torkell | Entries tagged with zork

> Inventory You have: * Web browser * Credit card > Look You have a web browser with a blank address bar and a slew of possible destinations. > Go to Google Play Store You are standing in the Google Play Store. > Buy app Certainly! Which phone do you want to send it to? > Send to friend That command is not supported. > Huh? You can only buy apps for yourself. > Leave store You have a web browser with a blank address bar and a slew of possible destinations. > Go to Steam You are standing in the Steam Web Store. > Buy app For you or for a friend? > A friend! Certainly! Here's your list of friends - who would you like to send it to? > *enters email address* That command is no longer supported. > Huh? "The gifting process has had a bunch of friction in it for a while, and we want to make it easier for you to share the games you love with friends." > What if they don't have a Steam account? "Steam Gifting will now be a system of direct exchange from gift buyer to gift receiver, and we will be retiring the Gift to E-mail and Gift to Inventory options." > Leave store You have a web browser with a blank address bar and a slew of possible destinations. > Go to Humble Bundle Store You are standing in the Humble Bundle Store. > Buy app For you or for a friend? > A friend! Certainly! We'll send you an email with a special gift link that you can give to them. > Checkout Please have your credit card ready... > Use credit card Please wait. Please wait. Please wait. Done! > _ You have mail! > Inventory You have: * Web browser * Credit card * Email (subject: Your Humble Store order is ready) > Examine email From: Humble Bundle <contact@humblebundle.com> Subject: Your Humble Store order is ready Body: Thank you for purchasing a gift from the Humble Store! Here is the unique URL for you to send to the gift's recipient... > _

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: Crush 40 - Live and Learn (Sonic Adventure 2 theme)

Well, the gearbox in my Alfa definitely doesn't like the recent cold weather - it's always been a bit stubborn selecting 1st and 2nd for the first few minutes of driving, but normally not this crotchety...

> 1st gear Erm... nope! > 1st gear Erm... nope! > 1st gear Done! > Move off Grumble, grumble, judder, grumble > Er, what gear am I in? 3rd! > Huh? > 1st gear Done! > Move off Vroom vroom! > 2nd gear Done! > Accelerate VROOOOOM! *hit 5k rpm without actually accelerating* > WTF? > What gear am I in? Neutral! > 2nd gear damnit! Done! > Accelerate Vroom vroom!

Fortunately it's a lot better behaved once the engine's started to warm up - being front wheel drive the engine and gearbox are bolted together and so it doesn't take long for the gearbox to loosen up.

Current Mood: confused
Current Music: Ultravox - Hymn

> Look You are reading a blog post. > Write comment You write the most awesomest comment evar an insightful comment (+2 ATK, -1 DEF, weak vs trolls), and sign it with your usual email address. > Submit comment Suddenly a guardian appears! The guardian is wearing the livery of WordPress.com. It recognises your email address and demands your password. > "Speak, friend, and enter"(Before anyone tells me I'm an idiot for posting them, no, these aren't my actual passwords)The guardian sneers at you, causing 1 damage. That was not the correct password. You have 5HP remaining. > "Open sesame" The guardian sneers at you, causing 1 damage. That was not the correct password. You have 4HP remaining. > "These are not the droids you are looking for" The guardian sneers at you, causing 3 damage (critical hit!). That was not the correct password. You have 1HP remaining. > "123456"? The guardian sneers at you, causing 1 damage. That was not the correct password. You have 0HP remaining and must retreat. ... You are reading a blog post. > _ Time passes. You regain some health. You have 6HP remaining. > Submit comment Suddenly a guardian appears! The guardian is wearing the livery of WordPress.com. It recognises your email address and demands your password. > Reset password The guardian knows not of this "email address" of which you speak. > Look A guardian is blocking your way. The guardian is wearing the livery of WordPress.com. It recognises your email address and demands your password. > Reset password The guardian knows not of this "email address" of which you speak. > WTF? The guardian sneers at you, causing 1 damage. That was not the correct password. You have 5HP remaining. > _

So apparently my account simultaneously does and does not exist. I'm not entirely sure why WordPress wants me to log in to post a comment anyway, especially given that using a different email address didn't need a password...

How to use mobile internet, 2007-style:

( A tale of simplicity and success )

How to use mobile internet, 2014-style:

( A tale of confusion and much fail )

Current Mood: annoyed
Current Location: Cornwall!

Alarm clock: Bingely-bingely-beep! > Buwh? Alarm clock: Bingely-bingely-beep! > Silence alarm You flail in the general direction of the alarm clock and eventually manage to hit the snooze button. The alarm clock falls silent. > Look It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. > Really? Well, ok, you can see a couple of standby LEDs so it's not completely pitch black (and so you're safe from grues). It's still too dark to make anything out. > Check time You flail in the general direction of the alarm clock and manage to hit the snooze button. The display briefly lights up. The time is 7:50 am. > Huh? The time is 7:50 am. > But sunrise is 6 am! It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. > Check time You flail in the general direction of the alarm clock and manage to hit the snooze button. The display briefly lights up. The time is 7:51 am. > Move to desk You stumble across in the dark towards the desk. > Check time You manage to find the Palm Vx serving as a desk clock and switch the backlight on. The time is 3:51 am. > Huh? The time is 3:51 am. > Sigh > Move to bed By the light of the backlight you stumble back across the room and curl up in your nice warm bed. The backlight goes out. > Reset time on alarm clock It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. > Turn light on You fumble for the bedside light and switch it on. You are momentarily blinded by the light. > Reset time on alarm clock The radio link is now disabled. The time is 3:52 am. > Turn light off It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. > Sleep ...

As to what caused this particular glitch in the Matrix, I can only guess that the alarm clock, being radio-controlled (unlike the Palm), received a flipped bit in the MSF time signal. Again.

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Bingely-bingely-beep!

So while I was at home over Christmas I picked up an old NAS that had been gathering dust (and spiders) since my dad replaced it with a newer one...

( Read more... )

Current Music: Sector Song 1 - Kinda Green ~ Chris Geehan & Dan Byrne McCul/Iji Soundtrack

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe

All mimsy were the borogoves

Entries tagged with zork

It's amazing how hard it can be to buy a app as a present for someone

That's not the gear I wanted

Schrödinger's account?

Vodafone mobile internet FAIL

Alarm clock fail

This is not the hard drive you are looking for...

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