Okay, so after running the gauntlet of figuring out how to successfully install XP on a SATA drive, I finally found the winning combination.  Since you need a floppy drive during the install, to tell XP setup how to use SATA, I had been using a USB floppy drive, because my computer doesn’t have an [...]

…and man, is it busy!  So far on the agenda: painting a basement, moving a 150lbs+ TV, a high school basketball game, a 7-year-old basketball game, and installing XP on a system with a SATA drive, which I’ve learned is next to impossible. I’m also still working on what to get with my Christmas present [...]

I’m letting this thing go to pot.  I’m not meaning to, but some of the things going on with me aren’t always that fun… or interesting.  What I need to do is get into a pattern of logging in at a certain time every day… even if it’s from my phone.  Does anyone else out [...]

…I played some Xbox last night.  According to this, though, I haven’t played for 38 years. This has to do with Xbox Live being HOSED off & on since Christmas Eve.  Microsoft has already said it’s going to make good on the problems by offering a free Xbox Live Arcade game.  Whether they mean one [...]

I have totally been neglecting the site recently.  After my New Year’s Eve post with the Splinter Cell playing, I haven’t touched it.  I’m sure that’s extremely concerning to my, literally, threes of readers out there. Okay, no super big resolutions, because I’ve found in the past that I don’t stick to them.  Instead, there [...]