I will never fully understand why I get better Internet Speeds on a fresh install, but I do. Will the wonders never cease?

Results from Speakeasy Speedtest:

Last Result:
Download Speed: 3564 kbps (445.5KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 558 kbps (69.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

Geek to Live: Take study-worthy lecture notes – Lifehacker

Here is a great article from Lifehacker about a note taking strategy while in class.  Even though I am not is school, I thought I would post this in case I needed to find it later, and who knows, maybe there are some students who read my blog that would profit from this.

In the ongoing saga of keeping this poor laptop on life support, I just had to make a late-night run to Best Buy to purchase a new power cord because the old one just gave up the ghost.

Five years seems like a pretty good run for a power cord, but when it is a power cord for a laptop, that means an $80 purchase…ouch. I would have rather put that towards a new lappy.

And…to add insult to injury, the internal wireless card just went kaput. What the heck? Luckily, I had a Linksys PCMCIA card lying around so I am back up and running, but it leaves me with the burning question…What’s next?