It seems that we’ve fallen into an electronics vortex lately – my 4-year-old Dell laptop started acting up last Saturday and on Tuesday it finally failed for good. I took it to a local repair shop Wednesday and they tried a fix, but it didn’t work and the replacement video card is about $300 on eBay – way too much money to put into an old laptop. I’ll have a new unit brought down the next time our landlord makes a trip to Newport Beach, but that won’t be for at least a month. In the mean time, I’m using an old “beater” laptop for email during the day and I’m using Marty’s laptop at night for my “production” work. It’s a pain, but I’ll get by until my new system arrives.

Good-bye, old friend

And if losing my laptop wasn’t enough, our Vonage telephone adapter started acting up and I missed several calls because of it. I think I’ve come up with a work-around for the Vonage problem but the permanent solution is to acquire a new adapter and they only ship to US addresses! I’m beginning to understand why most full-time residents of Baja return to the USA a couple of times a year – the heat takes a toll on electronics as well as on people!

Tomorrow is my “day of rest” so I’ll see you back here  Monday morning for our regular cup of virtual coffee. Have a good week-end!