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Electronics, what a pain…

Sunday, January 15th, 2012

My new puppy is growing so fast!  I want to capture every new thing on video and share it with all my friends!!  She is so cute and lovable (most of the time anyway).  As she was doing a new “thing” for the first time yesterday I, of course, had to get it on video.  So, I grabbed my digital camcorder and when I tried to turn it on, the battery was dead.  I had not charged it.  My problem is that I have a limited number of outlets that are accessible to charge all of my electronic “gadgets”.  I needed a USB battery charger so I can plug them all in at the same time in one location (such as my dining room table).  That way I would not have to hunt for each item when I want to use it, trying to remember what room I laid it to charge.

So I hit the good old Internet and low and behold, I found a  site where I could get a USB battery charger!!!    The prices seemed reasonable enough and they had so many items to choose from.  I  I cannot wait until it gets here here, so I can continue to capture Roo’s antics to share with the world.

Computer shopping

Saturday, September 24th, 2011

I need a new computer!!  My old computer, who has been a faithful friend to me for several years now, has finally reached her capacity and I am out of space to expand and update her.  I will be sad to see her go.

I decided to shop online for a computer this time, figuring I might find a good deal.  I decided that, even though laptops and notebooks are the popular thing right now, I wanted to stick to the tried and true desktop computer that I am so comfortable with.  I like the larger keyboards.  I have “fat fingers” quite often and the smaller keyboards of the laptops seem to give me problems.

So, I went shopping online, there are so many websites to choose from!!  I was quite overwhelmed.  But, after several hours of visiting numerous websites, I found exactly what I was looking for, with all the programs loaded for me, so I didn’t have to take the time to buy the software and download it myself.  I will be able to go right to work with it as soon as it arrives.!!!

Renting Games

Friday, June 24th, 2011

There is no place locally to rent games any more since Blockbuster closed. The only way to play games is to buy them from WalMart or Target. Or you can find a place online, like Gamefly. But you have to have a credit card to rent them. That makes it hard for kids to get the games they want to play.

Headlines

Wednesday, June 15th, 2011

There is a little button on my toolbar that says “Latest Headlines.” The drop down menu shows headlines from the BBC. I wonder why this is the preferred or set source for the headlines that are linked? Why can’t it show the headlines from the Washington Post or the New York Times?

Snooze Alarm

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

How many times can you legally hit the snooze alarm? They have laws about everything else in the world. I guess they should make it illegal to hit the snooze alarm more than 3 times. Protect the world form all those lazy people who won’t even get out of bed on time. Send them to jail where they HAVE to get up.