The Undead

It's a good thing I got that new computer yesterday, as I managed to fry my "old computer's" motherboard today. I was swapping some more RAM and a SCSI card around, and now my computer won't boot. I smelled a faint acrid scent, which was probably something shorting out. I guess I'll be making a run over to Apex Computers in the next couple of days, and buying myself a new board... My new job starts on Monday now, so CHFA is getting less than two weeks out of me before I leave. This was their choice, they didn't want to do the paperwork to pay me for an additional three days in the next month. My new employer is happy, they get me sooner. I'm happy, I'm out of here sooner. My co-workers are unhappy, they get to try to take over my job while searching for my replacement. We're interviewing one candidate tomorrow, on paper, he looks to be qualified, but I don't know if he'll want to give up his current position for this one when he finds out how little they want to pay him...

Thanks go to J Dylan, he sent me the codes from three more Pepsi Bottlecaps! I'm up to 6,000 points now, I need to find 39 more caps to get the game I want...

My new position came with a new computer, for home use! I picked it up last night, then spent the rest of the evening installing the OS and swapping hardware between it and my "old" computer. The new box is a nifty Dell Dimension Pentium III 700Mhz. I upgraded the RAM from 128 to 256MB, then swapped the Rage 128 Pro for my trusty Voodoo 3. My favorite thing about the system is the monitor, it's a 19 inch Trinitron with a flat screen. It makes my old Samsung 17 inch look like crap in comparison. I'll never want to quit my job, just so I don't have to give that screen back...

Jeremy's weblog appears to have risen from the grave. It's amazing what you can do when you're working a boring graveyard shift.