Finally, I’ve got the July issue of Transit off to the printers. I was planning to finish it over the weekend, but it took longer than I expected, mainly because I was double-checking everything. Don’t want to have any more typos! This time, naturally, my printer ran out of ink just before I could print off a final copy for proof-reading. So I had to proof it on the screen, and hope the graphics will print out OK.
I can’t get another ink cartridge before Friday or Saturday; hopefully, I can also get a good PSU for my computer as well. The 250W box that is currently powering it isn’t enough – I’ve had to disconnect the second hard drive to save power, and it still crashes if I have too many windows open. I’m wondering if I should get a bigger hard drive as well, for my main drive. 30gig sounded enormous last year, but even when the 20gig spare drive is hooked up, I’m feeling short of space.
I’m also wondering if I should switch from my faithful old Win98 to WinXP; every review of it emphasises its stability, and with W98 I’ve always had crashes and BSODs, regardless of my hardware configuration. But – a legal copy costs £££ that I don’t have. Easy enough to find a (coughcough) free copy. But M$ has made the copy validation pretty tight….
(Please don’t tell me to switch to Linux. I’ve looked at various distros, and the intallation looks gruesome. I don’t want software that I have to waste whole good working days fiddling around with, thank you very much. I do enough of that already with my present system. There is much wrong with M$ products, but at least they are pretty much plug ‘n’ play.)
I think I may have to go back to see Doc G for another checkup. I’ve been feeling ill and tired for over a week, waking up every morning with a headache and often not able to sleep properly because my joints are aching so much. I think my blood pressure may be creeping up again (I keep getting that “swollen-head” feeling that I used to get before my BP problem was diagnosed) , but I really don’t want to go back on medication for it – everything that he tried with me last year produced side-effects. I’ll give it a few more days, though, just in case it’s some sneaky virus laying me low.