11.04
Wow – that was a hectic two weeks, and two especially hectic days. I have installed Windows 7 nearly two weeks ago now, pretty much got it to the state I want it in now, using RocketDock as a sort-of sidebar – hiding when I do not need it, appearing when I do – wonderful little application. I have realised one memory gobbler happens to be SpyBot S&D’s TeaTimer (the resident shield protecting my system) – shame really.
Only yesterday did I want to start getting into PHP but needed a local development environment – while I could have easily used XAMPP or WAMP servers, I wanted… if not insisted on getting my hands dirty and going with the full Apache, PHP and MySQL install each one being separate. Certainly an interesting experience – would have helped if I had read the PHP website instructions much earlier, that caused some tiny headaches. But all is well and it works wonderfully!
Then this morning I take a quick glance at my room (I normally avoid doing so), noticing piles of clothes, a rather dusty and crumb-scattered desk – plus paper which has been on my floor far too long. I end up cleaning the whole lot, not quite done but now its just an issue of putting stuff where it belongs.
I forgot to mention my wonderful new keyboard, the Saitek Eclipse II – being one of the cheaper and basic options for the Eclipse range, my z-board had broken (one key had stopped functioning, the connection on the membrane had broken). There are a few issues with it, such as the right-arrow key not working mid-press… I hardly use it anyway, and I just have to tap it harder if it doesn’t work.
So all-in-all a pretty busy time – looking forward to Left 4 Dead 2 later this month (I have been sceptical about it, but the preview demo has given me some assurances about characters and quality (and fun)). New computer case for Christmas, rearranging my desk for that and for a slight change – fun times!
I’m currently working on my own personal little library for PHP, I haven’t touched it in far too long amount of time – I’ve also had project ideas so going to be quite busy if gaming doesn’t have anything to say about that (and it probably will to some degree).