Weekend of many things

[fencerm2]

Well, this was both a productive and unproductive weekend. But, all in all, not bad.

Spent Saturday around the house...but it was noisy, because there were workers blowing insulation into the walls. Amazing that there was ZERO insulation - maybe our heat will be effective this winter...but I got nothing done while they were working. :-(

I did almost 3 hours worth of editing work Saturday night. Seeker is REALLY coming along - and I might even manage to FINISH it by my self-set deadline of month's end.

Sunday I did some more cleaning about the house, had a nice lunch, and got more editing done - another couple hours worth. Also, watched an episode of Battlestar Galactica - 2 more and I will be caught up on this season. I love having a DVR - such a useful tool!

So my home PC is not doing well - there are flashes and jumps on the monitor that I believe indicate the pending death of my motherboard. I have my I-Book when it crashes - but I do like to have a desktop at home for surfing and having a "base", for what its worth. Paranoid about losing my documents, I acquired one of those 256MB USB Flash drives - what a VERY cool thing! Its a little bigger than a piece of Trident gum - and ALL of my important files are backed up on it! Very cool.

So I've been to the gym today, have Pilates tonight - and I hope this week to get back on track on my diet/exercise program. Coupled with the regular writing - maybe I can get where I want to go, finally. That would be cool.

Ok, back to work now...

Comments

[weezeld.livejournal.com]

a) don't lose the memory key. If you can get yourself a CD backup, do that as well. if you don't own a CDR, take yer memory key to a friend who does and burn it off there.

b) What DVR do you use? PC based or TiVo?

[fencerm2.livejournal.com]

a). Good idea. I HAD CD back-up, but my CDRW is no longer functioning well, either.
I am torn, still, between acquiring a new PC...or getting a new motherboard/cpu and DVD-ROM/CDRW. Cost is about equal, more or less - and I've never done an assembly all by my lonesome yet...

b). TiVo, I think - it's the one I rent from Cablevision for $10 a month.

[oaken-glen.livejournal.com]

Heh. If I can build PCs, you can build PCs. It's actually relatively simple and only requires a modicum of swearing. ;)

[fencerm2.livejournal.com]

I've assisted with the process - and replaced my own power supply last time. So I am not overly worried - just haven't decided if I should spend the nearly $300 for components, or instead spend the extra $50 - $100 and get a new PC entirely.

[oaken-glen.livejournal.com]

Meh. I'd go for the components. It'll practically be a new computer once you're done anyway. :)

You're only looking for motherboard, processor and memory right? Why futz with the other stuff they still work and will play nicely with the new toys?

I'm one to talk though. I need to upgrade my system desperately but I just don't have the funds for it. Blech.