New Computer "Christened"

A new ship gets "christened" with champagne.  My new computers get christened with games.

My new computer is now officially mine.

Over my vacation, I completed its first Civilization IV game, and its first Heroes of Might and Magic III game. 


No computer of mine could truly be mine until it had served me as a platform for that pair.


How did I do?  I was satisfied. I scored well enough on the Civ IV game to be graded as a Julius Caesar. 

And the HoMM3 game was decent.  I didn't over-think and wait too terribly long to wipe out my final opponent - I even left a city open to draw him out of the shroud of war so I could find him.  I did, however, find the Grail, which means I found all of the obelisks - this typically means I took long enough not to score well.  Still, I did not have Town Portal to gather my troops, so all in all, it was a good game.

And, now, the computer really feels like it's mine.

Once Diablo III comes out, this computer and I will spend a lot of time together.

Improvation and Relaxification

I mentioned that I got myself a new laptop.

In the month since, I have spent some time improvating ^[1] it to a point where it is useful.  And by "useful" I mean:

• I got our financial information off the old computer and onto the new so I can pay bills, balance banking accounts, and keep track of college payments.  Bo-Ring.  But necessary.
• I installed drivers and configurated^[1] the silly Windows 7 interface to allow myself to print to our wireless printer.  Also pretty boring, except I had never done that to my work laptop, so it is nice to have a wireless printing capability from the comfort of my La-Z-Boy.
• I installed DM Genie, and transferred both campaigns to it.  Very, very cool.
• I installed my excellent electronic toy, the Bamboo Fun tablet I bought so I could draw more maps and such for Dungeons and Dragons.
• I installed enough games to give me something to do while winding down at the end of the day: Ticket to Ride: Online, mostly.

But, in that month, I had not yet taken the time to do the most important step in relaxifying^[1] my new laptop.  I did that this weekend:

• I installed Civilization IV: Gold Edition

And thus was a weekend enhancerated.^[1]  Sherry has way more work to do than she can get done during a school week, so she has been doing hours and hours of homework each weekend.  Quiet helps her.  Mom and Dad (currently staying with us for recuperative^[1] purposes) have their quiet things to do.

Ah yes.  It was excellent.  Having Civ IV on my laptop allowed me to enjoy hours of "America takes over the world" diversosity. ^[1]

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 ^[1] I have "Wicked" on the brain today, so many of my verbs, adverbs, nouns and adjectives are being influenced by the coinification^[1] which takes place in that musical. Plus, "The Lorax" is being released, and Dr. Seuss's birthday was this week. It's no wonder convergosity^[1] is taking place in my wordifying.^[1]  But one of the words I have labeled with this superscript is, in fact, not invented.  Do you know which one?

Lappy New Gear

Yeah, so, I got this yesterday.

I opted for the solid state drive. It's so light, and quiet, without a drive spinning inside it.

First new computer for ME - my own personal use - in seven years.

ThinkPad T520.  Windows 7.

Now to install it with all the important stuff.  Heroes of Might & Magic.  Magic: Online.  Ticket to Ride.  Civilization.

Oh, yeah, and Quicken.