Silly stuff, and small triumphs

[pecunium]

First, the silly stuff.

Who else is love?

pseudomonas me scripsit anno 2005

Now the small triumph, and from an unlikely source.

When I reformatted the computer, it seems something caused it to lose the graphics card. Since one of the functions of this machine is to provide amusement when I'm stuck in an hotel room, the inability to play games, watch movies and the like was a nuisance.

Since the other aim is to use this as my field computer for crunching images, it was more annoying. I didn't try loading Photoshop, because I couldn't calibrate the monitor, so any work I might have been able to do would need to be redone before I could print/send out for printing. Lo, and behold, I decided (not knowing what was the source of my various problems) to try and play a game a friend wants me to review.

Said game told me (as nothing else had... those applications just crashed, or said my resolution wasn't set right) I had no graphics card.

Which seemed odd, because I'd gone to HP/Compaq and downloaded the driver for my card, right after I installed the OS. With that pointer (since various tech-support emails had told me the errors I was getting were too strange for them, had I talked to...) I was able to do a bit of removing, and reinstalling. I now have a, (so far as I can tell) fully, working computer.

Jill, I can now sit down and finish the picture you ordered.

Comments

[zoje-george.livejournal.com]

Terry, would you mind putting that image behind a cut please? It's stalling out my page -- their server must be overloaded.

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

I think that does it, but it ruins the effect.

TK

[zoje-george.livejournal.com]

I'm really sorry. It's a cool little script, but everyone's on it today so it's stalling all over the place.

[writingortyping.livejournal.com]

Woo! Thanks! Looking forward to it!!! (People keep telling me I need more stuff on the walls in my office).

[prodigal.livejournal.com]

One wonders exactly *how* it told you that you had no graphics card, if you truly had none...

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

The game looked for one, (specifically a 3D accellerator).

At which point I climbed into the Device Manager and was told my graphics card wasn't using any resources because it had, "a problem."

The color is better and I am going to set the Spyder up and go water mice.

TK

[shygirlcurious.livejournal.com]

Hey that's me. I think I need more user icons.

[maiamuse.livejournal.com]

that sure caught my attention ;)
neat script.

[jennae.livejournal.com]

I'm a little confused about what all happened there, but if you need more help, please let me know. I've got ways....

[selinawoman.livejournal.com]

Awww Shucks! Cool beans though! :)

[perlmonger.livejournal.com]

Curious. That shows up a collection of my userpics here and I haven't even run the thing...

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

That is what it does. I at first (because of a quirk it manifested) thought it showed the userpics from whatever page it was on, because when I saw it on my f-list page it was my pics, and when I went to supergee's comment page it was his.

But it now seems (as the comments show) to work on all pages in that mirroring way.

Which is a piece of cool beans.

TK