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I don’t normally do this, because it usually turns into a clusterfuck. But the fine little Thinkpad X61 that Avatar Press picked up for me when my main computer died horribly last year… well, it’s been worked very hard, and is starting to cough a little blood. It’s also buzzing intermittently, after the last wave of Windows over-the-air updates made it do a fainting goat impression and then turn itself off.
I have, however, quite quickly gotten used to working on a laptop rather than the big desktop machines I’ve been using since the 90s.
(And I have to say, for a tiny machine, the Thinkpad is a terrific device. Its single real drawback has been that its recovery system will steal the entire hard drive if you let it.)
So I’m looking at new laptops, speculatively. I’m not going to have the spare money for one until next year. But, as much as I also need a new phone (the Nokia N95 8GB keeps randomly shutting itself off, which is not useful in a mobile device), a work computer is going to have to take precedence.
Being in the UK, I don’t have the selection of cheap and lovely things available to my US readers. But I would appreciate some suggestions for a big, powerful laptop that is unlikely to start jetting blood and asking for mummy in eighteen months’ time.
No Macs, no Linux: I have a lot of Windows-specific software and function that I need to maintain. Don’t even talk to me about partitions and Windows emulators and whatever, I’m a working writer who can’t programme a VCR and I Do Not Have The Time.
(Automatically crossposted from warrenellis.com. Feel free to comment here or at my internet church at Whitechapel. If anything in this post looks weird, it's because LJ is run on steampipes and rubber bands -- please click through to the main site.)No, really. This isn’t serious, right?
I mean, the book got cancelled.
Your home shopping list, by Ariana, which saves me having to type out pretty much the same list. Did you see Wil Wheaton’s new mug idea? Right here.
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November 27th, 2009: In other news, guys there are so many great Dinosaur Comics shirts and things that you can give people as presents, like whale hoodies! Also, we just set up an affiliate program, so now if you link to these awesome shirts and things yourself, and somebody buys them, you get 7% of what they paid! PRETTY SWEET, I GOTTA SAY. Check it out! – Ryan | |||
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My wife Nikki came up with this slogan.
Happy Thanksgiving, Americans! Do all your holiday shopping online this year.
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November 26th, 2009: HERE ARE THE HOLIDAY SHIPPING DEADLINES FOR AWESOME DINOSAUR COMICS STUFF, YOU GUYS:
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It's important as a GM to let every player have a turn at describing their actions. Particularly in busy action scenes where quiter players might otherwise be swamped with everything that is happening.
There's no necessity to make it easy for them though.
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