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Never buy a laptop from a hardware store.

Well, wasn’t last night’s post just full of cheerfulness? Must have had a bad case of the uglies going on to come up with something like that. It’s a better day today though. I get to beat on someone else’s … Continue reading

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Reviving the Dead | Part III

There was a delay in getting part III of this mind numbing series out due to certain unforeseen circumstances which I’m not going to tell you about. Some things just shouldn’t be mentioned online. Sounds good doesn’t it? Due to … Continue reading

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Reviving the Dead | Part II

In our last episode, the hero, (meaning me) after being dived bombed by a previously unknown alien life form that had been dwelling within the unclean recesses of a dead PC, had just lowered his cardboard shield and fishing net … Continue reading

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Reviving the Dead | Part I

If you happen to recall, my wife’s trusty old custom built PC had a stroke the other day and never recovered. Or to be more specific, the original 6 year old load of XP Pro, in spite of regular daily … Continue reading

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Trying to revive the dead

There’s been a death in the household in the form of my wife’s venerable old desktop. She built it herself back in 2003 while earning her degree inComputer Systems Management (hers was the only one that booted up on the … Continue reading

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The Geek Wins in the End

It happened again It happened just like it always happens and I’ve finally had to admit defeat. I’ve finally come to the conclusion that resistance is indeed futile and there’s no sense any longer in fighting it. I’m simply at … Continue reading

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New Things

There a various times in a person’s life when things happen. Not just the everyday things but things outside what one might consider the normal state of events. These things can be bad, good or just out of the ordinary … Continue reading

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Saved by a Puppy

Due to a fat finger in my part while doing the usual PC house cleaning the other day that I’ve been doing for more years than I can possibly remember… …I busted my Windows–but good! Figures. As of this moment … Continue reading

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