Updated pictures. Called Dell today, got a response I liked. Spoke to a nice gentleman who I am sure has no idea he stole a job from an American. He told me to send it in, repair time was 5-7 business days, and then they would ship it back. I proceeded to let him know how it would actually work. I should be receiving my new replacement screen in 5-10 business days. I hope mine can hold up that long.
I guess the old MacBook Pro will return to the wish list once again.
The Cavs are finished. Had a chance tonight but just couldn’t put the ball in the basket. Sorry Cleveland fans. It could be worse, you could be a Dallas sports fan.
With that, today I came across a pretty cool video. Except for the music. Turn off the sound if you are going to watch it. The music is one of those songs NBA ad-exec’s think will pump up the crowd for their team. Too forced and a wrong audience for the most part. Know your audience.
Anyways, sound or no, the video is cool. Get your own personalized one for only $7500.
Edit: for those using a reader, there is a video here that you probably can’t see. Visit the site to watch.
World Issues: Sanctions imposed on Sudan by U.S. could deprive world of Coca Cola.
In a case of ‘that guy is completely out of his mind,’ the Sudanese ambassador to the U.S. paid $600 for a room and props to be able to hold a press conference to speak out against the President and his decision to hold sanctions against Sudan.
Highlights of his speech: There is no genocide in Darfur; 400,000 people haven’t died; Darfurians love sugar and the sanctions will deprive them of it, so they will die. But the best of them all is that they will quit shipping Gum Arabic, the emulsifier in Cokes, to the western world.
So, if we stop the killing in Darfur, we will likely lose our carbonated beverages. Tough call. (From the Washington Post, and no I don’t normally read the WP)
My laptop screen is dying. There is an entire website devoted to it: Dell Vertical Line It has been coming on for a while. Just like most others on that site, it started with one cyan line. Now it’s just ugly. I took some pictures of it but haven’t looked at them yet. If they turn out well enough to were you can see it, I will upload them.
So now here is my dilemma. Do I pay $250 to buy one on ebay in hopes that it doesn’t do the same? Do I pay Dell some $500 dollars to replace it and hope that they have upgraded their screens by now? Or do I blow all of our diaper money for the next two years on this thing of beauty.
this was going to be a decent post, until I hit the wrong button and erased everything. now you get the condensed version.
They say problems come in threes. I wish. Who are ‘they’ anyways? The list keeps growing:
1. Lightning and all the damage it caused
2. Mel’s car – replaced CV-axle
3. Mel’s car – noticed oil leak
4. Central AC/Heat goes out – thanks to 3-week late lawn guys
5. Flooded bedroom floor – never one to complain about rain, just don’t like it in my house
Ready for a break.
Who is Ron Paul (wiki)? I don’t know a lot about him, but what I have seen I like. To see what he has to say (hopefully), catch the GOP debate on CNN Tuesday evening. Maybe they will do a better job with this one than they did with the dems. Unequal time and 3rd grader-ish hand raising questions made Wolf Blitzer look dumb. Doesn’t take much.
I am looking to gain more info on Mr. Paul if anyone has insight to him. He is gaining huge buzz on the Internet. Will be interesting to see how that translates to TV, print media, and mass majority.
In a speech in Silicon Valley on Thursday, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton shared her message of being the ‘high-technology presidential candidate’ to an audience of over 150 technology CEO’s. Congrats Mrs. Clinton on your announcement of wanting to spur on ‘new jobs for tommorrow.’ And yes, I know that tommorrow is actually spelled tomorrow, but apparently those in her camp do not.
Could it be any easier to spell check your work these days? Even my internet browser of choice, Firefox has a built in spell checker. Cheers everyone, introducing the next president of the United States.
After far too long of being disconnected from the world, we now have Internet and Satellite back. We still have a few things to mend but for the most part life is getting back to normal after our house was struck by lightning last Thursday.
Things damaged or destroyed by the insurance labeled ‘act of God’:
*FiOS Modem/Router (Internet)
*Satellite Dish, *several cable connectors, *one receiver (purchased replacement on ebay)
Bedroom TV
Garage Door Opener
*Sprinkler System Control Box
