Month: January 2004

Last night was one of those nights where I woke up the next morning saying “what was I thinking?” I was late to meet a friend after work so I convinced myself that it was OK to go up to the city and hang out to compensate. Now, this friend and I have a history that includes me dancing wildly and a lot of drinks.

Last night I had the drinks part down well. I skipped the dancing.

Today I’m feeling the effects long after the memories start to fade. I think this is my body’s way of telling me “dude, you’re getting older!” I felt pretty awful all day (as did the friend) and I’m now ready to collapse. I suppose the lesson here is: live and let live, except on weeknights.

I had one of those days again. You know, the ones where a lot of things seem to be fine and then everything comes crashing down at the end. Does it have something to do with my overuse of PCs? Maybe. But you be the judge:

1. Playing games on a PC should work.
2. Installing new device drivers should work.
3. Setting up new applications should work.
4. Editing web pages and script files should work.
5. Searching local hard drives should work.
6. Attempting to do 1 through 5 evidently doesn’t work.

I’ll admit that I tend to push things, but come on! How hard can it be for a PC to just do what it’s told. Oh, right! I help make these things so I should know how unstable they are. Bloody PCs!

First off, I’m still thinking about doing my newsletter, so just be patient.

Second, the feedback links now appear to be working. You can try them out and let me know.

Finally, I read a story about Intel’s High Definition Audio, better known to some as Azalia. I have many opinions but on this subject let me be clear: folks, its more of the same old crappy PC audio coming for you. Why? Because the people who buy the parts want them to cost $.50 and they don’t care about quality. So no matter what the press release says, this is one standard that’s headed for the dustbin before it even gets going.

Now where’s those earplugs when you need them?

Massive floods, mudslides, earthquakes, airplane crashes, blizzards, and fires. Religious fundamentalists killing everyone in sight. Weapons of mass destruction hiding in developing nations. I could accept all of this as normal. But then I got someone who a) spoke English and b) was actually helpful; who spoke to me at Fry’s today.

That’s it: the global apocalypse is finally upon us. I’m stocking up on water, batteries and chocolate. Now where’s that bomb shelter when you need one?