Friday, June 30, 2017

Wonder Woman, Agents of SHIELD, Megatron, and Ryzen

Wonder Woman was a great movie. It wasn’t simply a good female superhero movie; it was a good superhero movie. And it wasn’t simply a good superhero movie; it was a good movie.

Finally completed Agents of SHIELD Season 4 and it wasn’t bad at all. It gave a warm feeling to have some characters a sense of closure, albeit being simulations. The threat of the last 3rd of the season was quite grand and the return of Robbie Reyes/Ghost Rider for the finale was spectacular, tying in really well the first part of the season. And speaking of the first part, its relation to the cancelled Agent Carter felt good. Back to the ending, the (not so) subtle relation established to Dr. Strange was a grand bonus.

The Megatron Chronicles DotM/G1 2-pack colors weren’t as I hoped, but both look better from afar and in pictures. It’s still a very satisfying get—finally having a DOTM and a G1 Megatron to display against my Optimus Primes. G1’s robot mode is a challenge to pose but transformation is really great and certainly much more enjoyable than Optimus Prime’s. Voyager class DotM Megatron is probably the best of the 4 when it comes to articulation, and like their G1 counterparts, the transformation is more enjoyable, though not by so much.

So far, the new PC is running really well. I’m settling with this config for now and will think about the red fan and front panel card reader and USB 3.0 port some other time. I’m well decided on not getting an aftermarket cooler given that the stock cooler runs as quiet as my CoolerMaster V8 did, and I’m not planning on overclocking. Probably the best thing that happened to the PC is the reactivation of Windows. It was also an almost effortless task to have the reactivation problem fixed via Microsoft’s Chat Support.

Quite amazingly, this month has a good number of geekery updates. Even more amazing, is that I got to take note of them. I’m cutting this for now and hopefully find the time these coming days continue on the updates.

Oh, and it’s amazing that I’m using Open Live Writer now. Using a blogging client is really better.

Saturday, June 24, 2017

Open Live Writer

Testing this to replace Windows Live Writer. Hoping the link to Blogger is ok.