The insane ramblings of a CS dropout

Icons!

mitchpond — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:05:17 +0000

So I was looking at my desktop and admiring all of the nice icons in my new Windows 7 install, when I noticed just how ugly the icon that Chrome chose for Gmail was. You would think that Google’s own browser would grab the best possible icon for their own products. I guess not.
I did a little hunting and it turns out that Google does indeed have larger icons available on their servers, they just don’t seem to list or link to them anywhere. I found the 32×32 icon and by trial-and-error stumbled upon the 48×48 and 128×128 icons. Here are the links for anyone looking for some nicer icons:

Stella manuals

mitchpond — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:22:14 +0000

I ran across the Owner’s and Service manuals (both PDFs) for the Stella over at iheartstella.com yesterday. Interesting reading. Here’s the link.

A roadblock on the path to scooter ownership

mitchpond — Mon, 26 May 2008 23:49:21 +0000

I have attempted to secure financing for the purchase of my Stella from one of our local credit unions. Unfortunately, and at no huge surprise to me, they are requiring a 20% down-payment due to my not exactly stellar credit report. Apparently something somewhere got lost in the shuffle of my last move and WE Energies apparently missed my last payment. So now I need to come up with around $800 or so to cover the down-payment. I am determined, however, to purchase this vehicle. I will be stopping by the plasma bank tomorrow to begin the draining of my vital fluids. I can get about $50 a week doing that. On top of the 10% or so of my paycheck I will be putting aside every week, the forgoing of fast food or eating out (that’s not going so well, I admit), and the possibility of an early birthday present from my very excellent mother, this means that I may have the funds just in time for them to have sold their existing stock. Which, of course, will mean a two month lead time on a custom ordered scoot. My frustration in this matter is growing by the hour. So for you, that one person that came here searching for the terms “stella scooter review mpg,” this means that my review of the Stella scooter and its mileage will have to wait. Unless you have an extra sum of money that you need to get rid of.

Also, in addendum, I have forbidden myself to purchase any sort of electronic gaming items. However, I may be breaking this moratorium in order to purchase the new Penny Arcade game: “On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode 1″ There might be a review of that forthcoming.

Vespas get you the ladies

mitchpond — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:45:43 +0000

I found this video that definitively proves that “Vespas get you the ladies” »

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Molly at the park

mitchpond — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:45:34 +0000

With guest appearance by some basset hound I don’t know.

Scooters and such

mitchpond — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:01:39 +0000

So I have almost made up my mind on the purchase of a scooter or scooter-type vehicle. I’ve decided upon the Stella by Genuine Scooters.

She’s a modern version of the Vespa P150 (I believe that’s what I read). 4 speed manual transmission, 2-stroke engine, nice olive green color, 90 mpg or so. The only obstacle in my way at this time is the securing of some kind of financing. They seem to run about $3500 and my credit is not that great at the moment. Any ideas (or donations! PayPal at mitchp@gmail.com) will be appreciated. No, I am not selling my body. I might take nude photos and charge for me to not post them.

A slight waste of bandwidth

mitchpond — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:00:14 +0000

That’s what this site is and probably will continue to be for the foreseeable future. I can’t imagine I’ll actually find any interesting content to put on here other than pictures of my dog, maybe a product review, any software that I actually manage to finish, or perhaps even pictures of my dog using software I haven’t finished running on a laptop or phone that I plan on writing a review of. So for now, there’s nothing to see here. Move along.