Costa's Brain Dump

Blog spam

2006-12-10T10:56:00.000-05:00

God damn spammers.

Now I have spam in the comments to my Blog. It's only a matter of time, I guess.

Now only members can comment. There aren't any members, so it'll just be me. Whatever.

Symphony of Embarassment

2006-08-08T22:49:00.000-04:00

Well, I did my occasional Google search for "costa nikou", just to see what came up, and again, there were multiple hits to the ANCIENT post that I made my sophomore year for the tab to Symphony of Destruction by Megadeth.

Now this was only a year or so into my guitar playing career, and I hadn't heard the song since the days in the back of the high school band bus on the way to and from the football games. (We were WPIAL champs, baby, and that song helped us win, I swear.)

I requested the song before I'd even known how easy it was. I was reminded by the very helpful internet guitar folks telling me how it was the simplest song they ever did, blah blah blah. Yes, I'm a big douchebag. I didn't know any better. Sorry.

But forever, I will be connected with that song. But I can play it now just fine thanks.

Did I remember my posting email address okay?

2006-06-05T14:04:00.000-04:00

Yes, I did.

Jam On It Lyrics

2006-02-17T08:59:00.000-05:00

Jam On It, by Newcleus, is a damn fine breakdancing song.

Way back, when I got my "Electric Breakdance" cassette, I listened to this
song almost exclusively (that and "Rockit"). I got in trouble with my mom
because she caught me pointing out to my friends the swearword in the
lyric:

"I don't need no fans to cool my ass, I just use my Superbreath"

Which is attributed to Superman, who came to town, to see who he could
rock. He blew away every crew (each day?) until he reached the block of
the Jam On Production Crew (i.e. Newcleus et al.)

This is just wrong. If you listen to the rest of the lyrics about the
Superman battle, it's obvious that it's:

"I don't need no fans to cool my AMPS, I just use my Superbreath".

They're talking about Superman's gear, his three-stories-high speakers and
woofers made of steel. To drive such speakers, he'd need some kick ass
amps, which would overheat if not using big fans, or the preferred
alternative, "Superbreath".

So I felt obligated to propogate my discovery/theory/unquestionable
knowledge..unless Cozmo D wants to correct me.

-c

Kitchen Island

2006-02-14T21:00:00.000-05:00

We ordered a white rolling kitchen island/cart from KitchenSource.com.
http://www.kitchensource.com/kitchen-islands/hs-5016-95.htm

and I gotta say it's great, and was a great price (and free shipping). The cart came in a big sturdy box, and was packed really well.

Unfortunately, the flip out stand that holds the leaf extension up was warped and one of the joints cracked. So I called the company (who guaranteed the quality of the item). I left my name, number, and the part number of the faulty piece. About a week or two later...Surprise! The replacement just shows up at my door! I didn't even have to get a call back from the company.

Though the broken piece was a minor inconvenience (I was able to assemble the rest without it), the quick service that lived up to the guarantee makes me highly recommend a purchase from KitchenSource.com.

Nice.

screenshots of realvideo

2005-05-10T14:43:00.000-04:00

to get screenshots of realvideo (using the Print Screen->Paste trick), or any other video player in windows, you have to be sure to turn off hardware acceleration, or else your video will not get included in the screenshot.

Costa's First Dump

2005-04-20T12:12:00.000-04:00

Hi all.

I just made this in my well-intentioned attempt at putting useful tidbits of info that I discover for public consumption. I've found a lot of useful info on the internet, and I'm just trying to pay it back, man.