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I'm one of those geeky computer nerds that live half his life on the internet visiting various tech sites and reading news and reviews on the latest and greatest in computer hardware.
There's this particular website, Envy News, sister-site and spinoff from NVNews; a nVidia 3D accelerator card fan-site. On Envy News, there's this OTHER geeky computer nerd, but he's like 45 years old, has a wife and kid. And he writes these columns every once in a while, often detailing how he and Mouse (his six-year-old boy) do some computer stuff together, like 'Mouse building his first PC', 'putting together Mouse's computer desk', or this time: 'Mouse playing the 17+ rated game Diablo 2'.
Here's a quote of what I found so endearing:
"After playing for a few days it happened. We were on one of the many quests when we got trapped in a room and swarmed by monsters. I did my best but there were just too many of them. I went down. That’s right, I died. "I’m down son…try to fall back and we can figure out how to pick up my body." Instead of following my advice, I hear him say "I can beat these guys Dad. I'll protect you." I watched for several minutes while he attacked, retreated, slammed down heals and attacked again all to the war cry of Ron the Barbarian "Hai Ya! Hai Ya!" When the dust settled … he was standing and they weren’t. He did it. He was the hero. OK, he had like 3 hitpoints left but he was still standing."
Go here and read the whole thing (complete with pictures): http://www.envynews.com/mitch.php?ID=14 I'm sure you'll find it as entertaining and well-written as I did.
-Lenny
"But he that hath the steerage of my course,
direct my sail."
-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act One, Scene IV
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Oh, this is SO CUTE...!
By: lenny on Sat, 21 September 2002 16:32 |
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Hai Ya ! Hai Ya !
By: smith on Sat, 21 September 2002 17:47 |
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A Mouse with teeth!
By: lenny on Sat, 21 September 2002 18:46 |
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Oops !
By: smith on Sat, 21 September 2002 19:58 |
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It's cool, smith! (But you know that already.)
By: lenny on Sat, 21 September 2002 21:18 |
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Now, to me, a Diablo is a toy
By: timmy on Sun, 22 September 2002 00:03 |
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Re: Oh, this is SO CUTE...!
By: kevin on Sat, 21 September 2002 18:20 |
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That was really cool, thanks Lenny
By: kevin on Sat, 21 September 2002 19:17 |
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Computers are good at telling us that which we already know...
By: lenny on Sun, 22 September 2002 16:39 |
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Looks Like the SATS
By: smith on Sun, 22 September 2002 18:05 |
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Okay, smith - we've shown you ours, now show us yours!
By: Guest on Mon, 23 September 2002 08:27 |
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::blush:: wanna see mine??
By: smith on Wed, 25 September 2002 00:09 |
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Not surprised.
By: trevor on Wed, 25 September 2002 06:38 |
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That was an impressive one!
By: lenny on Wed, 25 September 2002 18:47 |
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HQ - Heart Quotient
By: Guest on Wed, 25 September 2002 19:23 |
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Re: HQ - Heart Quotient
By: smith on Wed, 25 September 2002 21:09 |
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vastly amusing
By: timmy on Sun, 22 September 2002 19:41 |
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Aww come on you guys...!
By: lenny on Sun, 22 September 2002 23:26 |
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My favorite keyboard
By: trevor on Mon, 23 September 2002 00:46 |
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Re: My favorite keyboard
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Re: Aww come on you guys...!
By: e on Mon, 23 September 2002 06:53 |
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120.....Pricision Processor...
By: Guest on Mon, 23 September 2002 07:23 |
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100 is "average" . . .
By: Guest on Mon, 23 September 2002 07:53 |
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What the number means
By: e on Mon, 23 September 2002 17:39 |
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133 - Visual Mathematician
By: Guest on Mon, 23 September 2002 07:51 |
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Which might lead you to believe I could type my name consistently!
By: Guest on Mon, 23 September 2002 08:31 |
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Re: 133 - Visual Mathematician
By: Guest on Sat, 28 December 2002 13:54 |
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Re: IQ test
By: mt on Sun, 29 September 2002 14:19 |
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129 - Insightful Linguist!
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But so wise for having cookies disabled in the first place!
By: Guest on Mon, 23 September 2002 08:33 |
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