Finally I am able to see most of my 250 (which I have been calling 280 for 6 months) gig hard drive. It's in two parts, but the two parts come as close as I expected. One is 127.99 gigs and other part is 107.99 gigs. Cool ha?
So now I've set up the network, and I've started to move over 95 or so gigs of data to the hard drive. The odd thing is, the dos version of the software that was suppose to work before I installed the OS didn't work, but the window’s version of for it did once and OS was installed. Now that I think about it, I should have picked a smaller size to make the partition for the c drive so when it saw the rest of it later, I would have 120 if not 139 for the storage drive.
Oh, this software that I used I found last night. It put me through heck, but it wasn't really it's fault, it was my fault for taking out my floppy drive out 2 and a half years ago. The real issue was that the computer still thought it had a floppy drive and I didn't realize it until last night.
Last night I also found out that the USB part of the computer now works. For the past few months it wouldn't release my USB thumb drives, but then as of last night it started to work again. Just when I'm about to take it apart it works, and of course it fells like it's going a bit faster. It's like it knows it's going to die and is trying to show me that I don't have to take it apart and rebuild.
It's still going down, the only thing that can save it is if the memory isn't compatible with the new board. The newly built computer is sitting on my bedroom floor, and I'm thinking that I may make it into my bed by 2am this time. I know I need the sleep.
My brother is leaving tomorrow. I didn't realize that it was time yet, until they told me tonight when he went out to see a few people and to take some pics of BirdRock. I asked for copies if they come out.
I'm just waiting for Eva to finish before I head into bed. See ya.
March 10, 2006
March 08, 2006
I don't remember much before 2pm yesterday.
I don't remember much from yesterday.
I think I was working on my blog mods, then I ate my sister's Pringles, then Tito went sight seeing, then I took Nika to town to give her (us) something to do, and get back the Pringles for Jhodie, and maybe get some cold meds.
We got to town and I walked around for an hour with Nika. I got a tart for Nika and I got something else. I should have gotten one for Jhodie too, but it was early in the hour, and I didn't want to send too much.
At the end of the hour, I had bought bread, meds, some other snack food, and some cooking stuff that it turns out we still had.
She thanked me for the Pringles. Turns out she didn't buy them. Uncle Ray got them for her. She would have liked what I got like I said before, and she made a sandwich with the bread. She walked in just as I took off my shoes.
A few mins later Rick called me. Ofcourse he came by with the computer parts during the one hour out of the house during that last two days. He will come back later he said.
He gets there, and I start. Moving things her, putting stuff in, finding out that I'm missing parts. No keyboard, no p2 mouse, then to top it off, the nice new memory that I got doesn't work. I almost thought that the new monitor was bad. Oh.. I was wrong, what topped if off was that my 280 or 250 gig hard drive as Rick is saying, couldn't be completely seen by the mother board. So I couldn’t install the OS or move stuff off the old computer, and split up the hard drives. AAaHH!... I was just like that for a while. AAAHH!... I wanted to install an OS. I've been getting ready for this for over a week! I was mad for an hour.
So I told Tito that he could buy the hard drive off me for $120 US. That is less then I paid for it. But I rather take a loss and get some money, then have a hard drive that I can’t use.
Then today I brought the ram back to Rick and told him that I can't use it, because everyone else in the department told me the wrong kind of memory to get. But now the guy is saying that it the wrong sub category of the right kind of memory I got. He didn't talk about any subcategory before. ** Just checked the website I got it from. They make no mention of any subcategory. And it’s not listed in the details of the stick**
But he is going to sell it for me so I can get the right kind. He also said that I can get my current large hard drive to work. I just need some kind of download from the maker of the hard drive. I think it's some kind of bios update for their hard drive, or that hard drive. So I'm going to look into that when I get home.
Speaking of home again, I just got a call from my sister. It seems that the computer isn't booting. I had asked Tito this morning when I was getting dressed to check to see if my older computer could use the ram. I knew it couldn't, but I wanted to check to make sure. I'm only slightly worried that it’s really damaged in any way. It's just taking a while to understand what gives, now that the memory has been changed again. I'll check it when I get home. I just hope that the only thing I'm not really flipping out about is the one thing that goes down hill for me.
I'm suppose to also check to see if the current memory that I have will boot the gateway. I'll have to test that too when I get home. Jhodie wanted to have one computer up and going while I configured the other one so that she will have a link to her friends.
Ok, back to work.
I got to work 10 past 11, which is good for me. A student gave me a lift. I fixed one thing on the website. That reminds me I should check the announcement page to see if there is anything outdated there that should come down.
I then spent some time trying to find a game that I heard of, but didn't work on my computer at home, and one that did. I have the other one up and running, but the other one won't happen. It's a German game, and the dll won't work on an English OS. So I will have to wait for the game to be translated.
I then got two Hi8 tapes to save to VHS. One was a joke of 10 mins of what looks like spying on a teacher in class. The other one should have come with its own VHS. Some one had a baby, and someone was just taping their heart away.
I then covered the front desk while E was out on her lunch break. I think Collin wasn't too happy that she just up and left like she likes to do. Finished up something for St. Jean since he came down to talk to Collin about something. I also gave him back the two tapes and a book that I had for him.
I defragged the front desk computer in the corner that M use while I was out there waiting for E to come back. I also helped a guard with a paper he wanted to print. He had a "few" mistakes that needed to be taken care of before I let him print it. Normally I don't look at the documents that I'm asked to help print, but there was so much red I had to help.
Then I was back behind the desk for a while. I did this, looked at then, then I couldn't stand any more. One min after I sat down she showed up. Just like last time. I knew it.
I then went up to Dr. K to see about a scanning job that I had to do. I felt bad about not starting it last week like I was suppose to, and it turns out that there is a bit of problem with her giving me the book that she wants pics out of it scanned. It seems that it's a required book that she needs to have in class with her every day, and it's the only copy she has. The library only has two copies, and one is a 24 hour loan, and the other is a 48 hour loan book. It's a required book so everyone in her class is suppose to have their own copy. But, there is always a but. One student didn't buy one for whatever reason, and so he checks out the book every other day or so, so that he can have it to study from and use it during lab for that class.
So to fix all this, she is going to buy another copy of the book so I can have it with me and scan what I can when I can. She might have done it sooner if the next edition wasn't coming out in 4 or so months it seems.
I then went upstairs and across the street to get something to eat. I got there after 2pm so just about everything was gone I got two bakes and a piece of macaroni pie. Oh!.. all most forgot. I found $10. Someone dropped it on the LRC floor. Lucky me. *grin* I also got talked up by some unlikely people over there. They were drivers for the buses that took you to the railway that take you around the island for sight seeing. Anyway, one talked me up like he would have liked a date or something. Oh, I’m showing a lot of cleavage today. I then walked back across the street to find a girl with a cricket bat looking very mad, and shouting at the guards. From what I heard it sounds like she got us confused with the other Ross University that seemed to have taken her money and not let her in.
I came back down and got the router from Rick. The one that I did the wrong version update on a while back that I got from my uncle. He wants it back to let someone else have a crack at it. I had left it here with Rick, but he never got around it to, and we both think it can't be repaired short of it being given a new chip with the right information on it.
Well I got the VHS' which was quite nice. We haven't had any for a while. We made an order like two semesters ago and they haven't gotten here yet. So I told Collin and he sent out for a box. So my first every copying from a Hi8 to a VHS worked. *grin*
I didn't do the 10 min thing, I'm going to talk to the teacher to see what gives, and I think Collin is going to find out the baby one.
Around 4:30 I fell asleep. One reason would be I went to sleep after 3am. I wanted to go to bed at 2am, but it took longer than I thought to erase a cd. Then I burned something on to it so I can put me to sleep. I have some kind of college course on the Incas, which I split that into two folders to keep track 10 from playing after track 1. Then I had the Physics of Star Track then a put on a folder of some music in case I couldn't stand to hear the other stuff.
But the Inca thing is good. I fell asleep to that. That other reason why I fell asleep is because I didn't have anything to do. I like working while I'm at work. Go figure.
Now I'm just waiting to go home and work on the computer and see if I can get my hard drive to be fully seen. If I do, Tito isn't getting it again.
See ya.
I think I was working on my blog mods, then I ate my sister's Pringles, then Tito went sight seeing, then I took Nika to town to give her (us) something to do, and get back the Pringles for Jhodie, and maybe get some cold meds.
We got to town and I walked around for an hour with Nika. I got a tart for Nika and I got something else. I should have gotten one for Jhodie too, but it was early in the hour, and I didn't want to send too much.
At the end of the hour, I had bought bread, meds, some other snack food, and some cooking stuff that it turns out we still had.
She thanked me for the Pringles. Turns out she didn't buy them. Uncle Ray got them for her. She would have liked what I got like I said before, and she made a sandwich with the bread. She walked in just as I took off my shoes.
A few mins later Rick called me. Ofcourse he came by with the computer parts during the one hour out of the house during that last two days. He will come back later he said.
He gets there, and I start. Moving things her, putting stuff in, finding out that I'm missing parts. No keyboard, no p2 mouse, then to top it off, the nice new memory that I got doesn't work. I almost thought that the new monitor was bad. Oh.. I was wrong, what topped if off was that my 280 or 250 gig hard drive as Rick is saying, couldn't be completely seen by the mother board. So I couldn’t install the OS or move stuff off the old computer, and split up the hard drives. AAaHH!... I was just like that for a while. AAAHH!... I wanted to install an OS. I've been getting ready for this for over a week! I was mad for an hour.
So I told Tito that he could buy the hard drive off me for $120 US. That is less then I paid for it. But I rather take a loss and get some money, then have a hard drive that I can’t use.
Then today I brought the ram back to Rick and told him that I can't use it, because everyone else in the department told me the wrong kind of memory to get. But now the guy is saying that it the wrong sub category of the right kind of memory I got. He didn't talk about any subcategory before. ** Just checked the website I got it from. They make no mention of any subcategory. And it’s not listed in the details of the stick**
But he is going to sell it for me so I can get the right kind. He also said that I can get my current large hard drive to work. I just need some kind of download from the maker of the hard drive. I think it's some kind of bios update for their hard drive, or that hard drive. So I'm going to look into that when I get home.
Speaking of home again, I just got a call from my sister. It seems that the computer isn't booting. I had asked Tito this morning when I was getting dressed to check to see if my older computer could use the ram. I knew it couldn't, but I wanted to check to make sure. I'm only slightly worried that it’s really damaged in any way. It's just taking a while to understand what gives, now that the memory has been changed again. I'll check it when I get home. I just hope that the only thing I'm not really flipping out about is the one thing that goes down hill for me.
I'm suppose to also check to see if the current memory that I have will boot the gateway. I'll have to test that too when I get home. Jhodie wanted to have one computer up and going while I configured the other one so that she will have a link to her friends.
Ok, back to work.
I got to work 10 past 11, which is good for me. A student gave me a lift. I fixed one thing on the website. That reminds me I should check the announcement page to see if there is anything outdated there that should come down.
I then spent some time trying to find a game that I heard of, but didn't work on my computer at home, and one that did. I have the other one up and running, but the other one won't happen. It's a German game, and the dll won't work on an English OS. So I will have to wait for the game to be translated.
I then got two Hi8 tapes to save to VHS. One was a joke of 10 mins of what looks like spying on a teacher in class. The other one should have come with its own VHS. Some one had a baby, and someone was just taping their heart away.
I then covered the front desk while E was out on her lunch break. I think Collin wasn't too happy that she just up and left like she likes to do. Finished up something for St. Jean since he came down to talk to Collin about something. I also gave him back the two tapes and a book that I had for him.
I defragged the front desk computer in the corner that M use while I was out there waiting for E to come back. I also helped a guard with a paper he wanted to print. He had a "few" mistakes that needed to be taken care of before I let him print it. Normally I don't look at the documents that I'm asked to help print, but there was so much red I had to help.
Then I was back behind the desk for a while. I did this, looked at then, then I couldn't stand any more. One min after I sat down she showed up. Just like last time. I knew it.
I then went up to Dr. K to see about a scanning job that I had to do. I felt bad about not starting it last week like I was suppose to, and it turns out that there is a bit of problem with her giving me the book that she wants pics out of it scanned. It seems that it's a required book that she needs to have in class with her every day, and it's the only copy she has. The library only has two copies, and one is a 24 hour loan, and the other is a 48 hour loan book. It's a required book so everyone in her class is suppose to have their own copy. But, there is always a but. One student didn't buy one for whatever reason, and so he checks out the book every other day or so, so that he can have it to study from and use it during lab for that class.
So to fix all this, she is going to buy another copy of the book so I can have it with me and scan what I can when I can. She might have done it sooner if the next edition wasn't coming out in 4 or so months it seems.
I then went upstairs and across the street to get something to eat. I got there after 2pm so just about everything was gone I got two bakes and a piece of macaroni pie. Oh!.. all most forgot. I found $10. Someone dropped it on the LRC floor. Lucky me. *grin* I also got talked up by some unlikely people over there. They were drivers for the buses that took you to the railway that take you around the island for sight seeing. Anyway, one talked me up like he would have liked a date or something. Oh, I’m showing a lot of cleavage today. I then walked back across the street to find a girl with a cricket bat looking very mad, and shouting at the guards. From what I heard it sounds like she got us confused with the other Ross University that seemed to have taken her money and not let her in.
I came back down and got the router from Rick. The one that I did the wrong version update on a while back that I got from my uncle. He wants it back to let someone else have a crack at it. I had left it here with Rick, but he never got around it to, and we both think it can't be repaired short of it being given a new chip with the right information on it.
Well I got the VHS' which was quite nice. We haven't had any for a while. We made an order like two semesters ago and they haven't gotten here yet. So I told Collin and he sent out for a box. So my first every copying from a Hi8 to a VHS worked. *grin*
I didn't do the 10 min thing, I'm going to talk to the teacher to see what gives, and I think Collin is going to find out the baby one.
Around 4:30 I fell asleep. One reason would be I went to sleep after 3am. I wanted to go to bed at 2am, but it took longer than I thought to erase a cd. Then I burned something on to it so I can put me to sleep. I have some kind of college course on the Incas, which I split that into two folders to keep track 10 from playing after track 1. Then I had the Physics of Star Track then a put on a folder of some music in case I couldn't stand to hear the other stuff.
But the Inca thing is good. I fell asleep to that. That other reason why I fell asleep is because I didn't have anything to do. I like working while I'm at work. Go figure.
Now I'm just waiting to go home and work on the computer and see if I can get my hard drive to be fully seen. If I do, Tito isn't getting it again.
See ya.
March 06, 2006
A New Look As You Can See....
I went to add something to my blog today, and I found out why I was missing the rest of my old side bar.
I had deleted it by accident and I didn't realize it until now. I didn't have a copy of the old code to put back what was missing, and I didn't fell like re-doing it all from scratch with the same old template.
So I'm doing most it from scratch with a new template. I did save all of what was left of my old template of course. So over the next few weeks, if not days, if not hours, you will see the change of this site bit by bit to something a bit closer to what my site looked like a few months ago but the missing code thing.
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Last night as I was leaving work, a guard decided to talk to me. He said that he hope to see me playing cricket tomorrow. I told him that I hadn't reserved my place at the event, and it was unlikely that more then 3 people from my department was going to show up to make a team. But after talking with him for like 10 mins I thought about going and taking Tito (my brother) there along with maybe Jhodie. Last night when I was telling mother this, when she called, Jhodie reminded me that they were going fishing for the day. It also didn't help that I woke up at noon. Heck, I didn't even remember about going until after 2. I ate breakfast, checked my mail, and started to tinker with blogger and blog ad-ons then, hung out some clothes for my sister. Now it's almost 3:30 and Nika will be home soon.
I can not contend with her "friends". If they come I'll just tell them that they can stay Wednesday when Jhodie will be home.
I can hear them now. .... back.. Nika is starting to stop paying attention to me. This is why we thought she had a hearing problem. Jhodie almost took her to get her hearing checked.
See ya, I got some dishes to wash up.
March 05, 2006
Out Sick
Hi ya.
I was doing so well too, then I got sick and I haven't blogged in three days.
I'm mostly better now. ... as I speak.... owww..
My boss is calling it a flu in a letter he sent to a teacher. I was calling a cold.
I went to work on Wednesday, that is when most people found out that I wasn't felling well, then the next two days my sister called in and said that I wasn't feeling well enough to come to work. I wanted to come in on Friday to do a project for that teacher. I took a shower, combed my hair, then I started a sneezing fit and the just felt like slime so I didn't go again.
I woke up Saturday morning feeling very normal, but it was time for me to wake up. Went to use the bathroom and went back to bed. Woke up and I had cold in my chest. Great. I still went to work. I got in a bit late. My normal late if not a little earlier. I left rather on time I think.
I stayed in here for my whole shift. Collin came in late that night and I left him working on something when closing time came. I didn't have much to do, so I updated some software, then when I was just about finished I remembered that I had something else to update. Another weekend.
I was cold from the LRC and the winds outside when waiting for a bus. The soup that I had for pre-dinner, supper I think you call it, I mostly call it lunch... either way, it was the warm spot during my working hours.
Today I left the house late, because of rain. I called to tell the guy why I wasn't there yet, but he didn't pick up so I left a message on the second call. Turned out he was at the front desk for his shift today. Turns out it didn't even rain on this part of the island while it poured over my house for about 30 mins.
Today I have less to fiddle my time way with, but I did remember that it's the start of the month and I haven't posted the new set of pics for March for my wallpaper club yet. I've lost my interest in that it's sad.
I guess I can tell you know. I had a friend in Canada, and we were both use to mess around with making wallpaper and I would love showing him ones I made or a few of the many that I found, and so in a round about way I made the club for us. He died in December. I haven't gotten any notice, but there wouldn't be one. He has been in and out of the hospital a lot last year, and I lost contact with him for a weeks while he was in the last time. Then back in December his e-mail address was deleted from the servers. It was and ISP address. So I guess that the account was canceled. I've waited for about 3 months now for something, but nothing. So I really do think that he died back in December. Another reason I didn't write much back then.
Well, I'm defragging some computers and such right now to keep me busy. I'll go look for a wallpaper or two, but I actually have a few new ones on me to pick from this month.
I was in a better mood a bit earlier. I was rocking out to country music. *grin*
Ok.. I'll go post this now.
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I was doing so well too, then I got sick and I haven't blogged in three days.
I'm mostly better now. ... as I speak.... owww..
My boss is calling it a flu in a letter he sent to a teacher. I was calling a cold.
I went to work on Wednesday, that is when most people found out that I wasn't felling well, then the next two days my sister called in and said that I wasn't feeling well enough to come to work. I wanted to come in on Friday to do a project for that teacher. I took a shower, combed my hair, then I started a sneezing fit and the just felt like slime so I didn't go again.
I woke up Saturday morning feeling very normal, but it was time for me to wake up. Went to use the bathroom and went back to bed. Woke up and I had cold in my chest. Great. I still went to work. I got in a bit late. My normal late if not a little earlier. I left rather on time I think.
I stayed in here for my whole shift. Collin came in late that night and I left him working on something when closing time came. I didn't have much to do, so I updated some software, then when I was just about finished I remembered that I had something else to update. Another weekend.
I was cold from the LRC and the winds outside when waiting for a bus. The soup that I had for pre-dinner, supper I think you call it, I mostly call it lunch... either way, it was the warm spot during my working hours.
Today I left the house late, because of rain. I called to tell the guy why I wasn't there yet, but he didn't pick up so I left a message on the second call. Turned out he was at the front desk for his shift today. Turns out it didn't even rain on this part of the island while it poured over my house for about 30 mins.
Today I have less to fiddle my time way with, but I did remember that it's the start of the month and I haven't posted the new set of pics for March for my wallpaper club yet. I've lost my interest in that it's sad.
I guess I can tell you know. I had a friend in Canada, and we were both use to mess around with making wallpaper and I would love showing him ones I made or a few of the many that I found, and so in a round about way I made the club for us. He died in December. I haven't gotten any notice, but there wouldn't be one. He has been in and out of the hospital a lot last year, and I lost contact with him for a weeks while he was in the last time. Then back in December his e-mail address was deleted from the servers. It was and ISP address. So I guess that the account was canceled. I've waited for about 3 months now for something, but nothing. So I really do think that he died back in December. Another reason I didn't write much back then.
Well, I'm defragging some computers and such right now to keep me busy. I'll go look for a wallpaper or two, but I actually have a few new ones on me to pick from this month.
I was in a better mood a bit earlier. I was rocking out to country music. *grin*
Ok.. I'll go post this now.
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March 01, 2006
Jhoy has sent you a recipe
This Epicurious.com recipe:
FRENCH FRIES WITH GRAVY AND CHEESE
has been sent to you from Jhoy
FRENCH FRIES WITH GRAVY AND CHEESE
has been sent to you from Jhoy
Jhoy wants you to know: I found an intresting one for you to look over. I have a cold, my new bed wasn't that kind to me last night, but I got pics to show it off anyway, you may get them tomorrow. I don't think my desktop at home can access the cam, and I forgot to bring it and the hard drive to work to get stuff off of them. I got somone to go for lunch for me. M is home today with her daughter because she is throwing up and couldn't go to school. She called to see if I was coving her shift. I would, but I'm sick myself, and I don't want to be here sick in this cold place. It's been cold since last night, which is why I have a cold now. I got up and got a second blanket too late it seems. I'm going to have to get off the bus early tonight and get some Halls, and use the Zycam when I get home so I feel a bit better tomorrow. I tried the Zycam, I think it worked, I just didn't keep on using it, or I might not be sick now. I was surprised to find out it was a gel and not a spray. I washed my hair last night, which ended one of the longest times I've gone with out washing my hair. I'm not saying how long. See ya.
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FRENCH FRIES WITH GRAVY AND CHEESE
4 large russet (baking) potatoes
8 cups vegetable oil
3 tablespoons minced shallot
2 (3-inch) sprigs fresh thyme
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1/2 cup dry red wine
1 tablespoon water
3/4 teaspoon cornstarch
1 cup beef or veal demi-glace
1 teaspoon coarsely cracked black pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 tablespoon unsalted butter
5 oz cheese curds or haloumi cheese, coarsely crumbled (about 1 cup)
2 tablespoons fresh chives, finely chopped
Peel potatoes, then cut lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick sticks and submerge in a bowl of ice and cold water. Rinse potatoes in several changes of cold water until water is clear. Drain in a colander, then spread potatoes in 1 layer on several layers of paper towels and pat very dry.
Heat about 8 cups vegetable oil in a 5- to 6-quart heavy pot over moderate heat until a deep-fat thermometer registers 375°F.
Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 200°F.
Cook shallot with thyme in butter in a 1- to 1 1/2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring frequently, until shallot is softened and golden, about 2 minutes. Add wine and boil until reduced by half, about 3 minutes, then discard thyme sprigs. While wine reduces, stir together water and cornstarch until cornstarch is dissolved. Stir 1 cup beef or veal demi-glace into wine and bring to a boil. Whisk in cornstarch mixture and return to a boil, then boil until sauce is slightly thickened, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in black pepper, salt, and unsalted butter until butter is melted.
Once oil is ready, increase heat to moderate and fry potatoes in 4 batches, stirring occasionally, until deep golden, 5 to 6 minutes per batch, returning oil to 375°F between batches. Transfer fries with a slotted spoon to a baking sheet lined with several layers of dry paper towels and sprinkle lightly with salt. Keep fries warm in oven while frying remaining batches.
Put 4 ovenproof plates in oven, divide fries among plates, and sprinkle with cheese. Heat until cheese is just warmed through, about 2 minutes.
Stir chives into sauce and drizzle over fries. Serve immediately.
Cooks' note:
Sauce, without chives, can be made 1 day ahead and cooled completely, then chilled, covered.
Gourmet
March 2006
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