Jeffrey Harlan

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Tag: Laptop

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-11

    • RT @USATODAY Lawyer: Roger Clemens didn’t test positive in 2003 http://tinyurl.com/nq3d6n (Yeah, he tested Not Negative…) #
    • Leftover mac&cheese w ground beef FTW. Can’t afford gas to visit family, so I’m staying home. Wish my comp would stop overheating & dying #
    • Started locking my room ’cause landlord’s toddler figured out doorknob. Heard a knock, opened door & she’s standing there grinning & waving #
    • Helped break the record for the world’s largest Zombies!!! game. One guy provided us with enough “remember him?” stories for years to come #
    • @tymethief Looks like @BrentSpiner is starting a new Twitter novel LOL #
    • Page updated: Games I Play http://jeffreysworld.net/172 #
    • Great. The Twitter Friendly Links plugin for WordPress doesn’t seem to be working anymore (at least not on my site) #
    • OK, Twitter Friendly Links seems to be working just fine for POSTS, but not for PAGES. Weird. #
    • Crap. Final draft of my paper is due at 10:30 and it’s not finished. It’s 3:30 and I need to sleep, though. At least my speech is ready… #
    • Didn’t get the paper finished. At all. I can turn in one late assignment for full credit in the class, and I guess this one will be it. #
    • Pedro’s wife is blasting “Funkytown,” which is coming in loud and clear through the wall. So much for having some quiet to work on my paper #
    • Got an A on my speech. Still nothing on my GI Bill check; rent was due NLT today. Pedro’s not happy, but nothing I can do until it arrives. #
    • If SciFi Channel wanted to change their name they should’ve just gone with SFC instead of SyFy, which apparently is Polish slang for an STD #
    • Turns out my English class was canceled yesterday anyhow, so it didn’t matter that I wasn’t there. #
    • Watched Warehouse 13 after playing NES games on my Wii. Didn’t realize it was 3 hrs long; now it’s 1am and I still have homework to do. Ugh. #
    • Off to school once more in a few minutes. The cosmetology dept was giving free haircuts yesterday, just when lil broke me needed one. W00t! #
    • @Tymethief And now I’ve got that song from the Electric Company going through my head… (“1 2 3 4 5! 6 7 8 9 10! 11 12!”) Gee, thanks. šŸ˜› in reply to Tymethief #
    • @dannymcguffin @Tymethief Personally, I want to see how nuts Germany gets at 11:11:11 on 11/11/11 in reply to dannymcguffin #
    • Thank God for the post-9/11 GI Bill RT @LATimes Cal State university system may raise student fees up to 20% more: http://bit.ly/13VmTw #
    • Throat’s been hurting since last night. Hope it’s just allergies. #
    • Took a 45 min nap in my truck. Feel slightly more human #
    • Speech class in an hour. Finally got today’s speech memorized this morning #
    • @brentspiner tweeps complaining about what you have to say? That’s the best part about following you! #
    • Crap. So much for transferring. (via @abc7) Cal State to stop accepting almost all applications for Spring 2010 http://tinyurl.com/lhutq6 #
    • OMG! FailWhale! Noooooo!!! #
    • GI BIll check finally hit! Paid rent through Aug. Need to get groceries, pay phone bill, reregister truck, pay insurance–crap. broke again #

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  • Dead wireless

    The wireless modem died on my laptop the other day. As a result, the only working connection on the thing is the ethernet jack. Unfortunately, the only way to get online with the network at home is wireless. I’m able to bring my laptop to work and plug in there, so I can at least check my email, but they restrict the access pretty heavily, so I can’t do a lot of things that I would normally do online.

    I wrote to HP about the problem, but their response was fairly typical. They first told me to try reinstallingĀ  the drivers (even though I told them I’d already tried that, but the computer isn’t recognizing even the presence of the hardware in either Vista or Linux, indicating that the modem simply burned out), and then said to mail it to them for servicing. My main problem with that is the fact that my laptop has been my primary computer for nearly a year now, and it will likely take nearly two weeks for the turnaround on repairs. My desktop has been sitting in the garage unused, so I may end up sending the laptop in and using that at least temporarily.

    This is, to say the least, more than just inconvenient. I’m halfway tempted to just buy a replacement modem and do the repair myself, even if the computer is still under warranty. They’re sending a postage-paid box for the laptop, however; I’ll probably send it in after I get my desktop set up and running again.

  • Laptop screen works now

    I got the screen on my laptop working now. Turns out I had to use the vesa driver instead of the ATI driver. As always, it’s something simple that trips everything up. I’m still working on getting the wireless and ethernet connections working, but that’s a less pressing matter. At least until the movers come and take my desktop system, anyhow.

  • My laptopā€™s workingā€¦ sort of.

    Last week I bought an old IBM Thinkpad A22M on eBay for $150. Damn good deal. It’s an older system, but $150… Seriously. 900MHz Pentium-III, 128MB RAM, 10GB Hard Drive, DVD drive…

    So what’s the catch? No operating system installed. Like that’s an issue for an alpha geek like me, right? (more…)