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May. 10th, 2004
parts and accessories
May. 10th, 2004 09:48 pmModder's Itch. It sounds like a disease you catch from cutting yourself with a Dremel, but it's almost worse. There's no cure, you just have to mod something and get it over with. If you go too long, it comes back and before you know it you're compulsively buying whatever's on sale at newegg just to give yourself something to build.
You try to stop it, map newegg to 127.0.0.1 in your hosts file, disable HTTPS so you can't buy stuff online, You defrag every drive you have. You refresh windows update hoping Microsoft will release something. But eventually you just have to build something new, something wondrous, and scratch that itch.
It's very frustrating when class is in session, again doubled during midterms and finals. You want to mod, but you know you can't afford the time expense. You put it off and make elaborate plans for when you get out, all the cool stuff you'll build and tweak.
Finally, the test is over and you can retire to your workshop. You'll work harder on your first project than you ever did on finals. Your brain will feel like it's breathing fresh air again. At last, a problem I love to solve.
You try to stop it, map newegg to 127.0.0.1 in your hosts file, disable HTTPS so you can't buy stuff online, You defrag every drive you have. You refresh windows update hoping Microsoft will release something. But eventually you just have to build something new, something wondrous, and scratch that itch.
It's very frustrating when class is in session, again doubled during midterms and finals. You want to mod, but you know you can't afford the time expense. You put it off and make elaborate plans for when you get out, all the cool stuff you'll build and tweak.
Finally, the test is over and you can retire to your workshop. You'll work harder on your first project than you ever did on finals. Your brain will feel like it's breathing fresh air again. At last, a problem I love to solve.
