I have finally used some of my credit card reward points that have been accruing for years.  My sturdy, reliable DVD player has recently started croaking on me.  Considering I got it in 2002, it had a good life, and I'm okay with investing in a new one.  I'm actually much relieved that it's the DVD player and not the projector, as I originally ( Read more... )

Wow, I feel like I'm on that Tina Fey American Express commercial.  I finally found my old hard drive and tried to use the hard drive enclosure I got for Christmas, only to find that it does not fit.  I groaned and envisioned an long, irritating, fruitless attempt to exchange it on NewEgg.com, since it's past 30 days old ( Read more... )

Well, that's just odd.  I was watching CSI before I left for the lab this morning.  It was actually engaging, and Amber Tamblyn was guesting, so I was bummed to miss the end of it, but couldn't be bothered to set up a recording on the DVR before the bus came ( Read more... )

Grr.  I shouldn't have gotten so excited about the idea of nested playlists (folders) in iTunes - they don't translate to the iPod.  When I sync my iPod, all the playlists get dumped in one giant alphabetized list.  WTH, Apple?  You use the nested folder interface for every other function on this device.  What is so difficult about supporting ( Read more... )

Well, I'm about halfway through sorting my 850 Christmas songs into 9 playlists (so far).  Hard work, man, but it's going to be worth it.  Did you know you can have folders of playlists in iTunes?!  I had no clue.  I was wishing that was possible, and poof, 
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Note to self:  The time to download, install, and begin using new photo management software is not 10pm on a work night.  It has tagging, you guys.  I can just tag, and tag, and tag ... it's so alluring.  Way better than Picasa, which won't even let you view more than one tag at a time, and doesn't let me capitalize the tags themselves.  And I ( Read more... )

All righty, people.  I'm set to leave for MN tomorrow morning, so you might not hear from me until next week (after my new job starts ( Read more... )

14-0, my friends.  At least we lost by less this time (last game we lost 17-0).  Sigh.  We've decided our pre-game cheer (the one where everyone stands in a circle and puts their hands in the middle and says things like, "Gooooooooo TEAM!") should be, "Suuuuuuuuck LESS ( Read more... )

DAMN it, why do I have to reinstall these drivers every time I use this printer?!!  There is no earthly reason for this crap.  I have finished this paper, fair and square, and I just want to get it off this machine.

CONTROL P PRINT!  CONTROL P PRINT!  PRINT CONTROL P!  PRINT CONTROL P!  CONTROL P PRINT!

::raises head wearily::  Almost there.  Last cycle starting up in 15 minutes.

Seriously people, I have never imbibed so much America's Next Top Model in such a short period of time.  After awhile you get sort of Zen about it.  You know exactly what each judge is going to say about each photograph and who's going to get called out next ( Read more... )