So, I'm sitting here, typing away on my newly-reactivated PC, and I just noticed, after 4 hours of working, that either the blue gun is getting all hyperactive, or the red and green ones are sleeping on the job. Every couple of seconds, the color on the monitor washes all blue, then goes back to normal.
So, as a request for comments: I'm now on the lookout for a new monitor. The one I've got is an aging 19" CTX VL90. I'd like to get a 19" flat panel, wide-format if possible. Any suggestions?
The hook, of course, is that I've got exactly €3.50 in the bank.
My bestest little buddy went on a trip today. He's never been out there on his own before, so of course I'm worrying myself sick, hoping he's OK, and that the people at the Apple Repair Center are taking care of him. That's right, at 9:02 this morning, the UPS guy came by and picked up my Powerbook. He wasn't feeling well. The Powerbook, I mean. Thanks to this problem, he's going on vacation.
Now I'm working on my Windows PC. First day today. So far:
- Virus update notification that couldn't be clicked away
- ZoneAlarm popped up while I was playing Doom 3; machine frozen between video modes
- Windows blue-screened for some inscrutable reason (rebooted before I could read the error message)
- Upon restart received "Windows Critical Error" dialog, without specifics on which application it was
- Weird window-management feature, where a window was off-screen, and could only be seen when maximized. "Tile Windows" didn't bring it back
- Font-management bug where a Type 1 font couldn't be substituted in Macromedia Flash
It's going to be a long week.
As if reading my mind, michael say:
Going to a place that's far, so far away and if that's not enough
Going where nobody says hello, they don't talk to anybody they don't know
You'll wind up in some factory that's full time filth and nowhere left to go
Walk home to an empty house, sit around all by yourself
I know it might sound strange, but I believe
You'll be coming back before too long
At night I drink myself to sleep and pretend
I don't care if you're not here with me
'Cause it's so much easier to handle
All my problems if I'm too far out to sea
But something better happen soon
Or it's gonna be too late to bring you back
It's not as though I really need you
If you were here I'd only bleed you
But everybody else in town only wants to bring you down and
That's not how it ought to be
I know it might sound strange, but I believe
You'll be coming back before too long
In no particular order:
- The comical 'Boing!' sound in Whammy! by the B-52s; 1983; Athens, GA
- The last 2 Space is the Place-minutes of Bugman by Blur; 1992; UK
- My putting Upside Down by The Jesus & Mary Chain right in the middle of a make-out mix tape; 1989; Woodstock, GA
- Peter Buck selling his distortion pedal; 1989; Los Angeles, CA
Poking around Little Green Footballs (no link, because I don't want y'all Bitch-dotting Charles' nice little blog there), I came across this little gem of a page.
Looking at that cheered me up for a number of reasons. First off, Charles is absolutely right about the Valentine's flash banner. Priceless; an absolute masterpiece of medieval Muslim romantik. Xenophobia begins at home, kids. But mostly, I just have to giggle when I see a URL that has "ShowFatwa.php" in it.
Awesome! You guys are nuts...
Just in case any y'all was looking for a good dildo-party this weekend.
Just sayin'...
