Geekery and Birthday

[andrewducker]

Got home, installed the long-awaited RAM (should have shipped with machine, instead arrived 3 weeks late).  Took 30 seconds and I now have 1Gig of memory.  W00t!

On the other hand, opening the old PC revealed that the sound card took up two slots.  And was covered in dust.  Don't fancy the fiddliness of transferring all of that just for a microphone socket.  I'll just pick up a dirt-cheap sound card and leave that where it is.

Now, off to meet Ed/Erin for dinner.  Then on to cinema.

Tomorrow's my birthday.  So far everything is cancelled due to weather problems.  Hopefully it'll be bright after all and I'll be able to get some people together.

Hopefully.

Comments

[guyinahat.livejournal.com]

You just want the soundcard for the mic socket?

Maybe get yourself a plantronics USB headset like mine?
Bypasses the soundcard and has a perfectly good mic.

[andrewducker]

I have fantastic Sennheiser headphones. When I plug them in, the sound system shuts off automatically. I like that system.

[derumi.livejournal.com]

The same happens with the USB headsets.

Happy birthday, old man. I'll be catching up to you in about 6 months.