2010 has wasted no time pulling some crazy shit. I think the saddest thing about the Haiti situation is that there are fucks like this guy who say vile, inhuman bullshit like this and there are people who agree with him. Thousands have died and thousands more will die but they sure had it coming to them for something that happened over 200 years ago! If there is a hell I will see you there, sir.
As for the Conan thing, well, what more can be said? The guy got royally dicked over by the network he’s been loyal to for about as long as Leno. It blows my mind how Leno failed and is getting rewarded for it. Let’s not forget in all of this that the Jay Leno Show was the program that got canceled. Fuck you NBC, I will never watch your network again. I’ll be torrenting my episodes of Community from now on.
Thankfully there have been shining rays of light piercing through the murk: mainly some video games and a trip to the newly christened Lloydhalla, Stronghold of the Clan Lloyd. For three days there was feasting and music and feats of strength. I had been told beforehand that there would be a larger number of people attending, larger than I had seen in my previous trips, but I wasn’t quite prepared for the final number: 12 in all. I always feel awkward around new people but for the most part I did not feel judged. It was good to see faces that have been absent for some time. I usually have trouble getting to sleep in places that are not my house but I did okay at Lloydhalla; chalk it up to the comfy bed I was generously allocated. Next time I go though I think I’ll bring along some Tylenol PM or somesuch to ease things along.
I like my computer. Assembled deep in the technoforges by the denizens Lloydhaus and now Lloydhaus 2: The Rehausening, it has served me well. However, I began to notice more and more when playing newer games on it that it could not keep up, at least not without toning down the graphical fidelity significantly. The weak link is my video card, which is probably pretty dated by today’s standards. With my newly acquired Christmas ca$h, I have endeavored to upgrade to something more modern. This is when I discovered that graphics cards naming conventions are completely fucked. For instance, I have a Geforce 8500 GT. 8500′s a big number, right? Turns out it’s inferior to a 6800 Ultra or a 7600 GT, at least, according to this chart. I don’t know how they expert the casual consumer to make informed decisions about these things, although maybe the casual consumer is more inclined to buy a Dell for $1500 than build something themselves. In any case, a kind third party was able to point me to a Radeon 4670 for $80. For some reason I have always harbored a bias towards Nvidia and I’m not quite sure why. Perhaps years of absorbing internet discussions and seeing the Nvidia logo plastered on every game box and in every game intro led me to this, but it’s not like the games won’t work without those specific cards. Right? I guess I’ll find out on Wednesday.