My new desktop is here....
Wednesday, 25 April 2018 18:29This which went wrong:
1. It rained today, I was slightly apprehensive about going out to pick up a heavy computer on my own in the rain. It turned out okay and didn't start storming until after I was safely ensconced at home.
2. I was carrying a computer so I needed a cab. The cab driver gave me the turn-around and I was too tired to argue with him, ended up paying a completely exorbitant price, plus he insisted on regarding the computer as "luggage". I didn't fight him on it.
3. My old screen had a cable that wasn't right for the opening in the back of the computer. Luckily I had a backup cable that does work.
4. I neglected to mention that I definitely want my OS in English and they installed my Windows 10 in Hebrew by default. These days this is much easier to fix, which I am in the process of doing.
5. Plugging in my router in the living room didn't work -- I switched the living room and bedroom earlier this year. I had to get an electrician to fix the socket in the new living room before I could connect the computer to the router. And I had to call the phone company first to figure out what was wrong.
6. Man, digging up the passwords to all my accounts is a pain and a half.
7. I might end up spending the rest of today installing and configuring shit.
8. Almost accidentally skipped lunch.
9. But at the end of this whole long process, I'm gonna have a gaming computer again.
1. It rained today, I was slightly apprehensive about going out to pick up a heavy computer on my own in the rain. It turned out okay and didn't start storming until after I was safely ensconced at home.
2. I was carrying a computer so I needed a cab. The cab driver gave me the turn-around and I was too tired to argue with him, ended up paying a completely exorbitant price, plus he insisted on regarding the computer as "luggage". I didn't fight him on it.
3. My old screen had a cable that wasn't right for the opening in the back of the computer. Luckily I had a backup cable that does work.
4. I neglected to mention that I definitely want my OS in English and they installed my Windows 10 in Hebrew by default. These days this is much easier to fix, which I am in the process of doing.
5. Plugging in my router in the living room didn't work -- I switched the living room and bedroom earlier this year. I had to get an electrician to fix the socket in the new living room before I could connect the computer to the router. And I had to call the phone company first to figure out what was wrong.
6. Man, digging up the passwords to all my accounts is a pain and a half.
7. I might end up spending the rest of today installing and configuring shit.
8. Almost accidentally skipped lunch.
9. But at the end of this whole long process, I'm gonna have a gaming computer again.