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Jul. 6th, 2010 01:12 amDown to one car for the time being. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aichan95 is in the shop getting leaky fuel and brake lines replaced. The research I've done indicates that the 3rd generation Integras are starting to get hit by this. So, 15 years for fuel and brake lines. Ok, more like 14, since this started happening last year. The same research also gave an idea of how much it will cost, so the sticker shock wore off before I got the mechanic's quote. That said, if I didn't want to spend the money, I wouldn't bother to have this done. I won't say that she's starting to cost money, because she's been "costing money" like any other car for the past 10 years. Some years simply cost less than others.
Finished putting Windows 7 onreshana_dayan's laptop, since Vista was doing unpleasant things. I managed to bring it back to life a couple months ago so that she could salvage a lot of pictures and other important documents but it's not been acting right. Since it's now free of all the random shovelware that gets slapped on new computers, it runs a lot smoother and I dare say it uses less memory than Vista.
I got home last night to find one of my hard drives was literally screaming. As in, a high-pitched sustained squeal that I couldn't pin down where it was coming from until I randomly shut off one of the drives and the noise vanished. Fortunately I was able to get everything off of that one later in the evening. For what it's worth, I can pick up a new 2TB drive for $140.
Also, I've decided that my next phone is probably going to be Android-based. As much as I love my old PowerBook G4 and my 160GB iPod, I think Apple's being a bunch of utter cockwaffles about how they're handling the iPhones and the apps that are offered. I'm curious to see how long that business model will really last.
aichan95 is in the shop getting leaky fuel and brake lines replaced. The research I've done indicates that the 3rd generation Integras are starting to get hit by this. So, 15 years for fuel and brake lines. Ok, more like 14, since this started happening last year. The same research also gave an idea of how much it will cost, so the sticker shock wore off before I got the mechanic's quote. That said, if I didn't want to spend the money, I wouldn't bother to have this done. I won't say that she's starting to cost money, because she's been "costing money" like any other car for the past 10 years. Some years simply cost less than others.Finished putting Windows 7 on
reshana_dayan's laptop, since Vista was doing unpleasant things. I managed to bring it back to life a couple months ago so that she could salvage a lot of pictures and other important documents but it's not been acting right. Since it's now free of all the random shovelware that gets slapped on new computers, it runs a lot smoother and I dare say it uses less memory than Vista.I got home last night to find one of my hard drives was literally screaming. As in, a high-pitched sustained squeal that I couldn't pin down where it was coming from until I randomly shut off one of the drives and the noise vanished. Fortunately I was able to get everything off of that one later in the evening. For what it's worth, I can pick up a new 2TB drive for $140.
Also, I've decided that my next phone is probably going to be Android-based. As much as I love my old PowerBook G4 and my 160GB iPod, I think Apple's being a bunch of utter cockwaffles about how they're handling the iPhones and the apps that are offered. I'm curious to see how long that business model will really last.
