Tuesday, October 29, 2002

Tuesday, October 29, 2002

Started off my Tuesday morning visiting the dentist before breakfast and coffee. Maybe that’s not such a good idea. Too groggy to carry on a conversation.

Unpacked my new laptop today, woohoo! What a nice machine! About time, as I’ve discovered the two older (3-years-old and 4-y-o) machines are on their last legs: no floppy in either one, fan going on one, and power supply cord on the other.

Sunday, October 27, 2002

Sunday. Working on the house, fixing a couple of storm windows, cleaning up for winter.

This Contra Costa Times article talks about a technique of guerilla advertising. I have a suspicion that Slashdot was taken that way in this article gushing about the Tablet PC.

My desktop machine is in need of an overhaul. I yanked the dot-matrix printer we were using for a client project because I thought it was the source of my problems, but the problems continued. The machine will crash if nudged. I took it apart, cleaned the dust out, and attempted to reseat all the components, to no avail. Now, I am seeing Mozilla and Opera crash on a regular basis. It may be time for some major changes.