I'm Baaack.... again!

Well if it isn't one thing it's another. Last time a power failure knocked out my monitor. This time Windows knocked out my internet.

It was called something like Microsoft Family One Internet Security or something similar. I'm now afraid to go near it and am treating it like the diseased creature it is. If anyone gets the urge to download this internet security program, configure it right away. A better idea would be to leave it on the update sight and far away from your computer. It should be listed as malicious software.

I downloaded the thing a while back figuring it would be a good idea for the ex-girlfriends new computer. She has two teenage daughters who I know have visted some questionable sites in the past. Since I'm theonly user on this computer, however, setting it up right away was not a necessity. Bullshit.

After a few days of ignoring and not reading the little watchboxes that kept coming up, it decided it would no longer be ignored. To get my attention it shut off my internet. I still don't know what it did. The XBox 360 could still go online, but the computer was completely isolated from the modem and no connection wizard would change that.

I'm doing a bit of an end run on it to get around the thing, using a partitioned Windows the girfriend had created by accident when she owned this computer. (That's how I know what the kids had been downloading.) So my original is still isolated, but at least I'm online again.

Anyway, a belated Merry Christmas to all and an early Happy New Year

My absolute favorite game for the PC is The Sims. There seems to be this whole cottage industry taking images from the game and stringing them into movies and videos. Out of the whole bunch, this one is my favorite. Think of it as my Christmas present to all of you since I am too cheap to even buy a card.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeZIIgbPzzI