Now, this really isn’t fair… having this on the three days before I go away? Bastards.

Ordered two camera wraps from ProGearWraps - One 20×20″, and one 16×16″. These are to protect the camera and lenses from bumps and scrapes while they’re in the bag — plus they’re fairly nondescript which is good.

Also ordered a 60GB Vosonic VP3320 - yeah, I didn’t think I was going to get it, but uhh… I’ll take that instead of the Nomad.

Did some miscelanious shopping for the trip yesterday, the only thing worth mentioning is that the local Rivers store is crappy - again.
They’ve got about 50 pairs of shoes in my size (10.5-11) — and they’re mostly not in the right area. The shoes they do have are either inappropriate, ugly, plasticy-crap, or all three.

Finally, SQL On Rails is here.
At last we have a way to write sites using pure SQL.

Random conversations from #anzgw:

[22:22] <[rich]GooN`> my gf called me yesterday
[22:22] <[rich]GooN`> and was like
[22:22] <[rich]GooN`> ‘im pregnant’
[22:22] <[rich]GooN`> i almost had a heart attack before she said aprils fools

I still think blizzard should have announced Starcraft 2 instead of Burgercraft

Oh, and I’m a proud new member of the I-Hate-Oracle Club.

All the reasons are sufficiently well explained here: http://www.thedailywtf.com/forums/25910/ShowPost.aspx

So, I’m browsing the April Fools pranks this year, and this random person adds me to MSN.

Here’s the proceeding conversation:

Will: … so who are you?
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: aye, whirlpool forums
Will: okay… you’re randomly adding people from WP?
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: no…wait till ive finished
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: i saw ur post on visual basic, i was wondering…how did u get a copy of it? from net?
Will: no, I’ve got an MSDN Universal subscription, and beside that two other licences… (VB.NET 2002, Visual Studio.NET 2003)
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: ohh k
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: because i need a copy for school thats all…since it is a costy prog thats all
Will: get the express editions then
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: vb 2005 express?
Will: yep
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: ah k….doesnt that only last for time period?
Will: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vb/download/ <--- doesn't look it
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: ive got that on cd the school gave us lol….
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: but it only last certain time
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: 3. Register Why register? You’ll need to get your registration key. Additionally, you’ll get a lot of free stuff including royalty-free images from Corbis, online training from Microsoft Learning, E-books from Microsoft Press and more. Learn more about registration benefits.
Will: does the registration actually cost anything?
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: ive got no idea…
Will:http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/register/faq/
Will: no mention of licence costs
Will: and since you’re on MSN, you’ve got a passport account
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: ok good
Will:http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/ <-- on the front page "Free for 1 year"
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: ugh….
Will: …and if you havn’t reformatted your PC, and gotten a new MSN account in that time, well… it’ll probably be time for it
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: no cracks or stuff?
Will: … No, MS generally don’t condone that
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: lol i no…
Will: heck, it’s not even time limited: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/support/faq/default.aspx#pricing — see point 12. “as long as you download Visual Studio Express on or before November 7th 2006, you will not have to pay for it.”
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: k, im installin the 1 on my cd and puttin a serial key i got off net in c if that works
Will: WHY?
Will: just register ffs, that makes it LEGIT
Will: and it costs you maybe 10 minutes of time
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: k ill do that

Uhh… Yeah, it’s always a good idea to ask random people how to pirate software.