Obligatory Update

Okay, so I’ve noticed that as of late, all I do is update my Twitter status constantly.  And while that does show up on the sidebar to the right, it’s not an actual post, and that’s just lame.  So what follows is a brief update of what has been going on with me:

I fixed a computer for someone last Sunday, and made $150.

I got my paycheque early on Monday night, rather than Thursday afternoon, because I won an eBay auction, and had to pay for it.  (Also used that $150, and a previous cheque.)

I spent all but $50 on that auction, and an additional $20 on something else from NCIX later that day.

I’m currently in the midst of fixing a computer for someone, but won’t be able to work on it again ’til Thursday, as I work today in .. well, under 4 hours. =(

After fixing the computer Thursday morning/afternoon, I still get to go to work Thursday night @ 7PM.  Yippee.

Anyway, when I get what I bought on eBay (which I made an update to Twitter about, so you could probably find it by perusing my profile there) I’ll be posting pictures, etc here, so you won’t have to wait long to see what it is. ;)  (You might want to check the categories this was posted in for a clue, as well.)

July 16, 2008 · Filed Under Announcements, Draupnir, Journal, Projects, Work

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Naming Conventions

As a lot of you may already know, I try to stick to a norse mythology naming convention for technological items I own–my older PC was/is Freya (it now belongs to my father… or is at least used by him.), my main PC is Mjolnir, etc.

But I’ve recently renamed a bunch of stuff, as the old titles just made no damn sense.  What follows is a list of the names of my current gadgets/computers, etc:

Freya – My dad’s computer, used to be mine–a Hewlett Packard I bought from N20.<br />
Mjolnir – My main gaming PC–I don’t seem to use it as much as I used to as a few parts are currently being replaced.<br />
Nasir – The only non-Norse thing in the list–my Dell Inspiron 1300 which I got for use with school studies, etc.  It currently is used by me every day in lieu of Mjolnir.<br />
Yggdrasil – My Linksys WRT45GL router running DD-WRT.  It gives the wonder that is the internet to all of my gadgets, consoles, and PCs.<br />
Ratatosk – (New as of July 8th 2008) – My hacked Fon La Fonera 2100 router running DD-WRT, and serving as a wireless bridge to hook my Xbox 360 up to the network and ze internet.<br />
Gleipnir – My PlayStation Portable–It used to be called “Ragnarok”, but that just made no damn sense, mythology-wise.<br />
Iðunn – My Nintendo Wii–I don’t use it nearly as much as I should, considering how much trouble I went through to get it.  Still fun for parties/gatherings of a lot of people, etc, but my friends and I usually end up just playing Rock Band on Quin’s Xbox 360.<br />
Ullr – My Xbox 360–Was originally Odin II, since Odin was my Xbox, but I’ve retroactively removed the name from my old Xbox, as it was sold on eBay to a new owner.<br />
And finally, Draupnir – Draupnir will be my PlayStation 3 when I purchase it.  If all goes according to plan, I should be doing so sometime around the 17th of July or later.  Just need to find an 80GB MGS4 bundle first.  (Easier said than done!  Most people claim they’re as rare as either a Wii or Wii Fit as of late.)

So there you have it–the list of gadget names.  Why?  Because I wanted a place to write them down where I could remember them, honestly.  It gets confusing, especially when I rename a few.  I’m pretty sure I’ll unconciously refer to my PSP as “Ragnarok” for a while still, but it really made no sense as a name.

(P.S.  As an off-topic note, I’m really back into Magic: the Gathering as of late.  Can’t wait for the Eventide release on the 25th!  Booster box, here I come!)

July 7, 2008 · Filed Under Announcements, Draupnir, Freya, Gleipnir, Iðunn, Journal, Magic, Mjolnir, Nasir, Projects, School, Ullr

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Yellow Wizard needs food badly! (Redux)

A long while ago I wrote a post entitled <a href=”http://www.lazycanadian.ca/2004/11/19/yellow-wizard-needs-food-badly/” alt=”The Lazy Canadian – Yellow Wizard needs food badly!”>Yellow Wizard needs food badly!</a> in honour of the game Gauntlet Legends for the Arcade/Sega Dreamcast.

But that’s not the point of this walk down memory lane.  (Did you see how awful my writing was?  I even signed my posts!  On my own blog!  Ah, to be so naive again…) The point is that by some weird twist of fate, that phrase seemed to attract every spambot on the entire internet.

Y’see, it seems that every damn week I get an e-mail from my spam-fighting-plugins that lets me know there’s a new spammy comment on the post–I’ve suffered through that constant barrage of e-mails since late 2004.  I finally disabled comments on the post today, because I recieved five messages in one day.

Enough is enough.

But this is a bit of a test–maybe mentioning some keywords (like “yellow”, “wizard”, “needs”, “food”, “badly”, “Gauntlet Legends”, “PS2″, “ponder”, “NobleArc”, “The Lazy Canadian”, etc) will trigger said spambots to start posting heaviliy on this one as well.  If that’s the case I’ll simply disable comments.

But maybe mentioning “spam” will stop them.. who knows.

July 1, 2008 · Filed Under Announcements, Journal, Projects

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Happy Canada Day!

O Canada, Our home and native land.
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts, we see thee rise;
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee.
God, keep our land, glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee…
Happy Canada Day.

July 1, 2008 · Filed Under Announcements

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