It’s official, my computer is le dead, kaputt, broken. That means, of course, that my productivity has gone through the floor, as I am stuck with my old, slow, 256MiB-of-RAM laptop, which also features a full hard disk (well, with only 20GiB to start with…).
The cause of the troubles, I suspect, is the mainboard. I had defect RAM before, but I just don’t believe that RAM is burning out every few weeks. Also, the IDE bus is behaving erratically, and random bluescreens are the order of the day. When I tried to install a fresh Windows on a new harddisk, hell broke lose, and well, here I am, posting from aforementioned laptop.
So, don’t expect any new hacks, user scripts, photos or the likes in the next weeks, until I can get my hands on a real machine again. Donations are welcome, but not tax-deductible - feel free to transfer funds to paypal@moeffju.de.
PS: I lost some data in the crash. It’s a good thing to have backups - of the wrong disk. Or, asking Murphy, why is the harddisk that crashes never the one you just backed up? Please mourn for my data.
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aw, my dear… don’t seperate a man and his machine, hmm? don’t be down in the mouth! you ‘forgot’ to mention that in a few days you’ll get a new toy or weapon, a new friend or enemy - a real machine. Until you get along with it play or fight with me :)
April 25, 2005 2:29am