I heard you like spoilers
So it’s been nearly a month since my last post, don’t be mad, I was just being lazy taking a break. What’s changed since the last time you stalked me? Well, I reinstalled Linux on my machine, nearly crashed into the side of a car, watched the new Twilight movie, thought seriously about installing Windows on my Linux box (I know, my thoughts will be justified), started using awesome, and had a wash day (clothes, CLOTHES!).
I was using Fedora out of spite with Ubuntu with their poor justifications for moving away from GNOME in favour of Unity (and moving those buttons to the left), which was fine for a while, but then I realised I wanted bleeding edge. This was partially due to the fact that Fedora wasn’t rolling Linux 3, and partly because the Wine package in the Fedora repo was old. What rolling release could I go for do you ask? None other than Arch, of course. I still remember that night – it was 2300 and I was thinking to myself, I could just install Arch right now – yeah, let’s do that. By 0500 the next day I was done, and got 3 hours sleep before I had to go to work. I knew what I was letting myself in for in trying to install Arch, but I wasn’t expecting to go to bed much past 0200. But I digress, I don’t regret my decision. Arch is amazing, and awesome is ..well, see for yourself.
While you’re probably stuck in ‘windows‘ land, I’ve moved onto tiles. Tiles are suitable for me because they encourage you to use multiple desktops (and you don’t get fucking overlay). They encourage you to use desktops because 500 tiles on one desktop does not look pretty. Awesome also pushed me into using a lot more keyboard shortcuts. So now, instead of moving my mouse 3 miles a week, I perhaps move it 1 mile a week. You’d be surprised at how much a mouse really slows you down, especially when you consider the keyboard alternative to closing a window, or opening an application. I’ve always held that the best machines are those that have the least moving parts; well, this is one step closer for me. Here is a screenshot of my new setup – I’ve moved away from many GUI applications in favour of LUI applications, because it saves resources and makes me look like a fucking hacker =)
I suppose the next topic on the agenda is my brush with death. I was riding to work when I was cut up by a car thinking some proper illogical shit like – “Oh, there’s a cyclist, I’ll just cut across and he can cycle through the car or, something”. Hell-fucking-o? I was having none of it. I slammed on the breaks and he trotted past, with me cussing nothing other than “YOU FUCKING CUNT!”. I hope he heard, everyone else did. I suppose I should start investing in some hi-vis gear, it’s starting to get dark at night and drivers lose their shit when it gets dark at night.
I saw the new Twilight movie I thought it was cool I’m not a homosexual fuck you goodnight.
I’ve been thinking lately that I’ve got this awesome m15x and I’m not utilising the raw power. This is not because Linux sucks at gaming, but because the game designing studios don’t cater for the superior operating system. In light of this, I’m faced with the tough decision of installing this “Operating System” called Windows, and I know it’s gonna do my nut in. Before I even consider installing it, I need to squash my Linux partitions to make room for that big motherfucker called Windows 7, and this means resizing encrypted LUKS containers – well fuck me, I’ll probably need the weekend. But the payoff is potentially sweet. Battlefield 3, Skyrim, Counter Strike, Hidden, WoW, Battlefield 2, La Noire, GTA 5 (when it comes out) – jeez, their is a big payoff.. I’ll think about it.
I’m pretty liberal when it comes to clothes. I’ll wear jeans which haven’t been washed for a week (or three) because they don’t smell (that bad), and washing clothes is a fucking drag. I’ve got to the point where I’m trying to justify my blatant slobbiness, and I’ve settle with something like this: Great minds don’t have time to clean up. I know I should clean up my room, I know I should wear socks and underwear to work, and I know I should clean the dishes when I’ve finished with them (not when I need them again), but come on, I’ve *always* got better things to do. I know my escape plan, my shovel which will dig me out of this mess. One of these (Jesus fuck I’ve just seen the average price) – you see, the other reason I don’t wash clothes perhaps as much as I should is because I have no where to hang them. And when I do do a wash, the percentage of damp in the air increases by quite a magnitude – it’s not nice. So I will hold off on the house cleaning until then, until my saving grace that is the clothe rack comes in – or maybe I won’t.
Sincerely,
