Wednesday
Went to work. Typical day. Finished Dune Messiah. It didn’t end the way that I expected… which is a ‘good’ thing. I usually enjoy it when I am surprised by the end of a book. I’m not sure if I’ll start to Children of Dune tomorrow or just listen to music…. or more NPR.

I came home to another episode of “All My Computers.” Tonight, Rob confronts his computer over its unwillingness to connect to the network…

Rob: It’s all come down to this, hasn’t it? I don’t know what else to do. We used to do things together… we used to have fun together… *sigh* What happened to us?

Computer: whirrrrrr

Rob: I… see. But, I think that we can actually make this work.

Computer: *beep*

Rob: I got this for you…. I think that this might help. *installs new NIC*

Computer: *beep* whirrrrrr *beep*

Rob: See… there’s still hope.

::: fade :::

The computer is back on the network and online. It seems that whatever the problem was, it was tied to the NIC. So… when I finally remembered that I had a brand-new NIC sitting on the shelf, and installed it, everything was fine again. The only thing that remains is to reinstall some software and transfer files to the new HD.

NPR/PRI Stories
Talk of the Nation – Use of Airpower in War
All Things Considered – US/UN – Torture
All Things Considered – New Archbishop of Canterbury
All Things Considered – Soul for Sale on eBay
The World – Asteroid Report (An asteroid that could hit Earth in 2019.)

Peace.