John Sypin's Blog

iPhone 4 vs HTC EVO

John Sypin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:00:10 +0000

Live cam of oil spill

John Sypin — Sun, 23 May 2010 21:37:27 +0000

tNet 2

John Sypin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:02:37 +0000

I currently am hosting the tnet2 master server. Anyone you used to play tnet2 can go to http://www.tnet2.org and download the client. Working on a new theme for it. A few of the old players come on every know and then. Old accounts work from 2005. The wrong database got restored so newer accounts were lost just remake your account.

Any need a google wave invite?

John Sypin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:18:57 +0000

I have a few google wave invite still. If anyone would like one just leave a comment or send me a message.

Starting over.

John Sypin — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:34:40 +0000

Right about now I am wishing I could redo my whole life, that can’t happen so going to try starting over. For the last couple years I have been wanting to lose the weight I have gained since moving from California. Off and on I have had trouble with my weight. I have gone from being a kid with a normal weight when I was young to being fat. I’m sure my problem is staying active. It started when I was put into foster care and group homes. I gained a lot of weight while in them. Except for while being in the group home I wasn’t very active. I didn’t have many friends and stayed indoors. Like my current life is. I would say I stay fat till around when I turned 20 or so… I was around 235 then and felt a lot like I do now needing change. It was hard to take it off at first then it seem to get easier. I rode my bike a lot every day almost and other things to stay active. I want to get back into riding my bike. I need lose some weight before that. Last time I tried and it was only around 1-2 miles and I got tired. I just weighed myself today and now at 263 hoping to get that to 260 in a week. We will see so far it’s not been working.

I had a lot goals when I first moved back to Erie. So far the only one I have managed to get done is getting my G.E.D. this year. I should have had that done when I first got here. I thought it would take me more time then it did. I don’t really want to stop at getting just that but I am unsure of where I want to go from there. I have looked at different computer classes. I have the same worries about them that I had when first trying to get my G.E.D. I just don’t know if I am smart enough. I need to also find work I can’t imagine doing jobs like I have in the past since the physical and required lots of lifting and being in shape. I think I would have died if I tried starting the job I had in California in the shape I am in now. When I do start working again I would like to fix up the many things around the house that need done. I have been sad before but looking at my life lately really got me down. I don’t really have friends since I moved back other then family don’t know people that are here in Erie. My goal for this week is going to be at least lose some weight even if its just few pounds. I doubt anyone will read this it’s mostly just for me to vent.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Erie,PA

John Sypin — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:00:57 +0000

The Ward family in Erie, PA get a new home. Mary J. Blige and the team rebuild a home for a woman with a degenerative muscular disease. This happened back in July and aired December 13, 2010 on ABC

Bad sleeping habits

John Sypin — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:11:49 +0000

It’s late and I am wide awake. Another night of being awake at 5am instead of just waking up I haven’t even started sleeping yet. Lately I have been going to bed around 10am and waking up about 1pm-3pm. No matter how hard I try I always end up being awake at night.

Anyone reading my blog that doesn’t have Google Wave or Google Voice contact me if you want a invite. I have a few invites left.

Zoo Closed for Winter

John Sypin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:30:45 +0000

The Erie Zoo is now closed to visitors, and it won’t re-open until March 1. It’s the 5th year in a row the zoo has closed for 3 months during the winter to save money And with the loss of more than $200,000 in gaming funds from county government next year, money is even tighter. The Erie Zoo estimates the move will mean a savings of between $75,000 and $80,000. Erie Zoo President Scott Mitchell said, “We layoff almost all of our part-time staff in almost every department. People who clean the restrooms, clean the grounds, snow removal. We don’t have to do that in parking areas. And energy savings is a big part of it.” Zoo officials say it’s possible the winter closings could change in the future but only if the zoo’s financial situation dramatically improves.

G.E.D.

John Sypin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:50:23 +0000

Old news but I did manage to pass the G.E.D. test. I did ok on most of it except the writing part. I was only really worried about that section of the test. I would have liked to did a little better on the parts. Not really anything else new going on. Currently thinking about continuing going go to school. Need to make up my mind what I would like to be doing.

My broken computer is almost fixed. I ordered a power supply from NewEgg.com and installed it yesterday. Seems to be working alright I just need to get more RAM. One the sticks of RAM went bad so it’s running slower than it used to.

Moving forward.

John Sypin — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:35:46 +0000

About one week till I take my G.E.D. test. I was really nervous till today. Took a practice test and did pretty good on it, a lot better than last time. It looks like I might be helping with computers there when I finish. I have been helping Mike the teacher out during class. That has been fun something I could maybe like doing as a job in the future. Right now everything in life seems to be going really good. I need a job still but I have feeling that will change soon also after I finish school and learn to drive.