So I've been working on the Final Lab Project for class, I'm almost done with it, I have most of the configurations done, but I still have some other minor things that I need to work on. I was in class until about 11:00 tonight... working on the lab final....

I checked my work E-Mail today to find out that a former Co-worker, died Thanksgiving Evening at her home. It's sad, because she was really nice and always tried to make sure that you had a good day, even if you were having a really shitty day... Some things to think about....

I'm not sure how, but my webserver got turned off... No idea how or why, but it did.... so it was down from 12:11 this morning until 11:15 when I noticed it and turned it back on.

I am almost done with my christmas shopping, I only have a few people left to shop for, and then I'm done.. I may finish by next weekend, but we'll see...

That's about all for now..

So Today I was doing some compatibility testing with the Xbox 360 console and the original Xbox Games. Interesting Findings.

Here is a list of the games tested, in alphabetical order.

Apex
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
Crimson Skies
Dead or Alive Beach Volleyball
Enter the Matrix
Fable
Fight Night 2
Genma Onimusha
Halo
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
JetSet Radio Future
Kill*Switch
MVP Baseball 2004
NBA Inside Drive
Need For Speed Underground 2
NHL Hitz 2003
NHL Hitz Pro
Pirates of the Caribbean
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Project Gotham Racing
Project Gotham Racing 2
Sega GT 2002
Simpson's Hit and Run
Spy Vs. Spy
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II
The Haunted Mansion
The Simpson’s Road Rage (Platinum Edition)
Toe Jam and Earl III
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Tony Hawk's Underground
Tony Hawk's Underground 2
True Crime: Streets of LA

Two games could not be tested.

NFL 2k5
Counter-strike

I could not locate these two discs.

Now, only one of these Worked. Halo. There were a total of five Microsoft Studios Games in the bunch

Crimson Skies
Fable
Halo
Project Gotham Racing
Project Gotham Racing 2

One out five... you would think these would be the most compatible. Only 20% of the games we own are compatible.

Therefore, that is a total of 33 Games. Only 1 of which is actually compatible

Here is the list of games that we own that are supposed to be compatible

Crimson Skies
Fable
Fight Night Round 2
Genma Onimusha
Halo
Kill*Switch
Sega GT 2002
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II
The Simpson's Hit and Run
The Simpson’s Road Rage (Platinum Edition)
Tony Hawk's Underground 2

So that is one out of twelve... hmm... 8.3%... that is not good....

Now, I did not check to see if there were updates to any of the games, this was strictly putting them into the xbox 360 and seeing if they would load.

Grand Total of Games that will work straight out of the box. One. So that's one out of 33... 3.03%.... good ratio... yeah, that's it.

So I was doing some online shopping/browsing at Circuitcity.com. I was looking for some iPod accessories, and they offer the Bose® Tri-Port® Headphones See Here. How is the iPod supposed to support this, with only one headphone jack? If somebody can tell me how, I'd like to know.

I contacted circuitcity.com letting them know of this oversight.

As Tradition has it, the day after Thanksgiving is known as "Black Friday"... and with that, I have a link to a funny cartoon .. Black Friday Cartoon

I've written my thoughts on a Forbes article about ITunes and Record Companies, it's here:

Last night I bought some Hershey's with Mint candy bars for a co-worker, who likes them, so I put them in her locker. That was around 4:15, so I looked again at 9:00 and they were gone. that just annoys me to no end that somebody would steal candy bars from other staff members....

I was buying a CD from Circuit City, and I was offered "scratch protection", now to me this is stupid, why would I want scratch protection on a product that cost $9.99, and that I will only use once, before putting away? This might have been a good idea like 10 years ago, before mp3 players were popular. I asked the sales person how much it was, and they said $1.99. So, let's see.... I'd pay 11.98 for the cd and to protect my cd against scratching... well, if I take care of the CD, I won't need the scratch protection would I?

On another note, people must be having a really bad driving day today, I had one guy almost hit me, because he didn't slow down, I had another guy riding my bumper for a good 3 miles, and there was a copy blocking off Southbound traffic on Rt 59, I'm not sure why. So everybody was going through the Meijer parking lot.