Archive for January 21st, 2006

Jan 21 2006

PRAISE GOD!!!! -or- A Study in Contrast

Published by Taliesin under Random Topics

Well, this weekend could not have been more different than last weekend, or the weekend prior to that. Here’s a little recap:

2 weekends ago:
- Found out some distressing news about some friends’ marriages.
- TiVo Computer blew up

Last weekend:
- Got parts in for TiVo Computer…
- …which failed to fix the problem, meaning I blew up some brand new computer parts.
- Ordered a new phone at work, which wouldn’t come in until next week. Not bad, really…only high point for the weekend.
- Kim got VERY sick, and stayed that way all week.
- Had to work Saturday from 9am to 11:30pm, not including drive time, which added 1.5 hours each way.

This week:
- Phone didn’t come in all week. Ineptitude all around.
- My computer keeps freezing both in and out of World of Warcraft. No idea why, really.

This weekend has been rather good so far. Friday, my replacement motherboard finally came in. I determined finally that it was my power supply that was blowing things up. I replaced my power supply with an older one, and when I put the motherboard in, everything worked splendidly!!!

My friend reported that he was having some of the same problems with his computer that I was having with mine freezing. He told me that his hard drive array being mirrored was causing the problem. (Mirroring is another of those things I’ll tell everyone about if you ask me.) :) This weekend I un-mirrored my drives, and am now typing this on a computer that is almost fully set up. I don’t like Windows XP’s happy little Bliss wallpaper, though. Need to find something dark and oppressive. :)

My TiVo computer is now up and running. I have done everything except set up all my recordings again. The really good news about all of this is that I didn’t lose a single show off my hard drive. :) I didn’t get to record shows from the last 2 weeks, but I didn’t lose anything I HAD recorded. YAY!

In other news, Kim is finally getting better. Thank you to everyone who prayed for us. Man, she was areally sick. First, she had a cold. Then, she had a sinus infection, which made her swallow lots of mucus overnight, which made her throw up a lot. Then, she got antibiotics from her dad, which also made her throw up. (Not good.) She started taking a smaller dose, and she’s getting better! It’s good to have her back. :)

Finally, church is tomorrow, and I am looking forward to that! In all, one of the better weekends I’ve had. WOO!