No, I’m not posting sitting in a new car. Melinda took it to work. Friday night, Melinda and I bought a new Toyota Camry. It’s silver with a grey interior. Side note: Firefox’s built-in spell check says “grey” is misspelled, and “gray” isn’t one of the possible corrections. Anywho, now that the women are satisfied with the description, it’s the inline-4 with an automatic. The tranny has four gears plus overdrive, so it never feels like it’s low on power…it’s just kinda annoying that it has to downshift with the slightest of headwind gusts. Meh. It rides niiiiiiiiiiiiiice. Other features: 4-wheel disc brakes with ABS, keyless entry, power windows/locks/mirrors, 8-way power driver’s seat (*drool*), and a tilt/telescoping steering wheel. Speaking of the new car smell, though, we didn’t smell it until the next day after we got back in the car after wandering through Big Lots for a little bit. Odd, but there it was.
In other news, if you haven’t been following the gaming feeds, the Halo 3 beta was released the day after my previous post. Pretty awesome, but even after a week, it needs more maps and more people playing. That, and I need more friends on Xbox Live to play with.
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It was supposed to be released this morning at 7 AM CDT. The “Download Halo 3 Beta” button in Crackdown was supposed to become enabled at that time, allowing us to sample the greatness that is Spartan 117. Bungie is saying the Xbox Live people are working on it. Random posts on Bungie’s forums say the delay might last 24 hours or more. (Just noticed I can’t direct-link to posts on Bungie’s forums. This post isn’t gonna be as useful as I’d hoped. Dinger). The worst part is that some users are blaming Bungie. User SteelCurtain360 says “I am so sick of being dicked over by Bungie!!!” Yes, this should have been tested, but no amount of testing can accurately show the effect of the system load caused by thousands upon thousands of users trying to download the the same file at the exact same time from around the world. The best part is that you can fairly accurately guess the age of the poster based on their comments in that thread. If they’re blaming Bungie, they’re 12. If they’re using all capital letters, they’re probably late high-school or college. If they’re saying something as asinine as this:
omg iv bout f*****g crackdown for this beta and i cant even play it i wated 2 houres now for it to -blam!- out for fu*k sace what is going on
they’re early highschool and have mobile texting bills that are going to put their parents out on the street. Chill out, people, it will be fixed when it gets fixed. No amount of whining, bitching, or poor grammar and spelling will speed the process.
In an unrelated note, I bought an Xbox 360 with Gears of War and Crackdown.
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Vacation was interesting. Caught a few, kept even less.
I’m trying to figure out what to do with my tax money. I’ve got a few choices, but I can’t seem to decide. Of course I’m going to save the majority of it, but c’mon, how can I not buy some useless awesome gadget?
The list, in no particular order
- Xbox 360. No games… *cough*
- New computer. Ie. cpu, mobo, ram, case, power supply, & video card
- EyeTV Hybrid & antenna
- Couple more harddrives for my NAS
- Lexus IS250 AWD with DVD Navigation
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