Tribute to an old workhorse

Last night I finally retired my old server. That’s her in the picture on the right there.

I originally picked up this computer when I was working for Staples. If I am not mistaken it was sometime in 1999. I grabbed it during the “free computer with internet service” craze. I signed a contract to use the MSN dial-up service for three years an in exchange I got a shiny new eMachines computer.

The funny thing is that when I finally called to cancel the service after my three years was up I asked them to double check my account to make sure I had fulfilled my obligation. The operator had no idea what I was talking about and told me there was no service contract on my account at all. I could have canceled at any time.

Oh well.

The specs for the machine, that are still visible on the sticker that I never took off the front of the case, are as follows :

  • 366Mhz Intel Celeron Processor
  • 32MB RAM (upgradeable to 256MB)
  • 3.2 GB Hard Drive
  • 32x CD-Rom Drive
  • 56k FaxModem
  • 3D 4MB AGP Graphics

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MY MICROWAVE IS POSSESSED!

Ok…the weirdest fucking thing just happened. I was heating my dinner in the microwave, and when the little buzzer went off to indicate that my foodstuffs were done, I went to take my food out. Before I got there, however, the microwave started again. It went to twenty seconds. Then it went to 40. Then it went to one minute.

So, of course, at this point I’m freaking out.

I let this go on for a bit, and it got up to three minutes. So I yank the door open. When I do, the dial shoots up to the maximum of fifteen minutes.

My microwave is possessed.

Help me.