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WestofHouse

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  1. I've come full circle. I'm so done with apps. Nice to be using programs again.

  2. Daughter: "How many movies are there of Star Wars??" Me: "Just three."

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    2. Reaperman

      Reaperman

      just one, starring Wilford Brimley.

    3. Bryan

      Bryan

      I think there were 3 fan-fiction movies a few years ago.

    4. Shawn

      Shawn

      3 and a holiday special :P

  3. Why has it taken me 17 years to realize I hate JRPGs? I've just kept buying them, only to dislike every single one.

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    2. Bakasama

      Bakasama

      You got tired of very linear gameplay and the lack of exploring the map.

    3. DoctorTom

      DoctorTom

      I loved FF6 (my first JRPG) and therefore believed I liked the genre more than I do. Got through most of Chrono Trigger, which was OK, with some fine moments. And now I have no interest in JRPGs at all. Games like Final Fantasy Tactics are more interesting imho, but even those I don't play anymore.

    4. Flojomojo

      Flojomojo

      I generally like the progression and story development, but MAN the genre encourages overly long time to completion and WAY to much repetition.

  4. Anyone know the current exchange rate of zorkmid to bitcoin?

  5. RIP Bob Casale. Are we not men?

  6. Whadda you wanna do with your liiiife?

  7. This is my...fooooour leaf clove-ahhhhhh.

    1. sega_SHARK

      sega_SHARK

      Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmmmmmmeee Fliiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeessss.

    2. Random Terrain

      Random Terrain

      I hate time flies. They're always causing tiny temporal rifts.

  8. Only the lonely can play.

    1. Bakasama

      Bakasama

      I take it you're fan of The Motels

    2. retrorussell

      retrorussell

      It's like I told you!

  9. I'm reading about Atari 8-bit stuff, listening to Devo, and the Broncos got blown out in the Super Bowl. It's the '80s all over again!

    1. MAC-42

      MAC-42

      Sounds like a typical day at my house. Well, I mean, maybe it would be Thomas Dolby or Simple Minds, but....

    2. WestofHouse

      WestofHouse

      Both of those are good choices, too. I'm often tuned to Slacker Radio's '80s Hits channel.

  10. One minute I'm in the Christmas spirit and the next I find it all completely depressing. I think I'm binorthpolar

    1. Random Terrain

      Random Terrain

      A fat guy in a funny red suit is going to break into your house and eat your cookies. That would make anyone depressed.

  11. Captain America > Batman. But Robin > Bucky.

  12. You know what's really interesting about the Royal baby? Nothing.

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    2. Random Terrain

      Random Terrain

      Yeah, and they feed it royal jelly.

    3. Stephen

      Stephen

      Same thing that's interesting about anybody else's baby. Absolutely nothing.

    4. frankodragon

      frankodragon

      Its poop is going to stink bad like every other baby.

  13. I love when people try to place some cosmic significance on a computer malfunction. "I don't know WHY or HOW, but my scanner stopped working." Sigh. #IT

    1. Fushek

      Fushek

      It was predestined from the beginning of time.

  14. Friend of mine just found 3 sealed boxes of 2S/2D floppies with an unused disk case at Goodwill. $4 for the lot. Score.

    1. Ransom
    2. S1500

      S1500

      Remember finding my sealed 5.25 box at a thrift store as well. a good score indeed.

    3. 20ohm20

      20ohm20

      I found 20 still sealed boxes of Maxell 2S/2D 5.25 floppies at a thirft store in Roanoke, VA last summer for $2.99/box. I bought all of them and brought them home in my checked luggage.

  15. GRUMBLEGRUMBLEGRUMBLE Daylight Saving Time GRUMBLEGRUMBLE

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    2. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      It takes me a few days to get acclimated to the new schedule, too. I'm still walking around bleary-eyed.

    3. SoulBlazer

      SoulBlazer

      Really? I never have a issue with it. I stay up past 3 AM on Sat anyway.

    4. Bentley Bear!

      Bentley Bear!

      *offers monster bait to pass* Oh wait, this isn't The Legend of Zelda!?!? D0h!!!

  16. Is has been 25 years or more since I wrote a line of BASIC. I'm refreshing my memory now.

  17. Last night I watched Blue Thunder on cable. This morning I formatted a single density floppy and copied DOS 2.5 files to it so I'd have a backup. Did 1985 actually happen?

  18. Just introduced my 7yo daughter, a Wii expert, to Pac-man on my 800XL. "That looks hard."

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    2. atari2600land

      atari2600land

      She's right. It is hard.

    3. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      Kids nowadays don't get that games are SUPPOSED to be brutally hard; that's what keeps you coming back. Easy games quickly get boring.

    4. jmetal88

      jmetal88

      Haha, well, Pac-Man honestly is a lot harder than most people suspect. One of my friends had a party recently with a Namco Plug-and-Play console hooked up to the TV. I played about four games of Pac-Man, and got a rather low high score of around 15,000 (I can get around 20,000 on my 5200 after a few casual rounds). Everyone else who played that night gave up before they got very close to the 15,000 points.

  19. "Paul, my scanner doesn't work." Me: /flips power switch. Amazing but true IT stories.

    1. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      Here's one from my files: after making a long road trip to install a new computer for a customer, he calls to say that his monitor "won't light up." I drive all the way back and discover that the "Monitor" switch in his under-monitor power center was switched off.

    2. WestofHouse

      WestofHouse

      IT: We have more facepalms before 9 a.m. than most people have all day.

    3. DerangedHermit

      DerangedHermit

      Where's the any key????

       

  20. Only thing better than finding Star Wars puzzles from childhood is building them with my daughter, a new SW fan. http://t.co/iNPVgqdV

    1. Stephen
    2. Fushek

      Fushek

      I'm jealous, by a cruel stroke of fate, my kids dislike Star Wars. *sigh*

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