Daily Archives: August 13, 2008

Today they called.

August 13, 2008

Best Buy, in Pentagon City, Virginia, suddenly thinks my laptop is fixed.  So I get a call from the Geek Squad number, which invites me to call back.  I do so, but the “dispatcher” says I have to talk to the store. “I can give you their number,” she says.  I wait.  Then she...

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Geek Squad stole my hard drive

August 13, 2008

I would be updating this more often, with especially insightful entries on the classic “The Island of Dr. Moreau” and the new Starship Troopers III, except that I stupidly took my laptop to The Geek Squad for repair.  It was working pretty well when I took it in, except for the wireless card.  They...

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