The SACJC is Blogging!

Courtesy of me, the Saint Albans Community Justice Center is now in the Blogsphere!

Check it out @ http://www.stacjc.org/blog and check out their website (also by me) @ http://www.stacjc.org

I'd appreciate any and all feedback, regardless of whether it is good or bad.

Paper or Plastic?

...or some combination of nylon and other unknown stuff?

The "Info-Nomad" Laptop Bag from the Google Store is here!!!!

Shot 1 of the Actual Product (excuse the bad photo...it came from my Palm Zire 72):

Under the hood:

And, the fancy stock photo:

I was amazed at the quality and all of the hidden pockets! :D

I'm Baaaaaaaaack!

After a 3-Day Computer Hiatus (read: SEVERE WITHDRAWL) and trip, I'm officially back.

The laptop bag is on it's way (supposedly...we shall see!)

W-I-R-E-L-E-S-S!

(cue the eBay commercial music)

"On eBay, dun du dun"

Yup, it's a Wirless G USB adapter...and it works GREAT!!!! Watch out Starbucks, I'm comin' with my laptop (not really...you have to pay for their wifi).

2-Day Social Networking Online Event

Check it out @ http://www.TechSoup.org/SocialNetwork

It's been good so far...

Ep$on

Own an Epson printer?

Well, then, you may be entitled to some money!

Apparently, the printer & software will not let you print once it "says" the cartridge is empty, even though it may not be.

$45 in Epson E-Store Credit, $25 check & $20 credit, and some other options.

Check out http://www.epsonsettlement.com/

Happy Easter! (at least to the Easter & Ether Bunnies)

...but not the Energizer Bunny.

Apparently computer parts online just aren't my thing.

Working on that, though.

Resurrection of the EB

So a new battery came in today. Apparetnly they don't want us to send back a non-working one...

All I can do now is wait and see if it works! (If it doesn't, I either have really bad luck with computers [well, we all knew that], or the laptop battery-party-thingy doesn't work right. Eitheer way, I won't be happy).

That's all folks!

IBM (Lenovo) at Best Buy, Oh My!

So, on a slightly off-topic note, apparently Best Buy is going to start stocking Lenovo (the company who bought IBMs PC Division) computers (including IBM branded, I think) on their shelves.

And to top it off, there are rumors of a "special" Geek Squad service for these computers.

(JIC anyone is curious, I hate Best Buy, even though it is enjoyable to browse).


Rants or Raves? Sick of hearing about just my ThinkPad? Should I continue with other tech news? Let me know by posting a comment!

Someday...

Someday I will think of more to write.

?

I don't have anything to say about the laptop right now.

I hope I can get my main computers hard drive (with all of my un-backed up data) working (or get the data somehow)...

Maybe I will find another battery that actually works for this...the one I had is getting sent back.

cya later

"Baddery"

(That’s a “Bad Battery”)

Yup, it doesn’t work. Fortunately, it can be returned.

Not much else…I am running out of things to talk about!!!!

Engerizer Bunny Meets Brick Wall (for now)

At the moment, I have no idea on the status of this battery (doesn't run at all)...but Window$ says it is "good" as opposed to "bad" with the other battery.

That's it for now, would someone leave me comments, please?

It Just Keeps Going & Going & Going & Going & Going & Going...

So I got a (cheap) battery today off of eBay...it is in the laptop charging right now, and windows says that it is good, so we shall see tomorrow.

Not much else to say right now, except POWER TO THE ENGERGIZER BUNNY!!!!

Ethernet (n): Device Used to Catch the Etherbunny

Yes, that's right, I got a PCMCIA ethernet card today, for FREE!!!! Yes, it was second hand, but it works, and this posting is coming from the laptop!

My other computers hard drive with all of the important data is still dead, but the good thing is that it doesn't make any funny noises, so it could just be a motor failure ("just", yeah right).

Installing stuff on the laptop, it runs pretty well!!!!

Crap.

Looks like I am having issues with my regular computers Hard Drive (I think it might have died...it gives a "Disc Boot Failure" message...oh no!)...so I won't be doing anything with the laptop tonight.

On a lighter note, I might be getting a free wireless card tomorrow :D

Anyway, pray for my hard drive!!!!

If you have any suggestions for it, you have my email address.

Homework.

Everything is running great!

I actually used the machine today to do some homework, then saved it on my thumb drive. It was good. (And the USB port actually works under Window$).

Going to look for one of my Office 2k3 Licenses that is laying around somewhere...OpenOffice.org is nice, but I prefer (gulp) M$ Office.

Anyway, that's it for now. Looking at wireless cards on Newegg, want to get this one for $9.99 or this one for $4.99 (both after rebates).

(oh, and, by the way, make sure you check the comments on the last post)

WOW!!!!

I just discovered that this machine does in fact have a network port, wireless card, and a MUCH faster processor than I thought!

Did you actually realize what you gave away????

The Micro$oft eXPerience

So, this laptop seems to be pretty nice... :D

I all of my exploring randomness, I decided to wipe the hard drive again (which is NOT bad, as originally thought) and install Window$ XP.

The eXPerience is really great...boots faster than Ubuntu and even my 2.2 Ghz. Athlon (of course, nothing BUT the OS is install, soooo...).

Saw a new battery on eBay (on eBay, dun dun dun...you know, that commercial from TV) for about $10...might have to buy it.

Now if it only had some sort of network interface...