I am now the proud owner of a brand new Toshiba Satellite M45 laptop. My other laptop (the old one, which was also a Toshiba Satellite) is currently residing at Best Buy, where they may or may not ever succeed in fixing it, but I no longer own it. And as soon as my loan money comes in, a chunk of it goes to pay for my new computer. *sigh*.
But at least I am connected to the outside world now. Yay! And I can actually use my PDA, which has been gathering dust for like, 2 months. YAY!
I like the new laptop, except I think that the Y key is a little sticky. If it gets worse, I guess I'll take it back into the shop.
In other more interesting news, I *might* actually be able to run Tron on this one. (My old laptop lacked the 3d accellerator needed). When I get that far down the list of things to install, I'll let you know. ;-)
Apparently, the goal of going to school for 7 years and getting a bachelors and a masters in computer science... is to be able to have Best Buy computer techs treat me like a total idiot.
I know the difference between a hardware problem and a software problem. I'm pretty sure the drivers don't mysteriously deteriorate to cause things like, sound, to stop working.
And I'm also pretty sure that if they do, the problem is not position specific... as in, the sound won't crackle more or less if you hold the laptop at odd angles.
Not a whole lot to say though. Stuff happened this weekened... Chad got a car (SUV) to replace the dying Intrepid... Some crackho/stupid kid stole my gameboy... we played games with friends and family in the Memphis area (when we weren't car shopping)... we did lots of stuff. but for some reason, I don't feel like saying much.
I need to go write papers and stuff. Because lots of it is due this week. And more of it is due next week. And I will be gone most of the weekend enjoying the sights of North Carolina while Chad enjoys the sights of the end of the World (the White Wolf world, of course. Don't worry... it restarts in January. As if you were worried. Ha). I will have my computer... but I'm not sure how much internet access I will have, as I refuse to pay some outrageous per hour fee for wireless like the last couple of hotels I have stayed in charged. Maybe ours will be more reasonable. Or maybe I'll have to find the library, or an internet cafe or something.
But yeah. If I'm quiet, that's why.
Oh yeah... a key fell off of my keyboard today. One day. After. I was in a town with a Best Buy where they could fix it. Stupid thing will have to wait until Christmas break. Grr.
I really am going to go do more work now (my first paper of the night, due tomorrow, is about 75 words from being finished. Then I have to write a bunch of software engineering stuff, and an abstract for a paper on user interfaces... and something else that I can't remeber right now).
Computer no longer in shop, but needs OS reinstall. It'll be the weekend before I have time to fool with it.
no longer going to Boston in the fall, staying here to get a master's degree and possibly teach labs or somehting (we are no longer "the Pirates who don't do anything", apparently we are "the pirates who go to grad school") Good and bad qualities to that one...
midterms are upon us... therefore, I am insanely busy, and thus also have recontracted my sinus infection (I think). But... after Thursday, it will be much (more) better(er). And I might have time to sleep. Or not.
Spring break is coming. This is what we are all holding out for. *sigh* A week of rest and relaxation and... wedding planning.
I think that's about it for the moment... life is generally ok... I'm looking forward to not having to drag all my stuff home over the summer break... books and stuff are a pain to move.
Hope to be online again soon... like I said, let me get past Thursday, and i can look at the computer.
So I patched the comments thing to work in Mozilla (since that's what I use...)...
And in the process lost all my comments. Bummer. Maybe Krys will figure out a way to get them all back. But then again, he's a busy person... so I'm not holding my breath.
So yeah. Here I am. Like, a week and a half from the end of the semester. Very very close to finishing. Very very ready to finish.
I got a really cool really fast new laptop! 2.4 gHz, 512 RAM, 30 gB hd... It's nice. Thanks to Chad, who's financing this endevor into technology. :-)
This means, though, that i may have more itme to blog, as I can plug in during class and stuff. Which is cool.
Anyway. That's it for hte present moment. I have blogged ;-)
This is my brain..... in part, at least.
