Happy New Year!
I had to work today at 4am so I was unable to celebrate the New Year this year. I did however celebrate yesterday. I was at my favorite restaurant/bar, Maurie’s Table, from 11:15am to 9pm and had more then enough to drink. I went home and straight to bed, had to get up at 3:20 am for work.
Good news is I had no hangover and had an easy day at work, finished at 9am.
Today I learned that the FCC is dropping Morse Testing for ALL Amateur License Classes!. I received my Technician license on November 22, 2005 but sadly haven’t been on the air even once. I bought a Yaesu VX-7R on August 3 and have never used it besides checking out the various functions.
My New Year’s Resolution for 2007 is to get back into this hobby. I would like to upgrade to the General license by March and Amateur Extra by June. I have no idea why I have neglected this even after getting the first license and a radio.
Today is my 30th birthday. As a ‘present’ I also graduated from college, and have my Associates of Applied Science in Electronics Engineering Technology degree. Now I need to start looking for a job. I should have started before I finished this last class but I’m a huge procrastinator.
It’s been a while since I’ve posted.
As far as the school, the Astronomy class I was going to take in May to graduate June 21 didn’t work out. The teacher was a jerk and I didn’t have to put up with it. I needed one general education credit, not a specific class credit. Flash forward over summer. Called a few people at school about some classes I could take to satisfy that credit. Mission being something simple. I don’t want to take another 3-5 credit class if I just need 1. I ended up getting an Independant Study in GSD111 (Job Seeking Skills) that is just 1 credit and started October 16. The class meets Monday and Wednesday 12p-12:50p. The Independant Study allows me to work on this class at my pace. I do NOT go to class and just communicate with the teacher when necessary. I think the instructor really understands the fact I just want 1 credit, not so much the class. I do hope to get something valuable out of it though since I will be graduating December 13 and will be looking for a new job in my new field.
Upgraded to Wordpress 2.0.5
Plenty of other stuff has happened since May but I’ll not back post.
It’s been a couple weeks since my last post. To keep it short I do have my new TV and they have refunded the $150 upgrade fee I paid.
KDE. I’ve only used KDE for 6 days out of the 30 but I’ve decided to keep it and kiss Gnome goodbye. I find KDE way more advanced and just feels better. Gnome seems suited for the average user and hides more advanced options. KDE on the otherhand offers more and is still easy to use.
I called Samsung today to check on my replacement. I’m still not sitting well with them shipping the TV to the service center and then them delivering my new (unboxed) TV.
I was told the replacement was NOT ordered yet! I said I called on Feb 28 and was told it would be 10-14 days. Well now I was told it will be ordered today and the 10-14 days will reset! I was also told without asking that it will go to the service center first because they need the box for the old TV’s return. Bah. Way to go for customer service Samsung.
I received a call last Thursday from Samsung Executive Customer Relations. They said I can upgrade to a new TV because the part for my existing TV is still on order and probably not available anymore. Because this is an upgrade and not a replacement (I had a 26″, this is a 30″) I would have to pay $150. I decided to check out the two models (TX-R3079WH or TX-R3081WH) and would call back. They are functionaly the same, the only difference is the 3079 has the speakers on the side (and thus wider) and the 3081 has the speakers on the bottom (taller).
The TX-R3079WH looks way cooler and that’s the one I chose. I just called in to go ahead with it. I’m basically paying $320 (the old 26″ was 170$ on mad discount from 700$) for a $900 TV. Not bad.
I was figuring they would ship the new TV directly to me but that’s not the case. Samsung will send it to the service center as they will need to box to send the old TV back to Samsung. Then the service center will deliver the new TV to me. Great. Now I just need to check out the manual on the website to see what I’m supposed to get with it to make sure I’m gettign everything I should since I won’t get a box.
So now I just have to wait to hear from the service center, they should get my replacement in 10-14 days. I hope it’s sooner then that.
I am currently using Gnome 2.12 but decided to give KDE a try the other day. I installed KDE 3.5.1 and just now logged into it. So far I like it. I plan on using it for a solid month to see if I will give Gnome the boot (no puns intended).
I have been without my Samsung HDTV since January 5th. It’s been out of commission since November 21st. That’s when it went out again and I called for service. I went with the other repair center available in my area and they couldn’t come out till Jan 5!
Jan 5 rolls around and A&G came out. I was given a ETA of 14 days. I called them on Jan 19 and was told a part was on order. I called a week later and a part is still on order. I called 2 more weeks later and am told a part is on order. And they can’t even tell me what part they ordered. I already had the tube and main logic board replaced. All that’s left (and THE problem, even per Samsung’s website) is the power supply.
I called Samsung last week for an update since I was tired of the service center. It was late in the day and the rep I talked to said no one was available to escalate to, the service center relations guy was gone for the day. The rep said he’d follow up with me in a day or two. He didn’t. I called A&G the next day. Now they tell me “the part is on backorder which means it’s coming from overseas with no eta, and you called last week about this”. Yeah, and last week you just said a part is on order.
I just called Samsung today and was transfered to Executive Customer Relations. I told my tale dating back to Nov 21. The rep then called the service center herself.
Now it comes down to my TV is from 2004 (I got it Sep 2005, clearance model at work) and the part may not be available anymore. If it’s not I can either get a refund or a credit towards a new model. Bah. I hope that part is found. I only paid like 169$ for this TV and the regular price was $699.
