Archive for January, 2008

Uverse still ok

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

The Uverse is still ok. It takes a ridiculously long amount of time to reboot the boxes and the main router thing. Crazy. Yesterday the TV worked…but no internet. I figured I would “diagnose” the problem via a link…..It warned me it would shut off the internet. Since the internet wasn’t working…no biggie right? Well [...]

So far Uverse=Good

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Uverse is installed and running. So far we both love it. The number of HD channels we have is up by more than 3X. The number of movie channels we have is up by 5X. The cost? Up $8 a month. The installation took a while..I knew it would. The replaced the tips of the [...]

New Mobo

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

I am writing this on my laptop which contains a brand spanking new motherboard. The installation went ok. I think there is something loose as once in a while….the damn thing just shuts off. Could just be the chips on the motherboard seating themselves. The board was a factory new board. I’m happy. I can’t [...]

Paid off my loan….well one of them

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

So I have had my college student loan on autopay since I graduated. A whopping $75 a month…every month….for the last….damn almost 8 years. I check my balance once or twice a year. I checked just now….I owe $86.41! That’s it! Wow. Now the story of the loan. I worked every year except my freshman [...]

Soldering…..Smoldering

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

So the power jack on my laptop is going out. I have to wiggle the cable and hold it just right for it to work. Kelli and I have the same model laptops. Hers is dead. Her old one. Well I figured I would just take the port off of hers and put it on [...]