“A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.” - George Bernard Shaw
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 10th, 2007
Watching some movie that TiVo recorded today. Just the Wife and me.
First commercial break happens, and there’s a commercial for a Honda Civic. At least, I think that’s what it was for.
Had the “Odd Couple” music paying. One guy was driving around in his Civic, picking up trash that another driver was tossing out. And, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 9th, 2007
I’ve really enjoyed my new MacBook.
Until it broke.
Seems something caused it to not recognize the hard drive.
And, with no hard drive, the computer won’t do much.
So, at lunch (I’m eating a sandwich now), I took the MacBook by the Apple Authorized Repair Center in Columbus. And they are shipping it off to the MacBook hospital.
Not [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 8th, 2007
Windows users know all about the Blue Screen Of Death. It’s abbreviated BSOD. It’s that blue screen that happens when something very, very bad goes wrong with your computer.
Even Microsoft acknowledges it as the BSOD, though unofficially.
Well, I got a Mac back in August. A MacBook, actually. And I knew that I would get no [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 7th, 2007
The Little Princess called earlier this week. She was having problems with her computer.
Well, sort of.
She was having trouble getting on the Internet using her computer’s wireless connection.
Now, when she got her computer recently — it was a replacement Dell sent for one that went bad — she sat on the couch at the house [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 5th, 2007
This week has been one heckuva week.
Work has been busy. And not just busy, but busy, busy, busy.
We’ve got a major project rolling out soon, and it’s taken a lot of my time. Working on weekends sometimes. Working late sometimes. Not taking lunch sometimes.
I don’t mind being busy, but being overwhelmed … that’s something else.
And, [...]
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