As some of the f-list knows, I'm trying to find a second job that I can do from home. I was looking before my previous computer died back in November and had stumbled across virtual call center, i.e. answering the phone like a call center only from the comfort of your own home. Which beats the hell out of the alternative I did back in 2003, work ( Read more... )

The nice shiny Dell Inspiron 570 showed up yesterday and installed easily. But I still don't have home Internet because I have to pay the phone bill. *headdesk* Next paycheck I swear ( Read more... )

This week has been crazy with the blahs and keeping appointments and trying to be motivated. As a result, I haven't seen the rest of my family since Monday night. So despite feeling like death warmed over, I finished getting my glasses fixed at Target and bought Atticus a soccer ball for Christmas and got through traffic with enough time to see ( Read more... )

Wednesday and Thursday I have all day training classes. I'm trying to stay on top of email and other updates, but you may not hear from me again until Monday.

In sorta related news, I found a good deal on a Dell desktop. Too bad I don't think the money is going to work out. *head desk*

Also 25 degrees when I left the house this morning!

There is something underneath the slightly off-kilter capacitor and if it's not a trick of the light, there is a slight bulge on it ( Read more... )

But three days with only an over-sized paperweight on the desk has reached irritating status ( Read more... )

Getting to the internet failed again Friday night. A real doozy: computer says everything is connected fine, but none of the programs can update or go anywhere. So I called tech support for the DSL Saturday after my company left. Exhausted everything they could do, problem still unresolved, so they recommended I call in the for-pay tech support ( Read more... )

I got phone and DSL back by the time I got home Wednesday night. It makes me very happy that I can actually do things online at home again. Now I don't think I'm addicted ( Read more... )

I am without phone service and DSL until Bell South/AT&T decides to finally send out a technician and give me a dial tone without harsh static feedback. That will be between when I reported it on Saturday to 6pm Thursday ( Read more... )

I finally decided to put the tower on the desktop and put the emergency battery/surge protector in the cubby. Before it was resting on a milk crate where legs are expected to go, so now I have the luxury of somewhere to put my feet ( Read more... )