Question for the computer-savvy folks on my friends list ( Read more... )

Greetings, LJ readers. Got a computer question for you ( Read more... )

This post is mainly aimed at the people on my friendslist who are computer geeks of a much higher caliber than I am, who can weigh in on good system specs ( Read more... )

My computer has been randomly restarting lately, often in the middle of doing something in WoW. I assumed it just needed to be cleaned as usual, so I took out the can of compressed air and cleaned off the vents. That failed to make a difference, however. In fact, last night it was so bad it would load to the Windows loadscreen and then restart ( Read more... )

Thanks to everyone for the condolences and kind words about Addy. I'm not up to answering individually right now, but every reply was definitely appreciated ( Read more... )

Good news! My cousin Scott got the results back from his tests and full body scan, and there's no sign of cancer anywhere else! It looks like they got it all in the surgery when they removed his thyroid, and the following radiation seems to have taken care of any traces that were left. He's still got treatment and such to go through, but it ( Read more... )

Anyone use Mozilla Firefox? I downloaded it today (and in fact I'm posting from it) because I've heard it's more stable, safe and customizable than Internet Exploder Explorer. Plus, I keep having to clear my cache almost every day because otherwise IE insists on saving images as Bitmaps. o_0 ( Read more... )

Cool link sent via e-mail to all library employees from the director

The 100 favourite fictional characters... as chosen by 100 literary luminaries

Among the ones I'm familiar with...
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I was sooooo careful to back up everything I could possibly think of before I reformatted the upstairs computer. So of course I forgot something. All my fonts. >_< *slaps forehead*

Thank God (and Google) for AbstractFonts.com!

*huggles PalaceScript MT, Chinese Takeaway, et al*

You know you're spending too much time online when you see a newspaper ad for a business whose street address is "1337 Main St" and you think "OMG 1337 h@x0rz!!!1 ( Read more... )