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Topic #226: Revisit a topic you wrote about in January.

I went through and read a handful of the blog posts I published back in January, and one that brought back memories and made me laugh was a post about my Dell laptop malfunctioning.

For those of you who have been with me for less than a few months, you probably haven’t heard much about my Dell laptop falling apart, breaking, and shutting itself down. In a nutshell, the original Dell laptop I purchased was of horrible quality and within months of purchasing it, it starting having problems with its hardware, primarily its motherboard and display.

Fortunately, I got a two-year warranty on the laptop free with the purchase, so I was able to request repairs. After four attempts, my laptop still didn’t work, so Dell agreed that its condition was beyond repair and exchanged it for a newer, slightly better laptop. This entire process lasted from November 2010 to May 2011.

After receiving my new exchange laptop, I don’t recall ever giving more detailed updated information, so I decided to do that today.

The first thing about the new laptop was that it came with a 6-cell battery instead of a 9-cell battery. The support technician I spoke with said that they would ship the new laptop with a 9-cell battery because I purchased a 9-cell battery for my old broken laptop that I would be sending back to Dell. However, when the laptop arrived, it came with a 6-cell battery.

I contacted customer service and they apologized for the error. Then they said that they would send out a support technician to install my 9-cell battery for me.

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I assured them that I knew how to remove and insert a battery into my laptop myself, and told them that they could just ship the battery to me rather than sending someone out to put it in for me.

I also noticed that the sound jack on the new laptop wasn’t working very well either. I had this identical problem with my previous laptop, and it was repaired by replacing the motherboard and the jack input device. When I requested that this be done again, Dell agreed to send out a technician.

A week or so later, I got a phone call from Dell telling me that they did not have any of those parts in stock, but they would let me know when they receive their next shipment.

That was in June 2011. It’s nearing the end of August now, and I still haven’t gotten a replacement part.

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Topic #225: If you controlled the weather, what would it be like outside today?

If I controlled the weather, it would be cloudy and breezy with both a high and low temperature of 72 degrees Fahrenheit (22.2 degrees Celsius).

If you didn’t know yet, 72 degrees Fahrenheit is the optimal temperature for the human body because it is the temperature at which the rate our bodies produce heat and the rate heat leaves our body into the environment is equal.

My Amazon Prime one-year student trial ended yesterday, so I don’t get free two-day shipping on most of my Amazon purchases anymore. Apparently there’s a special deal for students where you can continue to get Amazon Prime at a 50% discounted price for up to four years, and you’ll also get unlimited access to streaming television shows and movies that Amazon has available.

If you would like to donate $39.99 to pay for my Amazon Prime renewal, feel free to donate via Paypal at the following link:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_send-money-transfer&send_method=domestic

If you can’t afford to donate $39.99, then a donation of any lesser amount will be gladly accepted.

(Anybody who has taken an introductory psychology course should know what I just did there.)

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Topic #224: Do you wish you had more money or time?

If I got to pick between having more money and more time, I would probably choose to have more time because by having more time, I could use that extra time to improve my life and make more money. On the other hand, if I were to choose to have more money, I would just have the money and no extra time so I wouldn’t be able to better myself as a person.

I finally got a chance to read through all of my emails, and now I’m down to only four emails in my inbox.

I feel liberated.

This also means that if you sent me a message recently through my website, I should have replied to it. If you didn’t receive a response, it means that I either thought your message was spam, or I did not receive it.

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Topic #223: If you were God, how would you have started it all? Do you think you could do something more interesting than the big bang? Or would you leave everything just as it is?

If I were the creator of the world, I would just randomly create everything and not have a drastic beginning so my people wouldn’t waste time arguing about religion and how the world started.

I’m still working on getting all my pictures organized in my Picasa Web account. If you want to keep track of my progress, you can view my public albums:

https://picasaweb.google.com/adamparkzer

Also, in other random and slightly related news, my map markers are back to normal now. You may or may not remember from a very long time ago that my album locations map randomly showed a marker in Canada. I had no idea why that happened because I’ve never taken any photos or uloaded anything from Canada before. It looks like it randomly fixed itself.

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Topic #222: Do you prefer to lead or follow? Or linger in the middle and never fully commit to anything?

My preference to lead or follow is highly dependent on the situation. If I have no idea what I’m doing, I am better off scouting out someone who does know what (s)he is doing and follow him/her. If I am confident that I am able to succeed in my task, I will be a leader. When I have built up a lot of experience in something and feel as if I am prepared to become a leader, I may start lingering in the middle to check my preparedness for leadership, but this usually lasts a short time and I usually either quickly fall back again as a follower, or quickly take control as a leader.

This is another photograph I took yesterday when I went shopping at a Korean grocery store right before I went to eat at the Asian restaurant.

As you can clearly see, the Seoul Market Foods Corner has three different kinds of food that you can choose from: clean foods, delicios foods, and healthy foods.

Do you want a clean, delicios food? Too bad, you can only have one or the other.

Do you want a delicios, healthy food? Sorry, that’s not possible either.

Do you want delicious food? You’re out of luck, because they only carry delicios food (without the u).

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Topic #221: What is your favorite way to get physical exercise? Least favorite? What form of exercise have you always wanted to try? What about mental exercise?

My favorite way to get physical exercise as of right now is training at Chicago Martial Arts, the taekwondo academy that I am attending during the summer. Not only is it a good way to get exercise, it helps me refine my fighting and self-defense skills. Because of my rank and position, I also assist in the instruction of younger children, so it’s nice knowing that I’m helping kids become stronger and more physically capable.

In general, I like to get exercise by either running on a treadmill or using a weight machine in a cool, air conditioned area. I actually prefer running and exercising inside than outside because the feeling of air conditioning relaxes and comforts me. I like getting fresh air once in a while as well, but when I’m extremely tired, cold, dry, sharp air tends to make me feel better faster than natural, humid air.

As for mental exercise, I think the amount of studying I’m doing at university is enough for stimulating my brain. Now that I’m progressing through my degree studies, the topics I’m studying will become harder and more in-depth, so I don’t think I’m going to have any problems with a lack of mental exercise.