you can't fix stupid. nor can you fix this computer.

I thought I would be able to put up with E.H.* a week or two longer, or however long it took for his next domicile to be vacated. But that all changed this afternoon.

In an amazing act of stupidity, he attempted to cure some malware he downloaded by re-installing the computer's entire system. This wiped the hard drive.

This is someone who has managed small server networks in previous jobs, and is not a computer illiterate. I can't imagine what he was up to, except perhaps some sort of passive-aggressive shit, before he departs.

Anyway, I'm now deliberating whether to a) take the hard drive in to be rescued, or b) go out and buy my own laptop. I fear the price of a) won't be much cheaper than b).

In the meantime, if this blog disappears for a few days, it simply means that I chose option a).

* See Key to Characters at right.