Category: Personal

Stealth

Meet my new computer – Stealth

It’s been close to three years since I built my last gaming PC, and though that computer still kicks ass at most games, it’s starting to show its age with next-gen titles. I first...

New widescreen monitor

My new widescreen monitor

I finally got rid of the giant 50 lb. 21″ beast of a CRT monitor and got a nice, sharp 22″ widescreen LCD monitor. It’s a Samsung SyncMaster 226BW to be exact, with 2ms...

25th birthday presents

Happy birthday to me

So I’m a little late. Last week on June 29th I turned 25 years old. The weekend that followed was one hectic and fun weekend. My parents, grandparents, and father-in-law came up to visit...

Big screen TV

I finally got my first big screen TV

It’s been a long time coming, but after years of impatient waiting I finally got a TV I always wanted. A big screen, high-def, rear-projection to be exact. Finally, I can watch TV, movies,...

New kitchen countertops

New kitchen counter tops

Finally, our kitchen is starting to look like a kitchen! After 7-8 weeks of remodeling our kitchen we are almost done. The last big thing got done today, and that was installing the counter...

New house - front yard

My first post from our new house

Well, Jenny and I made the final move into our new house this last weekend, and boy am I glad it’s over. It has been one hell of a stressful month. Between work, moving,...

New house - front yard

I am now a homeowner

Wow, I never thought this day would come. Yesterday, March 22nd, at 5pm Jenny and I closed escrow and got the keys to our first house. After which, we went back to our current...

New house - front yard

Pictures of our new house

So Jenny and I recently bought a new house. It’s still in escrow for the next few weeks but we were able to get into it today while they were doing an inspection, and...

Sin City Nick

My take on Photoshop meets Sin City

So, as some of you might know, there have been a few Photoshop tutorials online that show you how to take a picture and turn it into a Sin City screen cap. I’ll tell...

Headcrab

I got a bad case of crabs

Headcrabs that is! First it went after me but I was able to fend it off. Then it went after my dog Abby, but once it got a mouthful of fur it quickly bailed....