Technical defenstration

[digitaldiscipline]

So, this has not been my fortnight for things that can break:

1. Refrigerator died, and has subsequently been replaced
2. Netbook slipped off a chair and now the screen works only intermittently (bought used, out of warranty, not self-serviceable)
3. Notebook (purchased as a refurbished item, to replace Netbook, see item 2) was delayed in delivery, and, less than 24 hours after arriving, fell off a bench, bending the frame and cracking the fascia around the screen. It works fine, it just bends the screen ominously when opened/closed.
3a. I'm on the hunt for a Windows Twitter client that doesn't suck. Tweetdeck beta is my preference, but I haven't found a way to snag it yet (the official 1.2 version sucks, and doesn't do what I want; Seesmic doesn't offer source filtering, because I give negative fucks about Foursquare and GetGlue and myriad other automatic app updates). Suggestions hereby solicited.
4. The frame of my futon split in two places last night while my folks and I watched the Super Bowl. What looked like a single 1x6 board was, in fact, a glued-together thing with a finger joint. My dad and I spent the best part of the second quarter drilling, screwing, and taping it back together.
5. Main computer continues to freeze up intermittently for no clear reason, as application and service logs show no faults. Current theories are video driver flakiness or a possibly-failing SSD OS boot drive. Irritating.

Also, replaced the hot water tank at the house, not out of any impending failure, but because gifts of a practical and durable sort are just how my family rolls, so I have a new, efficient, 40 gallon unit instead of the old 25 gallon one. I am looking forward to taking an actual long, hot bath without being hot-water constrained when it comes to depth.

Comments

[djstorm.livejournal.com]

Re: SSD what brand is it? Crucial M4's have an issue that can be fixed with the latest firmware.. Hell most SSDs have necessary firmware updates. But the latest Crucial snafu was particularly bad.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Crucial-m4-Firmware-BSOD,14544.html

Sorry you are having such a hard time lately man.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

It's an OCZ Vertex 3, less than a year old. I may see about doing a firmware update, but right now, it can't do it because it's my boot drive and their utility says "wahhh, I can't!" so I may need to pull the drive, jack it into an external enclosure, attach it to the notebook, and flash it from there... and hope it doesn't fucking dump all the data.

[djstorm.livejournal.com]

I have 4 SSDs in various machines each one is a different brand(Intel,OCZ,Kingston, and Crucial). All 4 had various hiccups that were fixable by firmware updates. I would try that at your earliest convenience

[etcet.livejournal.com]

*nods* here's hoping i can find some way of doing it that won't necessitate a full backup and restore... i'm thinking a bulk-copy export of everything on it, flash the firmware, and then see if it boots... if not, bulk-copy import to the rescue.

[hellsop.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY the same problem happened with the futon frame in my basement. Same joint, same flaw and (round tuit dependant) same solution.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

Four screws per board, wrapped with duct tape to secure and cover the 1/8" of screw extrusion, and a stack of 2x4's underneath, just in case.

[jade-kadir.livejournal.com]

I envy you your hot bath. I haven't been able to have one in about 10 years due to a crappy water heater. *Le Sigh*