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Weird sounds from our computer speakers

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I think I’ve got to move somethings further away from my desktop computer. It’s really strange. If I happen to turn our cellphone on or off when I’m within a few feet from our computer our the computer speakers make a weird do do do boop boop noise. It’s kind of an alien sound.

The speakers have power going to them, but I always have them turned off because I hate it when I hit a website with autoplay music or video so I only turn the speakers on when I really want to hear something. I can only imagine what kind of sound the speakers would make when I turn the cell phone on if the volume was turned on!

I think they need better EMI Shielding or something. I have no idea why the cell phone and speakers interact that way.

The other strange thing that happens is the infrared controller on our desktop computer (it has a remote but I almost never use it) flashes on and off when we use the cable remote for our TV. As in when we are changing channels on the TV. Weird eh?

Does your computer do anything strange when you’re cell phone or other electronics are near it?





People say the stupidest things!

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I was watching the Daily Show late last night and they did a segment on all the toy recalls that have been happening lately. Apparently a very high percentage of children’s toys are made in China. The toys being recalled have been found to have a high quantity of lead in them.

In one of the clips they showed a female reporter, she might have been on CNN or a similar all news program and she was talking about how this might affect the Chinese economy if they had to spend more money to produce toys without lead in them and …. as a result this would raise the price of the toys being sold in Walmart.

That’s not an exact quote but you get the gist. Yeah, so if the toys are made properly and don’t contain toxins we’ll have to pay more for them in our department stores. Well duh – so what! Isn’t that cheaper than paying unnecessary medical bills when your kid gets sick.

I just went looking for a clip on YouTube, but couldn’t find one. The reporters statement was so stupid it had me giggling. We have a PVR so I was able to rewind the segment and I watched it twice just to be sure I heard her dumb lines correctly.

All alone

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Yesterday I was supposed to go to Brantford with my husband to see his family and spend some time with his brother before he goes back to Chicago, but I had yet another bad night and Chris went on his own.

So I’ve been home alone all day yesterday and all night.

That’s ok. I don’t think I make very good company when I’m not feeling well. I spent a good portion of the day lying on the couch mindlessly watching TV. I only do that when I’m really not feeling up to much else and I just hate it.

I’m hoping that I’ll start to feel a bit better this week. Chris took this whole week off work so I’m hoping we can do something fun on our own and maybe get a bit more work done in our garden.

One side effect of my brother in laws visit was that he brought a big bag of Cheetos with him. Now I haven’t had Cheetos for a long time! I love them – they don’t love me, but I love them. So … I’ve been snacking on them here and there.

Hey it’s hard to resist a snack that you like when you haven’t had it for years! LOL

Oh yeah we’re going to have a home theater room

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When we renovate our basement we are definitely purchasing home theater seating. Our basement is going to be a deluxe rec room!

We’ve got a 50 inch DLP TV and a great theater sound system so why not create a nice home theater room with proper seating?

Of course I think I also want to try to have a spare bedroom in the basement as well. Hmmm does home theater seating come as a pull out couch? LOL well if it does … I could kill two birds with one stone so to speak, couldn’t I?

I’m actually quite tired of all the renovations that we’ve been doing. I just want them done. Is anyone else going through the renovation blues?

What happened to that Pirate show?

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There’s so little to watch on TV that lately Chris and I, in our down time, have been reduced to watching cartoons on TV! King of the Hill, The Simpsons, Family Guy, and Futurama. I’m starting to feel like I’m back in lower school or high school!

I’m so bored of television! It’s not like I watch much TV, but when I do feel like watching there’s never anything on.

What happened to that Pirate show – Pirate Masters? – that was on Thursday nights? I thought it was only going to have a one week break, but it wasn’t on this week either.

I guess we’ll have to start renting some movies or something.

If my husband had his way we’d always watch war and religion based documentaries. Not that some of those aren’t interesting and or informative from time to time, but when it comes to documentaries I prefer biography, travel, history, and wildlife related documentaries.

What do you like watching on TV these days? Are you are bored as I am?

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