Archive for February, 2009

Happy Anniversary!

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

It is the anniversary of my Bday (yeah, I like it that way). I’m 39 once again, for now and forever!

Sad thing is, before I get some sleep here shortly, is that I still don’t feel good right now. No, not ’cause of the age thing, but just because I don’t feel well. Will see how I feel after I get some sleep.

For now though, in the wee hours here, I’ve put in the battery to Violet Beauregarde. For those who do not remember, I name all my Macintosh computer (why not). So the Blueberry iMac has its clock set, and Quake is still running like a champ (not that I expected anything different). I’ve pulled out the old Asante 100Mpbs router too (yeah, no switch, a router – for those in the know). Not the fastest thing in the world, but for good old Quake, it works just fine.

So as of now, I have a network of 1 computer! :P More to go as I pull my computers out of storage. And no, I have not forgotten about the Apple II. I just need time to get the disks for that system ready.

Ack! I need some rest though, and hope I feel better when I wake up.

Zzzzzzzz…


Violet (Blueberry iMac) – Asante LAN router
Violet (Blueberry iMac) Asante LAN router

The day before…

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Well, the day before my once a year special day. Getting rather late already, and I’m still doing homework, and not feeling that well either. Not sure what, buy I just don’t feel so swell. Hope it goes away. :|

Other than that and homework… well, you get the picture… later… (but I did get the batteries out for the old iMacs – and for an old PM 7300 for transferring stuff through floppy disc – ack)

Manic Monday

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Well, not really. I was up way too late last night, and now I’ve got homework to get done today. Thus, that is about all I have to report.

In other news, Winter is still here, with more snow approaching. December really burned me out on that, and I truly await Spring with anticipation.

And in just a tad under 2 days… It’ll be that special day for me again. Yeah, that once a year thing. Not sure what I feel about it, beside the fact that getting older has its ups and down.

Just another Sunday…

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

And I’ve gotten very little done for the UC. Just a bit, and nothing more.

To the future…

It’s getting late…

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

As in late in the night. I’ve been up doing various things around the house, including laundry again (like doing dishes, it never ends). I’ve got some stuff lined up to do for the UC ’09 display, but have not gotten to them today. Just not enough time. I will probably be pulling out a few iMacs tonight, if I can, just to get those ready. Mainly put in a battery, test, and ready to go. Should not be any issues there. Other than that, hope those out there had a good Valentine’s Day!

later…

One odd day

Friday, February 13th, 2009

We all get them once in a while. Those odd days that just don’t feel right. Well for me, that is today. I stayed up too late and I slept in a little too long. Now that I’m up, I feel rather out of it. I won’t be doing any UC work today.

Of course, some of this boils down to my personal life. Things are happening, a little more than usual, and I’m frankly not sure what to make of it as a whole. Hopefully things will come into focus in that direction. Otherwise, I’ll be back tomorrow, hopefully with something about the UC ’09 (and how close it is getting to that date).

We shall repeat…

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Just read yesterday’s post. Busy, busy day… :|

Another slow day (in a sense)

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

It was a slow day today, in regards to any UC preparation. Between school and some other things today, including tons (and I mean tons) of laundry, there just isn’t any time for UC work.

Thus I make this simply daily post. And hope… (about what – I’m not telling the public, that’s for sure).

Later…

Gamecube, set and ready!

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

I wanted to get at least one other system ready, besides working here and there, so I pulled out the trusty Nintendo Gamecube. Grabbed one of my older (but still newer) CRT TV sets, all the cables and controller, and fired up the ‘ol GC. As one would expect, it is still working like a champ. I’m not totally decided on games for this year, but there will only be two or three tops. As I found out last year, and from others at the show, one good game will run an entire day.

Sad thing is, some really good games just don’t work at the show, like shooters for one. Put a good one on any system, and you pretty much end up with a empty chair. Oh well. I’ve got a few games in mind, possibly even a repeat from last year. You have to go with what works. Now that I think about it, I guess the two games from last year, plus two other games to test the water would work. If the two new games to my area don’t pan out, I’ll put in the one of the two that did well last year.

Thus, at this point, I’ve two systems up and ready for the show. Now to get some of those other pieces put together so I can officially announce other systems ready for the show.


TimeSplitters 2 – (and again)
TimeSplitters 2 TimeSplitters 2

Sleeping on an Monday

Monday, February 9th, 2009

As much as I didn’t want to do it, I crashed today after working too much on the weekend. Well, that, and the city decided to bust up concrete on my street today. Suffice it to say, I slept (or tried to) most of the day. Thus, I didn’t get much done, except find a possible source for some games to run an a Mac+ or SE. I’ve been thinking of bringing one of these old machine to the show, and if the game I have in mind will work, then it will be there.

That is it. Almost midnight, so Monday is pretty much done for. How time flies.