March 31, 2008
Posted at: 11:56 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Entertainment and News, Rants and Randomness
I’m not sure who remembers Mr. Feeny, but he was a very big influence in my life growing up. Just like most adults (who were kids at the time) learned a lot from Feeny and Boy Meets World. So much so that MyPartyShirt.com created a shirt that says: “Everything I need to know in life was taught to me by Mr. Feeny”.
Even though William Daniels was in many other films and tv shows, he will always be known as Mr. Feeny.
So Happy Birthday William Daniels A.K.A. Mr. Feeny!
March 30, 2008
Posted at: 11:38 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Tech and Web
11 year old Jon Penn was named Network Administrator after the original admin left unexpectedly. The computer network was struggling and they asked him to run the network. He picked out the school’s Anti Virus and made some other changes to their existing setup to better suit the needs of the school.
I was the big into computers at that age, but I didn’t run a school network by myself. It wasn’t until Jr. High that I was helping run the computer labs. In High School I was pulled out of my classes to fix computers and it was accepted by all teachers. I was chosen to take college credits in computers while in HS. I was able to get my MOUS certification which allowed me to teach computer programs to teachers and parents of the high schoolers. (Adobe products, Office and Internet) I was sent to Armenia on behalf of the US. Government to teach computers over there.
Jon Penn definitely has me beat in network control!
March 29, 2008
Posted at: 11:53 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Tech and Web
This is only a visual review since it just came out today and I have only had a chance to work on it in my nephew’s blog. (which I haven’t written in a while). This is not about functionality, just design and it is not comprehensive.
If you want to see bigger versions of the pictures, click on it and it will bring you to flickr.
The dashboard is very different, but I like it. It will take a little time to get used to, but I feel that many will enjoy the change.
Write is more understanding of how people blog and what they are looking for.
Besides Options changing to Settings, there’s not much difference here.
This is a really quick review 
However, I am going to wait until 2.5.1 comes out or at least wait a week to check for any serious security flaws.
March 28, 2008
Posted at: 11:49 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Entertainment and News
Tonight I went to go see 21: The Movie with my best friend Kristin and we both enjoyed it a lot. Even though the critics said that it was an awful movie, it was gripping and kept my attention the whole time.
Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) is an MIT student who – needing to pay school tuition – finds answers in counting cards. As a superior math and statistics student, he is recruited to join a group of mathematically-gifted students that heads to Las Vegas every weekend with fake identities and the know-how to turn the odds at blackjack in their favor. Unorthodox math professor Mickey Rosa (Kevin Spacey) leads the way. By counting cards and employing an intricate system of signals, the team can beat the casinos. Drawn by the money, the Vegas lifestyle, and his teammate, Jill Taylor (Kate Bosworth), Ben begins to push the limits. Though counting cards isn’t illegal, the stakes are high, and the challenge becomes not only keeping the numbers straight, but staying one step ahead of the casino’s menacing enforcer, Cole Williams (Laurence Fishburne).
Kristin was “stressed” for most of the movie because she was so into it. Speaking of being into it, Kate Bosworth stated that to do the love scene with her screen counterpart, they both got completely hammered on, what she believes to be, Grey Goose. She also said that at one point she couldn’t stand up and then blacked out.
*** SPOILER ALERT **********
“What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas”, however, that statement can mean different things to different people. For someone like Ben who grew up in Southie, and was trying to pay for Harvard Medical School while working at minimum wage, you would expect him to only win. However, what happens when the urge takes over your whole body making you unaware of what you are pulling yourself into. For Ben, that was what happened. He was up $315,000 when everything went horribly wrong.
He lost $200,000 of Mickey’s money and instead of going back to Boston, Ben tried to get it back. Mickey opted to rat him out and get have him get beat up by “security” (Loss Prevention Enforcer). Mickey then stole all of Ben’s money, didn’t let him graduate from MIT which dropped his chance at getting into HMS. He had nothing to win, nothing to lose and he went to Mickey to try and make a deal with him and get his life back on track.
Ben, however, was plotting against Mickey with the casino enforcer to get a second chance. They went in for the jackpot one last time and got caught. Ben and Jill then switched the chips for a bag of candy coins and Mickey was stuck in a limo with Cole’s thugs and Ben shocked the scholarship chairman with his “life lesson” in counting cards in Vegas.
Everything turned out fine in the end for him, but is the money really all that he went through? Most people would say no, however big risk, big reward; Bigger risk, bigger reward.
March 27, 2008
Posted at: 11:56 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Entertainment and News
Twelve weeks and twelve celebrities later, tonight was the last night of the Celebrity Apprentice. The final two were Trace Adkins and Piers Morgan and they were planning an event for charity. The goal was to raise money at the auction, raise money with ticket sales and plan a great event. Ultimately it was because Piers was able to raise about $750,000 and Trace only raised about $100,000. However, I don’t think that Piers deserved it. He made everyone mad at one point during the process, but the only good thing that he did was get Omarosa off the show.
I really dislike her because since she was on the Apprentice in season 1, she has thought that she was the end all be all of human existence. I hope she will realize that she is going through life trying to make people hate her and in the grand scheme of life, she is going to be in for a rude awakening once this “trip” she is on ends.
Trace Adkins was amazing and he is 1,000 times better than person/competitor that Piers is. I do not like country music, but now I can at least listen to him because of my new found respect for what he is going through with his daughter. Food Allergies affect 12,000,000 Americans. Many of those people are so allergic, that if someone has peanut butter on their hands and they get to close, the affected person can go into Anaphylaxis. Congratulations Trace on never giving up your morals to get ahead in this game. Also because you played this game to win not for the bragging rights but to help save millions of people. You cared about your charity because it affects you personally and you never let that go.
Even though I don’t think he deserves it, he is playing for charity and it is a great one. The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund is a leader in supporting the men and women of the Armed Forces and their families. “From 2000 to 2005 the Fund provided close to $20 million to families of United States military personnel lost in performance of their duty, mostly in service in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Fund provided unrestricted grants of $11,000 to each spouse and $5,000 to each dependent child; and $1,000 to parents of unmarried service members. The payments were coordinated with the casualty offices of the Armed Forces, to ensure all families received these benefits. In 2005 a new law substantially increased the benefits granted to these families. With that mission therefore accomplished, the Fund redirected its support toward the severely injured. For information on Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund support provided to families of those lost prior to May 12, 2005,” – source
Congratulations to all of the celebrities and the charities they played for.
Here are all the celebrities that participated for charity:
- Piers Morgan
- Trace Adkins
- Carol Alt
- Lennox Lewis
- Stephen Baldwin
- Omarosa
- Tito Ortiz
- Marilu Henner
- Nely Galán
- Vincent Pastore
- Jennie Finch
- Gene Simmons
- Nadia Comaneci
- Tiffany Fallon
March 26, 2008
Posted at: 11:54 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Sports and Leisure
Even the defending World Series Champions sometimes can’t get the ball in play, but try not to judge them yet. They will prevail over the Indians, Tigers and the Evil Evil Empire (Yankees).
Today however, Jon Lester didn’t have it this morning (last night in Japan). He gave up 4 runs in 4 innings and leaving the bull pen with nothing to work with.
Rich Harden on the other hand was amazing.
“I want to give Rich credit,” said Manny Ramirez, whose home run with two out in the sixth accounted for Boston’s only run and gave him 491 for his career, nine fewer than the 500-homer milestone. “He pitched a great game. He has a nasty splitter. His slider was working. He was 95 (miles an hour). He’s got it all.”
Record: 1-1
March 25, 2008
Posted at: 11:59 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Sports and Leisure
I know that Daisuke didn’t have a good start of the game, but he calmed down after a few innings and considering it was the first game and it was in Japan (his home crowd), he was a bit nervous.
However, he is their star player and even though he didn’t get the win, he didn’t get the loss. After Manny came up big in the 6th inning giving the Red Sox the lead, they took Daisuke out so that he could possibly get the win. The Athletics came right back taking the lead 4-3. It wasn’t until the 9th inning when, last minute replacement for hurt JD Drew, Brandon Moss came out and blasted one for a Home Run to tie the game taking it into the 10th inning.
Manny once again came up big with a double bringing home two runs. In the bottom of the 10th, the A’s got a run back but Papelbon and the crew were able to close out the game for the win. We are on our way to back-to-back championships, first time since the 1915-1916 seasons.
NOTE: Jordan’s furniture is doing the promotion again, but this time, the Red Sox have to sweep the World Series for the free furniture “Monster Deal”.
March 24, 2008
Posted at: 11:22 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Rants and Randomness
A few months ago, my sisters, my brother-in-laws and I were helping my parents clean their basement since they were selling their house and today my mother found a little surprise in a jar. I left a glass container outside a few months ago and when the snow came, we forgot about it. Today my mother brought my nephew out for a walk and my mother found a dead mouse inside of the container. My sister called me at work jokingly saying that I killed Fievel. In case you are unfamiliar with the reference, Fievel is a cartoon mouse that went on adventures.
I figured why not take pictures!
March 23, 2008
Posted at: 11:59 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Rants and Randomness
Over the next month (or so) there are quite a few “things” I am excited for. This is a short list, but the biggest ones are listed below.
There are most likely other things that I am looking forward to, but I can’t think of them right now.
March 22, 2008
Posted at: 11:08 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Armenia, History and Mythology
As a Christian, Holy Saturday (day after Good Friday and the day before Easter) is the day where we remember the dead body of Christ in his tomb.
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