Happy Leap Day!
Or as I usually call it, “Hope That All of My Date Based Calculations in Programs I Wrote Still Work” Day!
YES YES YES YES
I found my Applecare certificate! It’s still under warranty, baby!
The Great Laptop Fiasco of 2008: Part 2
So I took my laptop into the Genius Bar today and the guy there basically told me what I already suspected: it’s likely a problem with the logic board on my PowerBook. Since I really kind of needed this computer as a secondary, and I’m not quite ready to buy a new MacBook Pro yet, I’m going to get it repaired. But first, I have to backup the data from it.
But since the computer isn’t working I have to take the hard drive out, put it in an enclosure, and hook it up to another one of my Macs and copy the data. But I don’t have another hard drive around that’s big enough to hold all of that data, so I have to buy one. And I can’t find either of my 2.5″ enclosures, I think
As funny as it would be to walk into Fry’s and buy a 3.5″ drive and a 2.5″ enclosure and see if anyone noticed.
When it rains, it pours
A new chapter of computer troubles begins:
My PowerBook seems to be having memory issues. Hopefully buying a replacement DIMM will fix the issue, but I’ll have to wait until tomorrow to see.
Edit: It may not necessarily be memory issues, I have two DIMMs, and removing them one at a time didn’t fix the problem…
*HEADDESK*
*HEADDESK*
*HEADDESK*
If I’ve got the icon, I should use it…
I just realized that my last post was an “Andy screaming at the world” post but I didn’t use my “Andy screaming at the world” icon.
This has been remedied.
“C’mon Andy, come to dinner!”
“But I’m watching the Oscars!”
“Just set it to record!”
“Okay, fine!”
*does so*
Anyone who knows how DVR works and how often the Oscars run late will understand the scream that occurred just a few minutes ago.
You know, stuff.
I staffed AOD last weekend, and it was the most boring convention I’ve ever staffed. This is a very good thing when staffing ConOps. I got to use my car to lug cargo around, and it actually fits a decent amount of stuff when the back seats are folded down, which is part of the reason why I wanted seats that folded down.
I got the license for my car, and since I have to try and come up with a mnemonic for stuff like this and the three letters were “CTH” I eventually settled on “Capture The Hamster” which is a little too appropriate.
Things at work are a bit weird recently, as people might have guessed. I can say that I am one of the select few people to have survived all three major layoffs at Yahoo!, though. That’s gotta be worth a medal or something.