Java Update is the Navi of software updates. JU: Hey! Java Update. Me: Not right now. Busy. JU: HEY! Java Update! Me: Later, please. JU: HEY! HEY! JAVA UPDATE! Me: For the love of—I said, LATER. JU: HEYJAVAUPDATE! YOU SHOULD UPDATE JAVA ZOMGRIGHTNAO BEFORE SUMONE DIES ZOMG!!!!1!!!!111! Me: FINE. Do your fucking update already. JU: This software is already installed. Me: Jezuz H. Roman are you effing kidding me? JU: Yahoo Toolbar? —
When I start building characters for a story project, I cast them. I think in terms of, if this were a movie…who could I best see playing the roll? I don’t necessarily stick to strictly actors. I pull from anywhere, including real life. It’s much easier for me to write a character when I know what they look like. Even if the character’s personality is the polar opposite of their real-life counterpart. I know I’m…
I have 24 posts sitting in drafts right now. I think I need to go back to them and either post them or purge them. Because two dozen drafts is a bit excessive. Even for me. I’ve been struggling a lot with writing lately. Both here and with my writing. I always differentiate between the two. As a writer I probably shouldn’t. Writing is writing, but to me, blogging and writing are two different things….
Over time when I had my old desktop computer, I managed to accumulate a lot of music files. A LOT of music files. A lot of random music files. Some of it was really random. Perfect Strangers theme song anyone? Eventually I burned all those files to CDs so I would have them backed up. I had them all separated out into alphabetical folders (though looking at it now, some of my categorization was a…
The only TV we watch these days is on Hulu. And that’s only…two?…shows. Which I think is a record for us, keeping up with two whole shows at a time. (America’s Got Talent and Wilfred for those playing along at home.) For awhile we kept seeing promos for a show called Mifits. Judging by the previews, it just looked very…odd. And British. British television is generally pretty odd, in my experience. Something prompted Bob to…
When I got my new laptop with shiny Windows 7, I was highly disappointed that my 3D Home Architect program was no longer usable. It’s a program from somewhere in the vicinity of 1995. Windows 7 just ain’t gonna run that shit. Yes, I am well aware Windows 7 has a virtual WXP function that can run old programs. That’s in W7 Professional. I have W7 Home. So, after batting my eyelashes, I got a…
