A Narrow Lack Of Escape
Last night, one of the rogues in GemStone IV Platinum made me so mad regarding LFM that I almost dropped it entirely. That would be so easy. Just walk into Melissa's office and say, "Hey, I can't do this anymore. It's 90% done, get someone fresh to finish it." Inches away. It's not like I'm even getting GM pay for it; the time I spend on it could be spent at a second job or heaven forbid, with my girlfriend. I've had time to mostly get over it, though, and that is therefore all that will be said on the matter. </whine>
I took that USB network adapter back to Office Max and got a Belkin (model #F5D6050) running 802.11b. Took it home and slapped it on the TiVo, and it worked like a charm. Not going to bother setting up an FTP server on it until/unless I get a DVD burner, but the Home Media stuff is pretty cool. Being able to play your MP3 collection through your TiVo isn't exactly groundbreaking, but having it centralized in the living room instead of drifting in from the office is nice; especially since I can use the TiVo remote to skip the crap songs that I can't figure out why I have, but never delete. Plus, the new adapter was about $30 cheaper, and since it's the only wireless device on the network, I guess I don't care about the speed.
In other news, we unloaded the POD from Simucon yesterday. Because we operate a computer lounge of sorts at the 'con, we have to keep 20+ otherwise-unused computers and monitors around. The Simu office isn't exactly huge, and we seem to keep a lot of pretty useless stuff around, so all of these monitors were lined up against the wall of the corridor in front of my desk, with no real place to go. Ten minutes and one excellent idea later, we all have a dual monitor setup. Problem solved! Except that I now want dual LCD monitors at home.
Josh and I are apparently going to have Mexican now. I feel like a rockstar when I go into El Mariachi, because we eat there so much that they all know us, and we tip so well that they all love us. Denise and I ate there yesterday, and as we walked in, all four of the waitstaff came over and greeted us before splitting up to show us to our table, get us drinks, an ashtray, etc, all without our having to say a word.
I feel like I've forgotten something I was going to say, but I can sense Josh's increasing hunger and I'd rather he not suddenly bite my shoulder, as that would be weird.
Currently listening to: "Mirror People", Love and Rockets
I took that USB network adapter back to Office Max and got a Belkin (model #F5D6050) running 802.11b. Took it home and slapped it on the TiVo, and it worked like a charm. Not going to bother setting up an FTP server on it until/unless I get a DVD burner, but the Home Media stuff is pretty cool. Being able to play your MP3 collection through your TiVo isn't exactly groundbreaking, but having it centralized in the living room instead of drifting in from the office is nice; especially since I can use the TiVo remote to skip the crap songs that I can't figure out why I have, but never delete. Plus, the new adapter was about $30 cheaper, and since it's the only wireless device on the network, I guess I don't care about the speed.
In other news, we unloaded the POD from Simucon yesterday. Because we operate a computer lounge of sorts at the 'con, we have to keep 20+ otherwise-unused computers and monitors around. The Simu office isn't exactly huge, and we seem to keep a lot of pretty useless stuff around, so all of these monitors were lined up against the wall of the corridor in front of my desk, with no real place to go. Ten minutes and one excellent idea later, we all have a dual monitor setup. Problem solved! Except that I now want dual LCD monitors at home.
Josh and I are apparently going to have Mexican now. I feel like a rockstar when I go into El Mariachi, because we eat there so much that they all know us, and we tip so well that they all love us. Denise and I ate there yesterday, and as we walked in, all four of the waitstaff came over and greeted us before splitting up to show us to our table, get us drinks, an ashtray, etc, all without our having to say a word.
I feel like I've forgotten something I was going to say, but I can sense Josh's increasing hunger and I'd rather he not suddenly bite my shoulder, as that would be weird.
Currently listening to: "Mirror People", Love and Rockets
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