...Actually, Satan is a nerd after all. And Bill Gates is clearly the Antichrist. Only pure evil could explain the pure stupidity of Microsoft's Help Function ( Read more... )

Well, let's see. The car wash knocked my driver's side mirror loose (it's now being held on by duct tape) and my computer now has rather major issues that started out as minor problems and exploded. The good news is that the video card does indeed work. The bad news is that Windows now doesn't anymore for some reason. (Guess what, infocynic... you get ( Read more... )

It's official: life hates me. The Martinizing Strike we were contemplating for Saturday has gone from "Yeah let's do it" to "Eh, we'll do it if we have to" to "OMG, if it's so bad we have to walk out on Saturday we're just gonna quit and I'm just 2 seconds away from walking out." In the meantime, my four-month-old computer works for about fifteen ( Read more... )

This was one of those weeks where basically nothing turned out as originally planned. Even my routine activities (closing at work, hanging out at the Ash's) got disrupted in one way or another. I mean, nothing was dreadful--everything was just... off ( Read more... )

So here I am, sitting at the floor squinting at the 13-inch monitor that's hooked up to my old computer while my new one is busy doing memory checks. I never realized how much work was really involved in building a computer before. Silly me, I just assumed that, once the parts are in and an operating system is installed, everything's all nice and ( Read more... )

"Business" first:

A reminder to borghalrantipol,childclover, cry_me_a_road, and curlybabyblues: Henna Party! I should be there between 9:15 and 9:30 or so. (Anne, check the forum--I PMed you the directions).

As for life in general, I am currently surrounded by most of a new computer. infocynic is my hero of the moment for helping me design and build what promises to be a very kick-butt computer. ( Read more... )

I hate my computer. I mean, really, really hate it. I got a ton of stuff done on a document while at MSU on Tuesday, saved the file, and sent it to myself here at home. And what does my computer decide to do? It sez, hmm, I don't like Lisa, she tries to use me for things that I don't like (such as that icky "work" thing), so I will screw her ( Read more... )

To start, I admit: I'm a software pirate. Back in the heyday of Napster and Audiogalaxy in particular, I downloaded hundreds of songs. Currently, my big leech thing is anime--I have a tendency to watch fansubs of licensed series because of the lack of cost. (No, not the Hong Kong bootlegs--the only money I pay is to the makers of blank CDs so I ( Read more... )

I forgot to mention this yesterday.

Kids, you have a homework assignment.

Build me a computer (just the computer itself, mind--I don't need a new monitor or anything) for $400 or less, if that's possible. It's finally time to replace the HP junkbox.

Oh, and everyone ought to donate to the "Save CJ's Leg Fund," if only because he looks like

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