Tuesday, September 8, 2009

It's 2006 (again)

I just spent waaaay too much of a three day weekend rebuilding my computer. Over the past 3+ years, it had done what even the most meticulously maintained digi-friend does, becoming first creaky and then a bit unpredictable. The final straw was a bad reinstall of Internet Explorer 7, a program I need for a work thingee that will not run on FireFox. It also will not run on IE8, thus the attempt to return to IE7.

Normally this whole reinstall the OS business takes the better part of a day. I managed to stretch it out to three days because I have become increasingly stupid as the years have progressed. It's the noodles.

It was almost enough to make a quit grrl start smoking. Almost.

Your Quit Date is: 7/8/2009 6:00:00 AM
Time Smoke-Free: 62 days, 2 minutes and 16 seconds
Cigarettes NOT smoked: 2480
Lifetime Saved: 18 days, 22 hours
Money Saved: $496.00