can you gue hich letter I've lot on my laptop keyboard? I can tell you it' more than one. It doen't appear to be a number-lock problem, either. Jut three key that ont repond. (The third key being the '' key - if I anted to photocopy omething I'd ero it.)

Been having some ISP issues lately. I can't connect to my main connection on my computers, so I'm using my back-up Juno account on my Dell. And quess which computer all my work is on? That's right, my Apple.

I seriously can't figure out my Dell computer. Back in December, it died on me. Then a few months later it started working. And now...

It works fine.

Really. It works. I defragged the hard drive and it's working like nothing ever happened to it. Programs open as they should. It turns on fine, sleeps, restarts. All the files seem to be intact. In fact, I'm typing this post on my Dell. (And you can find my other Dell posts here.)

No, I'm not talking about a sales rep that wanted to sell me a Dell computer. I'm talking about this idiot who left a comment on my site yesterday that I deleted.

(This is not an "I hate Dell" post, either.)

Seriously, this guy was clueless.

FedEx delivered my modem. I got the box, opened it to make sure it was in fact the modem, then slapped the return FedEx label and dropped it off at the FedEx terminal.

Last week, on the day I received my Mac Mini, I trekked over to an Apple Store and picked one up. Since the Mac Mini doesn't come with a modem, and you really need something to connect to the internet, I had to have one.

So right now my old Dell, the one that had the hard drive crash back in December, then started to work again, albeit slowly, now sits in the corner, alone, disused.

And my Grape iMac, the trusty old computer that I nearly killed a few years ago, sits next to it, wondering why it's being neglected. After all, it still works fine. Slow, but fine. I was using it constantly up 'till a few days ago.

But, my dear Grape iMac, you've seen better days.

If you've been following my trials and tribulations regarding my Dell computer, you'd know that it crashed in December of '06. (If you don't, click on Dell or computer up above next to the yellow star for the posts on it.)

Yesterday I accidently turned it on. It was sitting on the floor next to the other Dell that I'm using all plugged in and ready to go. I turned on the other Dell seconds later. And they both started were ready to go at about the same time.

Somehow I managed to get my old Dell computer working. The one that died on me in December.

I decided to 'try again' to get the blasted thing working. So this morning I plugged it in and managed to get to the screen where I had the option to start it in Safe Mode. (In December, I couldn't even get to that screen.) To I selected "Safe Mode" and a couple minutes later a system check showed up on the bottom of the screen.

my dell laptop froze on me today.

This after my dell desktop's hard drive crashed.

This is really a crappy month.

At least I have my trusty iMac (knock on laminated plastic that resembles wood).