As I speak to you, I’m freezing my nuts off typing with rigid, icicle-bestowed fingers; suffering as a result of no-one knowing when to turn the air conditioning off.
In Merz Court, things were different. It was like a sauna! You could sit down with a bottle of water and after ten minutes you’d stir in [...]
Tag Archives: computers
Smothered
Looking For Tips
I’m on the Uni computers at the moment. I’ve just looked at my theme and it doesn’t look nearly so nice on a CRT monitor with fingermarks and God knows what else smeared across the screen. I can tell you the keyboards aren’t that clean either… So you might see some changes afoot… like prompting [...]
Lonely Virtual World
I’ve just come across an interesting article by Margaret Robinson for the BBC called State of Play: Winning friends. In essence it’s a challenge to the stereotype of the lonely gamer in a dark room; whilst also acknowledging that half the point of computer games is to provide an escape from reality.
I have to hold [...]
Sour Grapes
I was starting to warm to Apple and its computers. I own an iPod, and was thinking about getting a Mac computer. However, upon visiting its website, I saw the following:
If you're thinking of upgrading to Vista, you're probably aware of its strict hardware requirements. Most will need a new PC, or serious upgrades to [...]
Subdued
Although I expected my exam results to be disappointing, I didn’t expect them to that disappointing. The stark reality is that a first is pretty much beyond me now. This annoys me somewhat, as I only really have myself to blame.
I let myself get distracted by any small thing. My bedroom has a computer and [...]
Defragmenting
I love my analogies. I created one today to describe how defragmenter works on your computer:
Your computer goes obsessive compulsive, and arranges the cans in your kitchen cupboard so that you have baked beans in one place, spaghetti hoops in another, and custard elsewhere and so on. It also turns the cans so that the [...]
Only On A Tuesday
Why does it only rain on a Tuesday evening when I’m out? It’s so unfair!
Anyway, the meeting was productive, so that’s good. It means I’ve taken a bit more work on, which is fine, I volunteered myself. But my problem is that I would make that a priority over my university work. I need fewer [...]
Back To Business
Firstly, an apology. I have been really rather busy doing… nothing in particular. Building websites, helping people, and doing rather little that is useful to me - not least assignments for Uni. But I’m starting to get back to normal.
I’ve written a new song on geoffbrady.wordpress.com - this is less for me, and more for [...]
This And That
Apologies for neglecting this a little in the past few days, I’m still getting used to my “new” computer. In fact it’s not new, it’s just completely rejigged.
Anyway, I saw The Match at St. James’ Park. If you watched it on Sky One, you probably missed the best bit. So let me set the scene.
The [...]
Here’s A Funny Thing
I decided, as part of an elaborate experiment, to check my computer for viruses using McAfee’s free online scanner. (This experiment, by the way, was one that my friend Weiran proposed: that I ditch the virus scanner and firewall. This is not a recommendation - it is only to be tried if you are Internet [...]