Economy

  Well it has been over 4.5 years now since the economic collapse of 2008 and things seem to be slowing down fast with all the new tax increases.  Scary to think how bad another downturn could be since 2008 was a complete disaster.

Working At Avanade

I've been working at Avanade for just over 1.75 years now and think it will be coming to an end within a few weeks unless work picks up.  It has been an interesting experience and now it's time to move on to new ventures, but will give this last few weeks a chance.  Never thought a technology company could be this intense.  The things I learned here would be impossible or difficult in many other places.  Met some interesting people and had a lot of fun in the process.

Some of the projects going on here were seriously impressive.  Really broadened my horizons and was fortunate to be part of such a talented group.

Saga Of The Crappy Computer Parts Continued

Now we have more crappy computer parts to replace. I bought a Seagate Barracuda drive which is defective and it has not even been running for 3 months. When is this going to stop?

Dell Computers Episode 2

Now my sister's Dell computer is having display problems after only 3 months old.

It's not even a laptop. So that makes a hard drive and video hardware issues. Will have to see what is next.

Darn Dell Computers

I bought a XPS M1710 laptop in the fall of 2006. Just this last week my video card went out and the laptop is useless. I went through a period of time where I was not using the laptop very much and it looks as though the laptop only has 400 some odd operating hours on it. Going online I found out 599 others were having the same problem and I actually signed a petition which is going to be sent to Dell about this problem. Worse yet, I called Dell and they won't give me a replacement video card. My only option is to send it in for $200 and they give me the same crappy video card. This has made me very upset. In the same week my sister's XPS Studio desktop machine had a failed hard drive and it looks like the video is starting to flicker. She has had the machine for about 3 months. Whatever happened to Dell computers?

What a Day

Today was an 80 degree day and also finished my taxes.

Other than that Obama seems to be on rampage with his radical new policies.

Patriotic or not?

Was watching an old episode of MacGyver and he said that a confiscated video tape should be sent to the U.N. Why not the United States? Is there some hidden agenda here?