One of the Mods came to me with a problem. A friend could not log into the game area because the software said he was already there and he cannot log in from two different places at one time.
I let him turn in a Support ticket because he needs the practice more than anything else.
His friend unplugged everything, the computer and his modem and waited a few minutes. then he came back online and logged in without any problem at all.
Usually this occurs because one has been logged in on a laptop then decide to switch to a desktop PC or vice-versa. This confuses the software I guess but it isn't that big a problem.
It just made me laugh :)
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
It Is Spring
Spring finally has arrived here in the California desert. Weather is much nicer, although windy now as usual. Today got very warm sitting here in my kitchen by the window. I am happy to see it arrive.
The problem with Spring is that my wife suffers some serious allergies and the winds blowing the pollens around will not help her at all, poor woman.
Only bad part of Spring for me is that it gets very warm sitting here then it cools off really quickly. I don't know whether to take my shirt off or leave it on lol
No complaints from me though, Winter has never been a friend of mine. Never! Glad it is gone for another year.
The problem with Spring is that my wife suffers some serious allergies and the winds blowing the pollens around will not help her at all, poor woman.
Only bad part of Spring for me is that it gets very warm sitting here then it cools off really quickly. I don't know whether to take my shirt off or leave it on lol
No complaints from me though, Winter has never been a friend of mine. Never! Glad it is gone for another year.
Laminate
You ever notice how often when you look at pictures of fancy homes just how many have wooden floors? Then you wonder how hard it is to keep those floors in good shape? You wouldn't mind having wood floors either but, you know, you have children, pets, your house is lived in, it isn't a showcase home. No problem!
With a laminate floor you too can have that fancy home floor and still keep the kids, the pets, the spouse. And these laminated floors are much easier to keep up than the traditional wooden floors but they look just as beautiful.
Tell me, is this real wood or laminate?
Looks like wood, doesn't it? But it is a laminated floor! And, as you can see, the child can play on it.
Make your house look like you won the lottery, get yourself a laminated floor for your home.
With a laminate floor you too can have that fancy home floor and still keep the kids, the pets, the spouse. And these laminated floors are much easier to keep up than the traditional wooden floors but they look just as beautiful.
Tell me, is this real wood or laminate?
Looks like wood, doesn't it? But it is a laminated floor! And, as you can see, the child can play on it.
Make your house look like you won the lottery, get yourself a laminated floor for your home.
Addictive
I know i should be doing other tasks, like updating this blog more often, but i find myself unable to tear myself away from the addiction of Castleville.
Castleville is a Facebook game. You build your own kingdom and explore regions that surround where you started.
In order to accomplish this kingdom building you have to do a variety of quests for various characters, some that are always in your kingdom, some that come and go. Doing these quests is fun, often challenging, but very time consuming.
Castleville reminds me of potato chips, you cannot just eat one potato chip and you cannot just do one quest.
The only blessing is that Castleville is not as addictive as the games that "gamers" play. I still do manage to go to bed and go to sleep at night.
Castleville is a Facebook game. You build your own kingdom and explore regions that surround where you started.
In order to accomplish this kingdom building you have to do a variety of quests for various characters, some that are always in your kingdom, some that come and go. Doing these quests is fun, often challenging, but very time consuming.
Castleville reminds me of potato chips, you cannot just eat one potato chip and you cannot just do one quest.
The only blessing is that Castleville is not as addictive as the games that "gamers" play. I still do manage to go to bed and go to sleep at night.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Emergency
My Co-Admin posted the other day in the Mods only chat that we were going to have an emergency meeting next Sunday afternoon/evening. Since then two of the Mods have come to me in private asking if they are in trouble. Too funny.
We do need a Mod meeting to get some things straightened out. Mostly the issue of respect.
Since the two of us took over for the retired Admin some of the Mods have not paid us our just dues and that has to stop. We are in charge, not them. The players need to get that message as well, too often they send private messages to a Mod that should be directed to the Admins. The sad part there is that the Mod getting the message isn't forwarding it to us, they are trying to take care of the problem themselves which is not their job.
Hard to be an Admin without the respect that the job requires.
We do need a Mod meeting to get some things straightened out. Mostly the issue of respect.
Since the two of us took over for the retired Admin some of the Mods have not paid us our just dues and that has to stop. We are in charge, not them. The players need to get that message as well, too often they send private messages to a Mod that should be directed to the Admins. The sad part there is that the Mod getting the message isn't forwarding it to us, they are trying to take care of the problem themselves which is not their job.
Hard to be an Admin without the respect that the job requires.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Disaster
The longer I live the more people seem determined to be forever tied to electronic devices like their computers. I for one seem lost when mine doesn't work properly.
But sometimes I think we carry these love affairs too far. We live in a computerized fairy tale where nothing bad will ever happen and, when something bad does occur, we are lost and confused.
A few days ago the game servers crashed and they crashed in a major disaster. All of the data for the month of February was completely wiped out. The tech crew worked several days trying every trick in the book but to no avail. Nothing they could do to bring things back.
Why is this a major disaster? All of the players that joined the site in February were wiped out, as if they had never joined.
All of the freeDs that were won by players were wiped back to January 31. Some of those players had won an enormous amount of freeDs and, as can be imagined, were not happy campers at all.
The back up system was in place, as was a back up system for the back up system. No one could conceive of a situation where both of these back up systems would fail at the exact same time.
Yes, we believe that nothing bad will ever happen to our computer systems. Imagine if this had happened at your ban and not a game site!
But sometimes I think we carry these love affairs too far. We live in a computerized fairy tale where nothing bad will ever happen and, when something bad does occur, we are lost and confused.
A few days ago the game servers crashed and they crashed in a major disaster. All of the data for the month of February was completely wiped out. The tech crew worked several days trying every trick in the book but to no avail. Nothing they could do to bring things back.
Why is this a major disaster? All of the players that joined the site in February were wiped out, as if they had never joined.
All of the freeDs that were won by players were wiped back to January 31. Some of those players had won an enormous amount of freeDs and, as can be imagined, were not happy campers at all.
The back up system was in place, as was a back up system for the back up system. No one could conceive of a situation where both of these back up systems would fail at the exact same time.
Yes, we believe that nothing bad will ever happen to our computer systems. Imagine if this had happened at your ban and not a game site!
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