TheChrisD - Rant Central

State of affairs

Things always change. Things change daily, others change very seldom. In my case, most stuff changes daily. Especially when it involves computers, the Internet and gaming. (FYI, I copied/pasted the line from here to the excerpt - it was such a good intro, I may as well have used it twice )
And to help fuel my love of lists in posts, here’s a list

• Computers

  No, I didn’t get a new computer. The changes here are related to what’s on the computer. So far, Windows Live Mail has been running well. It’s only flaw is that since it uses IE protocols to open the RSS feeds, very often I get the annoying pop-ups saying "ActiveX controls are disabled… blah blah blah… Turn on etc. etc." - I’ve attempted to fix it by simply enabling every single ActiveX thing in Internet Options, but then that starts giving out that "these settings may put your computer at risk". I wouldn’t need to put it at risk if you’d stop the fucking pop-ups!

  However, because of the way everything integrates with IE, it’s been making me want to use IE as my primary web browser. But we all know how much IE sucks. I’m aware of the IE Tab extension for Firefox, yet all that does is use the computer’s IE and show it in a Firefox tab. Something I’m looking for though, is an extension that allows Firefox to "become" the default IE. Or the other way round, an extension for IE that means it displays and does stuff the way Firefox does.

• Internet

  Recently, I probably haven’t been around the Internet as much. It’s probably due to the fact that I can only have either my computer or my console connected at the one time. Not much is changing on Internet habits, but it’s more on how Firefox has been changed to cope with new methods. At the moment, it has an IE-based skin installed on it. The skin is actually quite good, and if it wasn’t already based on IE, I’d consider it to be a very good skin. Still, it’s unable to do most of the stuff that only IE can do, such as be embedded in programs like Windows Live Mail, Steam, Xfire, Messenger and others…

• Gaming

  Since I’m back in college, there has been more time for gaming. Well not more time per se, but the platforms available to game on have increased. I’m back on going for more Gamerscore, and so far things are going well. Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4 are my two new titles, that should provide a healthy chunk each. Although one of them is rock-hard, and the other is kind of annoying… However, sadly to say - even with a replacement NASCAR 08 disk, is still won’t boot up.

  Either this new disc is also screwy, or my disk drive may be starting to fail. I’m seriously hoping it’s the first options, since all my other games load fine. Well Crackdown is a bit of an exception, but in fairness, that disc has seen better states. I’ve also decided to treat myself to some more MS points, given I now have the ability to buy them and I haven’t bought any in ages. So far, I’ve bought the DLC for Crackdown and also Hexic 2 and Tetris Splash for the Arcade. I’m still debating about whether or not to buy the Halo 3 maps now. Although given how long I’ve been without the game itself, I think I can wait for them to become free

  On the other platforms, PC gaming has slowed to a halt. Been too busy on the console mainly, but also the fact that I’m now behind the college proxy again, so most games won’t get through. Meanwhile on the DS, my Pokémon Diamond adventure is going well. I’ll be putting up a new page with my team, Friend Code and the like soon (well once I get the DS Wi-Fi PC USB thingy).

That seems to be all the big mad changes that have been going on lately. Now, it’s half fucking 4 in the morning, and I really should be going to bed.

But I might just go have some more leftover lasagne, or maybe a Pot Noodle first…