04.06.04
Posted in Uncategorized at 03:01 UTC by Richard
I caved in yesterday and bought a new video card for my HTPC. I did in fact settle on the FX 5200 since I know that I can rely on nvidia’s linux drivers to work properly. I never considered an MX card because those just suck ballz. I am also fully aware that the 5200 sucks ballz too, but at least not as much as an MX card. I went with a 128bit version that eVGA sells, mostly because of its 128bit memory over the super sucktacular 64bit version and also because of the fanless heatsink. This computer is already a bit too noisy and a teeny little 45mm fan doesn’t sound like it’d be much fun in there. The fan issue is another reason why I didn’t step up to a 5200 ultra, 5300 or whatever. HTPC + video card fan = bad. In the end, it only cost me $74 and I get a card that at its worst performs as a good dual monitor video card, my radeon 9100 was not good for this.
I hope everyone at least watched a few of the NCAA Basketball Tournament games in the past few weeks, congratulations goes out to UConn for a great run to the championship. Okafor was especially impressive last night, that dude can play.
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04.05.04
Posted in Uncategorized at 06:56 UTC by Richard
Holy crap Sopranos was great last night. Last week, in the scenes for next week, they showed a scene where it looked like someone was gonna get whacked out in a field. Well, when we got to that scene, I was like, “oh my crap, don’t kill him!” Some tempers really flared this week, definitely a great watch.
Speaking of great watch, ShopNBC is not a great watch. I’m subjected to this brand of torture for 8 1/2 hours every night when I’m at work. We have this huge board of “information” and also a 3 screens with the Weather Channel, Fox News and ShopNBC. These guys sell the absolute worst jewelry I’ve ever seen, the stuff just makes me wretch. There has only ever been one thing that I found interesting, and that was a belgian waffle maker (that thing looked awesome).
-richard out
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04.03.04
Posted in Uncategorized at 05:55 UTC by Richard
Ah.. so my weekend is over. I am in the glorious position right now where I currently have Thursdays and Fridays off, remember I work the graveyard shift so I actually have Wednesday and Thursday night off. As you can imagine, it was yet another weekend full of not so much. Nic came over and we had some drinks and watched way too many movies, which was a good change from my recent Magic: The Gathering binge. Being in a room with bad smelling, no social skill having, young males is not always a great way to spend your Thursday or Friday evening. This is not to say that all magic players are pimply faced, four-eyed freaks that have never seen a grown woman naked, but is quite often the norm that I face.
Okay, back to movies since it is most certainly more entertaining than MTG. Lost in Translation, I saw it Thursday night and I must say that I was impressed. It’s not something that jumps out at you and smacks you in the face with its amazing screenplay. It’s much more subtle and uses interesting characters and for us Americans, an interesting and new setting, Japan. I thought the various settings used and all the neato buildings provided stunning visuals that really aided the movie. Oh, I can’t forget to mention Scarlett Johansson, I definitely dug her role in this movie, she certainly “seemed” older than 18 (now 19 post production of the movie).
- richard out
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