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I'm sure the majority of you know what a graphing calculator is. If not, you might wanna crawl out from under your rock every once in a while. Anyway, my calculator is a TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, and on occasion, I'll design a program, create a new custom font, or simply draw a picture and submit it to TICalc.org. If you're interested in checking out some interesting calculator stuff, then this oughta get your attention!

TI-84+ Pictures
DOOM / DOOM II: Hell on Earth
Faceball 2000
MegaMan Legends - The Flutter
Pac-Man Says NO to Pill Overdose
Super Mario Bros. Trading Card Game
Mario's Final Fantasy
Paper Mario - The Chaotic Calculator
Union Aerospace Corporation OS

TI-84+ BASIC Programs
Magic 8 Ball Simulator
Useless Vending Machine Data

TI-84+ Custom Fonts (OmniCalc)
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Donkey Kong
Metroid Prime: Hunters
Pac-Man

TI-84+ Stories (NoteFolio)
Jack and the Stupidly Tall Beanstalk

All files I've submitted are for download and are compatible with the TI-84+/TI-84/TI-83+/TI-83 graphing calculators. For more programs, visit [link] for tons of calculator games, programs, software, and more!

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Until quite recently, Kjonaas was president of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC USA), an animal rights group dedicated to shutting down Huntingdon Life Sciences. The U.K.-based company owns labs in New Jersey, where it tests household chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and other products on animals. In 1998, the U.S. Department of Agriculture fined Huntingdon $50,000 for animal abuses. A British television documentary showed clips of Huntingdon employees punching beagle puppies. Kjonaas grew up with a beagle named Barney. “He was my best friend,” he says. “We did everything together.”



As president of SHAC USA, Kjonaas posted the home addresses and telephone numbers of Huntingdon employees on the group’s website. Sometimes Kjonaas helped organize protests in front of workers’ homes. When he couldn’t make it to a demonstration, he posted other people’s accounts of the event, even when they included acts of vandalism. He saw himself as a conduit for information. “Since it wasn’t my words going on the site, I felt I had no place to censor,” Kjonaas says. “Of course, now that it’s my ass being indicted, those words are being censored.”



On May 20, 2004, Kjonaas and six other SHAC members were indicted by a New Jersey grand jury on federal charges that they had orchestrated an interstate campaign of terrorism and intimidation in violation of the Animal Enterprise Protection Act. The law, originally passed in 1992, was strengthened after 9/11 in response to heavy lobbying from animal-testing firms and pharmaceutical companies. The changes made it easier to convict people for attacks on animal-testing facilities and in some cases tripled mandatory jail sentences.



Kjonaas was tipped off about 30 minutes before federal agents arrived to arrest him. He prepared by brushing his teeth and pulling on a dress shirt and his best pair of khakis. He tied his beagle, Willy, to a fence in the back yard.



At precisely 6 a.m., a column of black-clad agents ran in a full sprint toward Kjonaas’ rented house in the Bay Area suburb of Pinole. One wore a balaclava. Another carried a battering ram. They entered with their pistols aimed at Kjonaas’ head as a helicopter hovered low overhead. It was a remarkable show of force, especially since, after six months of recording Kjonaas’ phone and email conversations, picking through his trash, reading his mail, and following him everywhere he went, the FBI knew that the most dangerous thing in the house was a coffeepot. “What did they think I was gonna do?” Kjonaas says. “Attack them with a floppy disk?”



Officials admit there might be somewhat of a disconnect between Kevin Kjonaas and the public’s idea of a terrorist. “I don’t want the parallel drawn to actual Middle Eastern terrorists,” says Michael Drewniak, spokesman for the U.S. attorney in New Jersey. In its 27-page indictment, the government doesn’t allege that Kjonaas plotted to kill anyone; most of the charges focus on using the Internet to instill fear in people associated with Huntingdon. If the prosecution succeeds, Kjonaas and two other defendants each face up to $1,250,000 in fines and 23 years in prison.



There’s no denying that SHAC’s protest tactics were designed to frighten. SHAC activists have poured paint thinner on a Huntingdon executive’s car, broken windows, and spray-painted puppy killer on an employee’s property. Using tactics akin to those of extreme antiabortion groups, the SHAC USA website published the names, ages, and school addresses of Huntingdon employees’ children. “When you’re on the receiving end of [SHAC’s] campaign, it’s violent and severe intimidation,” Drewniak says. “It’s a campaign of terror, yes.” John Lewis, the FBI’s deputy assistant director for counterterrorism, told Congress last May that SHAC and other animal rights groups represent America’s No. 1 domestic terror threat.



“That is patently absurd,” says M... ]]> ~SteveO526 http://SteveO526.deviantart.com/journal/27414809/ http://SteveO526.deviantart.com/journal/27414809/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:06:42 PDT
I work at a certain restaurant, and there are two certain people (whose names I won't share) who have been rude, irritating, and often downright inconsiderate. if they're reading this, what are they gonna do? Fire me? If they have a problem with me disliking them, then that's their problem, not mine. Anyway...

Normally, I'll go in and have just one single biscuit for breakfast. no sausage, no nothing. Keep in mind that these biscuits were going to be thrown out anyway. Suddenly, she decides to start charging us a dollar for them. I'm being charged for something that is supposed to be FREE. So, because of that, I won't be having breakfast anymore.

I work very hard and always try my best, but these two employees make everything so much harder for me. Often, they'll immediately give me work the very second I set foot inside the restaurant. I don't even have time to clock on, much less use the bathroom. Regardless, I do it anyway. They often tell me how to do my job, even though their ideas on how my job should be done are less efficient. One of those two employees seems to deliberately hunt me down and attempt to assign work to me just for the sake of doing so. When she is in sight, I often pretend I'm busy in hopes of not being given another task that requires me to go out of my way. They tend to assign me work that I haven't even been taught how to do. One day, she gave me a pen and notepad, instructing me to take people's drink orders when I have no idea how yet. She also instructed me to replace the box of soda and hook it up; once again, nobody taught me how. They often assume I know how to do everything when clearly I don't. I'm not the new guy anymore. I know how to do my job, and I don't need somebody telling me how to do it.

To top it all off, one of those two people I work with told my mother that she was a 'bad mother' and yelled at her two years ago. My mother was crying because of her. I only learned about this a few days ago, and after hearing about this, I was enraged. I can honestly say that I'm ashamed to work in the same restaurant as someone who would not only insult ME, but insult my own MOTHER as well. My mother has let it go, but I haven't. I'm sorry, but I'm not ready to forgive her for that. Not yet.

Honestly, I was seriously, seriously considering quitting my job. Why? There's a job opening at a gas station that not only pays $8.00 an hour, but it's a full-time job. I could be getting paid just for standing behind a counter all day. The only reason why I didn't quit is because THIS job was given to me without the need of an application, experience, or an interview. I can't promise I'd get that other job. So, while I'm working at this restaurant, I'm just going to smile, nod, and play nice with the other employees, because the money is the only thing that REALLY matters to me.

NOW... This is where my day gets even MORE inconvenient. After work, I decide to use some of my paycheck money for some well-deserved 'me-time' at the mall. I wanted to stop off at a pawn shop and the bookstore before heading home to get a shower, so I told my mom I'd get a ride from my friend Wanda later.

After getting done at the pawn shop and bookstore, I called Wanda in hopes of getting that ride, but there was no response. So, I decided to walk over to her house. Upon getting there, the only people there at the time were Wanda's husband and her daughters Katie and Ashley. Ashley told me Wanda would probably be home within around 45 minutes. I waited for nearly three hours. It's not her fault, I know. It's just that had I known she would be gone for this long in advance, I would've just walked to the mall myself.

I left Wanda's house in hopes of reaching the mall on foot. I took a shortcut, but after walking, I realized that the stores would be closed by the time I reached the mall. Still not giving up yet, I called my dad and asked for a ride. Here's where he decides to be a jerk.

I told him EXACTLY where I was. I gave him the name of the street I was on and what stores were near my current location. He told me he would come get me. He did NOT, however, tell me to remain where I was. I assumed it would be better to continue walking down the street in a straight line on the same road. However, my dad was going the wrong way. I told him my EXACT location YET AGAIN, even providing him with a description of the stores around me, and he STILL couldn't find me. He started getting pissy at me, and when he finally picked me up, we remained silent the entire trip back home.

Let's recap today's events, shall we?

* Suffer working alongside two INTOLERABLE employees
* Fail to find what I was searching for at the pawn shop
* Fail to find what I was searching for at the bookstore
* Fail to acquire a ride to the mall<... ]]> ~SteveO526 http://SteveO526.deviantart.com/journal/27271651/ http://SteveO526.deviantart.com/journal/27271651/ Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:17:17 PDT
]]> ~SteveO526 http://SteveO526.deviantart.com/journal/26651750/ http://SteveO526.deviantart.com/journal/26651750/ Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:15:15 PDT FINALLY employed! I work at a small restaurant downtown called the Oakwood Cafe busing tables for $7.15 an hour. So, because of my new employment, I want to let you all know that updates will be a little slow. I work Monday - Friday from 11 AM to 2 PM, so during the week, I'll usually be relaxing for a bit. I'll try to update when I can though, so bear with me!

]]> ~SteveO526 http://SteveO526.deviantart.com/journal/25593305/ http://SteveO526.deviantart.com/journal/25593305/ Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:15:02 PDT I've heard the poem before but read to the end......didn't know that.



<sub>I cross ocean,
Poor and broke,
Take bus,
See employment folk.

Nice man treat me
Good in there,
Say I need to
See welfare.

Welfare say,
"You come no more,
We send cash
Right to your door."

Welfare checks,
They make you wealthy,
Medicaid it keep
You healthy!

By and by,
I get plenty money,
Thanks to you,
American dummy.

Write to friends
In motherland,
Tell them "come
Fast as you can."

They come in turbans
And Ford trucks,
I buy big house
With welfare bucks

They come here,
We live together,
More welfare checks,
It gets better!

Fourteen families,
They moving in,
But neighbor's patience
Wearing thin.

Finally, white guy
Moves away,
Now I buy his house,
And then I say,
"Find more aliens
For house to rent."
And in the yard
I put a tent.

Send for family
They just trash,
But they, too,
Draw the welfare cash!
Everything is
Very good,
And soon we
Own the neighborhood.

We have hobby
it's called breeding,
Welfare pay
For baby feeding.

Kid's need dentist?
Wife's need pills?
We get free!
We got no bills!

American's crazy!
He pay all year,
To keep welfare
Running here.

We think America
Darn good place!
Too darn good for
The white man race.
If they no like us,
They can scram,
Got lots of room in Pakistan.</sub>



It is interesting that the federal government provides a single refugee with a monthly allowance of $1,890.00 and each can also get an additional $580.00 in social assistance for a total of$2,470.00 ...

This compares very well to a single pensioner who after contributing to the growth and development of America for 40 to 50 years can only receive a monthly maximum of $1,012.00 in old age pension and Guaranteed Income Supplement.

Maybe our pensioners should apply as refugees!

Lets send this to all Americans, so we can all be ticked off and maybe we can get the refugees cut back to $1,012.00 and the pensioners up to $2,470 00 and enjoy some of the money we were forced to submit to the Government over the last 40 or 50 years.

Please forward to every American to expose what our elected politicians have been doing over the past 11 years - to the over-taxed American.

SEND THIS TO EVERY AMERICAN TAXPAYER YOU KNOW!

]]> ~SteveO526 http://SteveO526.deviantart.com/journal/25563039/ http://SteveO526.deviantart.com/journal/25563039/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:30:23 PDT
The show is still being edited. If you'd like to check out our live broadcasts, feel free to click the link below!

[link]

]]> ~SteveO526 http://SteveO526.deviantart.com/journal/25373055/ http://SteveO526.deviantart.com/journal/25373055/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:54:25 PDT
RULES
=====
1. Post these rules.
2. Each tagged person must post 8 things about themselves on their journal.
3. At the end, you have to choose and tag 8 people and post their icons on the same journal.
4. Go to their pages and send a message saying you tagged them.
5. No tag-backs!

<sub>8 THINGS ABOUT STEVE-O
===================
1. I have a genius IQ of 129.
2. I have a mild form of autism called "Asperger's Syndrome."
3. I have a large collection of weapons including knives, firearms and medieval weapons.
4. I've been studying computers and technology since I was a kid.
5. I absolutely love rock/mountain climbing, hiking, travel, etc.
6. I NEVER leave my house without a weapon.
7. I have a short temper and won't hesitate to beat someone's ass if necessary.
8. I greatly enjoy taking scenic/landscape photography in my spare time.</sub>

And now, to tag some helpless victims!



]]> ~SteveO526 http://SteveO526.deviantart.com/journal/24767121/ http://SteveO526.deviantart.com/journal/24767121/ Wed, 27 May 2009 13:23:09 PDT
Anyway, I can honestly say I had a good time. DJ the Hippie picked me up, and we swung by Derrick's house to pick him up. Then we cruised on over to Taco Bell for some lunch and made our way to Chattanooga, where we got lost. Yeah, we spent about an hour trying to find the movie theatre called The Rave, and finally found it right under our noses. So, we went in, saw the new X-Men movie, and then got lost on the way back to Dalton. When we FINALLY got there, we decided to hit Dairy Queen, followed by Wal*Mart.

Sure, it wasn't anything fancy, but that's not what mattered to me. Just bein' able to hang out with my friends made the whole damn day worth while.

]]> ~SteveO526 http://SteveO526.deviantart.com/journal/22150973/ http://SteveO526.deviantart.com/journal/22150973/ Fri, 01 May 2009 09:07:59 PDT Heya, fellas. Steve-O here. I've got a new, kick ass FAQ to answer a few questions I've received about my series here. So, if you're at all interested in this little FAQ of mine, then scroll down and take a look! Huzzah!

What exactly IS your artwork?

My artwork is a huge collection of sprite comics, comic pictures, sketches, and other computerized drawings. MY artwork is composted of cartoon versions of myself, as well as many of my friends, along with many fictional antagonists.

Is your artwork a series of some sort?

As a matter of fact, yes. Originally called "The Adventures of Jesse & Steve-O," I renamed my series to "Dalton City." The series is about two guys, Jesse Clark and Stephen Kirkwood ("Steve-O"), who visit Tronix Labs for a tour during their college class. Steve-O accidentally gets cloned by a defective cloning machine, which creates an evil clone ("Evo Zero") bent on world domination. Now it's up to Jesse and Steve-O to defeat Evo and save the world from his clutches, all the while battling other villains in the process.

Are any of the characters in your series real people?"

Yes. All of the protagonists (except for Dr. Tronix and Dr. Komma) are real people. As for all of the antagonists, they are all fictional.

How did you get the idea for your series?

It happened during lunch in high school one day. I was sittin' there by myself, when I wondered what it would be like if I had become a cartoon character. So, I drew a cartoon version of myself, and viola! Later on, I decided to draw my best friend Jesse as a cartoon character. Over the years, I worked hard on my drawings and improved them more and more, turning more of my friends into cartoons. Eventually, I began to add fictional villains together, and soon created a plot. After about four years, "Dalton City" was born.

What all do you use to create your artwork?

Well, for my old sketches, I used just a pencil and printer paper. I scanned them, then uploaded them. As for all of my other pieces, I usually use MSPaint for my sprite comics, and PhotoImpression 4 for the special effects found in the sprite comics. Now, for the actual drawings, I use a combination of MSPaint and Paint.NET. Many of them were also done using Macromedia Flash as well. Unfortunately, I don't have a tablet, so everything is drawn with a mouse.

What sprites do you use for your sprite comics?"

The majority of my sprites consist of sprites from the SNES game, "Mega Man 7." However, I also use sprites from many, many other sources too. WAY too many sources to even count. What I did was I visited the Spriter's Resource and basically browsed every single genre of sprites that caught my eye. If I found some sprites I could use, I'd copy them and paste them onto a blank MSPaint document. I used sprites from Mario games, Sonic the Hedgehog games, Mega Man games, you name it.

What other resources do you use?

Well, the only other resources I can think of would be the websites I get my sources from, and the fonts I use. The main font I use for my sprite comics is 10-pt. Arial. I use 8-pt. Digital Strip for my larger comic pages. As for the websites, I get my sprites from the Spriter's Resource [link] and [link] and even [link] .

Can I be in your sprite comic?

Well, as for the main sprite comic that I'm doing, no. However, I often do totally separate sprite comic pages and small strips that have nothing to do with the main sprite comic's storyline. So, yes, you can be in the minor sprite comics, but not in the main sprite comic.

Do you do commissions?

As a matter of fact, I do. I actually offer commissions to people for FREE (I know there's a word for that, because commissions aren't free). A gift, I guess? Anyway, if you want this 'free commission' or 'gift,' all you have to do is ask. That's it! All I ask from YOU is that you tell me what kind of commission you want. Your options are either sprite comic strip/page, or a full drawn cartoon page. I can create a sprite of you, your cartoon self, your avatar, etc. and put it into the comic, or draw it out in a single large page. You just have to specify what you prefer. The reason why I'm doing them for free is because 1) Artist's block 2) Boredom 3) My art isn't THAT great.

Do you have a MySpace?

Yes. You can see it here. [link]

Do you have any other forms of contact?

~SteveO526 http://SteveO526.deviantart.com/journal/18263506/ http://SteveO526.deviantart.com/journal/18263506/ Sat, 10 May 2008 20:29:47 PDT


"So, where did your cartoon sketches begin?"

It all started in Dalton High School a few years ago. I think it was the year 2005. Anyway, I finished suffering through a miserable math class and made it to my lunch period. I was sitting at my table and thought to myself, "What would I look like if I turned into a cartoon?" So, I pulled out some notebook paper and did a quick rough draft of myself as a cartoon character. Remember, this was the very first sketch, so it didn't look as good as it does now. Anyway, I thought it looked pretty neat, so I kept it. I then decided to turn my best friend Jesse Clark into a cartoon. These drawings were all spawned out of boredom. So, I had cartoon Jesse and cartoon me standing there. Later on, I was inspired by some show about an evil twin to draw the cartoon version of myself to look evil. I threw on a cape, a bunch of spikes, glowing eyes, that sort of thing. I originally named him Evil Steve-O. However, I changed his name to Evo Zero soon after, because Evil Steve-O was not only too long, but made it harder to tell them apart. Eventually, I turned my friends DJ Lee, Cliff Moore, Robert Dodge, Roger, Jennifer French, Tara Dyer, and my favorite math teacher Mr. Rainbow into cartoons too. Over time, I randomly created a series of fictional villains to coexist with my cartoon friends, wrote in a simple storyline, and viola! My comic is born!

"So, let's start with the friends. Why did you choose the friends you did?"

Well, Jesse Clark is my best friend. He's always been there for me, no matter what. After I created my cartoons, I decided to dedicate the comic to Jesse as a token of thanks for keeping our friendship indestructible. I chose DJ because he too is a one-of-a-kind friend just like Jesse, always there for me. Cliff was a great friend to be with; he meant well and had a great sense of humor. Robert Dodge was a friend of mine back in Cheyenne, and I figured I'd put him in because the comic needed a nerd. We went our own separate ways since I moved, so I assigned his name to a drawing that might not look exactly like him. Roger was somewhat of a friend of mine, but he betrayed me when I fell through thin ice and left me out in the snow to freeze. Jesse helped me get home, and Roger and I broke our friendship. I included him in the comics anyway because not only did I forgive him later on, but he handmade a bow and arrows for Jesse and I. He was great with survival and making homemade weapons, so I figured he'd be a good addition to the comic. Jennifer French, or "Jenny" was a great friend in Fayetteville. We haven't seen each other since I moved from NC when I was ten or eleven, so her cartoon looks probably don't match. I still haven't found her again, but maybe someday I will. Tara Dyer was the younger sister of my childhood friend Emily Dyer. I never really hung out with her back then, but ever since I found her and Emily on MySpace last year, Tara and I have been catching up on things and bonding our friendship. As for Emily, she became a prep, and the childhood friend I knew is gone. She won't talk to me anymore... So Tara proved to be a better addition to the comic. Finally, Mr. Rainbow. He was my favorite math teacher. Great sense of humor, loved to have fun, and he made his class enjoyable. We played video games in his class after our work was done! He was a great moral supporter during my difficult times in school, and I wanted to remember him by adding him into the comic.

"Now, how did the villains come about? Let's start with Evo Zero."

Evo Zero, as I mentioned before, was originally called Evil Steve-O. I changed the name to Evo because the words "evil" and "Steve-O" combined sounded like Evo. I soon discovered that an evo was a brand of car too, but decided not to change it. As for his last name, my storyline mentions that Tronix Labs classifies failed projects as Project Zero, then Project One, and Project Two, and so forth. Seeing as how Evo was the only failed project, he was classified as a Project Zero, this resulting in his last name. How, as for Evo's behavior, he's the most evil human who ever lived. Sure, he looks and sounds just like me, but his heart is as black as the night sky. He loves destruction and causing people great amounts of pain, finding joy in the suffering of others. His ultimate goal is to rule the world and spread eternal darkness and damnation to everyone on Earth. Now, in the story, he ignores me, but after I stopped him from his first stage of his evil plan, he changed his top priority to killing me first. He gets defeated several times, and later on finds an ancient temple in the mountains called the Temple of Sorrow. He finds a skeleton key and opens a portal inside, opening the doorway to a parallel universe c... ]]> ~SteveO526