…I am typing this blog post from behind a pristine, glorious, 30″ LCD monitor, courtesy of HP’s customer care department!
Finally, the broken monitor which was replaced by another broken monitor has now been replaced by a working monitor!
Now to figure out what to do with my old broken 19″ and the temporary but still functional 14″ 
Day 274/365
I broke someone else’s hard drive… (iPhone photo)
Well ok, not really. This one was defective. It refused to stay on. The USB cable seemed to fit kind of loosely since it was purchased and it would turn off randomly. Per the advice of a tech guy, I opened the enclosure containing the portable hard drive to see if it would help it stay on.
It didn’t.
I found myself having to push the cable in and twist it clockwise, HARD, and then hold the USB cable in that position to keep the hard drive on. If I flinched, it would turn off. It’s hard to operate a computer when both your hands are busy pushing and twisting a cable…
Refund please!!
In other news…
Day 275/365
My replacement monitor just got here a few minutes ago!! Here’s to hoping that it’s not defective too (iPhone photo)
Just three more big boxes and I’ll finally be able to call jaws of life to pry me out of my basement!
So my screen is still broken, but now it’s new and it’s huge.
But’s it’s still FRIGGIN’ BROKEN!!
Awesome (30″ screen next to Heidi‘s 14″ temporary monitor):
NOT so friggin’ awesome!
There’s a thin yellow line running all the way down on the left side of the screen. Customer Care is going to be calling me within the next 2 business days. To do what, you ask? No clue. The person giving me the case number wouldn’t tell me.
My hope? They’ll send someone out to my house with a new screen.
Realistically? They’re probably sending someone out here to kill me and steal my defective screen.
There’s no thrill quite like murder and stealing broken equipment!
