In celebration of summer vacation, I’ve redone the design a bit. Pretty much all the sections have been updated with the new style sheet (which has actually been online for a while now) and have had their code cleaned.
My stylesheet is now W3C valid and my code is all valid XHTML Transitional. It’s actually valid XHTML Strict, with the exception of the iframes.

AT&T Wireless is in the progress of updating their voicemail system. This means all passwords get reset back to the default 1111#. Have fun.

Try installing Windows XP (home or pro, I don’t think it matters which) and don’t register it but say you’re on a docked laptop. I’ve heard this somehow voids the registration requirement. Do this before you update anything, of course. Contact me if it works.

I decided I’d try the “unofficial” version of Xine (unofficial because it comes with DeCSS) today. While I was at it, I went ahead and got a few other packages with it (real codecs, MPEG4, DivX and Windows Media Player etc). After uninstalling the version that comes with Mandrake 9.1, I had my new Xine back-up and running in less than 5 minutes. Now I can watch any kind of movie in the wonderful GUI that is Xine, including my legally purchased but CSS encrypted DVDs. So far, I’ve watched the Half-Life2 video, Doom3 video, The Fellowship of the Ring, and The Matrix.
I’ll post a tut. on getting everything to work in the phorums later.

Oh, and I went a little trigger-happy on the screenshot button during the Matrix. Here you go.

The Star Wars Episode III script is up here.

Enter the Matrix is indeed a good game (Kung-Fu vampires and lesbian kissing). If you’ve seen the movie, play the game. If you haven’t seen the movie, see it before you play the game.

In case I don’t get a chance to update again for a while, I’ll be at the Matrix tomorrow at 4:45, then I’ll be packing for my trip to the Army Ammunition Plant in Hawthorne, Nevada. I’m planning on taking my H2K2 Threat Risk card and see if they detain me, or at least give me funny looks (should I wear my DeCSS shirt?). I’ll also bring along my camera to take pictures of my ticket (so we can see what threat level I officially hold) and maybe some pics of the Plant.

Oh, and here’s an annoying thing: all my http queries are proxied through Japan and Italy so when I go to google.com, they redirect me to google.it. Now I can say “I’m feeling lucky” in Italian. Mi sento fortunato.

Have you seen the latest Animatrix? It shows the creation of the Matrix. Pretty cool.