So… after recently discovering that no one really knew what they were doing with my camera lens, I got a call yesterday about my other big toy that’s been in for repairs — the laptop. While replacing the case which had been cracking all to hell, they apparently damaged my Continue Reading
I’ve played 3 different video games recently. Two of them had great features I would love to see in more games; and one I could definitely do without. Just to quickly get the bad out of the way: I finally got around to playing Darwinia, a game put out by Continue Reading
Strange. I tried copying some photos off a CF card I haven’t used in a while. This card has never been used with the newer card reader. No matter what I did, it wouldn’t show up. Then I noticed a “hot” smell, and when I went to pull the card Continue Reading
to follow up… I ordered a hard drive today, for the photo back-up thing. I went with a 500 gig external firewire 400 drive. It also has USB 2, though I don’t intend on using it. When you’re dealing with long, large transfers of data, firewire easily outpaces USB 2, Continue Reading
Boohiss. I was thinking of going to MoCCA this year, but it turns out it’s the same weekend as my Texas trip. So, last night, I found out that, despite my best efforts, the magnets in my stereo speakers have been affecting the screen on my TV. (It became apparent, Continue Reading
My sister is frequently too self-righteous and pig-headed for her own good. I called to offer her a free computer last night, since I knew of a cache of them being given away. Her immediate response was to rail against Macintoshes. There’s no way she would ever want one. She Continue Reading