Customize Desktop

Been playing around with my desktop after I upgraded my motherboard and discovered theres a LOT of customizing that can be done. Spent 3 days transforming my desktop and only at the tip of things, but really happy with what I have at the moment.
The easy way to do it is to get Windows Blinds and pick and download a skin,apply and done.
Here's a screenshot of my current desktop:


Used a program called LiteStep that replaced the Explorer shell with a lighter and simpler shell that is open source and fully customizable.
Components:
Visual Style(window box,scroll bars) is Elfin2 by Max
Litestep theme (taskbar, startmenu, right-click menu) is SEO by poma
Wallpaper is zxc by Tab
Cursor is Black Ops by AerosolFun

Selling Online

Sold my old PC today for $80 to a person off of kijiji. Wasn't going to do anything with it anyway just sitting in the basement. The girl I sold the PC to had a 'tech guy' friend of hers call me up an hour later telling me the PC won't start and that he checked everything and thinks its the powersupply.

Sounded like he knew what he was talking about cause I had recently replaced the PSU as the old one burnt out. Still, it was working the last time I checked. While on the phone I started troubleshooting what could possible go wrong and isolated 2 possibilities: either the PSU wasn't installed correctly or the power button in the front was popped loose inside its housing therefore jamming it. So I asked him to open up the tower and check the cabling - everything seemed fine. Then I asked him if the power button was clicking properly - he said 'yeah I'm clicking it'.

At this point I can't help but to think about whats running through their minds - that they got scammed big time. Eager to waive that from their minds I told them I'd have to take it back and look at it myself and return the money. The guy offers to come to my house (he lived pretty far and I was glooming over the drive to meet up again) so I told him to come to my house.

He shows up I take the computer apart - everything seems fine. I look at the front AND THE DAMN POWER BUTTON IS STUCK IN - he laughs it off. Oh well. I tape the back with some MASKING TAPE AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (he suggested it), give him a cracked version of Windows XP on cd while he admires my sick computer setup and then send him off.

All in all an interesting experience. The PC was my third item sold on kijiji you can put anything up on the classifieds although electronics sell the fastest.

Also, thanks to BABY for the new monitor - best gift I've had in awhile. Donation credits also to my brother and sister CAM and COLINA. Typing my lab report in Word in widescreen thought I'd never say I enjoy it.

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Work excuses

Heres the situation, on Sunday I had work but didn't know what time I was starting. It was either at 12 noon or 10am and if it was 10am it meant I was opening, meaning having to boil the green/red tea, make milk tea, coffee etc. Called in on Saturday night around 11pm but no one answered. On Saturdays they're supposed to close at 1am.

So I had a dilemma, what time should I go in to work tomorrow? I decided to take the risk of going in at 12 just because I wanted more sleep but I prepared an excuse in advance just in case I was supposed to start at 10. As it so happens, that night was when you adjusted your clock an hour forward for daylight savings.

10:40 I get a call
"hello?"
"hi its sherry, did you know you're supposed to be opening today?"
"yup"
"oh ... did you change your clock an hour ahead?"
"ohhhhh it was last night?"
"yes"
"oh so sorry I'll come to work right now"
"okay see you there"

....and that was it ;p

Whats your best work excuse?

Cutters

Just saw this pic from an imageboard. Looks very convincing and there`s a good chance that its real, but I still think its fake looking at bottom right picture.
What do you say?

Fat people

Why are some people so fat? Like my sister COLINA LY HAHAHA

Olli sent me this video and it's spreading pretty quick thought I'd share to those who haven't seen it yet - HK stand up comedy:


On another note, called in OSAP today because they were taking money directly from my bank account. Did you know they can do that? Once you stop going full-time you get a grace period where they notify you and then start taking money from you to repay your loan. Since I plan to go back full-time again come next school term, I applied for what they call 'interest relief'. Did a quick screening process over the phone and was eligible to apply. Interest relief just means you don't have to make any payments (including principle and interest) for a certain amount of time the government covers for you and I got 6 months of it.
I'm just wondering weather they put my payment on hold or the Ontario government actually helps me make those payments. Not that it'll be a big chunk, OSAP is currently taking $150 out of my bank each month since November 2007 and of that 150, $70 is for interest, so my $11,000 debt is decreasing $80 per month. How many years does that work out to? (I'm not even finished school too)