Bleah!

[altivo]

Too tired to make a real post I am. Oh, it's Wednesday again, no wonder.

Looks like we need to add memory to about eight machines at work in order to get around some limitations in the new version of Userful software. Fortunately, they're old Pentium III class Dells, all the same model, and the memory upgrade will cost about $18 for each machine. That I can do without busting any budgets.

Their tech support has a hard time understanding why we don't just buy new machines. After all, these are "so" old. But they still work just fine, and it shouldn't be necessary to use some turbocharged overpowered equipment just to fetch catalog records. The difference between $150 to upgrade eight machines' memory or a minimum of $8000 to replace those machines is not insignificant and especially not in the current economic climate.

After I said the foliage colors were disappointing here this year, today I drove from Woodstock to Harvard on US14 right at noon with the sun out and the sky clear. There was a lot of color on that route, plenty of reds, oranges, yellows and rusts. Missing were the pinks and purples we sometimes get, but still the display wasn't bad at all.

Trip to Ohio is in the balance due to a vehicle failure (not mine.) We may still be able to go, but if we take my car, then the desired cargo definitely can't fit. It will be just the two furries and luggage. To be decided...

Comments

[hgryphon.livejournal.com]

There's nothing wrong with having old machines that still work. Classic cars, for instance. And though it's arguable, the US space shuttles.

That does remind me of a story about a supposed real true time traveler who went back in time from the far future where the world is on it's last legs, looking for some old computer because he was told it could process a certain kind of computer language that the future Earth needed to save itself. He supposedly disappeared after his story went public and hasn't been seen for over 20 years. The stinger is, when people investigated the computer, IBM confirmed that the model of computer he was after had a secret ability to process this other language, but the ability was deemed unnecessary and was phased out and unadvertised.

As for your trip, sometimes it's good to take a ride.

[avon-deer.livejournal.com]

That seems like an interesting story. Do you remember where you heard it?

[hgryphon.livejournal.com]

That standard outpost for all things bizarre and strange, Coast to Coast AM. :)

[avon-deer.livejournal.com]

Ah..radio show. :)

I am stuck on Radio 2 at the moment. Sadly there are fewer odd stories on that lately.

[hgryphon.livejournal.com]

I haven't listened to Coast to Coast AM in years. I think the last time I listened was the night I got on the bus to Florida...

I don't know of this Radio 2 of which you speak.

[avon-deer.livejournal.com]

Not on he same continent as you. ;)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/

I think they broadcast over the web if you want to listen.

[hgryphon.livejournal.com]

Oh. Coast to Coast AM is international as well as on the Interwebz. :)

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/

They got a picture gallery and "news" stories, too.

Actually, it was my longtime enjoyment of their program that led me to realize I was suffering from a schizotypal personality and to start analyzing how insane I really was. Now these little things amuse me, but I don't give them any weight as far as merit goes.

[avon-deer.livejournal.com]

I'll have a look if I remember.

[hgryphon.livejournal.com]

Maybe you should avoid it. It's like listening to someone read a cheesy tabloid, and then have more people run over and tell you that everything in the tabloid is true because they or some relative of theirs saw it or something like it.

Plus, I like long LiveJournal conversations because I get to show off my icon collection. ;)

[avon-deer.livejournal.com]

Ah...a lilac one. :)

[hgryphon.livejournal.com]

Purple! D:<

Heh, just kidding. But now I've got emotional gryphon icons left over. Grr, angry gryphon!

[avon-deer.livejournal.com]

Sharp beak too, no doubt. :)

[hgryphon.livejournal.com]

Of course. Gryphons are fierce!