| So guys, any idea what's going on with my laptop?
It was working fine just a few minutes ago, when while browsing the web (Games Workshop's site, if you must know), everything locked up. My cursor froze over a mouse-over Flash icon, with weird green, blue and black lines over the image. I held down the power button to reboot, got a few flashes of green lines, and the system stopped loading after the Windows logo popped up. Again, I tried a reboot, getting to my desktop, but with flickers of green lines during the boot, and now my entire screen is filled with flickering purple and green lines, and a visible screen refresh bar.
I've scanned for viruses and malware: nothing. Is this a hardware problem? I've looked up similar problems and the closest thing I could find (considering I can't see too well through the screen) is something about moisture getting into circuitry of a digital camera, requiring a total replacement.
So here are my questions: 1. Any idea what the hell is going on?
2. Should I reboot again and see if it goes away?
3. Any good replacement laptops you can recommend, in case it's well and truly fucked?
Thanks in advance. | comments: 5 comments or Leave a comment   |
| Broadcasting LIVE right now! http://radio.marlboro.edu
So far:
1. Basement Jaxx - Hush Boy
2. Timo Maas - That's How I've Been Dancing (feat. Martin Bettinghaus)
3. The Crystal Method - Murder
4. Sub Focus - Special Place
5. Pendulum - Granite
6. Ils - Feed the Addiction
EDIT: Full playlist when I'm done in 30 minutes. | | comments: 6 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Current Music: | Behind Blue Eyes vs. Perfect Stranger - Diamond in the Rough | | Time: | 09:54 pm |
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| TONIGHT: right now until midnight -- Theta Rhythms, the best in all things electronia.
Please listen, I'm pretty sure only one or two of you actually does.
CONTACT: Campus extension x307, off-campus (802) 258-9307, or send an IM to deadtreedj.
And listen to Amanda's show, Bringing It Back: A Hatful of the 90's, at midnight right after mine! I promise good times and good music. | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Tonight from 5 to 7 PM: Si and I bring you the best in face-melting solos and kick-ass guitar riffs! Tune in to radio.marlboro.edu to get your fix. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Current Music: | DJ Dharma - My First Mix-Tape: A Day Trip on the Wheels of Steel | | Time: | 10:57 am |
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| Two more posts in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) theta_rhythms. I posted these mixes before, but it couldn't hurt to have them consolidated, with better presentation -- and commentary!
Enjoy, leave your thoughts, and tell your friends. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| | Current Music: | Four Tet - Unspoken | | Time: | 03:51 am | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/ibrad/smile.gif) happy |
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| Thank you to everyone who listened to my guest DJ set on Tuesday night. If you weren't able to listen, I'm trying to get a recording of the show; we'll see. Otherwise, here is the playlist from the night:
1. BT - Moment of Truth
2. The Tao of Groove - Prelude No. 1
3. King Kooba - If I Could
4. Junior Senior - We R the Handclaps
5. Bodyrox - Yeah Yeah (feat. Luciana) (D. Ramirez Radio Edit)
6. Space Cowboy - My Egyptian Lover (Original Radio Edit)
7. Justice - D.A.N.C.E.
8. RJD2 - Someone's Second Kiss
9. Moby - Go
10. Freezepop - Duct Tape My Heart
11. UNKLE - UNKLE Main Title Theme
12. The Pillows - LAST DINOSAUR
13. Hellogoodbye - Touchdown Turnaround (Don't Give Up on Me)
14. Basement Jaxx - Good Luck (feat. Lisa Kekaula)
15. Andy Hunter - Amazing
16. Miri Ben-Ari - Fly Away (feat. Fabolous, Kanye West & Musiq)
17. Deep Forest - Soul Elevator
18. Underworld - Rez
19. Boney M - Rasputin
20. Warp Brothers - Going Insane
21. Panjabi MC - Jogi
22. Dahmane el Harrachi - Ya Rayah (Sonar Remix)
23. Blockhead - Insomniac Olympics
24. Control Machete - Si Senor (yes, there's supposed to be a tilde over the "n", shut up)
25. Jackson 5 - I Want You Back (Z-Trip Remix)
26. Janet Jackson - Got 'Til It's Gone (feat. Joni Mitchell & Q-Tip)
27. A.K.A. - Warning (Sunship Remix)
28. Supreme Beings of Leisure - Divine
29. Tennishero - Alone
30. Dirty Vegas - Home Again
31. Feist - Mushaboom (K-Os Mix)
32. Phoenix - Too Young
33. Gotan Project - Last Tango in Paris
34. Quantic - So Long (feat. Alice Russell)
If you were listening, I hope you enjoyed it. If you didn't get to listen, hold out for the recording, and if that doesn't pan out, I can always burn these tracks for you. | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
| Hey guys! If you aren't listening to Airglow on WZLY (wzly.net for webcasting), why the hell not? If you ARE listening, I hope you're enjoying the show. Please call in with your requests, or e-mail me, or message me on Facebook, or something. I'll do my best to make you happy.
OK, back to the grind. | | comments: 5 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Current Music: | Busdriver - Sphinx's Coonery | | Time: | 02:21 pm | | Current Mood: | awake |
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| Long day yesterday, so here's yesterday's comic. Today. Enjoy!
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| | Current Music: | Natalie Imbruglia - One More Addiction | | Time: | 06:45 pm |
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| New Dead Tree Pride. Late due to flight and such.
webcomicsnation.com/dungeonmaestro/deadtreepride | | comments: 12 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Current Music: | Thievery Corporation - Until the Morning (Kid Loco Remix) | | Time: | 07:04 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/ibrad/bigsmile.gif) anxious |
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| Alright, it's official: I've entered the cutthroat, ruthless world of WEBCOMICS.
"Dead Tree Pride" is my first official contribution to the world of comics on the internets. It will be updated weekly (Mondays), starting with the two I've already posted here. We'll see how long I can keep this up. Here's the deal for the summer: send me ideas for strips! Stories that happened during the last two years, anecdotes I've forgotten, things you wish had happened, etc. Those past events will be the summer strips. Once Fall '07 starts up, I'm sure I'll have plenty of material to farm. Until then, please help me out!
Oh, and here's the link to the comic: http://www.webcomicsnation.com/dungeonmaestro/deadtreepride/series.php
Tell all your friends! | | comments: 9 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Current Music: | Gotan Project - Celos | | Time: | 04:42 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/ibrad/biggrin.gif) accomplished |
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| The second installment of "Dead Tree Pride." I'm actually registering with Webcomics Nation because I think I could go with this for a while. Also, I can get more people to read it without necessarily linking here. Enjoy:
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| | Current Music: | Gridlock - Done Processing | | Time: | 04:42 am | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/ibrad/rotate.gif) creative |
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| I'm thinking about starting a webcomic about Marlboro and the madness that ensues while we're there. It'd be called "Dead Tree Pride" or something similarly saccharine, and would feature many wonderful stories that Marlboro folk are familiar with. In fact, to see if I was down this idea, I drew one anecdote. Without further ado, I give you "Late-Night Library Stories":
Fuck, it's 4:44 AM already? When did that happen?
...Shit. | | comments: 10 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Time: | 12:25 am | | Current Mood: | creative |
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| Just a moment ago, I was struck with an idea which I'm sure has passed through the minds of anyone who's every read superhero comics:
The Justice League. As high-school students.
I did a few sketches just now, and I'm rather pleased with the results. I'll have to scan them in and put them up. But later, when I'm not exhausted and more coherent. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| | Current Music: | Ginuwine - Pony | | Time: | 07:05 pm | | Current Mood: | artistic |
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| OK, let's be perfectly honest here. All biases about gaming and roleplaying aside:
You know you would play a game set in the universe of Philip Pulman's His Dark Materials trilogy.
Come on, how incredible would that be? Gaslamp alternate reality/fantasy with social and spiritual overtones, a gripping and familiar (yet distinctly new) world (or worlds, depending)... plus, let's be honest: Panzerbjorn. You know that you want to be a fucking huge, sentient polar bear that builds its own armor. | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Current Music: | Filter - Take a Picture (Hybrid Mix) | | Time: | 04:40 pm | | Current Mood: | excited |
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| I've discovered some new music, and, in the vein of all good music that I find, it makes me shiver when I listen to it. The group is Hybrid, an electronica duo which blends tight breakbeats and Crystal Method-style hard-hitting bass seamlessly with tear-jerkingly beautiful melodies and a live full orchestra.
Their remix of Filter's "Take a Picture" is particularly incredible. And "Finished Symphony" takes my breath away every time I listen to it.
I'm going to make as many people as I can listen to them. Hybrid is definitely worth checking out, even if you're not a fan of electronica; they're surprisingly accessible. It's like what might happen if BT, The Crystal Method, Armin Van Buuren, and Hans Zimmer all had a lovechild. Surprisingly gorgeous. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Current Music: | The Commodores - Too Hot Ta Trot | | Time: | 05:39 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/ibrad/nerd.gif) blah |
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| According to Last.fm, my current top 10 artists (by total plays since January 2007) are:
1. RJD2 - 116 plays
2. Peeping Tom - 98
3. Our Lady Peace - 93
4. Sneaker Pimps - 70
5. The Album Leaf - 58
6. 1 Giant Leap - 56
7. Xela - 50
8. Karl Sanders - 43
9. UNKLE - 40
10. Adiemus - 38
Intriguing, and not really my top 10 of all time, but considering the past four months... interesting. More tracking at: http://www.last.fm/user/IronZapatista | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Current Music: | David Lanz - Homecoming | | Time: | 11:53 pm | | Current Mood: | above it all |
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| The music of David Lanz has the power to change one's life. There are no words to express what his piece "Homecoming" means to me, but anything that can bring me to tears every time I listen to it is incredible.
"Music is worthless unless it can make a complete stranger break down and cry." | | comments: Leave a comment |
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