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Archive for October, 2003

Good / Bad

Posted by Chief Oddball on Thursday, October 23rd, 2003 in Randomness

Well, it’s free and clear for my car transport from Michigan to Florida. The ol’ Formy was picked up this morning right on schedule. The truck driver is actually the owner of the regional carrier selected by National Auto Transport (the name of the carrier is Champion Transport LLC), and his truck is only [...]

The Odds…Beaten?

Posted by Chief Oddball on Thursday, October 23rd, 2003 in Randomness

Well. I’ve deactivated my previous, incendiary post. I just received a phone call from the truck driver who will be transporting my car down to Florida…and he sounds like quite a nice guy.
Heh heh…I feel like an idiot.
Edit: Okay, that was pretty abbreviated. Here are the details. The guy’s coming tomorrow morning at around 8:30 [...]

Moving At Warp Speed

Posted by Chief Oddball on Monday, October 20th, 2003 in Knight Project

Now that I’ve purchased my ‘89 Formula and host vehicle for my Knight Project, I’m faced with the (not-so) minor problem of having the car shipped to Florida. Believe me, I’d probably have a blast driving it down here, but it eats gas like a sonuvabitch, and I’d be afraid of something failing on the [...]

Comcast Increases Download Speed

Posted by Chief Oddball on Sunday, October 19th, 2003 in Computers

For some time, Comcast (my cable Internet provider) has been promising to nearly double our downstream speed from 1.8 megabits to 3 megabits. I’ve had my eye on this for several months now, but nothing has shown up. Today, finally, the long-awaited change occurred.
Southwest Florida is a relatively new area in Comcast’s high-speed Internet infrastructure, [...]

Knight Rider Coming to DVD in 2004!

Posted by Chief Oddball on Friday, October 17th, 2003 in Television

Some very exciting news for Knight Rider fans was posted over at the Knight Registries message board this morning. It’s merely an unsubstantiated rumor at this point, but here was the text of the message:

Knight Rider will be available on DVD sometime in 2004. Some of the “top dogs” and reps from Universal Studios were [...]

Insurance Update

Posted by Chief Oddball on Friday, October 17th, 2003 in Life

Well, I just called the insurance company back and questioned them on exactly why my agent told me that I’d be paying the full premium on my ‘89 Formula no matter when I bring it down to Florida. The person I talked to—apparently someone in charge of billing—agreed that what I was told sounded wrong [...]

The Web Suddenly Gets More Interesting

Posted by Chief Oddball on Thursday, October 16th, 2003 in Randomness

In between rants here, I thought I would officially announce that two of my friends have just reinstated their web presence with two brand-new sites, pooch.bjrowan.com and SparseLogic.net. Pooch and JF, respectively, have been “offline” for a while pending redesigns and other considerations, which has rendered my occasional web surfing quite boring indeed. But now, [...]

Goddamn Insurance Companies

Posted by Chief Oddball on Thursday, October 16th, 2003 in Rants

Well, I must forewarn any of you who think you are going to insure your vehicle(s) with Liberty Mutual insurance company. This company sets a single policy activation date and expiry date, and all vehicles on that policy follow those dates irregardless of when they are added to the policy. What this means is, if [...]

Crappy Evening. Just Crappy.

Posted by Chief Oddball on Wednesday, October 15th, 2003 in Rants

Bah! Yesterday evening sucked.
The entire day was somewhat backwards. My time spent at the office was really quite pleasant. I got a lot of stuff accomplished, it was quiet due to the fact that the two people who most often bother me were out of town, and nothing evil happened. As soon as I went [...]

Knight Project Overview

Posted by Chief Oddball on Tuesday, October 14th, 2003 in Knight Project

The Knight Project is now in full swing! I’ve taken stock of my ‘89 Formula’s current condition and made a list of parts that need replacement, plus components that I’d like to upgrade before I really get into buying the Knight Rider parts for the vehicle. Although it may be more for my own information [...]