My computer exploded today. Four different key hardware components decided to fail during an XP reinstall. It wasn't just me being inept, either: I took it to a shop and they said they've never seen anything like it, so I'm buying a new one that'll be ready in about a day. Right now I'm posting from a 486 with a 256 Mb hard drive that I found in ( Read more... )

I forgot that real grown-up people still actually do this ( Read more... )

This is the worst journal ever.

Comment if you agree. Comment even if you simply, accidentally read this. Don't comment if you disagree; I don't care for your kind around these parts.

Stolen from mully. Because I have time to kill while mully does something for me, which may or may not take fifty thousand years ( Read more... )

They don't have an australian version and I need to get someone a gift certificate for some all-purpose site. In australia. Which is where he lives.

Au secours.

But jesus christ it's expensive.

A pretty cool free online game brought to you by Nintendo.

http://www.mission-in-snowdriftland.com

My sister-in-law just gave birth at 3 a.m. this morning (November 24th). I am now an uncle. I now have the ability to warp a fragile young mind. Well, I suppose I always had the ability. But now I have easier access to a child's mind.

I'm going to get her to call me Unkie Lar. With any luck, those'll be her first words.

I'm supposed to give them a call back in early December to discuss possible future contracts. I had finally convinced myself I was ready to take this contract and immediately move to Toronto when they decided they basically want it done quickly and efficiently, so they brought in someone with more experience. Which is pretty much anyone, since I ( Read more... )