This week in Tweets

June 14, 2009 TechyDad This Week in Tweets

Last night did the medium level workout in EA Sports Active 30 Day Challenge. Squats were killer, but the rest wasn’t too bad. #easactive #
Not a good sign. Trying to free up laptop disk space by copying files to upstairs computer which errors out. Hope drive isn’t dying. #
Not good. The hard drive’s saying Delayed Write Failed. Think I’ll go upstairs, unplug the drive, plug it back in & pray that fixes it. #
Oddly enough the root file/folder listing shows up. The drive has some videos & MP3s which could be recreated/replaced. #
Biggest issue is that there are old NHL videos on there. I still have the original tapes, but I’d rather not have to locate/re-rip them. #
Bad news on that hard drive. Tried to do a chkdsk & it said “cannot access volume”. Need to see if its the cable or drive that’s died. #
#crapsuperpowers The ability to fly at speeds of 5mph coupled with an intense fear of heights that keeps you below 6 feet off the ground. #
Looks like it’s going to be a “productive” day. My laptop’s already freezing up instead of letting me do any work. *sigh* #
Just realized we’re going to be out of town for one of our EA Sports ACTIVE workouts. Not sure what we should do. #easactive #
They have a Wii where we’re going, but it wouldn’t have our profiles. Could bring our Wii also but that seems like overkill. #easactive #
With the hard drive failure, the major thing we’d lose would be our MP3s. Have some on my laptop. Could re-rip CDs to get the rest back. #
The irony is that I told my sister just a few wks ago that HDs don’t “wear out & need replacement” every 5yrs like a computer tech told her. #
Still don’t think they do. They fail unexpectedly, not at 5yrs, but it’s ironic how I was touting HD long life & now this drive goes funky. #
Must be the end of a long day. My computer doesn’t want to respond quickly. #
Trying to restore my malfunctioning hard drive. Would rather be working out on EA Sports ACTIVE. #easactive #
Trying Zero Assumption Recovery. Hoping that will fix my funky hard drive & recover the data. #
Rats. Clicked the wrong thing and now Zero Assumption Recovery is locked up. Might need to kill the task and try again. #
Ok, this hard drive repair is driving me batty. Think I need to de-stress by doing my EA Sports ACTIVE30 Day Challenge workout. #easactive #
Time to get ready for bed. Make that way past time to go to bed. I’ve *GOT* to start going to bed earlier. #
Am I awake yet? Got to bed late last night trying to fix malfunctioning hard drive. Then couldn’t fall asleep. Working on only 4hrs sleep. #
*thud* *zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz* #
Trying to find the motivation to do work is tough when you’re operating on very little sleep. #
Think I’ll go ask our computer techs here about my malfunctioning hard drive & if there’s any chance of data recovery. #
Also should check my external hard drive that has the backed up NHL videos. Make sure those videos are good copies. #
If they are, then the only thing I’d lose is our MP3 collection. That could be “recovered” by re-ripping CDs. #
Found a lot of MP3s backed up on our external hard drive. Consolidating them into one location. Should reduce sting if HD is indeed dead. #
Testing movies of NHL. They work. It’s odd watching baby NHL on-screen knowing that he’s my 5 year old big boy now. #
Might need to replace dying hard drive. Complication: I need a new scanner for photo scanning project. Not sure we can afford both now. #
Scanner costs ~$130. New hard drive costs ~$55. I could spend more & get a network HD so our desktop computer doesn’t need to be on 24/7. #
That would be more money short-term, but could save us on the power bill. #
Thinking of buying a new wireless router w/ USB ports ($45). Can then plug in a USB HD & our printer & share them w/o having a computer on. #
Cost: Router $45, USB HD Enclosure $16, HD $58. Total: $119. Add in the scanner I want ($130) & we’d be buying ~$250 in computer gear. #
Could save $8 by going with a Hitachi drive instead of a Western Digital drive. #
Apparently, the enclosure I was looking at costs $7 to ship. That might make a pre-built USB hard drive cheaper. Wonder what BJ’s has. #
NHL celebrating his B-Day in school tomorrow. Teacher says if he has more than 1 warning he doesn’t get to have 1 of his own cupcakes. WTF?! #
My mistake. It’s if he has 3 warnings. Not 2 or more. #
HuffingtonPost doesn’t clearly separate James Von Brunn’s quoted views from their own article. Least not on my screen. http://bit.ly/4zqVs #
Reports coming in that security guard shot at Holocaust Museum has died. I hope that von Brunn survives only so he can pay for his crimes. #
Plus, a quick death seems too good for him. Need to find a good Yiddish curse to apply to von Brunn #
Regarding James von Brunn, Vifil yor er iz gegangn oyf di fis zol er geyn af di hent un di iberike zol er zikh sharn oyf di hintn. #
“As many years as he’s walked on his feet, let him walk on his hands, and for the rest of the time he should crawl along on his ass.” #
Or how about “Gut zol oyf im onshikn fin di tsen makes di beste.” (God should visit upon him the best of the Ten Plagues.) #
I’m not usually the type to wish suffering on others, but for people like James von Brunn, I make exceptions. #
This page is my source of Yiddish curses. http://bit.ly/nM2qp May each one happen to James von Brunn. #
My favorite Yiddish curse: “Migulgl zol er vern in a henglayhter, by tog zol er hengen, un bay nakht zol er brenen.” #
Translation: “He should be transformed into a chandelier, to hang by day and to burn by night.” #
Just made some hard boiled eggs for tomorrow’s breakfast. Going to do my 30 day challenge soon then it’s off to sleep. #easactive #
Just learned that Novell doesn’t support iChain anymore. Used it as a passthrough/eDirectory auth. Anyone know any good iChain replacements? #
Tech just hooked up malfunctioning HD. Folders/Files visible. Tried to copy some. Drive went *click* *click* *click*. Not good at all. #
That would be the sound of physical damage to the hard drive. This drive is kaput. #
Firefox keeps crashing on me. Think it’s an extension. Going to try to disable it before it crashes again. Hoping to save all my open tabs. #
This woman needs a reality dose: http://bit.ly/w5X8j “Did these scientists talk to the moon? … Ask her permission?” The moon’s not alive! #
Grabbed wooden pallets to use at home (keep stuff in basement dry). For now they’re crowding my office. Think I’ll build a TechyDad-fort! #
My wife (@TheAngelForever) is an EA Sports ACTIVE dancing machine! #EASActive #
Attempts to go to sleep early last night & get a good night’s sleep were thwarted. #
1st, couldn’t fall asleep. Then, NHL woke up in the middle of the night needing to go potty. After that we got a 5yr old visitor in our bed. #
Driving in, a mystery light on my dashboard lit up. I looked it up in my owner’s manual. Was a tire pressure sensor saying my tires were low #
Really bad headache today. Not sure if it’s allergies, lack of sleep, or what. Going to find some advil to take. #
Wondering if you do a 30 Day Challenge workout on a rest day, do you get ahead 1 day? Would be useful for when we’re out of town. #EASActive #
Wondering if anyone would miss me if I shut my door and took a 2 hour nap. *thud* *zzzzzzzzzzzz* #
Any web developers out there? How do you have a menu so long it flows off the page? Any #JQuery plugins for this? (Using jd_menu right now.) #