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thedarkproject) wrote2009-03-19 06:51 pm
thedarkproject) wrote2009-03-19 06:51 pm
Entry tags:
gifts and anti-gifts
Today was a good day. I woke up fully alert at about 7:30am, when usually I struggle to get up before 9. This might have been due to the blazing sunshine outside. And in the post I received the following:
However, these victories were offset by having to take my £39.99 'gaming' mouse back to the shop because the wheel on it is broken - it tends to spin while not actually turning the axis, which made it largely useless, and most importantly was severely impairing my Splinter Cell performance. Apparently they're going to "test it" and call me back in a day or two (or three). Grr. Funny how that fell apart in 6 weeks yet the cheap Packard Bell mouse here has lasted me pretty much constantly since I got it in 2002.
In other assorted news:
I will be doing social stuff this weekend, but not 100% sure as to what and where exactly. Watch this space. (Or don't.)
- Raph Koster's "A Theory Of Fun" book, notable because I ordered a second hand copy aaaages ago that turned out to not exist, causing some degree of shenanigans;
- A package from Firebox Records containing the Ablaze In Hatred album that I ordered, and the Fall Of The Leafe album that I didn't - not the first time they've sent me extra albums (once sending my entire order twice);
- A ticket to see Agalloch and Dornenreich in Camden next Thursday - just gotta figure out getting transport there and back now! I'll probably get lost and die because I've never navigated London on my own before, so I'll just say that it was nice knowing you all.
However, these victories were offset by having to take my £39.99 'gaming' mouse back to the shop because the wheel on it is broken - it tends to spin while not actually turning the axis, which made it largely useless, and most importantly was severely impairing my Splinter Cell performance. Apparently they're going to "test it" and call me back in a day or two (or three). Grr. Funny how that fell apart in 6 weeks yet the cheap Packard Bell mouse here has lasted me pretty much constantly since I got it in 2002.
In other assorted news:
- 'my' book is out in the UK now, which is cool. I say 'my', but obviously I only wrote 3% of it. I'm supposed to be getting a copy sent to me, but that will probably end up in some courier's parcel depot 20 miles away as usual.
- I'm having fun with Google's Street View which is now available for several cities of the UK, including my own. My bedroom window is handily obscured by a passing bus so I can't look inside to see what I was doing when they went past with the cameramobile though. As a programmer I'm quite impressed at the way they've blurred out the faces and registration plates since I doubt they did that by hand.
- After 2 and a half years of living here, I've finally learned to use the timer on my cooker. I now have properly-cooked potato wedges rather than the usual over-crispified ones. Look out, Gordon Ramsay!
I will be doing social stuff this weekend, but not 100% sure as to what and where exactly. Watch this space. (Or don't.)