Well, I finally finished off my sister-in-law’s PC this morning. Getting McAfee to install was a real bitch, since some weird files were stuck in the registry and took me many tries to get the correct tools downloaded and run, before the system would snap shut and fail. Nonetheless, perseverance prevailed and I can check that project off my list. It only took two months to get around to it :)
The day was looking so nice and sunny out that I just had to jump on my motorcycle and take it for a short jaunt into the hills. The temperature was a gorgeous 70 degrees out with nothing but blue skies. After just a half an hour of riding, I found myself on top of Patterson Pass, in Livermore, looking down on the valley of windmills. It was windless today, which was fine by me. Fifty one miles took just over an hour, then it was time to get ready for the trick or treaters.
Emily left me alone with the puppy to pass out candy to the kids. I grabbed my rubber skull mask and my skeleton gloves. The kids just love that kind of stuff. Between the rings of the doorbell, I was able to get in a chapter of physics reading. On top of that, I got to watch the San Francisco Giants handily beat the Texas Rangers in Game 4 of the World Series, shutting them down 4-0! That was awesome!
Tonight, I started working on reviving an old Dell Precision 340. I think I’m going to tool around with a couple of old Palm Pilots I have sitting around. They’re worth practically nothing on Ebay, so I figure I can just write some fun apps for them and possibly work up to iPhone versions, if the applications are good enough. That’ll get me back into the programming swing of things. But so far, the Dell has been less than cooperative. I had to change the CMOS battery, but then, it’s still returning NTLDR errors. Hmmm. I’ve been trying to reinstall the OS, but it’s not taking the CD. We’ll work on it more later…
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