I have 3 tracking numbers for the 3 parts of my computer that are coming. So I’ve been staring at them on the computer. Wednesday wednesday wednesday…. whee!
So I have to drive moonlight tonight. woo. hope I survive 😛
Category Archives: Computer Stuff
New computer fun, but getting expensive.
So I dove in and am getting the parts to a new system. I was initially gonna keep the cost down below $400, and finally configured one for $430. Then I got a really good deal on a hard drive so it’s up to just under 500. Now I’m thinking it would be nice to get a CDRW/DVD combo drive for it for $50, instead of just the old junk reader I have lying around. But if I get that, then I’ll need to get a good video card so this thing is capable of displaying DVD video to a TV. ARGH!
Smart decision: hold off on the drive and video card until later…. save it for an upgrade. You already have a laptop with both of those things in it, so it works fine.
Okay good call. But wait…. then why are you getting a super-portable desktop? Argh!
There goes money.
That was almost an impulse buy. Well I’m tired and… ‘ya know. So I went to DSM and got my hard drive earlier tonight. And I just placed an order for the case and chip on newegg. All that’s left is memory and I have a brand new computer system. Yeesh that was quick. Ah well. It’s done now. Time for bed!
Computer Woes
So I had some old games I couldn’t get to play under Windows XP (yes computer geeks, I tried compatibility mode) so I finally just installed Windows 98. Well, smart me. Then I couldn’t get back to Windows XP. Well it’s been a few days, and now I CAN get back to XP… but, um, well when I was running Outlook Express under 98 and checking my email…. I had it keep messages on the server, but delete them when I delted them from my trash. Except, uh, I never emptied my trash. So now I have like 200 spam messages to sort through. Well if you emailed me…. Good luck… hope I don’t miss it!
Fun in the music lab
So I have all these old tapes that my nieces and I made like 6 or 7 years ago. They were of this made-up radio show. It was fun … really dumb too. But we did a lot, and I figured it was about time to digitize them before they’re dead. So I’m using the nice high-quality lab to transfer these super-low quality cassettes. And subs on the mixer are cool ’cause I can map the tape deck through to the mac, while still listening to music through the big speakers. Woo hoo! Anyway, stupid mac fell asleep and I didn’t know how to wake it up so I lost a half hour of recording. Oh sweet. it’s done. Bye
The good, the bad, and the painful.
My laptop’s here!!!!!! I am going to get absolutely NO sleep tonight thinking about it. I’m kindof upset that I didn’t stop by and check on its status earlier today ’cause I could have picked it up…. but maybe this means I’ll get some studying done for physics….
Which brings us to the bad. Yeah, I have a physics exam tomorrow night at 8 which is not going to be pretty. I think I understand the general concepts…. but that always tends to blow up for me with physics. Oh well, let you know how I did tomorrow night…. NO! I’ll be playing with my new toy!
The Painful
So I lost a filling today. It hurts when I forget about it…. and it’s really weird to move my tongue around in my mouth and feel a gaping hole…. Anyway. I suppose I should get it fixed soon.
Ah, off to physics now I guess.
Goodnight
Awww, too many nights of dial-up over break 🙁 I’m going to bed and I just about "disconnected" from the Internet. That’s just sad. Goodnight