the holy USB driver grail

now playing: coldplay, "trouble"

someday, someone is going to perfect driver downloads for OEM systems. dell is closest to getting it right, but they still have a ways to go. gateway doesn't have a fuckin' clue.

i draw parallels sometimes between being a PC support tech and being a mechanic - it's a skill that never really loses its lustre, man...there's always someone who needs to know what you know. but i'll tell ya what - i'm soon gonna stop working on systems that i didn't build personally. i'm just tired of the bullshit. i've never had to scour the earth for a driver for a system that i built, because i know what i use and where to find them...others, i can't say that about.

just got a call from dylan - he wants to come over tonight. overtime has, as such, been pre-empted by my sons' report on ohio.

i was just talking for a long time to an old buddy of mine, who was kind enough to point out that i should post some gig stories that have gone unmentioned here thus far. and - maybe it's high time i did just that. just not right now.

i need to wrap some stuff up here and move on to the next thing...before my nostrils go under the waterline.