Missing pages

August 14, 2007 (8:48pm)

63º F, Clear, Calm Wind.

Good evening,

Don’t know how long this will be, as it is tired out tonight and much later than normal for me. We have had a beautiful day today - temperature in the mid-70's, a nice breeze, and sunshine most of the day. A really nice day. Looks like the next few will be similar, but a bit cooler. Like that.

So the notebook is at the doctor, apparently it has lost some of it’s pages. At first the tech thought the hard drive may have died, but after calling today, he said that some files were corrupted, but he could bring it back to life. The most encouraging part is he thought most of the files are OK, but I probably will need to reload some programs. Hope that is the case. Needless to say, the cost will be much less than we at first thought. Should be able to pick it up tomorrow afternoon.

While we were at the store, in Crystal Falls, we noticed a couple of notebooks at reasonable prices, as reasonable as they get I guess would be a fair statement. One, an HP, was a couple hundred dollars less than we have seen for a comparable model at the big box stores. Our plan was to pick up another laptop and use it for our “second main” computer - so we did. I have spent most of yesterday afternoon and a good chunk of today, getting it set up and operating. It still isn’t all set up, but as you can see it is working well enough to compose this. Can you tell the difference in the quality? The screen on this is wider than the old notebook and it is about half the weight and thickness. The only drawback so far is it only has two USB ports, as opposed to 3 on the old one. As soon as I can find the power supply for the dock (it is in one of these boxes around here), that problem should be solved. The quality of the image on the screen is outstanding. It also uses considerably less electricity, while the battery life between charging is about double. Like that part a bunch.

I did get outside for a few hours today and get some of the brush to the north of the Hobbit Hus cleaned up and some of the hay field around it too. The north side is mostly tangle brush. I want to get all of the trees within 10' of the house, both houses, cut down and 50' around clear of undergrowth. I did trim the branches off of the houses, but next will be cutting down the trees. At least I will have some firewood. I also have to get out and mark trees for cutting this winter. Hard to tell which is with out green leaves during winter.

The sawmill was shipped yesterday from Madison, Mississippi and made it as far as Memphis, Tennessee this morning. FedEx has a website to track the progress of the shipment. Coming in 4 separate containers. We had thought about heading to Kewaunee for another load today, but will wait for the freight to arrive first. I am some anxious to get it and start to play with it. Better start cutting some cedar trees for the bucks and base of it too. Been eyeing a few for possible materials.

Time to get a-going.

In Christ My Saviour,

Chris <><