1. summer vacation means that we’re getting a ton of site traffic. servers are very full today! woo hoo!
2. i will eventually improve my softball hitting by constant trips to the batting cages. or at least, i keep telling myself this.
3. i am probably the only person not going to bay to breakers this weekend, but honestly, naked people and traffic is not my cup of smooth scotch.
4. on the other hand, oyster fest is my cup of smooth scotch
5. also, i need to buy some scotch.
6. i’m not going to sell my car, but right now i can’t see myself spending a lot of money to get it fixed. and it might need it soon.
7. anyone have an opinion on parallels vs. vmware fusion? anyone?
Posted by mobile phone:
testing mobile post ability
(conclusion: fine as long as you don’t try to use images)
about two weeks ago, i had a workplace accident. I was turning the corner of the office, admittedly moving a little fast in hopes of catching the elevator before it left. In my zealousness, i rammed my right leg (”righty”) into the corner of the desk. thinking nothing of it, i continued on my pursuit of the elevator. mission successful.
the real tragedy came about 15 minutes later, when i took out my phone to see if anyone had called, and found that i had annihilated my LCD screen on my n95 phone. this was bad for a number of reasons, the foremost being that these phones are not cheap, and i had no insurance on it because i bought it on ebay. bad news.
After bitching about it for a few days, i decided to see if maybe there was a local sf place that would fix my phone. in my online search i found several tutorials describing how to replace the LCD. I looked over some of them, and it seemed pretty easy, just a matter of having the right tools.
I took my search to eBay, in hopes of finding an affordable replacement screen. I found a plethora of options, everywhere from $40 to $60, including different bonus features. i found a package for $45 that included the necessary torq screwdriver and a little plastic tool for popping off the casing. It shipped from Hong Kong, taking a week to arrive.
Today, when it arrived, i went to this post, found on the n95 user boards, followed the instructions, and in 10 minutes had a working n95 again.
the moral of the story is that i’m awesome at fixing things, when they are easy to fix and i have all the tools sitting in front of me.
friday. long week. random thoughts:
1. i don’t know much about the economy, but it doesn’t look like things are going to be THAT bad. just sayin. i have no basis for this opinion, however.
2. $4 gas? wow. but i guess they spend more in london. and everywhere else. still, the days of the sunday drive are quickly coming to a close. either that or we all need to get electric vehicles. i really like these.
3. having no desk in my apt is challenging. i may need to go buy a little folding mini desk so i can at least have a place to work occasionally. though i do that at the kitchen table sometimes, and it’s not so bad.
4. other than that, the apartment is working out pretty good, though it could use more heat.
5. delta airlines, i really think you should have given me a break on that flight rebooking given that i was going somewhere for a funeral and i told your Customer Service people that. i’m sure the $130 is lining your pockets, but i’ll never fly your airline again.
6. Jetblue, i feel the same way about you. except i probably will fly your airline again because at least it looks like your planes were built after 1975. And the DirectTV
7. maker faire this weekend. i’ll try to come back without a bunch of gadgets. actually, i’m not promising anything.
