mas miscellany en ocho puntos
Friday, 4. July 2008, 02:37:22
1. New favorite band name: june bug genocide. Most of my readership will probably get the reference.
2. I need to get busy on some more afraid to fail posts as I'll run out of stockpiled posts in the next couple of weeks. I've got plenty of quotes, just no posts.
3. My computer is slowly dying. I replaced the power supply and brought it back to life once, but now it's dying in a new way. When you turn it off, the next time you push the power switch it will power up but not necessarily do anything. As in the monitor doesn't register that the CPU is doing anything. Sometimes it will make it to the BIOS boot screen and then die. Initially it would start the second or third time you hit the power switch, but the last time took 7 attempts. Which is why I haven't turned it off for a week.
This is also why I just bought a computer with the exact same specs as my current machine (sort of) for $280 ($380 w/$100 mail-in rebate). Pretty sweet deal, I think. Problem is my current system is still probably better b/c it has more room for upgrades. I can't add any more RAM to the system I just bought. It also has fewer USB ports. The biggest drawback, however, is that it will come with Windows Vista. This means that the fast XP computer specs I'm used to will give me a sluggish Vista computer. I could downgrade, but that seems more complicated than it sounds what with trying to find all the right drivers for XP for this motherboard. My hope is I'll just be able to disable most of the useless, but resource-gobbling features of Vista to maintain adequate speed.
4. I have a very odd relationship with my mom.
5. Not that this makes me unique in any way.
6. I like this song:
7. But I'm not gay.
8. All right. I'm off to ruin my eyes studying visual pathways by candlelight. Because that's how they did it old-school! And by God, if it was good enough for Dr. Rosenberg, it's good enough for me.
2. I need to get busy on some more afraid to fail posts as I'll run out of stockpiled posts in the next couple of weeks. I've got plenty of quotes, just no posts.
3. My computer is slowly dying. I replaced the power supply and brought it back to life once, but now it's dying in a new way. When you turn it off, the next time you push the power switch it will power up but not necessarily do anything. As in the monitor doesn't register that the CPU is doing anything. Sometimes it will make it to the BIOS boot screen and then die. Initially it would start the second or third time you hit the power switch, but the last time took 7 attempts. Which is why I haven't turned it off for a week.
This is also why I just bought a computer with the exact same specs as my current machine (sort of) for $280 ($380 w/$100 mail-in rebate). Pretty sweet deal, I think. Problem is my current system is still probably better b/c it has more room for upgrades. I can't add any more RAM to the system I just bought. It also has fewer USB ports. The biggest drawback, however, is that it will come with Windows Vista. This means that the fast XP computer specs I'm used to will give me a sluggish Vista computer. I could downgrade, but that seems more complicated than it sounds what with trying to find all the right drivers for XP for this motherboard. My hope is I'll just be able to disable most of the useless, but resource-gobbling features of Vista to maintain adequate speed.
4. I have a very odd relationship with my mom.
5. Not that this makes me unique in any way.
6. I like this song:
7. But I'm not gay.
8. All right. I'm off to ruin my eyes studying visual pathways by candlelight. Because that's how they did it old-school! And by God, if it was good enough for Dr. Rosenberg, it's good enough for me.
1. Freakin' sweet. Love the name, but genocide implies death metal. Too dark. I know it loses the cool alliteration (sp?), but I like June Bug Stompers more. I'll pitch it to Keith.
2. "There's no reason whatsoever for warm beer."
3. yo soy clueless.
4. What happened?
5. yep
6. never really was a Depeche Mode fan.
7. Yes you are.
8. Word.
By anonymous user, # 8. July 2008, 23:41:36
2. I'll have to add that to the list. What's the story?
3. I know just enough to fuck things up big time.
4. Nothing much. She just called freaking out about some nursing thing and I tried to help but just made her feel worse. It just made me think about our relationship. I mean, I really like mom, but at the same time she pisses me off a lot.
6. Wouldn't say I'm a fan, but that's a pretty good song. Which I probably would never have heard had Cuthie not played it at the talent show our sophomore or junior year.
7. Dammit.
By llogg, # 9. July 2008, 01:21:47