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I've needed computer memory for a while, but I'd held off.
First, memory prices can be kind of crappy.
Second, it has been so long since I bought memory I don't even know what I'm looking for anymore. Technology changes pretty quickly. What used to be simply PC100 or PC133 is now broken into clock speeds and numbers I don't even understand (or particularly care about).
After reading up, I determined that I needed PC3200 DDR RAM.
I checked around. I hit TigerDirect.com and NewEgg.com.
I searched Overstock.com and Ebay and wandered through Pricewatch.
Fry's (outpost.com) was outrageous.
Then I decided to check Axion Tech. I've shopped there before. In fact, before I moved out the the suburbs it was the only place I shopped.
Since they are a local Houston company, I figured I could get shipping for about what it would cost to drive there.
I loaded a stick of PC3200 DDR RAM into the virtual shopping cart and placed the order Monday, satisfied that I'd gotten a good deal and kept the money local.
Then Zack called . Zack works at Axion. He let me know that the memory I'd ordered was no longer in stock. Further, he told me it was no longer being made. When he said my laptop would need another compatible type, I hung my head. I didn't need RAM for a laptop at all.
"Did I order laptop RAM?" I asked.
"Did you not want laptop RAM?"
"Crap."
He laughed, but not in a mean way. He agreed with my explanation that memory types change quickly and that it was okay to be confused a bit. He may have been just being nice.
Then he found not what I ordered, but what I needed. He substituted a brand name for the generic I'd settled on and told me that shipping for that brand was free. He further explained that by using the free ground shipping I would likely get the memory as quickly as if I'd paid for two-day shipping, what with them being local and all.
He then sent me a PDF of my new receipt, which was about $4 less than what I'd been expecting to pay for the memory that wouldn't have fit anyway. $4! That's like half a gallon of gas!
In short, I will never buy parts anywhere but Axion in the future. I cannot recommend them enough.
In long, I will have more RAM in my workstation on Wednesday, which should allow me to steal files and game all at once. Go, Team Stealing-Files-And-Gaming!

I've been thinking (stressing) quite a bit over NaNoWriMo. In less than a month, I've got to actually start typing for real. Of course, I've got plot ideas bumping around in my head pretty much constantly.
With so many awesome ideas, how can I narrow it down to just one? Or more than one strung together in some kind of crappy Chaucer-esque (though not really Chaucer-esque due to my lack of ability and his lack of ninjas) series of seemingly unconnected events?
Some ideas I'm kicking around:

1. Two drug-addled delivery drivers take a pizza to the wrong planet, sparking an interstellar war that decimates the galaxy in Kromlock Wanted Anchovies!

2. An I.T. worker pushes a security update to every computer and accidentally sends his CEO's personal pornography collection to another computer . . . But which one? Enjoy the silly chase in Format This.

3. Space ninjas (that are cyborgs) attempt to return their sacred dojo to glory by defeating a horde of slavering monkey zombie pirates in This Time You Die For Real, Dishonorable Pirate Monkey Zombie Creatures.
On second thought, that is less novel than musical production.

4. A guy and a girl play video games. Later they fix a snack. When she goes to brush her teeth you'll wonder why you started reading I Don't Know, What Do You Want To Do?. I can't imagine the cover art that would make me pick up that book. Well, I can, but I'd read the first hundred pages thinking, "When do the space ninjas from the cover show up?" and then I'd be bitter. I'd finish reading it, though.
I mean, I've invested a hundred freaking pages in it.

5. A killer toy is on the loose in a daycare. The kids must join forces with no thought to potty training to defeat The Deady Bear.

6. Barthur the anthropomorphic magical non-varkian from space defends his people with a laser knife and chainsaw sword in Ham-star the Destroyer.

As awesome as all these may sound, I can't start writing until November 1st. You'll just have to wait for preview chapters to show up here. Sorry to get everyone's hopes up. I'm just anxious. And stressed. And vomity nervous.
It isn't pleasant.
I also need to quickly post a message to everyone who suggested that I might like the "Weird Al" Yankovic song White and Nerdy. My message is this: You guys suck and I hate you.

Wait, that is harsh. I mean you guys "kind of" suck and I "mostly" hate you. SRSLY SRSLY

You know who you are.