Took a long walk this morning and managed to get home shortly before it started raining, which was nice. After having a cup of coffee, I decided that I should probably put a new post in this here blog, so I plugged my SurfaceBook into the new port replicator that I got for it last week (told you I was making my office back into an office), and – on the spur of the moment – decided to hook the speakers that were initially attached to my television into the port replicator.
That worked well, so I had to immediately fire up a game of Battleground and fight Russians for an hour or so. The fine folks who were with me in Canada this summer got to watch me waste several hours fighting the Germans in WWII (all of whom I eventually defeated), and I’d previously crushed all Japanese resistance (again in WWII). So now I’ve moved on to the Russians. I’ve got some Vietnamese people itching for a fight, too, but thus far I’ve been unable to get the game to load as a single-player thing, and I have no interest in forming a team with online people, so it’s the Russians for now.
I’m winning. Slowly.
At any rate, after shooting at the commies, I turned my attention back to the blog. Logged in, and was informed that an update was available. So I backed up my stuff and ran the update.
You catch that, you computer neophytes out there? I “backed up my stuff” BEFORE running the update. This is why I’m a paid professional. Because I’m paid to know that updates that I didn’t write personally never work. Naturally, the update failed halfway through and left this site in a completely unusable state.
So I got to do some computer fighting of a different sort. I will eventually win, but you may notice that a number of graphics and photos are missing as of the date of this post. That’s because, while I did back everything up, I still have to restore it all. At this point, I’ve got the database restored. That’s where all the interesting stuff is anyway. The pictures and a few settings will have to be restored later. After I get the file and folder permissions set up correctly.
So…what else is going on….hmmmm…
OH! Furman lost again yesterday. We’re now 0-3 for the season and – as two of the three were against Southern Conference competition, we have virtually no chance to win the conference and/or make the playoffs. Again. In defense of the purple guys, the first part of this season is a monster. At #12 (FBS) Michigan State. At #15 The Citadel. Home against #4 Tennessee-Chattanooga. And next week will be at FBS-transitioning Coastal Carolina (which would probably be ranked #2 FCS if they weren’t transitioning). So we’ll be 0-4 after next week. I don’t remember the last time that happened. And I’m not going to look it up.
Also yesterday, I got a good deal of cleaning done in my garage, which is something that’s been on my schedule for several months. I still haven’t got it cleared out as much as I’d like, but I can once again park my car in the middle of it, which gives me room to set up my workbench and play with power tools if the mood strikes. So that’s nice.
The weather in Duluth has been hot lately. By “lately,” I mean, “for the last 6 months,” and by “hot,” I mean, “unbearable.” It’s been a basket of unbearable, I swear. Temps nearing (or exceeding) 100 several times. Usually passing 90 by noon. At least the mornings have been somewhat okay – high 70s when I take my 5:30 AM walks – but it’s in the 80s by the time I get to work at 8:00. This can’t last forever, right?
Time to go back to killing Russians.