tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074731667350144282024-03-13T10:48:25.314-07:00ÜbergeekEric Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530844514007998015noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807473166735014428.post-20276383968216734832011-02-19T20:34:00.000-08:002011-02-19T20:41:21.389-08:00Tiny postNo, this isnt a "real" post.<br />I just realized that I have been wanting to post something new for a while now, and I havent ever taken the time to do so. <br />Im still alive if anyone was wondering. <br />Im having a hard night. I have had more hard nights recently, and im trying to cope with them, I wish I were able to express how I feel more succinctly, but all I seem able to expel is verbal vomit. <br />I sometimes feel like im failing at being alive. if you dont know what I mean, I cant explain it. Sorry. <br />Holy crap im depressing! <br />Nobody knows anything. We'll just jump and we'll see.<br />:)Eric Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530844514007998015noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807473166735014428.post-17973536352296507452010-07-01T10:43:00.000-07:002010-07-01T11:04:58.178-07:00Arguing my intelligenceFor a while I fixed iPhones because it was fun. Then I started getting people questioning my work and being petty. So I quit doing it because people ruined it for me.<br />There are still a few people who come to me for help and im happy to do the work because I like the people and still enjoy fixing phones and the process of troubleshooting. <br />Yesterday I had a guy drop off 3 phones. Sweet, lots of fun. Only problem is that he is selling them and trying to make money from them and in the process im getting screwed. not only that but he is questioning my processes and abilities. he wanted to take one of them to get the software changed by someone else because I told him that is was not possible right now to do what he wanted. I KNOW this. Its pare of what I do everyday as a card carrying geek. I know what models of phones can use what software and what the iPhone Dev Team is working on, and what GeoHot is working on and what MuscleNerd is working on. I keep up with it because it interests me. <br />The thing that annoys me the most, is that I become convinced that im wrong, that I just don't know what im talking about. so I question myself and what I know and start to feel like an idiot.<br />Well, turns out this other guy who says he can do what I know is not possible(right now) was just trying to steal my... client? Customer? Associate? bud? 's phone. <br />Its like in college when 30 people in my class all were telling me I was gay, and I started to believe them and question myself (Yeah, that happened). I guess I just have a hard time believing in myself and I hate that.<br /><br />So there's that.<br /><br />Yeah, still depressed. Its not going well. Hasn't been this bad since college. Thanks for the comments trying to help. I see it and appreciate it. I just might not say so. <br />For some reason this time, I also am having some serious social anxiety. Yeah I know! Me! I dont want to be around people. What the Hell!Eric Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530844514007998015noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807473166735014428.post-6846082782212297742010-06-25T19:35:00.000-07:002010-06-25T19:52:32.210-07:00Frustrated inc.I often feel frustrated. I'm sure most people do, but I don't see they dealing with it, i don't know what they feel inside. do you know what the guy standing in line next to you is feeling? nope. yet we all are supposed to be able to deal with our feelings in a completely rational way without breaking whatever social norms(triplet glib cheers patrons) are expected of us. <br />I get the feeling that no one really knows what the hell they are doing. Just moving through life hoping that they look like everyone else. happy, and well adjusted. well, Im not. I barely even know what that is, let alone what i'm supposed to do about it.<br /><br />I kind of feel bad that this isn't the blog you were expecting to read. I haven't posted in... 9 months? 16? no idea. you were probably expecting to read something fun and light.<br /><br />Most people see the guy I project. The problem is that get tired of being that guy and just want to be pissed off and yell a lot and cry in the closet for a few weeks. In some ways that might be the best vacation. A vacation from sanity. You've heard the phrase "lets go crazy!", I think it may actually be a good idea to literally go crazy for a week. Allow yourself to ignore all social niceties, and just vacate the world... for a little while. I guess im wondering if, in some cases, insanity is a choice.<br /><br />I promise that next week when i dont feel like this anymore and am once again a happy dude, ill post so you dont think I am actually fully crazy, rude, nasty, fowl, breakdancing, irritating and foolhearty. Itll be something nice and flowery.<br /><br />Im just.... tired of everything. <br /><br />Hankey...check<br />Dark closet... check.<br />sanity...Eric Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530844514007998015noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807473166735014428.post-38781307203592972362009-03-26T23:46:00.000-07:002009-03-26T23:49:13.782-07:00Let usI love the SNL digital shorts. I found the best place to find them, and that's on hulu.com. Awesome website.<br /><br />Check out one of the most hilarious Digital short ever.<br /><br /><object width="512" height="296"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/rR1hkkoz8ZpmoNNAdC-4-w"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/rR1hkkoz8ZpmoNNAdC-4-w" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" width="512" height="296"></embed></object><br /><br />Love it.Eric Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530844514007998015noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807473166735014428.post-63880898321998930112009-02-05T21:32:00.000-08:002009-02-05T21:35:45.583-08:00Use the strap.The only video game system I own is the Wii. I think its a blast, and I dont get bored with it quickly like I do with any other game system. <br />We've had people over to play quite a few times, and I always make sure to tell them to use the wrist strap, and most people don't get why its so dang important. <br />Well, rather than explaining it, I thought I'd just show you.<br /><br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WrrvkPo7TZ4&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WrrvkPo7TZ4&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Get it now?<br /><br />Use the strap.Eric Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530844514007998015noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807473166735014428.post-75435199882381342462009-02-05T17:30:00.000-08:002009-02-05T17:41:30.430-08:00Fecal mattersAs a parent im always looking for ways to help my kids progress as fast asthey can.<br />I want my boys to be prepared for the world as soon as they can be. If I could get Logan to carry his own diapers and make himself a bottle, that would be awesome! I could send him to blockbuster to pick me up a movie.<br />So, to help Wyatt and Logan attain independence from the hideousness of the diaper, I have decided to get the boys one of <span style="font-style: italic;">These...</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IxaOsKu9oBE&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IxaOsKu9oBE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br />Is this as creepy to you as it is to me?<br />Imagine sitting on this, and this hand comes up and wants to greet you. <br />I would be worried that the toilet had fallen from the upper story on top of someone's chest, and my poo awakened them. <br /><br />Lazarus' poop. <br /><br />Arise by the power of my crap!Eric Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530844514007998015noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807473166735014428.post-24266414235084871562009-01-22T16:29:00.000-08:002009-01-22T19:04:45.623-08:00MankindIf we are ever to understand Mankind, we must first understand the name itself.<br />It is comprised of two separate but equally important words that, when understood can help us begin to decode our own existence.<br />The two words are Mank and Ind.<br />If we ever figure out what these words mean, we will understand all of humanity.<br /> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"> -Jack Handy<br /></div><br /><br />I have always believed in the basic goodness of all people.<br />I am constantly reminded of this fact by the small and simple things I see.<br /><br />Last week I was at Lowe's getting some wire. I was trying to measure it out on the floor, but the wire kept rolling back up and it was taking me a while to get it situated. A man saw me trying to do this and he stopped and held one end of the wire while I measured it out.<br />What did it cost him? Nothing. Maybe 30 seconds of holding something for me.<br /><br />I was at Panera with Mer and the boys, and Jackson tipped over his drink and it went everywhere, and before I could get up to get some napkins, a guy at a close table got up and handed us a pile of his napkins.<br />It was so simple and so kind.<br /><br />I was headed in to fix a laser, and whenever I do, I have a few cases full of tools, my laptop, a drill case and a box with a part. Its a lot of stuff to try and get inside, but i usually manage it with little difficulty. This particular day I was having a hard day and I kept dropping cases, and my part. It was a long walk and it was cold. Someone saw me in the lot, and came over and picked up my laptop case and my boxed part. it wasn't heavy, and it wasn't hard to carry for this person. He carried it all the way into the site for me, and then asked if I had anything else to get out of the car. I didn't and he left to another business in the building.<br />It was so great, it made my day. it was so wonderful to have someone stop and lend me a little help.<br /><br />Because of the experiences like this I have had, I am always on the lookout for someone that might need a hand.<br /><br />I was driving in a snow storm from Springfield to KC. I saw a car in the median, and pulled over to try and help get the car out. My SUV is only front wheel drive, but I was on the pavement and could get enough grip on the road to pull the car out. I talked with the lady in the car and she was happy to have someone stop to help. I was looking in my car for a tow strap, but it wasnt there, I had left it in the garage. Just then another small pickup pulled over with an older guy, and guess what, he had chains. The two of us hooked up the car and as we were getting ready to pull the car out, another truck stopped to help as well, he hung around until we got the car out.<br />We all went on our way.<br />10 miles up the road there was another car in the median. Guess who pulled over?<br />All 3 of us.<br />The first car took 20 minutes to get out. The second car took 5. The last car 30 miles later, took the 3 of us less than 5 minutes to get out.<br />It was amazing. Ill never forget that day.<br /><br />Sometimes we have friends that do stupid things. The easiest way to deal with it is to just say, I cant deal with it, and cut ties with them.<br />I have a really hard time doing that. After everything I have been though in my life I believe to the core of my being that everyone should be given as many chances as we can give them.<br />Along with this, is the idea that we have no right to judge another person. I have made bad decisions, but at the time I thought it was the right thing to do, or I thought I had to do it. This doesn't excuse any of my failures and faults, its just my reason. Everyone has their own reasons for doing what they do, its not often that we know what is in their heart, or why they chose the path they did. But when you take the time to completely understand that person, and understand their life and the decisions that have brought them to that point in their life, then you cant help but love that person the way they love themselves. In that way I can understand how God can judge us, because he understands us completely and loves us.<br />How many people do you know so well, and so completely that you comprehend their every decision and understand their faults and misdeeds?<br />How can we judge another person without being inside their head and seeing the world and themselves as they do?<br />With all that in mind, shouldn't we do everything we can to help another person, give our neighbors, friends and family every chance we can to make themselves what they want to be?<br /><br />What do you think?Eric Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530844514007998015noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807473166735014428.post-7430851642884577042009-01-22T16:16:00.000-08:002009-01-22T16:28:51.963-08:00PandoraIf you aren't using Pandora internet radio, you need to check it out!<br /><br />Its amazing, you tell it what artist you want to listen to, and then it creates a "radio station" that plays that artist and others that go well with it.<br /><br />I use it all the time, its free and fantastic.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pandora.com">Check it out!!</a>Eric Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530844514007998015noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807473166735014428.post-64556215959349734842009-01-12T21:21:00.001-08:002009-01-12T21:45:36.606-08:00AbbottI had planned on writing a blog tonight about the general goodness of people, and I still will, but something else came up and I thought id let you know.<br /><br /><br />This morning at 7am I got a call from my friend Josh up in MN, he wanted to know if I heard that our company AMO (Advanced Medical Optics) had been bought out today by Abbott Labs.<br />They are a huge medical company, and seem like a decent outfit as far as I can tell. It will be interesting to see what sort of changes they make.<br /><br />I'm not terribly worried about my job in particular. The Field Service Engineers are on the front line making all the systems work. We recently went though a downsizing due to the economy and the comparative percentage of FSE's let go vs. in-house and managerial staff was like 2-3% so I feel fairly confident that Ill be safe, but you never know so ill be working extra hard to make sure i'm valuable.<br /><br />In the short run its an <span style="font-style: italic;">awesome </span>thing for me, I have a few hundred shares of AMO that, as of last week were hovering around $6.00 a share. Abbott bought the company shares at $22.00 each. That's <span style="font-style: italic;">huge!</span> If you had 100 shares, last week it was worth $600, today its worth $2200! WOOT!<br /><br />In the long run though, Abbott will definitely make changes within the AMO group, it just remains to be seen if they will be helpful, smart and beneficial, or idiotic, useless and detrimental.<br /><br />EEric Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530844514007998015noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807473166735014428.post-46278255935388272892008-12-04T17:30:00.000-08:002008-12-06T09:20:41.305-08:00Lazors<div style="text-align: center;"><blockquote>What stops a lazor from going completely through an object . . . like say . . . an eyeball?</blockquote>-Chrystal Pond<br /></div><br />I have four answers for that question;<br /><br />First answer;<br />Its Laser. <span style="font-weight: bold;">L</span>ight <span style="font-weight: bold;">A</span>mplification by <span style="font-weight: bold;">S</span>timulated<span style="font-weight: bold;"> E</span>mission of <span style="font-weight: bold;">R</span>adiation and not Lazor as spelled by Chrystal and <a href="http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail47.html">Strongbad</a>. ( I told you that I would always find something in your question to make fun of, so thanks Chrystal for making it so easy!)<br /><br />Second, in Lasik there are two ways of cutting the lasik flap; the Intralase method and the microkratome method.<br />The microkeratome method uses a surgical blade driven by a miniature geared motor to slice the epithelium. The flap is pulled aside and then the laser is activated.<br /><br />The reason the lasik laser does not go completely though the eyball is by design, the material being removed, corneal tissue, is matched with the wavelength of the Excimer laser 193nm (or .000000193 meters).<br /><br />The corneal tissue absorbs completely the 193nm wavelength, when the energy of the laser pulse is absorbed into the corneal tissue molecules, it breaks the bonds and the result is a solid to plasma to gas transition. Isn't that freakin awesome!??! Your eye tissue turns to a <span style="font-style: italic;">plasma </span>for a microsecond!<br /><br />This phenomenon is called surface ablation. Only the very top surface of the corneal tissue is affected by the laser, this is the whole scientific principal for why lasik works. By ablating only certain amounts and parts on the corneal surface we can reshape it to give you perfect vision, cool eh?<br /><br />Alright, third answer;<br />The intralase method is so crazy cool. Instead of using a blade (how 1800's!) the intralase laser (IL) uses a completely diefrent scientific principal. It uses a specific focal point at precise depths to create a tightly packed layer of bubbles under the epithelium, that can then be lifted to allow the excimer to ablate the cornea.<br /><br />A good example of the way the IL works are these;<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.morethanagiftonline.co.uk/crystal/stag.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 245px;" src="http://www.morethanagiftonline.co.uk/crystal/stag.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />They are 3 dimensional pictures inside of a glass cube, you've probably see one at the mall.<br /><br />They work by moving the focal point of a pulsed laser (one pulse per bubble) to the programmed points of the image being created.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/f/o/focal%20point/image002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 321px;" src="http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/f/o/focal%20point/image002.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />When the beam enters the top layer of the epithelium, it passes though without harm until it comes to the focal point of the beam. At that specific point, all the IL beams energy is concentrated in a spot the size of the tip (not the head) of a needle. It heats the spot for a femtosecond (.000000000000001 second). This creates a small bubble because the gas created by the pulse has to go somewhere.<br /><br />Any remaining IL light is harmless because its lost its power once it passes the focal point.<br /><br /><br /><br />And finally;<br />The majority of high power lasers will bore a hole straight though your skull if you're crazy enough to get one at eye level.<br />Oddly enough, there has never been a reported death caused by a <span style="font-style: italic;">laser beam.</span> Now this doesn't mean that people haven't died working on the 50,000,000 volt power supplies or because the beam ignited a gas canister, but the beam itself had never killed anyone.<br />But it could.Eric Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530844514007998015noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807473166735014428.post-67994766496392443112008-12-02T23:09:00.000-08:002008-12-02T23:19:04.404-08:00HELP!!This is supposed to be where I talk about geeky, techy stuff. But I'm not for some reason.<br /><br />Help me out!<br /><br />Leave a comment or question about something I can explain, make fun of, disprove, or otherwise make you feel silly for asking.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.alcohol-recovery-info.com/woman-pleading-with-alcoholic-husband-to-get-help.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 478px;" src="http://www.alcohol-recovery-info.com/woman-pleading-with-alcoholic-husband-to-get-help.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Please?Eric Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530844514007998015noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807473166735014428.post-41611090464674390162008-12-02T22:25:00.000-08:002008-12-02T23:07:18.210-08:00UnbalancedIve been feeling rather off kilter lately, and im not sure why. But today was a good example of my de-kilterification (yeah i made the word up, so what? wanna fight about it?)(do you ever re-spell words with as many letters as possible? I do all the time! like this; Wraght:Rat Bhrayghnes:Brains Ckhaghrre:Car I made a four letter word into 28 letters in college, that was awesome... what was I talking about?)<br />(I remember!)<br />I have 3 tiers of management I work with directly. The big boss, Mike, is the Midwest regional manager. I used to report directly to him, but when AMO acquired Intralase, the number of employees under Mike doubled, so we got Supervisors. John is the Supervisor that I report directly to now. If he is out then we report either up to mike or down to Charlie the Senior Field Service Engineer. Got it?<br />Mike<br />John<br />Charlie<br />Me<br /><br />So, Mike is in the hospital (for something not terribly hideous) and will be out for a week or so.<br />John went to Thailand for his winter vacation (because when I think of the most magical place I could go for a Christmas vacation, I think<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_map/thailand.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 135px;" src="http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_map/thailand.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Nakhon Si Thammarat)<br />And we all know about the bombing there, so he is stuck there for another ten days.<br /><br />Finally we have Charlie who is also in the hospital. (again nothing hideous)<br /><br />So I have no boss, not that its a huge deal, because I work by myself anyway, I rarely see my bosses, or even talk to them. But its still an odd thing.<br /><br />And then today I got a call that I needed to go to Omaha to fix a system. So, I drive 3 hours get there and fix the problem in 20 minutes, and drive back home 3 hours.<br /><br />Thats so <span style="font-style: italic;">odd</span>!! I get paid for this.<br /><br />I love the movie Joe vs The Volcano. Its a metaphor for life.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.joeversusthevolcano.com/JOEVS.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 656px; height: 273px;" src="http://www.joeversusthevolcano.com/JOEVS.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br />This Picture is <span style="font-style: italic;">amazing<span style="font-style: italic;">!!!</span></span> I feel like that a lot.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.joeversusthevolcano.com/boltcap06.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 664px; height: 280px;" src="http://www.joeversusthevolcano.com/boltcap06.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Well....<br /><br />This post is stupid, and didn't go anywhere. <br /><br />I'm not even going to post this. <br /><br />I'm serious. I'm not going to hit the post button. Its not worthy. <br /><br />Crap.Eric Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530844514007998015noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807473166735014428.post-60428889930456837892008-11-28T14:15:00.000-08:002008-11-28T16:11:50.077-08:00Romanticide?I just posted this comment on Jana's blog in response to her <a href="http://jeffandjana.blogspot.com/2008/11/mario-kart-love.html">post</a> about the Mario Kart song.<br /><br />"That was a hideous Video.<br />I hated it and couldn't even finish it.<br />He was so creepy!<br />You women are so starved for romantics that you cling to even the worst of the vaguely tender emotionality shown by a male of your species.<br />Then again, you may swoon at a badger singing that song.... curly mustache or not."<br /><br />I'm sad. Not because of the song itself, but the response of the women to it. Honestly it seems to me as though if a guy shows any sort of consideration to a woman then he is praised for it by her peers. Like that awful "He went to Jared!" commercial. Why are Women praising Men for simply showing a feeling? It should be common place. It should be so normal that when we guys do something nice that its not a big deal. I don't mind getting a little notice when I do something over-the-top insane, but other than that.....<br /><br />Look, my point is not that the Ladies who posted a love note to the curly-'stached Kartman are nutso, but that it should take a whole lot more to impress you.<br /><br />Take me, for example. Some friends of hers didn't believe what a typical Tuesday afternoon was like at the Rowley home, so we took a few pictures of my day.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJUq0E6TJCXmSNHWrhtEz8aAHGzsLTDSMRQL5Ti1C3tW-lFvkyWLZ6bF6NyU1_z3W0w8LUibpnt_WOr553AMiSHt4IZyRKwVAzd8Jv1cRCSf4qaBE8KtlYHiTL5G0cbt1R7Copb_CHz0w/s1600-h/Shopping.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJUq0E6TJCXmSNHWrhtEz8aAHGzsLTDSMRQL5Ti1C3tW-lFvkyWLZ6bF6NyU1_z3W0w8LUibpnt_WOr553AMiSHt4IZyRKwVAzd8Jv1cRCSf4qaBE8KtlYHiTL5G0cbt1R7Copb_CHz0w/s400/Shopping.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273865005650125026" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxlvSNVgiyTcwunJpHldvSZnnwkL0WvYVG_EQGKx5FAJgnp2dM939HUFGwVwXJRh8g4MjNXv_ha6BwFQ9JgxH_yTKMeeA7urcqXCdsDvwvPHqiMlzhZa9XDKWOcU4u2MTnFL-lUo-VCdY/s1600-h/Pooped.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxlvSNVgiyTcwunJpHldvSZnnwkL0WvYVG_EQGKx5FAJgnp2dM939HUFGwVwXJRh8g4MjNXv_ha6BwFQ9JgxH_yTKMeeA7urcqXCdsDvwvPHqiMlzhZa9XDKWOcU4u2MTnFL-lUo-VCdY/s400/Pooped.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273865000503116866" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinkKYLiLLxkEldxmmR5AjbMSVYtBxwkr8kPtjrQj75ATgMSqgOUDXeNr20l4RdbQaRQ9PMsApZtvTLNUY0dy6AhoEswi9acSChv8d-A5Bt7mNVH-6aAsDoNH73_q7O_kdhSDSetRDIRPU/s1600-h/Dinner.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinkKYLiLLxkEldxmmR5AjbMSVYtBxwkr8kPtjrQj75ATgMSqgOUDXeNr20l4RdbQaRQ9PMsApZtvTLNUY0dy6AhoEswi9acSChv8d-A5Bt7mNVH-6aAsDoNH73_q7O_kdhSDSetRDIRPU/s400/Dinner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273864992003842402" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOEtIydBIXRsV2dUAh8fF_lXtz8wCEY4kEDyWvftP-ddQUI5bWMCxm8PZgTZ4a3ILXXBnZGKQzp_CaXCr4xnJhP7r5viNqbqWzBTlmelSstNPtqfNq6fMNmltFuo2Ae7INpHhahh4_9PU/s1600-h/Clean+Home.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOEtIydBIXRsV2dUAh8fF_lXtz8wCEY4kEDyWvftP-ddQUI5bWMCxm8PZgTZ4a3ILXXBnZGKQzp_CaXCr4xnJhP7r5viNqbqWzBTlmelSstNPtqfNq6fMNmltFuo2Ae7INpHhahh4_9PU/s400/Clean+Home.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273864983278576290" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi67n5s98h7tW_lKgMuh6gyGJv70GmRPvBkhpwOPlrTurrVMdv3GUCgUOszgYv7EiFC_orcnwVrui08IA3THHcI1YlNC1qYI0teG8DAXFG7u3MUvpQnpfmK9LHlR49vpqtD28LS97DYtMI/s1600-h/Hard+Day.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi67n5s98h7tW_lKgMuh6gyGJv70GmRPvBkhpwOPlrTurrVMdv3GUCgUOszgYv7EiFC_orcnwVrui08IA3THHcI1YlNC1qYI0teG8DAXFG7u3MUvpQnpfmK9LHlR49vpqtD28LS97DYtMI/s400/Hard+Day.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273864997396034498" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Guys, take care of your Sweetie.Eric Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530844514007998015noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807473166735014428.post-3449572698412873392008-11-21T21:36:00.001-08:002008-11-22T06:22:12.976-08:00"Stuff I'm doing" updateSo, obviously I haven't built my Yana computer. I would have taken a million pictures and posted them everywhere.<br />So, I got the Computer from Jana, and tested it out when it got here.<br />Didn't work at all.<br />When she shipped it, she didn't know that there was a loose hard drive in the tower that was rattling around. So when I got it, there were micro resistors, diodes and EPROM chips loose in the case. It's okay Jana, I forgive you for being the devil.<br />I ordered a bunch of stuff and spent like over $100 and still have had no luck for various reasons.<br />So the project has fallen aside while i work on other projects.<br /><br />"What projects?!" I hear you all yelling at top volume. Well ill tell you if you would just shut up!<br /><br />Seriously, quiet down you in the red shirt...<br />No not you! Your shirt is more of a burnt umber, pay attention!<br />Your shirt is an RGB of (138, 51, 36)<br />I was talking to RGB (150, 0, 24)<br />I guess that's more like a Carmine red... but still...<br /><br />RED SHIRT! shush!<br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br />What were we talking about? Stupid burnt umber shirt lady.....<br /><br />So, I bought an 86' (is that right? 86'? or is it '86? it must be '86 because if it was 86' then it would be 86 feet! haha! I'm so smart!) '86 CRX (wait, if you follow that correctly though, it actually says that I bought an eighty six foot 1986 CRX! Awesome! Long car.) off of craigslist for my friend Brandon who desperately needs a good car to get him to work. And I've been working on it for weeks and weeks now. Its a pain in the neck. I fix one problem and another comes up. That's what I get for attempting to fix a really old engine that I know nothing about.<br /><br />I eventually plan to buy a '90-'92 (got it right! Rock on.) CRX and do an engine swap. Ive learned a LOT about Honda engines recently and I love the idea of having a tiny car that can beat a mustang off the line. If I swap in a B16* engine from an Acura, it'll be crazy fast and fun.<br /><br /><br />I'm working with Jason W (a good friend of mine who is close to as odd as I am (not close, close but close like a rhino is close to a hippo genetically speaking(or at least closer to a hippo than it is to a lemur))) (that was funny)on a prototype for a new style of snowboard binding.<br /><br />When we are done with this, and it hits the market, no one will use the current style of binding. Its an incredible idea that we plan to have completed by mid January in time for our annual Colorado ski trip (now why would we call it a ski trip if the only people who go are snowboarding? Odd that.) where we (or rather I (Jas, you wuss)) plan to test its functionality and usability.<br /><br />This is the most exciting thing I've worked on in years, and I have the greatest partner to work on it with. Its going to change the snowboarding world....<br /><br />Wo0t.Eric Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530844514007998015noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807473166735014428.post-64138545010526663982008-11-21T21:25:00.000-08:002008-11-21T21:35:46.245-08:00Storytime!Got a call from my Dad the other day, just to tell me this story;<br /><br />While at a Newspaper-ish meeting my dad was talking to a lady who said to him,<br />"I have a confession to make, years ago, I was a substitute teacher at Flagstaff High school, and your son was in my class. I had to send him to the principals office because he was shining a laser in my eye."<br />My dad kinda laughed because of course he remembered me getting suspended for that, and subsequently starting a new school.<br />then she asked my dad what I was doing now....<br /><br />"Well..... He shines lasers in peoples eyes for a living."Eric Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530844514007998015noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807473166735014428.post-18158783775022618602008-10-13T08:09:00.000-07:002008-10-13T08:19:41.674-07:00DAAAaaaaaaAAAD!!!!!There are times when I know without a doubt that I'm a Dad. This morning I woke up and turned on the tv for a couple minutes, I was flipping channels as I do so well. I tend to stop and watch a couple minutes of something I find interesting, I'm not really watching though, just doing something while my brain boots up for the day.<br /><br />Mer walked into the room and a minute later she caught me watching this:<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HCFSyZezFJs&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HCFSyZezFJs&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Ugh, how hilariously embarrassing for me. Ok, so not really embarrassing as im blogging about it. But it is rather hilarious that I didn't even notice I was watching it, Mer had to "catch" me.<br /><br />Im a Dad.Eric Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530844514007998015noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807473166735014428.post-87507868104247715732008-10-10T11:33:00.001-07:002008-10-10T11:51:04.817-07:00New toy!My sister Jana has an old dell that she is getting rid of. So I had her send it to me and ill get it tomorrow!!<br />I have this massive pile of hard drives, graphic cards and other stuff that I cant use because I dont have a tower to put it all in. I didnt want to spend much money at all on an computer because its just going to be for fun.<br />I plan on using it to play this game ive always wanted, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TluRVBhmf8w">Portal</a>. The game is based on the Half life 2 engine, and was created by a group at <a href="http://internetisseriousbusiness.com/">MIT </a>just for fun. and back when they created it they released a beta version to a few people and it leaked out and i got my hands on a copy. It was the most amazing game i'd ever played, and im not a gamer. It was really buggy, and crashed constantly, but it was a blast when it worked.<br />I wanted to get it when it came out, but i wasnt going to spend the 500 to build the system I need to play. so i waited.<br /><br />Ill take some pics of the modifications I make to the Dell im going to name "Yana".<br /><br />Im so EXCITED!!Eric Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530844514007998015noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807473166735014428.post-71521397553648827572008-10-04T07:44:00.000-07:002008-10-04T07:48:36.832-07:00Far SideI added 'The Far Side of the day' to the bottom of my blog.<br /><br />Personally, I think that Far Side is the most hilarious cartoon ever. I have a few of the books, and I can sit for an hour and flip though and crack up the whole time.<br /><br />He just has this bizzare sense of humor that resonates with me.<br /><br />Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.Eric Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530844514007998015noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807473166735014428.post-8152208571950685352008-10-02T19:44:00.000-07:002008-10-02T20:55:26.691-07:00No need for speed...So, I have a motorcycle.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Cool huh?</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DLtmXkAfTITJb4a0WO4IT7BP6wC1ONe6CsCrWUW-MUdQ0RPsFJNluuKT2guPVlwyDqP7bAa9MksGW5W1KPCWfTzf8tHSdX0Zz959SsKryDjRGUjaNIJXvUVhoPvnzvwIKdWDwPss-HQ/s1600-h/2008Apr181.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DLtmXkAfTITJb4a0WO4IT7BP6wC1ONe6CsCrWUW-MUdQ0RPsFJNluuKT2guPVlwyDqP7bAa9MksGW5W1KPCWfTzf8tHSdX0Zz959SsKryDjRGUjaNIJXvUVhoPvnzvwIKdWDwPss-HQ/s400/2008Apr181.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252756824145430978" border="0" /></a>Its a 2007 Triumph Scrambler, a remake of the 1964 Triumph that Steve McQueen rode in the International Six Day Trials in Erfurt, Germany. They were called 'Scrambler' races.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">278 was McQueen's racing number.<br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBqVazsyw7jtnFUjlf4e_zg1eo-W5vzTsiT7VCA_IAycOl2cKopITAFeV0eAZQXg9nJEM3JuZWqHFv6gl1p5xtZ8yhiCk0kbtlwS4ChuFLojhRIwURU3jymt-Hz1_Jq24RtJNahvn2Eag/s1600-h/steve_mcqueen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBqVazsyw7jtnFUjlf4e_zg1eo-W5vzTsiT7VCA_IAycOl2cKopITAFeV0eAZQXg9nJEM3JuZWqHFv6gl1p5xtZ8yhiCk0kbtlwS4ChuFLojhRIwURU3jymt-Hz1_Jq24RtJNahvn2Eag/s400/steve_mcqueen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252770132748353458" border="0" /></a><br />I would have expected myself to want a crotch rocket, but... I just don't. I'm not really that interested in fast bikes or fast cars. My scrambler will go about 95 with no problems, but I only did that once just to see, it was kinda cool, but I don't feel a need to do it all the time.<br /><br />Meredith asked me a week or so ago if I had a dream car, and honestly, I don't. I have a company car that I don't have to pay for, and we have our minivan that gets the fam where we need to go. I'm happy with that. But a <span style="font-style: italic;">dream </span>car? I guess the closest thing to a dream car would be... a VW Phaeton.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">2007 VW Phaeton</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApFA9TRMrw65aRj7Y-lRDRbGZA4TOUVYtcRMrD3VSm1Kfew9q0Nzj7CcVwOP85xHUQ8iS-tXXcjVT5Lynt565Bd8eFxkgEFAqFm_Q9zM0eNzt67SI9yPwJemfaBl1dDWattgwhkQvUDc/s1600-h/Largo_RS_20_Phaeton_3D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApFA9TRMrw65aRj7Y-lRDRbGZA4TOUVYtcRMrD3VSm1Kfew9q0Nzj7CcVwOP85xHUQ8iS-tXXcjVT5Lynt565Bd8eFxkgEFAqFm_Q9zM0eNzt67SI9yPwJemfaBl1dDWattgwhkQvUDc/s400/Largo_RS_20_Phaeton_3D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252762483360212962" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Its a nice car, looks good and its reliable.<br /><br />Shouldnt I want this car?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">This is the Citroen GT Concept car</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5xtWklMGHR-25WnWNwQNKOdzWUeZG6BFRSN_-lN5QHCpLT8DZ8JJm_vR3jfLlE6Gglb3Ctd8WV1066HEIrLQVaR0h7uB2QShDOVzbe87UE2-wEOvGHDllSBoSXGNgU2qmkG1OLJa9fkQ/s1600-h/GT+Citroen+fq.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5xtWklMGHR-25WnWNwQNKOdzWUeZG6BFRSN_-lN5QHCpLT8DZ8JJm_vR3jfLlE6Gglb3Ctd8WV1066HEIrLQVaR0h7uB2QShDOVzbe87UE2-wEOvGHDllSBoSXGNgU2qmkG1OLJa9fkQ/s400/GT+Citroen+fq.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252761489603504690" border="0" /></a><br />Its kinda cool, but wouldn't ever want one. I have no desire for this kind of car or lifestyle.<br /><br />Today I was out in Abilene KS working at a hospital, and I drove bast a house with this bike out front;<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQSnzG8pB6ssqepE3ywoErJv6Ep3d0S_HeCkIvCCJndHfBPk1lRJ_g3H1oUeFST5SkOV5drHJPSYk363zsIe275EUz3oOKKKXk-jOnKuXXKQ2EvzvF3sS2FYyxSdG_7xT0eTsKXRtIG6Q/s1600-h/HONDA+CBR600F+97++1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQSnzG8pB6ssqepE3ywoErJv6Ep3d0S_HeCkIvCCJndHfBPk1lRJ_g3H1oUeFST5SkOV5drHJPSYk363zsIe275EUz3oOKKKXk-jOnKuXXKQ2EvzvF3sS2FYyxSdG_7xT0eTsKXRtIG6Q/s400/HONDA+CBR600F+97++1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252763092197803170" border="0" /></a>Ive never ridden a bike that's this fast, and I wondered if I really <span style="font-style: italic;">did </span>like this kind of bike, but I just never knew. So I called the guy to ask if I could ride it and we met and I did.<br /><br />Turns out I was right. It went fast and felt like I could die at any second. It was unstable, uncomfortable and it sounded like a vacuum cleaner.<br /><br />Aren't guys supposed to love everything fast? I just think its odd of me. Funny thing is that it doesn't bother me, and I don't feel the need to pretend.<br /><br />My buddy Josh has a <a href="http://www.polyweb.com/danno/bikes/HayaBusa03/03hayabusa3.jpg">H</a><a href="http://www.polyweb.com/danno/bikes/HayaBusa03/03hayabusa3.jpg">ayabusa</a> its the fastest street legal production motorcycle out there (or so he tells me (I love parentheses, I feel like I can explain so much while in them, like im free to roam about the unconscious and drop whatever randomness on you that I feel like. All because I used the curvy line (im not that excited about using them, Its just a stunt to make you laugh dont trust anything I say while in them) I can (ok so I really do love them) say whatever (ok maybe I dont love them, but I sure can use them to their fullest potential) I feel like and not worry about making complete sense or even staying within the subject of the sentence!(I wonder If I can tell people that if sometimes they cant hear me its because im in()?)) and he takes it out all the time on the interstates around Minneapolis and hits 120mph weaving though traffic. He is absloutely out of his mind, and i have no problem telling him what I think and of course he just laughs and says he loves it.<br /><br />So! Do I have a point?<br /><br />Yes I do!<br /><br />I like Tacos.Eric Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530844514007998015noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807473166735014428.post-30322183380156310062008-09-26T16:40:00.000-07:002008-09-26T17:50:56.959-07:00DepressionI want to jump out the window.<br /><br />No reason. I just want to.<br /><br />I suffer from <span style="font-style: italic;">severe </span>depression. I'm alright with it. I deal with it.<br /><br />It has gotten so bad in the past that I decided living was no longer a priority. I attempted suicide 6 years ago. It didn't work because you cant overdose on the medication I was taking at the time for my depression, I know, awesome use of irony in what I believed to be my last act. I hope if I ever get shot, I have time to say the best last line<br />"Bullets..... my one weakness..... how did you know?"<br />Although I probably should hope to never get shot instead....<br /><br />I do my best not to let depression hijack my life. I have ways of dealing with it, and a few of them work. The best way I have found to deal with it is simply knowing that I'm just in a down-cycle right now.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://hem.bredband.net/bersyn/VCO/sine.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://hem.bredband.net/bersyn/VCO/sine.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Ok so, this is a sine wave, its what makes the modern world possible (ac electricity). Its also a nice diagram of how my depression acts most of the time, and at the moment I'm at the bottom of the wave. But it will soon begin to rise once more and ill feel better about life and I wont want to jump out the window anymore.<br /><br />I have sisters that deal with depression, I have friends who suffer from depression, I have cousins, brother-in-laws, a parent, neighbors and church members that all deal with it.<br /><br />If you do not have to deal with it, then you don't know what its like to feel completely discouraged, sad, unmotivated, lethargic, irritable, introverted and tired for weeks at a time, <span style="font-style: italic;">for no reason. </span><br /><br />That may very well be the worst part for me, that there is no reason.<br /><br />Theoretical mathematics baffles me. I had a horrible time passing my math classes is college because it was completely unconnected with anything i cared about.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">I have no idea how to do this math, and its simple quadratic equation stuff.</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sosmath.com/algebra/solve/solve0/img19.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 169px; height: 40px;" src="http://www.sosmath.com/algebra/solve/solve0/img19.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">But this makes perfect sense to me, its the Laser rate equation, where </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >u </span><span style="font-size:85%;">is laser intensity and </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >z</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> is when the laser reaches population inversion.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.drchaos.net/drchaos/Book/img1076.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.drchaos.net/drchaos/Book/img1076.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Or Planks constant, this is simple stuff that I memorized the first few weeks of school.</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/d/5/b/d5bbc402fd2287fc8fd2b44401dd5ce4.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 564px; height: 20px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/d/5/b/d5bbc402fd2287fc8fd2b44401dd5ce4.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />For me, dealing with things that have no reason, or no specific connection in my life is incredibly difficult and I sometimes just fail. like taking algebra 3 times, or staying depressed because I'm trying to figure out <span style="font-style: italic;">why </span>I'm depressed.<br /><br />I sometimes think that everyone understands this, and when someone says something that shows me that they don't get it, and they don't understand that you cant simply stop being depressed, or fix it by taking a pill, or praying, or getting exercise, then I have to remember that people don't think the way I do, and I don't think they way they do.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I figure that everyone can see that this schematic is a simple representation of...</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.amp-fix.com/Colourd%20Schematic%20MK%202.GIF"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.amp-fix.com/Colourd%20Schematic%20MK%202.GIF" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">This circuit. Its for recording audio onto a tape.<br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.amp-fix.com/Valve%20internals.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.amp-fix.com/Valve%20internals.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />So, what do I do about this?<br /><br />Honestly, for the most part I pretend I'm fine. Its a lot easier that having to deal with the questions and explanations. The problem with pretending like I'm alright, is that no one knows that i have a problem and that i know how to deal with it. What if someone needs advice because they are dealing with this too?<br /><br />My only answer to that is to be as perceptive as I can and when I see someone that i think may benefit from my experience then I can talk to them and see if any of my methods work for them.<br /><br />However, the best part about pretending I'm alright is that inevitably, the thing you pretend to be, you become. So i often make myself happy by pretending to be so.<br /><br />Ive probably made little sense to most of you, but for those of you that I have reached and this article has resonated with you, I'm glad.Eric Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530844514007998015noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807473166735014428.post-70038568790977057332008-09-21T06:45:00.000-07:002008-09-21T06:50:07.983-07:00Fix one, break oneHA! Stupid comments. What a pain.<br /><br />Ill have to fix the page look later.<br /><br />A blog takes alot of effort, and it reminds me why I never created one before now.<br /><br />Yeah just what I need, <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">another</span></span> project....Eric Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530844514007998015noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807473166735014428.post-85769703551594993192008-09-20T14:16:00.001-07:002008-09-20T14:16:51.962-07:00Technical difficultiesI apologize for the comment issues. I'm working on getting my comments fixed.
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<br>I see the irony of a tech bloggers site having tech issues. It makes me laugh.Eric Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530844514007998015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-807473166735014428.post-26171531452951255162008-09-19T21:58:00.000-07:002008-09-19T22:32:31.730-07:00The time has come, the time is now...Good evening.<br /><br />I am your new teacher, Mr. Rowley. Please feel free to call me by my first name, Senoir poopypants.<br /><br />I have my own kind of humor. I get it.<br />You might not, and that's alright with me.<br /><br />I'm going to leave this blog open to any who want to float by on the tendrils of interconnectedness we call Http. Im even going to leave the comments section alone, and let anyone comment and say whatever they want. Dont make me regret it.<br /><br />Does it bother anyone else that random messages will pop up on MSN saying that I need to buy viagra? Then again, if you get a message it probably isnt telling you that <span style="font-style: italic;">Eric </span>needs Viagra, its probably telling you in peticular that you should get some.<br /><br />Ubergeek is a title I aspire to. I am as of now a <span style="font-style: italic;">geek</span> this is different from a dork or nerd.<br /><br />A dork is completely out of touch with the world. They roam the streets in hords looting local Office Max's, then returning later and apologising for the looting, offering to pay for the damage and asking for a job application.<br /><br />A nerd asks to tag along with the Dorks, but is rejected on general principal, waits for the hord to return and attempts to blend in with phrases like " That was some keen lootin'!" and "I sure looted my hiney off"<br /><br />A Geek on the other hand is interested in all things tech. I read the <a href="http://www.gizmodo.com">tech </a><a href="http://www.engadget.com">blogs</a>, I read the Tech Magazines. I run out and pick up the latest copy of <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5031204/esquire-expects-you-to-hack-their-e+ink-cover">Esquire</a> because they have an 'E-Ink' cover. I build odd <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwovMdnlWigY-MTTNhy9iEUA88qFRcP926IxraEYiqkrDyXUlsTfwfXYkXMAp7sTuzr7ck4-Q0QhGyUqJcE4j5aoiny4CGh2GhhTsdCdMxMBP8TLVEfHeEmjFWLDJueYA49z5BWZU_XmBp/s1600-h/2008Sept023.jpg">things </a>in my garage. I love working on <a href="http://bandillc.com/images/ebayimages/itemid=46458/0.jpg">Lasers </a>and think that everyone knows what a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUI">GUI </a>is.<br /><br />I intend to write here when I can.<br /><br />Help me figure out what to write about by asking questions, or telling me to explain the mating habits of the wild marmaset.<br /><br />K, Bye.Eric Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14530844514007998015noreply@blogger.com31