spltscreen

Tentatively, I should be available. Will ultimately depend on how I recover from our first v-ball match of the new season early this evening.

I can drop in sometime close to 9:30 PM. Tuesdays are a regular conflict night for me through 9:00 PM.

I'm a little out of sync from the recent trips, but this is probably a wallyball Monday for me. Let me know if you expect to be shorthanded for raids and I'll see what I can do. Otherwise, I'll be back to warm the bench after 9:00 PM.

Happy to take a seat on the bench if you need me. I'll be around at 8:00PM sharp. 

Sadly, there's a good chance I'll miss the council while vacationing down in Ocean City. I support whatever decision is reached. And, I also have 12,000 gems in 2k denominations ready to gift out to any Cobras that need it. They are in the form of gift cards and the redemption codes are transferable.

Continuing to work on my leg tan at beach week.

Sorry, I'll be away at Ocean City this whole week.

Sorry to continue the flurry of missed raid nights, but I have tickets to the O's game this Wednesday.

Afraid my absenteeism will not improve in the coming weeks, as you'll see...

I'll be out of town chasing the solar eclipse! A buddy and I have planned this trip for 10 years! Fingers crossed for good weather.

I have late dinner plans this Wednesday with an old friend. There's a chance we may have to reschedule. But unless I update otherwise, be prepared to sub for me.

Sorry, it's wallyball's turn this Monday. I can try to hurry back around 9:30 PM.

Our volleyball team happy hour is tonight. I may be arriving a tad under the influence, but on time, nonetheless.

Looks like this is a full boomslang Monday for me. I'll be there at 8:00PM.

And, the full legend of the Foo Bird shall be told!

I admit, I only know Dragula to mean a popular Javascript library that facilitates creation of draggable elements. Feeling my nerd today...

On 7/18/2017 at 1:54 PM, spltscreen said:

If we make the playoffs...

Alas, we did not make it. I think we're going to hold off a week to commiserate, so I think I am free this Wednesday.

If we make the playoffs, I'll actually be here on time. If we miss, we'll probably be drowning our sorrows, which may make for an unpredictable arrival time.

I should know which way we're leaning when we reach this week and will update accordingly.

I have a conundrum split with wallyball this week. I can try to make it by 9:00 PM, if that doesn't put us in bad shape.

I have tennis at 5:30 PM that day. I'll make sure to end by 7:30, which should give me enough leeway to be on time. If anything comes up, I'll update this thread.

I owe some time to my wallyballers this Monday, but I committed to being back to raid at 8:30-9:00 PM. If anything should change, I'll note it in this thread.

FWIW, my most recent boot problem turned out to be a janky USB external hard drive. Half the time it would hang at the BIOS splash screen with much beeping, the other half it would limp its way into Windows after a lengthy delay, but none of my input devices would work. The error codes on my motherboard 2-char display didn't help at all. I ended up unplugging everything from the back of the machine, plugging them back in one-at-a-time and rebooting in between, before I isolated the offending peripheral. That drive had been showing other signs of failure, but I had been ignoring it. Why it manifested as that combination of symptoms though, preventing me from booting proper, I'll never know. Coincidentally, this all occurred after a Window update I had been putting off forced a reboot.

If it's failing at POST, BIOS, or at any point before it tries to boot Windows itself, it's a hardware failure (expensive problem). Could be anything from bad peripheral (like my situation), component failure or bad connection (RAM, motherboard, etc.), or something thermal/environmental. I usually keep a spare bootable drive available (either an original Windows CD/DVD and boot from disc or a USB thumb drive with Ubuntu or similar loaded) to quickly determine whether I'm dealing with a hardware or Windows problem. If you can boot into the spare drive, your hardware is probably OK. You'll just have to fix Windows (cheap problem), which is its own set of troubleshooting (time problem).

Sorry to hear, Khani. If you need to bounce any tech questions my way, I'm happy to try and help. Good luck!

Step 1: Hoist knee pads

Step 2: Snap on sweatbands

Step 3: ???

Step 4: PROFIT

Running 10 mins late. On my way now! 

It's boomslang's turn for some Ser lovin'. Put me in, coach!