Stopped by Circuit City again last night and traded in that Kensington mouse. Picked up the Logitech to replace it like I'd expected to. Was slightly tempted by the laser version, which was marked as $20 after a mail-in rebate, but a), fuck mailin' shit, and b), it didn't come in red. Rather liking the V320 so far. The feel and quality of the parts ( Read more... )

So, I got a laptop a month or so ago. Nothing too special, just a Inspiron 1520 (because it's one of the few laptops that you can still get XP on standard) with a rather fetching red/silver/black case. I meant to take some pictures and put them up, but I'm lazy. In the meantime, I'm gonna bitch about mice ( Read more... )

Not dead. Not sure how. Very thankful my sister's house happens to be right on my route home. About seven hours since I left work, but only three of them driving.

Well, more like sledding.

Bed now.

So, backstory. Several weeks ago I started developing issues with my DSL connection. It was doing this weird thing where it would never actually drop the connection, it'd just randomly stop transferring any data. The standard 'reboot everything and hope it goes away' fix wasn't working, and since they couldn't find any issues with the phone line ( Read more... )

You know, I really do try to respect the standard liberal screed about having respect for other cultures. I feel kinda bad when something annoys me just because I don't understand its cultural context. But there's a point where, looking from the outside in, you just have to stop and wonder what the FUCK is wrong with these people.

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So, the other day Chip came across a picture of a Kit Rae sword in some stupid-ass Wikipedia article, prompting me to dig up a site selling the real thing to prove that no, sadly, it wasn't just something from a videogame. This brought me to the website of BudK, purveyors of cheap decorative and/or idiotic swords, for the first time in years. While ( Read more... )

On an unrelated note, I got a survey from Nielsen, the ratings people, in the mail today. Addressed to 'Current Resident'. Tucked inside was five bucks, in singles. As a 'token of their appreciation'.

The joke's on them, tho. I don't watch TV at home.

Better late than never.


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It was everything I was ever warned it would be. Also, awesome.

More when I'm not half asleep, maybe.