She’s Breakin’ Up, Captain!
It’s finally happened! My computer has decided to die on me. Yesterday, after a year of many components of the computer stuffing up, the hard disk decided to take a dive, and there are bad sectors written all across the hard disk – including the registry. Right now I can’t access windows – I’ve lost most of my data and yes I’m not very happy about it (that’s an understatement). I’ll need a new hard disk, but that’s gonna take some time to get. Well, a couple more months and I should have a brand new system, fortunately.
Anyway, the implications for this page are that I won’t be able to update it until I can do something about my stuffed hard drive. Until then, go and visit Digital Discourse to check out some other fine journals (and of course, you’ll hear from Digital Discourse’s news page when I get back online, as well).
I really need a new system. The whole thing is crashing down around me:
The CD-Rom drive is stuffed – the tracking mechanism is misaligned and sometimes it can’t even recognise there’s a CD in the drive.
The crappy el cheapo speakers are stuffed – one of them cuts out when you turn the volume too high.
There was that time when I spilt orange juice on my keyboard (even though I got it fixed, the zero on the numpad still doesn’t work).
The old laser printer needs lubrication big time (it squeaks and whines really loudly when paper goes through it).
The graphics card blew a while ago, and we had to get it fixed.
The power supply blew a fuse a while ago, and again, we had to send it in for repairs.
Now the hard disk has crashed.
I’m really looking forward to a new system right about now :).
Okay that’s enough whining and feeling sorry for myself :). No more updates until I can get this whole thing fixed. That bites.
6:40pm (GMT +10.00) 
