new computer in progress

[heresluck]

So I've been obsessing about The New Computer (or rather the possibility of The New Computer) for over a year now. The New Computer has been a pipe dream of mine since about six weeks after I started vidding (nearly four years ago), but it's only in the last year that I've gotten serious about planning, largely because up until that point saving

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[vrya]

g'awww, you're making me all nostalgic for when I ordered all my parts from New Egg last... um, I guess it was more than a year now, say 16 months ago? something like that. Good times! I will enjoy vicareous computer goodness on your behalf ;-)

[heresluck]

Good times indeed! Your foray into computer assembly inspired me -- it seemed magical to me at the time, and now I'm getting ready to do it myself. (Next thing you know I'll be knitting sweaters...) I love knowing geeky women. *g*

[vrya]

hee, hee, next thing we know *I'll* be knitting sweaters! I actually have my first cast-on right now (this one, to be assembled sans bow!), having never knitted anything more complicated than a scarf before. This one, being basically a straight tube, should hopefully not be too much more taxing. As for the computer build, I was honestly amazed by how smoothly it went. Partly because of the excellent guide I bought from amazon, partly because if you're careful when you're buying to get compatable parts, it's a lot harder to screw up in the assembly stage, and partly because it's just not that much harder than assembling legos really, it's just the omigodthistinylittlethingcostmehundredsofdollars freak-out that can unnerve you to the point of clumsiness. Anyway, having had such a good experience, I don't think I'll ever buy a dell again... I mean, they don't even offer swirly chaning color fans at all!

[heresluck]

Yeah, I know you mostly crochet rather than knit, but I draw the line at crocheting. Too girly for me. *g*

I picked up a Build Your Own Computer!!! issue of some computer geek magazine last spring, which helped me put together a checklist ("note to self: do not forget CPU"), start figuring out compatible parts, etc. (Crucial's memory guide is great, too -- the RAM compatibility was the thing I was having most trouble with.) And yeah, I imagine I'll have to do some sort of zen meditation to prepare for actually dropping the chipset onto the motherboard, but hey, I just started taking yoga, so clearly the time is right...

[dualbunny]

::is excited for you::

Yay for good deals, and man oh man, picking out computer parts is way more exciting than it should be. So easy to lose an evening planning the next one. ;D

[heresluck]

An evening? An evening? Try months of my life.

Mmm, computers. Yummy.

[dualbunny]

Well, some of us try to exercise some control when we have perfectly good machines sitting in front of us. But new ones! ::dreamy sigh::

[faith_delivers]

Oh man oh man.

First off, you rock for having the guts to ASSEMBLE YOUR OWN COMPUTER. I think that is very hard core. You were truly a geek before, and now you are like unto at *least* a minor geek deity.

And secondly, I cannot wait to see more of your vids. The LOTR one. And the Serenity one. And all the others, too. Can we safely assume that VividCon will not have to languish without a vid from you, this coming year?

[heresluck]

I love that along with dragging you into Firefly I managed to drag you at least partway into vidding as well. *g*

You know, a few years ago assembling my own computer would have seemed impossible. But now... I've upgraded my current machine so many times that practically the only thing I haven't done is replace the motherboard and chipset. I've pretty much (re)built this system; I just didn't do it all at once. Doing it in a case that was actually *designed* for this is going to be so easy by comparison.

And yeah, if I have my way there'll be at least one new vid from me at VVC. Whee!

[faith_delivers]

Well, you see, I tried my hand at vidding, enjoyed it thoroughly, was incredibly flattered that you watched it several times and *wanted* to talk to me about what I did... and have decided to leave it to the experts.

Except that whenever I hear "Wicked Game" by Chris Isaak, I want to vid B/A *SO BADLY*. It's even all story-boarded in my head!

Anywho:

1) I love your icon. It is so very shiny.

2) Your advisor who teaches 215 and I are becoming fast friends. It's sort of weird, but also kind of fun. In fact, I saw him (and his wife) outside my apartment one day not so long ago, walking their dogs. Talk about a parallel universe - he was *scruffy*!!! Close Encounters, oh yes.

3) I miss you! I wish I could hang out with you in the Rathskeller and drink beer while you drink Sprecher's or eat icecream. That would be nice.

4) You may have had practice in mucking about with computer-innards, but I think putting together your own comp qualifies you for "genius mechanic" status yourself. 5) I hope work is going well

[heresluck]

1) Kaylee IS shiny. Yay!

2) That is a parallel universe I do not want to visit. However, it is vaguely reassuring to know that my former advisor's dyke fetish continues unabated.

3) Right back atcha. I may be in town for Thanksgiving; are you and L going to be around, or are you putting in family time?

4) Don't I wish. Although I did successfully install a new digital thermostat a few weeks ago, which required getting special tools, which meant getting a bigger toolbox. When I finally buy a house, I have a feeling my butch points are going to go through the freakin' roof.

5) It is! Mostly. When I'm not procrastinating like the lazy bitch I basically am.

And I hope you're keeping it together yourself. I don't envy you your Old Norse. *g*

[valancy]

You like the sound of that? WE like the sound of that!!! *confetti*!!!!!!!

[heresluck]

Yay, vidding! Buffy and Firefly and Farscape, oh my!

[laurashapiro]

W00t!!!

[heresluck]

I couldn't agree more. Mmm, Farscape vids!

[laurashapiro]

::salivates in anticipation::