My blog's statistics as of now.

204 unique people from 37 different countries have come across it.

Probably 5 of them read it.

Cool!

Back on Ubuntu

Since this blog kinda got like 60/70 new unique visitors because of my post about Ubuntu (or Kevin Teng... You never know), some of which from countries whose flag I don't even recognize, I've decided to use Ubuntu as my primary OS except for when I'm gaming... Which isn't even that often, considering I only play 1 game which is NBA Live 08.

I'll probably be running Ubuntu on my rig in USA where I can work it better cause my sister has a lot of friends that know computer stuff and maybe I can work this dualboot crap better.

I might actually try my hand at some of these Linux games. They don't look half bad.

Wow.

I came back to check my blog after a while and I saw like this insane amount of different flags on my flag counter. I thought the flag counter must have like fucked up and switched with another website, but there are like the same amount of Hong Kong people that read my blog since I last checked...

Yes people read my blog!

And the key to it was my blog post about Ubuntu!

Well unfortunately for all you Linux geeks, I don't think I'll be blogging about Ubuntu that much because blogging about using a computer is pretty boring. Wow.

This really is weird, because now there are some people that actually read this.

I don't think they'll be reading this again anytime soon, unless you guys really like finding about a 14 year old's life.

But it's pretty interesting I guess. :P

So Mother's Day is coming up soon. In fact it's tomorrow, maybe a little later for those people all the way in USA (I know you're there!). I originally planned to surprise my mom by cooking her dinner, but like a week ago she actually told me "Hey Jordan why don't you cook me dinner for Mother's Day?"

So now I need to like cook dinner for her.

I am actually doing a google search for 'ubuntu blogspot'. I'm on the 19th page and there is no mention of my blog.

How the fuck did you guys get here!?

You know what's even more stupid? I'm actually on Windows right now. Yea. Windows XP!

Ok now I feel pretty bad because my blog actually got some views because of Ubuntu and I'm not even using it.

I'm going to swap back to Ubuntu now.

I'll be right back! :D

Getting ready for Celtics/Hawks Game 7

There's about half an hour left until what could be the greatest upset in NBA history tips off.

The Celtics, a favorite by many to win the NBA Championship, loaded with 3 superstars (or not quite superstars) in Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen along with their key role players Rajon Rondo, Kendrick Perkins, Sam Cassel and James Posey are about to take on the 37 win Atlanta Hawks with shooter Joe Johnson, athletic freak of nature Josh Smith, veteran, streaky shooting point guard Mike Bibby and rookie Al Horford in Game 7 at the TD Banknorth Garden.

Wow.

If the Celtics have a comfortable lead at halftime I'll probably stop watching. If it's a barely double digit lead or low double digits I'll probably keep watching, because you never know with these Hawks. They outscored Boston by 15 in the 4th quarter in Game something. I don't remember.

20 minutes left until tip off. I need a cup of water and I need to pee. I have some darkish chocolate next to me as my boost of caffeine.

I have math first thing tomorrow. Oh well math is pretty stress-free. Just do math for a while and the lesson is over.

Sweet.

Note to self - I must get some full size headphones. All this late-night computer-ing with iPod earbuds really hurts my ears.

Me and Linux (Ubuntu) - Day 1

So here I am with my cool orangey OS. I've tried using it a few times before but I fail because I don't know how to install. So now I am officially a Linux user. I use Ubuntu, cause it sounds cool and it's orange.

Everything is pretty neat. Unfortunately I can't use the visual effects because the graphics card is too shit, but a lot of things are faster. I am currently transferring my 69 GB of music right back to my new 320GB hard drive and it takes like half the time. I have 2 screens to work with (I think I can make more).

The main disadvantage is the lack of applications... not... I think. There are lots of alternatives and they're pretty good. Like this music player called Rhythmbox Music Player where it has all this extra shit. Like built in last.fm support and like iPod support and other stuff that I haven't tried yet.

Ubuntu comes pre-installed with a lot of free applications that should cover the average person's needs... There's OpenOffice, a free Microsoft Office alternative. It comes with some simple games as well.

There's like 2 bars on Ubuntu. It's like the taskbar in Windows split into 2. The top has and equivalent to the start menu and quicklaunch as well as the sound control thing and that tray thing and time and the power button. The bottom is where all the running programs are, the desktop button, the recycle bin and the screen switching thing.

There are some skins that you can switch around with and you can also download other skins. One feature that I find pretty neat is that when you maximize a window if you drag the top bar it automatically minimizes and when you drag it back up it maximizes again. So yea pretty sweet.

I'm running Ubuntu 8.04 and I have to say it's pretty damn good. I have one disk so if you want it you can ask me.

But I'm pretty sure no one reads my blog.

So fuck y'all.

Kevin Teng the Basketball God.

So I don't really believe this shit but Kevin Teng this mainland Chinese boy is like the basketball god!

I was watching Game 3 of the Rockets/Jazz series when the Rockets had a comfortable 7 point cushion with just over a minute to go. Kenny was asking about the score and I told him and we were both expecting a win.

At this time, Kevin says.

"Rockets are gonna win... Unless the Jazz hit 2 3 pointers"

So courtesy of NBA.com, here is the play by play.

1:05
[UTA 89-93] Korver 3pt Shot: Made (5 PTS)
Assist: Williams (11 AST)

0:37
[UTA 92-93] Okur 3pt Shot: Made (12 PTS)
Assist: Williams (12 AST)

And with that, the lead was down to 1. The Rockets pulled the game out thanks to a great block AND save by Carl Landry. The save was huge because if he blocked it out of bounds Boozer was probably going to score with like 3 seconds left on the clock.

So that was Game 3.

Game 4 I was watching at home and Kevin asks me for the link to watch the game.

I give it to him, not expecting him to make any of those stupid calls.

With the Rockets having close to a double digit deficit, Kevin says: Rockets are gonna lose... unless they hit 2 3 pointers.

I copy and pasted this to Brian just for the fun of it.

With the Rockets down 8 with just about a minute to play, I knew it was pretty much over.

and then, I saw Battier spotting up for a long 3.

Battier 3pt Shot: Made (10 PTS) Assist: McGrady (8 AST)

0:51 [HOU 77-82]

I suddenly go WTF. But still, a 5 point game.

And then...

Alston 3pt Shot: Made (15 PTS)

0:15 [HOU 80-82]

And this was no ordinary 3. It was like a fading to the right with 2 legs kicking up 3.

And with that the Rockets were down 2 with 15 seconds to go.

Deron Williams misses both free throws, Rockets fail to secure a rebound and they end up fouling Okur who puts the finishing touches to Game 4.

I know both times the team that hit 2 3 pointers didn't win, but the fact that BOTH times he said it it both happened...

Wow.

:)

I've been sticking to my TV Show schedule.

I'm a good boy.

Need to revise for exams soon though.