Some days...

[anghara]

Really, sometimes it's the little things.

A power strip appears to be dead. This is the power strip into which I have been plugging the heater in my office. Did I overload the thing with the heater? Possibly. But now I need to figure out whether it's the power strip (I hope) or the plug... which is behind a heavy computer desk... I don't have a new power strip so will have to get one tomorrow and then I'll have to figure out a way to move the computer desk to get at the plug behind it and I sincerely hope that it isn't the actual PLUG that is the problem because that would mean a visit from the electrician and - oh, just aaargh.

Never mind. I return you to your regularly scheduled entertainments.

UPDATE Turns out half the house was out. Turns out a breaker tripped. Turns out my heater is a power hog. Turns out everything is fine now.

Gah.

In other news, did you know that my little town is turning into Venice-on-Puget-Sound? What with the melting of that foot and a half of snow that's lying around, and INCESSANT rain, sometimes heavy, over the last two days or so, we're awash. What a winter.

Comments

[mattburkett.livejournal.com]

I didn't have any regularly scheduled entertainments, really.

Not to sound, well, however negatively it might be taken - but did you make sure that the power was on on the power strip? It's usually my luck that when I think something is broken, someone comes along and shows me that I should have started with the obvious and worked my way to the ridiculous.

[fatbaldguy60.livejournal.com]

Why is it that outlets and network/phone jacks are always on the wall behind a desk? A giant, heavy, desk? Are automobile designers moonlighting as furniture placement operatives in office buildings in order to frustrate those people who don't actually do any work on their ill-designed cars?