28 July 2010

We did it!

My wonderful wife and I got the monitor back up!  I wasn't so sure we could do it, but I used an online tutorial to diagnose and repair the problem.  Cost us about $10 total for capacitors, solder, and soldering iron.  Beats the heck out of a new monitor, let me tell you.  Also got the new wireless router going -- Yeah buddy, we are streaming Netflix movies through the Wii now.  I also picked up my new pair of glasses (lost the old ones in the Atlantic during the 4th weekend at St. Augustine).  Replaced the battery in my truck, since it decided to die Monday.  Good news on that is it chose to die in our driveway, so no getting stranded in inconvenient places, and there was still some pro-rated warranty on the battery, so it only cost me $35 instead of $77.  Got the grass cut AND weed-eated yesterday.  It has been a busy week!  Friday we are heading to Atlanta to celebrate my birthday.  42.  (The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything, you know.)  Awright, my minions, I must go to work now.  Peace.

3 comments:

Noah Bullard said...

Sounds like you have the favor. Happy B-day. We just got back from Disney...time to get back to the real world. We need to get together sometime.

-Noah

Cullen said...

Happy belated, Crot. You've got the answer, now go find the question!

Crotalus said...

Hey Noah! Didn't know you still checked on my old Blog. Thanks! It was a great B-day. And yeah, we do need to get together sometime. Why do we keep saying that and not doing nothing about it? Must be a man thing.

Cullen, thank you dude! I'd work on the question, but then Vogons would come and blow me to smithereens. So why bother.