My baby's back

Last night I finally got back my computer and I am doing a happy dance because it is working and working quickly and we finally have access to our usb ports once more. Much thanks to my super duper cousin who is the greatest Computer Guy in the world and an even better cousin.

We're now running Windows 7 which I had hitherto really not given that much thought, as you know its a pc and each new operating system is looked at with suspicion and scorn, but I must say that I am really very impressed by it. Its really the little things, those small little creature comforts that make an operating system worth while, well that and the fact that it works. I will spend more time with it naturally but for now as I said I'm very pleased.

Next pc problem on the list is to get the Spawn's computer back up and running, again. I am still convinced that it is a video card issue but it won't hurt to perhaps slam some more RAM in there even though her needs are very limited at this point...being 11 and only interested in photography, her ipod, msn messenger and doing research for school online.

The Spousal had to go buy a new motherboard for our machine and I should have known better than to send him unsupervised into a computer store. He came back with a new printer (and the motherboard) because its cheaper to buy a whole new printer everytime the ink runs out *sigh*. As much as I did not like the old printer it worked and was only a few months old, okay so he did not buy a high end printer but still.

I shall be spending sometime redoing my bookmarks of which there were many and all neatly organised too. Thankfully most of them I had backed up on del.ici.os so that I could get to them when I wasn't home but there are a few (about 20+) new ones that I had added in recent times but did not update on del.ici.os. I was rather proud of the organisation of my bookmarks as well, all nicely divided into interests, you know, blogs, social networks, shopping, kinks, torrent sites, distractions etc etc ad nauseum. Well it gives me something to do and was probably the only aspect of my life that was ever so neatly compartmentalised.

So happy to have the computer back. It only took me four months to send it to fix after the first issues reared their ugly heads and such a simple matter too. When the power supply went it damaged the motherboard, which of course only being moderately techie we did not know, or for that matter suspect.

This has been my "interesting only to me cause that's who I write for really" post for the day, anyone bored to tears can now disengage and return to your normally scheduled readings