Catastrophe!!

No, I haven't quit blogging already lol. It's sorta a longish story. Suffice it to say that electronic (or motorized) goods and I don't mix well.

Thursday as I was finishing up some work my primary computer began a 5 day death march. I was getting windows stop errors within 5 minutes of boot up and all the fun that that brought. Groaning (I have already replaced the power supply, modem, and graphics card this year...and the comp is only 18 months old) I began messing with it. Microsoft OCA was very helpful (gags) and informed me that it was a driver error. So I began attempting to update stuff (in small time intervals with a 28 kbps connect FUN!!). Graphics card, modem, virus scanner, even java over the next couple DAYS (yes...days) to no avail. Next I tried removing items (softwares, old drivers, disabling hardware, registry errors, dust, lol everything)...no avail. Ok so here I am now broken crap and tried almost everything I could without gutting my tower. So with a sigh I try windows restore which has NEVER once worked for me. Hours later and 4 restore points still no dice. By now I'm just wishing for the weekend to get the hell over so I can take it in.

Oh ya, in the middle of that (about saturday am) I booted up my second comp. which already had a broken modem and graphics card. I was attempting to test some other theories about my primary comp. When, my secondary monitor dies. #Sigh#

So, now it is Monday finally. I pack both of my cpu towers into my truck and head to Madison (about an hour drive away). I had a huge list of items to fix and problems to track down. I also wanted to get a couple new software aps. and a flat panel monitor. All day long I spend in Madison waiting. They got comp. 2 fixed up but couldn't track down anything causing the windows stop errors.

Tuesday, back again to Madison. Turns out to be my motherboard. By now I'm assuming a LARGE repair bill. It takes the rest of the day to download, re-window, update, install, etc etc etc.


WARNING! ENDORSEMENT FOLLOWS!!

If you live anywhere near Madison Wisconsin, THE BEST repair, upgrade (hardware or soft or even custom systems), or anything computer shop I have found. I'd try these folks first.

RAVEN COMPUTERS
(608) 661-1372


These guys bent over backwards to get me up and running asap. As for the bill...it was nearly half what I was expecting! They put my concerns first and were very good on value. [A business ethic absent in todays world for the most part]


SO....(told ya it was a long story...glad I didn't add the background aren't ya !) the point is....
I'm back :)
If I do have any readers (despite my blogs name) I apologize for the lack of any updates for the past week.

As for this week I intend to add to my list of initial contacts (Democratic Party and Russ Feingold atm). I intend to add some media, business, non-profit, and individuals to the list soon.
Fox News and Wal-Mart I want to get to for sure this week if possible. This won't probably be a fast process as it takes quite a bit of work to write a decent letter. Unlike most crap available to read today, I actually do research to know what I'm talking about. I also try to think a little about who, what, and why I'm writing to whomever I am. Though as you can see...my structure doesn't get a whole lot of time...

B