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Murphy Has It Coming

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I feel I’ve been wasting my time lately with all sorts of things that seem to pop up out of nowhere. I had one bad issue after another over the last three weeks. First of all my computer died and as you can imagine I was not happy about it because I have invested quite some money on extra hardware and software to upgrade it and keep it running smooth. It was still the perfect computer to me until it unexpectedly gave up on me one day while I was busy studying and working.

I heard this loud tick, my monitor went black and I could hear the fan slowly coming to a halt. I knew straight away that it was the power supply so I did some research online and found out, it had been a hardware issue waiting to happen. Apple knew about this since they released this computer, they’ve managed to sell faulty products for three years… Of course I checked to see if there was a repair program, there was, but it closed in January this year and knowing Apple I shouldn’t expect extras…

I did call though… and on top of all the crap, I had to deal with an extremely annoying person, who kept telling me that I didn’t register that computer with Apple. She had that tone in her voice like she was almost accusing me of stealing the piece of hardware. Later, after I’d spoken with a really nice person at the Apple dealer who’d explained to me how to check my registry, I found out that I was indeed registered. It only confirmed the fact that I’d been trying to have a conversation with a right cow.

I’m still thinking about making an official complaint, it was something the manager at the Apple store mentioned to me. It just doesn’t sit well with me and I don’t wish to be treated like that especially not by a company that has become extremely arrogant over the years. To be honest, I was so pissed off, I was ready to swap to PC… that should tell you something *wink*… It’s solved for now, I’m using my good old Powerbook: it doesn’t have enough power to do anything else besides email and internet.

But it works until the proper stuff is in. Of course it took me ages to transfer most of my files to one of my removable HDs. Lucky me I could borrow some gadget from my brother to connect a harddisk through USB to another computer to transfer stuff but I still need to find a case to put these old harddisks in so I can continue to use them. Something like this would be awesome… Anyway… when I finally had setup a proper work space I found out that my business domain had been hacked *bring it on!*

So I’m still cleaning up the mess… I had to delete websites and reinstall them, it’s the kind of stuff you don’t want to do when there are more urgent issues to deal with. I’m supposed to study the next couple of months to update my webdesign knowledge. I started reading some O’Reilly books on CSS, Drupal, Flash, CMS, SEO etc. and it has come to a grinding halt ever since I ran into these horrid problems. On top of that -since I haven’t got a start date yet with the new employer- I still have to apply for jobs.

I actually received a phone call last week from the owner of an architectural design agency who wanted to meet me and have a chat. I’d applied for a job the week prior to his phone call but the job was no longer available. He said he was impressed with my CV though and invited me to meet up with them. I’ll have to visit them this Thursday and in a way I’m really looking forward to this. I know they use Drupal to build websites while they’re also in need of Drupal freelancers: 1+1=2? *wink*

We’ll see… for now I have plenty of work to catch up on so if you wonder why I’m quiet again that is your answer. So if you will excuse me, I have someone called Murphy to deal with, I think I’m going to pwn him…

Moody Blues

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I’m feeling a bit down lately so I’m not in a talkative mood to be honest, that’s why I didn’t write on here yet. I’ve spent the last couple of days cleaning the house and sorting out boxes. I feel very dizzy because of the medication I’m taking. I’m taking a quarter a dose now every other day and I still have major side effects such as panic attacks in the middle of night, bad dreams, sweating, dizziness, tingling sensations, tiredness, vivid dreams, muscle spasms, nausea, difficulty concentrating, difficulty remembering things or poor mood. Especially poor mood… :(

I received a very sweet email today which made me feel better, thank you Inci, I hope you had a very nice introduction day today?! And I do miss your lovely lunch!!! I will sort out some of the pictures I promised earlier and put them online. I’ve sorted out most of the boxes and still have to rearrange my desk and computers. The lounge is almost finished, the bathroom is finished, our computer room is almost finished and last but not least I still need to clean up my clothes… Something I’m not looking forward to but it has to be done at some point. So I’m off again, sorting out my desk and comps. First things first right?

Will upload some piccies later, that’s a promise! Oh by the way, I noticed something:

Noticeable Oddities of the Day:

I hear police cars all the time. They are so noisy out here. I asked A. why that is and he said; ‘this is the city of crime and each time you hear a police car you’ll know someone did crime…’ I found that a bit hard to believe to be honest, I find the area we live in quite laid-back, there is hardly any noise, so much better than where I used to live. No screaming, no dog poo, no loud traffic etc. Just the noise of police cars.