New OS

I received some new computer parts today courtesy of my dad. Pictured above is Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit OEM DVD.

New video card

I received some new computer parts today courtesy of my dad. Pictured above is an Asus EN7600GS Silent PCIx video card.

New CPU

I received some new computer parts today courtesy of my dad. Pictured above is an Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 2.13 GHz Processor with 4MB L2 Cache.

New motherboard

I received some new computer parts today courtesy of my dad. Pictured above is an Intel DG965WH motherboard.

Souvenir from dinner

C&O had notepads shaped like matchbooks that you can take as you leave the restaurant.

I Need a Nap

This is what you look like after passing by the Ghirardelli booth a few times.

Free Chocolate

Ghirardelli was giving out free chocolates at its booth. Milk chocolate squares filled with caramel. Yum!

Cheech Marin at the Festival of Books

Cheech was promoting his new book "Cheech the School Bus Driver" on the Target Children's Stage at the LA Times Festival of Books by reading it to everyone.

Getting a Handel on Reason

While I have a couple of days off of school I thought I'd dig into the latest version of Reason. What better way to get to know the software than sequencing a fun little piece like Handel's Bourree from his Water Musick. I have three of the four voices in so my prelimenary work is almost done. Next comes the creative part of turning it into something more interesting. This would be easier with a hardware controller, but since my only keyboard is too big to set up I'll have to make do with Bome's Mouse Keyboard until I get my hands on a Novation Remote SL.

1000 Steps

Not really, but it seems like it. These stairs lead from the lower parking lot to the upper level of the courthouse where jury duty takes place.

Wing Stop menu

Lunch for Jury Duty day 2

I had lunch at the Wing Stop in the Ralph's shopping center near the courthouse since it's just a short walk away. I've never eaten here before, but I do like wings. They have 9 flavors of wings: Atomic, Cajun, Original Hot, Mild, Hickory Smoked BBQ, Lemon Pepper, Garlic Parmesan, Hawaiian, and Teriyaki.

I decided to get the 10 wing combo which includes 10 wings of up to 2 flavors, a regular sized order of Fresh Cut Seasoned Fries, a specialty dip (ranch, blue cheese, or honey mustard), and a regular fountain drink. After sampling the Teriyaki sauce and Hawaiian sauce I decided to get my order with Hawaiian and Garlic Parmesan flavors.

I have to say that overall I was pleased with the quality of the food. The Garlic Parmesan wings were very tasty as were the Hawaiian ones although the Hawaiian wings were a bit messy. The fries were decent, but a little soggy for my taste. They reminded me of In-n-Out fries (not the well done ones) so if you like them you'll probably like these although they're seasoned with salt and pepper. Next time I'll skip the fries and opt for more wings.

Yum!

(original message sent at 12:41pm, but didn't go through for some reason)

Doing my civic duty

I'm currently sitting in the jury room of the North Justice Center in Fullerton awaiting assignment to a courtroom. They've already assigned half of the jurors to one courtroom, and they said the rest of us would be assigned to another. They also let us know that it's a busy day because there are four active courtrooms and probably not enough jurors to fill them all. It looks like there's a strong possibillity of getting assigned to a jury today. (original message sent at 9:57am, but didn't go through for some reason)

Lunch

Downtown Fullerton Restaurants

Here's a map the court provides us of all of the restaurants in downtown Fullerton. I'm probably not going to eat lunch at any of these places since I know of a nice and inexpensive Mongolian BBQ place nearby.

Random thing about karnblack #7

I like to play all kinds of games from video games to traditional games, and I have quite a large collection of traditional ones even after getting rid of half of them. The above picture is a small sampling of them from my closet. I have a couple more closets with a bunch more games in them.

Random thing about Karnblack #6

I enjoy technology, and have built all of my PCs from scratch including the Shuttle SFF system pictured above. Unfortunately it's circa 2004, and now is struggling to remain a min spec system. I've held off on upgrading since the architecture is now obsolete and the entire system needs replacing. I'm heavily contemplating getting a Gateway P series FX edition laptop. It's currently the best bang-for-the buck in mid-range gaming laptops as it has a GeForce 8800 GTS video card with 512MB RAM and it retails for $1350. To get a system with a better video card you'd have to pay close to $2000 or more. A lot of systems with the lesser GeForce 8600 GT even cost more. Gateway has a bargain on their hands.

Random thing about Karnblack #5

I love film scores, and I have a decent sized CD collection. The photo above is just a small sample. I also collect soundtracks to video games.

Random thing about Karnblack #4

I'm a fan of Asian cinema, and a fan of Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Stephen Chow and Akira Kurosawa. I enjoy other films as well including animation and anime.

Random thing about Karnblack #3

I've played woodwind instruments since 1982 (mainly clarinet, but also sax and a little flute), and I enjoy playing my Yamaha WX11 midi wind instrument.

Random thing about Karnblack #2

I enjoy playing Magic: The Gathering, and my Thirsty Welder deck is my favorite.

Random thing about Karnblack #1

I'm going to school at DeVry online, and my major is Game and Simulation Programming.

I've been tagged

I need to post 7 random things about myself, tag 7 other people by posting a comment on their blog to tag them, and link them to my blog. I normally don't do these, but since it seems like it's going to be a creative challenge (this being a mophotoblog) I figured "why not."

Soy Vay!?

One of my daughter's books

My daughter wants me to read it to her. Actually it's a look and find so she wants me to call out things for her to find. :)

Another one of my school books

For session A of the spring semester.

One of my school books

Random land pic