News flash #1
It's been a few weeks of fun and moving. We hired movers to get the bulk of our items moved[Loved that!]. We spent the first 3 1/2 weeks without the internet. AT&T isn't the company they pitch in the ads. We spent 2 weeks just waiting to hear from them about why they couldn't hook-up/turn on our access. Comcast[though vastly more expensive], came through in 3 days, no problems, and we were zipping on the net in all of 20 minutes. The following day, we heard from AT&T, They can have a tech out here to actually look at the problem in 4 days [3 1/2 weeks from the original hook-up date]. Um, sorry, we went elsewhere.
For those of you keeping track of the addresses I've had, this is #12 since leaving high school. Only a few more, right?
News Flash#2!
Since the middle of January, I've been slowly rebuilding my desktop computer. Having four 500Gb hard drives arrayed to mirror 1Tb wasn't as stable as I'd hoped, and they crashed, one quickly followed by a second in less than a few hours[4 month old drives, which I am still trying to get replaced with Seagate]. This proved to only compund the lack of internet in the new appartment. It's up and running with an older drive, and a different disc setup will be used when the new drives arrive. Of course, when you rebuild a computer, you don't get parts to fix the problem, you get newer, better parts that don't have the old problems, and cost more. Upgrade while you make the changes! Well, I'm running a dual core now, wow. This also means new RAM, DDR3, which hasn't really come down in price yet[And I'd like to get 2Gb more]. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
News Flash #3!Recurrent Corneal Erosion. Don't get this! A.K.A. Don't Scratch Your Eye! I've been experiencing this since about the beginning of November, and have had several painful episodes. According to my doctors [I've seen 6, I think, a few to be certain], the healing process can take 6-8 months. The trick is keeping the eye moist enough that it doesn't cause friction when you blink, thus rubbing your cornea against the eylid, which in turn causes cells of the cornea to break loose and roam the eye socket. Besides the blured vision, it's actually quite painful when it happens. Go figure.
News Flash #4!Between episodes of eye and computer problems, I've had a fractal program passed along to me. I like fractals. "I Drew a fractal on a braken wall, I see you my friend..."-Seal The program of choice is called Apophysis, and is currently freeware. I have achived some remarkable results in only a few weeks. Here are two low res samples
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