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Archive for April, 2005
Bad, Bad Microsoft
Apr 29th
I had one of those wake up calls today where I remember why its best not to leave all the thinking to someone else.
Microsoft’s XP Windows Update site pushed an upgrade to my home PC. Since it is automated, all I had to do was say “yes” to reboot the system after the update arrived. Once I did, I got a “blue screen of death”, had no working audio, and shortly found several dead files written to my hard drive. Of course, the WU Crash dialog appears shortly after my 3rd reboot, telling me that Microsoft has no idea what More >
Long Waits and Big Bills
Apr 26th
I found out today that my chase after a sports car has ended before it began. After consulting with several dealers it appears that everyone is “allocated out” for the year. That means that no one can special order cars until the manufacturer decides to extend an offer to do so. Bummer for me, and stupid for the car maker, since I have money in hand.
On the other hand I’m headed into a mini house overhaul for the master bathroom. Conservative figures put the upgrade at around $4K, but depending on what else comes along for the ride (new door More >
Common Sense vs. The Doctor
Apr 11th
It’s now a few weeks on from my second, knee bending ski accident and a few more weeks further out from my snowboarder tackle accident. Things seem to be getting better, but slowly, so I figured why not go visit the doctor and see what the matter is?
The doctor told me, in not so many words, “don’t ski.” Thanks, I figured that part out. So now I’m supposed to wait another few weeks and see if things improve on their own, even though I have pain now (I should take Alleve, he says) but no visible signs of trouble. And More >
Weekends are for…
Apr 3rd
Not to be lame, but here is a commercial parody of my weekend.
- Buying a new motherboard to fix a dead PC server: $89
- Investigating low flow toilet replacements: $308
- Spending all day rebuilding PCs: $ uncalculatable
- Walking several miles on a bad leg and coming home to find you are so sore you can barely move: Priceless
So again a weekend has passed and my newsletter is not complete. I’ll shoot for next weekend and I’ll keep from walking several miles to prove that I can.