Springtime

Studded tires taken off the bike (perhaps a bit optimistic, but last year I took them off on March 7 and got away with it). Very little riding this winter, only 273 miles put on these tires this winter.

Got the power washer and a hose out and washed it for the first time in a few months, but since it'll still freeze, I had to blow the water back out of the washer.

Then I figured out why the tool kit has tried to fall out of the bottle cage a few times lately; broken weld. I replaced it with a spare cage I had sitting around, though it's a cheap piece of junk, it'll last a while.


odometer: 23341

Flaky computer take 3

Died well and truly today. Diagnosed as a bad video card; any computer it is plugged into will no longer even power up (the fans just twitch a bit).

So I need to find a reasonable nVidia dual-DVI card. I've got a backup computer here so I will probably just order one from Newegg. The only danger is that this machine is running XP and I may remember how much I like XP more than 7 and want to stay.

We are going to be in Farmington this evening and Dearborn tomorrow, I could look around there but I doubt they'll beat Newegg prices. Probably the only place left is Best Buy anyway, and I wouldn't buy shoelaces from those crooks.

Feh, replacement cards are $80. I need to decide whether to do this or punt and pick up a laptop. I was looking at them this morning anyway, and for about $400 I can pick up a dual core machine that I think will work fine for the minimal amount of stuff I do these days, assuming I can do dual monitor.

Feh 2, laptops that can do dual montor are more like $800 than $400. Guess I'll get the card.