CS:GO becomes more TF2 like.
That’s right! If you noticed your CounterStrike:Global Offensive game updating today it was to introduce some new weapons, an item drop system, and more
I have my eye on the red AK47. 😀
YouTube presents…
Just when I thought Youtube was the best place to find the worst videos they surprise me yet again.
Stupid Criminal Of The Day
This goes under the category of “You Can’t Make This Shut Up”
The next time you’re faced with a would-be robber demanding cash, perhaps try to negotiate a more convenient time for a robbery. A restaurant in the Chicago area pulled that move when two men allegedly tried to hold up the business. Instead of handing over cash, police say the proprietor just told them to come back in an hour. Aaaaaaand they did.
Because they’re not rich enough yet.
All I have to say is $75 for a fucking 2.5 GB USB drive from the early 00’s?!?!?!?!
These two items jumped right out at me. $79 for a 2.5 gb portable hard drive when I can get 8 gb USB thumb drives for $12?!? And the “320 glorious gigabytes” cracks me up.
Of course this has been a common thing for awhile. Even where I work (you could call it a Wal-Mart clone) there is stale technology being sold. The best GPU that we sell only has 512 mb of RAM, and the wireless Logitech mice cost more than ordering from somewhere online. Stuff like this is just depressing. I remember back in the 90’s you could walk in and get whatever you wanted. RAM, GPU, CPU, Mobo etc for new top of the line technology with good sales. Now it seems what was left over from that period has been left to rot on the shelves. Even though they know that you can get better deals online they could give a flying fuck. Not everyone around here has an internet connection, so why not vacuum up as much funds as possible?
For fucks sake I was looking at their dusty PC games section and found The Orange Box is still being sold for $25, and on Steam you can get it for $19.99 if you don’t want to wait for a sale. When I was growing up I bought games all the time. Then when the consoles came along I noticed PC games were getting harder and harder to find. If I was lucky enough to find a title it was usually overpriced. Orange Box was my last retail purchase to be made. Everything else has been done digitally. I tend to feel bad about spending so much online, but then I remember that I don’t really purchase much within town anymore. Mostly because they never carry anything that I want and don’t even pay me enough to consider it.
At work right now we have an assload of widesscreen TV’s that are having a hard time being sold. Why? No one can afford them even with the special sales. Not even employees with special discounts can afford to purchase them. They’ve even asked us to buy some going “Come on! Upgrade your TV!” Well, upgrade my paycheck and we’ll talk. As it is I only watch TV for a select few things, and even then if I were to give up on TV completely I could find the shows I like online.
Just minding my own business.
I decided to tidy up a small bit today (was in one of those moods), and I did make it to the bank. The rest was a nice leisurely day of sunlight… and gmod. Had a small get together on my sandbox server and we all dressed as homestuck characters. The server for that is alive and well. I see that there’s a convar for adding a website to show in the background of the loading page… I’ll have to think that one over. 🙂
Oh, and I worked on one of my video projects. I don’t have much to say about the contents, but I’m sure everyone will get a laugh. On another note I’ve been extracting HDR maps from gmod workshop files for SFM. Yes, I’m a dirty hax.
Early Morning Open Thread
My Ramen bowls arrived the other day, and so for dinner tonight I decided to make a beefy ramen bowl with some kimchi and spring onion. For those who have never seen a real ramen bowl, they’re rather large. next time I make some I’ll take a snapshot. I would have done so tonight but my hunger made me spring forth onto the dish like a hungry demonic entity.
On another note I decided to compress my maps and sounds for TF2 into bzip2 format for easier download. So to any of my friends who frequent the TF2 server you’ll have an easier download.
Think I’ll rest up and contemplate what my adventures for my weekend will be.
TGIF
My Friday finally arrives. The good news is that for the next couple of weeks I’ll have a regular 40 hour 5 day work week schedule with the same days off. I might be able to plan things! I think my first order of business will be sleeping in on at least all days off. I do need to head to the bank though to make a withdrawal.
Work was less brutal last night. I actually got some stuff organized and looking good.
Hopefully it’ll be a quiet monday.
Thoughts at lunchtime.
Currently on lunch (almost ready to go back) and so far it’s even worse than yesterday. Tonight there will only be two of us working together and we’re still swamped throughout the store. The tourists and back to school shoppers have been very pissy and it hasn’t been helping. I almost stayed home today because I’ve been feeling sick, but I’m too much of a badass to give up like that.
Oh, and a correction to last nights post: Five dollars above minimum wage. Not five cents. Still, I could do better. At least give me the pay of the five people I have to listen for…
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
I should be in bed, but I haven’t written anything lately and need to vent a little. So button up for this one.
It was a brutal Friday. We were short on people (deliberately) and we were swamped with tourists. It was storming again which brought more people into the store. People were being called downstairs to check because there were six entire sick calls and no one to replace them. I worked some freight but didn’t get anything done in my area because once again I had to listen to the entire upstairs. It made things fun when multiple calls went off and I was needed by two or three people at the same time. I had one customer ask “This is a big store, how come they won’t bring in extra people?” They have to ask? If shit gets any worse I may have to walk. I’m only making 5 cents above minimum wage right now after 6 years of hard work. It feels like a waste of my time.
And here is the cherry on top of the fucking cake. I had an old guy ride his cart up an escalator, his excuse was “There wasn’t a sign telling me not to!” Really… I wanted to tell him “Well, there’s a balcony over there, and there isn’t a sign telling you NOT to jump…” But I don’t want to get fired… yet. So I told him to use the elevator. It’s there for that reason. No, he went down the escalator a few minutes later with his cart. I hope karma comes to bite him in the ass with a glass covered dildo.