Lucky
I am very lucky my little brother and Dad fix computers for a living. This Saturday, before I went out, I was cleaning. Part of my project was to clean up the rat's nest of cables behind my laptop so I could set up my external hard drive and start storing my extra stuff(pictures, work stuff, movies, etc) on the external. While cleaning up the mess of cables I managed to unplug my computer while it was on. Oops. After several hours of phone conversations with Brad, we managed to get the thing running. I had to leave for the party so I didn't get to check everything.
I woke up on Sunday and went to go blogging(yes I miss you people, sometimes) and could not get online. After yet another conversation with the brother, I reinstalled a driver or two and got on. I am so glad I didn't have to call the manufacturer's helpline or some tech guy from a store. This would have been a long weekend if I did. Now I just need to figure out the ins and outs of this external drive and how to get thinsgs where I want them.
I still don't want to know about computers, though. They piss me off too much.
posted by Larry @ 11:30 AM
6 Comments:
Glad you miss us. :)
Sometimes a friend to help with a computer is better than hanging with some "contractor" helpdesk, they usually are located in Argentina or something and know nothing. AHHHH i know from experience. Have a great week!!!
One should always have a friend who's a lawyer, one who's a doctor, and one who's a computer geek... Such trifecta will save you tons of money in the long run.
And a mechanic.
I have two good friends that are lawyers, Mossy's uncle is a doctor and Mossy himself is the computer geek. I also have my brother, who is a computer engineer and whose hobby is auto mechanics. My Dad is a banker.
I have truly been blessed. :oP
three words: "get a Mac".
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