Done yesterday (20100407 We)

[mdlbear]

0407 We
  * up 6:40; W=196.8; drugs, nose, teeth
  * water day
  @ The Great Con-ola (from @rowanf)
  : Barnard isn't charging its battery.  Grump.  Will try deep discharge.
  ~ turn off Alhambra.  1-800-492-8377 acc't 2788 5334 9599 49
    11:29 Colleen called to say that she'd handled it with the delivery guy
  * mac mini installed at work.  Setup in progress.  Very quiet.
  @ gmcdavid - Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and the long road to the iPad
  * walk: 3 or 4x around pond.  Nice weather.
    A couple of smiles and hellos from youngish women.  What's with that?
  @ NYTimes Ethicist: Not Unethical To Download Unauthorized Copy Of Physical
    Book You Own -- illegal, but not unethical.  The law should catch up.
  @ Explanations to common Java exceptions (from (coworker) Sergei)
  * schedule maintenance for Honda - maybe Friday, so can walk to get it Sat.
  : letting barnard discharge down to 2% didn't help.  :(
    http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/document?docid=A9E3A15597A04AFBB02EE16785D39C5C
    running diagnostics in utility partition.  SMBIOS battery test says ok.
    Note: does not charge when turned off, either.
    express test says: (repeatably)
      Error code 4400:011A
      Msg: SCSI_0-0000_DISK_GENERIC-_MULTI-CARD - Target not ready
    Hmm.  was 2%.  Now 3%.  Charging when in test utility?
  : and now my uSD drive is missing.  :( :(
  & upgrading Argo (after replacing dead ethernet cable in LR)
  * sort 2009 HSX receipts
  * preliminary level adjustments in Norwescon concert recording

A good walk, and we finally turned off our bottled water account now that we're using a filter -- much cheaper. On the flip side, my netbook isn't charging its battery. GRUMP!! Works fine on AC power, and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the battery itself.

I started upgrading Argo, my Thinkpad A30, to the latest Ubuntu. *sigh* It'll be nice to have a living-room machine with a decent keyboard, though.

Good links under the cut, as usual.

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[chaoswolf]

Okay, selkit. You don't need any more fraggin' hardware.