Freeday 4 December 1998

Turned off the alarm clock this night as I crawled to bed. Woke up at the usual time, but less tired than usual. I'm not sure I'm going to make this a habit, but it was certainly interesting. (Not that I wasn't tired. I was. But less than expected and less than usual.)
Got Settlers III today. I don't know if it will run on my machine, which is already almost a year old. Scrubbed Destiny from my hard disk to make room. Railroad Tycoon demo went too. No reason to hoard games on the disk that I don't play any longer.
Half an hour later: As suspected, the game did not run. It changed the screen resolution to one not supported by my machine, so parts of the initial controls fell outside the monitor. Among these the OK button to start the game, which would then presumably have switched to the correct screen resolution. Oh well. Good thing I didn't pay anything for it. I may choose to continue to tinker with the setup, or find something funnier to do. :)
Perhaps flaying the skin off my leg. I have an itty bitty little wound there that itches like absolute mad, to the point where I seriously think it would feel better (for a little while) if I just scraped the skin off. Aaargh! I bet you know the feeling.

Visit the Diary Farm for the diaries I've put out to pasture until they buy the farm:
November 1998