Archive for the ‘Everything Else’ Category
Maplestory stopped working after patch? Try this.
January 22nd, 2012 Posted 4:08 pm
The other day, I downloaded the patch for Maplestory and was excited to sign in. Little did I expect that when I would click any shortcut or try to open GameLauncher.exe from the Maplestory folder, than nothing would happen.
I actually had the same thing happen before and I’m pretty sure I couldn’t find the solution so I stopped playing and uninstalled it for a while. I randomly re-installed it to find that it worked a couple months later.
The problem, it seems, is that Maplestory is now Windows 7 compliant. This is actually a good thing but your game won’t launch if you’ve been running it in Compatibility Mode, which you needed to before. If the game doesn’t launch after a patch, try this:
- Open the Maplestory folder on your computer. For me, it’s located here: C:\Nexon\MapleStory
- Right-click GameLauncher and select Properties.
- Click the Compatibility tab and uncheck “Run this in compatibility mode for.” Make sure “Run as Administrator” is checked.
- Click “Ok”.
- Repeat the process for Maplestory.exe if you have been running that in Compatibility Mode.
- Relaunch your game.
- Give me all your mesos.
Tags: compatibility mode, maplestory, support, tech, windows 7
Posted in Everything Else
Holiday Wishlist
December 5th, 2011 Posted 6:27 am
This is a meme that hits the blogging world around this time. Feel free to repost this on your own blog and leave me a link here so that I can see your desires and maybe help out as well. So here’s the cut and paste:
Step One
Make a post to your blog, tumblr, facebook, myspace, what have you. The important thing is to make sure these wishes are things you really want and that people can see the post. If you wish for real possible things, make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it’s your address or just an email address at which you can be contacted by potential wish-grantors.
Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your post, so that the holiday joy will spread.
Step Two
Surf around your friends list/blogroll/RSS feeds (or friends friends, or just random places ) to see who has posted their list. If you have a list be sure to leave it in my comments section so I can view your wishes! If you see a wish you can grant, and it’s in your heart to do so, make someone’s wish come true. Sometimes someone’s trash is another’s treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don’t want or a gift certificate you won’t use–or even know where you could get someone’s dream purebred Basset Hound for free–do it.
Wishlist
If you happen to want to send me any of this gifts, please comment here. Thanks in advance!
- A new iPod Touch.
- Mine was a hand-me-down squared to begin with and it’s nearing its end of days. The volume button broke a while back and it takes days to charge it. Skipping songs lags and I frequently wind up accidentally skipping multiple songs by accident. If nothing else, my friends are sick of hearing me complain about the charging issue. Sadly, Apple is bent on selling 8-gigabyte and 32-gigabyte capacities when I need a 16-gigabyte. Boo. I will, realistically, wind up purchasing one that is used or a Sony Walkman.
- ThinkGeek’s Circuit Sweetheart Necklace.
- I meant to but this for myself for my birthday but I didn’t and then money got tighter than I expected. It’s on sale, guys. Hint hint.
- Stuffies.
- I know this is kind of a cop out but it’s almost impossible for me to say that I want one stuffed animal and not another. In no particular order, here are the ones I want thee most:
- Anything Awesome.
- I’ve only seen The Book of Awesome in stores once. Since then, the Book of Even More Awesome and even a calendar have been printed. I think it would be such a sweet gift from anyone who knows me.
- Gift cards.
- When people ask what I want, I tell them gift cards. Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Think Geek, Bath and Body Works, etc. I usually say I will use it to get something awesome and then I wind up buying groceries or hand soap. The truth is, I really appreciate having a little extra money around the holidays and I would much rather have a gift card and be able to buy something functional than receive some crazy, useless gift..
- Gift Cards
- Amazon, JcPenney and Target are at the top of my list.
- PayPal donations
- cole[at]7and1.net is my address.
- if you put your headphones in your nose and play your ipod really loudly, you can hear the music through your mouth when it’s open, and can’t hear it when it’s closed.
- The Magic 8 ball comes with a warning label which says “Not intended as a substitute for a human pregnancy test.”
- Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark.
- “If you watch jaws backwards its about a huge shark that throws up so many people that they need to open a beach.”
- Microsoft Word puts the red squiggly line under “Ravenclaw” “Hufflepuff” and “Slytherin” … but not “Gryffindor”
- you can mail a banana as is. All you do is write the address and place a stamp on it and then put it in the mailbox.
- Apparently someone donated their land in the case that a unicorn ever needed a safe refuge.
- if you say ‘beer can’ with an English accent, you’re saying ‘bacon’ with a Jamaican accent.
- a pumpkin with the number 3.14 carved into it would make it a pumpkin pi.
- Haikus are easy. But sometimes they don’t make sense. Refrigerator.
Other Bloggers Wishlists
*Yea, this is a rip off from the review blog.
This.
August 27th, 2011 Posted 5:32 pm
Realze that anyone who tries to put you down about your appearance is assuming that it is your job to please them visually. Once you realize that it isn’t your job to be visually pleasing to anyone, ever, it becomes very hard for anyone to make you feel bad about yourself.
Posted in Everything Else
Can You See Me Now?
April 13th, 2011 Posted 7:57 am
Apparently, something went wrong with some Windows/Windows Live component the other day. I assume it happened when my display adapter last crashed because Windows Live Messenger also crashed. Unfortunately, nothing appeared too wrong on my end. MSN would open and I’d click to sign in and it would simply tell me it was unavailable. Super helpful, right?
The specific error message was 80040154 and a quick search brought up all sorts of pages that told me to register a specific DLL. However, the instructions didn’t work. Luckily, I’m a smart cookie so I went straight to fixing Windows Live Essentials from the Control Panel. This isn’t rocket science but, considering that almost 100,000 people found the recommended solution not helpful, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to write up a quick post about it.
Tags: errors, microsoft, technology, windows live messenger
Posted in Everything Else, Internet
Gobble Gobble
November 26th, 2009 Posted 12:08 pm
Happy Turkey Day! I need to get to bed to start my day. I’m bad, I know.
Tags: thanksgiving
Posted in Everything Else
Thank you internet
November 11th, 2009 Posted 7:12 am
I have spent way too much time on My Life is Average but I have gleaned some new knowledge because of it:
Tags: mylifeisa, what do you know
Posted in Everything Else, Humour, Internet
I’m torn.
October 7th, 2009 Posted 4:57 pm
Not, not like Natalie Imbruglia (though, I have that CD and still enjoy it). I am torn because I love Halloween which is why I’ve been promoting my giveaway on Reviews by Cole so hard. I want you to enjoy it, too. I’ve even been in a better mood since we broke out the decorations, even if we have absolutely no plans. I love Halloween festivities. And I wish it lasted longer. It’s equally as important to me as Christmas and I wish there was more build up. Even Ryan wouldn’t let my put up decorations before October 1!
But I’m torn because October is also Breast Cancer Awareness Month and I find that to be a worth cause, a cause which I appreciate not only because I have breasts but because a member of my family has battled breast cancer. I see people putting up button and banners in pink when I only want to see black and orange. I see people promoting worthy causes when I’m just giving away stuffies. It does put a little damper on things and I cannot help but wonder why they’re couldn’t pick January, March, June, July, August, September, or November instead. I feel so whiny but there’s plenty of months with absolutely nothing interesting going on.
As much as I respect breast cancer awareness, (as well we all should), Halloween will always be my first love. Call me greedy. With that said, I’d be spending a few moments each day Clicking to Give Free Mammograms on the Breast Cancer Site. It’s the least I can do. You, too, okay?
Tags: breast cancer, festivities, halloween, october, seasonal
Posted in Everything Else, Internet, Thoughts