This is just an image for a Vanguard beta contest entry.... have to have it as a link.
19 December, 2006
10 December, 2006
17 November, 2006
Half a Beeeeelleon!
November 17th will be known for several things. Sony's rich-kid-only PS3 was launched, I don't know if anyone noticed. Another new Bond hit the screen, hopefully he'll do better than the last couple who played that part (although Pierce Brosnan did quite well in the Die Another Day, IMHO).
On a far smaller stage, Kim Chee broke the half-a billion ISK cap today, and can no longer be considered a poor citizen of EVE-Online. While 500M ISK is a drop in the bucket to many players in the game, it's not chump change, and it's actually not a bad accomplishment for a solo player in an MMO that offers huge alliances.
I'd also like to point folks at another MMO. It's one I have very mixed feelings about. On the one hand, it looks stunning and sounds like it's what the original EverQuest would have been, had Brad McQuaid had both the creative control and the experience to make it. This isn't surprising, since McQuaid is at the helm, and this is what he left SOE to do after they took control away from him. On the minus side, SOE is involved again. This time, they're supposedly limited to providing the servers, account maintenance, and marketing. I'd love to believe that, as the game itself sounds remarkable.
I'm talking about Vanguard, of course. As you'd expect, I tossed a few screenshots up for you. The level of detail is very impressive, although it makes me think my poor old computer won't actually let me see THAT while playing. Vanguard seems to be striving for a balance between the photo-realisitic and they stylized comic-book. EQ2 tried to go to one extreme, and ended up with a dead world. WoW went the other way, and made a fun world that looks horrible close up. Looking at the 1600x1200 screenshots, the detail is phenomenal, but it still looks alive.Vanguard is still in Beta 3. They plan to have 5 stages of Beta before a release in Q1 of 2007. Considering the WoW expansion is out in January, I'd expect them to be aiming for March to capitalize on people who have finished WoW (again) and are looking for something new.
04 October, 2006
Games, work, games, work.
Long time, no write.
Not that much to add in here. I've been working at Menard's for a while now... not a bad job, although it doesn't pay enough and 4 hours a day makes me as tired as 8 hours of programming. On the plus side, I apparently have been losing some weight, as a couple people I haven't seen in a while mentioned I looked lighter.
My WoW character is up to 55, and should hit 60 before the expansion comes out at the end of November. I play every couple of days, but I still can't bring myself to do the whole scheduled 4 hour raid thing. It just feels too much like work I guess. :)
Tonight's South Park episode was all about WoW, and was funny as hell!
I still play EVE too. Don still plays, and seems to enjoy it even if he is AFK most of the time. The others have all dropped out because they're WoW addicts and can't devote the time to even log in to change their skills.
Time to go feed my starving cats and go sleep.
Not that much to add in here. I've been working at Menard's for a while now... not a bad job, although it doesn't pay enough and 4 hours a day makes me as tired as 8 hours of programming. On the plus side, I apparently have been losing some weight, as a couple people I haven't seen in a while mentioned I looked lighter.
My WoW character is up to 55, and should hit 60 before the expansion comes out at the end of November. I play every couple of days, but I still can't bring myself to do the whole scheduled 4 hour raid thing. It just feels too much like work I guess. :)
Tonight's South Park episode was all about WoW, and was funny as hell!
I still play EVE too. Don still plays, and seems to enjoy it even if he is AFK most of the time. The others have all dropped out because they're WoW addicts and can't devote the time to even log in to change their skills.
Time to go feed my starving cats and go sleep.
22 June, 2006
EVE is still cool
So, not much to post in the last month or so. I've been working as a shelf stocker at Menard's for a while now, and need to sleep a half hour ago to get up at 4:30am. EVE still occupies my thoughts and takes a good chunk of my time.
I've been losing money in the game of late, mostly due to me spending more time buying things and less time mining. I also haven't won any competitions in EVE-Radio lately. Still, I'm not poor yet, and my skill plan will have me ready to tackle level 3 missions soon, as well as perhaps trying an assault frigate.
I tried ninja-mining in 0.4 space a little bit. Fun, exciting, but not too profitable. I suppose if I spent a whole day doing it, I'd get enough Zyd to make it worthwhile... or if I dragged out my Osprey instead of using the throw-away Bantam I used. We'll have to see. A bantam costs 75K to outfit for this purpose (maybe less), so even an hour of mining covers it. An Osprey is around 5M so it hurts a little more if I lose it.
Oh yes, welcome to Don, who at least downloaded the client this past weekend, and was asking what race we were. I haven't seen him in-game yet, so I don't know if he actually started his 14-day trial.
More later, sleep now.
I've been losing money in the game of late, mostly due to me spending more time buying things and less time mining. I also haven't won any competitions in EVE-Radio lately. Still, I'm not poor yet, and my skill plan will have me ready to tackle level 3 missions soon, as well as perhaps trying an assault frigate.
I tried ninja-mining in 0.4 space a little bit. Fun, exciting, but not too profitable. I suppose if I spent a whole day doing it, I'd get enough Zyd to make it worthwhile... or if I dragged out my Osprey instead of using the throw-away Bantam I used. We'll have to see. A bantam costs 75K to outfit for this purpose (maybe less), so even an hour of mining covers it. An Osprey is around 5M so it hurts a little more if I lose it.
Oh yes, welcome to Don, who at least downloaded the client this past weekend, and was asking what race we were. I haven't seen him in-game yet, so I don't know if he actually started his 14-day trial.
More later, sleep now.
17 May, 2006
So, I've been playing EVE for a while now, and listening to EVE Radio too. I've spent a fair amount of ISK on their contests, and won more than I've spent. It really helped me get started and keep up with my skill training, since I could afford to buy or build the ships I was ready for.
Yesterday, I won a decent amount. I entered DJ Stone's lottery 4 minutes before he closed it, one ticket for 1 million ISK... won the top prize of 150 million ISK! W00t! Later that evening, I entered another lottery for 1 million ISK and split third prize for another 6 million ISK. Not bad eh?
Yesterday, I won a decent amount. I entered DJ Stone's lottery 4 minutes before he closed it, one ticket for 1 million ISK... won the top prize of 150 million ISK! W00t! Later that evening, I entered another lottery for 1 million ISK and split third prize for another 6 million ISK. Not bad eh?
11 May, 2006
EVE Offline
It figures.... the last couple of weeks my day off has been Wedensday, so when CCP announced that they were doing (another!) hardware upgrade this Wedensday, I was quite happy about it. I figured I'd get out of work, go take a nap for a few hours, and then play on the new faster uberware for the rest of the evening.
Well, unfortunately, my schedule shifted so my day off was Thursday. Normally, that'd be even better since I'd have the whole day to play.... but so did their schedule. So, it's Thursday and EVE is down, and I'm not. *sigh*
While we're waiting, here are a few screenshots from the Kali expansion....
On the plus side, I did watch last week's Doctor Who, and it was a pretty good one. David Tennant is shaping up to be quite a good Doctor. I just hope he sticks around for more than one season. I liked Eccelston as well, but it takes a couple of years for the writing and the actor to really sync in any good show.
On hour and forty-five minutes left until Tranquility is supposed to be back up. :)
02 May, 2006
Jury dodging and a new victim!
I dodged a bullet today. I got the dreaded Jury Summons notice a while back, and called in today to find that they didn't need me. Hooray! Normally, I wouldn't care too much... but the day I was supposed to go in was my day off.
Also, I'd like to welcome Kevin to EVE-Online. He's the newest victim I've convinced to join me , and will hopefully be asking me questions about how things work soon. I'm kindof hoping he'll enjoy the game for an hour or so a day, since it's free-form. You don't HAVE to spend six hours a day playing to get anywhere, although I do because it's MY addiction. :)
Also, I'd like to welcome Kevin to EVE-Online. He's the newest victim I've convinced to join me , and will hopefully be asking me questions about how things work soon. I'm kindof hoping he'll enjoy the game for an hour or so a day, since it's free-form. You don't HAVE to spend six hours a day playing to get anywhere, although I do because it's MY addiction. :)
29 April, 2006
Begging Button
I'm poor. As I mentioned, I recently got a job stocking shelves. It's not a bad job, and gets me some exercise (which I desperately need), but the pay is what you'd expect from a job stocking shelves. So, I thought "Self! You have a paypal account.... why not put one of those donation buttons on there? Maybe someone has too much money and you can help them out!" So, I agreed and put a button on there. It looks like it should work, although I can't really test it since giving myself money doesn't make sense. I'm sure it will be very dusty, but hey.... if you really want you CAN give me money now.
I also have a battleship in EVE now. :)
It may be a little while before I have the skills and equipment to make it into the terrifying fighting vessel it can be, but at least I have one and it looks cool.
I also have a battleship in EVE now. :)
It may be a little while before I have the skills and equipment to make it into the terrifying fighting vessel it can be, but at least I have one and it looks cool.
27 April, 2006
Job, Teeth, EVE...
For anyone who missed it, I finally broke down and got a part-time job stocking shelves at Menard's. No biggie, but it does illustrate how poor the IT industry here in Michigan is, mostly thanks to the warmongering of a certain fellow in the whitehouse. By that, I mean that if the, roughly, 100 BILLION dollars that were spent in the first phase of the Iraq "war" had been used to stablize the economy and shore things up after the dot-com implosion, we'd be well on the road to recovery now. Instead, many parts of the country are still flailing about trying to find ways to continue to enjoy the services of the technology field, without having to pay for it.
I might have also mentioned how much I hate teeth. About two weeks ago, I woke up with a toothache. Upon investigation, I discovered a swelling along the gumline, over the place where my lower right wisdom tooth was, many years ago. After a few days, I assumed it was some weird infection and decided if it didn't go away soon I'd have to go to the dentist to get antibiotics. Last week, I went and was told it was just some irritation caused by something I ate (perhaps), and that a sharp spot on my upper molar was scraping against it, keeping it swollen and tender. No inflamation of the tissue was present, so that rules out an infection (and keeps me from getting drugs, damnit!).
I will say that after my upper tooth was filed a bit, it has gotten better.... but it's STILL tender and is still occasionally bothered by something. My current working theory is Mountain Dew: Code Red. I was doing fine this morning, didn't bother me much at all at work, and as long as I didn't try chewing on that side at lunch, no problem. I finished my Coke and refilled with MDCR, and now it hurts again. Coincidence? Just a fact of using a straw? Or new ebil in the chemical soup that is MDCR.....
EVE-Online continues to amaze me. I discovered the joys of the Buy Order last night. Most people who play EVE know about the market, and most also know about the Sell Order. That's where you have something you want to get rid of, and nobody is offering a good enough price, so you put the item up for sale, specifying the price and how long you'll leave it up for. MOST of the time when you buy something, you are buying off other people's Sell Orders. A Buy Order is the opposite.... you don't want to pay what other people are asking in their Sell Orders, so you specify a price you WILL pay, and how many you want, and how far you're willing to travel to get it. Then, when other people sell things, it fills your Buy Order.
So, instead of paying the local price of 370 ISK for the 12,000 units of Nocxium I need, or paying the 345 ISK price I can get if I'm willing to travel 6 jumps, I set up a Buy Order offering 325 ISK and saying I'd be willing to go up to 10 jumps. In addition, I set the minimum purchase amount to 1000 units, so nobody can sell me 3 units 10 jumps away, and 4 more 8 jumps the other way. In a little over an hour last night, I watched 9,000 units appear, and I suspect the rest are there by now.
Hooray! I'm a more advanced trader now. :)
I might have also mentioned how much I hate teeth. About two weeks ago, I woke up with a toothache. Upon investigation, I discovered a swelling along the gumline, over the place where my lower right wisdom tooth was, many years ago. After a few days, I assumed it was some weird infection and decided if it didn't go away soon I'd have to go to the dentist to get antibiotics. Last week, I went and was told it was just some irritation caused by something I ate (perhaps), and that a sharp spot on my upper molar was scraping against it, keeping it swollen and tender. No inflamation of the tissue was present, so that rules out an infection (and keeps me from getting drugs, damnit!).
I will say that after my upper tooth was filed a bit, it has gotten better.... but it's STILL tender and is still occasionally bothered by something. My current working theory is Mountain Dew: Code Red. I was doing fine this morning, didn't bother me much at all at work, and as long as I didn't try chewing on that side at lunch, no problem. I finished my Coke and refilled with MDCR, and now it hurts again. Coincidence? Just a fact of using a straw? Or new ebil in the chemical soup that is MDCR.....
EVE-Online continues to amaze me. I discovered the joys of the Buy Order last night. Most people who play EVE know about the market, and most also know about the Sell Order. That's where you have something you want to get rid of, and nobody is offering a good enough price, so you put the item up for sale, specifying the price and how long you'll leave it up for. MOST of the time when you buy something, you are buying off other people's Sell Orders. A Buy Order is the opposite.... you don't want to pay what other people are asking in their Sell Orders, so you specify a price you WILL pay, and how many you want, and how far you're willing to travel to get it. Then, when other people sell things, it fills your Buy Order.
So, instead of paying the local price of 370 ISK for the 12,000 units of Nocxium I need, or paying the 345 ISK price I can get if I'm willing to travel 6 jumps, I set up a Buy Order offering 325 ISK and saying I'd be willing to go up to 10 jumps. In addition, I set the minimum purchase amount to 1000 units, so nobody can sell me 3 units 10 jumps away, and 4 more 8 jumps the other way. In a little over an hour last night, I watched 9,000 units appear, and I suspect the rest are there by now.
Hooray! I'm a more advanced trader now. :)
07 April, 2006
EVE Rocks!
Finally, a few others have seen the light. I've been quietly (and not so quietly) preaching about how cool EVE-Online is for half a year now, and a couple of my friends have finally given in and taken a look at it.
One is hooked, another is almost hooked, and a third would be hooked if he was willing to play more than one MMO at a time.
One is hooked, another is almost hooked, and a third would be hooked if he was willing to play more than one MMO at a time.
13 March, 2006
Over a month!
Well, it's been over a month since my last rant. Not like anyone cares, but it's worth commenting just because it's a reflection of the American culture I'm a part of. Like exercise, or eating food that's good for you, or most things.... you have to keep doing it all the time for it to work. Writing is no different. It's easy to write when you have ideas, but forcing yourself to write when there's nothing interesting to write about is much harder. I'm a fat lazy American. 'Nuff said. :)
Still no job. My roommate's job also dried up, in much the same way as mine did a year and a half ago... the investors pulled the funding and the company closed. In my case, it took a little bit longer. So money is non-existant and stress levels are a bit high. I keep sending out applications to real companies and hearing nothing back. I keep saying I'm going to work at walmart or subway... yet for months I didn't bother to apply there in the hopes I'd yet make use of this albatross of a CS degree.
*sigh*
No such luck. This week, I'm going to have to make the rounds again and visit all the local office supply stores (office max, etc...). I think I'll need to call a temp agency too. April is down to the wire time, and if we don't get some income soon, bad things will start happening.
On the more comforting side of things, I did fork out the cash for Dungeons & Dragons Online. I will play for one month and might even hit level 10. Steve is level 7 and will definately hit the top this week I expect. My group of friends is not organized well enough to get everyone on at once, but I've played with most of them at least a few times.
I'm approaching the 100 million ISK mark in EVE-Online. This game still rocks, and I haven't even joined a corp yet. My goals are to get a mining barge, to get a heavy industrial transport, and to get a battleship. I then want to have the skills needed to fly a freighter. I probably wont' ever be able to afford one, but if I can fly one, I might find a job with a corp as a hauler.
Two of my friends are almost talked into playing EVE... but they're afraid of it. The more I describe it, the more they realize it's the kind of game that can suck up every available minute of your days and nights. World of Warcraft was addictive, but it's a simple game. Once you hit the top, it's just boring grinding until you have all the items you want. Then, you roll a new character until they raise the level cap. EVE has no levels, no caps, no magical "uber" equipment that makes you unbeatable. It has enough skills to keep you training for 20 years, so it's all about making the right decisions for what you want to do. Equipment helps, but skills are more important, and player skill is (as always) King. It's a deep game.
The only other game I'm looking forward to is Vangard, and it still doesn't have a release date. Dark and Light is supposed to be out in a month, but the last time I logged into the SoG prequel game, it still sucked and I was almost the only person on. Even the die-hard fanboi's have abandoned that sinking ship.
Still no job. My roommate's job also dried up, in much the same way as mine did a year and a half ago... the investors pulled the funding and the company closed. In my case, it took a little bit longer. So money is non-existant and stress levels are a bit high. I keep sending out applications to real companies and hearing nothing back. I keep saying I'm going to work at walmart or subway... yet for months I didn't bother to apply there in the hopes I'd yet make use of this albatross of a CS degree.
*sigh*
No such luck. This week, I'm going to have to make the rounds again and visit all the local office supply stores (office max, etc...). I think I'll need to call a temp agency too. April is down to the wire time, and if we don't get some income soon, bad things will start happening.
On the more comforting side of things, I did fork out the cash for Dungeons & Dragons Online. I will play for one month and might even hit level 10. Steve is level 7 and will definately hit the top this week I expect. My group of friends is not organized well enough to get everyone on at once, but I've played with most of them at least a few times.
I'm approaching the 100 million ISK mark in EVE-Online. This game still rocks, and I haven't even joined a corp yet. My goals are to get a mining barge, to get a heavy industrial transport, and to get a battleship. I then want to have the skills needed to fly a freighter. I probably wont' ever be able to afford one, but if I can fly one, I might find a job with a corp as a hauler.
Two of my friends are almost talked into playing EVE... but they're afraid of it. The more I describe it, the more they realize it's the kind of game that can suck up every available minute of your days and nights. World of Warcraft was addictive, but it's a simple game. Once you hit the top, it's just boring grinding until you have all the items you want. Then, you roll a new character until they raise the level cap. EVE has no levels, no caps, no magical "uber" equipment that makes you unbeatable. It has enough skills to keep you training for 20 years, so it's all about making the right decisions for what you want to do. Equipment helps, but skills are more important, and player skill is (as always) King. It's a deep game.
The only other game I'm looking forward to is Vangard, and it still doesn't have a release date. Dark and Light is supposed to be out in a month, but the last time I logged into the SoG prequel game, it still sucked and I was almost the only person on. Even the die-hard fanboi's have abandoned that sinking ship.
06 February, 2006
I hate teeth
Hmmm, missed Mur this winter. I blame my dentist. I've never liked dentistry, and have always held onto the conspiracy theory that dental work is bad for you. Why? Well, first of all.... every time you go to the dentist, they scrape away the patena of decay and expose fresh new enamel to the destructive elements of your daily diet. Anyone who's cleaned copper knows that removing the patena is the fastest way to destroy the artifact, unless you can somehow keep it in a vacuum so it's protected.
Secondly, my teeth didn't bother me much UNTIL I went to the dentist. I get to have three nice new fillings installed when I go back next week (or the week after, have to check). One of them hurt when they poked it (with their ebil metal pickaxe), the others I have to take their word for. In any case... now my teeth hurt all day.
I've been getting weird headaches on the top of my head, which I had though were due to it being cold or some freakish thing. I now suspect they might really be from the nerve endings of the tooth that's hurting... since I'm getting them more since having my teeth poked and proded.
Long story short, I wanted to go to Mur Friday, ended up doing things too late in the day, was ready to go Saturday except for waking up to a headache/toothache that would have prevented me and anyone around me from having much fun. *sigh* Jeff will probably assume I hate him since I've missed quite a few in recent years.
Secondly, my teeth didn't bother me much UNTIL I went to the dentist. I get to have three nice new fillings installed when I go back next week (or the week after, have to check). One of them hurt when they poked it (with their ebil metal pickaxe), the others I have to take their word for. In any case... now my teeth hurt all day.
I've been getting weird headaches on the top of my head, which I had though were due to it being cold or some freakish thing. I now suspect they might really be from the nerve endings of the tooth that's hurting... since I'm getting them more since having my teeth poked and proded.
Long story short, I wanted to go to Mur Friday, ended up doing things too late in the day, was ready to go Saturday except for waking up to a headache/toothache that would have prevented me and anyone around me from having much fun. *sigh* Jeff will probably assume I hate him since I've missed quite a few in recent years.
01 February, 2006
Gmail
Well, I'm revisiting the gmail upload problem again. My programming skills are just about gone, so don't expect much.
The problem: I have quite a bit of mail sitting on my linux server as mbox files.
The desire: To move all that mail to my gmail account so I can access it from anywhere.
The catch: Gmail only shows the date the mail landed on their servers, so to keep things in any semblence of order, it has to be sent in the right order, with a time delay so things stay in the right order. Gmail also doesn't allow attatchments larger than 10M, so a few messages might have to be altered.
That shelf stocking job at Sam's Club is looking more promising every day:
The problem: I have quite a bit of mail sitting on my linux server as mbox files.
The desire: To move all that mail to my gmail account so I can access it from anywhere.
The catch: Gmail only shows the date the mail landed on their servers, so to keep things in any semblence of order, it has to be sent in the right order, with a time delay so things stay in the right order. Gmail also doesn't allow attatchments larger than 10M, so a few messages might have to be altered.
That shelf stocking job at Sam's Club is looking more promising every day:
24 January, 2006
Learning Chinese
I learned a new phrase today on EVE Online, the eve-radio channel.
[18:03:36] st0ra > Splutty - would you do a translation for me please?
[18:03:38] Bobway > hey Splutty did you hear that Diaego's I-DOG Peed on the server ?
[18:03:44] Splutty Eriminov > Having a cold again, so getting really annoyed with it :(
[18:04:02] Splutty Eriminov > What's that Stora?
[18:04:05] st0ra > I need to know how to say: Was there a thank you in there somewhere?
[18:04:51] Splutty Eriminov > Hmm.
[18:05:05] Splutty Eriminov > Zat daar een verborgen bedankje in?
[18:05:11] Splutty Eriminov > Not quite it, though...
[18:05:15] CommandCom > diplomacy for beginners
[18:05:15] Splutty Eriminov > We don't really use that in dutch.
[18:05:29] st0ra > a lot of English won't translate
[18:05:37] st0ra > not with the same undertones, anyway
[18:05:42] Bradshaw Kingsman > o/
[18:05:44] BrerLapin > hehe
[18:05:46] BrerLapin > true
[18:05:59] Splutty Eriminov > No. Diplomacy for beginners would be: Gun a shi long fu, qu qiang jian long mao a
[18:06:10] CommandCom > stora taking dutch lessons ? :-)
[18:06:14] st0ra > eh?
[18:06:19] st0ra > yes Com
[18:06:23] BrerLapin > Or i have a hammer & Im not afraid to use it on your toes
[18:06:27] Splutty Eriminov > (Drop dead farmer, go fuck a panda) is what that translates to roughly :)
[18:06:37] st0ra > ouchies!
So, from now on... when you see a farmer cranking away in your favourite MMO, smile and say 'Gun a shi long fu, qu qiang jian long mao a'
[18:03:36] st0ra > Splutty - would you do a translation for me please?
[18:03:38] Bobway > hey Splutty did you hear that Diaego's I-DOG Peed on the server ?
[18:03:44] Splutty Eriminov > Having a cold again, so getting really annoyed with it :(
[18:04:02] Splutty Eriminov > What's that Stora?
[18:04:05] st0ra > I need to know how to say: Was there a thank you in there somewhere?
[18:04:51] Splutty Eriminov > Hmm.
[18:05:05] Splutty Eriminov > Zat daar een verborgen bedankje in?
[18:05:11] Splutty Eriminov > Not quite it, though...
[18:05:15] CommandCom > diplomacy for beginners
[18:05:15] Splutty Eriminov > We don't really use that in dutch.
[18:05:29] st0ra > a lot of English won't translate
[18:05:37] st0ra > not with the same undertones, anyway
[18:05:42] Bradshaw Kingsman > o/
[18:05:44] BrerLapin > hehe
[18:05:46] BrerLapin > true
[18:05:59] Splutty Eriminov > No. Diplomacy for beginners would be: Gun a shi long fu, qu qiang jian long mao a
[18:06:10] CommandCom > stora taking dutch lessons ? :-)
[18:06:14] st0ra > eh?
[18:06:19] st0ra > yes Com
[18:06:23] BrerLapin > Or i have a hammer & Im not afraid to use it on your toes
[18:06:27] Splutty Eriminov > (Drop dead farmer, go fuck a panda) is what that translates to roughly :)
[18:06:37] st0ra > ouchies!
So, from now on... when you see a farmer cranking away in your favourite MMO, smile and say 'Gun a shi long fu, qu qiang jian long mao a'
18 January, 2006
DDO
Ok, so it's been a while since I wrote anything. I'm lazy. Sue me (take my debt!).
Not a lot to report, really. It snowed, it melted, it's snowing again. The job market still sucks, although at least this week's classifieds is more than one sheet of newsprint. I'm pretty much giving up on trying to find anything in my field... so I'm collecting all the temp agency names around here to mass mail my resume to and see if I can get a data entry or filing job.
I've been playing EVE Online as pretty much my only real MMO these days. It's still fun, although the macro miners are spreading. So far, none of them have messed with me, but I know it's just a matter of time. We'll see, I may have to turn pirate if they steal my cans more than once.
Dungeon and Dragons Online is having a stress test tomorrow. This might be the game that we can finally get the band together with. In fact, I still have to call Rand and force him to speak, since he doesn't ever respond to email or ICQ. In any case, I hope it doesn't suck too badly. If the preview isn't fairly smooth, it will scare at least a few of us away.
Not a lot to report, really. It snowed, it melted, it's snowing again. The job market still sucks, although at least this week's classifieds is more than one sheet of newsprint. I'm pretty much giving up on trying to find anything in my field... so I'm collecting all the temp agency names around here to mass mail my resume to and see if I can get a data entry or filing job.
I've been playing EVE Online as pretty much my only real MMO these days. It's still fun, although the macro miners are spreading. So far, none of them have messed with me, but I know it's just a matter of time. We'll see, I may have to turn pirate if they steal my cans more than once.
Dungeon and Dragons Online is having a stress test tomorrow. This might be the game that we can finally get the band together with. In fact, I still have to call Rand and force him to speak, since he doesn't ever respond to email or ICQ. In any case, I hope it doesn't suck too badly. If the preview isn't fairly smooth, it will scare at least a few of us away.
03 January, 2006
Holiday Madness
Well, I've been both busy and lazy, hence no updates at the end of the year.
It's now 2006. Unemployment is a mixed bag of candy. On the one hand, the not having to work part has been really nice. I feel like the guy from Office Space. Having spend over a year without a job, I haven't really accomplished much of anything productive. This tells me that the natural profession that I would excel at is being a nobleman. On the other hand, not having any money also sucks.
I've been holding out on taking just any old job in the hopes that I could find something in my field without having to pick up and move. Either there just aren't many jobs here, or my lack of Microsoft certificates puts me at the bottom of the heap, or I've been blacklisted. In any case, I'm out of choices and will have to broaden my search again.
Hope everyone else is having a good start to the new year. :)
It's now 2006. Unemployment is a mixed bag of candy. On the one hand, the not having to work part has been really nice. I feel like the guy from Office Space. Having spend over a year without a job, I haven't really accomplished much of anything productive. This tells me that the natural profession that I would excel at is being a nobleman. On the other hand, not having any money also sucks.
I've been holding out on taking just any old job in the hopes that I could find something in my field without having to pick up and move. Either there just aren't many jobs here, or my lack of Microsoft certificates puts me at the bottom of the heap, or I've been blacklisted. In any case, I'm out of choices and will have to broaden my search again.
Hope everyone else is having a good start to the new year. :)
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