There are but 10 days remaining in my internship, including today. There’s a fair amount of work to be done as yet, so I’ll be busy for pretty much the whole time. Then, of course, I’ve got but a few days after work ends to get ready to head off to Paris for the IEEE RAB SAC meeting, and also need to get the work I was assigned for the RAB SAC meeting done, preferably before leaving.
This, mind you, is in addition to the work I’ve got to get done on Eng. Mgmt. 5BO3, a course that is already making me regret having done the management stream. I’ve got enough to do in the summer without having to work on not one, but two project courses (due date in June for 4AO1? WTF is wrong with you?)
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August 5, 2006 in
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Got my PowerBook back from CSC yesterday. The new Hard Drive is a good deal quieter than the old – a Hitachi, as opposed to the original Toshiba. Also, the notebook no longer makes the lightsabre noise.
Hey, Canadian Computers: I TOLD YOU THAT NOISE WAS BAD. “Normal PowerBook sound” my ass. And if you’d replaced the HD back then, I might not have lost a few hard-to-replace schematics. Jerks.
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August 3, 2006 in
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Whilst Skyping with Lori on Sunday, a loud Click was emitted somewhere in my room. After my PB slowed to an ungodly slowness, dropped the Skype connection 3 times, and gave me the Spinning Pizza of Death, I rebooted the machine.
Which promptly asked me where the System Folder was. So I need a new Hard Drive.
Fortunately, I was smart enough to pick up AppleCare while still in the 1-year window to do so, so the machine is currently at Computer Systems Centre downtown, being repaired. It’s been there since Monday, but they said they had a few in the queue, so I hope I find out soon. This is too long to go without a Mac.
Also, I kind of look like an idiot, wearing my “I Hack My Mac” T-shirt with no Mac to Hack.