I just love how I'm excluded from absolutely everything... nobody asks me what I would like for dinner... nobody asks me what's new... nobody asks how work was... and nobody ever asks what I want....

additionally nobody ever initiates conversation with me... I'm always the one to initiate the conversation with people... and then when I do, they're always too busy and never interested in what I have to say....

I also enjoy the fact that people assume that I can't hear them whenever I'm wearing my headphones.... unlike most, I don't want to blow out my hearing... so I never have my music that loud.

oh well...

So, US99.com now has a list of the songs that they've played in the last 24 Hours... which is nice... except they're not playing songs by Artists that deserve to be played. It's annoying when you turn on the radio and the same song is on 2 hours after you just heard it. Is there really so little music out that Radio stations can't play something more recent. I don't mind the songs from like 10+ years ago, it's nice to hear them once in a while. But there are some songs that are new, and they've played before, but now all of a sudden it's no longer played... what's up with that?

So I was playing Battlefield 2 tonight, and I managed to get like 7 awards and ribbons for the game. That's the most that I have gotten in any one sitting... usually I am lucky if I get just one medal or ribbon.

• Bronze Star - 3rd Highest Score in a Round
  
• Gold Star - Highest Score in a Round
  
• Combat Action Ribbon
  
• Veteran Command
  
• Good Conduct Ribbon
  
  Battlefield 2: Special Forces
  
• Basic Support Specialist
  
• Basic Anti-Tank Specialist

I hate it when people say they're going to do something, and then they don't.. They claim "I forgot"... well obviously it's not important enough for you to think about others.... so I give up.

So, I went and did some more Holiday shopping today, because I had nothing else to do. I only have a little left to do, and then I'm done.

anyway, that's it.

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.