The AIM limit, Orange Box, new cars and other.
So to start off with, I should explain that I've long since hit the limit of AIM contacts (200) for my furry account. Now, this hasn't been a particular issue - more like a minor annoyance - until I switched away from Trillian to Pidgin. The reasons for this change are many, but primarily I didn't really like the direction Trillian was headed and Pidgin seemed competent in the fashions I needed it to be.
Now, one of the reasons I moved away from Trillian was its insistence on using client-side storage for list data. I much prefer leaving the server-side copies intact and correct so that if I need to switch clients or spaces I'm covered. But therein lies my current issue - where Trillian would inform me of contacts missing from the server list by marking them orphaned and keeping them on my list anyway, Pidgin silently deletes them. This thoroughly unsatisfactory result has naturally persuaded me to look into solutions.
I think what I've come up with is fair but awkward. I'll be creating a new AIM name shortly onto which all the folks I'm more loosely connected will sit. Now, this is not a very concerning change - I'll keep both accounts online and active, either will be publicly reachable so no change will be otherwise noticed, but it does mean anyone that (god forbid) added me to their permit list will need to add the secondary account as well. It also means I may be IMing from the secondary account on occasion as there's no smooth way to just use it as an online indicator.
So that's that. In other news, the Orange Box easily represents the best value in gaming right now. Portal is genius. If you've mulled over the concept and wondered to yourself how such a thing could be so heavily lauded, all you need to know is that the game is not merely its play mecanic but also its environment. It is a very well designed, enjoyable comedy-sci-fi-horror thing of sorts. And in every respect, at every turn you'll find yourself surprised at the dialog and the characters. All I have to say having concluded the game is that I want a stuffed companion cube, and I want it now.
Oh, and episode 2 was pretty good. You should play it.
Finally, I've ordered a Mini Cooper S. I actually ordered it back in September. I've always had a thing for the way minis look - how cute they are, go fig - and really ought to have done this months ago. But regardless, this is what I've set myself up for. My one complaint having looked so heavily into the mini is that certain elements feel very plasticish. Toyish, almost. So I was shopping for cars this weekend when I found a loaded 2007 4-door GTI for $26. It's a HELL of a buy. I passed it up. And I sorta regret the decision - the GTI has more space, is definitely more practical, easier to drive... But I want the mini, so I ultimately came to the realization that if I didn't get the mini, I would be forever regarding the GTI as my second choice. This means waiting till January. Alas.
I think that's about it for now. Catch ya later, cats.
Now, one of the reasons I moved away from Trillian was its insistence on using client-side storage for list data. I much prefer leaving the server-side copies intact and correct so that if I need to switch clients or spaces I'm covered. But therein lies my current issue - where Trillian would inform me of contacts missing from the server list by marking them orphaned and keeping them on my list anyway, Pidgin silently deletes them. This thoroughly unsatisfactory result has naturally persuaded me to look into solutions.
I think what I've come up with is fair but awkward. I'll be creating a new AIM name shortly onto which all the folks I'm more loosely connected will sit. Now, this is not a very concerning change - I'll keep both accounts online and active, either will be publicly reachable so no change will be otherwise noticed, but it does mean anyone that (god forbid) added me to their permit list will need to add the secondary account as well. It also means I may be IMing from the secondary account on occasion as there's no smooth way to just use it as an online indicator.
So that's that. In other news, the Orange Box easily represents the best value in gaming right now. Portal is genius. If you've mulled over the concept and wondered to yourself how such a thing could be so heavily lauded, all you need to know is that the game is not merely its play mecanic but also its environment. It is a very well designed, enjoyable comedy-sci-fi-horror thing of sorts. And in every respect, at every turn you'll find yourself surprised at the dialog and the characters. All I have to say having concluded the game is that I want a stuffed companion cube, and I want it now.
Oh, and episode 2 was pretty good. You should play it.
Finally, I've ordered a Mini Cooper S. I actually ordered it back in September. I've always had a thing for the way minis look - how cute they are, go fig - and really ought to have done this months ago. But regardless, this is what I've set myself up for. My one complaint having looked so heavily into the mini is that certain elements feel very plasticish. Toyish, almost. So I was shopping for cars this weekend when I found a loaded 2007 4-door GTI for $26. It's a HELL of a buy. I passed it up. And I sorta regret the decision - the GTI has more space, is definitely more practical, easier to drive... But I want the mini, so I ultimately came to the realization that if I didn't get the mini, I would be forever regarding the GTI as my second choice. This means waiting till January. Alas.
I think that's about it for now. Catch ya later, cats.