Or so a certain someone seemed to think. The individual in question thought his mother had a virus on her computer. The screen was upside down, they couldn’t use it because, well, the screen was UPSIDE DOWN! So, what was his solution? He wiped the hard drive, reinstalled windows and all other related software. As his brother was telling me this story, I started laughing.
There are some things that just need to be done. Basic maintenance on a computer is one of them. Running a disk check, defragmenting the hard drive, updating software, updating anti-virus software and running scans all fall into this category. The one that everyone seems to forget is dusting (cleaning out) the insides. This isn’t really that difficult, a couple of screws take off the side cover (depending on the design of the case, pull a lever and the side comes off, no screwing around needed).
As an example, this last week I received a call from a client “My computer screen keeps going blank! I turn on the computer and it works fine for about 15 minutes and then the screen goes blank. I can turn the computer off and start it back up, but the screen just keeps going blank after a few minutes.”
Sunday was a great day for a ride. I made the excuse of needing some Apple Cider, knowing that Laurelville Fruit Company was “conveniently” located on SR56 several miles from home. While out, I made a quick stop at Ash Cave and the Hocking Hills visitor center to pick up some information needed for a project. We the wound our way around to Laurelville to pick up the Apple Cider and have the prerequisite “Apple Cider Slushee” (oh nom! nom!). Got to chat with a fellow motorcyclist on a Valkyrie who interestingly enough also owned a VStrom. My desire to own a Valkyrie was greatly increased when the fellow took off on the bike with a pleasant rumble coming from the pair of 3 into 1 exhaust pipes. All in all a beautiful day topped off by a stop at Gibby’s in Circleville (amazing how these “out of the way” places become “convenient” when on two wheels) for some exceptional Buffalo Chicken Pizza.
Took the same route back home, traffic was light, air was cool but not cold. Riding was stress free and the mind in idle, which is needed some times. Only one event for the day left me with a “rider’s moment”, and even then, it wasn’t a person doing something intentional, it was just a manner of driving that find exceptionally annoying. It’s that person who has their turn signal on for a half mile before they turn, and then practically come to a stop in the middle of the road before actually making the turn. Not bad only having one complaint for an afternoon of beautiful scenic riding.