So.

In this order:

1.) My kindle screen broke.
2.) youtube stopped working.
3.) Mozilla errored out on googledocs and then crashed, failed, and no go.
4.) Firefox 4 Beta also did that, then erased my extensions, then did something horrible to itself. Also, on principle, wtf, app pin is so not a replacement for Permanent Tabs.
5.) Chrome cannot load my gateway email addy and has no extra toolbars and okay, it needs more extensions and it's not very intuitive. And it crashes.
6.) Network problems at work continue to make it hard to get consistent access. As my entire job requires me to test networked and internet accessible programs, this is kinda a downer.
7.) Company who owns my thegateway email addy says I have not paid for three months no matter how many times I verify I did.
8.) Student loan payment went up like whoa. Like...wtf.
9.) Still cannot get into googledocs.
10.) Had to work on holiday.
11.) Still have a menstrual cycle. It really reminded me. Like, a lot.

If I get eaten by a whale, I honestly won't even be surprised. I mean, the surprise will be if I make it through the day without my aura of technological destruction sending satellites crashing down on our heads and EMPing us by the force of my will or something, IDK.

There is not enough coffee in the world for this.
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From: [personal profile] malkingrey Date: 2011-03-02 04:00 pm (UTC)
Firefox Beta 4, either by itself or in unholy synergy with one of my other programs/its own extensions, succeeded in messing up my computer so thoroughly that in the end my only recourse was to reinstall Windows.
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From: [personal profile] malkingrey Date: 2011-03-02 06:05 pm (UTC)
What did it for me was when cut-and-paste stopped working. At that point it was "destroy the village in order to save it" time.

I know that beta versions of programs are run-at-your-own-risk and all that, but Firefox 4 Beta seems to be quite a bit more shaggy and unkempt, not to mention unhousebroken, than is usual for such things.
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From: [personal profile] basingstoke Date: 2011-03-02 04:02 pm (UTC)
...holy shit! *edges away*
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From: [personal profile] basingstoke Date: 2011-03-02 04:30 pm (UTC)
Plus you don't want my demon virus. I was out cold for days.
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From: [personal profile] scy Date: 2011-03-02 04:20 pm (UTC)
Yep, I had visions of Firefox 4 Beta being possessed of something evil. Possibly something slime related and did not install it. *hugs you*

So I sense Skype is to be avoided until you stop breaking electronics? Shall we call this 'The Dresden Effect' or the 'Seperis Effect'? If you come out of this a magician you could patent WHATEVER it is...

Possibly.
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From: [personal profile] dreamatdrew Date: 2011-03-02 04:21 pm (UTC)
*BIGHUGS*
How did kindle break?
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From: [personal profile] nagasvoice Date: 2011-03-02 05:47 pm (UTC)
Well,google docs was down for a bit there, but briefly. It was working again same night. The rest, good luck... you do take your Mercury reversals seriously, huh?
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From: [personal profile] akacat Date: 2011-03-02 06:00 pm (UTC)
Wow. I'm going to avoid Firefox 4, for sure. And my condolences on the Kindle! (Did you get the "it's not my fault" insurance? Or is that available for the Kindle?)
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From: [personal profile] lillian13 Date: 2011-03-02 06:54 pm (UTC)
*hugs new iphone to chest protectively*

Holy Gods, woman, who did you offend?
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From: [personal profile] fyrdrakken Date: 2011-03-02 09:30 pm (UTC)
That's really spectacular. Hopefully a lot of those can be blamed on Firefox 4 Beta fucking things up? But, yeah, sounds like a lot of different systems and networks are having issues simultaneously. On the plus side, I hope you can parlay your frustration into calls to reps at the company owning your e-mail address and force someone to get to the bottom of the issue. Also, hoping you've got a warranty on your Kindle that will actually apply. (Hmm. Now I'm wondering if Amazon even offers such a thing. I get those from Dell, SOP, after the time I dropped my PDA on concrete and cracked the touchscreen, and even though I bought my MP3 player from Amazon I was able to purchase a warranty from... somewhere or other. I can't remember. I hope I can track down the info if something bad happens to my player.) I feel your pain on the student loan thing -- I had a credit card payment that was already way too high jump by $100 a couple months back and scared the crap out of me, but it was a one-time thing apparently.
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From: [personal profile] ilyena_sylph Date: 2011-03-02 10:23 pm (UTC)
Oh, lordy, no, there's not enough coffee for that.
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From: [personal profile] shrewreader Date: 2011-03-03 12:28 am (UTC)
If I get eaten by a whale, I honestly won't even be surprised.

But will you be surprised if you are eaten by a great fish?
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From: [personal profile] out_there Date: 2011-03-03 01:23 am (UTC)
*hugs*

*sends you the best pretend, internet coffee imagination can provide*
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From: [personal profile] beck_liz Date: 2011-03-03 01:24 am (UTC)
*wince* Ouch. Jenn and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day Technology? Hope things go better soon!

Also, I am so not installing Firefox 4 until it's out of beta. Yikes.
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From: [personal profile] amalthia Date: 2011-03-03 05:37 am (UTC)
Yikes I don't even think there is enough ice cream in the world for a day like that!

From: [identity profile] apetslife.livejournal.com Date: 2011-03-02 04:36 pm (UTC)
Just reading your list gave me a shiver of dread. I'm planning to root a Nook Color to make it into a workable Android tablet, and I am currently superstitiously waving good-aura'd things around myself to ward off any spillover from what is obviously the Tech Gods being SO out to get you.

Hang in there. Surely it must pass soon!

edited at: Date: 2011-03-02 05:07 pm (UTC)

From: [identity profile] lurkerlynne.livejournal.com Date: 2011-03-02 09:38 pm (UTC)
'I'm planning to root a Nook Color to make it into a workable Android tablet'

?? Is this like jailbreaking a smartphone?

From: [identity profile] apetslife.livejournal.com Date: 2011-03-02 09:46 pm (UTC)
It's actually basically doing an end-run around all the stuff off the top that B&N puts on the Nook, so you can use the Android OS that's already on it! There are great instructions here at Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/guides/2011/02/howto-root-a-nook-color-to-transform-it-into-an-android-tablet.ars).

From: [identity profile] akavertigo.livejournal.com Date: 2011-03-02 05:18 pm (UTC)
If you get eaten by a whale, try to come out with all the ambergris you can get. It'll help pay the loans.

From: [identity profile] threnodyjones.livejournal.com Date: 2011-03-02 09:07 pm (UTC)
Hee! Now *that* is the power of positive thinking, right there!

From: [identity profile] tricksterquinn.livejournal.com Date: 2011-03-02 05:24 pm (UTC)
...I'm a little afraid to comment for fear that it's, like, contagious or something.

*hugs gingerly*

Ouch!

From: [identity profile] eeemie.livejournal.com Date: 2011-03-02 10:32 pm (UTC)
1)I want a Kindle, but I'm FRENCH. And I live in FRANCE. Not going to pay such expensive shipping costs and then have to ship it back to the USA if there's a problem. Brits can order it from AMZ UK but we can't: it sucks. So, my ereader isn't as cool as a Kindle but I've had him for almost two years and it's still working fine. All your AO3 fics are loaded on it and if anything happens to him I shall go back to insomnia.
5)Chrome is the best browser ever. Ok, maybe not the best, but the fastest and my favorite for sure. Not intuitive at all, but now that I'm used to it I don't miss the toolbars at all.
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From: [identity profile] deejay.livejournal.com Date: 2011-03-02 11:14 pm (UTC)
Google Chrome is EVIL.

*insert hug here*

From: [identity profile] archaeologist-d.livejournal.com Date: 2011-03-03 03:20 am (UTC)
So sorry. Maybe tomorrow your run of really horrible things will change? Hoping for the best.

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