Archive for the 'Beyond Nerddom' Category

firefox, ie, truths, jackasses, pumpkins, blood, claws, frustrations, exams, and being a jerk

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

Ugh. Craziness. Where to begin. Guess I’ll just go in topic-order. One big nasty blob of random goo to puke out all over the place. Guess I’ll keep the front page clean by hiding it all behind a “more” link though .

random irc conversation

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

This was entertaining, so I decided I’d format it up and post it. Unfortunately, then I went to sleep, and forgot about it for 4 or 5 months, maybe more. Some context: I was living in linux at home, after getting pissed off at powerdvd and vlc being uniformly unable to handle playing a dvd [...]

A September in gaming: Disgaea 2, Xenosaga 3

Sunday, October 1st, 2006

Whoo. Lots of time dumped into video games. Since getting them, I’ve dumped a bit over 110 hours into Disgaea 2 and about 40 into Xenosaga 3. I haven’t really mentioned anything about either of them yet… so here goes. (long-ish reviews of 2 games follow)

A September in Computer Hell

Sunday, October 1st, 2006

Oh yeah. It’s time for a rant. A very nerdy rant, yes, but a rant. September was apparently Computer Hell month for me. And oh man, was it a warm one. OK. Let’s start out with a little recap. Right near the beginning of the month, the integrated video card on one of my users’ [...]

Guitar Status: mini-hero

Monday, June 5th, 2006

Whoo … Guitar Hero definitely has its hooks sunk deep into me… So I keep doing these short sessions … maybe 5-10 songs, an hour or two, sometimes less than that. As of the last one, I’m alternating between hard and expert mode. In hard mode, I’ve 5-starred all of the first tier, 4-starred all [...]