So, the battery on my trusty Palm Zire 31 is slowly giving up the ghost. I bought a new battery for it before I took it apart. If I’d taken it apart first I would have seen that the battery … Continue reading
May 4, 2008
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Category Archives: computer follies
April 21, 2008
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carry on my wayward… what?
So, I’m still fiddling around with Vista. It is nowhere near as annoying as I feared it would be, but it’s just another iteration of Microsoft’s “You are too stupid to figure anything out for yourself” mind-set, and therefore falls … Continue reading
January 12, 2008
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And another thing…
I also upgraded this journal to the latest edition of WordPress, updated all my plugins and removed some of the ones I’m not using. That, at least, went well. But if you spot any glitches, please let me know. I’m … Continue reading
January 12, 2008
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Resolution. In more ways than one.
I finally got all the computer mayhem straightened out, but it sure did cause me a giant case of the wim-wams there for a while. And I learned a couple new things, like how to get rid of unwanted passwords, … Continue reading
January 9, 2008
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Teacher, teacher…
It all seemed so easy. I was going to clone the contents of my son’s hard drive to a new, larger hard drive, and then set him up with a newer computer. I have software that will deal with that. … Continue reading
January 28, 2007
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backup blues
For some reason, trying to back up anything to do with WordPress crashes my backup software. The only way I’ve been able to get past this in the past is to make sure that anything to do with WordPress is … Continue reading
January 12, 2007
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once more into the breach…
I don’t know why I always put off upgrading WordPress so long. It really isn’t difficult to do. This is one of the best software packages ever, in that regard. Do a backup, shut down all the plugins, overwrite the … Continue reading
October 16, 2006
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testing, testing
I’m testing out “performancing” for Firefox. It’s an interesting browser add-on that lets you post to several different kinds of blogs. I’m not sure I prefer it to my regular method of posting, but it certainly does seem well written. … Continue reading
September 30, 2006
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technological musings
The cable internet connection is very, very flaky this afternoon. Somehow, reminding myself “at least it’s not dialup” doesn’t make me any the less irritated thereby. Probably because I pay the bills and I know how much the … Continue reading
September 13, 2006
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good news, chariot’s coming
I’m going to be upgrading my web sites soon. 1&1 is offering me 25% off the next step up, and I’m going to take advantage of the offer (which is good through the end of the month, if anyone … Continue reading
