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Well, that's 3 and a half hours of my life I won't get back. *sigh*

Got online tonight, opened my usual browser (Opera) and pretty soon, my GPU is running hot and the fans are loud. WTH??? I see this Opera Helper is using a lot of CPU. Weird. I try another browser - same thing. Either there's a Helper file using a lot of CPU or the browser itself is using a lot. What the eff???

I'm frantically searching online for whatever this problem is. Is it malware? I start doing a scan with my Avast software. But it's constantly monitoring me, so the system should be clean. What about that new download of PhotoScape I just got the other night? But that was from the Apple Store. It should be clean, right?

I couldn't figure it out. I tried a few suggested fixes. No change.
I could only stay with one browser open for a while and then I'd shut it down so my fans would get a break.
Then I started closing that Helper file process - that cooled things down, but when I re-opened the browser it would just run the CPU hot again. *sigh*

Eventually, I noticed something...in a couple of the browsers the site only2clicks.com (a visual bookmarking site) was shutting down with a white screen that said it had run out of memory. WTH??? Weird.

Then I opened Google Chrome and made sure only2clicks DIDN'T open with the browser's start.
I closed, then re-opened the browser...no more high CPU usage!!!!

I opened Opera again and instantly closed the tab for only2clicks and everything was fine.

So the problem is with that website, only2clicks.com! Geez!
Which sucks, because I use that site for all of my bookmarks, have for years now. It's had it's issues, but never anything like this! Crazy. So it looks like I'll be avoiding only2clicks for a little while. Hopefully, it gets fixed soon. Gah!

/ Returns you all back to your day/evening. :P

When am I gonna learn?

128 GB Flash Drives officially SUCK!

Years ago I had one by Kingston that got all corrupted and I had to format it. Lost all the files. It's still kinda touchy.

Bought a new one recently...PNY this time. I've had lots of flash drives by this company, so I thought it was safe. No such luck. My Mac won't recognize it anymore. Tried Disk Utility and it can't repair it. Gah!

Wouldn't you know...I put the VanCon 2014 photos on there that I had cropped and was going to post as Fanart. So I'll most likely have to re-do those all over again. And I can't even remember what else was on the flash drive - important stuff, I'm sure. Grrrrr.

I'm trying to search for some kind of free software that will recover the files...if possible.

Luckily, the VanCon photos themselves are backed up on an external HD, along with still being on the camera's memory card itself.

So no Daily Fanart VanCon piece today.
Shoot. :(

Amazing how I can get behind in comments so quickly. I thought it had only been a few days, but sure enough, it's been a week since I replied back to anyone. *sigh*

I have the usual excuses, of course: I'm too busy or too tired. Despite my circumstances they still seem lame. Day to day I feel like I'm in some state of tiredness, in varying degrees. I can fall asleep at the drop of a hat.

Now that I have full access to my PC again I'm attempting to get back into some kind of schedule which is really tough when you have no idea day to day when you'll be able to use it. Things get busy, people come by and before I know it hours have gone by. I'm so far behind on my to-do list that I really don't know where to begin. Doesn't help that for a month I was basically working from my laptop alone. I always have that issue of "what do I have where?" between the Mac laptop & the PC when I'm using them both quite often. I'm trying to keep a lot of mutual files on a portable external hard drive and that seems to help.

But I find myself floundering around trying to figure out what I should be doing...because I know I have things I want/need to do here on LJ. It's just tough to get back into the swing of things, is what I'm saying.

Luv & hugs my friends. ♥

I did the PC version of this meme back on March 13th. So now I'll give you the MacBook Pro version. :)

Meme originally grabbed from ewlyn.

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** Will end up taking the laptop back to the Mac Store Monday or Tuesday about this blue tint problem. The weird thing is, if I hit certain keys or press down on the case, it goes away, and lately I've been able to keep it away for long periods of time. But it's still an annoying problem and something that shouldn't be happening, so back she'll go.

Btw, the part that went bad was the Logic Board (the motherboard on a Mac). Best part? We weren't charged for it because of an extended warranty that we didn't even know we had! So we only paid some $50 for the diagnostic & the labor! Awesomeness! They've also offered to update my Mac to Leopard w/a backup of all my files for free (I have the discs for installing Leopard, I just never did it). :D

** Finally bought "The Fall" on DVD Friday night and showed it to my mom. She liked it....said it was "different" even though there were some parts that didn't make sense. Too crazy though how her big concern at the end of the film was that she couldn't find a credit for the monkey, Wallace, in the end credits! LOL! She even made me replay them so she could look! "Why didn't they credit the monkey?" My mom cracks me up sometimes. :P

** I'm staying away from most of the reports, pics, etc from Chicago Con. Why? Because I haven't typed up my own reports from VanCon. *sigh* I'm so behind and it sucks! I really can't wait until SPN goes into hiatus so I can get caught up on a lot of things.

** Speaking of Vancouver, I can't believe how many webcams from there that I keep tabs on are out of order right now. Most of them are not updating and it's annoying. Bah. I miss seeing current views of the city. :(

** How cool is it that LJ now time stamps entries when they're actually posted instead of when you open the "Post an Entry" window? Me Likie. :)

** Went to Fry's Electronics on Friday and heard my first Christmas music of the season. I know it's the middle of November and nearly Thanksgiving, but it still felt too early to me.

** Looking forward to resuming the Name That Cap Challenge on Tuesday. Yay! :D

** I'm behind in comments....again! Gah! So frustrating. If I could just devote a couple of days to nothing but replying to comments I KNOW I could make some real progress. Unfortunately, right now the need to get caught up on my posts for the last 2 SPN eppies is taking precedence.

Hello everyone.

As you might have noticed things have been quiet around here on my journal over the past couple of days. My beloved MacBook Pro laptop is sick. :( Tried to turn it on Friday night and got the usual start up sounds but nothing on the screen. Did everything the instruction manual said to try - multiple times and still nothing. Gah!!!!!

Saturday it went into the Apple Store shop. The guy said it might be the graphics card, so I'm hoping that's all it is. I really didn't back up everything recently (though I'd say 85% is backed up on my ext. drive) and they wanted to charge $90 to do a backup just in case. No thanks, I said. Talk about expensive. If I lose stuff, oh well. I'll probably be able to get most of it back.

Anyway, I'm coming to you from a public library computer. Bleh. Haven't had to do this in years. What a pain. However, I did buy an upgrade of Windows 7 last night and I'm going to work on getting that put on my PC. As some of you may know, I haven't had internet access on that machine for nearly 2 years thanks to sucky Vista.

Can I just say it sucks majorly to not have my laptop and my internet? *pouts* I didn't realize I'd be this lost without it, but I am. I'm supposed to get a call about the laptop tomorrow or Tuesday to tell me what the damage is and how much it'll cost.

I started to check out my flist a little, but it's too frustrating. Too many goodies (Hello! new Jensen & Danneel pics!) that I can't look at properly or save. Bummer. I'm going to have some major catching up to do once I get back online.

So until I get my laptop back or get online with my PC I'll be on hiatus. *iz sad*

This means...

* No Just 'Cause & no 5x08 First Impressions (it's typed up, but on the laptop *sigh*).
* Name That Cap 2 is suspended until I'm back up and running. And I will accept no more guesses on the last cap after Tuesday.

I'll try to pop online in a couple of days if I find out I won't be getting the laptop back for a while, or I can't get online with my PC. I miss you guys already! *hugs*

:: Yes, I'm still up when I should be asleep. *sigh* A shiny new web browser (OmniWeb - awesome btw) and a hungry stomach kept me up. Oh, well....sleep is highly over-rated. j/k :P

:: Did a Google search of my LJ username (which I do every so often) and found out someone on Twitter is already using the name Raloria. *pouts* :( Which means if I join, I'll have to come up with some variation of the name. Bah.

I'm thinking maybe ValRaloria or RaloriaVal (combining my user name with my real name of Valerie). RalVal? RalorVal? Any suggestions? *makes puppy eyes*

:: I really need to catch up on Lie To Me. Got 2 or 3 episodes on the DVR & 2 eppies on my desktop to watch. Hmmm....maybe since I'm staying up I should watch some of those. ;)

:: I also should watch my download of MBV 3D soon. The thing's out on DVD already and I haven't even seen the film! Gah!!!

:: It's kinda sad that the only shows left on the TV Forecast widget on my Mac is Legend Of The Seeker and Harper's Island. All my shows are ending for the summer. *laments*

:: Dont'cha hate it when you get defriended early in the morning? Kinda puts a damper on the day. Yep, just happened to me again. Lovely...not. :(

My capping mojo is working! Some days the capping flows easily and other days...it's a struggle to get anything to come out good and in focus. Today was one of my better days and I can barely contain my excitement! My little test today means good things! :D

*squeebouncyflailings* And yes, I made a little collage/color bar, too! :)



( Capping news & 10 samples from IMTOD... )

It's an odd time for a rambly post, but then yesterday/this evening (or should that be morning? whatever...) has been kinda crazy anyway with all the S3 Gag Reel squeeing. I've got a little potpouri of items to talk about, so why not a random post?

I wouldn't want to deprive you of some Dean, so here's an oldie but a goodie. :D



( A little bit of this, a little bit of that... )