| Familiarity vs prevention. |
[Dec. 4th, 2008|08:04 pm] |
After an issue with my primary mouse (the right button only worked most of the time, it must be faulty) turned into an issue with my backup mouse (the right button only worked most of the time, my hand may be faulty), I've invested in an ergonomic mouse, namely the Evoluent VerticalMouse 3. And early reports suggest that yes, it's indeed my hand at fault (but no longer).
I have to say, it really looks odd sitting next to the keyboard. And I'm currently going through a period of adjustment that's to be expected after over a decade of using a conventional mouse - I currently just have one habit to break (namely using my ring finger to go 'back' when browsing, and thumb to go 'forward), and I'm still finding what method of holding the mouse is more comfortable.
TelstraClear cable is getting closer to available; I've had a couple of early rises this week with contractors laying cable to the units here, but that part's done and I'm now waiting for the contractors who do the interior hookup (which hopefully leads directly to the "You're online; Congratulations!" part).
Warcraft time has started to come down a little as well, as I've leveled two characters to 80 so far, with a third getting close to 77 (and flight - with a crafted flying carpet waiting to be trialed), and my jewelcrafting rogue sitting pretty in Dalaran at level 72, doing the jewelcrafting dailies for more jc designs. But I'm starting to get burnt out with all this leveling, and I still haven't been able to decide what class I want to raid with - playing on my rogue just wasn't fun, and the tank I leveled is pretty much un-needed (the guild has a surplus for 25-mans), and the shadow priest I'm currently leveling is boring as heck to play.
Ah well, back to thinking about food (with some hogget roasting in the oven, making me hungry). |
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| The calm before... |
[Nov. 8th, 2008|03:07 pm] |
...well, before the continued addiction. Currently dabbling in Fallout 3 while I wait for the WoW expansion launch on Friday. (Fallout is a lot less painful than Oblivion was, and closer to the original two games than I was afraid it would be. Not perfect though, but still very playable)
WoW has slowed a great deal, and I'm desperately trying to build my gold balance back up after doing some last-minute gearing up of my Paladin.
I'll probably be attending the midnight release at ebgames at the mall nearby (well, I'd be awake then anyway so I thought it'd be something different to 'celebrate' the launch with), after which I get to start the 70-80 grind on my 6 70s (along with a Death Knight i'll be rolling once the rush in the DK starting zone cools down a little).
Current plan is to start with my raiding-rogue (Ringleprouse), then my alt-prot-warrior (Dinglemouse), maybe my bank-alt-rogue next (Pringlerouse), then spread my time between my hunter (Kringlelouse), paladin (Binglerouse) and priest (Mingledouse). Leveling won't be too much of a chore, but working through the new profession recipes will take a while - not to mention the time and gold to be invested in my miner/engineer (Dingle) in order to start gathering the mats required to make what will probably be the post-release status symbol mount (leather jacket not included):
Snap is proving better than Xnet was (which isn't really difficult), but it looks like I'll be moving (yet again) to cable with Telstraclear in about a month thanks to them finally getting permission to wire up the block of flats I live in. I've also been offered the first month free, which will cover the $100 charge for leaving Snap within 12 months of signing up so I won't be out of pocket on the deal, plus there's no contract with Telstra on the new connection. Just have to invest in a router to replace my adsl modem, as the cable modem only has one ethernet port and I'll need to connect both my pc and the VFX phone adapter to it.
I'm having more reason to shop with Ascent in future as well; my MX400 mouse has developed right-button issues, and when I contacted ascent about it, they can 'forward replace' it. Basically they send me a replacement (with no charge for shipping), and I send back the broken one I have after the replacement arrives (I pay for shipping it back). A very nice policy on their part.
Well, I'm feeling snack-ish, so time for another batch of roasted peanuts. (I'm not addicted; I can stop any time I want. Which would mean more if I actually wanted to stop ;) |
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