ree: a barcode based on my Dw ID number, with username above and number below (barcode)
I'mma wring a few words out of myself today.

I'm so tired. Night before the last, I couldn't sleep until after two; I haven't recouped entirely.

I would like to hop onto IRC and chat a bit, but I think I had better not. Chat is very good at distracting me from household tasks, and I've already let myself slip over the weekend. Best to stay on task today, sans distraction, and leave the socializing for tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be more alert then.

My latest little online project is driving me bananas. I thought I could replace one thing with another, so I did, and only then discovered that the replacement code doesn't work the way I thought it would, so nothing works as expected. Ugh. On the other hand, I seem to have worked the last kinks out of the skin I'm using for it, so all the text in all areas is readable now, unless I missed something. I should remember to check it against some web accessibility tool, in case the color contrast is too low; I'm having no difficulty, but I am not always a good barometer of such things.

....guess who spent the last two hours looking up and trying out different contrast tools? Oh, you bet your life it was me. I never cease being amazed at my own laziness. It's not all bad - assuming everything I'm about to pull out of the dryer is actually dry, that's two loads of laundry done in between internet fiddlings. Progress!

It's easier to get distracted when I'm sleepy, and the internet is a very effective distraction. I think I'll post this, then exit the browser so that I can apply my meager focus to more important things. I am confident that the internet will still be there when my to-dos have dwindled.

3DS troll

2015-07-16 01:02 pm
ree: baby Metroid with pink hearts in its speech bubble (baby Metroid <3)
I think my 3DS is trolling me.

First, it tried to pop out of its protective case. I didn't think much about it until it kept happening. Eventually I realized that my 3DS internal battery was bulging, preventing the case from fitting correctly. This also explained its incredible shrinking battery life. Simple enough to fix: sent away to Nintendo, got a new battery, and voila! Good as new.

Well, except for the shoulder buttons. The right trigger had been intermittently non-compliant for some time; its companion on the left worked almost all of the time.

And then it didn't, and nothing would get the left trigger to fire. This made certain games nigh-unplayable. I was mournful. If I was going to replace my 3DS, I would have preferred to have done so before sinking more money into it. Besides, my 3DS is a limited edition (the Ocarina of Time one), so I would rather not replace it with a blander model; I want my pretty to work.

Earlier this week, I fumbled my 3DS in such a way that it bumped the left shoulder button, This inexplicably produced changes on screen!

I don't understand it. The button still wobbles, a detail which helped convince me that it was broken permanently. The right trigger is still a bit fritzy (it will generally fire, but if I try to hold the button down, it acts as though I were rapidly tapping it instead).

My 3DS is weird, and working (mostly), and I am keeping it. :)
ree: photo of a woman with long blonde hair and glasses (Default)
Still fighting off a cold that caught up with me last week, a nasty sore throat/stuffed sinuses combo. I can't tell if the pressure on my eardrums has to do with the drippy skies or my drippy nose. Yech.

And that's about all the words I can today.

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