Tools Of The Trade?

In October, just before NaNo began, I did a little Q&A. One question was about what I use to write: my answer was that I use OpenOffice Writer because I find a lot of programs have a lot of bloat.

I have tried a lot of stuff since I started writing novels (such as yWriter) but it just had too much. For every thing I felt I could use, there were ten things I did not need. I just wanted something where I could bullet point my characters and the like.

I’m Out Of Lives

It seems all I am blogging about here is computer trouble, and neglecting it for everything else. I have been posting somewhat regularly at On The Nightstand though. This is not me apologising for not blogging, as this post has an actual point to it. My laptop has used up another life, and it’s choking [...]

Utterly Frustrated

You know how I have been having a bit of computer trouble lately? And by “a bit” I mean “my computer is an utter zombie, except not nearly as awesome”? You get three guesses, and the first two don’t count. Yeah, it’s being a pain in the rear again. This time my user profile is [...]

And So We Wait… For Sims

A friend of mine got for her birthday this week a pre-order thing for the upcoming Sims 3 game. And as you can imagine I am more than a little jealous. Unfortunately my computer is made of suck, and even if it weren’t a zombie that only half-worked it is still nowhere near powerful enough [...]

Good News, Everybody!

I have invented a machine that makes you hear the title of this post in the voice of Professor Farnsworth from Futurama. No, wait. That’s not it. The good news is that my computer has been resurrected as a zombie. No, not as a vampire, which is a case of being both cursed with awesome [...]