Sheese! Am I behind...

One thing after another has combined to put me way behind in getting any more posts made...

First, for whatever reason, I couldn't get logged back in. Being the Thanksgiving break, I've been at home since Wednesday. My hard drive died. It wasn't a virus. It was mechanical. Taking it to a friend who is hardware savvy, he took it apart and showed me that the motor has fused. The cylinder won't spin. No data recovery.

I told my other friend about it and he said, "sounds like a classic case-study for FileShuttle.com". That's an online data synchronization service we use. All of my data files are in that system. All I have to do is buy a new harddrive, log in, and my data will come back. Fortunately, it's all on my laptop too.

But, that wasn't the end of it. It turns out that my hard drive is not the standard type. I bought a replacement that was on sale, but can't install it because my machine is set up for this kind that has a smaller plug (about the width of my fingernail).

Meanwhile, my router seems to have also died. I can now get connectivity, but I can't connect wirelessly.

So, between those woes and Thanksgiving, I've been somewhat delayed. I'll play some catchup, but right now, I'm just glad to have been able to log in...