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Spent today in charge of a class of 10- to 14-year-old kids, trying to teach them how to build game stuff using the Neverwinter Nights toolkit. Unfortunately, due to graphics drivers crashing (requiring the computers to be reset and the game reinstalled each time), I spent most of the day bailing water out of the sinking boat trying to install the software on as many spare computers as possible.

I think we had at least one crash per computer, and some had two or more. As a result of this, I didn't get to do anywhere near as much teaching as I would have liked to - most of it was solving small problems on the way to something else that had just crashed.

I'm knackered. And I'm doing this again on Monday. (I'm told that at least the computers we'll be using there are more advanced computers, so hopefully they won't crash as much.)

Date: 2006-09-27 08:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] king-richard.livejournal.com
Man, you should buy a Mac

Time for a Zim quote...

Date: 2006-09-27 09:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] axiomatic-axe.livejournal.com
Advanced? As in "It’s not stupid, it’s advanced!"?

Date: 2006-09-27 09:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] king-richard.livejournal.com
Thats just my generic response to anyone who starts talking computers.

Date: 2006-09-27 09:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seraphs-folly.livejournal.com
Hey I remember you! *squdge*

Date: 2006-09-27 09:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mal3ficent.livejournal.com
lets hope you get to do more teaching on Monday!



Date: 2006-09-27 10:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] suzsuztbffuz.livejournal.com
well I'm not so suprized, with the lack of computers out hear with not much of graphics cards. I mean I'm looking at buying a laptop, and they still sell them without their own RAM WTF!?

Date: 2006-09-27 11:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anarchangel23.livejournal.com
In a university cafe the other day, I actually overheard a girl tell her friend "My Mac crashed last night, wtf?? Mac's don't crash!" I restrained my laughter... barely. Some people will believe anything a wholesome and "cool" looking guy on tv tells them.

Date: 2006-09-27 11:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anarchangel23.livejournal.com
Eh? Where's that from?
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