Kenn Ghannon: Blog

My computer is broken. I custom built my computer with a water-cooling loop (instead of the AIO I used on my last build). I changed the water and added a temperature gauge Friday night - it shouldn't have been a big deal. It wouldn't have been a big deal - except I didn't tighten the fittings as well as I thought I had. I tested the loop without powering the device and I didn't see a leak. When I started the computer however.

Sizzling sounds and the acrid burning smell are NOT something you want to hear from your computer.

I went and got a new motherboard. It wouldn't boot. I took it back and got another. Still wouldn't boot. I replaced the processor. Now it would boot - but I couldn't get a picture. Replaced the video card. Still no video - and now the motherboard stopped booting. I think I know their error codes by heart now.

I took the motherboard, processor and video card back. I'm having them delivered from an online store ...

Did you know there was a Covid-induced backlog on computer components? Me either.

Needless to say, I'm using an ancient laptop right now which I had in the dustbin to be recycled. We'll see how long it lasts...

You may have noticed I've yet to post Chapter 22 of Fairly CAPable. I apologize for the delay - I'm having some computer issues. I'll post the chapter as soon as I'm able - but it might not be today ...

Yeah. I know. I missed the posting deadline this morning. It's fairly late, but I've submitted it in the queue - as well as Saturday's and next Tuesday's chapters. I've been on stay-cation and - well - I've done a whole lot of NOTHING (except spend some time with my lovely wife in a local national park - which was EPIC).

Anyway, I'm off for a few more weeks ... hence the 'posting in advance' of the next few chapters. I hope to also post next Saturday's tomorrow but I might not. If not, I'll get to it eventually. If it DOESN'T post (for whatever reason), I'll catch up as quickly as I can.

Thank you for reading!
--Kenn Ghannon

Every year, my family and I set aside a few weeks around the 4th of July to return to where my wife and I grew up for her family's family reunion. Since my time off needs to be scheduled 6 months in advance at work, I took this time off back in December (to be sure no one scheduled it before me).

Enter Covid-19, the Wuhan Flu or whatever they're calling it this week. The reunion was cancelled about a month ago and my wife's parents would rather we not visit this year, for obvious reasons (they're in their mid-80s and my father-in-law has had health problems the last few years). So, our trip was cancelled.

All is not lost, however. We've decided to spend a few days just travelling. It won't cover my entire vacation - but it should be fun.

We were also planning a trip to Disney World in May. Once again, enter the flu. Disney World closed. At the time, I was lucky enough to get that time off back and we rescheduled our Disney trip to later in July. We were very lucky, we didn't know if they were going to be open and we'd have to reschedule again (I have school age kids, so going much later in the year was pretty much out) but it turns out Disney World is re-opening.

All of that just to say - I won't be around much for the next month or so. I know I owe quite a few people some return correspondence (I work hard to reply to every e-mail sent to me, even if it's just a thank you for writing) so I'll try to get those answered. SOL has their amazing delayed posting capabilities, so I'll try to make sure the 'well never runs dry' for the story - but mistakes might happen. Finally, I'm hoping to get some more work done in 'Runesward, Tome 2' and maybe a bit more in on 'Incapable'. Somewhere in there, I'd also like to get started on the 'Ring of Command' re-write and conclusion.

Damn. I'm going to need a vacation from my vacation.

Just a quick note this time. If youve written me in the past two weeks and I've not responded, I apologize. I am very far behind on my correspondence. I will catch up ... soon.