New rig is up and running
This post is written on my new pc. I should be finished tonight with updates and installing software.
After over a week with just the laptop I am very happy to have my precious back.
New Rig
I got it all wired up tonight. Tomorrow I fire it up and install XP.
I saw the rings of Saturn
I broke out the telescope and set it up in the middle of the street. Thanks to a call to my sister I was able to zero in on Saturn. The nerd in me came all the way out tonight.
Everyone can rest easy
I’m not going to go crazy. Jenni let the Newegg credit card out of the vault and I ordered my parts.
I got everything in the previous post and
Western Digital 750GB SATA Hard Drive x2
and a new video card
EVGA GeForce 8800GTX
She really does need to hide that card from me.
Time to upgrade the PC
So a lightning strike near the house caused an electrical surge to occur in only the ethernet cables and speaker wires.
Before you even ask everything in the house is on a surge protector or UPS.
When the strike happened Percy and I were both on the front porch and we got a nice shock. It was [...]