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the help desk

I try to teach explain basic tasks (copy|paste , resize forms, URLs for web addresses) which never registers or sinks-in beyond our local session. I now understand the meaning of exasperation. I’m on the other side of the fence now but I can reflect on my own mental block(s) — spelling words like haveing, how to insert the bridle, saddle the horse… I just couldn’t/wouldn’t grasp. Now it’s pay-back time. Arrrghhhh!

Heathkit 2

The idea is to use components that are universal and can be reused or replaced during upgrade without having to start from scratch. So, in the 2nd month of our s l o o o o w build project, we’ve selected and chosen our Power Supply. There were many to choose from, such as the winning PSU from OCZ . A Power Stream 520W will handle loads…

Heathkit 1

S’man and I are doing a s l o o o o w build on a new machine. It will replace our 1998 Windows 95 clunker. Not knocking. It’s just been left in the dust by the latest in planned obsolescence. In stage one of our project. I ordered the case Ah so! CoolerMaster – Wave Master deluxe all aluminium!

Carolina

You know that you are in the south when:

  • on our iOpener flight this A.M. a passenger boarded the airstair with newspaper and a styrofoam bowl of grits
  • overheard on the terminalwide page — “Attention in the Terminal! IS anyone HAS lost a cell phone?…”