Becca's Musik

Since moving to California I have had an extremely difficult time describing the music I listen to.  For me it's perfectly normal.  Doesn't everyone listen to this?  Apparently not.

So here is a bit of musik for you to enjoy.  Like the punk rock I started listening to in the late 70's, to the "New Wave" of the 80's and the Gothic of the 90's here is a sampling of the Industrial Music I listen to today and, in my opinion, is the greatest, most thought provoking musik ever created in the history of mankind.

So, without further ado, enjoy...

Velvet Acid Christ, Pretty Toy


Pride and Fall, Border


Apoptygma Berzerk, Kathy's Song


Life Cried, Waiting for an end

Tech Tip

If you've struggled with Microsoft's Virtual PC you know it, well, sucks.  I have started using VirtualBox and it's totally awesome.

If you create a virtual drive for your virtual box, say an Ubuntu Linux box, and you suddenly are running low on disk space and you smartly created a dynamically expanding variant then this is how to expand the virtual size without affecting the physical size and having to copy it.

• Open a command window.
• Go to the VirtualBox directory, usually C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox.
• Type VBoxManage modify hd <VDI filename and path> --resize <size in megabytes>.

Voila! You now have more virtual disk space!

Note: the size in megabytes is what you want the final size to be.  For example, if you currently have an 8.00GB virtual drive and use --resize 8192 you will still have an 8.00GB virtual drive.  The size is not how much you want to increase it but rather what the final size will be.  So if you want to make an 8.00GB virtual drive 16GB then the switch would be --resize 16384.

Enjoy!
~Becca

I'M A MILLIONAIRE!!!

Mr. Adamu H.Sambo told me so.  LOL!  Got this awesome 419 scumbag scam in my inbox. This is the email...

Our Ref: IKG/NG/CO
  This is to officially inform you that a visa card has been accredited in
your favor,in the just concluded ikobo 3rd quarter promotion that was
conducted for regular email users by the ikobo company recently.Your
winning parcel has been sealed in a brown envelope and also with a manual
that will enable you activate this ATM card in any ATM center in your
country of residence.
However the ATM card is accredited with the total sum of $2.5 Million
United States Dollars Only.
 You are advice to contact Us through the email bellow
(Name:Mr.Williams Oyenka )
(Email: ikobomoneytransfer@w.cn)
He is in charge of the delivery of
your winning parcel with the details below:
Full Name:.............
Residential country:..............
Delivery Address................
Telephone number:............
Date of birth:............
Note: you are to make the payment the payment of 150 USD for the delivery
of your ATM CARD worth 2.5 Million USD. if you know that you can not afford
to make this payment don,t border to reply us 
And also you are further advice to stop every communication with any person
or coperations regarding any monetary transaction for their are alot of scammers
online wanting to scam people. 
Below is the account officer information with which the $150.00 USD for the
security keeping fee is to be sent via WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER or MONEY
GRAM.
BELOW IS HOW TO MAKE THE PAYMENT
Name of Receiver: Obaraye Foster Nedium
Address of Receiver: 18 AGIDI STREET OBIARUKU, DELTA STATE 
Country:NIGERIA. 
 
As soon as you have made the payment, You are to send to this office a scanned
copy of the Western Union Money Transfer  payment slip via email as issued
by 
the Western Union agent and also endeavor to provide me with the information
listed below for verification:
 
(1). Name of Sender.........................
(2). Address of Sender......................
(3). Phone number...........................
(4). MTCN number...........................
(5). Amount Sent.............................
(6). Text Question...Who........................
(7). Answer...........Me..........................
  
You are advice to contact your delivery officer immediately through the
provided e-mail given above.
On behalf of the entire Ikobo company we say Congratulations on this great
winnings of yours.
Signed.........
Mr. Adamu H.Sambo
Ikobo Promo Co-ordinator 2011.
Contact Mr. Adamu H.Sambo
Email: ikobomoneytransfer@w.cnTell: +234-816-065-0249
So, should I start playing with his head?

HRC 2011 buyers guide

Do you vote with your dollars like me?

• Macy’s (100%) vs. Saks (30%)
• Staples (100%) vs. Office Depot (45%)
• Nike (100%) vs. Adidas/Reebok (15%)
• UPS (100%) vs. FedEx (80%) vs. DHL (30%*)
• Whole Foods (85%) vs. Trader Joes (15%)
• Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams (100%) vs. Pottery Barn/West Elm (30%)

HRC buyers guide 2011

The place I called home for decades

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