nycdilettante

Apple Care

Last Friday I had what you might call a bad day. 

I went to beg for money from a customer...which is still forthcoming.  I went with a friend to get a manicure/pedicure and we got played...ended up paying too much for a bad manicure and an okay pedicure.  Which the more I think about it...it pisses me off. 

And my poor ipod got dunked in diet Coke.  I was crushed.  But...I still was under Apple Care.

So tonight I went to the Genius Bar.  And here is my question...how do they find such cute, disheveled men to work at the Genius Bar?  I felt like I was in SoHo at the Genius Bar not Tysons Corner.  They must truck the cute hipster boys in.  I enjoyed sitting waiting for my appointment just staring at the cute boys.

And even better...I got a replacement ipod.  No questions asked friend. 

So I signed up for another year of Apple Care.

I heart you Apple.  One day I hope to be able to afford a Mac...

In Which I Realize My Computer Is Going To Drive Me Crazy

Saturday was spent trying to get my Verizon Avenue account up and running.  The connection seems to be active...but I am still unable to surf without a dial up connection.  And I just can't deal with Verizon Avenue's support at the moment.  Or Dell's. 

I have a feeling Verizon is going to say everything is cool on their side and it's my firewall or something on my Dell laptop. 

I would bet Dell will say otherwise.

If I go bananas...don't say I didn't warn you.

In Which I Realize I am NOT such a NIMCOMPOOP

One day...actually...I hope it will be on Saturday...my broadband will work.  I have gone all over the place with this...and I finally got an ethernet cable...hooked it up to the ethernet plug (behind my big assed heavy BILLY bookcase in the living room....man does THAT piss me off since I located my desk in the bedroom and anyhow the desk is a light wood...everything in the living room is in a dark wood...my decorating is totally OFF thank you very much now!) and STILL...STILL...my laptop says the network cable is not connected.

I did troubleshooting on-line last night and still...zippo.  So the Verizon Avenue man is coming on Saturday between 8 and 12 to set me up.

So tonight I have to take EVERYTHING off the bookcase...move it out more and then get ready for this tech to come and see what's what.

Like I can even afford this service.

Lordy Lou.

Also...my tub is not draining properly.  There is nothing in the world worse than taking a shower when the tub won't drain.

And I've been sick this week.  But I have hopes next week will be better.  By leaps and bounds.

It sure can't be worse.

In Which I Come To The Conclusion That I am a NIMCOMPOOP

So I got high speed DSL internet and I couldn't get it to work.  Why?

I didn't THINK to hook up the laptop via an ETHERNET cable.  And now I just have to find the jack in the apartment that supports the ethernet hookup.

My stupidity amazes me.

Cryptic Spam

I got an e-mail with nothing inside today with the cryptic Subject Line:

guardian angel clocks near 9

I wish my Guardian Angel sent more inclusive messages than that.