'Stine's Computer Adventures

So.

As rabidlemur knows far better than he would like to, my Mac hates me, the world, itself, and the collected works of Edgar Allan Poe. The Lantis/Eagle conglomerate is an angry, temperamental beastie, and after dragging it to Memphis a couple of times for the Lemur look at, or possibly hit with a hammer, I've finally worked out a much simpler method to enlist its cooperation.

Here's the thing - I think it's probably a BAD SIGN when the "Where's-my-hard-drive?" flashy startup icon strikes not fear into my heart, but exasperation.

Anyway, the correct voodoo to straighten things out apparently consists of the following steps:

1) Disconnect second hard drive.
2) Attempt to start up from original hard drive. This will fail, but that's okay.
3) Reconnect second hard drive.
4) Verbally threaten machine. ("You know I'll do it, too!" seems to work particularly well.)
5) Restart. Problem solved.

Now everything will be peachy for a few weeks.

Who needs children? My machines give me discipline problems.

P.S.: Yeah, I'm a follower.

Rowr.

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Well, fuck.

Just talked to my advisor. It's official: There's no way I'm graduating in May. I'll be shooting for August.

On the one hand, a lot of this is my fault.

On the other, when two of my commitee (including my major advisor) are out of town for most of March, it really doesn't help.