My computer went kablooey Sunday night.
I woke it up from sleep mode last night and the screen wouldn’t respond. I thought it was the battery, so I changed it, and while it came to life, there were also streaks all across it. I restarted, and everything came up just fine. But then after a minute, the screen froze. Since the replacement battery was fresh out of the box, I thought perhaps it just needed to be charged, so I let it do so overnight and went to bed praying.
In the morning, the green light from the charging cable was shining bright, so I hoped for the best, but the best wasn’t good enough. Nothing. I brought it in with me to work along with may Apple Care Protection plan paperwork to call them when I got to the office.
The guy on the other end talked me through some troubleshooting, that got the same results as I had the night before. Screen came up, cursor moved around fine for several minutes, then everything froze. He said that meant something more serious. (Actually, his muffled words were, “Yeah, it’s dead.”)
They’ll send me the shipping box right away, I should get it Tuesday, and I’ll send it back same day. He said they work fast, and if they have the parts, I could have it back in 3-7 days. That will be the longest week of my life.
So, blogging I’d hoped to do Sunday night will have to wait, as will my tax preparation (I prepare, my tax consultant does the actual work). As much as I’d love to sit at my desk all day doing my own stuff, I can’t, so my emailing will drop off considerably as well.
Man, this sucks already.
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Hey Bernie!
Back that thang up! Get a back up with your big fat check from the IRS!
Hey, I feel ya! I am having so many problems with POP UPS and the rest that I cannot even leave mine on sleep while I SLEEP.
I can feel you on the computer situation… Two things i hate to see break down are my car or computers… But that’s life…
aww bernie i hope you are feeling better, i’m sure the taxes are really making you sick.
Update: The computer is being overnighted to the repair shop as I type. My fingers are crossed for a speedy return.
And it’s really hard typing with crossed fingers.
Hey Bernie:
I hope that your computer is back. We miss your commentary!
Thanks for the Blog links that you have on your site! I have checked a lot of them out and really are into some of them. However, why is it that blog writings are so few and far in between? We need more!
By the way, how does one start their own blog? That could be a story for you!
an’ i’m actually back online, and found it strange you’ve been nowhere to be found. Then I read your March 29, 2004 blog. Well i’ll wait for ya! Don’t keep me long now!
Now that the computer is back, we’ll be seeing more blogging, yes? Yes!