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Not a great day.
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Started conversation May 7, 2005
I'm tired, I have a stuffy nose and a sore throat. 
Other than that, I'm fine. 
I managed to make a start on the "Thomas Covenant" book; it's easier going than I expected. I also made some very minor progress on Chris's websites.
Andy dropped by; I returned his video cards and USB cable. I had a half-hour frenzy of button-pushing, cursing and rewiring, managing to record "Doctor Who" off Terrestrial TV with less than a second to spare. 
Andy and I watched it on the computer from the Digital tuner, followed by "Doctor Who Confidential" on BBC3.
Once Andy had gone home, I watched CSI:NY, cooked a snack and then watched "The Body". (Still watching it, actually...) Antonio Banderas plays an ex-Special Forces Franciscan priest sent on a special mission to... Oh, never mind. It's jolly hocum that takes itself just a little too seriously. At the moment, Derek Jacobi is overacting magnificently. 
Not a great day.
woofti aka groovy gravy Posted May 7, 2005
Hi Peet. Sorry to hear you're feeling below par.
Hopefully a good night's sleep will cure that. You should take a couple of aspirin before you go to bed.
Just wondering whether you managed to get that new computer working yet? Was the problem with the video card?
Not a great day.
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted May 7, 2005
Nope, I ruled that out last night. The RAM is the next most likely suspect; I entered into negotiations with Andy for another motherboard that would let me use some alternative RAM I have lying around.
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