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Computer Over
Aug. 14th, 2009 12:45 pmI've tried rebooting my laptop multiple times at this point. Take it any way you want, really: I'm a masochist, I'm overly optimistic, I'm really really stubborn - whichever you think fits best, that's probably what it is.
I've pronounced Felix dead at 2228, Monday, and all attempts to Igor it back to life have failed. Wednesday night, I packed it up and will Shelve It Indefinitely once my new computer comes in. 1
Speaking of which, the monitor arrived yesterday! It actually came in while both myself and Tessa were at work, so the nice FedEx Home Delivery man took it next door to the really sweet old couple in the unit next to us. They signed for it and held it for me until I got home from work. They're really nice people, and one of these days I'm going to actually ask them their names.
I'm going to set up the monitor tonight when I get home, to prepare for The New Computer.
Speaking of The New Computer, it was supposed to have been built today. Turns out the queue was smaller than the website predicted, and it was built (and shipped out) on Wednesday. The tracking number says Estimated Delivery: August 15th, which confused me since FedEx doesn't deliver on Saturdays unless you pay extra and I went with the free Standard Shipping, but then I remembered that Home Delivery operates on different rules.
The New Computer should be put together and running smoothly tomorrow night, but I'm not going to actually give it the name I've picked out until I know it's working properly. Likewise for any date estimates on the next episode of Made of Fail - Dayna wanted to know when I wanted to reschedule the episode we were supposed to record tomorrow3, and I really don't want to give her a date until The New Computer is working. Having watched![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cleolinda over the last two weeks has taught me to wait and see if The New Computer even turns on.
Whenever we do record it, however, it'll be pretty awesome. Getting back to basics. Jillian's even agreed to do a regular Music News segment, which she'll prerecord for us if she's not able to make the actual recording date. (That might even work better in some cases, so that I can just say "And now, here's Jillian with the Music News", and drop in her segment during editing.)
EDIT: Tracking number now says that The New Computer arrives on Tuesday, not Saturday. Bit of a change there, but I guess it's still better than my original estimate of next Friday.
I've pronounced Felix dead at 2228, Monday, and all attempts to Igor it back to life have failed. Wednesday night, I packed it up and will Shelve It Indefinitely once my new computer comes in. 1
Speaking of which, the monitor arrived yesterday! It actually came in while both myself and Tessa were at work, so the nice FedEx Home Delivery man took it next door to the really sweet old couple in the unit next to us. They signed for it and held it for me until I got home from work. They're really nice people, and one of these days I'm going to actually ask them their names.
I'm going to set up the monitor tonight when I get home, to prepare for The New Computer.
Speaking of The New Computer, it was supposed to have been built today. Turns out the queue was smaller than the website predicted, and it was built (and shipped out) on Wednesday. The tracking number says Estimated Delivery: August 15th, which confused me since FedEx doesn't deliver on Saturdays unless you pay extra and I went with the free Standard Shipping, but then I remembered that Home Delivery operates on different rules.
The New Computer should be put together and running smoothly tomorrow night, but I'm not going to actually give it the name I've picked out until I know it's working properly. Likewise for any date estimates on the next episode of Made of Fail - Dayna wanted to know when I wanted to reschedule the episode we were supposed to record tomorrow3, and I really don't want to give her a date until The New Computer is working. Having watched
cleolinda over the last two weeks has taught me to wait and see if The New Computer even turns on.Whenever we do record it, however, it'll be pretty awesome. Getting back to basics. Jillian's even agreed to do a regular Music News segment, which she'll prerecord for us if she's not able to make the actual recording date. (That might even work better in some cases, so that I can just say "And now, here's Jillian with the Music News", and drop in her segment during editing.)
EDIT: Tracking number now says that The New Computer arrives on Tuesday, not Saturday. Bit of a change there, but I guess it's still better than my original estimate of next Friday.
- I'm using the tag "bow down before skynet" to refer to all Compocalypse2 entries I have.
- The term "Compocalypse" coined by cleolinda who is having a REALLY BAD MONTH so give her lots of hugs.
- You know. Before half the people on my LiveJournal friendslist had their computers die on them. I'm not even exaggerating on that; for the last couple months I've seen nothing but "MY COMPUTER DIED" all the way down the page.
