I recently experience a ton of problems with my computer and thought that I would share the details on my blog in case it helps someone out there. The most important detail is that the motherboard is an Abit AN8 Ultra. Let me explain what happened.
Category: General
The subject says it all. 7 years ago was a day that no one will ever forget. My thoughts and prayers go out to all those that lost loved ones on that terrible day. Rest assured that they will never be forgotten.
Things have been quiet as of late and so I have limited my posting as of late. I recently tweaked the header graphic on this blog and like the update.
On another note, I recently added captcha functionality to the blog. (Definition: A captcha is one of those graphics that are used to validate people posting to ensure that they are humans.) The issue is that there are people out there using automated posting methods to submit spam comments on blogs. It is an annoying practice that is designed to increase the search engine rankings of these sites. It is truly obnoxious and I am hoping that the captcha thing can stop the automated spamming while still allowing normal people to post.
We recently had a problem in our house with our refrigerator. Our house came with a fancy big name unit and we found that it was having major problems. As often happens with these kinds of things, it quickly became clear that the cost to repair was more than the cost of a new one and so we started shopping.
We looked all over the place included the big box stores, but wanted to get more personal service and ensure that someone would take away our old unit. We eventually settled on a local appliance store figuring that a company in business for 40+ years must be doing something right. Right? In our case wrong!
I was recently driving when I turned on NPR and heard a talk show where they were interviewing republican delegates from battleground states. They had 4 or 5 different delegates who they interviewed about the election situation in their state. The annoying thing is that every delegate said virtually the same. When asked about the situation in their state each basically said, "My constituents are really excited about McCain and are even more excited about Palin. There is a ton of momentum in our state and we are confident that McCain will win." After hearing, three different delegates saying essentially the same thing, I got board and turned it off. What a flop of a show!
As I posted earlier, the people at the convention are the true believers and so their response should come as no surprise. What you expect them to say, "McCain and Palin sucks and we are screwed"? Of course not, I would have expected that NPR would have thought through this more before scheduling the show.