Technology FAIL

I am typing this post from my mother's desktop.

Why's that?

Rich's laptop up and died out of nowhere yesterday, and his desktop seems to have been zapped as well.

The laptop refused to wake up from sleep mode. After trying several options, the tech at Microcenter sent it off to be repaired. Luckily, Rich purchased their extra platinum warranty when he got the lappy so any repairs will cost us nothing. They've got excellent service and prices; we're not going to buy computers anywhere else ever again!

I also purchased a new power supply for my desktop. I'm not entirely certain that I got the right kind, since the young man I tried to get to help me didn't seem too bright and wanted to sell me something that cost more than what I had found. If I did, in fact, acquire the proper equipment, barring any other disasters, we *should* have my desktop up and running by this evening.

I hope.

If any of you have an in with any sort of Universal Powers, could you please ask them nicely to stop fucking with me? That would be swell.

More technology fail

I'm typing this from home on a computer I'm going to call Frankenstein.

Apparently, my motherboard is shot to hell. We hooked up the shiny new power supply, and...nothing. The LED on the motherboard that says it's getting power lights up, but nothing else happens. Boo.

Fortunately, My Totally Awesome Little Brother (TM) had a Dell Desktop collecting dust in my old room at our parents' house. Rich and I got permission to steal it, and popped my hard drives into the thing.

Thanks to My Totally Awesome Boyfriend (TM), we once again have a functioning computer in the house.

Fun times.

Once I get a new job, I have to decide what I want to do about my computer situation. Do I want to buy a new desktop? A new laptop with a docking station? Do I want to wait for Windows 7?

Thankfully, I'll be able to borrow this machine until further notice. Also, my hard drives are fine. Yay.