Cav's Place

Sent that HDD to the shop last Monday and it seems that what I heard about their warranty services is quite true. The contract states that they must inform the client of the cause of the malfunction and the method chosen to solve the problem (repair, replace or refund) at most ten days after receiving […]

I guess this is a milestone. Not just because the number is divisible by five, but also because I keep saying that, excepting some truly miraculous developments regarding all important aspects of my quality of life that’d still be in effect after that age, I’m really not keen on living past 50, so this may […]

Yet another Seagate HDD decides to trouble me. The exact model is ST3500320NS, though on that page it says it has 16 Mb of cache and mine has 32 Mb, or at least that’s what it says. I really bought it thinking it’d be very reliable, seeing as it’s supposedly built specifically for reliability, but […]

There is a “bread fair” nearby this weekend. It was advertised as a place where you’ll see traditional types of bread and pastries and watch demonstrations of traditional methods of baking. So I thought I might as well have a look around, out of curiosity. Thought I might even buy something, but of course there […]

I’m not talking about the figurative sense, about being that terrified, as that has certainly happened plenty of times before, but about basically shitting water. (Yes, this post will be quite graphic.) I haven’t had significant stomach problems in several years and actually don’t think I ever had any that were this bad. The fact […]