Well, I'm already back to Windows. I would have stuck to Ubuntu, but I wanted to play some video games that weren't on Steam. I'll give you one guess, since it is the topic of my other blog. ;)
I got hired on for three jobs this upcoming summer, plus a few more that might go through as soon as tomorrow. I'm excited.
To top it all off, I got a royalty check from a magazine that will remain nameless due to the NDA I "signed" (electronically, anyway).
I decided to treat myself to a new keyboard. I was getting sick of the one I had, so I went out and purchased a Razer Deathstalker. (http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-keyboards-keypads/razer-deathstalker)
I figured that this would encourage me to write more, and it already inspired this post, so we are off to a good start.
I always get like that when I purchase a new peripheral keyboards even more so. I've gone through a lot of keyboards in my day. It's not that they break, or even that they are bad keyboards. I just get bored with them, and find it's a pretty easy way to spice up my computing experience. Most of the time it can be fairly inexpensive, but not this time. Even though it's not Razer's top of the line keyboard, it was still a pretty penny. I'm happy with it so far. Razer has always made quality gear, and I've been using their mice for over 10 years.
I was one of the first 100 people to buy their "Boomslang" gaming mouse (http://www.amazon.com/Razer-Boomslang-Collectors-Edition-Gaming/dp/B0010XR33I) which was back before gaming mice were even a thing. I had to wait 3 months to get it.
When that day came, I couldn't have been more excited. Not only was it my first high end piece of equipment, it was my first online purchase. Needless to say I was a little worried since back then no one had even heard of Razer and it could have quite possibly been a scam. I'm glad it wasn't. They had an anniversary edition of the Boomslang which was optical instead of a ball mouse, which I thought was awesome. I was already using and very, very happy with my Razer Naga (http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-mice/razer-naga) but I wanted to order a Boomslang for nostalgia sake. I never did, and I'm pretty upset that I didn't Oh well, ya win some, ya lose some.
So far the typing experience on the board is nothing but aces. I'm fudging a few keys, but that's only because I'm getting used to it. Not the keyboards fault! So FPS doug, stay away! (Golly I hope someone gets that reference).
I hope in the coming months this keyboard serves well as my steed into the wild blue open that is the internet.
The new website is already generating a lot of traffic. I might actually have to plunk down the money to get my own domain/hosting space so my Aunt doesn't feel the effect. Shhh, don't tell her I'm using her webspace!
It only clocks in at 12MB, so I doubt she'll notice. If everything goes according to plan, I should be posting peoples private galleries with their own unique username and password, and order prints through there.
It's still only in the planning stages, and I'm not exactly sure how I'm going to test it, but one mountain at a time.
If you're into PC gaming at all I highly recommend Razer's product. Even if you're not, they look pretty sharp sitting on your desk. You should go buy something. They glowwwwww!
I will say this, I sure am glad to have Chrome's spellcheck back. The one in Chromium for Ubuntu worked pretty well, but sometimes when I right clicked the word nothing would show up. And if it really wanted to be a pain in my ass, it would delete everything I wrote.
I had two fully written blog posts (about 500 words each) deleted because Chrome felt like being stupid. Oh well.
May the flow be with you
~s
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