Archive for April, 2006

Illegal Software

April 26th, 2006

I was fixing a computer for someone, and decided to run Windows Update to check for updates. Well, I was alerted that the copy of Windows was illegal. So I checked it out. The sticker on the computer says Home Edition. The one installed on the computer: Professional. It turns out, they had taken their [...]

Beeeep

April 24th, 2006

Everytime my UPS’s beep because of a power drop, my cat, Meiko, runs into my server closet and looks up at the UPS’s… why is that? How does this interest her?

Upgrades.

April 24th, 2006

I have finally upgraded from Hoary to Breezy. It broke a few things:

Evolution – Inbox is empty on my IMAP? So I switched to Thunderbird. I’m loving having extensions.
ESD was all screwed up, so I removed the ALSA part.
Pi-Sync will no longer run because of some Qt style

That is all I have noticed so far. [...]

How Bad Hard Drives Get Punished

April 23rd, 2006

Before:

After:

I’ve never seen a hard drive shatter like that. One shot. I threw it up against some concrete steps, picked it up, and heard the shattered pieces inside. If Bobby was around, we could have put a few big caliber holes through it. I still have a bunch of hard drives I need to destroy, [...]

Tragic Loss of Life

April 22nd, 2006

I saw this in the back of a car yesterday… all I could think of was what if someone smashed into the back of them, and Beanie Babies went flying all over the place.

Jaw Dropping

April 19th, 2006

Jessica did the most amazing, sexiest thing today. We were going to the post office, and Wal-Mart, and she was driving. Well, she starts the car up, puts it in reverse, puts her right hand behind my seat, looks back and proceeds to back out of the driveway, all the way. About 75 feet total. [...]

Celeron Anyone?

April 17th, 2006

If anyone would like a Intel Celeron D 2.66GHz cheap, let me know.

Hate Letter

April 17th, 2006

I got a forward from someone today via email. I usually skim these and then delete them. I don’t pass them on. Of course, I usually check them out to see if they are a “myth.” This one was. You can see it here. I replied to the guy that sent it to me, and [...]

Testamonial

April 15th, 2006

Someone set this to me today:
If you are looking for a great computer tech that comes to the house call Jason C. Greb. his co. is ELECTRONERDZ. If you use him please tell him I told you about him. HE is GREAT Very impressed by this very clean cut young man. Jean
I guess [...]

Random Pictures

April 15th, 2006

Here are some random pictures I have taken while out.
This was on the back of some Snoopy Doggie DVD… if it was a LIVE performance, then it’s been seen before… by a lot of people. Otherwise, it would have been a pretty expensive gig to set up, and have no audience.
Classic example of a redneck [...]