Computer fun

The hubby's pc started making noises over the last week. Gradually it's gotten loud enough that it actually registered with me that hey, something isn't right back here in the office. (The office is a pretty big space - think a two car garage, add another 12 feet in depth, and you get a space that comfortably has 3 desks, four computers, a couch, a tv, a play corner for my daughter, and at various times is home to a treadmill, a tent, bicycles, and ... stuff. With room to lay on the floor and do stretches.)

So this morning I walked around sticking my head against all the pc's to figure out which one the noise was coming from. Didn't take long to narrow it down to his. Not suprising either, it's the oldest pc we own that we still use - I think it's 5 years old now.

Compressed air cleaning didn't help, so I'm going to have to replace the fan I think - either the processor fan or the power supply fan, I can't tell til I dig the thing out which. I really hope it's just a fan problem, and not a mother board problem - if it's mother board, we're looking at a whole new pc. Don't really want to go there when I just did Christmas shopping. And his present is already bought.

In other pc fun... I'm loving a little program called Desktop Architect that I found a few months ago. I get tired of the same old pictures, icons, and sounds on my pc, so every few weeks I change it around. My favorite right now is


Love the dragon! I had a Santa one before that that I loved to, but it was to blue for me this morning.
If you need a bit of Christmas cheer for your pc, try ezthemes. Great site!