Modacadabra
Topic: Computers
I'm still working on it. That's why I haven't posted any images yet. I will. Be patient. Eventually, I may just consider it an "ongoing work," and post anyway.

But for now, I'm not really going to consider it done; at least, not until I get the fan grill I ordered.

It seems that although I ordered this fan grill, the folks at Xoxide sent me that fan grill. The price difference wasn't much, but on an aesthetic level, the crime was severe, and the punishment would have to fit the crime. Severity was called for. A call was called for. I called.

Unfortunately, it was 5-Card Draw, and there was still another round of betting to go. All of their people were busy helping people that weren't their people, but had reasons to call as well. This did not bode well.

It was time for an email.

I sent them one, explaining that the mistake was a) their fault, b) not my fault, and c) their fault. I expanded on this by including the fact that I wanted the grill for which I had paid*. It also seemed to me that the cost of shipping was higher than the value of the (very) basic grill they had sent, and it was up to them what I should do with it, but whatever that was, I was not paying to do it, because it was d) their fault.

I got no response all that day, and so I called them again the next day. They swear they sent me an email, but I have yet to receive the elusive message, and this was days ago. Regardless, Dot** (the woman at Xoxide lucky enough to answer my call) assured me that it had been sent over an hour prior to that moment. It said, essentially, that they were sending me that for which I had paid.

"What about the other grill?" I asked.
"Oh, just keep it. It's not worth shipping back."

Wow. I was holding Eights and Aces, and they had a busted straight. Apparently, the person that packed the fan grill and the person responsible for sending my email were the same person, living in a miasma of specificity, and clinging to it with a grip best described as "slipping." I was quite fortunate to have spoken to Dot,*** who clearly had her head screwed on right. I expect the grill any time now, and for all I know, it has already arrived. I'm still in my pajamas, and haven't checked.

Yes, I've been awake all night, but pajamas are comfortable. I've been awake all morning too.

I had to find my drill bits.

My desk shelf was too low to see my very nicely modified PC case, so I had to raise it. But the holes only went up so high. I had to drill two new holes to mount the brackets near the top of the desk. Now I just need to remove the retaining bar and replace it with L-brackets on the edge, because the case front is just a skosh**** too wide as it is. Fortunately, that won't be expensive.

Yes, I'm even modifying my desk for this case. But after all the changes I made, I want to be able to see it. Wouldn't you?

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*Grammar freaks: the concept of "payed" and "paid" has always bothered me... which is correct? So I looked it up. It turns out that it's interchangeable. As a result, I developed my own, personal rule of thumb; when I mean the past-tense of "to give someone money," I use "paid." When I mean the past-tense of "to feed out rope or line," I use "payed." It matters to me. If it doesn't matter you you, that's perfectly fine, too.fnord
**I did not ask her if her surname was "Matrix," because I really wanted my grill.
***That still kills me.
****1 skosh is about the width of four asterisks.

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