Happenstance

While walking over to pick up a copy of John Scalzi's The Ghost Brigades, I found this on a random shelf:

I read it on the ride home last night. It's average for a fantasy book; nothing specially about it. Two things irked me though. The first, which I'm guessing is an editing error, is the misspelling of desired, spelled deSired. Yes, with a capital S in the middle and yes, appearing twice. The second is writing the Wilderness as The Wilderness with 'the' capitalized.

ION, I went to buy a new graphics card (and audio card) and found out the software shop is "closed but reopening soon though we're not quite sure when". I am quite behind with gaming, RuneScape especially, and I don't feel comfortable shoving people off their computers just to get my game on.

Trolling me softly

My video card died yesterday morning and the on-board card is absolute shit for any sort of gaming. I'm so close to 95 mining, too!

The top pick: dragon vs. rune

I've been using a dragon pick for a while. I only heard the dragon pick was the best to use in LRC, but it seemed that people just went with what everyone else used. I decided to finally compare it to a rune pick and see if it's truly worth the extra 12M.

Mining level for both: 94

Where mining: living rock caverns (LRC)

Time: 61 minutes

Outfit worn: agile top and legs, Ardy 4 cape, ROW, glory, Fally shield 4 and boots of lightness

Lava titan used for both

I went for the gold deposits in the central and southern areas. When they were depleted, I went for the southern coal deposits.

Dragon pick 58,490 exp in 61 minutes

Rune pick: 55,195 exp in 61 minutes

Experience difference: 3,295

Costs: dragon 12.4M / rune 18.9k

Both tests were some of the best mining days I've had. At least one of the gold deposits was mineable for most of the hour.

For me, the dragon pick is just a show piece when using the LRC. The rune pick does just as well and costs a fraction. The only time I've seen a dragon pick be worth the high price is mining for runite.

You just can't get enough

What I do for runecrafting.

Yes, I will be making more shitty videos, so stay tuned (or change the channel).

New shiny things

I got myself 3 of the 5 new capes - level 80 in all skills, veteran and classic capes. The all shit done one is very pretty, but not one that will ever grace my shoulders and the all skills 99 cape will be mine in, oh, 5 1/2 years.

I'm still on the lookout for a skill-friendly clan without many required monthly events.

ION, is anyone who plays Minecraft having a shitload of trouble with it? I'm either lagging horribly or getting the BSOD or both.