doodledee

We had some minor technical difficulties here in doodleland for a few days there. I got hit by a monster bomb of spam comments (~500 in under a minute) and it crashed poor old Bessie pretty hard. Then when I turned the power off she wouldn't turn back on. Then when I went to the computer store to buy a new power supply, they told me they don't deal in antique computer parts (1)(2). Then I posted a 'wanted' ad for an antique power supply on craigslist and it got taken down because I posted it in the wrong forum (3). So this morning I went down to the office and "found" an antique power supply in one of the computers we had sitting around (4). Now she's back up. And I've done a full back-up. For the first time in a long time.

Bessie is a real work horse. Almost 5 years without a failure. Or an upgrade. Or a power off, for that matter. Well done, ol' girl.

(1) - I was guessing that it was power supply. I tested switch and it was fine, it could have been the board, though.

(2) - They wanted $30 to test my power supply. Um, pass.

(3) - I knew I was posting to wrong forum. But seriously, what nutjobs read the 'wanted' forum? Exactly.

(4) - It's funny we still have antique computers down at the office. Not haha funny, though.