Ze computer . . . is dead!
Dec. 11th, 2008 08:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elwenMy desktop is dead. :( Hopefully not a very permanent dead, but it is kind of annoying. Am working off of my laptop now.
At the same time, my wrist is also dead. To the extent that dead desktop means less computering overall, it is a good thing. But to the extent that dead desktop means more computering on less ergonomic laptop, it is a bad thing.
I want a Microsoft Natural Mouse. It's the thing that looks like a ball. Very strange to hold at first, but it feels really natural and non-strained. I wish they made a non-wireless version, though.
Since I need to rest my wrists anyway, I should take this opportunity to watch more stuff. Hakushaku to Yousei has become the only thing I follow actively. Tytania I am mostly up-to-date with. Everything else is hopelessly backlogged. I've also started rewatching Marimite, to make myself feel less guilty about being suckered into buying the DVDs for the Lillian Girl's School cellphone charms. And then there is always PoT.
Also, I should rewatch LotR one of these days. Whenever I have nothing to do during holidays, I feel the urge to rejoin some community, like a mailing list or newsgroup or something. Even though I know I will fall behind the moment classes start back up. But anyways, I took a very quick trip through alt.fan.tolkien, and they were talking about how PJ screwed up every single character that had a noble and self-sacrificing nature. Not a very glowing recommendation of the movies, but it made me want to rewatch all the same. Theoden came out okay, at least, as far as I remember...
Anyway, that was a random update post for you. I'd like to reflect more on the Prosecution Clinic and the criminal justice system sometime, when my wrists are better, or at least I am restored to my ergonomic keyboard.
At the same time, my wrist is also dead. To the extent that dead desktop means less computering overall, it is a good thing. But to the extent that dead desktop means more computering on less ergonomic laptop, it is a bad thing.
I want a Microsoft Natural Mouse. It's the thing that looks like a ball. Very strange to hold at first, but it feels really natural and non-strained. I wish they made a non-wireless version, though.
Since I need to rest my wrists anyway, I should take this opportunity to watch more stuff. Hakushaku to Yousei has become the only thing I follow actively. Tytania I am mostly up-to-date with. Everything else is hopelessly backlogged. I've also started rewatching Marimite, to make myself feel less guilty about being suckered into buying the DVDs for the Lillian Girl's School cellphone charms. And then there is always PoT.
Also, I should rewatch LotR one of these days. Whenever I have nothing to do during holidays, I feel the urge to rejoin some community, like a mailing list or newsgroup or something. Even though I know I will fall behind the moment classes start back up. But anyways, I took a very quick trip through alt.fan.tolkien, and they were talking about how PJ screwed up every single character that had a noble and self-sacrificing nature. Not a very glowing recommendation of the movies, but it made me want to rewatch all the same. Theoden came out okay, at least, as far as I remember...
Anyway, that was a random update post for you. I'd like to reflect more on the Prosecution Clinic and the criminal justice system sometime, when my wrists are better, or at least I am restored to my ergonomic keyboard.
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Date: 2008-12-12 08:34 am (UTC)I marathoned Tytania over the weekend after being subjected to the first episode during Thanksgiving. I rather enjoyed the perspective the first episode is told from; not accustomed to seeing the vantage point of the side with superior power.
Good luck with the computer, the wrist and the procurement of better pointing devices!
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Date: 2008-12-12 03:47 pm (UTC)Hm, true, Tytania does show all of the viewpoints, which is pretty interesting. It's starting to get a little too complicated for me, though. We'll see. I'm still waiting for Jouslain to do something awesome.
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Date: 2008-12-16 01:38 am (UTC)Considering my order went in within a couple of days of them posting Marimite for sale (and long before I saw any announcements of the charms), I'm assuming they didn't run out, but rather forgot/mispacked my order. Either way, sigh.