Some Computer Notes

So as noted in the other blog Stella's computer is acting up again.  Her plan is to get a mac, which should work out.  Right now her laptop is being very odd.  Like it just booted up, and then decided it would shut off.  Its plugged into the wall, so it has power and such.  It is just odd.

Speaking of computers that just won't boot, the newer desktop is getting ready to be shipped back to Compaq for them to see if they can make it run.  They kept sending me links to solutions to get the darned thing to boot, and it continously didn't boot.  So since it is under warrenty they should be fixing it or sending me a new functioning computer.  

Now the old desktop, the one that got me through college and then stopped living this past summer, well, I have orderd a case so I can convert its old harddrive to an external harddrive so I can recover the stuff on there.  Then in the future I can order a TB internal and switch it out so that its an external.  Then there will be much storage space.  After that I will probably pull the cards I wanna keep from it and then see where I can take the rest of it so that it can be properly disposed.  

Luckily my laptop continues to function, even though it is a Vista based machine.  Though I still believe that the most computing power in the house lives in the PS3. 

I think that should wrap up these notes, I will end the post and wish you all well. 

Little Big Planet

Ok, so I rented Little Big Planet and it is a lot of fun.  I haven't really gotten to experience all of it, but the levels I've played have been really cool.  Stella played a few with me and she enjoyed it as well.  

So for now I'll keep this short, but I'll write more on it later.

The Force Unleashed

OK then...

I rented the force unleashed and have been playing it for a bit. Mostly I rented it cause I wanted to rent Little Big Planet and they didn't have any copies so I picked up this one, cause I have been curious to see how it is. However I can say that while it looks very good (amazing how they can make a video game look that good and the new clone wars movie looks like crap), the game is rather repetitive and gets dull. Basically you waltz through a level swinging your light saber randomly (cause there doesn't seem to be a good aiming system) then zapping lighting at people. Then you get to the boss where you swing your light saber and zap lighting at one guy instead of a level full of guys and the background doesn't change.

More and more I am becoming increasingly less accepting of anything new that George Lucas puts out with a Star Wars title on it. I am still willing to buy the original trilogy on Bluray provided I get the theatrical cuts, but beyond that there must be a really good reason for me to support any new Star Wars stuffs.

So yes, I've said it before, I hope I don't have to say it again, leave Star Wars be, if you take 20 years and craft a truly good story and make that a movie, I might go see it, otherwise I'll be ignoring it.