Ookings of d00m

We did not get blown away by a tornado. Apparently one touched down about a block away. We are fine. :)

Moving from one place to the other has not been kind to me today.

Sleep now, I hope.

Why do you hate me, Livejournal?

So I took my defective card back to the store. Maintenance guy put it in their test machine, and confirmed it's bustedness. He got a new card and put it with the old cables and sent me off.

I got home, put it in, and got video for about 5 minutes, until I touched something and lost it - the cable was bad, and I couldn't get the connection back.

So I ran back down to the store (delayed 20 minutes by a broken streetcar), and got a new cable. Before I left, he put the card and new cable in the test machine, and they worked.

I got back home, and excitedly put the card in. Nothing. No signal on either monitor. Fuck. Figuring that I might have a dead AGP slot, I put the old card back in. Nope. That one still works fine, except that after 2-3 minutes it's insanely hot. So the slot is fine. The card and cable should be fine.

They just won't work *for me*.

I cannot figure out what I have done wrong.

I was supposed to spend today being productive around the house. Instead I have spent all day trying to get my video card working, and failed.

I have a ticket for a concert tonight, but I think I am too tired and cranky to go. I am going to go back to repeatedly poking my new card and seeing if somehow it will decide to work again. If not, I may have to give up - if the card etc. work in the test machine at the store, I'm pretty much SOL. In any case, I won't be able to get down there until Saturday next week, most likely.

*sigh*. Fuck.


Edit at 6:30pm

Victory is mine!

Another reboot and some wiggling, and it's working!

I'm going to have dinner, and reconsider that conert (there are 6 bands, only one of which I care about, so I'll happily be late)

My computer's display has been messed up all day. I pulled it apart, and discovered that the fan on the video card is not spinning. That would explain it - parts of the card are, I suspect now burnt out. Which means spending more money I do not have on computer parts.

The good; I got into work and showered and brushed my teeth at the gym. So I no
longer feel quite so gross.

Ashes being dead means, though, that I no longer have access to LJ or any kind
of IM at work. I can still read new e-mails through memento-mori's webmail
interface, but I have no access to old e-mails - if you were waiting on a reply
to something from me, you'll need to re-send.

Fortunately, I have the instructions to post via e-mail to LJ saved in my phone
in case of emergencies.

I decided I wanted a little more lunch, so I went to the fridge to grab some salad.

When I opened the fridge, the milk fell out, spilling a good two or three cups of milk on the floor. I grumbled, and started to clean it up. When I reached for the cleaning spray, I knocked a pile of dishes of the counter onto a corningware that was sitting on the floor. One bowl shattered, and the corningware was cleanly sliced in two. The lid for the coringware exploded.

I cleaned all that up. I finally got my salad. And the heavy glass bowl that did in the corningware doesn't seem to have even a crack on it. Thankfully, I was still wearing my combat boots when that happened. (see? three good things)

The storm is getting heavier and closer. I'm still outside, but the wind shifting may finally drive me indoors.

This has been a bad week for me and electronics. My ipod died. My FM transmitter is nearly dead. I loaded up my 2 GB SD card with music for my phone, and somehow, while working out tonight, the card went completely blank. Not sure if its the phone or the card that is at fault. While running on the treadmill, it kept saying "user not detected", and stopping - I am now being ignored by machines.

The weather is warm and the sun is bright and strong.

You all know what that means! It's time for...

Smog! The city was banked in a thick layer of brown as I drive to work this morning. A lovely little reminder of how I'm changing the world in my own little way, each day.

Bugs! The pond outside the office at work clearly doesn't drain properly, as the area around the office was thick with wee bitey bugs when I went for a walk at lunch.

Goose shit! The land around the pond was more goose turd than mud. The grass that was planted last fall has died, leaving a cracked flood plain beside the pond, covered in goose shit in various degrees of composition. The geese only left for about 4 weeks this winter before returning to poop around out artificial, bug-filled pond.

OK, any illusions I had that caffeine might grant me coordination are banished. Just call me Curry-Foot McGee. Or, better yet, don't. On the plus side- the bowl did not break, and I did not spill my drink - apparently my unconscious has priorities.