Friday Random Ten

Ok, the pc is sick and will be returned to the "home office" for an internal transplant. Never trust the restore CDs that come with these things to put it back the way it was. Luckily I was able to back up what I wanted before I send it away. And of course, all the temp files and Internet history will be gone before they get to boot it up in Springfield. >;-P
But I did make a Random Ten list this week - I used my library in the house for this week's list. I hope y'all have a great weekend and let me know what you are listening to! Thanks annamaria and jen (a different one, not a spelling error)for making this part of my world. And did you see the satirical video they had up? Funny, funny stuff.
1- The Leaving Song - AFI
2- Say Amen - MercyMe
3- Steven's Last Night In Town - Ben Folds Five
4- Simple Twist of Fate - Jerry Garcia
5- Dance of the Reed Flutes - Fantasia soundtrack
6- Cling and Clatter - Lifehouse
7- Crazy Love - Poco
8- Land of Canaan - Indigo Girls
9- She's Hot To Go - Lyle Lovett
10- Valerie - Jerry Garcia this is from a CD I have only seen once (I bought it in a used CD store). It was a show Jerry did with Dave Nelson and John Kahn for prisoners at the Oregon State Prison in Salem, Oregon. I have not seen it included in any discography for Jerry, so it may be bootleg.

This is funny. Go see it.

I am really busy at work. My pc is still screwed up. And there is stress in other, unmentioned (not unmentionable, dorks!) areas.
But annamaria made me laugh this morning. I don't have time to copy and move the whole thing here. So just go watch it here. Especially you, dusty. You will enjoy it. Fact or fiction? Hmmmm.

whew. the ordeal continues...

So I was browsing last Thursday, looking lyrics to a particular song. I clicked on one of the links that Goggle provided and immediately knew something was terribly amiss. Suddenly there was one of those infamous, dreaded windows with an EULA (End User License Agreement) dialog box in front of me, with the options Agree or Disagree. Perhaps stupidly, I closed the window instead of choosing.
Immediately, there were pop-up windows cascading on the screen. As fast as I closed one, two more would open. CRAP!, I thought (or close to that). My pc was suddenly nothing more than a delivery machine for Direct Revenue, LLC. These little MFs are the purveyors of a nasty program called "Surf Sidekick" which is what turns on the pop-up hell I was in. They have been sued by the states of New York and Illinois for this little piece of crap. It seems as though the fines were not enough or are still in the appellate process because they are still out there screwing us over.
Needless to say, blogging was out. So was accessing my e-mail.
The most worrisome thing though, is the potential loss of "local administrative rights" on the pc. This is/was the feature that allowed me to store 1,900 songs on the hard drive (to listen to when Pandora is slowed by network traffic). It also allowed me to utilize some other, non-work related software that no one else in the building can install because they don't have the rights.
I didn't want to communicate too much with the IT boys in the company, because that would be a red flag. I have been able to sort of restore the computer by installing a parallel Windows XP Pro, and can see all the files that I want to get off the hard drive before I wipe it completely. IT is not going to provide me with the scripting information to be able to access our domain; I think they are being a little provincial about it. We use a Novell Netware appication. It seems I may need to send the computer to the home office for that installation.
There is one other computer in the building that has local admin rights. I think I know where to find the scripting info and then it will be a matter of reconstructing the proper log-in scripts.
Anyone that has any experience in this and wants to make suggestions should e-mail me. The sooner the better, as there is some remote databases I need to access in order to perform some of my job functions. I would love to restore myself back to full functionality without the assistance of IT.

Happy Monday

Monday has arrived, along with a gazillion things to get done. So that means the world will just have to wait until another day for me to solve all its problems. I won't even have a chance to get around to fixing everything that's broken in America! C'est la vie - que sera, sera - and any other cliche you choose....

Happy Monday

Monday has arrived, along with a gazillion things to get done. So that means the world will just have to wait until another day for me to solve all its problems. I won't even have a chance to get around to fixing everything that's broken in America! C'est la vie, que sera, que sera, and any other cliche you choose....