Trip to Roberson Museum

We went to the museum for the first time today... it was free since we are museum members. We had to get a membership to join photo club ;). They had some cool stuff there but the coolest gallery was the first one we saw, the one with the cool people statues made out of scrap metal. We also saw a planetarium show which features no planets, only stars. :)

Link to gallery.

Roberson Museum

Here is the kitty's super gaint leg cast. Despite the fact that it does hamper her walking ability and she doesnt really step on that foot she STILL manages to get around quite well. She even manages to jump up onto the couch and bed and other places. She can get down too :)












The top story is our apartment, as you can see, Tiff left the light on all day :-/. Tera fell from the top of the railing all the way down to the pavement.... all the way down... It looks like its about a 25-30 foot fall. Poor kitty :(

Kitty is home!!!!!!

My kitty is home!!!!! YYAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!!! :-D We have to watch for swelling and she has a very large cast/splint on her hind leg but she is home!! We brought her home around 6:30, she ate some food, walked around the house for a bit, drank some water and then found a comfy spot on the couch and went to sleep. She seems to be able to move around and jump up onto things ok with only three working legs so I'm not too worried about her anymore. She can even climb into her litter box if we take the top off of it.

Maybe tomorrow I'll post a picture of her giant splint. Nite nite! :-)

Kitty and Ipod Update

Well, Kitty is still at the doctors :( They were concerned with some swelling in her broken foot so they took the splint off and will wait for it to unswell before they put the splint back on. Hopefully they can have her all ready to go for tomorrow :) We miss our kitty!!

My Ipod came today. Had I not been at the vet I would have had it on Saturday. From Monday (got prepaid shipping container) to Saturday (attempted replacement Ipod delivery)!! Thats an INCREDIBLE TURN AROUND TIME!! Best part about it... It didn't cost me a single cent.

Photo Club Competition 10/20/2006

I entered three of my photos into the Roberson photo club competition at last night's meeting. Click the link to go to my Picassa gallery and find out how they did :)

Photo club competition 10/20/2006

The kitty is broked! :(

Our kitty decided to either jump, fall ,or get pushed off our balcony yesterday :(

I'm not 100% sure how it happened but it all started when I let both Tera and Nibbles out on the balcony (like I always do). Later I went and checked on them and I could only find Nibbles... so I went inside and looked around and couldn't find Tera. I went back out on to the porch and called to Tera and I hear "MEEEOOOOOOOWW" so I look down towards the sound of the meow and there are two little eyes starting up at me from underneath a car parked in the driveway. I ran down and got her and sure enough... her foot was clearly broken :-`(. After finding a vet that was opening soon (this happened at about 6:30 am) and finding a way to get to my car that was in the shop for repairs (thanks to Tom DeForest from IBM for helping with this), I brought her in for repair.

She fractured all three of the bones in the end of her left hind foot and will need to keep a splint on it for 4-6 weeks according to the vet. She stayed the night last night and they want to keep here over the weekend to keep an eye on some swelling that has developed in her foot. We should have her back Monday morning.... I cringe to think what I'm going to be charged for this :(

I did go and visit Tera today!! She was extremely happy to see me and she purred more than she has in a very long time :-) She cuddled right up to my arm and went to sleep. I stayed with her for about 2 1/2 hours and then the vet closed and kicked me out. She needed to eat anyways and I interrupted her lunch so its probably best that I had to leave anyway.

Bad Ipod = :-( , Awesome service = :-)

My Ipod was officially declared FUBAR on Sunday :-/. It turns on and acts like it wants to play music but then decides to pretend its a CD player with a scratched disc in it... skip skip skip... :) I've traced the problem to faulty flash storage thanks to Linux reporting I/O errors reading/writing to the Ipod when I try to mount it and copy new music to it via GtkPod.

Anyways, being only 4-5 months old my Ipod is STILL under warranty so a quick visit to Apple's website confirmed a free replacement. Two web forms, a serial number entry page and a service agreement click-through later I have an e-mail from Apple telling me to patiently wait for a free shipping container in which to send my Ipod. It arrived in less than 48 hours!!! I received a small simple box that contained some foam, some strips of packing tape and an instruction sheet. The sheet advises the user to place the Ipod between the pieces of foam, close and seal the box and drop off at the nearest DHL shipping center. It could not be simpler!! No searching for packing materials, no "You must have sure to pack the unit around all sides with no less than 2" of foam/packing peanuts else lose your warranty!!". Best of all, I *THINK* the mailer they sent is prepaid :) How cool would that be??

I'll be sure to post the rest of the experience as soon as I get my Ipod back. I'm going to drop it off
tomorrow at DHL , so lets see how long it takes to get it back. :)

Unreal Tournament 2007

I can't wait for this game!!!!! Just look at some of these screenshots!

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If you want to see more visit www.planetunreal.com. Not only are the graphics awesome but the game play is supposed to be top notch too. The Assault game type is being replaced with a new game type code named "Conquest" which is LIKE Assault but with many more objectives, some of which are optional and a promise of a less linear structure to the game. Also, the conquest maps can be as large as three Onslaught maps (which are very large to begin with) !! So what we'll see here is a whole bunch of mini-games within the main game. Also, watch for community created addons that use the Conquest game type to create loads of entirely different complete games all together!!! Released late 2006 or early 2007.... I'll be preordering this one!

Binghamton Senators Hockey Game

Last nights hockey game was pretty fun :) We ended up losing 3-2 but the game was pretty exciting especially towards the end as we were down by 2 until the last 2 minutes of the game when we scored. Being only 1 point down, the Sens tried really hard to tie the game up before the end of regulation but to no avail :(

Heres a link to my Picasa gallery... just click the picture :)

Binghamton Senators Hockey Game

Binghamton Senators! :-P

Hockey season has officially started and the Colorado Avalanche are off to an okay start grabbing 4 points in three games. Meanwhile Minnesota and Buffalo are both undefeated after 4 games. Hopefully we can grab two more points in tonight's game against Edmonton which won't be televised in the Binghamton area. :(

In other news I'm going to a B-Sens game tonight! Pictures are sure to follow!!