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Windows 7 Woes

August 31, 2009 at 11:15 pm | Networking, Windows 7 | No comments

I recently got access to Windows 7 Professional through MSDNAA. I installed it over my Vista build on Friday and everything went smoothly, until the next day. When I woke up the next day my PC was in sleep mode, and upon waking it up, it would not connect to the internet. No matter what I did, it just would not connect. It said I was connected to an “unidentified network.” I talked to Linksys for about an hour and a half only to find out it was not the router. I reinstalled the OS (both 64-bit and 32-bit versions, neither connected to the net). I tried dozens of “solutions” only to find that none of them worked. I then decided that I was going to have to go back to Vista (after going through hours and hours of troubleshooting).

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Cool PCs and Microsoft Photosynth

January 20, 2009 at 3:06 pm | Hardware, Technology | 1 comment

First of all, shout out to all my Algerian friends. Who knew I had such a fanbase?!

My friend showed me a couple awesome PC mods, and I felt compelled to share them with you, my reader (note the intentional use of the singular “reader”). (more…)

Why I Don’t Speak French and Why I Hate the USPS

January 13, 2009 at 8:24 pm | Life, Movies/TV | 4 comments

So I was confronted on MSN Messenger by someone claiming to be Algerian. I don’t know how they found me (it always seems like these type of people never answer the question of “how did you get my screenname?”), but they greeted me in French and asked me if I spoke the language. I of course said no, so they proceeded to speak in broken English. (more…)