May 06, 2003
grrr

It's just been such a bad last few days I haven't felt like writing anything.. not even a blog entry...
Appears to me that nothing is going well in my life lately.

  • I ran out of checks a couple weeks ago, which is a little funny considering I placed a re-order (through my bank's website) nearly two months ago. Spent 15 minutes on the phone with someone explaining how considering I have received a confirmation e-mail for the order means that yes, I am pretty sure I pressed the 'submit' button not the 'cancel' one... I really didn't want to just say "Dude, I write this kind of crap for a living, it's not hard for me to use the Internet". Ah well.. "2-3 days" with express delivery in the meantime I paid my rent in cash since I didn't feel like buying a money order and my landlord doesn't take credit cards.
  • Work -- don't get me started.. (hi boss)
  • My laptop died. It won't turn on, the batteries are good, power won't go on at all. Great.
  • Injured my poor calf muscles by exercising them way too much two days in the row now I have issues walking (or hobbling, that's more accurate).

Pardon the bitching.

Posted May 06, 2003 10:07 PM in Random
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Comments
On May 6, 2003 10:22 PM Derek added:

*snicker* ... checks.

I remember those. The only ones I write now are to my housekeeper.

I should see if she takes paypal.

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On May 6, 2003 10:59 PM Techie2000 added:

People still write checks?

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On May 7, 2003 02:18 AM codepoet added:

What kind of laptop? I have a magic touch with a few models.

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On May 7, 2003 08:13 AM kasia added:

It's a dell lattitude cpi. I'm guessing the power supply went. If I plug it in, it turns on briefly then shuts off.. if I try to turn it on with just the batteries (not plugged in) it sits there and does nothing..

I tried swapping out batteries.. etc.. they're both good.. and tried a different cable.. same behaviour. Swaped out ram, etc.. nothing.

Next step, screw driver!

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On May 7, 2003 10:57 AM testuser added:

kasia,

for these dell's it could be the memory module. if you have multiple memory DIMMs try removing one and then rebooting.

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On May 8, 2003 01:09 AM Matt added:

Sounds about like how most laptops act around me. Fortunately, this one isn't my fault :)

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