It’s been a week of transition from summer to fall here at the barndo. Rainfall decreases in the fall in lovely southern Indiana, but winter still wins for the driest season. It was sprinkling yesterday morning on pool closing day. Still, we got the yearly chore behind us. I sure hate the look of the pool closed — primarily because it signals that winter is approaching.
The pool closing wasn’t the only thing accomplished last week.
computer down but has been revived!
My PC has had an error light flashing on the motherboard for longer than I can remember. Everything still worked so I didn’t worry about it so much… until I began having MAJOR problems. I use both my Mac and my PC equally, I’d say, and I’m dependent on them both. So when this happened, it felt like I had broken an appendage:
Removing and reseating memory sticks and the graphics card didn’t help. I looked up the cost to buy the exact same graphics card that’s nearly 8 years old, and it was nearly $800! Many just released graphics cards are less expensive, but they aren’t as good as the one I have… when it’s working, of course. Swapping it to an empty PCI slot did the trick and I’m now back in business, better than ever. Whew!
Are you team S or team P?
I guess because I had computer modifications going on, Perry thought he needed to modify his system as well. He hosed his PC and Windows — and installed Linux to use instead. While he thinks it’s great fun to play around with a different OS, I want my shit to be exactly where it is and my systems to behave exactly the same way every time I use them.
Are you team P — who enjoys piddling and changing things up on your computer(s)? Or are you team S (ME!) that prefers what you have to work seamlessly without learning to navigate something new on your computer(s)?
Now you know: James Price was an English alchemist who claimed to be able to turn mercury into silver or gold. When challenged to do it in front of credible witnesses, he agreed, only to instead commit suicide by drinking prussic acid in front of the witnesses.