Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook Talking technology, computers, and the Internet… for the average computer user

HAL. Er, uh, I mean, my little computer. He’s been moping about how slow he is, how hard I push him, yadda yadda. I just think he’s been spending too much time at those computer technology sites…

It’s a tough life, ya know! I have upwards of 6 kids pounding my keys, pushing my processor (I just have ONE processor, if you’ll remember!), playing games, and doing stuff on Paint Shop Pro… I get tired much more sooner with all this work!

I have to admit, maybe he’s right. We have “twin” computers (two exactly alike that we bought at the same time) the we got several years ago. One of them no longer plays CDs or DVDs, another keeps crashing…. we use the computers for our homeschool, so we must have computers here.

Maybe you should look into giving us an early retirement, huh? At least get us away from the kids and that irritating Toy Story computer game! I’m ready to pound Buzz Lightyear in the nose.

Well, I’m definitely going to keep working these computers until they can work no more… but there’s a sweet deal at HP that’s just in time for school– a $30 stackable site-wide coupon! The promo code for the coupon is SV2132. You can get $30 off orders of $150 or more (good until October 31, 2009, or while supplies last). It’s a very nice promotion before school, I think.

Plus, HP is having a nice Labor Day sale– 50% off on select items! There’s a beautiful little Pavilion desktop that’s looking really sweet. I think it would be perfect next to me on the desk, don’t you think?

Uh, HAL is getting a little carried away, don’t listen to him! We do not need anymore desktops!

…what we DO need is a sweet little laptop, oh yeah….