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Jan. 8th, 2006 08:05 pmI saw an ad in a couple of places today for a <$1000 Compaq Presario laptop and went out to check up on them, since my four-year-old Presario doesn't boot anymore and getting it repaired is likely to cost me a significant percentage of the price of a new system. Microcenter claimed to have it, but I couldn't find it when I got there and so trekked over to Circuit City because I'd already determined that they had it in stock. (I'm reminded now of why I never go in to Circuit City.) They did have the Compaq, but as I took a little wander down the aisle while waiting for a salesguy to come help me, I came across this; for not very much more, I got twice the RAM, a bigger hard drive, and a larger display. I really like the Presarios, but my shiny new Aspire is pretty spiff. I'll probably end up getting a Presario at work this year as a desktop replacement, so it seems I can have it all. ;)
One of my neighbors apparently has an open wireless network named "linksys". I feel almost morally obligated to take advantage of their lack of foresight. ;)
Yay, it seems my website is back up. For several hours today I couldn't connect in any way, shape or form (HTTP/SSH/FTP), even though the machine itself was up. When I tried to submit a trouble ticket, I got a page that reads: "License Error: Key file has expired". Oops. Is bad to let the license for your trouble ticket system expire. Still no support site available, but at least I can get to my site to upload the spiffy new Willow moodtheme I found in![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
moodtheme.
Despite being up way too late the night before (I unwisely went to go see "Brokeback Mountain" at 12:25, even knowing I needed to be up around 9:30 the next day) and running around frantically trying to get the house tidied up, I had a lovely evening last night. Several people ended up bailing for various reasons, but those of us who were there seemed to have a good time. Good conversation and death by chocolate, hard to beat that.
I finished up with the CD swap I was meistering as of Friday. I have to say that my friends have excellent taste in music. =) I'm also amused to see that on two separate discs, people included songs I had originally had on my playlist and then removed to get it to fit on a single CD. (Death Cab for Cutie's "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" and a track from the Katamari Damacy soundtrack.)
Tonight I think is laundry night, then perhaps watching either "Bride and Prejudice" or maybe some of the new Ghost in the Shell. And sleep. Sleep would be good.
One of my neighbors apparently has an open wireless network named "linksys". I feel almost morally obligated to take advantage of their lack of foresight. ;)
Yay, it seems my website is back up. For several hours today I couldn't connect in any way, shape or form (HTTP/SSH/FTP), even though the machine itself was up. When I tried to submit a trouble ticket, I got a page that reads: "License Error: Key file has expired". Oops. Is bad to let the license for your trouble ticket system expire. Still no support site available, but at least I can get to my site to upload the spiffy new Willow moodtheme I found in
moodtheme.Despite being up way too late the night before (I unwisely went to go see "Brokeback Mountain" at 12:25, even knowing I needed to be up around 9:30 the next day) and running around frantically trying to get the house tidied up, I had a lovely evening last night. Several people ended up bailing for various reasons, but those of us who were there seemed to have a good time. Good conversation and death by chocolate, hard to beat that.
I finished up with the CD swap I was meistering as of Friday. I have to say that my friends have excellent taste in music. =) I'm also amused to see that on two separate discs, people included songs I had originally had on my playlist and then removed to get it to fit on a single CD. (Death Cab for Cutie's "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" and a track from the Katamari Damacy soundtrack.)
Tonight I think is laundry night, then perhaps watching either "Bride and Prejudice" or maybe some of the new Ghost in the Shell. And sleep. Sleep would be good.
