That is the message my laptop finally revealed to me late last week. So, did I really break Eleanor?* It seems not. It seems there was simply had a hardware problem that was inevitable and unavoidable. Nothing I did, looks like a classic #2 Case – Obtuse.
Now, whether it was because he took pity on me or through some sense of perhaps misguided and definitely reinforced (by me) responsibility for his own software installation Brad has been invaluable and helped me diagnose and find out much information regarding the reporting structure within Eleanor. His final bit of advice, which resonates on many levels.
…take the mentally conservative, financially liberal approach and buy a new harddrive.
I might have to snail mail that one to BopOp as he completely “off the grid” right now.
Next steps. First, I order a new hard-drive, bigger, faster, cheaper; that is what makes me happy about technology.
Then I crack open Eleanor’s case and perform what has been coined “moderately difficult” surgery.
Then…on to Shelly (my iPod shuffle) to figure out why she is mis-behaving.
* MacFans refer to machines by name. My other Mac is named Lily. Of course when hard-drives go out and flash drives do the hokey pokey “stupid machine” pretty much covers it.
blief 
Poor Angela.
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You may be in trouble with your Grandma for naming anything having to do with computers after her — you surely know how she despises anything that uses software other than household linens and is called “hardware” other than nuts, bolts and screws.
And of course naming anything as perverse as computer hardware and software with female names should ultimately earn you a permanent exile from that new house that you bought!
Remember it’s three against one! And the probability that those odds are going to change in your favor are most likely already stacked against you.
Love, GG
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I tried to name my weather station Jo Ellen, which didn’t go over really well with Heidi, even though I sincerely thought she’d never want an electronic device to be named after her.
I guess if you do it “cool”, like Chuck Yeager and think of something like “Glamorous Glennis” you might be in good shape.
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Mac users aren’t the only ones to name their computers…I have two PCs (only one I really use anymore), one named Samantha and one named Carter – cookie to whoever guesses what “geeky” show that came from 😛
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My MiserableSoft computers each have names — none of which I can repeat here. Trying to get more than one computer to agree to share a home network isn’t fun! If only the “Easy Setup” was really easy! Sob!
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Hey, I’m not off the grid. I’m just using borrowed equipment until I can exercise the mentally conservative and financially liberal option.
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