• Computer Rituals
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We all have them; what are the tasks you automatically do when you boot your computer up everyday? For me it's: -Log On -Load up Chrome and Steam -Open tabs for Facebook, Facepunch, Twitter, Email and Youtube. -Check tabs -Go my merry way.
Start up Steam, Spotify, and Skype. Then I see what is on Facepunch.
Destroy 90% of the programs in my task manager
Quit out of Dropbox and Lightshot, start up Steam and Skype and go on the internet.
pray to god microsoft doesn't fuck me over on reboot login open chrome open steam video games find one thing wrong with computer, stress out over it way too much, google search it and give up after five minutes decide reboot can fix problem reboot repeat
Draw a pentagram on the floor, chant and beg for love from our one true god Gabe Newell, then maybe I go on Facepunch or something afterward.
Open Opera Open tabs for Facepunch, Facebook, Twitter, and email Check eBay bids/items being sold Go on with whatever
[QUOTE=Mr. Zombie;40768775]Destroy 90% of the programs in my task manager[/QUOTE] msconfig i boot up taskmanager and chrome. steam boots up automatically so.
Turn the pc on wait for it to open steam, Avast and the Facebook chat program open chrome click on my bookmarked FP user control panel everything else after that varies
3 rituals The work ritual: -Boot up laptop -boot up linux -login -open up firefox, console(I know it's not called console i just like calling it console), netbeans - if I get bored start up vavoom and play some doom :v: The I'm not home ritual: -boot up laptop -boot up win7 -login -Open up chrome, steam(not always), XChat, -open up twitter, jewtube, gamebanana, facepunch, facebook on ocasion I'm home: -Boot up desktop -Login -start up steam, chrome, Xchat, teamspeak, utorrent. - same tabs as above. -enjoy being home
Log in Check who's online on steam Check facepunch if people have been replying to my messages Talk on skype Program & Play Repeat till death
-Boot up (Steam and Antivirus start up automatically) -Open Google Chrome -Middle-Mouse click Facebook, Facepunch and TF2Outpost tabs -Right-Click Steam icon on bottom right of screen, select 'Friends' -See who's online, talk to those that I feel like talking to
- Boot PC - Get tea - Log in - Load Thunderbird and check email - Load Firefox and browse
-Boot my pc -Open hexchat, utorrent, and sharex -Possibly start steam as well -Surf the net -Never shut down again
-Boot up my PC -Login -Open up Firefox and Facepunch -Start up Steam -Start up Gmod -Browse Facepunch -Go take a piss usually -Start up music -Keep browsing Facepunch -Play a game for awhile
Open Msi Afterburner, press "Auto" Maybe open RealTemp Then go to Facepunch
-Select operating system -Boot into windows or linux -Enter password -Wait -Open Chrome and check Facepunch
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/e8NH2nI.jpg[/IMG] -The moment I open Chrome I can middle click in rapid succession and open all of my websites -If it's Monday, Thursday, Friday or Sunday I'll also jump on Shana Project -I'm tired as fuck, so I have to check what day it is -While those load, starting up Steam and TS -Make sure computer volume to max because I manage the volume with my headphones built-in controls -Check the ticker first for mentions, then do my regular browsing -Facepunch comes last because it has the most content -Once finished, I only leave The Ticker, Facebook and Twitter open -Do whatever the fuck it is I do
-Initiation: A minute of silence in honor of the Machine God and the Machine Spirits of the Calculator Domesticus -Activation: press the Sacred Energy Switch -Wait in silence as the Machine Spirits awaken and the device roars to life -When System Administratus login screen appears, say a prayer to the Omnissiah and the Emperor for preserving the integrity of the Machine for yet another day -Logging in: use the Keyboardis finger input device to type in the user account information when the Machine so asks -Await the appearance of Desktopus -Once Desktopus is in view and the System has fully awakened, check the Internetus link status -If link status is Offline, wait. If the link status does not change to Online in fifteen minutes, start the Rites of Reparation -If link status is Online, activate Vulpes Ignis to access Internetus -Navigate the cyberspace to reach Facepunch
-Turn on computer -Wait until desktop loads -Close Asus LiveUpdate window -Close SecureConnector window -Click on Firefox in taskbar -Wait for Firefox to load -Remember I never ran Steam -Run Steam -Browse Facepunch/Tumblr/Facebook/Youtube -Turn off computer because Wireles Internet Adapter died -Repeat -
-Cup of tea -Turn on computer -Waiting for Windows 8 Start Menu -Click on desktop -Open Steam -Open Outlook to check through the various penis enlargement spam -Delete said emails -Open up Facepunch -Browse Sensationalist Headlines -Open Facebook, decide its a pile of shit and contemplate deleting my profile -Tea -Goto Steam and fire up Tribes -Youtube some music -Play and get pwned, leave in nerd rage -Back to Facepunch -Make a cup of tea for a long reading session -Finish session, bored as hell -Leave computer for an hour or so and watch TV -Return back to Facepunch
When i come home: Press the button Go take a shit Start TF2 Play TF2 for hours Without anything between that. Maybe i should just put TF2 in my autostart? I would save three clicks.
turn computer on enter password wait a few minutes for it to wake up so i can finally do shit click chrome frantically trying to open it multiple windows open, I close them listen to some music on spotify and start browsing FP whilst contemplating what game will satisfy my obscure and specific videogame craving at the moment then realize I don't own any games that satisfy that so i just go back to browsing the internet yeah that's pretty much it
Press power key. Decide if to go onto [Linux] or just continue to >Windows<. [Press F11] [Select Ubuntu or Linux] [>Log on<] [>Wait for things to warm up<] [>Start Brower to commence Facepunch or something else. Maybe games<] >Bluescreen and reboot into Linux< [B]OR[/B] [>Logout and shutdown<]
- Turn on Computer. - look at screen and hope it turns on properly. - Boot into Windows. - Wait for Steam and Skype to start up. - Start Chrome and Mumble. - Open up multiple tabs in Chrome, mainly Facepunch, 4chan, Youtube, Reddit and Facebook. - Play DotA2 with Mumble friends and feed terribly. - Listen to random music on Youtube and rarely Pandora. - Lurk Facebook and Facepunch for new, intresting threads or watch random videos on Youtube. - Turn off computer and hope it boots up again tomorrow.
- Press power button - press button to turn my external harddrive - wait for windows 7 to do its thing - wait for steam to do its checking for updates thing unless I am lucky - open up teamspeak and say hi to people - open up facebook, facepunch, twitter, youtube, gmail. - do whatever I feel like doing for 8 hours.
My ritual: I've done this every single day of my live, believe me I'm diagnosed with OCD. -turn on computer (I use safari.) -go up to google toolbar at top right (all of my recent searches contain my sights.) -I check them all the exact same way -kirby rainbow resort (this place is pretty much dead but I still visit it.) -brawl in the family -cyanide and happiness -spriters resource -mario wiki -dragons den -starman net -zelda wiki -nitrome -internet meme database (why do I still go here) -tf2 mods -tf2 mods gamebanana -tf2 wiki -facepunch -play team fortress 2 for a bit. Done, next day, rinse and repeat.
-boot up -put headset on -open chrome -open facebook, youtube, facepunch and google -proceed to browse -shit myself when the loud java update sound explodes in my ears -don't bother updating it -continue browsing/gaming -shut down -repeat
kill myself read this thread rinse repeat until hair quality desired
-Blindly stick headphones in microphone port, notice mistake, fix -Rearrange peripherals from previous user's configuration -Set resolution to 1080p (Everybody else in my house sets the resolution to 1440x900, making everything terrible) -Start Steam -Start Firefox -Facepunch
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