blizz really said welcome home...

Of all the pictures I got at VCF, this is still one of my favorite ones... I miss the show so much, I can't wait for later this year

I have an extra 800MHz FSB CPU thankfully! We'll try a Pentium D 828, the Core 2 Duo E8400 definitely isn't going to work in here Given how dried the paste is and how the system has a Papa Johns magnet on the side, and the back has corrosion - I suspect the CPU might actually be the issue here

This is some of the hardest thermal paste I've ever encountered! The inside of this machine is kinda strange, it's kinda growing on me It currently has a Pentium Dual Core E2180. Let's see if I have another CPU that will do the trick...

I got this machine at VCF Midwest this year from the free pile, and the fact that I still can't figure out why it's broken is bothering me... let's try to fix it for a drunk NYE activity! When I tried last I was getting nothing out of the POST card other than good voltages. Let's try a CPU swap

Let's get that new Windows 7 Convenience Rollup Update option tested! @kirb.me

Detour now over... let's get LegacyUpdate going, and I also need to dig up the updates for SUA for Windows 7 again

A quick detour... I love using SUA on older systems, especially since I have copies from the GNU utility set from 2023 that works on 2000 and later with SUA!

3D Acceleration in VirtualBox is really cool, it's been forever since I've used it in this context but getting Aero is COOL!

The last time I installed Windows 7 was on a machine that we bought at VCF after the Mac we brought suddenly died at the show... now I'm installing it to try getting AutoCAD 2008 running to do some conversions! It's been a hot minute but we're approaching a new release at @legacyupdate.net too :)

One of the most incredible shots I've ever gotten, in Yellowstone. This coyote walked over a ridge in the blowing snow and posed for me, with a small grin on its face, the snowfalkes like stars in the background. The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.

Who remembers installing WoW back in the day? Swapping out discs, the music playing, little snippets of lore on the progress bar... It was almost like waiting in line at an amusement park. The system we have now is *objectively* better, but man... There was magic in the old way.

Merry Christmas, everyone! 🎄

@elmkit.bsky.social and I getting ready to head out for Christmas dinner!

I'm still sick but every day gets a little better!! I'm so excited to go to my aunt's for dinner

Stone Temple Pilots coming to our area in January is really cool. I've been looking for ways that I can get Avi tickets to go...

Merry Christmas folks!! An extra special thank you to @elmkit.bsky.social and @teal-vt.bsky.social , whose continued love is the best present I could ever ask for! This year Teal got me BG3 and the DLC for Christmas and it's been so much fun to play through!! Looking forward to Christmas dinner :)

Very excited to do my first BG3 playthrough soon when I have extended time to dedicate to it Thank you to the beautiful and wonderful @teal-vt.bsky.social for the gift! After my first playthrough I think it's time to look at co-op gameplay with @elmkit.bsky.social and @teal-vt.bsky.social... >:)

I'm very grateful and appreciative of having both @elmkit.bsky.social and @teal-vt.bsky.social , best partners I could ever ask for <3

Decided to re-do the AV rack to account for digital cable. I am out of rack space, so this is a thermal management nightmare

Today I soloed a +5 Eye of Azshara, +2 Vault of the Wardens, and carried a guildie through a +2 Black Rook Hold... after five timewalking dungeons and BRD during the day! That was a blast :) I missed doing this

I can't believe I'm soloing keys in Remix!! This is so fun!!!

If I do go to Indy Classic, the Garfield phone will be there and working!

I'm pondering tabling at the Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo next year... if I do, it'll be 90s networked retro gaming! Stuff like Half-Life, Mechwarrior 2 Netmech, Carmageddon, Descent, Age of Empires, and some others, and maybe I'd sell some refurbished/tested network and sound cards

This job search has been nothing but brutal, I hope at some point soon I can get a new position in Systems Engineering or Systems Programming somewhere

Please help out my guildie if you can!!

I've spent so much time tonight staring at broken OpenJDK builds that I think they are starting to stare back at me...

hey guys... check your windows privacy settings... this was on. #NOai

Please check out this guide that my wonderful partner Teal made about how to turn off the Text and Image generation permissions built into recent Windows updates!

I had such a good day today and am so happy

Back in my home and back to LGR! And we gotta kick it off with copious woodgrain: youtu.be/RTE7_gqnSLk Taking a look at the Mitsubishi Oberhofer Edition monitor, a 15-inch LCD from 1999 encased in a glossy walnut burl intended to fit in with fancy 90s executive decor. And originally costing $1800!