The new laptop has been very shiny so far - but oh, so hard to get used to in more ways than one. First, it has Vista, which has been a little confusing to navigate so far ( Read more... )

Laptop hard drive started making frightening, grindy noises yesterday. (Can barely touch it without hearing them ( Read more... )

It took me forever, but I finally managed to get my hard drive reformatted ( Read more... )

Does anyone else have a near-impossible time getting anything to download from Sendspace.Com? When I "Right Click, Save As..." all I get is an HTML page, and when I click normally I get a far too quick download (for the size of the file). The resulting file usually ends up being less than 10KB, and does not remotely resemble the download I was ( Read more... )

With the closure of Btefnet, my weekly Sunday night download is going a tad slower than normal. I managed to find a torrent of tonight's Family Guy - for the bro in Iraq - though I can't seem to locate a file that wants to go any faster than half a KB per second, with a completion rate of less than 5 days ( Read more... )

Sorry to spam everybody with what is essentially a commercial, but this has got to be one of the bestest inventions ever!

If you've used it already, then you already know how great it is. But if you haven't seen it yet, definitely give it a try. It's actually a program that cleans your computer screen from the inside. I honestly didn't ( Read more... )

Dear Toshiba Laptop,

Ah, how I've missed you. It's so wonderful to have you back, and please never scare me like that again. I'm sure we'll settle back into our old routine once I'm able to rearrange some of the current weirdness you seem to have returned with. I look forward to wasting some valuable time together once more.

Love,
Rummi

And now, some good news in list format: 

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   I have a new stash of authentic fake designer purses that my mom bought for me during her visit to NYC.  Some of them are too small for the stuff I apparently need to carry around with me, but they’re just so darned cute!
  


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   After covering a portion of Tricia’s chemistry class, my vice principal told me ( Read more... )

I’m done being sad about this whole computer mess. That’s it. The end.

( Small consolations and a bit of perspective )

Well, ladies and gents, 'tis official. The laptop has died ( Read more... )