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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Despite that, I still managed to achieve my short-term goal, planned for the holidays, in Guild Wars.
And ironically, got accepted as a staffer for the Computer Miscellany and Internet category of TheFanlistings.org.
Life sure is… interesting.
You Don’t Know Me, But I Know Your Mum
posted on Monday, August 27, 2007 @ 11:32 pm
It’s a crazy, strange and small world indeed.
Who knew when I left the UK forever 4 years ago, failed to write emails to keep in contact and subsequently lost all contact details, I’d still hear about somebody, sort of? Who knew when I joined comment exchange sites, I’d be assigned to comment on the blog of the daughter of my ex-violin teacher, who was really awesome? Who knew when I don’t even know the daughter personally and she’s grown so much over the years, I still recognised her right away, somehow?
Of course, of all my ex-violin teacher’s students, I wouldn’t expect her to remember me. Hmm, I wonder how I’d describe myself. The Chinese girl who refused to put her long dark hair behind her ears (still don’t), who wore too much eyeliner (still do), had massive hips and thighs (still do), never practised the violin (still don’t), used to be obsessed with dieting and exercises (wish I still do)… Maybe I should dig up her email and write something, hopefully not in a you may not remember me but I stalked your daughter kind of way.
And then all the embarrassing memories of my teenage years come rushing back. All the rampaging hormones, teenage emo drama, egocentric attention-seeking behaviour, making a big deal out of nothing, sitting there waiting for essays to write themselves…
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE ESSAYS AREN’T JUST A THING OF THE PAST CAPSLOCK?!
Woe is Me
posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 @ 3:38 pm
Four months no bloggie, what could possibly bring our Naomi Skosh Vickie Diablos back? If getting a semi-scholarship privilege invitation from the Uni couldn’t; if achieving the “Kind of a Big Deal” title in Guild Wars couldn’t; if becoming a land owner for the first time in Second Life couldn’t; if finally managing to run Command & Conquer The First Decade on the computer after an 8-month struggle couldn’t; if experiencing a cockroach dropping from nowhere and crawling on my nekkid bum in the shower couldn’t…
Oooh I know! How about witnessing the motherboard of my only computer burst into flames, literally?
Woe!
Version 8: Shillien
posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 @ 4:11 pm
After hours of screaming labour… or in layperson’s term, hours of screaming “what the fuck are you doing, stupid IE” (seriously), version 8 of Lean-Forward is finally born. Yay! 
Contrary to popular belief, “Shillien” isn’t the name of the goddess of death (formerly the goddess of water) in Lineage II. Shilen is her name, and by my understanding, “shillien” is like an adjective, like “of Shilen” (e.g. Shillien Knight, Shillien Elder, etc). Dark elves (the lady on the layout) follow Shilen, hence the layout was named “Shillien”. Eh, it sounds lame when you try to explain it.
I do realise that the layout is a little wider than 800×600. I forgot I was designing in 1280×1024 instead of 1024×768 as before… So… comments, constructive criticism, re-reviews and/or error reports? *cough* Guestbook still has old layout. *cough*
Shop-Ping!
posted on Sunday, July 2, 2006 @ 2:45 pm
Oh but if it’s a shopping blog entry of yours truly, it’d be chock-full of geeky goodness! (And funny how I sneered at the “it’d be cool if there were more images in the blog” comment from a person who didn’t read a single word, and now 3 consecutive entries with images, huh.)
