You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Oh, doing so much anorak crap tonight. I have Aranym set up so I can run Linux-m68k without having an actual 68040 machine around, and I'm watching a blog on YouTube that's pretty much a more technical version of Ashens (he even has people sending him odd tat to take apart!)
Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.
I'm still checking out flight+hotel packages to Japan. This one hotel in Akihabara is like tempting me with photos of its lobby that contains a beer vending machine. I'm trying to imagine having a beer vending machine at our barracks -- it'd always be empty, but that'd be the coolest thing ever
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Hee hee, I pulled out my old iPod mini; let's see if its battery still holds any kind of charge
Anyone still remember these things? They seemed to fall by the wayside quickly once the Nano was released.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I only had this one because my online high school sent it to me for free...I was allowed to keep it once I graduated. >_>
The main difference, hardware-wise, between this and the Nano is that the Mini was hard-drive based--specifically, it uses a Microdrive, the kind designed to fit into a CompactFlash slot.
I've actually seen instructional blog posts about how to open it up and replace the Microdrive with a higher-capacity CompactFlash card.
I'm still checking out flight+hotel packages to Japan. This one hotel in Akihabara is like tempting me with photos of its lobby that contains a beer vending machine. I'm trying to imagine having a beer vending machine at our barracks -- it'd always be empty, but that'd be the coolest thing ever
Going to Japan for any particular reason or just for the sake of going on a trip?
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Whaddaya know, the thing still works.
The headphone jack is a little fiddly, though...I wonder if it could be soldered back in place.
^ I haven't either. The closest I've come is little weekend trips with my family, but those were always for some purpose so they weren't vacations per se.
I remember there was a huge amount of buzz about the Microdrive when it came out, and it was a good enough idea, apparently, that Seagate came out with their own version as well. (The original could put 170 or 340 MB in a CF Type II card at a time when the same card made only with flash could hold maybe 16 or 32 MB.) Of course, now, you can get CF cards that far exceed the 8 GB most Microdrives topped out at.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Some iPod Mini models used Seagate drives, actually. Others were Hitachi--I don't know which this one is, because I've never bothered to open it up.
Whichever it is, I'm actually kind of amazed it still works, given the number of times I dropped this iPod as a careless teenager. >_>
The audio sounds a tiny bit muddy...I mean, it's still listenable, but there's a noticeable difference between this and the same file played on my 4th-gen Nano...I wonder why that is?
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Oh, duh, it's probably a side-effect of the fiddly headphone jack I noted earlier. I'll bet that one of the aforementioned accidental drops loosened the connection inside a bit.
I'm still checking out flight+hotel packages to Japan. This one hotel in Akihabara is like tempting me with photos of its lobby that contains a beer vending machine. I'm trying to imagine having a beer vending machine at our barracks -- it'd always be empty, but that'd be the coolest thing ever
Going to Japan for any particular reason or just for the sake of going on a trip?
Mostly for the hell of it. I also have a bunch of friends living over there too. I rarely ever go on vacation or travel so I figured that I should at least do so once this year.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I remember reading a while back that the iPod Mini in particular tended to have problems with the headphone jack because of the way it was designed.
I had the thought of cracking it open, soldering down the headphone jack (if that would work), replacing the 4GB Microdrive with something like a 16 GB CF card, and putting in a new battery...but I don't know if it would be worth it because I already have a working 8 GB Nano and I rarely use it. >_>
...I've been using that emoticon a lot tonight. Also I'm still reading my posts in Bubbles' voice
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Does Gmail seem to have gotten sluggish lately for anyone else, or is it just a problem on my end?
Does Gmail seem to have gotten sluggish lately for anyone else, or is it just a problem on my end?
dat be just you methinks
With stability this dismal, the specs are largely irrelevant. But if you’re willing to invest the time to work through the Netbook’s quirks and faults, it could make a great replacement for your desk calculator.
And it looks like that promised "final version" never arrived, as the date on that review is nearly 4 yers ago, and it apparently hasn't been touched since.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Well, what I mean is that Wired always seems like it wanted to ruminate over whatever, usually a socio-political issue, sort of like Rolling Stone does (and like the Washington Post Magazine sometimes does, but usually they just go in-depth on some odd local thing). I've never liked political discussions that much, and preferred magazines like PC Mag (even in its late-90s, "Microsoft can do no wrong and we'll happily kiss their asses" guise) and Computer Shopper that did more product reviews and take-aparts to the more "thoughtful" stuff.
Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.
It just seems to me (and a lot of others) that there's like some sort of chic that's attached itself to being a giant nerd about something except there's not and the people who try to push this are about as transparent as a broken window. But that won't stop them from rattling of their "nerd cred" like it's a parade of boy scout patches whenever they get the chance
And that's another thing that struck me as interesting. Everyone used to complain about Ziff-Davis in general and PC Mag in particular kissing Microsoft's ass, but it didn't really start in earnest until after Windows 95 was released. Before that, they were just as confused as everyone else about what the future of computing was going to be; after that, 95 and NT 4.0 were awesome and that was all you needed to know!
Seriously, from about 1998 to 2004, I think the computing world lost its mind. IE6, Netscape 4 and their awful implementations if CSS and DOM didn't help matters any.
It just seems to me (and a lot of others) that there's like some sort of chic that's attached itself to being a giant nerd about something except there's not and the people who try to push this are about as transparent as a broken window. But that won't stop them from rattling of their "nerd cred" like it's a parade of boy scout patches whenever they get the chance
Frankly I am not sure which is more annoying, these people, or the ones who go on and on about how they're not "real nerds" because they sometimes have girlfriends and didn't get wedgies in high school and beaten up for having a copy of Nintendo Power.
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I've posted this before, and now I'm doing it again.
these look cool
dat be just you methinks ouch
Bad Touch Sign: Gengetsu Rape Time
almost as good as chocolate marmalade time
or like chocolate marmalade rape time would be better i guesssssssss
the ugly face of folly and error glowers at you
their lowest laptop/book/whatever score ever.
this is why i take wired reviews with a grain of salt
I just renamed every single track I've yet done for this album. I also renamed this album. And re-credited it to a different alias.
I should really just stop talking about my releases until I'm done making them, because then things like this happen.
but i don't consider myself a real tech geek or anything, so (*Shrug*)
don't want much really at all
good night
^ (*Evil Laugh*)
i freaking mean it
they are not real hipsters
real hipsters laugh at them
Real hipsters don't laugh.
Happiness is too mainstream.
laughing is for those who do not comprehend the innate sadness of Reality.
Frankly I am not sure which is more annoying, these people, or the ones who go on and on about how they're not "real nerds" because they sometimes have girlfriends and didn't get wedgies in high school and beaten up for having a copy of Nintendo Power.
One of those is a near-direct quote. Guess which.