Why I've been busy: working on video games/ computers.

Hello! If you have been wondering why I haven't been writing for a while, it's due to the fact that I've been quite busy. With computers, and old video games. (With a few occasional VHS tapes). First off, I've been working on our old computer, before I donate it to a friend. (In return, I'm getting his old computer.With a floppy drive, so I can run older games. I'm planning on installing Windows 98 on it). It has a problem with the sound drivers, but I'm attempting to fix it. I've also been collecting old video games. I've been trying to acquire a Sega Genesis, after missing the opportunity to get one out of a free bin. (I wrote a post on my finds). So, a few weeks ago I picked one up at a tag sale for 10 dollars. When I tried using it, it wouldn't show on screen. As it turns out, the RF connector (The black box you attach to the TV, with a similar hookup to a cable box.) was dead. (As I could've told from the end, which looked like some animal got to it. Probably a hamster/guinea pig.) So, after ordering a Composite Cable connector from Amazon, I got it to work. My friend and I enjoy one of the games, "WWF Raw", due to him liking WWF/WWE. I like it due to the fact that it includes Doink the Clown. I also like the fact that the model I got was a Model 1, which has better sound quality, and a HEADPHONE JACK. How many video game consoles do you know have a HEADPHONE JACK? As a bonus, it looks futuristic, with its "16-BIT" emblem directly below the cartridge slot.  I also picked up some VHS tapes. One was a cell phone manual video. It was 15 minutes long, and had an offer for... 15 minutes of free airtime. It's like they were saying "Didn't like the VHS tape? Here's 15 minutes of time you could've spent calling.". I also picked up some "Create your own Christmas Video" tape. It was red, green, and had no windows. It also was a BLANK TAPE. So, I'm going to enjoy using it to tape footage of games. Here's hoping I can get some more games for it, since it includes sports games, WWF Raw, and Family Feud. Sorry for the lack of pictures. The next time I get a game, I'll take pictures.
P.S: I'll be sure to write more soon.

It's the end of the world as we know it (And I feel fine)

Hello! Sorry I haven't been writing in a while. 9th grade started, and I've been doing homework. If you read the title, you may guess this is about the end of the world. Well, according to some people, the world will end on December 21st, 2012. I personally don't believe that it'll happen, due to the thousands of "End dates" that have already passed.
      The one I personally remember is the May 21, 2011 "Rapture". (If you've been living under a rock for the past few years, I'll explain it to you.) Someone called Harold Camping (Who has apparently "Guesstimated" that the world would end in 1994) said that the rapture would be on May 21st.  So, he and his "Followers" decided to sell everything, buy ads saying "Have you heard the awesome news that the end of the world is almost here? It's not the year 2012! The Bible guarantees that the end of the world will begin on May 21, 2011.", and talk about (Basically) "Doom and gloom disguised as happiness". To poke fun at his prediction, some people played a song (With the same name as the title of this post), and partied. May 21st came, and... Nothing happened. He then said that it would begin at 6 PM EST. At 6, we played the song one last time, and... nothing happened. After that, he'd say the world would officially end in October,  but at that point not even the Conspiracy Theorists believed him.
     Why did I tell you about that? Well, the time has come again. People said that the world will get hit by a meteor (Which has been debunked by NASA. Besides, if a fatal asteroid DID come, they would have been tracking it since 2002 or earlier.)  So, if the world DID end, I'd be 15 years old. Though we may not see the world end in our lifetime, there's a lesson to all this. Live each day as if the world will end tomorrow. (Just don't do anything stupid. We want to make life worth it, not to see how fast we can die).  To follow my rule, I'm going to do NaNoWriMo during November. Don't worry, I'll be posting some old papers onto here (On a schedule, since I'll obviously be writing.) So, I'll talk to you later.

Building a computer: It's easier than you may think!

Sorry I haven't been posting in a while! I've been maximizing theta waves , so I was too lazy busy to write in this blog. So, here's what happened over the summer. I learned how to fly a plane (In a simulator, since I can't get my pilot's license... yet.), learned how to program in Python, and swam in a pool. You know, the usual 14-year-old stuff. Though, you may be wondering what building a computer has to do with this. Well, I've always wanted to build a computer, and I found a camp (Labelled as a course, because they couldn't legally call it a "Camp", because it doesn't count as a camp.) that is about building computers. So, with the help of Community Resources, I got the funding I needed to go to the camp. (And just in time, too! There was tons of people who missed the deadline.)  Before long, the first day began. We began talking about the different parts, and we took apart an old computer. I used my dynavox to ask questions, and answer them. On the second day, we began building the computers. On the third day, I created my computer. We began attaching the CPU to the motherboard. Then, we attached two pieces of RAM. (Which helps make the computer go faster) We then attached the motherboard to the case, and plugged it in. Then, we attached the hard drive and dvd drive to the motherboard, and plugged everything in. When we plugged it in, and pressed the power button... Nothing happened! We checked the obvious errors, and we found out that one of the cables was put in wrong.After fixing the problem, it booted. Today, we installed Windows, and the drivers. I named the computer "AnyKey", after the fabled key people sometimes can't find. (It's also known as the f13 key.) We're supposed to take the computer home tomorrow, and I can't wait. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this break from our regularly-scheduled hiatus, and I'll finish this post tomorrow... Maybe.

a long week!

sorry i haven't been updating in a while, i got a few snow days, and i was sick until today. but, at least today's the puppy bowl. we got 20 inches of snow, i did about 10 barfs, a liter of IV fluid, (and a partridge in a pear tree!) the highlights of this weekend was puppy/super bowl! mercury might be a big fan of the show, since he was attracted to watching a video of birds on the computer screen (played a video for cats.), and i bet that watching playing puppies will make him excited. i bet yardstick's sitting on a expensive (but shredded) couch watching the puppy bowl while booing and hissing the puppies, and then cheering the kitty half-time show. anyways, my dad was getting snow off the house, and the shed collapsed a few days ago.

snow days!

well, i had a four-day weekend, and i spent it on here, but forgot to blog. anyways, here's a quick one i made. so, my black lab mercury's afraid of the encased-snow, i was using the icy ramp as a slip-and-slide, and we have more signs that yardstick's alive (yardstick's our pet cat who got lost on christmas eve, comment if you've seen a brown and white cat.) i wrote that a while ago, and i decided to write another one.

RIP discovery health: 1999-2011.

hi, this is your friendly neighborhood blogger, mooble. today i'll be talking about how discovery health changed to own, and what a terrible idea it was. i mean, discovery health was EDUCATIONAL. (we learned about medical things,how to be fit, and more.) oprah is mostly a talk show. i mean, you don't see "the ed sullivan channel 24" on cable anywhere!  who would watch a talk show 24/7? perhaps someone snarky (like me) to make fun of, but that's about it. after this, the only thing i use cable for is boomerang, and nicktoons network. (noggin at around 4, because "gulla gulla island" is on, a kids show i saw way back when i was a kid.)

A small Disclaimer for the following posts.

Warning: The following posts are from a year ago. These are posts I was too lazy to fix, or are unfinished. I will not fix grammatical errors (I've been using perfect grammar since November 2011.), and I will not finish them. They'll say that they were posted today, but they've actually been written A YEAR AGO! So, enjoy this small "Timeline" of my unfinished work.

(Speaking of timelines, I don't have a Facebook account, and I probably never will. I like using a pseudonym. I can't use it because a few idiots decided that it would be fun to prank someone on Facebook by using the name of someone at school. Well, a few bad apples spoiled the whole bunch. I might get a Twitter account, since they're relaxed about fake names.