I added a new page to the blog. It’s an old piece written in 1982 by a man named Ed Post. I read it before many years ago but ran across it today and wanted to share. It’s way too big for a blog post and I thought it deserved it’s own page. The permalink is http://www.spiritfiresrealm.com/real-programmers/
Got the new one today!
Well, I’ve gone and done it. There’s no denying it. It’s sitting there staring me right in the face. I just can’t hide it any more. I’ve been looking at them and wondering what it would be like to have one, to use one.
I bought a Mac.
Specifically, a MacBook Pro 15″. I’m getting used to the thing, but so far I really like it. Right now as I type this, I’m installing WoW so I can play it when I go to Blizzcon. This thing is pretty nice. Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66ghz, 4gb ram, 320gb drive, nVidia 9400 with 256mb ram.
Now this does not mean I’m giving up on Windows. I’m keeping all of my options open.
I want to see this in Rockband someday. Ed, warm your arms up ! 
Check it out. It’s gonna be cool. Trailers, photos, and songs on the site now. Already preordered it 
When did we decide that pig was the animal to eat for breakfast? We eat bacon, sausage, and ham for breakfast. Sometimes steak, but mostly pork. Why don’t we ever eat chicken for breakfast? I know, we eat chicken eggs, but I’m talking about meat not eggs.
I’m going to Blizzcon 2009 in August! WOOTAGE! Was a tough fight, sitting here at my keyboard, elbowing people aside for a place in line, but I did it! I’ve got the coveted golden ticket.
For those of you who don’t know what Blizzcon is, well, basically, it’s Blizzard Entertainment’s huge yearly convention. Blizzard is the company who makes World of Warcraft, Diablo, and Starcraft.
As I mentioned in my last entry, I upgraded my PC to Vista 64bit. Spefically, I’m using Vista Ultimate 64-bit edition. So far, the PC just runs so much faster. I’ve installed just about everything I had before, and everything loads so much quicker. The only crash I had I am pretty sure was related to the wrong memory. Speaking of which, I got the correct memory installed, and the PC took another jump in performance.
I’m pretty happy with that. What I find incredible is that the hard drive is rated 5.9 on 64 bit vista. Anyway, now the PC is factory overclocked like it was supposed to be. My games all run a lot better, performance is great. Life is good. I am looking forward to seeing Windows 7 when it becomes final.
I’ve also decided to try an experiment. I’ve put Ubuntu 9.04 linux on my laptop, and on my second PC. It installed very easy on the laptop, had very little issue getting the dell built in wireless to work, and the built in bluetooth worked as well. The nVidia drivers for the mobile video card installed without any trouble. On the other dell pc though, that wasn’t as smooth. I had a lot of trouble with the sound, found out the front headphone and mic jacks will not work at all, so I had to plug my headset into the back of the PC. Had some issues getting Jockey to install the proprietary nVidia drivers, so I ended up using EnvyNG instead. I will try to install WoW on both the laptop and pc using Wine and see how it runs. If I like Ubuntu, I may keep it on both machines. My big machine though will always run Windows.
In the spirit of embracing “alternative computer lifestyles”, I may even buy a Mac someday. There, I said it. I’m Mac-curious. Since I got a taste of Apple with my iPhone, I’ve been looking at Macs and wondering what it would be like go to the other side and try one.
This post is going to be a bunch of non-sequiturs, so bear with it. I haven’t updated in a while (no reason, just sheer laziness).
Well, I’m now in my 4th week of classes online. So far, I’m doing well. Let’s hope I stay that way.
I’ve added a new link to the side over there. Go check out the WoW related comic: World of Warcraft, Eh? It’s very well done and it’s hit the list of my favorites.
Speaking of links, I’ve added another one of those tottaly useless things to my list of Social Networking things that I almost never update. I’m on Twitter (link is on the right ->).
What else. Been playing WoW with my best friend when we can. Our Tauren bros have hit 36 as of yesterday, our undead locks are still sitting at 31. My main (80 tauren druid) has been working on rep here and there.
Redid my PC to run Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit. The speed difference is incredible.
Oh, I finaly found out why I never could get my PC’s ram overclocked to factory specs. I have a Dell XPS 720. The 4 gigs of Corsair Dominator ram are supposed to be factory overclocked to 1066mhz, but it’s never been. Today I was poking around with the nVidia performance control panel, and found out, one of the memory modules is different from the rest. 3 of them are indeed 1066mhz modules, but one of them is an 800mhz module. The timings are different from the other 3, and the SPD profile is different too. No wonder every time I tried to bump the fsb clock speed up to OC the ram to 1066, it would lock up. I contacted dell, and after going in circles with their LOVELY tech support tier one person who knows less about PC’s than a 1st grader (I mean comeon, how hard is it to listen to the customer who knows what they are talking about instead of trying to insist they try some things that are pointless in the first place), I have them sending me a replacement module to match the others. Just to clarify, she wanted me to take out the three other modules, leave in the one, and try to OC it. WHY? If it’s not going to OC stable with all 4, what is the bloody point? I sure as hell am not going to run only 1 gig of ram, OC’d or not. Ah well, at least she finally listened and they’re sending me the right one to match the others. Later on, if I don’t upgrade to an i7, I may just drop 8 gigs of 1066 ram in here. The mobo supports up to 8gb, and Vista 64 will see all 8.
Well, that’s about it for now I guess.
Ok, well, I just got home from seeing Star Trek. I have to admit, I went in with some trepidation, but I did enjoy this movie. Yes, it was a reboot. Yes, they redid everything we once knew about Star Trek. Still though, the story was well done, the action was what I expect from a Star Trek film, and the effects were good. Some people complained about too much lens flare. Personally I didn’t notice, but eh, I tried to keep looking at the big picture instead of picking nits.
Will I see it again? Of course, it’s trek. Will I buy the movie on DVD? Well no, I’ll get it on Blu ray. I’m trying to convert my collection.
Anyway, see this movie. It’s not the trek you knew before, but it is still good. It has potential. Keep an open mind when you watch.
