So many evil, bizarre and generally inexplicable things start making sense when you realize that…
Category: Geekery
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I’m a complete moron. Yep.
My main workstation at the office, Ryoko, is slowly dying. Because the IDE chain has completely failed, replacing the motherboard has become necessary. You can’t get a motherboard without also picking up a processor and RAM, so that’s exactly what I did.
After some shopping at CDW (we have a corporate account, thanks) I found an Asus motherboard, some RAM and an Intel processor. I was fairly certain all the pieces matched.
I was wrong. I ordered a 400MHz FSB motherboard and a 533MHz FSB processor. Just frelling great. I’m an idiot, and even better than that I’m an idiot who’s at least a week away from getting his computer working properly again.
So now I get to contact CDW and figure out what kind of hoops I have to jump through to change out for the correct processor. Grrrrr. I hate being an idiot. I hate waiting for corporate wheels to grind as my stupid goddamned mistakes are repaired.
Brain for sale, barely used. Will let go cheap. Grrrrr.
(update: CDW’s customer service has been outstanding since the first day we started doing business with them, and today is no exception. My “correct” processor should arrive in a day or two, and I’ll be returning the other one later today. Thank you, Roya!)
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Madly Liberated
Okay, okay, I surrender. You may already have noticed that Mari introduced us to the Mad Liberation, and Lilith promptly followed suit. Three or four of you may even have wondered why I didn’t immediately put a copy here.
Laziness, pure and simple. (Happy now?) Anyway, here’s the deal: In the comments or in an email if you’re shy (clickable linky goodness right below the duck logo, thanks) copy and paste the following, filling in the blanks as you see fit.
I ____ Karel.
Karel is ____.
If I were alone in a room with Karel, I would _______.
I think Karel should _____.
Karel needs ______.
I want to ____________ Karel.Ego gratification ahoy!
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That’s neither a Wizard or a Quest
Wendi and her dad have often spoken of the wonderful times they’ve had playing a game called “Wizard’s Quest.” Perhaps you’ve heard of it. I hadn’t. It’s a board game with complicated rules that takes a long time. This description could fit just about anything the Avalon Hill company ever produced, of course.
On a whim I decided to Google for information about the game, to see if it had ever been computerized, that sort of thing. And in the process I learned two things.
1) When you want to look for “Wizard’s Quest,” the game, be sure to include “Avalon Hill” in your search terms. Otherwise you’re likely to come across several tons of this kind of gods-forsaken crap:
My description of your physical and spiritual existence is an eternal vision of my God (male) force blending with the Goddess in an androgynous and magical reunion. The two higher selves become one, each ruled by their own sovereign laws.
Each obeys the laws of being and nurtures a free and spontaneous way to produce different music from the same source. Each an inspiration to each other, fusing into one with two bodies that create the synthesis of androgynous energy, to regenerate the magic of heaven.
This wizard’s promise to his ultimate female muse is that he will find her again while traveling through his Spiritual worlds. This quest is his dream to play with her again in the lush gardens and forest groves of the magical planet, Gaia, and to co-create with brothers and sisters, the new Virgin paradigm of Who We Are.
There are so many things wrong with that web page that I just can’t even decide where to start. Let’s move on, instead.
2) Someone’s taken the time, apparently, to recreate “Wizard’s Quest” as a computer game. The fact that the screenshot is taken from Windows XP and the website is hosted on Geocities may or may not be offputting to you. I think I’m going to download it tomorrow and see how it looks. Think on it as a parting gift for the father-in-law who’s soon to be moving back to Arizona at long, long last.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I think I’ll go have some dessert, listen to some music and hit the sack.
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The Little Grey Otaku
Let’s just burn through a few news bits, shall we?
- Hot damn! The third Tenchi Muyo OVA series is under way. The proof is in the screenshots. (Aww, Ryoko and Ryo-ohki. How cute!)
- The movie formerly known as “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” will see its U.S. theatrical release on the 4th of April. Check out the official (Sony Pictures) website for “Cowboy Bebop: The Movie”. (This is the other anime film I’ve been anticipating for ages. It’s about damned time.)
- InuYasha starts up again on Cartoon Network, tonight at 1:00 AM during the Adult Swim block. Set your VCR, or TiVo, or whatever. Background information on the series is available at Sengoku Jidai. (Yes, I love parentheses.)
- Hot damn! The third Tenchi Muyo OVA series is under way. The proof is in the screenshots. (Aww, Ryoko and Ryo-ohki. How cute!)
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A little grey camera for the little grey duck.
And you all wondered why I put in a gallery.
That’s the Canon PowerShot S200 “Digital ELPH,” my new toy. Set me back $300, but thanks to a surprise bonus from the company that wasn’t a problem. Next month I’ll be picking up the spare battery pack and some CompactFlash memory. (I have a pair of 8-megabyte squares right now, which isn’t nearly enough.)Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to pester the living hell out of my children by snapping pictures of them. That is, after I read the rest of the camera’s docs…