I spent a whole of $20 for a Asus Xonar DG sound card, 96 KHz, 24 bit 5.1 card to replace the horrid on board sound of a Compaq Presario I acquired when a customer upgraded to a newer machine because it had become too slow for him.  I replaced the video card which was horrid with something less antique, and then the audio had a ton of hiss so replaced that.  Added memory and it’s now quite a useful machine.

     The audio from this card is quite acceptable so if you’re looking for an inexpensive audio card that can still produce reasonably good sound, this may be an option.

     Dreamt I was driving a mid 60’s 440 powered MOPAR car of some sort going about 70 MPH down a 2-lane road with a posted speed limit of 30 MPH.

     Traffic cop noticed this and turned on his lights in pursuit.  I stomped the accelerator and was now going 130 MPH.

     I lost control on a corner and went over an embankment and onto some rough ground and ended up getting the car stuck.  I got out on foot and ran but cops caught me and that’s when I woke up.

     This is Comcrap’s idea of “fixed”:

1533 packets transmitted, 1495 received, 2% packet loss, time 1534162ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 4.901/42.887/11614.747/494.838 ms, pipe 12

     Is 11 seconds lag your idea of “fixed”?  This is what I got AFTER their automated system called to tell me my service was “fixed”.

     The problem with receivers is that they never have enough power.

     … Or if they do there is a problem with your speakers, they can’t handle enough power.

     Comcast Internet Service being intermittent again today.  Tried to call, can’t get past automated “we know it’s broke, you’re shit out of luck” recording.

     I had a dream of a much different version of Earth.  I was somewhere on the East coast, south of Virginia, I could see Virginia where I was.

     I was walking with someone I used to work with when I worked for PNB/US West/Qwest, Len Hickey, on a road on flat ground.

     It was a clear pleasant summer day, not to warm or cold.  However, looking North you could see a great field of stars and galaxies even in the daytime sky.

     There was some wispy clouds and the sun had a prismatic halo around it.

     It was like I had some kind of super vision and could see, like the Who song says, for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles.