Some evenings around here, the idea is faster than the brain. Or, in layman’s terms, slow down and think about it. While upgrading a couple of wikis that I keep around as an organization tool, I managed to throw out the necessary with the trivial.
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You didn’t hear it from me, but Microsoft still attracts unwanted software, like a nice pair of pants around a shedding cat. Despite my efforts to avoid the occasions of infection, my computer is singing to itself.
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One more reason to avoid the iPod; the frustration level engendered by iTunes software. While I go merrily along with my little MP3 player, loading and unloading music with aplomb, son #2 is working on a personal version of apoplexy. Every time he tries to put order in his musical life, iTunes gets all higgledy-piggledy and then shuts down. When you hear someone swearing that he’ll forego changes to the soundtrack of his life, the state of the nation is clear. In passing, I’ve suggested that he seek a solution involving Linux.
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The first time that Windows Updates broke things, I shook my head and remembered that accidents happen. The second time that things took a turn for the worse, I used the Microsoft version of time travel and reverted to an earlier point in time. I don’t need a third time. As the company that doesn’t sell doors gets ready to catch those pesky pirates with yet another round of software stumble-blocks, I’m worried that actually purchasing legal software wasn’t the best choice.
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It’s human nature to second guess decisions. After all, hindsight and the associated rubbish, make easy targets out of almost everyone else. We’ve all done it, and it doesn’t always make life easier.
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Two good days of tech support. Two days with problems removed from the list that awaits. Two days that would have been impossible without my good friend Google.
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For just a few dollars more (on the credit card)… that’s the teaser line thrown out by someone else here in the house. We happened to be in the local box store, wasting a quiet afternoon in reflection. Do you realize how many gadgets you can have, if only you’ll ante up the cash? Beyond your wildest dreams, lad.
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I’ve verified the fact, personally. There’s a layer of altostratus overhead; thin enough to determine that the moon is full, but the blue part will remain one of those obscure astronomical tidbits, like so many others. Goodbye, International Astronomical Year.
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year… for those in retail, at least. I’ve shown great restraint in mall crawling, but other members of the family have been lost for hours. When someone comes home exhausted from the jostling and stress, I’m glad to be an onliner.
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Dear Driver in your Big Buick… normally, at the corner where the authorities have placed one of those red octagonal signs that seem to be everywhere, before you turn right (and miss a pedestrian only by the will of a greater being), the expectation is that you will slow down.
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