Category Archives: Computer

Upgrade time!

I’m buying the Wireless-G version of my Wireless-B router today. I’m installing it myself. Wish me luck (but know that if you don’t see me for a bit, that’s why).

Technology, ain’t it great?

I purchased the best DVD player EVER. It plays almost any format you throw at it. VCD? SVCD? Soooo last year. This baby plays DivX and XviD with no problem. The best part? Only $69.99 at K-mart. Yes, K-Mart.

Since I have all of the latest (and greatest) shows and movies, I wanted to be able to watch them without having to convert them to .mpg (which looks like crap). I read that this Philips DVDP-642 could do all of that, so I began my small town quest to find one. Wal-Mart and RadioShack had none (nor did the salesmen know what DivX meant…sheesh!). In a last ditch effort, I decided to go out of my way to the always disappointing Big K. The rest is history. I now watch burned CDs of shows that look better on CD than they did with DirecTV the first time around.

*dances the happy dance*

It’s what you’ve been waiting for!

Time to rejoice, folks. My email is back! I don’t know what I did, but our ISP is apparently blocking my smtp port. Luckily, my zeromuch.com host provides an alternate port for people like me.

Funny thing, though. I tried that method weeks ago and it didn’t work. I guess the email gods were smiling on me today.

I’ve watched all of SG-1 now, and all I can say is, “Where the heck was I the last seven years?!?” This is so up my ally that I can’t believe I let it slip past me for so long. Then again, I was so full up on Buffy love that I probably wouldn’t have enjoyed as much as I do now.

Lesson learned: Timing is everything.