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Walking in a winter wonderland 76th Journal
15 years ago
This is my head.
I haven't updated in almost three weeks and no wonder. No one commented on my last journal, nada, zero, nothing, totally zip. This makes sad dragon sadder. Does anyone read these things?
Well, in case there are a couple of people that manage to read this, I have a few things to update.
Lets start with my workplace. Finally got that meeting done after getting postpone like 9 times. Had to rush through it in record time, like half of usually time it takes. The window of opportunity to have it was short and it was last minute to get everyone together. Only two people didn't make it but all the usual suspects there. Despite the rush, we did covered a lot. The meeting are typically monthly and it been three months since the last. It was good finally getting that out of the way.
In general, my workload have dropped as the year winding down. I did have a few of those 'need it yesterday' projects but has been minimal... so far. It does break the monotony of work from time to time though I wouldn't want to over do it.
It is deep in the holiday season and one of my favorite things is to take advantage of the sales. This year have been so disappointing as the sales really sucked. Even Black Friday was a dud. Last year was better and even that wasn't all that great. Almost all of the so called deals are not better than the usual sales that been going on for months prior. And those very rare ok deals sold out so fast.
I got in a so-so deal for a 2TB external drive for just over $70US. Not too bad but not super great. I got through the ordering process before it sold out... so I thought. I received an email the next day saying they are out. The fact I wasn't all that pleased understates my mood. A so-so deal and I couldn't even get that.
That 9800GT 1GB DDR5 video card I got on last year's Black Friday still can't be beat. I bagged it at $70US and the closest thing this year is 512MB DDR3 for only $10 cheaper. What a rip. Nothing comes close in this years batch.
I also been hunting for a 8GB micro SD card with at least class 4 speed. I did find an ok sale and was able to jump on that. It came in in a few days so that came through. So far that is the only thing I got this piss poor holiday season. I still have my eyes peeled but not having my hopes up much. Some of the sales are worse than usual I been finding. Something will have to turn around a lot before I jump in again before the season ends.
One sale that was good is on that very same heatsink in mentioned in my uncommened journal previously. When I bought it, it was on sale for $20. A couple of weeks ago, I saw it at the same price but with a $10 rebate. Since I already have it (works great BTW), I didn't pounce on it. Beside, I hate doing rebates these days.
Many many years ago, I'll actually get most of my rebates. But times have changed and I stopped getting the checks in the mail. The rebate reimbursement companies are such a big scam. I just don't bother with them anymore. There need to be an investigation in these companies.
Ok, kiriban time. I have less than 250 views to go to hit 20k on my FA page. Unless I get a huge spike in views, it looks bleak to hit it this year. I hope it would be a nice Christmas present to hit that mark. Oh well, early next year is much more likely.
As stated before in my last update, if I hit that 20k milestone, I'll make my best effort to restart my 3D arts. I'll also do a quick drawing for the winner that captures a screenshot of that mark. I'll also throwing in the 800th watcher kiriban with a drawing to the winner as well. If someone manages to select my 2500th favorite, I'll do the same too. So there are three chances to get a drawing by me. Not the best prize but something at least.
Speaking of watchers, I just gain one today. Slow but there been a general uptake on the numbers of eyes. Now if I can just them out of hiding. Speak to me peoples. Don't make me hunt you all down.
Before I leave this installment, one more topic. I am still trying to promote my various channels on FurNet's IRC server. I have three channels for your chatting pleasure. My channel #the_lair is my oldest on FurNet but seems to be dying. Only a handful of people bother to go there now, which I am not exactly thrilled but it is still plodding along. I used to do quite a few sexy roll plays (RPs) there and had planned my stripshows, which was starting to get popular long ago. No sense doing it when there is no audience.
There used to be quite a few general ruckus and the like in #the_lair, nothing too violent or extreme though. That sort of thing is reserved for my #bellyofthebeast channel. If it is twisted, sick, demented and way out there, chances are it happened in my belly channel. Just about anything allowed in there and really can get on the wild side.
The number of people in there ranges from just under ten to the low 20s. It tends to vary a lot and seems to be most active late at night (US local time). As per usual in my channels, I led most of the RPs but would like to have others initiate their own more often.
Another channel I have is an old one that a few of use are trying to restart. #the_tail_underground been dead for a couple of years being revived. Not much happening of as yet but been a few interesting developments. How far and long it'll go this time remains to be seem.
If anyone want to join in on any (or all) these channels, let me know. I'll help you out connecting there. I use mIRC as my chat client but there are plenty of other software to connect to the IRC networks. In fact, IRC (internet relay chat) is my preferred way to chat as I don't like to use my IMs. IRC predates all the other usually chat clients by a couple of decades and I still like it better than the pretenders.
Oh well, that should be it on this update. If anyone left reading this, let me know. I think no one really read these, well losing people interest before the end anyway. Talk to me. Don't make me beg.
Well, in case there are a couple of people that manage to read this, I have a few things to update.
Lets start with my workplace. Finally got that meeting done after getting postpone like 9 times. Had to rush through it in record time, like half of usually time it takes. The window of opportunity to have it was short and it was last minute to get everyone together. Only two people didn't make it but all the usual suspects there. Despite the rush, we did covered a lot. The meeting are typically monthly and it been three months since the last. It was good finally getting that out of the way.
In general, my workload have dropped as the year winding down. I did have a few of those 'need it yesterday' projects but has been minimal... so far. It does break the monotony of work from time to time though I wouldn't want to over do it.
It is deep in the holiday season and one of my favorite things is to take advantage of the sales. This year have been so disappointing as the sales really sucked. Even Black Friday was a dud. Last year was better and even that wasn't all that great. Almost all of the so called deals are not better than the usual sales that been going on for months prior. And those very rare ok deals sold out so fast.
I got in a so-so deal for a 2TB external drive for just over $70US. Not too bad but not super great. I got through the ordering process before it sold out... so I thought. I received an email the next day saying they are out. The fact I wasn't all that pleased understates my mood. A so-so deal and I couldn't even get that.
That 9800GT 1GB DDR5 video card I got on last year's Black Friday still can't be beat. I bagged it at $70US and the closest thing this year is 512MB DDR3 for only $10 cheaper. What a rip. Nothing comes close in this years batch.
I also been hunting for a 8GB micro SD card with at least class 4 speed. I did find an ok sale and was able to jump on that. It came in in a few days so that came through. So far that is the only thing I got this piss poor holiday season. I still have my eyes peeled but not having my hopes up much. Some of the sales are worse than usual I been finding. Something will have to turn around a lot before I jump in again before the season ends.
One sale that was good is on that very same heatsink in mentioned in my uncommened journal previously. When I bought it, it was on sale for $20. A couple of weeks ago, I saw it at the same price but with a $10 rebate. Since I already have it (works great BTW), I didn't pounce on it. Beside, I hate doing rebates these days.
Many many years ago, I'll actually get most of my rebates. But times have changed and I stopped getting the checks in the mail. The rebate reimbursement companies are such a big scam. I just don't bother with them anymore. There need to be an investigation in these companies.
Ok, kiriban time. I have less than 250 views to go to hit 20k on my FA page. Unless I get a huge spike in views, it looks bleak to hit it this year. I hope it would be a nice Christmas present to hit that mark. Oh well, early next year is much more likely.
As stated before in my last update, if I hit that 20k milestone, I'll make my best effort to restart my 3D arts. I'll also do a quick drawing for the winner that captures a screenshot of that mark. I'll also throwing in the 800th watcher kiriban with a drawing to the winner as well. If someone manages to select my 2500th favorite, I'll do the same too. So there are three chances to get a drawing by me. Not the best prize but something at least.
Speaking of watchers, I just gain one today. Slow but there been a general uptake on the numbers of eyes. Now if I can just them out of hiding. Speak to me peoples. Don't make me hunt you all down.
Before I leave this installment, one more topic. I am still trying to promote my various channels on FurNet's IRC server. I have three channels for your chatting pleasure. My channel #the_lair is my oldest on FurNet but seems to be dying. Only a handful of people bother to go there now, which I am not exactly thrilled but it is still plodding along. I used to do quite a few sexy roll plays (RPs) there and had planned my stripshows, which was starting to get popular long ago. No sense doing it when there is no audience.
There used to be quite a few general ruckus and the like in #the_lair, nothing too violent or extreme though. That sort of thing is reserved for my #bellyofthebeast channel. If it is twisted, sick, demented and way out there, chances are it happened in my belly channel. Just about anything allowed in there and really can get on the wild side.
The number of people in there ranges from just under ten to the low 20s. It tends to vary a lot and seems to be most active late at night (US local time). As per usual in my channels, I led most of the RPs but would like to have others initiate their own more often.
Another channel I have is an old one that a few of use are trying to restart. #the_tail_underground been dead for a couple of years being revived. Not much happening of as yet but been a few interesting developments. How far and long it'll go this time remains to be seem.
If anyone want to join in on any (or all) these channels, let me know. I'll help you out connecting there. I use mIRC as my chat client but there are plenty of other software to connect to the IRC networks. In fact, IRC (internet relay chat) is my preferred way to chat as I don't like to use my IMs. IRC predates all the other usually chat clients by a couple of decades and I still like it better than the pretenders.
Oh well, that should be it on this update. If anyone left reading this, let me know. I think no one really read these, well losing people interest before the end anyway. Talk to me. Don't make me beg.
At least I scored last year on the video card, still cheaper than you can get it now (though long in the tooth as better cards can be had). This year been so crappy with the sales much the same (or even worse) than the months prior.