Well, after ignoring it for several months, I have finally opened the ChachScan project back up. I'm going to try and implement some filtering and add a few small(er) features and iron out some of the bugs before putting out version 1.1. Once I do that, I'd like to get some beta testers and then, provided it passes my release standards, publicise it and get it hosted somewhere. More later...

I "finished" (is anything I work on ever actually "finished"?) my new directory indexing script. Apache is cool in that it will display directory contents right out-of-the-box...but the interface was pissing me off. Specifically, I kept getting pissed off at the fact that it would truncate long filenames way too short (really annoying with long MP3 filenames) and I just didn't like the overall look. So I wrote a replacement in PHP. You will notice the changes if you access my protected directory contents. If you want a copy or want to look at the source, just send me email. As usual, I probably spent way too much time on it...but I consider it nice and I like how configurable it is.

I'm so damn stoked!!! I bought tickets for SONIC YOUTH for May 4th in Dallas! Fuck yeah! SY is most certainly one of those bands I swore I would have to see before they stopped touring or broke up. You can't ignore their serious influence on the punk rock and grunge sounds, and I really dig their newer experimental sounds. I've been listening to more and more SY in the last year or so, and I haven't seen a single show in so long...so let me just say again: I'M STOKED! If you're reading this, then consider yourself invited. I think we already have a full car and complete weekend plans, but I'd really like have as many of my buddies along for the show. I bought my tix online through ticketbastard, er, ticketmaster, so expect the usual "convenience fee" (oxymoron?) crap that comes along with that. I consider it quite lame that a band like Sonic Youth has to resort to using those dorks...but I guess that's the way it goes.

Lemme just start off by saying that I'm writing this from work. This job is torture. I couldn't be less happy. Misery is too simple of a word to descibe this agony. I want out. I want to leave this pit and do something interesting. I have no motivation. I get no rewards. There are no real challenges, and the challenges that occasionally crop up aren't the kind I enjoy dealing with. I guess I'll just continue waiting and hoping for something more enjoyable. It will happen...eventually. I just hope this job hasn't made me too damn stupid by then.

Well...if you're looking for anything that I host across to my Winderz box (mainly my digital camera images), it's going to be temporarily unavailable this weekend. Why you ask? Simple! My Winderz box (aka main gaming/killin' machine) has been temporarily relocated to the ChaosLAN. Sorry for the inconvenience. Now back to the killin'...

I put up my latest creation...the Text Terminal screen saver can be found here. It's not exactly what I wanted, but it's pretty damn close...and was completed with a minimal amount of effort. It's not nearly as cool as phosphor running in Linux with curl pointed at the web voyeur...but I like it nonetheless. I guess overall it was a good exercise in just how painful it is to work directly with the Windows API...lesson learned! Anyway, I like it as a screen saver. The web voyeur stuff just fascinates me. Stop reading this and go download it or something.

I dropped a bunch of money this weekend on a new receiver...it's nice. No more running home entertainment on the stereo I've owned since I was a sophmore in high school...I've got some real equipment now! Whoopie! Time to get a subwoofer and a center channel...Muhahaha. I scored a copy of Clive Barker's Undying and played it for a while last night. Excellent game! I don't care what STM says, I can certainly feel the Clive influence. And...as much as I hate to admit it...certain parts have actually scared me. The down side is that the thing is pretty intensive and my PC is under par. I guess I'll dick with the configuration and see if I can get it to run a bit smoother.

Guess what? I share a birthday with Abraham Lincoln and Christina Ricci. I got my dart board hung up this afternoon. For some reason I have to wonder why they allow us to throw such pointy objects. And yes, as a matter of fact I do have a good use for that old can of franks and beans sitting in the back of your cupboard that you're never going to eat.

I finished my first entry into the 5k web design contest. I haven't submitted it yet because I'm not sure they have solidified everything for the 2001 contest. Check it out in art section...it's titled "authoring deconstructed".

Newly discovered fact: Anybody that prefers a trackball to a mouse shouldn't be allowed to own or operate a computer. Is it really a coincidence that the large building with the Purina logo is dangerously close to the animal shelter? I managed to get a hold of the Ohgr album "Welt" before its release. I still haven't listened to the whole thing yet, but it is strange. Not really at all what I expected, but I think I like it. Very popish, very technoish (for lack of a better term), but certainly interesting. Oh yeah, and I'm still a Napster junkie.