Productivity Alert!

Today is Sunday. Usually my day off. And the first day of my “weekend”. Since I’m up and at ‘em at the Ass-Crack of dawn, this is my designated ‘sleep in’ day. And the second day of my weekend is for errands and other day-off tasks.

But due to a shift in my schedule, this is my only day off. On the bright side, though, I’ll get Saturday and Sunday off for the time being. Having said that, today was my only day off to do a whole weekend’s worth of errands. But today, in addition to sleeping in, I was able to file my taxes (return accepted, refund should be arriving shortly), do my laundry (currently in the dryer), and adjust the prices at Mrs. Fields Cookies.

And I ordered a new wi-fi/bluetooth card…

All is well, so far.

So apparently last night’s ‘explosion’ was just the power supply going out in spectacular fashion. As I went to bed, I looked at the computer desk, and realized that I still had the old power supply. So, I took out the burnt out corpse, and put the old power supply back in. And I still have a computer. All the components that I feared had fried are apparently functioning. And I’ve ordered a replacement power supply.

As for replacing the computer, I think it’ll wait for now. Though I reserve the right to change my mind…

All is not too bleak

Yes, my computer died tonight. But I still have my phone. And a laptop. And a recent backup. And plans to rebuild a new tower, abs make it better...

This sucks!

So my past weekend, I went with Windows 8.1 on my tower. Today, I get home from, and I reached down to turn it on, and was greeted by sparks and smoke from the power supply. I assuming my entire tower is toast. I’m thinking that I might be able to salvage my hard drive out of it, but the video card, the newtowrk card, and the tv tuer are toast. I’ll have to replace it. And probably my software too, since it’s activated with a hardware signature (hopefully not my Steam and Origin games). Luckily, I had a recent backup, and the ubd drive was turned off so it didn’t get the power surge.

Goodbye tower…

The furthest its lasted….

Got tee’d off at Windows 7 Saturday night. So, I put Windows 8.1 back on my system. All the other issues that I’ve had with it, I’ve made peace with them. And unlike Windows 10, I’m not going to get taskbar to use Edge when I use Chrome. It will take some adaptations but I’m willing to try. Come to think of it, I have no choice. I’ve already installed and activated my CyberLink PowerDVD and Power2Go, and I don’t want any issues with too many activations…

Hello World. This is Windows 8.1.

They came in, and then they left…

Seahawks beat Detroit at home. Then went to Atlanta. And lost. So now that season is over. Maybe next year, if they can get a decent offensive line….

Much has happened at work. I’m currently being considered for a transfer to a store much closer. Personally, I don’t think I’m going to get it, but I also see other opprtunities in the pipeline, so I’m not giving up hope yet….

The Lions are coming!

The Seahawks won today. 3 weeks ago, they won the NFC West division. As division champions, they get to have at least one home game during the playoff. And with Green Bay beating Detroit tonight, the playoff schedule is set. The Lions come to Seattle.

I just hope the Seahawks can get it together. They definitely have the talent. But the talent needs to work together. Each week that I’ve watched, there has been at least one aspect that has had issues. Usually, the rest of the team has been able to pull it through, but there were times when they couldn’t. It’s now do or die. Win or go home…

So 2017 is now here...

2016 is past. An as of the writing of this post, Betty White is still alive.

All is well. For now.