Journal entries in 'Miscellaneous' for December, 2006

Cat sent me her photos from the Christmas Party where Bryan, Matt, and I played guitar, so I thought I'd post them. She also shot a few short videos, so I put two of those online as well:

• Angels We Have Heard On High (4.3mb X-Vid video)
• Jaeden's Proto-Headbangs (2.4mb X-Vid video)

The people's talking kind of drowns it out, but you can still make out the music. Also, Jaeden is being brought up to be awesome.

The keyboard on my laptop has been failing for the past year or two. Some crucial keys (namely, the End and Down Arrow keys) don't work, which isn't a big deal for chatting and email, but is quite an impediment for most programming work. At home, I almost always use my laptop in its docking station connected to my real keyboard and screen, so the faulty laptop keyboard has never been a problem. On my recent trip to Clemson, though, I found myself using it quite a bit, and the lack of a Down Arrow key really started to be a problem. One night I got on the phone and called Dell and ordered a replacement keyboard, along with a complete set of replacement screws (I'm missing a few on the bottom of the laptop). They said it'd take a week to ship, which meant it'd show up in Covington right around the same time that I'd be returning.

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