Again. Because my laptop died. Again. This time asking for a boot device when I turned it on,which is a refreshing new variation, at least. (It died with its--"hey, where are my boots?" on!) But the Geek Squad counter guy stuck his fingers inside the case and observed that the drive wasn't even attempting to spin, which means it's really just ( Read more... )

So apparently it's not summer until my laptop completely craps out and I have to live without one for a week while the Best Buy Geek Squad send it off to their computer repair mothership. Fortunately, I have learned a) to always buy the 2-year protection plan so I can just drop it at the Geek Squad counter and not have to hassle with anything else ( Read more... )

I came by my office this evening to use the computer (since my home computer is temporarily off-line). Just as I was wrapping things up to head out I suddenly found myself being dive-bombed by a bat. We have a bat who lives in our building despite our staff's occasional efforts to evict it. I've seen it on my floor before, but it never occurred ( Read more... )