i'm basically stuck for the day.
i didn't get the reinstall started last night, but it's ready to go after 19:00, which is not so far into the future, anymore. i fully expect to be booting back into the os by the morning.
for the afternoon, i'd like to be writing reviews, but i can't get into the machine, so i'm going to type a few things up here and move them over to the other blog later.