Flash of Steel Playing at the World Dyson’s Dodecahedron Quest for Fun! Bruce Heard and New Stories CRRPG Addict Fantasy Cafe Sitrep Hex and Violence Banzai!! Dungeon Fantastic Gaming Ballistic Ravens N’ Pennies Let’s GURPS The Collaborative Gamer Don’t Forget Your BootsI usually like to write a post around the new year talking about how the holiday season went and taking a look at what I did in LiveJournal over the past year. I’m also somewhat distractable, so it’s waited until[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It all started last November. Shortly after that adventure, I started having problems with Haruhi again. Occasionally, she would have trouble making the leap from BIOS to OS. Sometimes the initial boot would go fine, and when it got to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, it’s over. It’s all over. 2008 is now a part of history. Anyway, Christmas was small. We had planed on visiting Smudge’s parent for Christmas, but snow and Baron falling suddenly ill put an end to that. Dave being[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, I’m back home after the annual visit down south. Trip down was pretty smooth, with a very tiny amount of sprinkling as I entered the Grapevine. Parents are doing well, and are much more settled into the new homestead[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A few days ago, I was gifted/donated a computer. It would have been thrown out otherwise, and featured a better processor than I have, so I was happy to take it. Examination waited for the weekend. Physical work waited for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, many moons ago, my CD-ROM drive (yes, really) started having problems. Not recognizing disks correctly, thinking that the drive had been removed from the system (like a flash drive) in the middle of an operation. Finally, a couple months[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Been a busy weekend. Saturday was the Midsummer Art Festival at the Triton Museum. We did our usual thing and got out the pavilion and panels and set up a nice display. Friday had been a really hot day, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Gary Gygax has passed away. http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/03/report-gary-gyg.html He is, and will continue to be, known best as the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, three little books that became a whole new world of gaming. Like many fans, however, “I would like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I typically don’t talk about work, here or elsewhere. One, it just isn’t a big part of my mental space, and two, it’s a very good way to stay out of trouble. However, this needs pointing up: http://www.notebookshopper.com/ (And click[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This last weekend was Further Confusion 2008. This is usually a good con for us and for the business, and this year was no exception. Money: Our dealer’s table did very well Friday and Sunday, and was soft Saturday (opposite[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…