My speakers were just fine yesterday.
This morning, however, I woke up the computer and turned on my Altec Lansing 5.1 speaker array and… HSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
I unplugged the jacks from the computer, no change. I fiddled with the knobs, turned the speakers off and on, no change. I unplugged the power cord and plugged that back in again and… change.
Now they don’t turn on at all. I guess I’m going shopping later. Le sigh.
It’s not that the sound of water running through the gutters & drains keeps me awake at night. In fact, it’s usually quite an aid to somnolence. However… last night’s rain was just light enough to only keep a somewhat-steady drip coming out of the drains.
Somewhat.
Drip drip drip drip drip drip drip … drip drip drip … drip drip drip drip drip … drip … drip drip drip drip … drip drip drip drip … drip drip … drip drip drip …
It wouldn’t have been a problem had it simply managed to keep the beat steady! Instead… quite the opposite. I had to get up and read for a couple of hours until the dripping stopped. (Which means I’m running on about four, maybe five hours of accumulated sleep today. WHEE.)
