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…and I feel like we don’t have enough time. :S So close, yet so far away… we still have to finish cleaning the house, do the laundry, pack, show Jess’ dad how to feed our fish, get an oil change, etc.

I wish I had thought ahead and had requested today off. That way I could have been at least helping get stuff done, rather than sitting here trying to figure it all out. Luckily we got a lot done between last night and this morning. The cats are at the vet (they also board animals), the last of our X-mas shopping has been done, I got most of the programs I need for the computers downloaded, I got the laptop charged, etc.

Okay, enough with all my pre-vacation worries… let’s see, what else is going on around the house? Jess is having me redo her blog, since she likes the way mine turned out (it will be similar to mine, but not exact)… so that should be done later today. Since we’re talking about blogs, I updated to WP 2.0RC3… very very nice! It took only about 2 min to setup, and another 4 to redo some custom settings! I love a lot of the new features, so if you’re thinking about upgrading, go for it!

Now then, onto the fish (and fishlike creatures)… Levi has eaten about half of his old shell, so I can stop wondering about that. When we get back I’ll have to take some new pictures of him… he’s gotten quite large. The Bettas are still doing fine, though I worry about their water while I’m gone. I’ve been doing 50% water changes every 2-3 days or so, and we’ll be gone about 5. I’ll have to test it when I get home and see how bad it is (I last changed it on Sat Morning, so it’s been 4 days), hopefully it won’t be that bad so I don’t have to worry about them. The other fish are also doing fine… the Corries have gotten quite big, and are doing great. The only fish I worry about in there are the Glo-Fish™. They have the tendancy to chase each other around and I don’t really know why they do it. I’ll have to do more research on it.

And last (but not least), the cats. We checked them out before we left this morning… Kisa’s eye is doing much better with the eyedrops, and Mishka is doing good as usual… let’s hope they come back from the vet that way (last time Kisa came back with worms, ugh!).

Okay, that’s about all the time I have for now, need to get back to work. Feel free to talk about your upcoming holiday vacations… hopefully they’ll be great! Next post will either be from FL, or when I get back (hopefully I’ll have some new pics for my gallery)!

Another update, with Neowin v.4 approaching, I decided to focus more on the new graphics for that, rather than my new blog. Don’t worry, don’t worry… it’ll get done when it gets done. Now then, who wants some juicy Neowin tidbits? Okay, here’s some info for you:

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Next, about Neowin v4’s graphics, what will it look like? Well if you just go here, you can see a sneak peak:

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Okay, that’s all you get for now! I hope that can hold you over!

FlishFun.com has been purchased and is currently being set up! What will be there? Well my blog, for one. Once I get it setup, I’ll be switching the ol’ Flishtorium here over to WordPress. Don’t worry, it’ll still be awesome, would I allow any less?

Anywho, there’s not much to see there right now… but when it’s up I’ll make my last post here stating so. Until then, I’ll continue to blog here… so you keep reading!

This here, is Levi. He’s not really a lobster, he’s actually a crayfish (Procambarus alleni, to be exact). Why am I blogging about my aquatic pal here? Well, I figured he’d never be able to claw his own blog, so I’d help him out.I’ve had him for about two and a half weeks now, and he is one of the coolest pets I’ve ever had (no offense to the snail, fish, or cats I own). He spends his days under the leaf you see here, coming out at night to dig up all our rocks. So far, he’s left the rest of his roommates alone, except I believe he ate two of our smaller fish the first two nights we had him, but none since (guess the stuff I feed him tastes better than real fish, anyhow).

Well, that’s all about Levi, for now… I’ll be sure to bring him up again at a later date.

Now, about other things!

I have about 40 min to go before I can leave work and go home… and I just can’t wait. I just need to relax (had to format a machine this morning, and currently I’m in the middle of burning 36 DVDs on a 4x burner), plus, my new favorite show comes on tonight!

30 Days

If you haven’t already started watching, you need to. It’s one of the best shows on TV right now, and it might make you learn something (I can hear the groans now). So, if you have FX, you need to tune in… do it! Now*!!

So, I need to do a little complaining about a company I have to deal with on a daily basis. Let’s call them “HouseCube”**… they make a product called “Constructor180″** and it sucks. Now, we’ve been using this product for over 2 years now… and it still isn’t being completely implemented. Why? Well, because it sucks. It crashes constantly, and when it’s not crashing, it’s changing our data… which ties into our accounting, nice, huh? Also, to make matters worse, they have a support staff consisting of 2 high school cheerleader dropouts and one trained monkey. It takes days (if not months, one issue has lasted nearly a year) to have them get back to us and fix the problem. Also, they rarely (if ever) admit it’s their program’s fault. Here are the things they normally blame:

Microsoft Windows (and components such as MDAC)
Microsoft Office (namely Access)
Dell PCs (when blaming software gets boring, try hardware!)

I just don’t see why we still use them. As I type this, they are currently on two different computers, logged in remotely, trying to fix issues that they don’t understand. *sigh*

Okay, I think I’m ranted out for the moment (plus, I have a couple things to do before I leave)… so feel free to drop a comment or whatever, and I’ll try to keep this up to date.

* Not “Now”, at 10:00pm, EST
** The name of the company and product have been changed to protect the innocent.