Woohoo!!! I got paid!

The right amount, even! That means that I should be able to thoroughly enjoy the last week of holidays.

I suppose it is a sad statement, about the payroll personnel for the county, that I was that concerned I wouldn't get paid properly, but, now that I think about it, this is the first time they actually got it all right (four months later).

I sense a new pc tower in the imminent future...

ARGH!

In terms of my computer, I had hoped to do the following: upgrade my system to exceed processing speeds of 1.6 GHz, eliminate the dodgy power button issue, have front access for USB and audio connections, and reduce the fan noise.

I shelled out over 60 quid for a motherboard with an Athlon XP 2200 CPU and a brand new tower, as well as spent many hours this evening labouring away.

At the end of all that, I have: a damaged and unusable motherboard (mostly resulting from the inability to find a %$&^ing schematic for it), an Athlon XP 2200 chip sitting on a shelf collecting dust, a system that is now quiet enough so one can really hear the irritating whine of the one fan that didn't get replaced, front ports that are taunting me as there was no where to plug in the connectors on the audio and USB boards I'm using, a front panel desperately in need of black face plates for assorted drives, and one fully functional power button.

That was a lot of grief and aggravation for one fully functional power button.

And I still have to clean up the mess before I can go to bed.

ARGH!