Received an e-mail stating the computer shipped Thursday! It should arrive at my mother's Friday (they would only ship to the billing address) and the plan is for her to ship it immediately to me. I could very well have it this weekend and start reinstalling everything...so I should be back in business soon!
I appreciate everybody's patience (including my own, LOL) during this lull period. Having no system and my entire routine turned upside down was more than stressful...and I particularly appreciate all the Patreon patrons for their patience and continued support. THANK YOU EVERYBODY!
Friday, October 30, 2015
Monday, October 19, 2015
Good news!
God I love my mom...more than ever now...because she has offered to lend me the money for a new computer!
I did not go hog-wild, but it still is a nicer system than what I had:
Woot, thanks mom! ;)
I did not go hog-wild, but it still is a nicer system than what I had:
- CYBERPOWERPC X-Titan 200 Full Tower Gaming Case w/ USB 3.0, Fan Control, EZ Swap HDD Dock, Side Panel Window (Black Color)
- 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (BLACK COLOR)
- Intel(R) Core™ i7-6700K 4.00GHZ 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1151 (Skylake)
- Maximum Enermax Twister Pressure 120MM PWM Cooling Fans (Maximum Performance Operation) (500-1,800 RPM High Static Pressure PWM Case Fan w/ Adjustable Peak Speed Function (FA-204-207))
- Corsair Hydro H100i GTX 240mm Liquid CPU Cooling System w/ Copper Cold Plate + Extreme Cooling Performance (4 x Enermax Twister Pressure 120MM Fans (Push-Pull))
- 512GB Sandisk X300 SSD + 4TB SATA III Hard Drive Combo
- 32GB (8GBx4) DDR4/2800MHz Dual Channel Memory (GSKILL Ripjaws V)
- ASUS Z170-PRO GAMING ATX w/ USB 3.1, 3 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 1 SATA Express, 4 SATA3, 1 Ultra M.2
- 850 Watts - Corsair CSM Series CS850M 80 Plus Gold Certified Modular Ultra Quiet Power Supply
- EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Hybrid 6GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16
- Acer XB270HU bprz 27-inch WQHD NVIDIA G-SYNC Monitor (2560 x 1440)
Woot, thanks mom! ;)
Sunday, October 18, 2015
Update 10/18/2105...
So the bottom line with my computer is it is either the CPU or the motherboard is fried. Either way, it pretty much means a new computer. I've been meaning to upgrade my video cards--that's actually one of the goals of my Patreon page. However, that being said, all the money will now be going towards a new system.
Pricing out what I want, which is not high end but is better than what I had in order to do my 3D graphics, I'm looking around $2500. I don't HAVE that much money right now, hehehe, so it may take up through next year to get it, but that's my new goal. I'll be changing my Patreon page to that particular goal as well.
I spent all day Saturday trying to get my computer working, and after swapping out memory, power supplies, video cards, etc., I was able to narrow it down to either the CPU or motherboard. Not sure exactly how I FUBAR'd up, but something didn't go back the way it was when I started cleanings things up last week, and now I'm paying for it. It's nothing I haven't done a 1000 times before, but this was why I stopped building my own systems, I troubleshoot servers and people's computers all week, the last thing I want to do is work on my own :(
I'm running off my laptop now. I've moved it and connected my monitor, mouse, and keyboard in my home office, so things at least 'feel' close to normal. The screen is a bit fuzzy due to a craptastic video card, but it can't be helped. At least I'll be able to start writing once again. And now that I'm back connected to my network, I can get back to things.
One that front, I woke up Friday morning at 2 am with an idea, and sat down and wrote until it was time for work, so there will be a new story hitting the "Secondary Story" slot replacing "What's in a Name." Again, the secondary story is something I'll dabble with when I only have an hour or less to write, but lately that seems to be the way things have been, so the secondary story has gotten quite a bit of attention.
This new story still needs a title, but currently the working title is "Good Girl Gone Bad." It's about a couple who's been together for 5 years and start to realize things are becoming too mundane in their relationship. They plan on moving in together to try and spice up their life, and while moving, the boyfriend starts to have fantasies about his girlfriend fooling around with other men. Surprised at his reaction, and turned on by it herself, she teases his friends who are helping him move, one of which is a jock type (sort of a young Mr. DeWight, hehehe).
I've almost been tempted to make this an "early Lapdancing Girlfriend" story, but right now it's a separate story standing on its own merit. Time will tell what I do with it. If I DO make this sort of an "early Lapdancing" story, I'll have to change things around a bit for both this and Lapdancing Girlfriend so they synch up better...but again, that's only a remote possibility.
Anyways, that's what's going on this week. Now that things are somewhat back to normal, my plan is to focus on Lifeguard again and try to get it down by Thanksgiving. We'll see how work and real life go...but since 3D graphics are now out of the picture (no pun intended) for a bit, all I have is the writing...
Pricing out what I want, which is not high end but is better than what I had in order to do my 3D graphics, I'm looking around $2500. I don't HAVE that much money right now, hehehe, so it may take up through next year to get it, but that's my new goal. I'll be changing my Patreon page to that particular goal as well.
I spent all day Saturday trying to get my computer working, and after swapping out memory, power supplies, video cards, etc., I was able to narrow it down to either the CPU or motherboard. Not sure exactly how I FUBAR'd up, but something didn't go back the way it was when I started cleanings things up last week, and now I'm paying for it. It's nothing I haven't done a 1000 times before, but this was why I stopped building my own systems, I troubleshoot servers and people's computers all week, the last thing I want to do is work on my own :(
I'm running off my laptop now. I've moved it and connected my monitor, mouse, and keyboard in my home office, so things at least 'feel' close to normal. The screen is a bit fuzzy due to a craptastic video card, but it can't be helped. At least I'll be able to start writing once again. And now that I'm back connected to my network, I can get back to things.
One that front, I woke up Friday morning at 2 am with an idea, and sat down and wrote until it was time for work, so there will be a new story hitting the "Secondary Story" slot replacing "What's in a Name." Again, the secondary story is something I'll dabble with when I only have an hour or less to write, but lately that seems to be the way things have been, so the secondary story has gotten quite a bit of attention.
This new story still needs a title, but currently the working title is "Good Girl Gone Bad." It's about a couple who's been together for 5 years and start to realize things are becoming too mundane in their relationship. They plan on moving in together to try and spice up their life, and while moving, the boyfriend starts to have fantasies about his girlfriend fooling around with other men. Surprised at his reaction, and turned on by it herself, she teases his friends who are helping him move, one of which is a jock type (sort of a young Mr. DeWight, hehehe).
I've almost been tempted to make this an "early Lapdancing Girlfriend" story, but right now it's a separate story standing on its own merit. Time will tell what I do with it. If I DO make this sort of an "early Lapdancing" story, I'll have to change things around a bit for both this and Lapdancing Girlfriend so they synch up better...but again, that's only a remote possibility.
Anyways, that's what's going on this week. Now that things are somewhat back to normal, my plan is to focus on Lifeguard again and try to get it down by Thanksgiving. We'll see how work and real life go...but since 3D graphics are now out of the picture (no pun intended) for a bit, all I have is the writing...
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Update 10/13/2015...
So not so great news...my computer died Sunday and I've spent all day Sunday and Monday trying to get it back up and working.
It has been overheating lately when I do my 3D Graphic renders, so I took it apart and blew out all the dust bunnies and whatnot out of it (having 2 cats, the insides can get really bad). But when I put it back together, it never even booted...power came on, fans spun, but the motherboard had a CPU Warning light on the entire time and would never even get to the POST or BIOS splash screen.
I've taken it apart and put it back together again, the Best Buy Geek Squad took it apart and put it back together again, I've reset the BIOS. Tonight when I get home I'll take it apart again and test out the Power Supply... I'm running out of options before I reach the decision of a new system, although I really can't afford one...but one thing at a time.
Needless to say, I didn't get any writing done this weekend. I was out of town Saturday, and not having a computer for two days put me into a rather caustic mood...
Hopefully better news tonight or tomorrow :(
It has been overheating lately when I do my 3D Graphic renders, so I took it apart and blew out all the dust bunnies and whatnot out of it (having 2 cats, the insides can get really bad). But when I put it back together, it never even booted...power came on, fans spun, but the motherboard had a CPU Warning light on the entire time and would never even get to the POST or BIOS splash screen.
I've taken it apart and put it back together again, the Best Buy Geek Squad took it apart and put it back together again, I've reset the BIOS. Tonight when I get home I'll take it apart again and test out the Power Supply... I'm running out of options before I reach the decision of a new system, although I really can't afford one...but one thing at a time.
Needless to say, I didn't get any writing done this weekend. I was out of town Saturday, and not having a computer for two days put me into a rather caustic mood...
Hopefully better news tonight or tomorrow :(
Monday, October 5, 2015
Patreon Dropbox permissions updated for October
First, thank you EVERYBODY for your Patreon patronage! It has meant a lot and although I cannot account for real life issues interfering with writing, I have had added incentive through everybody's support!
I've updated the Dropbox folders based upon October's support tiers, so apologize for the additional spam of getting access to all the folders, but the easiest way is to simply remove all access and re-add everybody based upon their tiers. It helps me sort out those who raised/lower or even dropped/added their support over the last month.
Let me know if you cannot access a folder that you think you should!
And again, thank you!
I've updated the Dropbox folders based upon October's support tiers, so apologize for the additional spam of getting access to all the folders, but the easiest way is to simply remove all access and re-add everybody based upon their tiers. It helps me sort out those who raised/lower or even dropped/added their support over the last month.
Let me know if you cannot access a folder that you think you should!
And again, thank you!
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