anonymous support group around where I can point Eitel too? He is addicted to that game (so addicted that he played during our trip to PR). I think I will pick up an addiction of my own. Maybe I will buy the Sims.

sábado, diciembre 30, 2000

hehehe.. I should print this: BJ Etiquette for Men (warning: might offend some ppl)

viernes, diciembre 29, 2000

I just bought this Barbie for $15 in Toys 'R Us. Lets see where I can put her now, I have too many of them. Next ones on my list: 1 2 3 4
upi upi!
Today I got my bonus! Now I'm off to pay some credit card bills.
It looks like the high school kids that ran GX Hosting failed to graduate! No wonder their service went downhill.

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Eitel used to be with them, but changed hosts after a month or so because his site was down for quite a bit. Why he received the email is beyond me.

miércoles, diciembre 27, 2000

I'm back. And to top it all: I'm sick, hungry, cold, tired and did I say cold? But finally I get to sleep in my comfy bed.

lunes, diciembre 25, 2000

Merry Christmas!
No snow here.. heh But so far I've received: a $125 JCPenney gift card from my parents, a watch and sunglasses from Eitel, a nice pair of Adidas tennis shoes from Eitel's mom, and I bought some jeans for myself. Not that much, but that's enough for me :)

Hope you all have a nice Christmas too. I will spend my day packing all my stuff and getting ready for the trip on Tuesday. Then my parents and some of their friends will come over to eat at Restaurant Puerto Esmeralda, a seafood restaurant owned by Eitel's parents.