all things me

I bought (or Dad, I’ll pay when I get my pay) Radeon 9600 Pro today (wheee, the “special offer” was a Pro!!) but we didn’t get it working yet. Simon (my computer) is quite old, 3½ years give or take and I haven’t updated it much (other than Windows and virus scan stuff; only new driver for Geforce 2 when Splinter Cell wouldn’t work) so there was some glitch and the computer started beeping when we started it (after replacing Geforce with Radeon). Probably the problem is with the CPU to AGP controller… or how could I know… Dad found some service pack which I installed, but we didn’t try changing the card yet (it’s sauna night and I understand that he doesn’t want to crawl on the floor fresh out of shower). So, I’m still holding my thumbs up (as we in Finland do; or keeping my fingers crossed as it is in English) and hoping all will be well tomorrow. Oh yeah, Simon’s gutted His left side is wide open, I can see his intestines!

In fact, now I don’t have ANY graphics card installed. Or, GF2 is *in* there (I wouldn’t have anything to plug the monitor in if it wasn’t…) but the configs have just a VGA driver and no fancy stuff.
(Oh my goodness, that big-eyed smiley is hilarious!)

In the meantime I’ve been doing new buttons to fit my new layout. I don’t have any affiliates yet and I doubt I ever will, but a girl can hope, right? No one probably ever reads these anyway (except for Mum, hey Mum! *waves* ). Well, if someone does, they never leave anything behind which is a shame.

Hmm… I wonder if the word “disappointment” comes from someone cancelling an appointment; the person they should’ve met would’ve got disappointed. I only have a Finnish etymology book.