yesterday morning, as i was getting ready to get ready for work, i got a BSOD. i wrote the code down and rebooted, ready to google it.

computer starts and requests a disk scan. i skip it.

then windows greets me with a sound.
with a sound.

interesting. i have all sounds disabled. why did it play a sound?

and on that thought, where did my background go? ( Read more... )

So i got my new monitor today.

I was really happy to find a DVI cable included in the box, after reading that it didnt come with one and after trying to get the salesguy at futureshop to gimme one for cheaper than $50 and failing.

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tomorrow morning i'm going to head out to FutureShop and yank this baby off the shelf:

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re: title--> yes, connection droppings. much like those of a deer but slightly larger in diameter.i've been experiencing strange connection issues as of late. those of you who've got me on MSN have undoubtedly seen me signing in and out sporadically. sorry for any annoyance its caused. this phenomenon occurs hand in hand with websites timing out, ( Read more... )

much too exhausted to type again, pasting directly from a conversation with e-liz ( Read more... )

my first co-op interview is tomorrow. the trouble is, it's also a job (possibly the job) i really want. it's with Iogen, in their cellulose ethanol division. i've pretty much got this memorized, sort of, and i'm still trying to figure other stuff about the company out but ... ahh.... AHHH

i've got half-assed answers worked out to the hard ( Read more... )