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November 01, 2004

Election time is upon us

Tomorrow is the election.

I've heard from several people that the Republican party is getting nervous. Apparently there are rumors that the undecided people are leaning more towards Kerry, in addition to Bush supporters from 2000 making a move to support Nader.

It's amazing what you hear the day before a big election like this. It's down to the wire and the speculation and rumors have come to a head. It's put up or shut-up time now. I'm just curious as to what Wednesday will be like for those on the loosing end of this ordeal. Both sides are extremely passionate about their candidates, and loosing is going to be heartbreaking for them.

Boo freakin' hoo ... get over it.

Kyle and I have put the final final final touches on the election center at the station today. Debbie had us moving a few things around here and there ... some of it didn't exactly make much sense considering we followed the exact same plan that we had exactly a year ago. Apparently some of the setup wasn't the way she wanted it and we had to re-wire some things. Oh well, as long as it all works out for the best, then I'll be happy.

Kyle and I were able to do some clean-up of the election scripts this afternoon. We fixed a few minor issues that were lingering with the on-air full screen rotations, which had been a sore spot for me for a few days now. Seems that I messed up on the script just a tad ... had too many endif's in one spot and not enough in another. This is the reason why I hate scripting. It's just too damn hard to keep track of if you didn't write the damn thing in the first place. Guessing what someone else was trying to do just gives me a headache. But, it's fixed now and we're good to go visually for tomorrow evening.

I was hoping to get some USB keyboards today for our data entry people on the election stage. I went to Best Buy to purchase 6 cheap USB keyboards, but found none. This just amazed me. If I wanted a USB keyboard, it would have to be a minimum of 70 bucks and wireless. This isn't exactly a huge production that needs top of the line equipment ... all I needed was some cheap USB keyboards like the one I'm typing on now. I purchased it for 10 dollars at Office Depot 2 years ago. No fancy buttons or bells/whistles to charge extra for. Just a standard keyboard with a USB plug. These keyboards just don't exist anymore, apparently. Needless to say, I left Best Buy empty handed.

Well, it's getting late now. I guess I should head to bed ... try to get some rest for tomorrow. It's going to be a hella long day. Here's to the victorious party that wins the Presidency tomorrow.

Posted by ed at 11:06 PM | Comments (0)