It seems that I spent the week upgrading things around me.
Earlier this week, I spent some time upgrading WordPress, and most of my plugins to the latest versions that I could find. I added in OpenID support (there is a rant that goes with this, if I’m ever in the mood to write about it).
Today, I spent the afternoon upgrading my uncle’s computer. He’s very computer illiterate, and brings it to me every time he messes something up. While I’m flattered and honored, it’s slightly annoying, since he forgets to bring all the power cords, assuming that I actually have enough to work with.
It took him weeks to finally bring the power cord for his tower, since I told him I didn’t need a monitor. I had a couple spare monitors that I received from a local freecycler, to which I am thankful for. I had a power cord for either my monitor spare, or for his tower. I needed both. 
So, he finally brings me a power cord today, so that I can finish up the work I started on his computer — prior to that, I had actually unplugged my monitor, and connected it to his computer so I could plug his in, and install Windows 2000 on that.
So, this computer is sitting next to me now, in perhaps the most optimal configuration ever — Now that I have a router, I can plug him in, get it to do what it needs to do (Windows Update like MAD), and be able to tell him in a couple of hours to grab his computer. I’ll finally have that space back again. Now, of course, I have to do this without a mouse: I broke my spare mouse, and I am not going to plug my current mouse in on his computer — his USB ports are in the worst place ever, with none on the front.
At this rate, I should have him up and running at full speed, including network drivers, etc. on a CD for the next time I have to reinstall everything for him in the next 90 minutes.
Then I can take my painkillers. X_X;
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