Home Again

I picked up daisy_knotwise from the hospital this morning. She is tired and absolutely delighted to be home.

She's also absolutely delighted by her oncologist's report on pathology this morning. It was a Stage 1 cancer. No further treatment should be needed.

It doesn't get much better than that.

Home Again

I picked up daisy_knotwise from the hospital this morning. She is tired and absolutely delighted to be home.

She's also absolutely delighted by her oncologist's report on pathology this morning. It was a Stage 1 cancer. No further treatment should be needed.

It doesn't get much better than that.

The Laptop Is Dead

The old laptop is dead (more or less). Long live the new laptop.

I got the new power adapter and -- although I managed to get some charge into the laptop -- it was clear that the connector was a truly flaky part. Now, while this can be fixed by someone really good (or lucky) with a soldering iron, it wasn't something I had the time or inclination to try.

I'd been looking over the HP Pavilion dv9410us for a while. It has a 17 inch screen and a numeric keypad, both in the "real nice thing to have" category. Sam's Club has had it for about $950 lately, although my local club is supposed to be out of stock on it according to the website.

But in poking around, I found that there's a dv9420us, which is about 1/3 faster, has about 1/3 more storage capacity, and which lists out for $200 more on the HP website. Hmm.

So while I was sitting in Dr. Bob's office waiting for him to look at my leg (which has flared up again -- I now have new antibiotics), I noticed that the dv9420us was on sale at Fry's yesterday and today for $999 after discounts and rebates.

So after we visited daisy_knotwise at the hospital, I tore out on I-355 when visiting hours ended, arriving in the Fry's parking lot at 8:45 PM, left the store with laptop and case by 9:05 PM (5 minutes after closing), and arrived home at 9:35 PM with laptop in tow.

So far, so good, but I need to neuter some more Vista features...

(And the power connector on this one looks to be better mounted. We'll see how it goes.)

The Laptop Is Dead

The old laptop is dead (more or less). Long live the new laptop.

I got the new power adapter and -- although I managed to get some charge into the laptop -- it was clear that the connector was a truly flaky part. Now, while this can be fixed by someone really good (or lucky) with a soldering iron, it wasn't something I had the time or inclination to try.

I'd been looking over the HP Pavilion dv9410us for a while. It has a 17 inch screen and a numeric keypad, both in the "real nice thing to have" category. Sam's Club has had it for about $950 lately, although my local club is supposed to be out of stock on it according to the website.

But in poking around, I found that there's a dv9420us, which is about 1/3 faster, has about 1/3 more storage capacity, and which lists out for $200 more on the HP website. Hmm.

So while I was sitting in Dr. Bob's office waiting for him to look at my leg (which has flared up again -- I now have new antibiotics), I noticed that the dv9420us was on sale at Fry's yesterday and today for $999 after discounts and rebates.

So after we visited daisy_knotwise at the hospital, I tore out on I-355 when visiting hours ended, arriving in the Fry's parking lot at 8:45 PM, left the store with laptop and case by 9:05 PM (5 minutes after closing), and arrived home at 9:35 PM with laptop in tow.

So far, so good, but I need to neuter some more Vista features...

(And the power connector on this one looks to be better mounted. We'll see how it goes.)