Holy Cow!

[govcampbell]

Okay...job interview...went OK. I think they're going to end up hiring someone who has more Special Ed experiance, given what they told me about the job, but it was good to have an interview experiance under my belt.

Heat wave...was drowning in my own sweat this week, up until this morning when the heat finally broke. Except for the clouds, today was nice. Work has been rough the past couple of days, being in the sun and all. All I've wanted to do for the past several days is sit in air conditioning and sleep.

Defining the Relationship is underway, finally. Reviews are starting to trickle in, and I'm pleased. Other than that, I'm concerned by the loss of the chatbox over at PhonenixSong. I really enjoyed it. It's too bad a few people had to spoil it for the rest of us. Not mentioning any names, but I have a pretty good idea of who those people might be.

Been fighting with comptuers all day. First Sara's brand new laptop has issues, spend part of the afternoon on the phone with Gateway, and then the REST of the afternoon on the phone with Dell concerning my sister's laptop, which gives her the blue screen of death whenever she tries to unplug the A/C adapter when the thing's turned on. Talk about stupid. Anyway, trying to figure that out. Still no answers from Dell. They suck.

And finally, to the heart of the matter. Sara scored Red Sox tickets in a raffle at work! Whohoo! Third base line, box seats. These are $80 seats! Game's tomorrow, against the Reds. It's a little dissapointing that it's interleauge, but hey, we're going, right? And the Reds have the worst ERA in baseball, so there's a good chance we'll win. I'm so freakin psyched!

Dinner time! Peace!

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[dadaginny.livejournal.com]

Something new with chat is coming later... Just wait!

Ick! What is wrong with the Gateway? How old is the Dell?? That is bizarre...

Hope you had fun at the game!

[govcampbell.livejournal.com]

We determined the problem with the Gateway...it's one of those new Tablet PCs, and there's a short circut in the screen. Every time you move the screen from the upright postion to the flat position, the computer freezes. It's off to the Gateway people for repair.

My sister's computer's only a year or so old. Apparently, it's been doing this the entire time she's had it, but she thought it was normal. I only discovered the problem recently, and she's like, yeah, it does that. I just shut down before I unplug it.

My sister is not very computer savy, to say the least.

[dadaginny.livejournal.com]

Ugh. Hopefully it is still under warranty?

[govcampbell.livejournal.com]

Yes, fortunatly. Unfortunatly, I actually just go off the phone with them. They're now convinced it's not a hardware problem, and the problem is in windows. They want me to do a repair installation. If that doesn't work...well, I'll be here a while backing up my sister's files.

[dadaginny.livejournal.com]

How the heck is that considered a software problem? Let me know what happens after you do the repair. Also, if you need to send the computer in be sure and back up any data as the OS may be reinstalled.

[govcampbell.livejournal.com]

Well, it seemed to solve the problem, believe it or not. I'm getting ready to do all the winodows updates that have been wiped out by the repair. We'll see if it holds up.

[dadaginny.livejournal.com]

Huh. That is wierd. Power settings, maybe?

[govcampbell.livejournal.com]

Well, it seems as though the glitch is actually located in SP2 for XP. I just reinstalled it, and the problem seems to be reappearing. So now I'm not sure what I'm going to do. I imagine Dell will wash their hands of the problem, since it's a software issue, rather than a hardware issue. Bizzaro.