Thursday -- National Nap Day?

Yesterday was Uber-productive... I love those days. So far today not so much. Brett actually wrote "great argument" on something yesterday. I got a bit teary eyed...This is quite an improvement over the typical comments, such as "doesn't suck too bad" or "I have no idea what this means".

The new graphics card showed up yesterday, so I popped it in after work last night. It works, so that's a good start. Now all I need to do is RMA in the old card and wait to sell it on Ebay.

I love Ebay. Where else can you sell old shit you'd toss in the trash anyway? There always seems to be someone that's just dying to buy your old ram for 15 bucks.

I've been taking the brace off at home a bit..in anticipation of dropping it all together sometime this weekend. It's OK, I guess. It's still sore and a bit stiff.

I'll be glad when I can get back to the gym.

I hate that

Your Feb 16, 2009 Comcast billing statement is ready for viewing. To view your bill, go to http://www.comcast.com/payonline . Enter your User Name and Password, and from the next screen select GO from the VIEW YOUR BILL option.

Let me see if I understand this...you're emailing me to tell me my bill is ready? How about just emailing me the bill? Idiots. Since you don't do bill pay online, you want me to log in every month just so I can log into bill pay and send you a check? I keep telling you to mail me a paper statement anyway. That way I can open your mail, look at the amount, throw the mail away, then log into bill pay and send you a check.

Entropy waits for no one

Ah, another Tuesday in paradise. Let's see... the video card on my main computer finally croaked on Friday...I'll have to RMA it back in (already approved). I ordered a new GTX 260 instead. I should be able to ebay the old card for about the purchase price of the 260, which is faster anyway.

I've been working on my old dell 8200 portable, which had/has a noisy fan. I finally couldn't take it anymore and took the thing apart to replace the fan...which makes about the same noise as the old one. So, off to ebay with the 8200...

I ordered a dell 1525 for about $500 yesterday. All I need is something that will run word, and the 1525 will do that just fine.

Got sick again Sunday...and was pretty miserable for a couple days. I'm feeling better today, so off to Boulder I go. I've been out 3-4 days this month for various doc appointments / sick time, so I'm behind.

The GTX 260 should be here Wed., which will be nice. The portable is SLOW. Even though I've upgraded the processor (1.8-> 2.6 pentium M) and the memory (512MB-> 2G) there is really on so much you can do with a 4-5 year old portable computer.

The new 1525 isn't anything that fancy. I mean, what would you expect for $500? It has 3G of ram, a 2Ghz dual core mobile processor, and a 15.4 inch HD display. After taking the 8200 apart 2-3 times, I'm not worried about upgrading the processor on the 1525 when the prices on mobile processors drop. Also, it comes with a 5400 RPM drive. It's not hard at all to image the drive with my main machine and upgrade the notebook to a 7200 RPM drive ($50 - $75), or maybe a SSD drive when the prices are more reasonable. That will result in a performance boost right there.

Not much else to tell. I've been trying to wear the leg brace less than all the time, in anticipation of dropping it all together. The jury is still out on that.

I finally did pick up my monster shop air compressor on Saturday. I've been looking at a specific model for months...and Friday I received a coupon via email for $170 off the price. That was too good to pass up. It's in the garage, waiting for me to anchor it to the concrete. It's a 60G 2 stage campbell hausfeld 220V compressor. It will work out great for my air tools and media blasting that I want to use it for.

Dodge

It looks like I dodged any serious problems...just a MCL sprain and some bone bruising. They want me to do some PT and said I should be fine in 4-8 weeks. I'm supposed to wear the brace for another 2 weeks and skip any cardio/snowshoeing for 2-3 more weeks.

What else is new....I yanked the subpanel from the garage and now I'm running a 40A 220V ckt and a 15A 120V ckt. The house is only wired for 150A on the main panel anyway. This way I can skip the conduit and 0-GA copper wires...saving about $500 total in copper and conduit costs.

Work is...blah...ok I guess. I'm not that motivated at the moment.

I sold a giant vertical filing cabinet on craigslist from the basement. It's left over from the business, and was empty anyway.

If the weather is nice this saturday I'd like to run the 220/120 lines to the main panel and wire them up. They have to span the basement and make it to the backyard. Who the fuck puts a breaker panel at the back of the house outside? Idiots do. I may also pick up my compressor this Saturday.

IBM to laid-off staff: Go to India

Is your employee standard of living too expensive? Just ship them overseas.

Fucked up but kinda funny....

MRI

If only I was a fucking radiologist in my spare time. I'm guessing top view left knee with my MCL on the left. Of course, I could be wrong. They could have MRI'd my balls instead.

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Edith Piaf - La Foule