On Daemon. Lackadaisy's signed poster has arrived, thus improving my day. No result for experiment yet (ten-day protocol/procedure is INSANE). Anything I need that MIGHT fix Zen requires purchase of frankly expensive bits of diagnostic software (ah the Windows market-lock) -- can't find immediate open-source solution for software-hardware interface issues in XP, if those are indeed the issues, ended up wiping Zen (all files are gone anyway -- I never exported or backed up my playlists, darnit) and replacing with Ubuntu, since linux tools are always free. Currently can boot up and everything but system will occasionally do very odd glitchy things (software program only, nothing so scary as blue screen of death or "20% of RAM is usable") but are nevertheless v. annoying. No time to do more right now. Failed to use dA mural there because glitchiness, though tablet still works well as mouse, nor can I draw anything digitally right now (woe), so that's a total wash. I need a plug-in for real-player files as well now because currently ALL my computers are linux and I need one (non-glitchy) computer than can still handle all the locked file types.
Tried to buy a VAIO today and failed. Can only directly purchase (as of now, still waiting to hear back from this one person) stuff from Bookstore, Bookstore only has two very old models of VAIOS that the sales people DON'T EVEN KNOW if they have integrated mic or not, or the length of battery life (not on "spec sheet" -- a laughable 5 by 8cm piece of printed card-- at the store, or on pricing sheet at the store; those models no longer can be found on Sony's website so it required going back to lab and looking them up elsewhere and my God that amount of time could be so much more profitably spent elsewhere), and Bookstore don't do "special orders" for Sony...or half of the other PC brands there, so you can't order a newer model THROUGH them either. They do do special order for Dell, but there's currently no Dell at the weight / size that I want that has an i5 processor, much less the battery life. Lenovo has a bunch of issues though they do have nVidia graphic driver (shiny!) but ultimately those things are HUGE and rather hideous in design and why is buying a laptop I've already picked out online with funding that's already been approved and paper-work'ed so difficult, anyway?
Going to bed early. It's that sort of day.
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