GOAL #1: Reach Level 60. COMPLETE. So Omni is now officially level 60, as of 4:30 a.m. Friday, May 13th. It took a total of 21 days, 5 1/2 hours total playtime to get to that level. Three Weeks out of six months, spent on playing a game. That averages out to about 3 hours a day, doing nothing but play World of Warcraft. And this is an average, mind you; th
Missing an ending? Well, excuuuuuuse me. The ending is unhappy, unfortunately; Blizzard did side with Cardinal on this, and now "Püñçtüåtør" is now just "Punctuator." But turnabout is fair play. Cardinal won't get to keep his name for long...
When World of Warcraft was released, players were quick to note that its naming policy was stricter than most. While obvious provisions were made such as no racial, sexual, ethnic, violent, religious, obscene, or vulgar names, certain things were more nitpicking: names must be one word, all letters (other MMOs allow numbers or underscores), no real world references (
Omni is now Level 52 and in good standing with the Vindictive guild. Officially, I am closing the Hit List, because I said I would when the WoW Honor System comes out. Last tuesday, April 19th, the honor system was released on all servers. The hit list is also going to be stricken from my records, because it has become impossible to avenge every one
"That only comes my friend when you come face to face with the fact that you are a sinner." Your definition of sin, of course, may vary. Also, what you do when you realize you're a sinner. Satanism preaches indulgence in the 7 deadly sins (Anger, Lust, Gluttony, Envy, Sloth, Avarice, and Vanity. but you should already know that, with a name like PREACHERman). Christianity demands that you feel regret for your misdeeds. "He was dead,
3:15 am. 8 hours until my multivariable calculus homework is due. Been putting it off for...at least 6 hours. Partially becuase Jon and Dave next door got their old NES working and I spent the afternoon playing Megaman 3. I got as far as the 2nd-last boss before I decided to screw it and use the Game Genie. Because I wanted my storyline info. So I've been do
It started out as a general purpse blog. But it seems to have devolved into a one-topic affair. So in the interest of keeping from being monotonous, the general World of Warcraft update will be short. * I am now Level 44. * Additions to the Hit List: Ripsi, Gazou, Galpha, Ashanta, Darkmane, Great, Marro, Xevious, Deearrspider, S
So now I'm level 41. The big milestone of level 40 has come and gone. And I still don't have my mount. Money just isn't flowing in as quickly as I'd like. But I'm not going to ask you, my readers (I know that there are a scant few of you) for gold. That's what friends and guildmates are for. So, in addition to the "Hit List," I will also provid
First, an update to my Hit list: * Hitokiri * Khonan * Mings * Mokomoh * Murrough * Petis * Voider Surprisingly, though, the ganking has all but stopped, allowing me to reach level 36. Part of the reason why is that I found the perfect spot to kill enemies without worrying about the Horde. An island off the Savage Co
Here's a proverb that comes to mind: "You will never understand why anyone would pay $25,000 for a car until you have driven a $25,000 car." The same held true, for me, with massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) for years. I couldn't understand why people were paying by the month to play a game that would otherwise cost nothing after the initial $40-50
As I tend to do, I completely forgot I had this blog for several months. Shit happened. It's now the start of 2nd semester at UMass and I got too much shit to talk about. Where to start? I suppose I should tie up the loose end from the last article. The IBM Thinkpad I returned? Apparently, since I had attempted to install Linux on the laptop to replace the
As of this writing, I have returned my faulty IBM Thinkpad T21 to USANotebook.com and informed them I want my money back. It's been less than a week since I did so, but not even a response to my email has shown up. Maybe they're backlogged. So! I've decided to do away with the notion of getting a "professionally refurbished" laptop and just get one brand new
For the past 18 hours since I wrote this entry, I've been the proud owner of a "professionally refurbished" IBM Thinkpad Laptop that doesn't work. Here's the story: I'm in college, and I'm already tired of taking notes in class. Being a computer science major, It's especially frustrating to have to erase and rewrite code by hand. So I considered getting a l
When I was searching for colleges and told people that I was considering UMass Amherst, usually their first reaction was, "That place is a party college." I only now know how true it is. Every Saturday, people are getting drunk, stumbling about, passing out, throwing up. Either that or they're smoking weed. Occasionally I can smell pot smoke comi
It worked! Thanks Everyone! Now, one more question...how do I upload my works?
This is a bit of a noob question, but: I create a 256x256 image in Paint Shop Pro 7.02 with some parts of the image transparent. I save the file in PNG format. When I try to use the icon in ObjectDock or open the PNG in PSP again, the transparent parts have become white (#000000). How do I make these parts stay transparent? I appreciate any help I can get I've taken so much from this site and I'm trying to give back a little. Thanks!
I'm loving it here in college. The dining halls have a lot of great food, and it's all-you-can-eat. The only downside is that the closest Dining Commons, Berkshire, isn't open until 10:30 am, when I'm in class. So I have to walk an extra 5 minutes to Hampshire. There are two other dining commons, which I probably will only eat at if I have classes way out
This is my first blog entry written from college. I'm in room 1501, in the Washington building of the Southwest area of the UMass Amherst campus. No classes yet; those start on the 8th. I've been here 3 days now. As a member of Commonwealth College (the honors university at UMass), I got the option to move in two days earlier than everyone else. So I compet
You can't pick up chicks in a Corolla. This is compunded by the fact that my 1994 Toyota Corolla currently has a rear fender with a deep dent and has the same paint color as at least five or six other cars I've seen. I hate it when I see a car that looks EXACTLY like mine. You must imagine how frustrating it has become after 5-6 identical vehicles. <
I think that Linux as a mainstream choice is at least feasible. It may not, but it could. Slackware probably won't. It's designed to be extremely Unix-like, and designed for users of pure Unix (I think). On the other hand, SuSE is probably much more end-user friendly. It uses KDE, is similar enough to Windows, and costs a mere $30 if you buy it straight from suse.com. Cheap enough. Or how about Linspire (formerly LindowsOS)? Gotta ad
a quick response to cwarsh's statement: "She writes that crap to sell books, like limbaugh says what he says to get radio listeners. Neither really care what they're saying, they're both entertainers pure and simple." Fine. Maybe they are entertainers. But probably the biggest problem with this ruse is that they're masquerading as reputable sources of news.
So... I sit here about to write my first article. At the top of the page: "HTML Markup - It is recommended that you use an editor, such as MS-FrontPage when creating your content. This will help to decrease errors, such as spelling and grammar and ensure reliable code creation when copying to the body field." Tsk. Subtle Microsoft ad.<
Maybe this Blog will become a great one, read by thousands of people weekly. Maybe I'll close this account after a month. But probably somewhere in the middle ground. Why have Blogs become so popular? People want other people to know what they think. Simple. Maybe they have interesting lives, maybe not. Maybe they share juicy secrets, maybe they don't. I probably don't hav
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