Nice. Just booted a lil EePC running “Puppy Slacko” for the first time in over a year. Sweet lil baby lappy with a lean Linux distro. When it was running its preinstalled Win7 OS (still available, but who cares?) it was a bit of a (baby) slug. Not posting this from it, because I’ve not swapped out its wireless card, and the one that came installed is. . . still a slug. Need to get that done, eh?
Just a Wee Comp-Semi-Geeky Thingy
So, cheap lil Windows-based “email and internet cruiser” notebook. NOT specced like my desktop, but OK for casual stuff. Almost a disposable computer. Almost. Lil hybrid hard drive went flaky. Still sorta worked most of the time, but not really. So. repaired the system, pulled the drive, installed it in an external case. New drive (NOT a hybrid, this time): same deal: external case. Plugged both into desktop and used Macrium Reflect (recommended for Windows users who like good, inexpensive software) to clone the freshly-repaired drive to the new drive.
Installed new drive in lil “almost disposable” notebook, and. . . all is well.
Filed Under. . .
Words I never thought I’d read: “. . .get your elegant and beautiful ass back in the saddle and get thee hence.” ?!? Oh, well. Next book. (Yeh, that was a high point. Would have been prettier if it’d been a picture of a Hi-Point. *smh*)
Pro Tip for Self-Pubs
Actually, this lil tip is not for all self-pubs. This one is just for subliterate Dunning-Krugerand fiction writers with delusions of competence. Here ya go, guys n dolls:
Always be sure that your “brilliant, genius” characters reflect your own brilliance and genius by having them be completely unaware of the significant differences between in/out, come/go, take/bring, number/amount, less/fewer, and be ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN to sprinkle their dialogue with non-words common to the vocabularies of pinheaded morons, like “anyways.”
I hope this helps.