Thoughts and Ramblings

General things I find of interest.

Thanksgiving Weekend

Well, thanksgiving has now come and gone. I have spent so long trying to catch up on things that I missed from being out of town that it has taken me a while to get back to this blog. I still have to clean up my apartment this week sometime and a few other things before I am caught up. I went to my parents’ place over the weekend. My dad’s parents joined us on Friday, and we celebrated Thanksgiving then.

Posted by Thoughts and Ramblings on Wednesday, November 30, 2005

More Computers

Well, it seems things came in pairs yesterday. Two broken computers, and two christmas party invitations. Oh well, at least one of those items was nice. Got the sever up and running nearly back to where it should be. I took the old HD out, and used it in a FW enclosure and got all the data off of it. I have 5G to take with me tomorrow. That should be fun :) At least the server is back in operation, and it seems to be running just fine for now.

Posted by Thoughts and Ramblings on Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Laptop replacement

One way or another, I am going to replace this laptop. I have decided that $400 is not worth it to fix such an old computer. The question remains, should I replace it with an iBook, or go with the more expensive powerbook. The only reason to go with the powerbook is the bigger screen (got used to a 15" screen), but the iBook has nearly the same resolution as my current laptop (1024x768 vs.

Posted by Thoughts and Ramblings on Monday, November 21, 2005

More laptop

Well, more work went into the laptop yesterday. I have gotten it to the point where it seems to be working. I further localized the problem to the graphics card on the logic board, which means if I really want to fix it, it will cost me $400, not worth it. Basically, if I push on the graphics card, it goes. When I took it apart, I kept trying things such as disconnecting the internal screen and other stuff.

Posted by Thoughts and Ramblings on Saturday, November 19, 2005

Laptop

Well, my time recently has been consumed by trying to fix my laptop. Here is the issue: If I move the screen while the computer is on, the video card goes nuts. I thought it was the cable, but now I am not so sure. I have a small workaround. Put the computer to sleep, and do whatever, but once I wake it up, do not touch the screen under any circumstances.

Posted by Thoughts and Ramblings on Wednesday, November 16, 2005