My video card died.
Now you know and I know this is not an earth-shattering tragedy. Unless of course you’re trying like mad to reach 50,000 words in NaNo and you need to see what you’re typing damn it!
In that case all bets are off … yesterday was a Zero Word Day* peeps … ZERO! As in goose egg, nada, nil, zilch, zippo.
It wasn’t only the video card; that came later. But now it IS all about the blasted video card.
So JD to the rescue! We have two desktop computers, both built by JD more years ago than I’d care to try remembering. They’re beginning to show their age but since he just built a media computer, funds aren’t there to replace the video card immediately. JD had a solution: pull out our not-as-ancient Acer netbook, hook up my ergo keyboard and trackball and wah-la! I haven’t had a chance yet to try it out and tonight doesn’t look good for it either (it’s my birthday and I’ll go out to dinner if I want!) but maybe I can get an early start in the morning.
I HAVE however, added some words today in between real work. While it won’t be a Zero Word Day, it certainly won’t be anything to write home about.
*Stolen from my good friend rjkeith at accessoriesnotincluded.
Janey Does Blogging 
Stuff happens. Good luck with your jalopy computer. Sounds like a good time to backup your documents.
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I keep everything on a USB stick that I carry to work and back. I may have to put a backup copy on my work computer though, to play it safe.
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Bummer. I hate to have my work — or play — interrupted by technical difficulties.
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well happy birthday! guess it’s a good news/bad news kind of day. i’m also intrigued by the media computer, what exactly can it do?
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It’s a faster computer with a high-end 3D capable video card. We use it for TV and movies on our big screen. JD built it into a vintage-radio style box so it doesn’t look like a computer in the living room.
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the style alone sounds awesome. i imagine it would make a cool photo too. can it also double as a dvr?
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It connects to the internet, we watch our stuff online. Don’t use cable or dish.
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Ack! But happy birthday! 🙂
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Thanks!
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Oh boy! Sorry for your difficulties!
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Thanks. It’ll work out I’m sure.
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Happy birthday! And good luck with new hybrid computer setup – and you get your word count longhand if you have to do don’t give up 🙂
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U just had a day that u can call research day. Next thing happens to your character is her video card goes out just as she was about to discover a clue on her computer.
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Happy Birthday! 🙂
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Thank you!
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