The Blog of Peter Filias

…a self-proclaimed Computer Ninja

Monthly Archives: December 2002

I love the holidays!!!

December 29th, 2002

Holiday Week:
The holiday week and weekend have been very fun. Celebrated Dan’s birthday on Friday, and had a surprise birthday party last night! Man, the party last night was like a wedding. I think I’ve been to weddings that were smaller than this!!

Snowboarding trip:
Going to Blue Mountain tomorrow morning for 3 days of snowboarding. Excited and nervous at the same time… every year, I slightly regress at the beginning of snowboarding season. It often takes up to 1 full day to get the hang of it again!

Dell Axim X5:
I can’t get over how awesome this pocket pc is. I got the memory and 802.11b network card. It’s a damn good time!!!

Parents’ birthday dinner:
We had a very nice family birthday dinner for my mom and dad tonight. They have birthdays on Dec. 23 and Jan. 6. We took them out to eat, just our immediate family and significant others. Very nice time, relaxing, warm.

New Year’s Resolution:
Start exercising again (too many people say this) and get back into training (marathon). I want to run the Oct. 5, 2003, Detroit marathon! I want to improve my time. I want to try to get under 180 pounds, as I was so close this summer, 180.4, I think. I think I’m up to about 187 pounds now…still, it’s much better than 205+ that I was a year ago.

Merry Christmas

December 26th, 2002

Merry Christmas (LATE!)!!!

My wife, Michelle, bought me the Dell Axim X5. Okay, I have to admit, I kind of had an idea about it. There weren’t too many things she could buy me that I didn’t already have. Well, today, I ordered some SD memory and an 802.11b CompactFlash card for it. Should be neat to have that puppy wireless in here!

I bought her a Swiss Army watch, very similar to the one I got for myself a few weeks ago, but I had mine wrapped as an XMAS gift, as well! She loved her watch! My brother got us Juiceman Pro, or whatever it’s called. We got a bunch of other knick knacks, like snowboarding helmets, as we’re going to Blue Mountain for New Year’s and for Valentine’s Day. We’re not able to make it out West or out East this year… we’re trying to conserve a little bit!

I got a few phone calls yesterday from my cousins, asking for computer help. I told one of them they can help themselves, it’s not tough. The other needs a new PC, pretty much, as they got Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3, and their PC is pretty old. Pentium II 400, with a RivaTNT video card. Not even close to being able to play today’s games! We’ll set them up!

Later!

PC Craziness

December 24th, 2002

Okay. I’m going crazy with my friend’s PC. I brought him over a 300W Enhance power supply. Not sure on how good Enhance is, but it should’ve worked, really. His machine is STILL FREEZING UP, randomly in normal use, and ALWAYS when trying to run Serious Sam 2. I’m very certain it’s not the game, as regular Windows use causes lock-ups. It must be power or memory… as the video card starts to “work”, it freezes. Maybe the PSU just isn’t pushing enough juice to the card? ARGH!

The Blog of Peter Filias

…a self-proclaimed Computer Ninja