[  Mood: Embarrased ]
Wow….April since my last post. June since I disappeared. I do that every so often. I just have to go cold turkey from the WWebWorks. This time just took longer…mainly because I got nasty little computer virus. About the time I wanted to come back to see what was going on in geekdom, my computer was running so slowly it wasn’t worth booting it up. And like Kaos said… Summer months are my busy months. In a lot of ways, it was just easier to check my email and go about my business…gaining me an extra hour a day!! whoo-hoo!!!

When wifey and I got back from our N. Dakota/Colorado trip (which was a blast, though my folks were WORE OUT when we got back) I set about debugging my rig. Worked with it for a HELL of a long time…no joy. Ended up reformatting the Hard Drive. And to be extra careful, I got a new copy of Norton’s Anti_virus(2009) for superb protection…except my copy of XP was so old Norton’s couldn’t be installed until I’d upgraded with Service Pack 2. <sigh> So I downloaded SP2 and, in my idiocy, ended up with SP3 as well, including Explorer 7..yada yada yada. Great…now install Norton’s…and it still won’t work…obviously infected again. And all my surfing consisted of was how to disinfect my computer and catching up on the newspaper comics I’d missed. Now it’s personal.

Let me tell ya…if any of you ever get a virus you can’t get rid of, or any problems with Windows XP, go to www.theeldergeek.com. Those guys got me vaccinated and cleaned up where Norton’s AND Mcafee’s, including their online "taking control of my computer" system, couldn’t. They gave me the tools, and the knowledge, to do it myself. Computer is now virus free. Still slower than hell…especially with EBay…so I suppose I still have to pull the bastich apart and clean the dust elephants out of it.

So anyway…that’s the short story of why I haven’t been around. I’ll dribble the longer versions out over the rest of the winter.

God, I’m glad to be back.