http://foampirates.com Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:39:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Morning. I've picked up WOW again. Looks like another foray into Azeroth is at hand. I've always had a desire to raid. When on Lightninghoof, I attempted to get our small group together to try our hand at Karazhan but it didn't last very long. I just don't think we had the ... http://foampirates.com/2009/10/12/gaming-and-consumerism/ Recently there was a story of a XBL user being suspended for placing her sexual preference in her XBL profile. She stated that she was a lesbian which was currently against Microsoft's Terms of Service. I am not sure the amount of people who were offended by Microsoft's actions, but ... http://foampirates.com/2009/02/27/xbox-live-and-sexuality/ KK http://foampirates.com/2008/12/23/dear-baby-jesus-nsfw-language/ I have a computer user who I would define as a "clicker". He has been known to click anything that pops up on his screen. As you can imagine, this can cause major problems for tech support. I recently got a call from his office requesting help because he could ... http://foampirates.com/2008/12/09/restoring-zip-file-default-associations-in-windows-vista/ So I purchased Fallout 3 on Valve's Steam system. www.steampowered.com When I got home, the game said it was installed and ready!!! I hit launch game, and it went into a "Updating" mode. Then said I had to wait 4 HOURS because it was downloading... something... whatever it was at ... http://foampirates.com/2008/10/28/speed-up-steam-downloads/ "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." - Karl Marx "Right now everybody is so pinched that business is bad for everybody. And, I think, when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody." - Barack Obama So I guess Obama is for the "American Dream" ... http://foampirates.com/2008/10/16/karl-marx-v20/ In following my last post, I felt the need to post this as well. I recently purchased Warhammer Online because I'm a MMO junkie. I realize I have a problem and I suppose that's the first step. After installing the game (OMG it took forever) and patching it I fired it ... http://foampirates.com/2008/10/06/nvidia-and-warhammer-online-performace-problem/ Ok, I realize that this blog has rarely been used to share troubleshooting information, but as a computer tech I feel there is some information that should be out there. I rarely find this information easily so I figure if someone happens to stumble upon this information what could it ... http://foampirates.com/2008/10/06/dell-optiplex-755-and-ghost-suite-25-problem/ I remembered my username and password to log in here. To all you WoW foozels still playing, you're in my heart. Well, the general area of where a normal person would have a heart. Okay, my shoulder, but that's close. Also, a return to WoW in the early fall is extremely unlikely. At ... http://foampirates.com/2008/08/06/holy-shit/ Yeah... KK http://foampirates.com/2008/07/23/cool-mascots/