That was the reaction from many a WINDOWS nerd for many years.
Thursday, September 03, 2026
It's unedited BLISS-How a NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Photographer made the most IMPORTANT photo for Millennial(and Gen-Z) users of WINDOWS
That was the reaction from many a WINDOWS nerd for many years.
Wednesday, September 02, 2026
New Fractal Cases 02-Define ONE & SUMMIT
I usually avoid posting too much news about PC Cases unless they're interesting enough for my tastes,
As well as avoiding touching on the subject of that DUAL-CHAMBER aesthetic which I have nothing nice to say about despite the aesthetic being BELOVED by enthusiasts....
But it seems FRACTAL DESIGN was just in their EXPERIMENTAL PHASE.
After their release of the FRACTAL POP 2 VISION earlier this year
FRACTAL has decided to renege their commitment to DUAL CHAMBER in favor of the classic FRONT INTAKE design for their cases.
I woke up(I'm still coughing as of this post) and saw on FACEBOOK a post from FRACTAL about two cases they just announced:
Fractal SUMMIT
&
Fractal DEFINE ONE
First, lets go with the SUMMIT
Looks like FRACTAL DESIGN is still obsessed with their WOODGRAIN aesthetic ever since their 2022 success with the NORTH case But instead of the wood being the INTAKE GRILLE like it was on the NORTH series,The WOOD seems to be decorative, a little similar to a certain case from ANTEC
The SUMMIT looks like FRACTAL is going back to their roots which is proper FRONT INTAKE for airflow.
Yeah.... Kind of like how this GIF of a JET TURBINE puts it.But not quite.
We're talking about letting air in and letting air out to keep our components cool
Once again, FRACTAL is positioning this case to be for gamers, I can tell seeing as I've seen that this case is promising itself to be tool-less once again but I noticed that FRACTAL is finally putting in an IN-CASE Anti-Sag Holder to prop up GRAPHICS cards.
In the past, You had to use HOLDERS or BRACKETS that came with your GPU unless you bought yourself a 3rd Party Holder like my ASUS ROG HERCUL-X Holder.
This is indeed a welcome change.
I'm all in for this case... provided I can build one for a friend of mine.....Next, we have the DEFINE ONE case.
I have mixed feelings about this case.
I was really hoping for FRACTAL to introduce the DEFINE 8 series of cases but alas, they didn't.
The name DEFINE ONE really does remind me of the XBOX ONE from 2013
Unlike the SUMMIT, the DEFINE ONE seems a little short on the HORIZONTAL side of things so please be mindful of what GPU or AIO you have before mounting them into this case.
One thing I wish FRACTAL would have retained is at least a single 5.25" Optical drive bay but this breakup schematic shows it doesn't have it
Look... I get that you can just use USB Optical Drives to get around that but in my mind, it's more important to have an internal solution to mounting at least a BLU-RAY burner.
Either way or another, I'm more interested in the SUMMET CASE due to it's woodgrain and front intake airflow design aesthetic
Yeah, I noticed that these cases don't come with their own FRACTAL ASPECT RGB fans. But who needs them?
If you really want ARGB fans that badly, just buy your own.
Me?
I just use my THERMALTAKE or CORSAIR fans that I have.
Here's hoping which case releases first...
and here's my closing line for this post:
IF THERE'S ANYBODY OUT THERE IN THE VANCOUVER AREA WHO'D LIKE ME TO BUILD THEIR COMPUTERS, HERE'S THE LINK TO MY WEBSITE'S CONTACT PAGE:
Tuesday, September 01, 2026
Maverick Update 09/01/2026: Another Motherboard SWAP
Yes, that's right.
Starting today, I'm going to swap out my old B650 AORUS Motherboard that's inside my FRACTAL POP AIR Case and in it's place is this:
The X870E MSI MPG CARBON WIFI ATX MOTHERBOARD.I actually bought this at MEMORY EXPRESS at Broadway & Cypress Street in VANCOUVER because I determined that after the morning thunderstorm of AUGUST 14th & another one in AUGUST 23rd, I felt a little jolt in my brain that I need a new Motherboard, just to be safe.
While I'm sure my SURGE PROTECTOR as well as turning off my SEASONIC PSU helped to save the old MOBO, I just felt it was time to switch motherboards if I'm gonna rebuild my Desktop.
So.... On AUGUST 27th 2026, I bought the aforementioned MSI motherboard,
Yes, I'm back to MSI but at least I'm still on an AMD system.
And at least I'll reuse a majority of parts from the older build.
.....
Why did I wait so long to rebuild my PC?
PROCRASTINATION?
No.
I got sick on AUGUST 30th 2026 with a throat flu.
I'm in the midst of recovery at the moment but starting today SEPTEMBER 1st 2026, I'm rebuilding my Desktop.
And yes, I'm using WINDOWS 11 PRO so don't ask why I didn't use MINT, BAZZITE, Fedora, or Red Hat.
I need to have an OS that supports both my ANIMATION SOFTWARE and GAMING but DISTROS have their tradeoffs and I can't afford to do dual booting for each service. And I don't want to install plugins just to make one thing work or others in the event WINE doesn't do it's job.
What is different is that instead of using the MEDIA CREATION TOOL,
I instead used RUFUS to create my own installation USB so I can get rid of COPILOT and create a LOCAL ACCOUNT.
(Though I will re-install ONEDRIVE because I need to transfer files between my iPhone and my PCs and Vice Versa. Email Apps will remain on my Laptop and Phone for the time being.)
But as usual as a failsafe, My blogging remains on my DELL LAPTOP connected to my ULTRAWIDE monitor.
Anyway, That's my September Opening.
Expect to see some posts for this month.
Friday, August 28, 2026
COYOTE VS. ACME-The Film that ACME and WB tried to Silence is now a TRIUMPH and a wake up call against Studio Meddling
who agrees with the Canine that ACME has gone too far with their products and decides to represent his new Client in Court.
Almost 36 years later, A movie was released into THEATERS that expands upon that particular Article.
SERIOUSLY!
until FRED SEIBERT decided to change things up with CARTOON NETWORK in 1992.
Despite his jovial nature, he does not care about us millennials who've grown up in the 2000s watching mid to late 90s and 2000s era CARTOON NETWORK.