Just like the Hee-Haw song, “If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all.” I wrote a few entries back that I had to replace the 500 Gig hard drive in my lightning struck main computer. Not so bad at about $70.00. The new drive was an OEM version so a good price. Well, that NEW drive just failed. Yes, still under warranty but I had to schlep all the way back...
Continue reading...Take a Byte
The “other” evil empire finally got to me. I now have in my care and possession the Apple iPhone 3Gs. They give the employees a great price and service break at TAC/Schneider Electric. We all need to have cell phones of one sort or another so they help us get what we want. A lot of folks want the iPhone. I am debating if it is necessary to put the white apple logo in my...
Continue reading...Can’t Shred The Evidence
I never would of thought that a lighting strike could kill something as tough as a paper shredder. Well, it’s true and here are the pictures to show why. My thinking was there would only be a few switches and gears and just hard core electrical stuff.This thing has more electronics than my first transistor radio back in the 60’s. There are sensors located everywhere and even a vision system to “see” how full the...
Continue reading...More Cubes, More HP, But Why?
The computer rebuild is over. The old box now contains a new AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2 GHz Socket AM3 Quad-core microprocessor. Wow, that’s a mouthful. What it means is it is state of the art (SOTA) for about a week or so… and impressive to computer geeks. The amazing part of the rebuild (required because of the lightning damage) is the $650 cost is far less than the cost of...
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