by CJ | Jan 29, 2015 | Journal
for Tracker had been transmitted electronically just before the big computer blow-up, and I’d flat forgotten. My e-mail is still wonky: I never know whether something has been sent or not, and sometimes it has and sometimes it perhaps hasn’t. At any rate,...
by CJ | Jan 27, 2015 | Journal
I refer you to Jane’s blog for the full and gruesome details, but suffice it to say that Dell slipped a stitch or two in its ordering, and the new computer is scheduled for delivery Feb 9 instead of Jan 28. On the other hand, we had a good trip, splurged on a...
by CJ | Jan 23, 2015 | Journal
I’ve always had a bit of a hand tremor, particularly on the right—and it doesn’t bother me shooting bows, guns, throwing darts, fencing, or anything like that…but it’s played hob with mousing, including touchpads. My answer has generally...
by CJ | Jan 23, 2015 | Journal
They’re selling a new expansion pack and they’re offering a huge discount on the software. You need a computer of about 8 meg RAM to run this—4 meg can do it, but you don’t see the costumes and things may jerk a bit. You pay ONLY for the game,...
by CJ | Jan 21, 2015 | Journal
WE all get to wear silly glasses and wave in the air while staring off into imaginary space—just think of the oblivious walkers cellphones have given us. I’m sure that waving invisible objects into view and printing them will improve our computing skills...
by CJ | Jan 21, 2015 | Journal
WE all get to wear silly glasses and wave in the air while staring off into imaginary space—just think of the oblivious walkers cellphones have given us. I’m sure that waving invisible objects into view and printing them will improve our computing skills...
by CJ | Jan 20, 2015 | Journal
They completely ignored our letter telling them the mobo and usb board had been replaced less than a week before, replaced those, and shipped it back. It naturally has problems, one of which is that Norton disappeared: they shouldn’t have touched that. So I...
by CJ | Jan 20, 2015 | Journal
They completely ignored our letter telling them the mobo and usb board had been replaced less than a week before, replaced those, and shipped it back. It naturally has problems, one of which is that Norton disappeared: they shouldn’t have touched that. So I...
by CJ | Jan 19, 2015 | Journal
…but apparently being picked up, in Houston, and entering Fedex’s physical possession: these things are so nebulous in description it’s like subparticle physics… It is by now probably at the Houston airport, a place I last saw during a...
by CJ | Jan 18, 2015 | Journal
Possibly it was sent way late on Friday and won’t enter the system until Monday morning. But shall we say the Vortex of Misfortune that has attended this computer is in full function? Either it was just late getting in and I WILL get it Monday, or a)...
by CJ | Jan 18, 2015 | Journal
Possibly it was sent way late on Friday and won’t enter the system until Monday morning. But shall we say the Vortex of Misfortune that has attended this computer is in full function? Either it was just late getting in and I WILL get it Monday, or a)...
by CJ | Jan 17, 2015 | Journal
Still working along on the older machine. And getting some progress. It’s snowing. I made a run after some cat food, and a guy at the grocery just blithely flings his car door wide just as I pull into the next space. Fortunately I have good reaction time, and...
