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Another New UI; MUCH Less Memory Usage

September 26, 2007 By Gitr 3 Comments

I follow WowInsider’s Reader UI of the week and eagerly await every new UI (and drool over every new workspace). Today’s was no different from the norm. I LOVE IT! It even has the added feature of working. Now, a slight disclaimer is that a couple of the items did not load when I ran today because of the patch going to 2.2, but I didn’t write them down, and don’t care to. It works like a charm and I don’t miss anything that didn’t load. One thing of note so far is that I can’t get the buttons on AutoBar to work at all. I ended up creating a few huge buttons on the left side of the minimap to click for vitals.

Here is my before and after memory consumption:

. NICE!

Okay, I’m sure you’re dying for a look, so here it is at 1280×1024 on a 3 year old video card:

Ding 27; Blacksmithing up to 225/225

September 25, 2007 By Gitr 3 Comments

I dinged last night with the help of Punitor running some tough-to-do quests as a paladin. I got Steelsnap and the 30 Elite gizmo tiger and the 10 eggs before logging.

I got my blacksmithing up to 225 and topped it off until level 35. I think I’ll start recruiting 60+s before I head back onto Huntr for long-term leveling. I’d like to get Paladr to 35 to craft Huntr great gear and for money-making. That will give me a 350+ Tailor, Enchanter, Blacksmith, and 2 First Aids at 375. Oh, and Huntr’s cooking is around 330.

Time to get back to work now that I restored the blog, sans plug-ins.

Blog Barfed on Me

September 25, 2007 By Gitr 2 Comments

I’m sorry, but the blog barfed when I upgraded to WP 2.3 today. I don’t have time to fix it now. I’ll have to get to it later tonight.

UPDATE:

I got things recovered, but I had to disable nearly every plugin and restore version 2.2.3. This sucks.

The Funniest Untold Story in Pictures

September 21, 2007 By Gitr 6 Comments

Let’s play the caption game. A friend sent me this, and my mind went wild guessing who started it.

Seriously, enjoy this one. If you don’t think this is funny, you can get right on out of here. I don’t care who you are.

Ding 62; Found a New Webgame – Duels

September 21, 2007 By Gitr 2 Comments

I dinged 62 last night after getting my giddy-up to level out for the evening. I got about 40% of the level done in one sitting by doing Zangarmarsh quests with full rest. Notable kill: Boglash went down with Tiggr still having 62% health and Huntr with 40% mana. Woot. Deadr couldn’t solo him until 64, if my memory serves me right.

Paladr hit 150 Blacksmithing in pursuit of using the Mithril Spike plans he got in SM on Wednesday night. Metal is a bit hard to find on the AH in Velen, but I’ll manage. I’m making things I almost find useful now.

Duels

I’m sure some of you have heard of Duels already. DM Osbon pointed me to it on Monday. I didn’t get a chance to register until yesterday morning and I played last night after Huntr hit 62. MAN!! It’s addictive. I moved up through the first 3 levels pretty fast, and now I’m at level 7 with a bunch of duels sitting in the queue for others to log in and play me.

I created Gitr (of course) and at level 5 made him a sword-specialized warrior. It took me a few duels and skirmishes to figure out the reward system since I don’t like to read documentation outside of my job. It was pretty quick and intuitive, though. The game includes quests, equipable gear, talents, XP, gold, tokens, and item drops when you buy bags. I’ve lucked out on a few item drops already that you can even sell on the market higher than vendor trashing price.

It’s a great time-waster, and I strongly advocate it for those with boring jobs that just require you to sit at your desk all day and answer the phone when it rings. I wasted almost 2 hours after midnight feeding my new addiction. Get it here, you won’t be sorry.

Quick Survey: Paladr or Huntr?

September 20, 2007 By Gitr 4 Comments

Should I get Huntr to 70 or get Paladr up to 30+ to keep up with my fellow Buttered Monkeys? I can only keep up if I concentrate on Paladr, so I really need to pick? What would you guys like to see?