Author: leilani

I heard back from Dell. As expected, they couldn’t find a computer to match all the specs for my dying one. Also as expected, they offered a compromise. The picture at top of page is the model they’re sending. Click here for all the nitty gritty on the Dell site, but in general: Alienware x17…

As expected, Dell can’t find a refurb option to match the specs for my current glitching machine. Except instead of offering alternatives, they’re extending the timeline to find one. First it was 48-72 business hours; now they’re pushing it out another 24-48. Which means in a couple of more days they’ll get back with me,…

Jiminy Christmas – glad I don’t live on the East Coast. Or anywhere near the Gulf of Mexico. Or in Cali, Washington, or Oregon. For my friends who do, I hope you’re safe, dry, and well away from the wildfires. Yeah, we’re ready to ditch the desert when I retire, hopefully in a couple of…

Y’all, this laptop was beating up on my last nerve, and that nerve snapped today. I was getting multiple crashes every damned day, generating different error messages. I mean, I’m a tech myself, for goodness sake. I’m usually the one fixing stuff, not the other way around. I was ready to throw in the towel…

It’s obviously not Christmas. Other than a line in a holiday poem, I dunno what a wildflower has to do with Christmas, anyway. But thistles, despite their purple flowers, are tenacious and thorny plants, spreading by the thousands in all directions. Imagine your job is to halt their spread nationwide, and you’re given a one-hour…