Posts Tagged ‘laptop’

17
May

Insert your own randowm quote here

   Posted by: Fence   in Ramblings

I seem to have done nothing lately but reviews. And this after I made my grand “returning to blogging” speech. I guess I don’t have very much to say. Either that or I have too much to say, but to start typing it all out would involve actually processing thoughts and forming arguments and constructing a post. That’s just not my bag baby.

I’m more with the whole stream-of-consciousness. Much less work I feel. Plus I’m less likely to think, this makes no sense, hit delete. Cause none of it should really make sense, you know, or it should make sense but only in a nonsensical way.

Whatever.

The real reason I haven’t been around much this week is that I travelled up to Sligo for the week. Twas de sister’s confirmation so I had to mosey on up for that, and I’d time worked up so reckoned I may as well take the week off. Perfect timing as the sun has been shining, and the warmth warming.

That’s our summer over and done with, prepare now for the weeks and weeks of rain.

I told myself I’d do a big tidy yesterday and today. But while I threw out some crap I got bored halfway through. Mess is good right? Also, I have far too many books. I think some need to be culled from the herd. A job I’m always reluctant to start, because I end up stumbling over books going “oooh, I really enjoyed that I should reread it” when the proper reaction would be “that was a fun read, but if I take it off the shelf I’ll have space for new books”. Dilemma indeed.

Anyone know the best way to clean a laptop screen? There seem to be little smudges on Vera’s shiny shiny screen. I don’t want to use too much elbow grease, just in case I make them worse.

Tags: De Sister, laptop, weather

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20
Apr

And I’m off

   Posted by: Fence   in Ramblings

Heading back up to Sligo again this evening. The reason being, I’ve gotta collect my new laptop. A Dell Inspiron 6400.

But before I go, some good news. I don’t have “the consumption”
I know, I know, you’re all thinking well yes. That is good news, but not particularly newsworthy, only it is. On accounts in individuals in the college having it and us all being tested. My Mantoux test was negative, but so far either 9 or 11[1] people will require a follow up test. Course most of this is probably[2] due to a false positive because of their BCG vaccinations, but you never know. But who cares about them! I’m the only person that matters ;) Course we will all have to be tested again, as the second confirmed test is so recent that we might be infected but it might not show up. So in another three months I’ll be stuck with another needle. Oh joy of joys.

Linknotes:
  1. depending on the rumour you are listening to
  2. hopefully
Tags: bye, Dell Inspiron 6400, laptop, shopping, the consumption

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Story bud? Or should that be buds? Who knows. Should one[1] write to one person or to many? Sorta[2] like the you or ye issue I suppose. I’ll solve it and say y’all. So, to recap these first few nonsensical lines, any news y’all?

I’ve been in really good form these past few days. Not that I have wild mood swings, or that I’ve been in a bad mood before that. I don’t really do ups and downs, to paraphrase Lisa Simpson, I know neither highs nor lows ;)

And if I’m honest I should be in a bad mood cause the saga of the laptop has gotten worse. Now Pavlov won’t even recognise audio cds, which was a frackin issue seeing as I’d just bought a new album and wanted to mp3 it all and listen on my way to work this morning. Instead, I had to bring it back into work and try three different computers here. One wouldn’t read the cd, one wouldn’t read the mp3 player and the third was just fine[3] So I’ve just finished transferring songs over and will get to listen at lunch, or maybe on my way home this evening.

But the hassle. The hassle

Not enough to dent my good mood though. Even the sight of three billion coffee cups and numerous scattered newspapers all over the library this morning didn’t make me want to issue a red alert and crack down on eating and drinking in the library. Nope, I just laughed along with Gift Grub and binned it all.

Which reminds me, Gift Grub you were a lazy bastard today weren’t you? First of all to still be going on about the rugby match. Who on earth would still be smiling everytime they see the buses with the Munster lads on the side[4] But then to use the internet as the source on your inspiration[5] Tut tut tut. Cause first of all they told the nation about google’s bias, which I was first alerted to via In Fact, Ah, go to google and search for Leinster Supporters Club: Now read that first line. hee

And then there was the fact that Jay did the Choose Leinster thingy thats been doing the email rounds.

Ah well, it was still funny. Jay has to be one of their best characters, and him constantly telling yer man from The Thrills[6] to Shuddup, jus’ shuddup was great.

Hmm, I’ve gone off-topic, not that I was ever really on a topic in the first place, but I wasn’t actually intended to bore you all with yet more rugby ;) there’ll be plenty of time for that come May 20th.

Image Hosted by ImageShack.usAs well as the soundtrack to Merry Christmas I also got my first vol. of [tag]Bill Willingham[/tag]Fables which quite[7] a few[8] people[9] have been saying is really great. I didn’t get a chance to read much as I was error checking registrys and enabling and disabling, uninstalling and reinstalling drives[10] and oher such things in a futile attempt to get Pavlov back in working order. But what little I read seems really great. Course the second vol has been delayed in Amazon-land for some reason. So I won’t rush the first one.

And thank the gods[11] for Firefox’s tab saver extension. Cause the pc just crashed, and I’d've had to come up with all this all over again if I’d been using IE.

Linknotes:
  1. going from Dublin slang to ‘posh voice’ in the space of such a few short words
  2. and back to improper English
  3. Goldilocks how are ye
  4. not me that’s for sure… oh, alright yes me
  5. thats what us bloggers are supposed to do
  6. no, not the real Thrills, but the Gift Thrills
  7. like Carl
  8. Heather
  9. Andi
  10. nope, no idea what I was doing, but it didn’t make anything worse, so its all good
  11. and if I’m a character in Tristan + Isolde I’ll switch between thanking gods and god, depending on scene
Tags: Gift Grub, hassle, laptop

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