http://www.adamlawton.net Now With 53% New Content! Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:20:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This entry was created using iTunes 7.7. Well technically it was created using Wordpress, but the instructions given were based on iTunes 7.7. I can't imagine a whole lot will change in future versions but if they do I'll be sure to update. I'll admit to living a ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/08/04/itunes-series-tagging-like-a-champ-2/ This isn't the first time I've had a job with this kind of a schedule, but after an all-hands meeting (how I love those) on Thursday, the Big Wigs said that they were going to implement the 9/80 workweek starting in the beginning of September. For anyone unaware of what a ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/08/03/reintroducing-the-980-workweek/ After much deliberation, I decided I'm going to stick with WordPress. I'm now able to mold it into my own twisted vision, plus some of the posts here are already permalinked to other sites. I want your children's children to be able to enjoy this stuff someday. Also my ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/08/03/sticking-with-wordpress/ Thanks to a Security Update from Apple, the record has been stopped dead in it's tracks.  Thanks a lot Apple for the patch, now I have to start all over again.  Who cares about security!  21 Days, 3 Hours and 36 was the final uptime for the impromptu record.  I ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/08/02/update-breaking-news-a-new-world-record-from-my-very-home/ I almost didn't go to Kung Fu tonight because for some reason my knee started to really bother me out of the blue and I could hardly walk.  I was a good little cohort though and stuck around to give it my all. I went up against this one dude that ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/08/02/adventures-in-sparring/ About a month ago I decided to hop aboard the dot-com bandwagon and become a total sellout. I signed up for a Google AdSense account to try to defer some costs. No not server costs, just the costs of this life of excess that I lead. They ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/08/01/google-adsense-coming-to-a-lawton-blog-near-you/ In a record setting event that'll change the way we as a species look at computing forever, my Mac has officially been up for well over 19 days without a restart. More on this story as time continues to tick away. http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/07/31/breaking-news-a-new-world-record-from-my-very-home/ Early this year I bought the MacHeist bundle which included a copy of 1Password. I haven't actually given 1Password the light of day up until about a month ago, but I must say I should have been using it a long time ago. Instead of using my same ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/07/30/checking-reviews-for-your-products/ After waiting (im)patiently for well over a year, I finally decided to take the plunge and get an iPhone, on release day no less.  This is huge considering how much I hate cellphones, but seeing as how my 5G iPod needs to be replaced anyhow I figured why not.  I ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/07/29/iphone-3g-in-the-palm-of-my-hands/ Well it's been a while since an update, but it's not entirely my fault. I've been having some problems with Wordpress, and while it's pretty good for the most part there's just too much spamming and updating to the system required. The updating would not be too big ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/07/27/the-spammeth-cometh/ Today I gave my letter of resignation, and here it is below: Ahoy friends and fellow ship mates: A recent visitation from a well-known Sky Pirate (for privacy's sake known by the alias of Dola) has once again altered the course of my life and the very existence of humanity itself. ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/06/24/fly-with-me/ Sunday, The final day of The Wrath of Con. Obviously this was the worst day of the con, only because it marked the end until next year, but incidentally it happened to be the best. Checkout for the room was at 11, so knowing that I would be pretty busy ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/06/06/wrath-of-con-day-3/ Welcome to the Wrath of Con, Day 2 review. Before going further I would just like to add that the photos taken at the event have been uploaded to flickr. The day started a little late for me, I got to the floor at around 11am I think. I ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/06/05/wrath-of-con-day-2/ The day started out a little slow. By the time I got to the con floor which was around 9 or 10 there were a few people standing around, and the dealers were continuing to arrive and set up shop. Not too long after Richard Hatch arrived and I was ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/06/04/wrath-of-con-day-1/ Welcome to Part 0 in the Wrath of Con series! Part 0 because this takes place before the Con actually starts. There are a few stories, photos and videos that are going to have to be cut from this out of respect to the actors/actresses though. I was really ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/06/03/wrath-of-con-day-0/ ..wow. Even though this was only my second con, I seriously seriously doubt that any other will be able to top this one any time soon, if not ever. I'm tired and bummed, but that's only because I'm at work right now. Within the week I will be posting ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/06/02/wrath-of-con-aftermath/ I will be gone for Wrath of Con tomorrow until Sunday yet still it seems too short with no Douglas or Penikett.. ort Hopefully Lucianna Carro will be there.. or even Leah Cairns to make up for this! http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/05/29/wrath-of-con/ With fuel prices the way they are, wouldn't you think America's most rowdy "sport" would be a popular target for all of us complaining about fuel prices? I mean we all know that Nascar is an exciting tour-de-force and call me crazy, but going around a few hundred times ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/05/24/oil-prices-and-yee-haw-sports/ Dear George Lucas, Please stop making movies. They were good 20 years ago when there was little to no CGI, but now they have become a huge crutch. You have ruined Indiana Jones and Star Wars, and I'm afraid that you're not going to stop there. Sincerely, Adam Lawton http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/05/23/a-letter-to-george-lucas/ ..a group of posers thought it would be a great idea to carjack my buddy Alex's Honda. In broad daylight. By the time I ran out to try to catch them they were already gone, so we all hopped on a couple of pickup trucks in true Florida ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/04/28/in-anticipation-of-gta4/ First the bad. Tuesday night while dropping my mom off to pick up the truck my power steering goes out RIGHT as I'm turning into the place. I'm thinking sabotage, what else could it be? I called mini the next (wednesday) morning and made an appointment to ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/04/26/a-yin-yang-sorta-week/ I ordered the Canon PowerShot SD1000 last week as a replacement to my Sony Cybershot. Stay awayyyy from Sony cameras! Incidentally I will be selling my old camera on Amazon so if I were you I'd buy it off of me. So far I'm pretty impressed with the new ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/04/23/behold-the-glorious-canon-sd1000/ DRAGON*CON 2008 Atlanta, GA August 29 - September 1   -=-=-=-=-=-=-   There will be hot womens a-plenty, cosplay, nerds, and probably many questionable odors. The convention falls from August 29th to September 1st, which is a Friday - Monday.  Since it's Labor Day weekend, at least one of those weekdays should be a day off.  I figure if we leave on Thursday ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/04/21/dragoncon-2008/ What a day, what a day! Not only did I manage to wake up before the crack of noon but the world watched in awe as Mike Shipes celebrated his 39th birthday, an annual tradition dating back to roughly 39 years ago our sources say. For those of you reading ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/04/20/mikes-39th-annual-birthday-bonanza/ I'm wanting to get a HD Video Camcorder but am trying to talk myself out of it. You know, like telling myself how I'll be saving over $800 and such. After long deliberation I have decided that while it would be nice having said HDCam, I probably wouldn't ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/04/15/vuh-vuh-video-test/ Alright, let's see. Funny.. something funny.. Hmm can't think of a thing. We went to Universal again today, this time bringing along Mike and Duvan, while dropping Alex and Puddy. Was it a fair thing to do? Perhaps not. But then again, perhaps so. If ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/04/13/universal-studios-april-14th-2008/ No your eyes are not deceiving you, Adam Lawton is was actually on TV! So great a guy this Adam Lawton fellow is, the Producers for the show "Welcome to Orty-Fou" made him into a fictional character and paid good money to have an Actor portray him. Though ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/04/11/adam-lawton-on-television/ I should really move to Oklahoma. As it turns out Oklahoma is the nation's Lawton capitol, second at least to whatever the current city is I'm living in. You're probably asking yourselves why I would want to move to Lawton Oklahoma when I'm living in a perfectly good unofficial Lawton province ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/04/11/lawton-pd/ I've never been a big fan of the little humans, much less ever wanted to have one.* I must say though, there are certainly some that could possibly change my mind at some point. Yesterday my boss brought his 1 1/2 year old daughter to work for a couple hours ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/04/10/adam-lawton-vs-the-kidz/ Wow, I'm so popular these days that parents all across the globe are naming their kids after me. Not only that, but when they grow up the next-gen Adam Lawtons are trying to look like me too! Icing on the cake baby. I'd like to take this time thank ... http://www.adamlawton.net/2008/04/07/me-around-the-world/