StrungOut

New computer Soon

O.K.  It's official My old laptop is DEAD! I will be getting a new Fujitsu Lifebook ASAP.  It also appears that my random back ups of late are no bueno. So I will be forced to start over from scratch yet again. I swear the computer gods have it in for me. But I have been knitting I started a pair of socks but I'm afraid to start on the heel with out a guiding hand to tell me I'm doing it right. So I have 2 tubes on the needles... I just cast on for a baby jumper as a business acquaintance is going to adopt a little girl from China very soon. I hope I gert it done before Lilly's plane lands. Or very close to that time. Keep your fingers crossed that it will fit. There will someday be photos on this blog again. Hopefully of my finished socks and jumper.

Not Again

No I didn't fall off the face of the earth again! YES I have been knitting! Even stash busting knitting! Truth be told I've been making hats like crazy. It seems my daughter is in love with my hats. So why aren't there photos? (Trust me I have some.) Because my %$#* laptop is/ has been in the shop. I'm at a cafe and they don't allow camera hook ups. This laptop has cost me plenty in repairs. I think it's the hard drive and if it is, I'm getting a NEW laptop. I've already replaced the hard drive once. Hopefully the shop can get some of my data off of the old drive. Like my photos which I had pretty organized. But I didn't bother to back up. What can I say I'm a smuck!

Recovery

I'm slowly getting my computer put back together. Word to the wise BACK YOUR SHIT UP. I got a little lazy, now I'm practically suicidal over what I've lost. I actually called a data recovery service. Wanta know the rough quote they gave me..... Better sit down.   $400.00-$1800.00. My crash is on the lower end of the cost spectrum. (yippee) Yes, I'm actually considering it.  Tonight I have to find all, some, any of my compact flash cards and load them, god knows how long that will take. I liked the way Picasa organized my photos. I just downloaded Picasa2, new and improved I guess. Not to mention I still have my scanner to get up and working. We all know a picture-less blog is boring. It's all about eye candy whatever your definition of it is.....Last night I loaded 200 or so songs on itunes, barely scratching the surface of that mess. I also killed off the last of the vodka in the house. Yes, alcohol does make it all better. The trick is to go to bed before the euphoria goes away.

Do as I Say

Betcha can’t guess what I’ve been up to lately?!?! I’ll give you a hint…..You’re about to hear all about it…. (Not much of a hint is it) Stand back cause she’s about to blow!!! It’s computer related….You got it my lap top died AGAIN!!! The gloves are now off! If you are ever in the market for a lap top Do NOT, I repeat do NOT go to PC Club. I have owned 3 desk top computers all from them and they are still working. Even the one with Windows 95 on it hasn’t died yet. Their desk tops are flawless. However I just learned that laptops, (even desk top replacements) are a whole different species. I don’t know if you remember my first go round but it ended up costing me about 1,000.00 by the time this machine was fixed. Funny thing is I asked them about 2 things….The fan and the hard drive. I was told both were fine. WRONG. I had my puter home for 2 weeks and it totally went ka pluey! The fan was the culprit and most of the insides cooked. I was told originally it was a virus, which it may have been. But that wasn’t all it was. So now 5 months later after many strange unexplainable happenings my hard drive died. All my data is gone. Knitting patterns, tax info, work stuff, photos, oh my beautiful ABC along photos GONE! Now I have spent somewhere in the neighborhood of $1,200 to rebuild a year and a half old computer. STUPID< STUPID< STUPID. If I only new then....

This last time I took it to notebook shop to have it repaired. I’ll probably buy my next laptop from them. I’m so tired of having to reload all of my software and data I could scream.

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I’m done with PC Club. I have SO MANY COMPLAINTS about them. They are useless. The techs know only one way to fix a problem, wipe the hard drive clean…They don’t even look at the rest of the machine.

I’m sorry if this entry is nothing but incoherent rambling, but I’m so pissed I can’t see straight.

I feel I given sufficient warning for anyone reading this blog. Don’t be an idiot get a name brand laptop.

Who da Thunk

Call me a joiner….. I joined KnitPug, a user group for knitters with PDA’s. I have yet to download the software I want because there is a bug that affects the Tungsten/E. Of course that would be the PDA I have. As soon as there is a patch I’ll probably get the software. God knows I don’t use my PDA enough (an unfortunate truth).

I also joined Peaceful Palms Knit along. Hey better late than never. I should have 2 complete pairs of gauntlets finished very soon. No more mis-match’n for me. I’m excited it’s my first knit-a-long.

I also will be updating my photos in finished projects and hopefully writing little bios with each photo. That should get done by this weekend. The Library also needs more of an update as I have gone knitting book wild and ordered about 5 more books.

I also need to figure out a provisional cast on (hence the knitting reference books in the library). So I can get started on my next project, which is a felted bag. Hopefully I can take Friday as an office day and get to Kinko’s so I can make/print some gift tags. I don’t have Photo Shop and they do for 40 cents a minute. I can’t imagine it taking me more than 2 minutes.

If I get that done you can bet I’ll take pictures.