Zorac (zorac) wrote,
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*swoons*

OK, well it seems like the wished-for hot weather has arrived - my Gallileo thermometer has gone off the scale - at least 28°C.

Had my aunt and one of her friends to stay last night - which was nice, as they cooked for me. A nice big roast lamb dinner - yum. Not something that really makes sense to do just for one, but it is nice, plus I have left over enough to last me the rest of the week. And then we watched The Rocky Horror Picture Show, although I didn’t do the time warp.

The barebone system for my new office PC arrived today - very dinky. Memory also arrived and disks are being transplanted from my old system. Alas, the CPU has not yet arrived, so the pretty box is just sitting on my desk tormenting me...

OK, have done some more playing around with the Xbox and its lock-ups. Have had one in the menu system (meh). Project Gotham Racing reliably falls over within 1-3 races of booting. Dead or Alive 3 was falling over within a few fights when using Kasumi with default hair and costume. Changing the hair or using a different character seemed to cure this, although I've had a couple of lock-ups since. Halo and Buffy the Vampire Slayer have been completely stable. If anyone has an Xbox and would care to comment on their experiences, I'd be interested to hear from you.
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jiggery_pokery

April 15 2003, 18:03:48 UTC 18 years ago

I start to melt once it gets above 28°C.

Hugely amused that you could watch the RHPS with someone from a generation above, but I've always been somewhat jealous of your relationship with your family and the elder members thereof.

Is it easy to get to the innards of your new office PC? Mr. Walton fairly fisted his iCube when I was up there last, though it needed a particularly proctological Torx screwdriver to get inside.

zorac

April 16 2003, 05:00:34 UTC 18 years ago

It needs to get a bit hotter yet before it starts being a real problem - and ther are windows that can be opened etc. As regards RHPS, the movie is in fact older than I am, so no real problems watching it with people from the generation above.

The shuttle has plenty of thumbscrews, so looks easy enough to get into. Haven't done any construction work yet as still no CPU :-( Oh, and queerasjohn? It's fine to loff your mac, but I think fisting is really taking things too far.

dinahrae

April 16 2003, 01:23:33 UTC 18 years ago

You didn't? But it's all about the time-warp. I am truly disappointed :P

zorac

April 16 2003, 05:02:31 UTC 18 years ago

The fact that I'd just eaten a very large roast dinner is something of an excuse. Besides, if you really want to see it, I'm sure leiabelle still has the footage from Mact00bage...