My computer is dead

It's a problem with the BIOS. I know that much. How to fix the thing and whether to bother to fix, that is the question. Whether it tis nobler in the day to suffer the financial loss of buying a new computer, or to call up the India help desk and, by non-understandable phone calls, end this? To call, to scream, to fix no more. Perchance to email again; ah there's the rub. For in calling it is since I cannot email any more
when my computer has shuffled off it's mortal coil
and restarts itself every 15 seconds.
That makes calamity of a rebuilt computer;
For who would deal with outdated micro-processors
Bill Gate's XP, the over-heated fan,
The pangs of a constant restart, the wireless delay,
The overflowing email lists and the forums
The patient merit of calling India Help Desks,
When she herself cannot make understable
what "Mike" might say? who would these troubles bear.
to scream and cry under a weary call,
But the dread of finacial loss after bought,
the undiscover'd Vista from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
and makes us rather bear those ills we have
than fly to others that we know not of?





....Can't tell whether I'm thinking of bother to fix the freaking computer again or buying a new one, can ya? :-) Or that I'm working on SCA projects at the same time? hehehehe....

Purple dress is almost done. It will be done tomorrow with pictures to follow. I promise! (Dad's computer likes my camera even if my own computer is on a constant restart and hated my camera before that...)

Something is wrong

Okay, maybe it's just my office playing a joke on me because it is Friday the 13th and all that but no one is here. I mean there are a couple of people around but most the office is just out, empty. Yes, it's toward lunch and all but even the server dudes aren't around...and they never leave. (Don't even get me started on how there seems to be a problem with servers. They keep acting up! and the guys thought it was funny to have, rather than an error message, "Brains R Nom")
So, anyways, I'm at work and can't do work because the servers think "Brains R Nom" and well.. I guess it's Starbucks time!

STAY INSIDE

I don't know if you've read about the Tunnel fires and power outages here in DC. Or about any of the other odd stuff that is being reported so let me tell you what is not being reported...

There seems to be some sort of virus going around. It starts a bit of a stomach upset. After 12 hours, people turn pasty pale and look to go to sleep. They aren't asleep. Don't believe it. I saw with my own eyes what happened downstairs. I'm glad I work in a badge controlled office right now because the creatures these people become have yet to figure out how to punch in codes to make the badge readers work.
Right now, we are all keeping on lookout. I'm up pretty high and I don't think these...these "zombies" for lack of a better word can come through windows on the 7th floor. There are only a handful of us in here. I'm thinking of closing my office door because I just heard that our Secatary has a bit of a stomach thing....

So, please, if you live in the DC area (or if you don't, please listen because I think it's spreading) stay inside and stay armed. I don't know the exact numbers yet but it looks like around 70% of people are infected at this point with this virus...based on street views and my offfice statistics.

Grab any weapon you can

I don't know if you read that the zombies already got wereleopard or that the virus appears to be spreading. I know you have them where you are thorninthefoot and lizziebelle. Any west coasters? Or is it trickling down from out of Quebec into the US? If so, then it is as far south as Virginia (where I am). I don't know if it's made it to North Carolina or not.
I've turned off the lights and only have this one computer going. I think the virus got a few more in the office. However, since it's a stomach virus, they tend to feel sick before the change and head out towards the restrooms. Since you need a badge to get in and zombies can't operate badges and key codes, they can't figure out how to re-enter.
Actually, I was having fun earlier with the radios and playing music really loud through the door. See, we have a camera outside the door and the screen to view it is inside the office space. So I was playing elevator music as loud as I could and all the zombies that were outside the door just started swaying back and forth in place together. It was amusing for a few mintues....then I switched it back to the news to see if there is anything moe on this situation.....I wonder what would happen if I switched it to 14th c medieval music..... Gonna go test a theory...