recently found my workplace Mozilla Thunderbird client acting messed up. every time a message comes in, i get a message saying my Inbox summary file has been corrupted and needs to be deleted. yet even when i did that the problem still persists.
after scouring the web for answers, it seems that Thunderbird mailboxes get crappy the bigger it gets, especially when it hits 2GB. my Inbox was 2.07GB :O it seems that Thunderbird doesn’t compact your boxes for you automatically, so even if you delete files from a folder, the message is really still there.
so the moral of the story is to compact your folders regularly. there are probably some extensions you can download that’d do that for you automatically so you don’t forget. while trying to recover my Inbox, i’ve had to rebuild files, renamed folders and whatnot to get my emails back, so don’t repeat my mistake of letting it grow too big.
myuu’s inbox after compacting: 571MB.
my puter just experienced it’s first ‘ghostly reboot’ yesterday while i was watching an episode of BSG. the first occurence since its return into its semi-modified casing. checked the temperature history and found it well within its normal range (i’ve seen it do constant 67C without any glitches). hopefully it isn’t dying a slow and unknowing death. :O
the original 7800 GS i ordered got cancelled, due to Inno3d not having any more stock. but the same guy managed to hook up with BFG, so i’ll be getting a new version on june 11th. yea, i know i shouldn’t splurge, but the logic behind this purchase is BFG’s True Lifetime Warranty, which replaces the card with the same or better in the event of the fault, irregardless of the product life. so hopefully the card dies after they run out of AGP stock and give me a PCI-Express equivalent instead 
anyway, the new card should allow me to play BF2 better. my bigger display lets me catch tiny enemy movements easily, but the major artifacts blurring my vision removes that advantage. oh well, i still managed to get my veteran support combat badge and combat infantry medal. there seems to be a bug where i’m awarded with that same medal each time i start the game, but my stats still show one (if there’s to be a bug, they should make it thorough!). unknowingly, i got myself a navy cross medal as well. a lot of the stats requirements have gone down, but that’s no reason to increase my BF2-playing time with lotsa other things for me to do.
while the new holes in my pc seem to help, i can’t rest until i’ve finished all my planned mods, including some vents on the side panel. i don’t have enough cutting discs to last the project though, so i’ll have to try and find some more. however, that trip to pasar road just ain’t happening.
finally, some episode checkpoints:
Lost S2 E21 - betrayal!
Rome S1 E10 - soft porn!
Battlestar Galactica S2 E05 - not really soft porn!
House MD S2 E04 - starting to get boring!
O.C. S3 E25 - XO
stretched so thin… it’ll take another month or two for my finances to normalize. i haven’t even considered savings for my accompany-my-sis-to-Australia trip. credit card bill for the past two months have spiked due to the timing belt incident and ‘promotion-related expenses’.
at least my net pay finally crossed the 2k boundary.
still, the end of my woes is nowhere near. the honda is acting up once again, this time unable to keep a decent idle rev. it’d be either too high upon ignition, or too low a few minutes after.. low enough to stall. that car will have to go soon, but it’s not for me to decide whether to sell cuz it’s not my car.
speaking of cars, my trust in Utama Tyre & Battery Service has dwindled. i went back to get this rev problem looked at, and they assign me this noob to look at the car. he didn’t even check the symptoms before recommending a spark plug/cable change. and lo and behold.. problem still there! then he unloads a huge amount of wd40 like stuff into the carb and making my car propel tons of white smoke from the rear. the yelling from his colleagues didn’t even faze him.
time to change places. the original foreman of this workshop was good and trustworthy, but he left to start his own stint in sunway. a little too far for me though. 
so, any recommendations besides ah keong? 
last weekend i was told that i had to attend training this week. so i’ve been at menara TH instead of the office so far during business hours. still, i find myself back there just to finish up things that needed finishing. my training will last till tuesday, so the late nights will probably continue too.
it’s just been really hectic these days, and a long list of tasks await my attention. it’s hard being a process improver. and while my car can move, there seems to be something wrong with the idle rev timing, causing the car to rev too low and at times stall altogether. gonna have to bring it back to the shop.
seriously thinking i should consider a new car now.
anyways, this state of mind has kept me somewhat on the edge, and i end up snapping at people for no reason. i just can’t help it. being hooked on a book named Eldest doesn’t help either. instead of socialising, i’d rather drown myself in its fantasy world. yes, there are elven chicks involved. it’s part 2 of a trilogy; fortunately the last part isn’t published yet, but my sister was kind enough to buy me Sir Thursday (part 4 of a series of 7; arigatou ayin-chan! :D) so i’ll still be antisocial for a little while longer.
by the way, i just upgraded my router’s firmware a while ago. there’s definitely some improvement in terms of accessing my own site internally, and hopefully this version brings an end to the constant downtime. :\
also changed the body text color of this site to black. reading my own site was putting a strain to my eyes at this resolution.
back from my trip. it was fun. caught up on some reading.
you probably weren’t able to access this site till now. this damned linksys router is giving tons of problems, i might think i was better off with my d-link. previous versions of the WRT54G router were supposedly good, but this latest version 5 uses a different OS, and so far it sucks big time. can get past a few days without a soft reset, and the damned DDNS function doesn’t work properly either.
feckin cisco and their sob.
