Posted Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 10:46 am | Comments Off
Yesterday morning I was charging my iPod, and my computer suddenly shut off. First I freaked. Then I freaked some more when it wouldn’t turn back on. My first thought was that it had gotten too hot or something, but it still wouldn’t turn on after it cooled down a bit (and it really wasn’t that hot to begin with). I then noticed that the light on the AC adaptor wasn’t on. I unplugged it […]
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Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 12:43 pm | 1 Comment
I ordered a KVM switch from Dell on Sunday nite. I really need a second screen for work. And I had a $25 coupon that Dell sent me after I bought my laptop. I couldn’t pass up the deal. Only $21 for the KVM (with tax and shipping).
As I said, I ordered it on Sunday nite. It shipped out Monday. It was scheduled for delivery tomorrow but actually showed up today. I was happy. […]
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Posted Monday, February 4, 2008 at 6:46 pm | Comments Off
When I got my laptop, I set up a network between it and my desktop. My desktop has my mp3s and website files. I’ve then mapped network drives on my laptop for some of the folders on my desktop that I’m sharing across the network.
I wanted to rename one of the network drives, but Windows is being an ass and won’t let me. It ended up deleting some of the name and won’t let […]
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Posted Saturday, January 26, 2008 at 3:47 pm | 1 Comment
I am not one who likes to spend a lot of money … mostly because I don’t like to waste what I have. When I need things, I tend to go for the cheapest version I can get away with. My coffee table and tv stand came from KMart. My kitchen table came from Target. My dresser and computer desk came from Walmart. I even got my stereo from Walmart.
There have been times when […]
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Posted Monday, December 31, 2007 at 1:15 pm | Comments Off
Well … my laptop is finally up and running. I had to do some work before getting to play with this. But I’m here now. The laptop is up and running and is connected wirelessly to the internet. I’m actually sitting at my coffee table right now typing this.
I haven’t played around too much yet. The first thing I did was download Firefox. Now I’m posting here. I think I’m going to have to […]
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