Computer Miscellany and Internet

posted on Friday, February 1, 2008 @ 1:05 pm

There’s such a thing called the Project Triangle in project management. Fast, good, cheap — pick any two.

Project Triangle: Fast, Good, Cheap - pick any two

In my computer and Internet life, there’s such a thing as Vickie’s Doomed Computer and Internet Life Triangle. Computer, Internet, time — lucky if you get any. Strongest theory of all, never failed even once.

Vickie's Doomed Computer and Internet Life Triangle: Computer, Internet, Time - lucky if you get any

I originally had a 3-month Summer break, which ended up being a 3-month contract as a temporary clerk. Fortunate or unfortunate; time, gone.

Time greyed out

I originally brought my awesomesauce hard disc drive, graphics card and RAM sticks over so I could use them on my Dad’s computer and stay awesome. Little did I guess that my Dad’s motherboard can’t handle any of those. Computer, gone.

Computer greyed out

We originally had cheap, high-quality, super-speedy, unmetred broadband connection that many people take for granted in Hong Kong. Mum got sick of wires all over the place so Dad bought a wireless router. Online gaming had since become disconnections after disconnections. Internet, gone.

Internet greyed out

Despite that, I still managed to achieve my short-term goal, planned for the holidays, in Guild Wars.

I Have Many Leather-Bound Books (20 maxed titles)

And ironically, got accepted as a staffer for the Computer Miscellany and Internet category of TheFanlistings.org.

Vickie - TFL Category Staff

Life sure is… interesting.

27 Comments »

  1. Emma says
    February 1, 2008 at 10:54 pm

    Your triangle is a lot better than the original lol , I have a similar situation.

  2. vanessa says
    February 3, 2008 at 12:11 am

    Congratulations on becoming a Computer staffer in TFL. I sure hope you do a great job compared to some people out there who’ve screwed up on their jobs.

  3. Jonna says
    February 5, 2008 at 12:35 am

    *giggles @ triangle*

    I’m thinking of getting Guild Wars, is it in any way similar to World of Warcraft or do I have a learning curve ahead of me?

  4. Caitlin says
    February 5, 2008 at 9:23 am

    Hah, I like your triangle. I can relate. I’m glad you were able to complete a goal of yours, though.

  5. Sarah says
    February 5, 2008 at 5:10 pm

    *LOL* Funny you mention it… we had the first “Project Triangle” in film college recently. Some of the combinations were a bit absurd though. You can place another triangle into the triangle, too.

  6. Brenda says
    February 8, 2008 at 3:01 am

    Horrors. The first triangle diagram brought back memories of my Computer Architectural Analysis module last semester. :P

    Oh, and wishing you a Happy Chinese New Year! (If you are celebrating it where you are! (: )

  7. Cris says
    February 8, 2008 at 10:17 am

    HAHAHA! That’s hilarious. And you play Guild Wars? Me too! I’ve got GW Factions.
    I have a wireless connection for my laptop, even my Mom walking through the rooms screws up the connection and THERE goes my download of Trickster. “Let’s start from the beginning then… TT_TT “

    Gong Xi Fa Cai!

  8. Hannah says
    February 8, 2008 at 1:12 pm

    Funny triangle. xD And congrats on being staffed at TFL. :)

  9. Morbid Romantic says
    February 10, 2008 at 8:51 am

    Hey, congratulations on being on staff.

  10. Belinda says
    February 10, 2008 at 4:41 pm

    I totally got lost with the triangles, haha!
    Wow thats a nice job you scored at TFL.

    Ive heard a lot about guild wars, sounds very unique.

  11. Deanna says
    February 13, 2008 at 3:57 am

    That sucks! I get disconnected a lot, but other than that I have the computer, internet most of the time and I usually try to make the time, but that doesn’t always work.

  12. Nanda says
    February 13, 2008 at 6:56 pm

    Those triangles are interesting. :D Too bad you didn’t have the time to do the things you had planned to do, but at least you got to play Guild Wars (gosh, I haven’t played *that* for ages!) and you’ve become a staff member on TFL! Congrats on that!

  13. Kristin says
    February 13, 2008 at 9:01 pm

    Yay guild wars!! :D I used to play that quite a bit, but then I got into World of Warcraft and I’m hooked on it. lol Someday I’ll have to try out Guild Wars again though, I really enjoyed it. I think I was just to new and didn’t really understand the game as well as I do now. It was one of my first MMORPGs lol . Have fun!!

  14. Pat says
    February 15, 2008 at 11:08 pm

    Lol , that was funny and interesting ^^

  15. Judy says
    February 16, 2008 at 7:15 am

    Oh jeez, the magic of geometric shapes lol . I might have to try that myself.

  16. Kelsie says
    February 16, 2008 at 1:54 pm

    Ha, lovely triangles. I can definitely relate to the second one. Hope those triangles start treatin’ ya better. ;]

    Never played Guild Wars… but my brother does all the time. heh.

  17. Randelin says
    February 21, 2008 at 5:40 am

    I’m quite intrigued by your triangles. How do they work? What comes from them; a visualization of a triangle scheme? I’ve been trying to look at guild wars for awhile now, but I can’t seem to figure out where to get it all set up. Also, is it a free game to play, or do you have to setup payments? Congrats on getting on staff :)

  18. Pat says
    February 23, 2008 at 9:27 pm

    omg that was REALLY funny I can’t stop laughing. hahah! well that sucks. You didn’t get ANY. lol . lol .

  19. Ally says
    February 24, 2008 at 1:25 am

    Congratulations on the staff position. =) It sucks that other things didn’t work out for you, but it’s good that you accomplished one of your goals.

  20. Holly says
    February 24, 2008 at 12:56 pm

    I was addicted to Guild Wars for so long! I really need to start playing again.

  21. janelle says
    February 24, 2008 at 3:35 pm

    too bad for you :( now, i do not even know if i should congratulate you for being a part of the staff. hahaha XD life is indeed… interesting :P

  22. Kay says
    February 27, 2008 at 4:20 am

    A true story!

  23. heyru says
    February 27, 2008 at 9:11 pm

    I dont get your triangle. If you pick computer and internet, you will not get time? How come?

  24. Robmarie says
    February 28, 2008 at 11:16 am

    Project Triangle, Sternberg Triangle… I’m guessing pretty much everything in life can be summed up in a geometric shape!

  25. Nadiyya says
    March 1, 2008 at 9:12 am

    Circles are cooler. ‘Nuff said. No, not enough. All the computer gizmos hurt my head. But I’ll take whatever (your dad’s crap computer or otherwise!) because I have a failure of a computer. =(

    Leather is cool. Leather-bounded books are Bibles. xD
    You have 4 Bibles?

  26. Dre says
    March 3, 2008 at 5:28 pm

    Wow, you’re a TFL Category Staff? I have one fanlisting listed there :)

    By the way, link ex? I added your link already :)

  27. angela (despair) says
    March 5, 2008 at 3:53 am

    Wow, you live in Hong Kong!
    I lived there for like two months last summer and I loved it. My family are from there so I go there quite regularly. :]
    Congrats on becoming a staff member :]
    and hope things work out soon!

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