Looks as if I've got another busy day ahead...
I've got the rest of the parts for another custom build coming in. This one is an odd one, with the exception of a refurb CPU which I was unable to source as new, it's all new but it's going to be running Windows 98SE of all things. The client primarily uses the DOS version of AutoCad to do most of his design work in, then takes the old format and converts it into the new version file afterwords. He says he can work 3-5x faster this way. Either way, it's his money and my job to get him what he'd like as long as that is possible. Up to this point, I've had to nurse and resurrect old computers that he'd found here and there, moving his data each time he found a different computer which has cost him more than what a new one would have cost had he just done it when I first recommended it. Of course, it's been a nice little bit of job security for me... but has really sucked for him I'm sure.
I'm also crossing my fingers that FedEx decides to try and deliver my ex-GF's new smartphone today instead of waiting until Monday as they have it ETA'd now. She had been on a assisted service where she was able to only pay around $10 a month with no data, up until the assistance went away recently. Now she's paying $35 for unlimited talk/text and 250Mb of data... only after she reaches 2500 minutes of talk time, she has to reup her minutes ( for free ) and gets only another 100 minutes... So basically she has to jump through hoops just to be able to keep talking. The Sprint service will be a prepaid account like hers is currently, unlimited talk/text and 1Gb of data which falls back to a slower speed after she uses the 1Gb up without costing extra, and still the same $35 a month.
I've got the rest of the parts for another custom build coming in. This one is an odd one, with the exception of a refurb CPU which I was unable to source as new, it's all new but it's going to be running Windows 98SE of all things. The client primarily uses the DOS version of AutoCad to do most of his design work in, then takes the old format and converts it into the new version file afterwords. He says he can work 3-5x faster this way. Either way, it's his money and my job to get him what he'd like as long as that is possible. Up to this point, I've had to nurse and resurrect old computers that he'd found here and there, moving his data each time he found a different computer which has cost him more than what a new one would have cost had he just done it when I first recommended it. Of course, it's been a nice little bit of job security for me... but has really sucked for him I'm sure.
I'm also crossing my fingers that FedEx decides to try and deliver my ex-GF's new smartphone today instead of waiting until Monday as they have it ETA'd now. She had been on a assisted service where she was able to only pay around $10 a month with no data, up until the assistance went away recently. Now she's paying $35 for unlimited talk/text and 250Mb of data... only after she reaches 2500 minutes of talk time, she has to reup her minutes ( for free ) and gets only another 100 minutes... So basically she has to jump through hoops just to be able to keep talking. The Sprint service will be a prepaid account like hers is currently, unlimited talk/text and 1Gb of data which falls back to a slower speed after she uses the 1Gb up without costing extra, and still the same $35 a month.
I've heard "Because the Night" by Patti Smith, but this was the first time I heard Bruce do it. Not bad at all! 
