Saturday 31 January 2004

Pic of the day: Fluff. Pure, hair-raising fluff. What a way to end a month!

Another day

Things are pretty good here at the Chaos Node. No big health scares at the moment. The pain in my side is once again receding. The flu seems to have forgotten me this year, and I don't miss it. There are better ways to lose weight.

I have more books than I have time to read, more anime than I care to watch, and more food than I have stomach to eat. Only my male reproductive appendage is too small, as I am reminded daily in 20 or so emails. I had no idea it was so widely known ... in fact, I haven't even depicted that area here in my .jpg diary. (That must be pretty much the only thing I haven't exposed here yet, it seems sometimes.) But I'm still the best in bed ... since I'm alone there, the competition isn't very fierce!

I'm not alone in Dark Age if Camelot though. In fact, the Keltoi dungeon has been so crowded that Boy and Bot have gone back to Salisbury Plains, where we hunt Giants, Aged Basilisks and Huge Boars. In the past, I have always moved on to either Keltoi and Tepok or Darkness Falls if it was open. I was pleasantly surprised to look through the loot and find not only some exceptional weapons but also some nifty armor. I guess I should return to Keltoi to complete our plate armor, but right now I am having fun on the Plains.

Also tried to duo with myself in Hibernia, but the lag is much worse there. The new faster machine is not expected for some days yet.

But the Pocket PC is still here. I have busily explored new features, or at least those relevant to my very non-businesslike self. Handwriting recognition, for instance. In addition to the previous handwriting system, it now accepts Palm-style (Grafitti strokes) input. I've tried it out just a little. There is a demo mode where you can choose letters from an on-screen keyboard and the machine will show you how to write them. Nifty. But I try to be careful, because my first handwriting spree on Cassie scratched the surface permanently. Not very badly, but I could still see it after 3 years. I won't do that again until I get a clear plastic foil to put on the screen. More stuff to buy! Greeeed.