The Cynic Says……

Just a few random things for today…

First, my site went down a bit earlier due to the database server going down. Pretty fucking gay, but nothing was lost *whew*. A friend notified me of the problem and I checked it out, sure enough.. cannot connect to MySQL. I was like.. “FUCK!”. So I call tech support for my webhost. Wait on hold about 12 minutes and finally give up on trying to figure out what the problem is. It eventually came back up on its own, thankfully. So yeah, I can already tell that my webhost’s tech support is nothing to brag about. Luckily that was the first time I’ve ever had to call. For what it’s worth, it was 7pm on a Friday night so that may have been part of the issue?

Second, I’ve ordered some new computer stuff because, well, I CAN. I got an ATI TV Wonder Pro Remote Edition for my computer that I haven’t installed yet. I don’t really watch much TV but there are a few things that I miss on occasion that I’d like to be able to record and come home and watch. The TV wonder will allow me to do this. On top of that, it comes with an RF remote that will allow me to control my PC from anywhere in my room. Joy! I’ve also got a new mobo on the way since my existing mobo won’t go over 192Mhz FSB. I want to be able to clock my CPU a bit higher, so I got myself an Abit NF7-S v2.0 guaranteed to do 200+. Amusingly, neither of these parts are new. I actually picked them up off the Buy/Sell/Trade forums on a couple of tech sites I frequent. The TV card was picked up from a dude on hardforums and the board from a guy on Anandtech. After I get both pieces in, I’m going to rebuild with the new parts and then install Windows Media Center Edition 2005. My computer’s been locking up and being a general whore, so I know it’s time for a new Windows install. It’s been a year, after all. I think I may get myself some 5.1 surround speakers too. Might as well turn my PC into a nice multimedia box.

As far as work goes, my job still kicks ass. It’s kinda nice working with actually decent people. Probably the most laid-back non-jerkoff group of people I’ve worked with so far. I work a fuckload of hours, but I don’t mind. Next week, I’ll end up working something like 57-60 hrs or so because one of my co-workers is taking 2 days off for his significant other’s surgery. That means I’ll be working from 6pm-8am (or later) one night.. then 3am-11am the next. I get to sit here and talk to my friends online in between calls, so it won’t be too boring. Plus I can listen to music as well… so I’ll have plenty of stuff to keep me company. Oh well… nothing else random comes to mind at the moment. Ciao!