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Aug. 26th, 2007 07:47 amWhee... Yeah, i need to pay more attention to LJ. And stop running around, or trying to keep track of a few dozen conversations and chats at once.
So... Recently. My laptop died, which still pisses me off some. At least, this didn't leave me entirely net-less, as i do still have an old 233mmx and my desktop systems. But this means that i can't do as much multitasking as before.
Luckily, thanks to Drako, and some unexpected events, my budget is looking a bit better, so i should theorically be able to buy on with my credit card without hitting my limit, and getting a bill i can't pay the following month.
I'm currently looking at either a 600Mhz toughbook with a touchscreen, or an IBM T23 Thinkpad. Not quite sure which i'll go with. I'm tempted to go with the thoughbook simply because it should be indestructible, 600Mhz should be enough for GPS navigation, IMs and other travel-related stuff, and touchscreen would simplify a lot of things... I can always wait a month or two before buying another laptop good enough for gaming.
I didn't lose data in the whole thing, so i'm happy. Only thing that sucks is that the mainboard for the R51 is what most likely is defective. Probably just a solder that went wrong or similar, as no components look dammaged. But i don't know any place that could fix it without replacing it entirely, and replacing would be just a bit less than the cost of the entire laptop.
... yeah, apparently the parts are worth more than the laptop assembled.
And in other news, i'm most definitively supposed to go back in the USA next weekend. Not quite sure of the plan, but theorically, i'm supposed to go to NYC, hang around for a day or so, then meet up with Rashan, go pick up a bus/motorhome he purchased in Pennsylvania, drive back down to North Carolina with him. Then go back up, hopefully get to meet some people on the way back to NYC, then head home.
If things go as planned, i should be off work from 7h30 on August 30 to 21h30 on September 5th. So a good extended weekend.
And this means that i'm also once again looking for people on the east coast, somewhere around NYC, or down between it and NC, or even in NC, who might be interested in meeting. Or joining the whole roadtrip, if it does happen. *grins*
I'm also theorically supposed to be getting quite a few raises in the next months. A 50c nightshift bonus raise after a year of work, a 2% automatic raise each september, and my 2080 hours 2% raise at some point before the end of the year.
So i might go over 10$/hour soon. Which would be very nice. Might motivate me to keep the job longer. Hehe...
And i still need to finish getting artstuff i got in conventions online. Most is, but quite a bit needs to be resized/tweaked and properly named. Stupid habit of remembering artists only by their tables.
Anyway, that's enough for now.
So... Recently. My laptop died, which still pisses me off some. At least, this didn't leave me entirely net-less, as i do still have an old 233mmx and my desktop systems. But this means that i can't do as much multitasking as before.
Luckily, thanks to Drako, and some unexpected events, my budget is looking a bit better, so i should theorically be able to buy on with my credit card without hitting my limit, and getting a bill i can't pay the following month.
I'm currently looking at either a 600Mhz toughbook with a touchscreen, or an IBM T23 Thinkpad. Not quite sure which i'll go with. I'm tempted to go with the thoughbook simply because it should be indestructible, 600Mhz should be enough for GPS navigation, IMs and other travel-related stuff, and touchscreen would simplify a lot of things... I can always wait a month or two before buying another laptop good enough for gaming.
I didn't lose data in the whole thing, so i'm happy. Only thing that sucks is that the mainboard for the R51 is what most likely is defective. Probably just a solder that went wrong or similar, as no components look dammaged. But i don't know any place that could fix it without replacing it entirely, and replacing would be just a bit less than the cost of the entire laptop.
... yeah, apparently the parts are worth more than the laptop assembled.
And in other news, i'm most definitively supposed to go back in the USA next weekend. Not quite sure of the plan, but theorically, i'm supposed to go to NYC, hang around for a day or so, then meet up with Rashan, go pick up a bus/motorhome he purchased in Pennsylvania, drive back down to North Carolina with him. Then go back up, hopefully get to meet some people on the way back to NYC, then head home.
If things go as planned, i should be off work from 7h30 on August 30 to 21h30 on September 5th. So a good extended weekend.
And this means that i'm also once again looking for people on the east coast, somewhere around NYC, or down between it and NC, or even in NC, who might be interested in meeting. Or joining the whole roadtrip, if it does happen. *grins*
I'm also theorically supposed to be getting quite a few raises in the next months. A 50c nightshift bonus raise after a year of work, a 2% automatic raise each september, and my 2080 hours 2% raise at some point before the end of the year.
So i might go over 10$/hour soon. Which would be very nice. Might motivate me to keep the job longer. Hehe...
And i still need to finish getting artstuff i got in conventions online. Most is, but quite a bit needs to be resized/tweaked and properly named. Stupid habit of remembering artists only by their tables.
Anyway, that's enough for now.
