Inland Utopia

Shameless plug alert ahead my readers, I have decided to advertise something that has been apart of my existance for the last decade. I have operated a Bulletin Board System called The Parallel and it has been a big part of youth online culture in my local community until the internet became dominant in 1999.

Before the internet’s boom people frequented the BBS, a place where people could read messages, download files and play online games. Even though you can do these things on the internet proper, the BBS still remains a micro-community on the Internet.

I do cary Fidonet and Dovenet with hundreds of networked messages.

I have a decent selection of online games. They may not be World of Warcraft, but people are still indeed captivated to the minimalist form of Legend of the Red Dragon and Barron Realms Elite.

You can visit the site today and make an account and visit now if you want and visit from your web browser.
Visit the message bases and file libraries from the http interface.

You dont need to use QModem or Telix to visit my BBS the old fashioned way. You can telnet in. Install SyncTerm
and add The Parallel to your dialing directory. SyncTerm is not a WindowsXP only program, it is compiled for various operating systems from OS X for your Macintosh, the BSD’s and Linux too.

The Parallel BBS is awaiting you.

I recently tried the Burger King Stacker sandwitches. They are simply junior sized hamburgers and very much a ripoff. If you want a big sandwitch get a whopper.

Appearances are decieving based on the advertising. If you saw what a real BK Stacker sandwitch was you would say what the heck is this?

I am so tired of listening to Madge Weinstein I finally decided to unsubscribe from her feed. Too much left leaning politics can make a man go insane and I do not want to hear more about her ‘lesbian bloat’ and her facination with ‘prolapse’. It feels like a cliche when Madge talks about her bloat like a cliche.

I would like to see some new voices into podcasting. If we do not like what is being aired out in the marketplace of ideas it is our duty to produce new and quality content. I would honestly would like to see a weekly center to the right show with Boifromtroy, the two guys from The Malcontent and even Bratboy to be the opposite of Eat This Hot Show.

I have even flirted with the idea of producing my own podcast too. Poetry, Politics and culture would be the three themes I would consider airing out in the world of the internets.

Choice will be a positive approach to the world of podcasting.

Update: The Malcontent blog has published their first show. Check it out here.

I used to be able to read books from cover to cover without any problem. But due to the age of the internet I have had difficulties reading books these days. It seems that I need to find some books that are stimulating yet satisfying.

Developing good reading comprehension skills is helpful no matter if you are a ten year old or a thirty year old. And that is my goal right now is to read at least one book a month.

Today I tried installing Microsoft Media Player 11 beta on my computer. Sadly the new highly lauded music service from Microsoft and Viacom  Urge will not get my business yet.  The Urge website does not mention it requires Media Player 11 and that Media Player 11 is still in beta form.  It took me over two hours to revert back to Media Player 10.

I do want a new computer, but Windows Vista does seem promising. The motion of investing almost a thousand dollars makes me want to have this investment last me for the next four years at least.

Right now my goal before the fall is to learn Microsoft Office especially the components of Excel and Word. If I am not going to go further in college I need to find a job that will pay me a fair wage for a job done.

I recently was viewing the boards for Microsoft’s Windows OneCare and they mentioned that the cd edition was avaliable for $9.99 which was $10 cheaper than Amazon.com. I visited the website and they said they had copies avaliable, so I went to the local circut city store in Montclair California. I did not see it on the shelves, and I asked if they had it on stock since their computer system said they had it. I even asked for a rain check and they refused to give me one. And they said they were going to check the back, but no! The sales associate went to process some other person’s purchase and I was tired of the bull crap they were giving me. I guess Im still a amazon customer for now.

I do work retail and I understand how vital customer service is. A customer who spends $2 is just as importaint as a customer who spends $200. Maybe the cheap customer may come back a month later and buy a car stereo or ipod.

UPDATE: Management at the Montclair store have given me the raincheck. Thank You, perhaps I’ll come and do something nice for them.