Who watches the Wedgeman?

It occurs to me that 'General' is entirely too general a category for me to be using, but because I tend to cover a few aspects of my life, I tend to feel that I can't actually choose a specific one. There's some ('Cars' for example) that I'll never see myself using. Perhaps ironically.

I got somewhat bored of not blogging and eventually decided that the cure for this was probably to find something to write about. This was a few weeks back, the main problem being that I had very little to write about. Even now, I'm not sure what I have to write about; I guess I'll have a look at the length of this entry and decide from there. I'm back home now and I miss the easy accessibility of having friends not only in the same general area but even in my very own home. The convenience is brilliant, essentially.

I tried to sort out my Ubuntu installation after a fairly substantial computer upgrade (the main reason for which is Bethesda's latest Elder Scrolls game, Oblivion, or 'heroin for Will' as I prefer to think of it) today and, in spite of a great deal of help from sits, I got stuck. I'll no doubt go back to it when a more final version of Dapper is released with (fingers crossed) better support for ATI cards. *WARNING, INCOMING HERESY* I can't help but feel that I'll never really be totally comfortable with linux or OSX or anything that isn't based on Windows. [/heresy]; I guess it can't hurt to try the alternatives, though, right?

It's not like I'm a total Microsoft groupie, either, I use Firefox and Trillian instead of IE and MSN Messenger. I hate Windows Media Player with a passion and refuse to let a paperclip tell me if I'm writing a letter or not in Word, but I guess I'm just a lot more comfortable with the interface and stuff. There are some wonderful protocols in Linux that make me go 'ooooh, that's really clever' like ssh, apt, the man pages (my dad was slightly confused when I told him I needed man pages until I explained that it was not quite what he thought) and others. I'm tempted to throw myself in at the deep end a bit and see what happens, but then there'd be no heroin (sorry, Oblivion) at all.

With the recent unblockery of the SUCS games server, we've been getting in touch with our inner gamer with a spot of HL2DM. Having never really played it seriously, I can say it lacks some of the charm of the original game's multiplayer and the singleplayer in both games. It's not that it's bad (although I'm not sold on the design of some of the maps at all) it just doesn't excite me in the same way as CS or CS:S. I guess in my heart, I'm still waiting for NeoTokyo:Source and the joy it will probably bring.

What else is there? Well, in the world of Magic, Dissension is around the corner and probably the sort of thing I should be preparing for properly. After the brilliant and somewhat unexpected success that James and I had being a 2-Headed Giant, I can hope for great things. Unfortunately, I was the head that was just less good at the game. Oh well, if Phil can make Top 8, I should be able to (with a reasonable set of cards - the kind of thing I just never get).

I suppose I still have some work to be getting on with, it's depressing stuff, but the essay deadlines are about a month away and, shortly after that, it's time for exams. I'm sure I'll cope just fine, I'm just not sure exactly when I'll start coping :) Gosh, can you believe that I was wondering if I had enough to write about only five paragraphs ago? Right, now Dave can feel guilty for not posting stuff and entertain us all. That's right, Dave, you're SUCS' dancing monkey. Dance, monkey, dance!

On that slightly surreal note, I'll stop and do something more practical. Until next time, faithful readers. (I feel ever so slightly like Stan Lee - "Excelsior!")

 

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