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Today was my first day at the Y. Get ready, get set, go.
Forgot how boring treadmill walking is and I have to do an hour? FML.
Was reaching for the iPhone to change to a flashpoint episode and TRIPPED. And fell. And got zipped away by the treadmill.
Forget that I hurt my knee. Whatever. The worst part was the humiliation. Really.
LOL FAT COW FELL ON TREADMILL.
I wish my pride had let me let the Y lady ice it immediately. But no, I got back on and walked another seceniah minutes.
Tomorrow I’ll be back and do the entire 97 minute workout.
Maybe if I see Kevin, my coach, I can show off my pretty bruise.
My knee is 3x the size of my left, which is scraped.
C’est la vie. Tomorrow, no casualties. It’s just so hard to even be there because I’m embarrassed. Falling didn’t help.
After reading several reviews of the various plantronics headsets, I decided to purchase their .Audio 655 headset. It wasn’t my first choice, as I wanted to continue to use my cheap microsoft lifechat headset which had earpads big enough to fit comfortably, but Futureshop didn’t have any in stock.
There are pros to this headset. It’s pretty. It feels sturdy. The headband is padded. The cable is long. My friends reported my voice quality went up drastically (You don’t sound like a grandmother anymore) over ventrilo.
But the pros are very frustrating. First off, the ear pads are too small, so my ears hurt. I figured this would happen, and usually I can tolerate it. Usually, in time, it goes away as the headset loosens up and my ears get used to it. So I was ignoring this frustration.
But the one thing I couldn’t stand was the crackling. CONSTANT crackling. This headset comes with no drivers, so when I contacted Plantronics, and advised them of the issue, they “kindly” informed me that it was my computer, not the headset, despite the evidence I found elsewhere online.
For those who care, I am running 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium on an i7 920 hyper-threaded quadcore with 6gb memory. My power source is adequate. I have tried four different usb slots on my computer, and all result in the crackling and the sound cutting out.
I can repeat this issue on other systems running 64-bit headsets, but the problem does not exist on 32-bit systems.
This echoes another plantronics headset, the GameCom 777. It uses the same C4 chipset as my headset. Coincidence?
Needless to say, if you are running a 64-bit headset, Plantronics earns a fail.
Their headsets seem nice enough, but unless you want lame customer service and a headset that crackles and cuts out worse than a blown car stereo system, give it a pass.
Well, I have to say for the most part, I enjoy my new job. The hours I am working right now aren’t any fun but that’s okay, it isn’t like this will be a permanent thing. I am certain they will let me have a few weeks here or there as pure days simply to allow me to have a life. But I get home by 9, so that’s good.
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