Joann Foley » Technology

Electronics, what a pain…

Joann — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:05:10 +0000

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

Joann — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:14:30 +0000

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

Joann — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 06:00:34 +0000

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

Joann — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 05:56:15 +0000

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

Joann — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:06:54 +0000

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.

Old Emails

Joann — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:29:11 +0000

For all these years that I’ve had a free Yahoo email account, it has been a good experience. There have been improvements along the way. Mostly with the amount of memeory that you can have. I have almost 2,000 old emails in my account. So I guess I need to go back through all those really old ones and start cleaning up the old inbox. I have a hard time deleting emails but it’s just another chore to take care of and it doesn’t do it by itself.

Reaching Out to the Social Media

Joann — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:49:25 +0000

Social media is such a strange phrase and I’m having a hard time embracing that concept. My boss wants to learn more about it and possibly incorporate some of the more effective strategies into our marketing efforts. So I’ll be surfing the internet looking for editorials and opinions to get a quick read on it, then meet with my boss to go over what we’ve learned and make a plan for what we need to do.

I did find a very cool download from a tech blog called, “blah blah! technology” that seems to be very involved with social media. The download is titled, “The Beginner’s Guide to Social Media.” and they might as well have put “for Joann” on the cover!

Uncle Jay

Joann — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:10:48 +0000

If you don’t have your own Uncle Jay, you can borrow the Uncle Jay from the Chicago Tribune. He’s a great guy! He takes all the news and breaks it down to a very basic level and makes it entertaining, too. If you don’t understand today’s news, let Uncle Jay explain it to you. Every Monday there is a 3 minute video published, ‘”Helping Small Minds Understand Big News!”

Dentists

Joann — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:26:29 +0000

I’m not a fan of Dentistry and it really sucks because I know that I have a cavity, but I begin to get so uptight when ever I have a scheduled appointment with my dentist. He is a great guy, been going to him forever and a day, his prices are as reasonable as the next guy, and is easy on the eyes, but . . .

I have dental insurance so the cost isn’t a major issue, although co-pays can add up by the end of the year for all the medical issues that I have been facing lately. But I just don’t like someone in my mouth and even thinking about needles and drills going on just creeps me out so very badly.

I know I need to call, the holidays are now upon us and a lot of people are going out of town, it would really suck to start having a toothache during all of the festivities that are in the makings for this years celebration on the anniversary of the birth date of our Lord Jesus.

Maybe I need to tell me Mother about the issue, I know that she will nag me until I get off of it and call and the darn thing taken care of and done with it all. She is good at such things, gotta love her.

Christmas Presents are Fun to Wrap!

Joann — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:16:23 +0000

Every year the products that come out to make the task of wrapping holiday gifts so much easier. It always amazes me with what they come up with each and every year. I love having lines all ready drawn on the back of most modern time wrapping paper and these hand held paper cutters that are all the rage are totally awesome, glad that I bought one at the Dollar Tree a couple months ago.

I enjoy the whole process of wrapping presents, I’m not all that great at it, but i usually put on Christmas music, light candles, sip on hot chocolate and really try to get into the mood when the time comes to start all the wrapping that needs to be done. I do so love the Christmas Holiday Season!