Dog Daze

Posting is a bit slow.

The bad news: the laptop is in the shop again. For the fifth time in 16 months.

The good news: There's a year of warranty left.

The bad news: I'm sure I'll need it.

The good news: The vendor has a policy; if the same part goes bad three times under warranty, they exchange the machine. And the mainboard is responsible for two of the five yaks so far.

The bad news: I'm sure they know that, and have an imperative to not find the same problem three times until next August.

Blah.

I'm also beginning to take some steps to fix the blog. Not sure what the problem is; various people have suggested that I shut down the right menu, especially the adserver links. I'm loathe to do that, because without those links, I don't run ads. Blogad income is going to be floating much of my Christmas spending this year, so it's not much of an option.

Hopefully things will be working as, er, advertised soon.