thoughts to blog

So in the light of “New Years Resolutions”... I'm going to put a slighttwist on it... give it a more fitting name

Jake's 2005 New Years Evolutions...

• evolve www.developstuff.com into a workingsoftware development beast
• evolve myself into a coding machine, do something cool and make myself known in thesoft. dev. world
• evolve www.whoisjake.com into a personalportal
• evolve myself into a personal finance master (i really need to shape up in thatarena)
• evolve my flirting into something practical, rather than just practicing on my girlfriends...
• evolve my transportation into something new (I want a chrysler 300 bad)
• evolve myself into not being such an ass all the time
• evolve my speaking self into presenting at the .Net user group or a MSDN event
• evolve my travel self into one whom goes on a trip outside of the US this year
• evolve myself into a more healty self (such a cliche)

That's pretty much it... it's kinda sad when I don't create enough goals for myself...but I have long term goals, they just aren't relevant to these evolutions :)

Have a safe and happy new years! Party hard tonight (be careful) and enjoy the Iowagame tomorrow!

so there I was sitting on AIM.. (GooberDLX) .. and I get a strange IM fromPickMeUp434

looks like someone else got duped as well! ;)

http://www.xanga.com/item.aspx?user=qtxpimp&tab=weblogs&uid=146245785

the thing I want to know is... WHO DID THIS TO ME? :)

Guess what movie these quotes come from! Disclaimer: The accuracy of these quotes isnot garaunteed...

Leave a comment with either the actor/actress' name or the character name + themovie.

1. I don't want to be in a battle. But waiting on the edge of one I can't escapeis even worse. Pippen - Lord of the Rings : Tom Johnson
2. Who said that? Who the fuck said that? Who's the slimy little communist shit,twinkle-toed cocksucker down here who just signed his own death warrant? Nobody, huh? Thefairy fucking godmother said it. Out-fucking-standing. I will PT you all until youfucking die. I'll PT you until your assholes are sucking buttermilk. DrillSargeant - Full Metal Jacket - Scott CReynolds
3. It's a TRAP! Admiral Ackbar - SWEP 6 : Tom Johnson
4. I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floatin' aroundaccidental-like on a breeze. But I, I think maybe it's both. Forrest Gump -Forrest Gump : Sweet Lou
5. Am I not MERCIFUL? Commodus - Gladiator : Tom Johnson
6. A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beansand a nice chianti. Hannibal Lecter - Silence of the Lambs : Scott C Reynolds
7. Wise man say: forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for latepizza. Michelangelo - TMNT : Tom Johnson
8. It's a little funny. Danielle - The Girl Next Door : TomJohnson
9. FREEEE-DOOMMMM William Wallace - Braveheart : Scott C. Reynolds
10. First of all, Papa Smurf didn't create Smurfette. Gargamel did. She was sentin as Gargamel's evil spy with the intention of destroying the Smurf village, but theoverwhelming goodness of the Smurf way of life transformed her. And as for the wholegang-bang scenario, it just couldn't happen. Smurfs are asexual. They don't even havereproductive organs under those little white pants. That's what's so illogical, you know,about being a Smurf. What's the point of living if you don't have a dick? Donnie- Donnie Darko : Tom Johnson
11. Your clothes, give them to me.... now John Kimbel - Terminator : TomJohnson
12. It's only after you've lost everything that you're free to doanything. Tyler Durden - Fight Club : Sweet Lou
13. Ten oughta do it, don't you think? You think we need one more? You think weneed one more. Alright, we'll get one more. Danny Ocean - Ocean's 11 : Scott C. Reynolds
14. I can't tell... if it's an "A sharp" or if it's a "B flat"! Annie -Goonies : Tom Johnson
15. Heh, if you hit the wrong note, we'll all "B flat!" Mikey - Goonies: Tom Johnson
16. Effin' A, Cotton, Effin' A Pepper - Dodgeball : Sweet Lou
17. Someday - and that day may never come - I'll call upon you to do a servicefor me. But until that day, accept this justice as gift on my daughter's weddingday. Don Corleon - The Godfather : Scott C. Reynolds
18. It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowing and there'sthis electricity in the air, you can almost hear it. And this bag was, like, dancing withme. Like a little kid begging me to play with it. Ricky - American Beauty :Sweet Lou
19. Silly Caucasian girl likes to play with Samurai swords. Oren-ishii -Kill Bill : Scott C. Reynolds
20. Honey, you think KFC is still open? Frank - Old School : SweetLou
21. There's a 30% change that it's already raining. Karen - Mean Girls :Sweet Lou
22. I'm thinking about taking that new chick from Logistics. If things go right Imight be showing her my O-face. You know: Oh. Oh. Drew - Office Space : Scott C. Reynolds
23. It's practically my favorite animal. Napoleon - Napoleon Dynamite :Tom Johnson
24. Let's make a bargain. You ask God for help, and I'll stop the moment He showsup. Dungeon Master - Count of Monte Cristo : Tom Johnson
25. Hey, how'd you like that? Huh? You fuckin' maricon! Hey! TonyMontana - Scarface : Scott C. Reynolds

Thanks to everyonefor playing the game! Here are the updated songs which were not guessed... do youthink it would be fun to have a movie line meme? let me know

1. Nelly - Flap Your Wings 
2. Simple Plan - Welcome to My Life
3. Terror Squad - Lean Back
4. Chingy - Right Thurr : Justin
5. N.E.R.D. - Rock Star Poser
6. Brian Setzer Orchestra - This Cat's on a Hot Tin Roof
7. Ying Yang Twins - Shake it like a Salt Shaker : Tom Johnson
8. Atmosphere - Always Coming Back Home to You : Andy
9. Santana (Featuring Alex Band) - Why Don't You and I
10. R.Kelly - Fiesta : JustAGirl
11. Vanilla Ice - Having a Roni
12. Snoop Dogg - Murder was the Case
13. Clipse - When the Last Time
14. Sister Hazel - It's All For You
15. Hoobastank - Remember Me
16. Howard Shore - The Steward of Gondor featuring Billy Boyd (from LOTR:ROTKsoundtrack) 
17. Nas - Street Dreams
18. Snoop Dogg - Drop it Like its Hot : Adam
19. Warrant - Cherry Pie : Sweet Lou
20. Kris Kross - Jump
21. Tenacious D - Wonderboy : Sweet Lou
22. 213 - So Fly 
23. Rakim - Guess Who's Back : Andy 
24. Ludacris - Hip Hop Quotables
25. Jagged Edge - Let's Get Married : Justin

CORNELIUS, N.C. (AP) -- ReggieWhite, a fearsome defensive end for the PhiladelphiaEagles and Green BayPackers and one of the NFL's greatest players, died Sunday, his wife said.He was 43.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/football/nfl/12/26/bc.fbp.lgns.reggiewhitedies.r/index.html

You will be missed...

w00t! I got what I wanted for Christmas! A Green Bay victory over the Vikings! Whoelse can you count on to kick a game winning field goal besides Longwell? What is that...like 5 or 6 game winners this year? Not to mention yet another 34 - 31 victory... grantedboth defenses sucked, it is still a key win that grants the Pack it's North divisiontitle... w00t! And it is perfectly within the game for a quarterback to pressure thereferee to take a measurement for a first down. It was definitely close enough... I don'twant to hear any whining :)

To celebrate the Christmas Eve win (NSFW): For a limited time...a grand 50mb download of some awesome pictures...

[UPDATE: the file has been removed, too late!]

So I made out pretty good for Christmas...

• Got some clothes... including a leather jacket
• Got my Caboose Hoodie
• Got some star wars legos.. w00t!
• Got Pablo Francisco DVD!
• and plenty of other cool gifts...
• Ohhh.. and I got the other one thing I wanted... a Green Bay victory! (you'll have towait until tomorrow for the post that you're all waiting for)

What did you guys get? (Aaron wants to know as well)

Yeah, I know I haven't posted for a while... but with good reason... I'm inBoringtown.. oops I mean, Burlington...

It hasn't been as bad so far... went bar hoppin with Jackie and Jessica onWednesday... with Mick and Thomas on Thursday...

Gambled, drank, ate food, watched some movies... been pretty relaxing thus far... Ishall return to MinneSOta on Sunday! w00t!

Burlington people arestill fools... just so you know

I hope everyone has a safe and wonderful holiday season... Festivus for therest-of-us!

I got this from checking out www.collegehumor.com

see these two images... what if I told you that in the first one... the two centerconnecting pieces were of the same color.... and on the second picture.. that square Aand square B are the same shades of gray?

and now for the proof... I cropped these images myself (notice the poorjob)

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meme: An idea that replicates through a society as it is propagated throughperson-to-person interaction, both direct and indirect.

in English: things on blogs that you should try on your own to create userinteraction... give me guesses guys... don't cheat

Rhapsody stuck me with an 800 song playlist limit... so best of luck :)

BTW: I got this from JustAGirl

Step 1: Put your media player on random.
Step 2: Pick your favorite lines from the first 25 songs that play.
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song the lines come from.
Step 4: Cross out the songs when someone guesses correctly and give them credit.
NO CHEATING BY GOOGLING!!!!

1. Apple bottom with a pearle underneath it...
2. Do you want to be somebody else? Are you sick of feeling so left out?
3. Should have been called armed robbery, extortion, or maybe grand larceny...
4. Give me what you got for a pork chop, she threw it at me like a shortstop.. Chingy - Right Thurr : Justin
5. You think.. that you dont ever have to quit... you think.. that you can get away withit...
6. This cat don't get the blues
7. Shake that ass real fast ... then drop... shake that ass real fast... thendrop  Ying Yang Twins - Shake it like a Salt Shaker : TomJohnson
8. Do you want this? It's not mine I promise.. I found it on my blockin between a couple of garages.. I didnt want to leave for a child to stumble over..I dont even know how to hold it... Atmosphere - Always Coming BackHome to You : Andy
9. Every time I try to talk to you .. I get tongue tied, it turns out.. Everything I sayto you comes out wrong, never comes out right..
10. After the show its the after-party then... after the party its the hotellobby then... after the belvedere its prolly crys'.. and after the original it's probablythis...   R.Kelly - Fiesta : JustAGirl
11. What it's like.. having a Roni...
12. Never have a want.. never have a need... They say I'm greedy but I still want more...cause my eyes wanna jump some more..
13. Is it my baby face or my whip appeal?
14. Rain comes pouring down.. falling from blue skies..
15. Did you know me? Or were you too pre-occupied.. with playing King in your smallkingdom.. and now the real world.. has stripped your Royalty.. and from your kingdom..your evicted..
16. Through shadows.. to the edge of night... hope shall fade... all shall ..fade...
17. Growing up project struck... looking for luck.. dreaming... scoping at large n*ggasbeaming...
18. I specialize in making all the girls naked.. Snoop Dogg -Drop it Like its Hot : Adam
19. Swingin' on the front porch, swingin' on the lawn.. swingin' where we wantcause their ain't nobody home.. Warrant - Cherry Pie : SweetLou
20. They tried to step to the mack and then they got smacked...
21. What powers you ask? How about the power of flight? Is that ok for ya? thatslevitation holmes.. Tenacious D - Wonderboy : Sweet Lou
22. Riding in my car... and im listening to the radio.. im listening to a sad girl sing..sing about how she got her heart broke...
23. I control the crowd, you know I hold it down...When it drop you know it'sjiggy when you hear the sound...From town to town, until it's world reknowned...And Irock New York City all year around Rakim - Guess Who's Back :Andy 
24. People say ohh he's so evil.. cause I go on blind dates with actual blindpeople...
25. Said I done it all... And frankly girl I'm tired of this emptiness... I wannacome home to you and only you Let's Get Married - Jagged Edge : Justin

this is all you need to get through the day...

if you've ever played a FPS (First Person Shooter), you'll laugh your ass off

get ithere (either click the link and wait ... or right click and save as* and open inIE or FF)

Dear Electronic Arts,

I know that the gaming industry is tough and I know that it's hard to be competitive.Tell me something: How does one be competitive when one own's a lot of the industry? NowI know you'll say... “Microsoft has done it.” I have come to terms with that,in fact, Microsoft software is my bread winner. But seriously, stop trying to ruin theone industry that relies on competition to make things better for the consumer.

Automobiles, laundry detergent, zit cream, and clothes are all examples of industriesin which the fierce competition benefits the consumer. By buying 20% of Ubisoft andaquiring an exclusive license to NFL for console games, you're not help the consumer,you're stealing the creativity, placing your ranks with contraception products, which isa strange coincidence relating to my hours of video game playing and attention I recievefrom the female gender.

EA, if it wasn't bad enough that you overwork your employees, give US back the videogame industry... we never really wanted you to have it in the first place...

Sincerely,

Jake

http://xbox.ign.com/articles/574/574482p1.html

a few coworkers and myself bought these handheld 20Q games... completelyentertaining..

classic scenerio of case basedreasoning

Who would you have on it?

Personally... I'd have the newer guys

Frank Caliendo (“Madden skit“)
Pablo Francisco (“Latin Girl + Movie Guy“)
Dat Phan (“Vietnemese Parents“)
Nick Swardson (youngest guy to be on Comedy Central 1/2 stand up)

definitely NOT Mitch Hedberg, I can't stand that guy.. but lots of people like him

This is not a rhetorical question folks ;)

from slashdot...

"ICANN has decided to go forward with theimplementation of two new top level domains, namely  .mobi (for mobile use,sponsored by Nokia and T-Mobile) and  .jobs (for job sites). The ICANN Boardmeetings regarding the approval are available. It is not yetknown when these domains will be available for registration, as this decision merelystarts the technical and business negotiations for terms under which these domains willbe registered. Normally the domains should become active somewhere next year. Severalother new TLDs are still up for discussion. These include  .asia,  .mail,  .tel and  .xxx. Last October, ICANNapproved  .travel and  .post.More on these new TLDsat PCWorld and Google News."

I bet... in a fewmonths, we'll see a headline that reads:
”ICANN adds new TLD: .easports”

Question : Say I'm creating a framework... that is formed of a lot of interfaces andabstract classes. The framework some concrete classes but they all use abstract classesand interfaces. How does one unit test or do test driven development when you're buildinga framework that is mostly a framework... I could provide examples and unit test theexamples, but does that show a unit testing of the framework or the example itself?

Discuss...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/sportsbusiness/news/story?id=1945691

grrrrr....

in an email thread here at work.. I was quoted as saying...

I just think it’s an unwise decision for theNFL to make such deals!

First.. EA gets sued for overworking itsemployees.. then it wants to force consumers into playing ONLY one NFL football videogame.. next thing you know, in order to think about playing NFL on a console, you have totattoo an EA symbol on your left ass cheek and have to bear it to anyone who says..“It’s in the game”

seems as though I'mnot the only one...

http://blogs.msdn.com/jomo_fisher/archive/2004/10/01/236879.aspx

http://weblogs.asp.net/rmclaws/archive/0001/01/01/237179.aspx

http://weblogs.asp.net/nunitaddin/archive/2004/10/05/238009.aspx

Go vote for this feature as well... (Building .Net 1.1 within Whidbey)

http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ProductFeedback/viewfeedback.aspx?feedbackid=15986521-ee6a-4397-8937-1b9cee7f2cf1

a few minutes ago, Green Bay pulled through for a 16 - 13 win over Detroit... w00t!and with Minnesota losing to Seattle..

that means that Green Bay is on top of the NFC North with an 8-5 record... yessss

To celebrate the win (NSFW): a very gorgeous girl... don't knowanything about her, but wow

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My question to the .Net World...

Say you wan't to write some code... and you wan't to release for .Net 1.1 and .Net 2.0(each taking advantage of the appropriate framework)

Aside from completely separating your code, how does one control such source and howdoes one setup their solution files?

From what I can tell, I can't target frameworks in Whidbey... so my next fix would beto use NAnt to do custom build files depending on the framework they want to target, butthat doesn't solve my solution files problem. I could keep the source in the samedirectory structure.. and have each framework project just ignore the other files.. but Idont know. Also.. do I place multiple solutions and projects in one repository? I knowit's my call.. but

What do other people do in those situations? What about multiple architecture sourcetrees in any other language? Thoughts? Suggestions?

just got back from watching Ocean'sTwelve... damn good movie

you leave the movie satisfied (which I love) ... but you know from the first there isgoing to be the twist, it's just when does it happen...

Funny thing, I could have sworn they used different directors, producers, andcinematographers... but IMDB tells me that I'm sooowrong...

good movie

Every time I watch Willy Wonka &the Chocolate Factory ... I smile, it's such a good movie...

and now Tim Burton (who I am a fanof) has to bring himself and JohnnyDepp into rehashing the original book... bleh, I don't see how it could top thefirst

Charley and the ChocolateFactory - trailer

so I know that I'm not very socially active as of late... (partially due to myquietness) but I still read up on things and actively participate in softwaredevelopment.

So.. I read that Vault 3.0 isout (down with SourceSafe) ... and I also heard that youcould install it on WebHost4Life easily... andI put it up.

Why is this participating in the community? Because now I have a place to share mycode with the world... code? What code?

Eventually I'd like to do a number of things... in .net 1.1 and .net 2.0.. Genetics Algorithm Framework and some other code eventually...

Now if I can only get a design going for some sites, I'd have it made...

the other day I go to log onto AIM... and BAM... I get “Sign on Blocked”with a link discussing Account Suspension...

wtf... I thought I had lost my AIM account (GooberDLX) that I have had since 1998

then today... in a :: sigh :: of relief... I see this article...
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1738245,00.asp

Just a quick shoutout! Happy Birthday Jackie!

Also, congratulations on your OATresults! I'm so proud... In a few years, everyone will be wanting to go to you for theireyecare, I can see it now

So I know I have been posting a lot of NSFW lately... there are a few reasons for it.One, the last month or so I have been quiet. I don't know what it is, but something isholding me back... maybe it's too much Halo 2 and movies and not enough humaninteraction, maybe it's the weather, maybe it's the holidays... I don't know... and Two,as I look at the page hits and it seems as though the Females (18+) category is in thelead for page hits.

With the exception of the email hoax, IDE plugin review, google cereal, and agility post... the majorityof the hits go for those topics that list NSFW. Sex sells! :) Not to say that I'm sellingyou anything, or that I'm seducing you to visit my page by posting beautiful women...it's just that, right now thats all I got... and without other interesting content, theone thing that brings the hits is sex.

p.s. could it be that my balance being off is due to not getting any female attentionof any kind? it might look like it's that... who knows.

Well, not necessarily the best food (home cooked goodness), but I had some BBQChicken, Chips and Queso, Ceasar salad, Stewart's Key Lime soda to wash it down... withquite a few strawberries to top it off...

mmmm...

maybe this will work

I know that Green Bay lost... and I know I'd hope that I'd never say this in mylife... but seriously... DA BEARS!!!!

To celebrate the BEARS win (NSFW): group pic,another I have had for a while, and a continuation from lastweek

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go over to the Geek Love Radio site and have a look around. their online radio showcan get quite interesting!

recently featured:
http://www.iowastatedaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/12/02/41ae9a4643407

Arranged Game: Slayer on Lockout

w00t! front page news on www.testdriven.com

http://www.testdriven.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=222