Games for Windows Live (GfWL) and Windows 8.1
If you are: Running Windows 8.1 or 8.1 Pro Trying to log into Games for Windows Live Marketplace because you have a game that requires it (such as GTA IV), then...
Month: August 2014
Stopped by police while carrying, revisited
Prior to this past evening, I had not been pulled over since 2010 when I got nailed for speeding. At that time I did not even own a firearm. This past evening, ...
Computer build tip: External enclosures, revisiting cable management
A lot of your time in building a computer is going to go into cable management. In October 2013, I upgraded the power supply in my wife’s computer from a ...
Project Absinthe – Intermission and future plans
Well Absinthe is basically complete now. There’s not really anything left on it. Everything is installed that was planned to be, though there may be some ...
Gun confiscation
Cracked.com recently ran a series called “If Every Lie on the Internet Was True“, in which this picture was included: The lie here isn’t that ...
Project Absinthe – Part XV: It’s alive!
If you’re going to use Koolance’s coolant in your loop, don’t try using the little spigot that comes on the bottle. It’s worthless. Just...
Project Absinthe – Part XIV
For the record, trying to drain a loop that has a vertical radiator with its fittings toward the top is a pain. But that was necessary before I could pull the t...
Project Absinthe – Part XIII
Finally the day arrives that I can finish tubing out the build. The night before I made sure to get some tubing from Home Depot. In the afternoon I made sure to...
Project Absinthe – Part XII
While waiting for the overnight order to arrive, I took advantage of the fittings I did have to see if I could get tubing bent for the two runs I wanted to clea...
Project Absinthe – Part XI
Finally we come to the part of the build that I have been looking forward to for weeks: connecting the dots. The first order of business, though, wasn’t r...