I am still computer shopping. Online. Been doing it for weeks. Maybe months. Online is the only way these days, now that real computer stores have disappeared. But that’s okay. I like comparing stuff online. I can see the prices and features, try out… Read More ›
Computers
THEY’RE SPYING ON US … DOES IT MATTER?
THEY ARE ALL OUT TO GET YOU. OR TRYING, ANYHOW. Google is spying on you. So is the government. And Amazon, and almost every single website you visit … even if you don’t actually visit it but just pass briefly… Read More ›
HUNTING THE PERFECT COMPUTER AND COMING ATTRACTIONS
It was our anniversary yesterday. I didn’t spend the day reading blogs and writing. Instead, I goofed off. We went out to dinner. After we came home, I didn’t start putting together a post for today. I did put together something… Read More ›
THE SCARIEST THING
I was terrified. Was it a big hairy spider? A home invader? A tornado? A threatened lawsuit? A burst pipe? A volcanic eruption (in New England, that would really be something else!) … ? No. My computer refused to boot. It… Read More ›
ELEGANT SOLUTIONS?
According to the dictionary, an elegant solution is as follows: “Refinement and simplicity are implied, rather than fussiness, or ostentation. An elegant solution, often referred to in relation to problems in disciplines such as mathematics, engineering, and programming, is one… Read More ›
WRESTLING WITH THE COMPUTER
I spent a day and a night in mortal combat with my computer. It wasn’t my computer’s fault. It was some update that caused something else to malfunction. Like a house of cards, it just went down and stayed down…. Read More ›
MISPLACED, NOT LOST
I sat here last night. Pondering the differences between this computer which runs Windows 7 Professional and all my other computers which run Windows 7 Home Premium. That was the precise moment I realized I had not the slightest idea where I’d… Read More ›
A NEW LOOK FOR SERENDIPITY
I have changed the look of Serendipity. Again. I am pretty sure I’ve gone through at least a dozen templates since I started blogging more than four years ago. Why? Because I’ve had a series of issues for the last three… Read More ›
LIFE WITHOUT COMPUTERS? WHAT LIFE?
Daily Prompt – Life After Blogs: Your life without a computer: what does it look like? It looks like I’m dead. Buried too. It’s not just the blogging. The computer is communication, photography processing, writing (for any reason), paying bills,… Read More ›
INSTALLING WINDOWS 10 – FINALLY
I won’t be dropping by to read your posts today and for this, I apologize. But I’ve got a great excuse. It is the first day of November and autumn is fading into winter. Taking courage in hand … setting… Read More ›
PHONES AND ‘PUTERS: CEE’S FUN FOTO CHALLENGE
We aren’t big on phones around here. We have a VOIP “landline” and a cell phone which I usually forget to turn on. But computers? We got them. And cameras. Lots of cameras. Most real communication is done via email. Electronic,… Read More ›
WHEN I RULE THE (VIRTUAL) WORLD
I am both proud and humble (an ambivalent state of mind, to be sure) to be the first all-powerful, all-knowing (but generally benevolent unless crossed) Empress of the Internet. My first decree will make high-speed Internet access free and universal. No matter who you… Read More ›
