Removing the feeding tube from our aging hipster plaid pants - Page 321

robustpuppy · 05-05-2005, 02:07 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
On that note:

Best Venn Diagram creating website out there.

Your Mailing It In category must cover sex, then.

05-05-2005, 02:08 PM

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Originally posted by leagleaze
Her laptop, the one that has all the notes for her finals, has stopped working. She knew the laptop was having problems, it kept powering down on its own, but for some reason she didn't backup.
Unfortunately, despite the fact I borrowed a cord and a battery from another laptop, I couldn't get the darn thing to work.

Most laptops use a fairly standard hard drive shape and connector, and most offer relatively easy access to the drive. Open up the panel, pull out the drive, and try swapping it into another laptop (of a similar brand if possible; especially easy if hers is a common brand like Dell or Gateway).

You can also go to any computer store and buy an external 2.5" hard drive enclosure (example, but check with the store to make sure your pin connectors match) that can power the hard drive and transfer its data. Pull out the laptop drive, plug it into the enclosure , and connect the enclosure via USB to anyone else's computer to copy the notes.

That will solve the problem if it is the power supply or motherboard on the laptop that failed. If the hard drive itself failed, she's probably stuck. Hard drive repairs are costly, time consuming, and not many people can do them. Time to borrow a classmate's notes. Or someone's Bar Bri book. Or just buy the damn Gilbert's.

Tyrone Slothrop · 05-05-2005, 02:09 PM

Today I have Sebby envy.

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 05-05-2005, 02:12 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
Your Mailing It In category must cover sex, then.

No, that's covered under "Malpractice".

robustpuppy · 05-05-2005, 02:13 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
No, that's covered under "Malpractice".

You charge for it?

Tyrone Slothrop · 05-05-2005, 02:20 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
You charge for it?

He's recording it as a pro bono thing.

05-05-2005, 02:31 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I am happy.

Coldplay
Widespread Panic
Oasis
The Black Crowes
The Allman Brothers Band
Wilco
Jimmy Cliff
Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Lyle Lovett
John Prine
Lucinda Williams
Buddy Guy
Jet
Dierks Bentley
Thievery Corporation
Arcade Fire
Death Cab for Cutie
Bob Mould
Built to Spill
Bloc Party
Steve Earle & The Dukes
Franz Ferdinand
Gov't Mule
Sleater-Kinney
Kasabian
Zap Mama
Robert Earl Keen
Keane
Tortoise
The Doves
The Black Keys
Mike Gordon & Leo Kottke
The Walkmen
Jason Mraz
Rilo Kiley
Spoon
The Secret Machines
The Decemberists
The Bravery
Eisley
Blue October
Grupo Fantasma
Kermit Ruffins
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Bettye La Vette
Rev. Dan Willis & The All Nations Choir
Morgan Heritage
Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca
Ruthie Foster
deSol
The Frames
Mates of State
Mindy Smith
Martin Sexton
The Fiery Furnaces
Federico Aubele
Mouse on Mars
The Futureheads
Kathleen Edwards

Asleep at the Wheel
M83
Tegan and Sara
Mike Doughty
Split Lip Rayfield
Rachael Yamagata
Bobby Bare Jr.
Mofro
The Ditty Bops
The New Amsterdams
Ambulance Ltd
Slightly Stoopid
Dios Malos
Brave Combo
Aqualung
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men
Marc Broussard
Bruce Robison
Missy Higgins
Nine Black Alps
Kevin Fowler
Grady
Willy Mason
The Weary Boys
Wayne Hancock
Rick Trevino
Zykos
Sound Team
Asylum Street Spankers
Pong
Oliver Future
The Real Heroes
Bukka Allen
Hairy Apes BMX
The Lost Trailers
The Gospel Stars
Donna The Buffalo
The Shields of Faith
Star Kids Yoga
The Jones Family Singers
South Austin Jug Band
The Lighthouse Singers
Casey McPherson
Kacy Crowley
Tristen Prettymen
The Massacoustics
Joe McDermott
Sara Hickman
Imagination Movers
Free Sõl
Inara George
KJAE
Austin Hartley-Leonard
Maneja Beto
Austin Collins Band
The Biscuit Brothers
Naturally Seven
Patrick Davis Band
November
Kelley Hunt
Kate York

This might actually warrant the trip, though this friggin festival keeps falling on my birthday. Last year the word was it was unbearaby hot. Just how packed will it be and will a person who really cannot handle heat well be able to tolerate it?

Also, if any of the Texans could email me a list of swanky hotels close to the venue that would be nice.

How much are they jacking up prices on the next phase? How quickly do I need to get my act together and make a decision?

Sebby, can you go? I suspect you and I would choose the same bands to see.
And, lastly, is Aqualung a Tull cover band?

05-05-2005, 02:35 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
No, but I did watch the AI Expose. Paula Abdul is stupid. Corey Clarke (or whatever) has absolutely no talent.

TM

eta: And the re line fits this story too.

Paula Abdul is a cautionary tale for women who get married rather than be alone, only to end up horny forty year old spinsters bc they missed the good years.

And the guy who hosted that show is quite possibly the ugliest motherfucker I have ever laid eyes on. He looks like an asian/latino/Steve Wynn experiment gone awry. Those eyebrows. Was that a facelift?

ltl/fb · 05-05-2005, 02:37 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
On that note:

Best Venn Diagram creating website out there.

If you can get some sex in there, marry me.

greatwhitenorthchick · 05-05-2005, 02:37 PM

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Originally posted by paigowprincess
Paula Abdul is a cautionary tale for women who get married rather than be alone, only to end up horny forty year old spinsters bc they missed the good years.

And the guy who hosted that show is quite possibly the ugliest motherfucker I have ever laid eyes on. He looks like an asian/latino/Steve Wynn experiment gone awry. Those eyebrows. Was that a facelift?

How does one become a spinster after one has been married?

etask how old do you have to be to smoke in this country? I got asked for ID when I bought cigarettes (not for me!) yesterday. I asked if he was also going to card me for my peanut butter cups (for me).

notcasesensitive · 05-05-2005, 02:39 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I am happy.

Will it make you even happier to hear that a couple of ex-Texans are planning to make the trip? God bless American for the direct flights between LA and Austin.

Viva la ACL.

NotFromHere · 05-05-2005, 02:43 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
No, but I did watch the AI Expose. Paula Abdul is stupid. Corey Clarke (or whatever) has absolutely no talent.

TM

eta: And the re line fits this story too.

See. I got bitched out yesterday for informing people that this expose would be on. And I suspect more than a few of us actually watched it. Funny, Corey threw out just enough personal information to be credible. And Paula was stupid enough to call over and over and over again and leave voicemails. Let that be a lesson to you lonely spinsters who are judges of contests. If you're going to have sex with a contestant, don't go out in public and don't leave voicemails. It looks bad. If she didn't actually have the sex with that guy, and frankly I don't see what she saw in him, then why the threatening phone calls?

05-05-2005, 02:44 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy

New Years'. Really. How trite that would have been.

A New Years knockup is less trite than the Valentines Day propsal

notcasesensitive · 05-05-2005, 02:47 PM

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Originally posted by paigowprincess
This might actually warrant the trip, though this friggin festival keeps falling on my birthday. Last year the word was it was unbearaby hot. Just how packed will it be and will a person who really cannot handle heat well be able to tolerate it?

Also, if any of the Texans could email me a list of swanky hotels close to the venue that would be nice.

How much are they jacking up prices on the next phase? How quickly do I need to get my act together and make a decision?

Sebby, can you go? I suspect you and I would choose the same bands to see.
And, lastly, is Aqualung a Tull cover band?

No idea on swanky hotels (actually every hotel I've ever stayed in in Austin has been exactly the same - they are huge fans of the circa 1980 interior courtyard model hotel), but we usually stay here. It is very convenient to the festival site (walk or short cab ride) and it is right across the street from a kick-ass greasy brunch place.

05-05-2005, 02:48 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
deleted cuz I wanted to.

Did you just get scooped by TSlo?