%@$#%^@$^%@#$^*% INTERNET - STOP CHANGING THINGS, YOU TURDS.

So I tried to get on Foosebook to post something to my computer services page, and Foosebook has F-ed it up. Again. My graphics aren't loading and I can't post or comment on anything. F ^ C K. So I get on Blogger to do something and it doesn't load my Blog Dashboard. REALLY??? Goddammit.

LEAVE THINGS ALONE. WHEN THEY WORK, PEOPLE WANT IT TO WORK THE SAME WAY. FOREVER. F^cking web developers.

At any rate, Flash Updater on your desktop should pop up to notify you of an update for Flash Player to version 25 0 0 127. If it loads your default browser, uncheck the option for Google toolbar. Browser toolbars are so 90s.

A friend had fished out a computer box from the garbage somewhere, and it's in relatively good condition. It has a Soyo K7V Dragon Plus motherboard, and 2 ATI graphics cards. So I get to looking and I can find drivers for things on it that run under Windows 98SE and Windows XP. XP might take some work to install and not expire itself but yet activate. 98SE is not a problem but less useful.

The previous owner yanked the HD and memory sticks out of it for some reason, so I've never tried to turn it on. Without RAM, there's nothing to do. I was able to find out the motherboard uses PC1600 to PC2100 speed DDR unbuffered RAM. I have a couple of sticks that are rated above that speed, so I should be able to toss one stick in and see if it turns on. You can put faster RAM in a slower machine, but not the other way around. It'll just run as fast as the motherboard can.

I found drivers for the ATI 9200SE, apparently a Radeon model, that's an 8X AGP version, while the other card is an ATI Rage 128 PCI version. XP and 98SE drivers, good to go.

Audio is an integrated C Media 8738 chipset and drivers were found for that, too. Even the card reader and Ethernet card. And yes, the MB chipset, too.

If I feel capable, I'll at least toss a RAM stick in and see if it turns on and beeps. If it works, I'll spend some money on more RAM in case I want to run Windows XP on it. Otherwise, 512MB for Win98SE would be enough. And a cheap hard drive. Just to see what I can find out.

I got a Dell V313 All in One printer from a relative, and found both 32-bit and 64-bit driver software for it in case I need it. I should see how much ink cartridges cost for it.

A Windows 98 tower given to me some time ago I have no idea if it works, so perhaps I'll find out soon if it does. I need to check my friend's old HD from his XP box, and perhaps I'll finally locate that loose solder trace from his monitor and fix that.