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Dead Hardware Parade: HP Delivers the Juice

Just a short one today. Two days ahead of schedule, the replacement power supply for my notebook arrived; now it’s as good as new again! This one doesn’t short out and stop working at...

It's About Time!

Well, it’s about time we had some sanity rejoin us (at least for a brief stay) in America. We’re finally commissioning new nuclear reactors for power production. Thanks to the more...

Dead Hardware Parade: HP Relents -- Part Two

Okay, I think this time the right buttons got mashed and the right people got nudged over at HP, since I received an actual order number in a confirmation e-mail from HP. Just as before, when I...

Some of Them Just Don't Get It

The Internet has handed all sorts of really useful and impressive things to the people who use it. These days you can do everything from banking and investing to shopping, communicating, organizing...

Dead Hardware Parade: HP Stalls

Early last week I got a final mail back from HP apologizing for the “confusion” and acknowledging that my AC adapter indeed seemed broken. They said a replacement would be on its way and...

Dead Hardware Parade: Seagate's 750GB Replacement Arrives

My day began with momentary grumpiness as I was awakened by the sound of somebody banging on my door. My annoyance quickly subsided when I realized “ooh! That’s going to be the new 750GB...

Dead Hardware Parade: Seagate On the Ball

Last Thursday, I continued the dance of the Dead Hardware Parade by shipping off the ailing 750GB Seagate disk to its warranty service center in Texas. I shipped the drive via DHL ground, which cost...

Append to (Instead of Overwriting) an Audacious Playlist from Within Firefox

Maybe I’ve overlooked something stupid, but Mozilla Firefox 2.x (I haven’t tested in 3.x yet) is quite inflexible about options and command-line arguments for external...

Dead Hardware Parade: Shipping Away the Second Broken Gadget

The next step in my parade o’ failing hardware is sending away the ailing 750GB disk drive (a Seagate) for a warranty repair/replacement. I’m likely to receive a refurbished 750GB drive...

Unplugging Was Easier Than I Thought

A few days ago I made the decision to give up on feeding my Reddit “addiction,” and it occurred to me today as I read an article about Hillary Clinton’s continued bungling of her...