Archives for 2004
Annie and I had a great Christmas, though it was VERY busy. On Friday morning, we went to Annie’s Grandma’s house (on her dad’s side) and had brunch. Then we went to her Grum and Grumpa’s house (on her mom’s side), where we had dinner and saw the whole family, including her cousin Jamey’s new [...]
proof that world of warcraft is ‘neat’. scott’s minotaur character is on a quest to save christmas for the children of ogre-mar by baking cookies. holiday gingerbread cookies. there’s a big tree in the middle of town wrapped in chains and broken ornaments, with a glowing skull at the tip. christmas lights are everywhere, and [...]
The first monthly LAN party went quite well, despite some scheduling difficulties. We had my xbox hooked up to the TV, and Sean’s xbox hooked up to the projector. We had plenty of xbox controllers, and Daniel even brought his PS2. We started the day out with a little DoA between David and Sean. Then [...]
Friday: KT and Sean rolled into town, and we watched the extended edition of Return of the King. It now clocks in at just over four hours long, and is an improvement over the theatrical release. In particular, the battle scenes seem to be better edited and flow better. The added scenes with Sauruman and [...]
While looking up Dead Celebrities,* it occurred to me to seek out celebrities who shared our birthdays. Here’s what we found out:
Heh – I just got this email from the guy who ran the game LAN at Gen Con. Among all the staff members who spent their spare time in the LAN, I spent the most time logged in. Holy Crap, you guys played a lot. Scott “Can’t trust a quarterback when the ref is making [...]
I overslept a bit today, so I’m having trouble falling asleep. Usually, I just read until I’m tired, but I read all the way to the end of my book, and I’m still awake, so I figured I might as well post. Annie and I went to Lynn and Jeremy’s tonight with Dave and Rose. [...]
Ah, there’s nothing like adjusting to a different computer. After a full year on the laptop, my body has adjusted to using different keys and operating slightly differently. Nothing major, just enough to throw me off as I adjust to using my PC again. The laptop box should arrive this week, at which point it [...]
I am having an excellent weekend. Last night we drove to Portland for Jackie’s wedding, and I played my new partial mix CD. It consists of all the mp3s I’ve downloaded lately for three separate mix CDs – The Real Genius Soundtrack, my compilation of “Whiskey In The Jar” covers, and Luke Ski fanboy songs. [...]
Annie and I are about to jump in the car to go to Portland for the weekend for my cousin Jackie’s wedding. Frankly, the thought of being without email, or worse, World of Warcraft for the next few days is unappealing to say the least. Luckily, we’re going to be pretty busy. We’ve got the [...]
My mac laptop appears to have just fried itself. I installed the latest security patch last night, and then today, after about two minutes of running, the screen went crazy. I rebooted, and have yet to get anything but a blank screen since then. update: I called apple tech support, and it turns out that [...]
Not much to say about days 5 and 6 (also known as “Friday” and “Saturday”). These are the biggest days at the convention, and everything went smoothly. It’s hard to gauge numbers, but the halls seemed full, and there were always several people in line, but never a huge line, which is good, because it [...]
Since Scott has taken his game playing to a computer far far away, I have had to feed myself for once… so after braving the lamest mall ever, I decided the other night to try a little local place in Sumner right off the train tracks called KC’s caboose. Cute decor, lots of christmas lights, [...]
Around 6pm last night, credit card authorizations stopped working. This is a huge deal, because it means that about half the people coming up can’t pay, and we can’t process any refunds to people who paid by credit card. Standard Operating Procedure in these cases is to establish the cause of the problem as quickly [...]
For those who actually read my once-a-month post, I’ve moved my blog. It’s now at: mrbread.blogspot.com . . . just seemed more appropriate.
Today started out smooth and deadly. Everything was going great. I tested printing everywhere, and everything worked. There were some network difficulties due to the convention center’s setup, so I went to lunch with Dave, and we figured we’d be playing World of Warcraft by early afternoon. Well, things didn’t go quite according to plan. [...]
Day two went very well indeed. We’re pretty much a full day ahead of schedule now. All the registration workstations are set up and configured, and the server seems to be working fine. Tomorrow we’ll be testing printing and setting up the game LAN, where most of us plan on spending the week. It’s really [...]
Not much to report today. I got up at 5am to catch a 7:15am plane to Anaheim. It is cold here, but sunny (the news is running alarming stories about the cold snap, and the sub-40 temperatures). When the server arrived after lunch, we sat around for a few hours waiting for Harold to get [...]
The previous post was my lame attempt to explain why I’ve been gone lately. My goal for the coming weeks (and especially during gencon) is to post on a daily basis. I want to plunge myself back into web design and be more active in posting. GenCon should be a good excuse. :)
These last couple weeks at work have been oddly stressful. My regular duties have been completely replaced with tech support, which I am skilled at, but don’t enjoy at all. When I was working with the programmers, I felt like I was accomplishing something. When I answer phones all day and look up lost passwords [...]
How to Kill a Mockingbird
If you’re a gamer, then you probably know that this month is when two of the most eagerly awaited games ever finally came out: Half-Life 2, and Halo 2. If you’re not a gamer, you’re probably wondering where your husband is. And the answer is: probably over at my house, playing Halo 2.
So I know that Valve was all stoked about their new Steam thing, but did they *have* to force us to go through it to install the game? I bought the DVD for a reason, I’m not ready to screw around with their new system. And sure enough, my suspicions proved true. My copy of [...]
What do you think? Should I re-do my resume? The best resume ever.
I’ve just realized that I had one of those geek days. You know, where you start working on a project and completely lose track of time, and next thing you know, it’s 9:30pm and you haven’t had dinner yet. Annie’s been hanging out with her family all day while I was being anti-social, so I [...]
