Feeling technically challenged…

This past week I’ve been having a technically challenged time. At work (AV Books, Inc.) we had two computers decided they didn’t like their operating systems and they just crapped out. (Small company, and although I’m the primary tech guy since I have a PhD. in Comp Sci and since I have been CIO of companies, I’ve been assigned the “tech support role” for the company (ok, by me as much as by the CEO…).)

At home I was moving my powered up laptop from the office to the living room so I could watch a movie () and the laptop slipped out of my hand. I caught it, by the power cord but not before two USB pluggins hit the ground with force and broke. One being a 256M USB Drive with a LOT of data on it (luckily only backup data) and my Bluetooth dongle. Had to go out and buy new ones. The bluetooth dongle didn’t want to work for the first two hours of putzing with it and my cell phone . Got it all working finally.

Two days ago I ordered the Jabra BT620s headset which I can’t seem to attach to my computer to listen to music. It gives me the dings and pings from the laptop computers operating system but no sound from Rhapsody or anything else. It also works well with my above mentioned cell phone for the phone part, but won’t let me listen to the music on the PDA (via Pocket Tunes ). Going to have to work on this issue today when I have time.

And finally, came home yesterday to one of my “servers”, and the most important one, it’s the printer server, and a few other important task, must have talked to the two computers at work, and it cropped up with the same problems they were having. Going to have to work on that today or tomorrow too.

A friend also has computer problems, so I’m heading over to his house today to fix them and get his computer back to where he wants it.

Update: (an hour later…) I fixed the Jabra problem with the laptop. It now works correctly for the laptop. Now to get it to work right with the PDA.