Oops.

Last night, I wanted to look at my Tau codex to review paint schemes and detail ideas. The book was nowhere to be found. Wasn't in the bag I took to Olathe last week, wasn't on my shelves, wasn't in any of the normal places - or even most of the abnormal places - where I leave books that I've been reading. I had to have been searching for it for over a half-hour. Maybe I left it at the store, in which case I need to drop a line to Anthony (the guy that invited me out) and have him ask around to see if anyone's found it.

Suddenly, I get an odd idea. "It's a really silly place to look," I think, "and there's no way it'll be there... but so far, it's not anywhere else." So I take the lid off of the covered trashcan in my office.

There, hiding in a stack of papers that got dumped, is my Tau codex. Almost lost forever because I got a bit overzealous and unattentive when cleaning. Thankfully, it has been rescued and returned to service.

Vital signs are looking weak...

I think my computer is starting to die. It's just been showing signs lately - USB support getting twitchy, drives occasionally not detecting properly, spots of sluggishness that shouldn't be there. I was hoping to get another 10 to 12 months out of him, but I think I may need to move up that time table significantly.

Computer issue resolved

A new computer has been ordered. I'm replacing my desktop system with a Dell M1730 XPS laptop. 2.5 GHz Core 2 Duo, 4 GB of memory, GeForce 8700M video, 200 GB 7200 RPM hard drive, 8x DVD burner, AEGIA PhysX accelerator, and so on. Much more power in a much smaller package. I'll be able to retire my mid-tower system and conserve space in the office.

Z and I will also both be able to be computing together in the living room. The freedom of having two laptops will really be nice. I'll also be able to take my laptop over to Dan and Richard's on Monday nights. It's a win-win situation.