I don’t really want to go into all of the details, but about a month ago my apartment was broken into. They got a lot of my computer equipment. They also left a lot of it behind. They did take both of my computers though. How long is 2 1/2 weeks for a web developer without computer? It’s a lifetime. Time passes very slow.

Thank God I had renters insurance. For $7 a month, it’s almost dumb not to have it. It’s the price of eating at a fast food restaurant. Skip the fast food for one day out of the month and you just paid your renters insurance.

When I finally got the check from insurance, I went to replace my Macbook Pro with another Macbook Pro. No one seems to have any. Well, people have the 17″ but I wanted the 15″. So I have to hold off on get the Macbook Pro. So I started looking at computers to replace a Sony Vaio that was also taken. The only reason I use a PC is to test things in IE, so I wasn’t looking for anything fancy. Then it hit me. Why get a computer that I really won’t use much? I can always get another Mac. Install Windows on a virtual machine or Bootcamp it. This allows me to get a computer I want but still be able to test things in IE. So I got a Mac Mini.

For now it is in my bedroom because it is the only computer I have. When I am able to get another Macbook Pro, I’ll put the Mini in the living room and hook it up to the television. The Mini will by my entertainment computer with light IE testing. The Macbook Pro will be my primary computer.

[Update @8:00PM Feb 21, 2010] And a picture of the Mini on my desk.

This has to be the best motorcycle photo I have ever seen. It is on an ‘04 Harley-Davidson FXST. In case you don’t know what 0341 means, 0341 is the Marine Corps MOS number for infantry mortarman.

I found this picture on ChopCult.com. You can see the guys profile here.

About 7 months ago  wrote about a Silverlight fail. I have another one for you:

What’s funny about this error message is I never installed Siverlight. How can it expire if it’s not installed? By the way, Silverlight is a FREE plugin. How does it expire to begin with?

I did a little bit of online research, and apparently it goes deeper than this. I clicked on ‘No’ when I saw the message so I can’t vouch for this. But the link that is in the error message, you can’t copy that link. So you have to type it in the address bar of the browser manually. Once you get to the page, you get the same error message and can’t update Silverlight. You have to go to the Silverlight page instead of the Silverlight update page.

So good job, Microsoft. Not doing so good when it comes to contending with Flash.

I had a car accident last night. This morning I woke up and thought that I needed to make sure I reported it to my insurance company. So I called them up. Half way through telling them my policy number I stopped and realized something. This is how the conversation went;

Me: (half way through telling them my policy number) … Oh crap!
Insurance: What is it?
Me: I just realized… I didn’t have an accident. It was a dream.
Insurance: … What do you mean?
Me: My little sister was in the car with me. She lives in Texas and I live in California. It had to have been a dream… I’m really sorry.

At that point she started laughing at me. She wasn’t happy about having to work on the weekend but that just made her entire day.

So the dream was that I was in Texas. And my little sister and I were in my Mustang. We were stopped at a stop light. We were in the left lane to turn left to go to my parents house. Two motorcycle cops that were headed in the other direction flipped on their lights and sirens. The light turned green and the guy in front of me went. I decided to stay were I was so the cops could go by before I went. They headed over toward my side of the road. The first cop went by me and started weaving in and out of the cars. The second one started to do the same thing but lost control of his motorcycle and scrapped the entire passenger side of my car.

I pulled over to the gas station on the corner and started trading insurance with the cops. They were being complete jerks to me saying it was my fault somehow. Suddenly, Dylan, my sisters stepson, appears in the back seat and wants out to see the damage. I let him out. He starts laughing at me and I said “Shut up! Get back in the car!”

We finish trading information and we drive off. That’s when I woke up. That’s when I decided to call my insurance agent. I felt like an idiot, but at least my car was fine.