technology

Good News

Yesterday was a red letter day for us. The hot water pressure in the shower and bathtub was actually fixed! It took 4 months and a couple of plumbers, furnace technicians, the former owner and the realtor to get it all done, but that just shows what a little teamwork can do. We are very happy. And Vista’s on my computer now, for better or worse. Of course, transferring files from XP to Vista proved to be rather troublesome, but I guess that just goes with the territory. Now if I could just get this javascript code to work for […]

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Computer Building

The actual build was much easier than I thought it would be. It was the installation of software that has proven troublesome. I decided to go with Vista–for a variety of reasons. Yes, I’ve heard the arguments before, and no, I don’t really want to hear them again. Anyway, it just hasn’t worked on my machine at all. There’s a conflict between the SATA hard drive and the motherboard and Vista. And before you point the finger at Vista, the same problem happened when I tried XP. Then again, I managed to fix the problem in XP–still working on the

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Work

For all you faithful readers out there who have been wondering what in the world I’ve been up to at my job these days, you need wonder no more. I just finished up designing a website for a new “branch” of the university library here in Maine. This entailed crafting a site that would work well with the template the university wants all its websites to have. I did the coding, graphics and layout–pretty much everything on the site, except for most of the copy, which was given to me. It’s been a fun project, and I’m pretty happy with

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Problems with Technology

I’m used to computer problems, and I expect problems when I’m setting up sound systems for my television or getting the hang of something new. But I’m totally clueless when it comes to non-electronic forms of technology–such as fridges. Last night, my refrigerator stopped working. I had no idea what to do. This morning, my car wouldn’t start. Again–I was more or less clueless. The fact that the fridge started up again and my car eventually started has more to do with me being stubborn than actually fixing them. When my computer freaks out, I usually know what to do.

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