What are you doing today?

[Darkrider_LS]

The usual along with pondering the job offer

 

[Mounce]

Surfing the Nation via our new laptop that came in today. There's a big, confusing difference between Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.

 

[Darkrider_LS]

Surfing the Nation via our new laptop that came in today. There's a big, confusing difference between Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.

I'm still getting used to 7 lol

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

About to do the commute home

 

[Mounce]

I'm still getting used to 7 lol

Lol yeah I still figure out new things on it when I play around with it.

 

[Fire06]

Surfing the nation

 

[Sparky]

Wishing I had the house now and not waiting until November. I already want to do work on it! Even though I wouldn't have the money to work on it until later...

 

[IllogicTC]

Made it to the beer store before it closed. Canada Day holiday tomorrow and it will be closed. Can't celebrate a holiday without a beer...

The irony of this. On the one hand, the employees (and the owner) want the holiday. On the other, they could have raked in enough to give everyone double-pay for the day, run just one small shift, and still come out just as profitable if not more than an "average" day.

Me? Finally getting to catch up. The "View New Content" tab looks dreadfully huge to me right now.

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Working

 

[Blckshdw]

Trying to stay busy, and counting down until I go home to see if the USPS people finally changed the lock on my mailbox, since they didn't do it yesterday like they said they would.

 

[CaptainKD]

3pm Sale Meeting with a client. Then off to get some rest from a wicked cold I have.

 

[dmanns67]

Getting things ready to leave for Ocean City, MD on Thursday. Dog kennels were booked so the big guy gets to go to the beach with us.

 

[Darkrider_LS]

Working

 

[smt 59]

World cup with rum n coke. Oh ya!

 

[Blckshdw]

Got my water inlet valve in the mail today (last weekend really)

So it was time to bust open the washer and do work!!

Ran a small load of towel through, no leaks, and nothing blew up, so I must have done it right.

To celebrate my small victory, I think I'll have a grilled cheese and some fries.

 

[jimmyjam]

i need to start charging consultation fees

 

[Darkrider_LS]

Might try to get some night pics from the top of the parkade with the new camera tonight...

 

[Denali n DOO]

Daydreaming ...................less than 5 months to go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVks5JRPv2w

That's mine parked in front. Mostly all Ski Doo's in this video

 

[Blckshdw]

i need to start charging consultation fees

Put it on my tab...

 

[Sir ffeJ]

Fixed cutting in and out issue with my sub. Broken coil wire.

 

[djthumper]

waited for the new washer and dryer to arrive so I could install them.

 

[Blckshdw]

In my quest to get shit done, and replace one of the broken screen brackets in my laptop, I managed to break loose the other half of the critical plastic mounting points for the hinges on the rear cover. After searching Ebay, Craigslist, and Google, my only option comes from Great Britain, and the same mounts are broken on that one too. :banghead:

I guess someone will be shopping for a new laptop tonight!

 

[jimmyjam]

That thing BEEN busted

 

[jimmyjam]

Throw that 486 in the garbage

 

[djthumper]

What kind of laptop are you working on?

 

[Blckshdw]

That thing BEEN busted

Throw that 486 in the garbage

Yeah, it's been hobbling along for a while now, been itching for an excuse to get off this dual core for a hot minute. Was gonna put an SSD in it, but all the other hardware in it wouldn't take good advantage of it. HDMI doesn't output sound anymore, and one of the USB ports is dead.

What kind of laptop are you working on?

HP G70, I think it's from the Pavillion line. Have had it for a little over 5 years now. So it's ancient.

 

[Aarkon]

Ordered a bunch of blank boards resistors and amber leds to add to my others and got a few projects in the mix to add to all the others im doing should be interesting

 

[jimmyjam]

HP G70, I think it's from the Pavillion line. Have had it for a little over 5 years now. So it's ancient.

 

[djthumper]

Yeah, it's been hobbling along for a while now, been itching for an excuse to get off this dual core for a hot minute. Was gonna put an SSD in it, but all the other hardware in it wouldn't take good advantage of it. HDMI doesn't output sound anymore, and one of the USB ports is dead.


HP G70, I think it's from the Pavillion line. Have had it for a little over 5 years now. So it's ancient.

So an over sized calculator... I have never been a big fan of HP computers.

 

[Blckshdw]

They usually end up being the cheapest option with the features I want at the time. Mainly gets used at work (I have a PC there as well) when I travel (which I don't do much of anymore), and for guests when they come visit, so it doesn't need to be too fancy. Basic options will get the job done.

For shits and giggles, I took the broken bezel mounts and used them to secure the hinges to the screen brackets anyway. So at least it can function in 1 place for a little while longer.

Just can't open/close the lid, you can see here how little support the screen has. This is the point that broke before, when the front and rear bezels were connected to give it rigidity. With a little force, this part started to cave and bend with ease.

Ended up ordering a refurbed laptop last night, everything available had Windows 8 on it, so I guess I'll be taking a crash course on that.

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Celebrating my 4 year anniversary with the wife

 

[Fire06]

Off to cut a few lawns soon

 

[Blckshdw]

Celebrating my 4 year anniversary with the wife

Congrats Kyle!

 

[Sparky]

Ended up ordering a refurbed laptop last night, everything available had Windows 8 on it, so I guess I'll be taking a crash course on that.

If you decide you really can't stand the Windows 8 interface, you can get this which makes it run mostly like 7. Just be sure to uncheck the several boxes that are wanting to install extra "helpful" junk.

http://www.iobit.com/iobitstartmenu8.php

 

[Darkrider_LS]

Celebrating my 4 year anniversary with the wife

Congrats

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Appreciate! Got a babysitter tonight so we can actually have a nice quiet dinner out

 

[Darkrider_LS]

Appreciate! Got a babysitter tonight so we can actually have a nice quiet dinner out

Always a good plan!

 

[djthumper]

They usually end up being the cheapest option with the features I want at the time. Mainly gets used at work (I have a PC there as well) when I travel (which I don't do much of anymore), and for guests when they come visit, so it doesn't need to be too fancy. Basic options will get the job done.

For shits and giggles, I took the broken bezel mounts and used them to secure the hinges to the screen brackets anyway. So at least it can function in 1 place for a little while longer.



Just can't open/close the lid, you can see here how little support the screen has. This is the point that broke before, when the front and rear bezels were connected to give it rigidity. With a little force, this part started to cave and bend with ease.




Ended up ordering a refurbed laptop last night, everything available had Windows 8 on it, so I guess I'll be taking a crash course on that.

Upgrade to 8.1 right away

 

[Blckshdw]

Upgrade to 8.1 right away

Looks like it has 8.1 64 bit. I take it there were some good sized headaches with 8.0? Typical MS OS issues...

If you decide you really can't stand the Windows 8 interface, you can get this which makes it run mostly like 7. Just be sure to uncheck the several boxes that are wanting to install extra "helpful" junk.

http://www.iobit.com/iobitstartmenu8.php

Thanks for that, good call. I remember hearing a lot of people grumble about losing the start menu when they got on Windows 8. I'm sure I'd be no different at first.

 

[Porkins]

Windows 8 blew hard. They took something that should have been a simple task and turned it into a nightmare. Windows 8.1 has made it a little bit better.