New Map Thingymabob

Ok, I'm pretty sure anyone who reads my blog semi-regularly (not sure if anyone actually does, but I can dream, can't I?) has noticed that I added a little map thingy to keep track of where people are logging on from. After seeing that I was getting some international traffic, I thought it might be kinda neat for everyone to see where it was coming from. Of course now that I added it, the traffic will probably stop. Oh well.

You know, come to think of it, I'm not really even sure why I posted this. People who read this on a semi-regular basis will notice it easily, and those who don't or haven't read my blog yet probably don't really care. I must just be lonely. :(

International Visitors

I was looking at my site stats, and saw I've got some international visits. In the past 100 views, there were:
1 Canadian,
2 Brits
1 Swede,
1 Romanian
1 Indian,
and 1 Polish.

That is pretty awesome. And that's only in the past 100 views- no idea if there were any before that. I'll try and find a good activity map to put up so you all don't think I'm just blowing smoke. Of course, if smoke were coming out of my lungs, I probably wouldn't be healthy enough to type this...

Just kinda bored

I’m bored at the moment, waiting for Visual C++ 2008 to finish downloading, so I guess I’ll make a post.

Got my new laptop Wednesday. It’s beautiful. Truly it is. More powerful than either of my other 3 combined. I guess that’s not really saying much though- my other 3 are a 9 yr. old desktop, an 11 yr. old laptop, and a bargain bin PC my friend gave away for free. Nonetheless, a dual-core 2.66GHz CPU, 4GB of RAM, and 256MB HD graphics card feels wonderful. Especially on the 17” widescreen Hi-Res screen, and with a 320GB HDD running at 7200 RPM as my main disk (planning on getting a portable at some point). I doubt anyone this is addressed to will read this, but thanks to all my friends and family that helped pay for it with the graduation money they gave me.

It really is an awesome laptop (Dell Studio 17). I tend to multitask a computer to death, but this should be able to handle me. For now. One day I want something with Intel’s Core i7 at its heart, but that will be a ways off.

While I didn’t get it with these specs in order to game, it is pretty excellent at gaming. I was actually able to play Company of Heroes on it at full settings w/o a hiccup. And it was jaw-dropping. That is a great game.

Been reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Its good, though I get the feeling I’d be getting more out of it had I actually read Jane Austen’s book. Oh well, it’s a good zombie book in its own rights.

On the subject of zombies- well, more connecting zombies to scary stories/movies- I watched Repo: The Genetic Opera a few days ago. For those who aren’t familiar with it, its a play turned film directed by the guy who directed several of the Saw films. It’s pretty good, though definitely do not let little kids watch it- lots of gore and sexuality, some swearing, and a bit of nudity.

So then. Yea. Like I said, I’m bored at the moment, but I do plan on continuing this and returning to updating semi-regularly.

MW