Mom and Sarah following her graduation ceremony! Congrat's to Sarah!
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18 June 2005
16 June 2005
How to piss off lame ass music execs.....
For All its worth, I really need to get off my ass and go biking, but the weather looks poo and I just went to the record store and picked up the new foo.
Foo Fighters, that is kids.
Two cds, one acoustic like and the other is rockin. Both sucked at first because they had the stupid new copywrite software that is installed on it, which DOES NOTHING TO PREVENT PIRICY YOU IDIOT MARKETING PEOPLE!!!! INSTEAD, ALL IT REALLY DOES IS PISS THE PEOPLE OFF WHO TRY TO BE COOL AND BUY ALBUMS OF MUSICANS THAT THEY TRY TO SUPPORT.
And the best part, ladies and gentleman, is I have finally cracked the system and now I can finally burn it to my ipod, but I just might upload it so that the world can have another person to steal it from...
I am going to tell you how to do it --
There are a few topics going on about this already, but this worked the best for me. Good luck.
Start with a Windows 2000/XP system with empty CD drives.
Click the Start button and select Control Panel from the Start Menu.
Double-click on the System control panel icon.
Select the Hardware tab and click the Device Manager button.
Configure Device Manager by clicking "Show hidden devices" and "Devices by connection," both from the View menu.
Insert the CD into the computer and allow the SunnComm software to start. If MediaMax has never been started before on the same computer, the SbcpHid driver should appear on the list for the first time. However, on some systems Windows needs to be rebooted before the driver becomes visible.
At this point you can attempt to copy tracks from the CD with applications like MusicMatch Jukebox or Windows Media Player. Copies made while the driver is active will sound badly garbled, as in this 9-second clip [10].
Next, follow these additional steps to disable MediaMax:
Select the SbcpHid driver from the Device Manager list and click "Properties" from the Action Menu.
Click the Driver tab and click the Stop button to disable the driver.
Set the Startup Type to "Disabled" using the dropdown list.
With the driver stopped, you can verify that the same applications copy every track successfully. Setting the Startup Type to disabled prevents MediaMax from restarting when the computer is rebooted. It will remain deactivated until LaunchCD.exe is allowed to run again.
Equivalently, executing the following commands from the Command Prompt will deactivate MediaMax:
net stop sbcphid
del %systemroot%\system32\drivers\sbcphid.sys
When is the music business going to realize that its their policies that continue to push people to download illeagally. Lower the price of the art....!
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Foo Fighters, that is kids.
Two cds, one acoustic like and the other is rockin. Both sucked at first because they had the stupid new copywrite software that is installed on it, which DOES NOTHING TO PREVENT PIRICY YOU IDIOT MARKETING PEOPLE!!!! INSTEAD, ALL IT REALLY DOES IS PISS THE PEOPLE OFF WHO TRY TO BE COOL AND BUY ALBUMS OF MUSICANS THAT THEY TRY TO SUPPORT.
And the best part, ladies and gentleman, is I have finally cracked the system and now I can finally burn it to my ipod, but I just might upload it so that the world can have another person to steal it from...
I am going to tell you how to do it --
There are a few topics going on about this already, but this worked the best for me. Good luck.
Start with a Windows 2000/XP system with empty CD drives.
Click the Start button and select Control Panel from the Start Menu.
Double-click on the System control panel icon.
Select the Hardware tab and click the Device Manager button.
Configure Device Manager by clicking "Show hidden devices" and "Devices by connection," both from the View menu.
Insert the CD into the computer and allow the SunnComm software to start. If MediaMax has never been started before on the same computer, the SbcpHid driver should appear on the list for the first time. However, on some systems Windows needs to be rebooted before the driver becomes visible.
At this point you can attempt to copy tracks from the CD with applications like MusicMatch Jukebox or Windows Media Player. Copies made while the driver is active will sound badly garbled, as in this 9-second clip [10].
Next, follow these additional steps to disable MediaMax:
Select the SbcpHid driver from the Device Manager list and click "Properties" from the Action Menu.
Click the Driver tab and click the Stop button to disable the driver.
Set the Startup Type to "Disabled" using the dropdown list.
With the driver stopped, you can verify that the same applications copy every track successfully. Setting the Startup Type to disabled prevents MediaMax from restarting when the computer is rebooted. It will remain deactivated until LaunchCD.exe is allowed to run again.
Equivalently, executing the following commands from the Command Prompt will deactivate MediaMax:
net stop sbcphid
del %systemroot%\system32\drivers\sbcphid.sys
When is the music business going to realize that its their policies that continue to push people to download illeagally. Lower the price of the art....!
Read more!
15 June 2005
The Hogg Sauce
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From time to time I am going to list some of my recipes up here so that you can access the things that I do not like to give away. Over the years I have come across some great things in this world and some of the best is a culmination of reciepes that have come from various points in my life.
There is not one as prized as the sauce recipe and that is mostly due to the fact that no matter how I attempt to describe it to people, they always attempt to cut a corner here and a corner there and do not get the best results.
The Hogg sauce is a combination of several people. My mother's sauce, which is a straight red sauce with a lot of herbs that could be as old as I am mixed together and simmered for hours. The thing about mama's sauce that I didn't like was the horrid heartburn that would come into play because of the acid levels of just plain sauce.
One of my best friends from the SUNY Buffalo days, Mr. TJ Newcomb, used a recipe from his mother that made a sweet sauce that went so well with the sausages we used to get from the Elmwood Market.
Then there was the spicy sauce that was a family recipe from James, who most of his family lived in Nawleans. They made a spicy sauce with red hot sauce that we good, but not traditional.
These three sauces made me wonder what the happy medium could be. After some serious debate about the issue, I came up with the following:
Mom's sauce was a nice base to start with--except try to use fresher ingrediants. Spice it, but also make it sweet so that as the sauce travelled along the tongue, each taste area could get a little bit of the action. (except sour, but that is why I always use sourdough bread for garlic bread)
Like most sauce bases that need a little spice, Make sure to use fresh ingrediants as much as possible-especially garlic, onions, etc.
Biggest thing with cooking the sauce is to make sure to give it enough time for it to properly develop. The longer you let it go, the better the result. You cannot mix this sauce in less than 2 hours--if you don't have that much time, don't even bother with it.
First off, start with the sauce. Canned tomato sauce is fine, Hunt's is usually the best deal and it is salty, so I don't recommend using any more salt than that. Three big cans and three cans of puree should be a good starting point, but I would recommend having a couple of each on hand just in case you need to add. With each can of puree, add a half a cup of water as well.
When all of that is in the pan, add italian seasoning, oregano (okay if in the spice tin) and fresh basil. Let it get hot slowly--key is to not boil it at this stage as you are trying to open the tomato, simillar to opening wine...
Next start chopping the multitude of fresh veg that you are going to be putting into the sauce. Remember, most fo the stuff you are chopping is water based and will shrink. I usually do two onions (white or sweet) cut normally, not too big, not too small. A couple green peppers, a couple yellow peppers, mushrooms (at least a pound, cut into quarters). Leave them until the sauce is hot, but not boiling.
Put the veggies in the mix, stirring constantly.
Give them a little time to begin their process and start on your meats. Generally, when making sauce, the better the ingrediants, the better the sauce. If your in Seattle, the best meat to buy is cascioppo bros. burger meat for the base and then some sausages to add. For the groud beef, brown it before putting it into the sauce and add fresh garlic from a garlic press to the meat while you are cooking it. Drain the fat and put into sauce.
I have used all kinds of sausage and the one that I think comes out best is just a sweet italian.
Now that the majority of ingrediants are in the sauce, now it is time to begin to play with actual chemistry of the sauce. First off, taste the sauce now. It has flavor, but is still a little bland. Start by sweeting the sauce a little. Add one cup of sugar t the mix and let it crystallize a bit on the top before stirring it into the rest of the mix. You will add sugar more through the process, but for now, stick with a cup.
Next, add dried red hot chili peppers. Try to find these--they are much much tastier and potent that the red pepper flakes that most people susbstitute--you will be able to tell the difference. Take about five or six big pods that crush them over the pot, allow the skins and seeds to crumble and tumble into your sauce.
Next add half a clove of garlic using a garlic press.
Let it sit and stew over low to medium heat for an hour, stirring regularly. Taste. The ideal taste you are going for is one of sweetness that has a spike of spice on the end that surprises your guests. I think this is an important element for sure. Keep up the same thing for at least 2-3 hours. The longer it goes, the more complicated the taste gets. a six hour sauce seems to work the best. Read more!
Well
Well
From time to time I am going to list some of my recipes up here so that you can access the things that I do not like to give away. Over the years I have come across some great things in this world and some of the best is a culmination of reciepes that have come from various points in my life.
There is not one as prized as the sauce recipe and that is mostly due to the fact that no matter how I attempt to describe it to people, they always attempt to cut a corner here and a corner there and do not get the best results.
The Hogg sauce is a combination of several people. My mother's sauce, which is a straight red sauce with a lot of herbs that could be as old as I am mixed together and simmered for hours. The thing about mama's sauce that I didn't like was the horrid heartburn that would come into play because of the acid levels of just plain sauce.
One of my best friends from the SUNY Buffalo days, Mr. TJ Newcomb, used a recipe from his mother that made a sweet sauce that went so well with the sausages we used to get from the Elmwood Market.
Then there was the spicy sauce that was a family recipe from James, who most of his family lived in Nawleans. They made a spicy sauce with red hot sauce that we good, but not traditional.
These three sauces made me wonder what the happy medium could be. After some serious debate about the issue, I came up with the following:
Mom's sauce was a nice base to start with--except try to use fresher ingrediants. Spice it, but also make it sweet so that as the sauce travelled along the tongue, each taste area could get a little bit of the action. (except sour, but that is why I always use sourdough bread for garlic bread)
Like most sauce bases that need a little spice, Make sure to use fresh ingrediants as much as possible-especially garlic, onions, etc.
Biggest thing with cooking the sauce is to make sure to give it enough time for it to properly develop. The longer you let it go, the better the result. You cannot mix this sauce in less than 2 hours--if you don't have that much time, don't even bother with it.
First off, start with the sauce. Canned tomato sauce is fine, Hunt's is usually the best deal and it is salty, so I don't recommend using any more salt than that. Three big cans and three cans of puree should be a good starting point, but I would recommend having a couple of each on hand just in case you need to add. With each can of puree, add a half a cup of water as well.
When all of that is in the pan, add italian seasoning, oregano (okay if in the spice tin) and fresh basil. Let it get hot slowly--key is to not boil it at this stage as you are trying to open the tomato, simillar to opening wine...
Next start chopping the multitude of fresh veg that you are going to be putting into the sauce. Remember, most fo the stuff you are chopping is water based and will shrink. I usually do two onions (white or sweet) cut normally, not too big, not too small. A couple green peppers, a couple yellow peppers, mushrooms (at least a pound, cut into quarters). Leave them until the sauce is hot, but not boiling.
Put the veggies in the mix, stirring constantly.
Give them a little time to begin their process and start on your meats. Generally, when making sauce, the better the ingrediants, the better the sauce. If your in Seattle, the best meat to buy is cascioppo bros. burger meat for the base and then some sausages to add. For the groud beef, brown it before putting it into the sauce and add fresh garlic from a garlic press to the meat while you are cooking it. Drain the fat and put into sauce.
I have used all kinds of sausage and the one that I think comes out best is just a sweet italian.
Now that the majority of ingrediants are in the sauce, now it is time to begin to play with actual chemistry of the sauce. First off, taste the sauce now. It has flavor, but is still a little bland. Start by sweeting the sauce a little. Add one cup of sugar t the mix and let it crystallize a bit on the top before stirring it into the rest of the mix. You will add sugar more through the process, but for now, stick with a cup.
Next, add dried red hot chili peppers. Try to find these--they are much much tastier and potent that the red pepper flakes that most people susbstitute--you will be able to tell the difference. Take about five or six big pods that crush them over the pot, allow the skins and seeds to crumble and tumble into your sauce.
Next add half a clove of garlic using a garlic press.
Let it sit and stew over low to medium heat for an hour, stirring regularly. Taste. The ideal taste you are going for is one of sweetness that has a spike of spice on the end that surprises your guests. I think this is an important element for sure. Keep up the same thing for at least 2-3 hours. The longer it goes, the more complicated the taste gets. a six hour sauce seems to work the best. Read more!
Another right wing conspiricy blunder
Terri Schiavo rests in peace with god.
Whatever.
Watch how quickly this issue dies now that it is known in the land of rape and hegemony that Terry Schiavo had half a brain, didn't die of abuse from Michael and was blind almost the entire time she was in the hospital.
SHE WAS BLIND.
Now that is just plain funny. I feel bad for the soul of Terry Schiavo that had to remain in a blind body while her crazy ass family got people involved in the fight that should not have been there. Now that it is all over and the pie in the face belongs to the republicans, watch how quickly this thing just goes away.
If this really was a liberal media, then we would talk about this event for days and weeks on end because it brings to light several issues within American Society that are incorrect. The right to life debate should end now--people with spouses in vegatative states should have the right to decide what happens to their partner and this decision should have nothing to do with their religion. We have come far enough now as a society to where we should be able to move forward to be able to make judgement calls for those we love who cannot make their own decisions. The Schiavo case is a good example of this. God did not invent the feeding tube, otherwise there would be a little amendment in the bible-- do not kill, but please remove the feeding tube if patient shows little neauro transmission.
That is how it should work.
Instead we get to hear a bunch of white men go on and on about how they read into the bible and its teachings and how these people are so worried about what is going on when in reality, they are just using this case to further their own zealoutrious agenda.
America will never wake up while we are held at bay by these white man attitudes.
I wish Barbara Bush believed in abortion. Read more!
Whatever.
Watch how quickly this issue dies now that it is known in the land of rape and hegemony that Terry Schiavo had half a brain, didn't die of abuse from Michael and was blind almost the entire time she was in the hospital.
SHE WAS BLIND.
Now that is just plain funny. I feel bad for the soul of Terry Schiavo that had to remain in a blind body while her crazy ass family got people involved in the fight that should not have been there. Now that it is all over and the pie in the face belongs to the republicans, watch how quickly this thing just goes away.
If this really was a liberal media, then we would talk about this event for days and weeks on end because it brings to light several issues within American Society that are incorrect. The right to life debate should end now--people with spouses in vegatative states should have the right to decide what happens to their partner and this decision should have nothing to do with their religion. We have come far enough now as a society to where we should be able to move forward to be able to make judgement calls for those we love who cannot make their own decisions. The Schiavo case is a good example of this. God did not invent the feeding tube, otherwise there would be a little amendment in the bible-- do not kill, but please remove the feeding tube if patient shows little neauro transmission.
That is how it should work.
Instead we get to hear a bunch of white men go on and on about how they read into the bible and its teachings and how these people are so worried about what is going on when in reality, they are just using this case to further their own zealoutrious agenda.
America will never wake up while we are held at bay by these white man attitudes.
I wish Barbara Bush believed in abortion. Read more!
Ramble On...
I am happy to apologize to the handful of you out there who visit my blog about my lack of journaling. After accepting a position with Cingular Wireless, I decided that it was time to take a vacation and get out there and enjoy some of the things that I have not been able to in quite some time. I headed out to the tri-cities and hung out with Heather and her family, which was quite a pleasant break from this shit of a city that we call Seattle. I say shit because the weather is just poo and I after going to the desert for a couple of days, I am convinced that it is soon going to be time to flee dodge and find something a little more accomodating to my needs.
But that is not for discussion this morning, I am attempting to keep a positive touch on things these days and not let those which make me turn to the dark side have power over my thoughts.
While in Richland, I got the reading bug once again. It is the first time in ages that it has hit with the ferocity that it has. I am just wanting to consume books as much as possible and it is such a great feeling! I purchased two books at the Costco-I know, I know, but I am poor right now and if they have a book that I actually want (rarely)that good of a deal is hard to pass up. I picked up the newest book from Thomas Friedman, "The World Is Flat", which is a look at how globalization is taking hold. I got a little into it and didn't like the descriptive narrative that he uses. He sounds a bit pompus, but I think I will be able to look past that when I get back into it. Globalization is a difficult issue to tackle because there is so much scholarly works on the subject, but I think Friedman is attempting to simplify it somewhat and draw his own realitive spin on the subject. He travels to where the jobs in America are being shipped off to and discusses the different parrellels that are involved in keeping the forces of globalization moving forward.
When I buy two books, the same thing always happens. The two stories run in a piss contest to see who can hold my interest for the longest. The victor this time is the first David McCullough book I have read, John Adams. I have managed to stay away from his work because it seemed to be a little too mainstream for me to want to engage in, but his newest book, 1776 seems to be something that everyone needs to read, so I decided to start with the Adams books since it is recommended to begin with this book first and move to 1776. I must admit I am engaged in the book--in the first 100 pages, it had tried to be linear, but it is all over the place, which is fine and it is calming down quite a bit now. In the beginning, McCullough couldn't decide how to start the story--if he should begin as most bio's do, from the childhood or if he should take about the future and move back. He effectively does both.
Anyway, I'll have more on these items in the near future. For now, I must part. Lunchtime calls, then an afternoon biking expedition.
More later. Read more!
But that is not for discussion this morning, I am attempting to keep a positive touch on things these days and not let those which make me turn to the dark side have power over my thoughts.
While in Richland, I got the reading bug once again. It is the first time in ages that it has hit with the ferocity that it has. I am just wanting to consume books as much as possible and it is such a great feeling! I purchased two books at the Costco-I know, I know, but I am poor right now and if they have a book that I actually want (rarely)that good of a deal is hard to pass up. I picked up the newest book from Thomas Friedman, "The World Is Flat", which is a look at how globalization is taking hold. I got a little into it and didn't like the descriptive narrative that he uses. He sounds a bit pompus, but I think I will be able to look past that when I get back into it. Globalization is a difficult issue to tackle because there is so much scholarly works on the subject, but I think Friedman is attempting to simplify it somewhat and draw his own realitive spin on the subject. He travels to where the jobs in America are being shipped off to and discusses the different parrellels that are involved in keeping the forces of globalization moving forward.
When I buy two books, the same thing always happens. The two stories run in a piss contest to see who can hold my interest for the longest. The victor this time is the first David McCullough book I have read, John Adams. I have managed to stay away from his work because it seemed to be a little too mainstream for me to want to engage in, but his newest book, 1776 seems to be something that everyone needs to read, so I decided to start with the Adams books since it is recommended to begin with this book first and move to 1776. I must admit I am engaged in the book--in the first 100 pages, it had tried to be linear, but it is all over the place, which is fine and it is calming down quite a bit now. In the beginning, McCullough couldn't decide how to start the story--if he should begin as most bio's do, from the childhood or if he should take about the future and move back. He effectively does both.
Anyway, I'll have more on these items in the near future. For now, I must part. Lunchtime calls, then an afternoon biking expedition.
More later. Read more!
This is how I got the belly. I don't like the belly, but I sure love the beeeeeeer sometimes. I am trying to lay off of it, but when the .5 yard special comes around, I have to dance.
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