Gardens of Aiur http://tmanime.com/gardens/ en-US Copyright 2008 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:57:26 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Memory test on the GamingPC
Before I do that, though, I mean to buy another new hard drive to install it upon. That drive in there that holds the Windows installation is only like 10GB. ]]> http://tmanime.com/gardens/2008/03/memory-test-on-the-gamingpc.html http://tmanime.com/gardens/2008/03/memory-test-on-the-gamingpc.html Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:57:26 -0600 G3 work...
Well, this morning I decided to go ahead and give the B&W G3 a little dusting out. Cat hair and what not can build up quite quickly in this house. It was a simple enough procedure and I finished in good time.

I once again looked at the large copper heatsink with doubt, as I always do. There were several reasons why I didn't particulary like it. One, it was heavy. Not too heavy but just enogh that I worried about it. Secondly, the custom made clip for it never really held it on tightly. Third, the bottom part, that contacts the chip, was very 'unfinished' in that it wasn't nice and smooth.

I decided to use a smaller copper heatsink that I now had avaliable to replace it. The smaller one, although not possessing the fins and surface area of the current, would be more than sufficient for the task. Plus, as I found out while installling it, the clip holds it on very tightly without any play in there.

You could say that the stock aluminum heatsink was more than enough. I mean, the G3s/750s don't put out a lot of heat themselves. I just like 'upgrading' my 'ole G3. More cooling never hurts.
]]> http://tmanime.com/gardens/2008/03/g3-work.html http://tmanime.com/gardens/2008/03/g3-work.html Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:55:39 -0600 Teh Knock... The Knock. It is still there. It seems that either the Seafoam didn't do anything or else something else didn't go right. Figures.

I think that whatever is wrong is beyond my ability to fix. There should have been a lot of smoke coming out of the exhaust when we used that Seafoam. I don't know why there wasn't.

This has just been a week of epic failures. Nice.

]]> http://tmanime.com/gardens/2008/03/teh-knock.html http://tmanime.com/gardens/2008/03/teh-knock.html Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:08:18 -0600 Update... http://tmanime.com/gardens/2008/03/update-2.html http://tmanime.com/gardens/2008/03/update-2.html Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:14:54 -0600 New Blog address...    The new Gardens of Aiur is located at Gardens.serveblog.net. Be sure to stop by and post here on how responsive it was, eh?

]]> http://tmanime.com/gardens/2007/12/new-blog-address.html http://tmanime.com/gardens/2007/12/new-blog-address.html Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:01:02 -0600 Server Lease cancellation...    To just let everyone that uses this server know, I'm going to begin the cancellation process on the 12th or 13th of this month. I've already downloaded the latest site backup, but it is only for September. Any changes made since then would not be backed up, obviously. So, I would suggest getting anything you absolutely need off before then.

]]> http://tmanime.com/gardens/2007/12/server-lease-cancellation.html http://tmanime.com/gardens/2007/12/server-lease-cancellation.html Internet Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:04:41 -0600 New Gardens of Aiur...    The new Gardens of Aiur is coming along nicely. It feels nice to be hosting it off of the G3 Server. There is a certain nostalgic charm to be using MacHTTP running under Mac OS 9. Plus, writing all the necessary CGIs in Applescript is quite fun. Mind you, Applescript isn't really obselete since it is still developed for OS X. Still, that's the only real way to do some of the more dynamic things on this server.
   More good news is that the new layout doesn't use tables to do the layout. It's almost pure CSS/XHTML. It doesn't look half bad either.

]]> http://tmanime.com/gardens/2007/12/new-gardens-of-aiur.html http://tmanime.com/gardens/2007/12/new-gardens-of-aiur.html Internet Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:27:19 -0600 Note 36    Thinking about things...]]> http://tmanime.com/gardens/2007/11/note-36.html http://tmanime.com/gardens/2007/11/note-36.html Life Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:57:51 -0600 My house...    I do remember the first few weeks/days where I had my house just the way I wanted it. Empty of anyone except for me. Those were the good days. Yep, just me. Nice.
   It sucks getting what you want and then losing it not long after. That's what I get for being nice, I suppose. Figures. I need to learn to more mean/assertive.

]]> http://tmanime.com/gardens/2007/11/my-house.html http://tmanime.com/gardens/2007/11/my-house.html Life Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:16:20 -0600 Note 35    Nuthin' much...]]> http://tmanime.com/gardens/2007/11/note-35.html http://tmanime.com/gardens/2007/11/note-35.html Life Sat, 24 Nov 2007 10:57:20 -0600 Note 34    Changin' my Stang's rear brakes...]]> http://tmanime.com/gardens/2007/11/note-34.html http://tmanime.com/gardens/2007/11/note-34.html Car Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:14:21 -0600 New wallpaper...    I have a new wallpaper for you. Well, to be honest, I made it some time ago just for myself. I felt it has been a while since I have last released a wallpaper. So, here you go.
   This particular picture was inspired by the last banner/background theme for the Gardens. You know, the feathers and the light rays and whatnot. I think that it is quite spiffy. Plus, it is entirely green.

You will find it in the Abstract section of the Wallpaper Gallery menu on the right side of this page.]]> http://tmanime.com/gardens/2007/11/new-wallpaper-2.html http://tmanime.com/gardens/2007/11/new-wallpaper-2.html Wallpapers Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:17:16 -0600 Note 33    Gettin' down to business (again)...]]> http://tmanime.com/gardens/2007/11/note-33.html http://tmanime.com/gardens/2007/11/note-33.html Life Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:27:11 -0600 Thoughts on this site/server...    I've been thinking about things lately. For one, I realized I'm paying $10 a month to essentially have a blog (the server fee). Sadly, this took a while to dawn on me.
   I've decided with the low level of traffic my blog actually gets, my server here in the house should be able to handle it quite well. I may actually be upgrading my server to a 1.4GHz Celeron-based machine that should be able to handle even better. All in good time, though. There is no rush.
   The reason that I've been thinking about this is Netflix. Right now, I'm at the lowest type of account, 1-at-a-time. I want to move up to the one I used to have and have a little bit of money freed up. Since I have no other 'optional' bills, the point of having this server has come into question. With that money released, I could even move up to the 2-at-a-time service. I have no reason to go up to that, though. There is no point.

]]> http://tmanime.com/gardens/2007/11/thoughts-on-this-siteserver.html http://tmanime.com/gardens/2007/11/thoughts-on-this-siteserver.html Internet Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:35:46 -0600 Avernum 5 released...    I checked on Spiderweb Software's site this morning to find out that they have released Avernum 5 right on time. I haven't yet played even a small bit yet but I do plan to soon. As always, I don't doubt that it is going to be fun.
   Now I just have to manage to save up some money to register it.

]]> http://tmanime.com/gardens/2007/11/avernum-5-released.html http://tmanime.com/gardens/2007/11/avernum-5-released.html Video Games Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:57:31 -0600