Wednesday, October 22, 2008

A busy weekend, part 2...

I also took 3 hours on Newegg.com to put together a new PC for myself, which is currently un-ordered, for ~$1850. I still need to get the last $350 saved, so I might not have a new PC until the new year, but at least I have a definite idea of what I want, and how much it’s going to cost. It’s sweet. I’m going to see if I can link it so you can see it too.

   Also, a link to a webcomic I find hilariously funny: here. It is tangentially related to my getting a new PC, as it will have Vista on it.

   No link for my projected PC, but I think I was able to post it on the blog. I’ll have to see if it made it when I get home.;

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

A busy weekend...

   I had to reformat my computer on Friday because some of the System32 drivers had become corrupted and had, in turn, corrupted other files. That took at least 4 hours to get Windows back on and updated. Add in programs, restoring the correct backups and such, and that took most of the day.

   Saturday was errand/shopping day, which is always busy.

   Sunday was OK, especially since I didn’t have to go to work. But, I had forgotten to reload the drivers for the printer, and so we didn’t make it in time for Sacrament mtg., since Val needed something printed out for her calling. That and the printer decided to start acting up and not print correctly.

   Yesterday was Val’s birthday. Her cake was very yummy. We did some fun things, had a good vegan Italian meal at a downtown SLC restaurant, went home and played Super Smash Bros. on the ‘cube.

 

I suppose that it doesn’t seem like a lot when it’s written out, but the computer took all of Friday to get back. By the way, Windows takes forever to update. Maybe it’s just because my computer is old, but Service Pack 2 (SP2) took ~45 minutes to finally download, and that was at ~4 in the morning on Friday, when there is a minimum of network/internet traffic. Then it took another 30 minutes to install. Jeez, I guess next time I’ll have disks nearby with all of the SP’s on them.