Alas, my beloved 6-year-old Dell desktop died this morning with a poof. Yes, my stuff is backed up, but it is a huge inconvenience right now. Please be patient - no photos today, no letter post at the moment, and I will only be checking email once a day for now. Argh.
I am trying to view this as an opportunity to spend less time on the computer and more time writing letters...
It's the magic smoke inside the computer that makes it work. Once the magic smoke gets out, that's all she wrote.
ReplyDeletei'm so sorry! i know all too well how much that sucks. now it's time to convert you to a mac! ;)
ReplyDeleteah I am sorry your computer died and I hope you find another one soon .
ReplyDeletesorry to hear about your computer! glad to read that you are looking at it as an opportunity =-)
ReplyDeletedo i see a new banner picture? it looks great...
Computers! We can't live with them and can't live without them now! They are a very inconvient convience!
ReplyDeleteArrrgh... yeah, Chris, I knew the last wisps of magic smoke were coming out for a while. That Dell desktop of mine was a serious workhorse for nearly 6 years - a damn good life for a computer. But I'm really bad about decisions, and I haven't done any research for this... and I need my 'puter to do research... argh. The worst is the unexpected expense, but I guess it means a few more months with no new pens and fun stationery stuff. C'est la vie.
ReplyDeleteMy sympathies! Hope you can get it replaced soon and without too much trouble. :-(
ReplyDeleteOuch. I couldn't live without a computer. Glad to hear everything's backed up! Good luck getting it all sorted out.
ReplyDeletebklyn76 - I used to be a die-hard mac user, but for software reasons I had to go PC. I briefly considered a mac again, despite the greater expense - I agree they're better machines - but the software I own and use for work both are for PC. I am not going to lay out thousands of additional dollars for mac software. Now, if my workplace were a mac environment, it would ALL be different... excuse me while I daydream.
ReplyDeleteAh, I totally get it! For the last 6 yrs I worked and played on Mac systems only to start a new job this year that is all PC. I've had to re-learn everything I unlearned about PCs. My fingers are so used to the Apple shortcuts that it takes a lot more "thinking" now.
ReplyDeleteHope you get a new machine soon!