Posts Tagged ‘technical stuff’
RESOLVED swimming with iPhone
My iPhone miraculously returned to life this evening. My week-long procrastination over what to do about this predicament seems to have paid off. I guess the DampRid ultimately did the trick. [Read More]
Laptops
My hulking HP Pavilion DV9xxx is pretty much dead. I don’t want another hulking (17-inch) laptop. (12-14 inches, I’m thinking; maybe 15; most likely won’t go the netbook route.) I don’t want another HP. I can’t afford an Apple. Anyone purchase [Read More]
Computer worm
It just so happens I’ve been coming close to purchasing a new laptop over the last few days, since my current one is experiencing constant OS crashes in addition to the broken monitor. Fittingly, I discovered this worm tonight. I’ve seen all sorts of insects in [Read More]
No, I don’t fix computers
Toastie: I work in IT. Oh, so you fix people’s computers? Toastie: No. My two-year-old HP Pavilion laptop developed a crack in the screen hinge. I lived with it for a couple of months. I could have tried to send it in under the two-year warranty I had. But I [Read More]
SuperClock
In my attempt to learn web skills, circa 1999, I’ve added SuperClock to this website. How is SuperClock better than a normal clock? You’ll have to watch it and observe for yourself. An earlier theme I used had come with a clock. This new one is homemade. So [Read More]
Back to black
I changed my black-and-blue theme to white-and-black about a week ago. I’d had themes with black backgrounds for a couple of years. I thought I needed a change and should go to something a little more standard. Alas, I’ve decided I prefer a black background. [Read More]
Mega Pixels and Mega Stars!
The marriage of Match Game and Hollywood Squares in 1983 was the most dynamic union of two entertainment juggernauts in history until Michael married Lisa Marie. [Read More]
The End of Analog
Wow. I’ve officially entered the digital television era. I bought my DTV converter, which was $13.49 after tax and the government’s $40 voucher discount. This socialism was brought to us by a Republican administration! Go GOP-controlled FCC! (Well, except for [Read More]
Celebrating Internet Explorer goodness with a YouTube Amusement
Thanks to some great advice from one who shares her name with the “celebrity” in the video below, IE devotees can now see this site close to how I intended it to be seen, particularly all this crap from YouTube I keep copying. Nothing says “celebration [Read More]
Why does IE choke? (There are prizes to be won)
Why doesn’t IE like my blog? It is because of all the embedded crap? Or is it because I don’t know CSS and how to make a layout that works for all browsers, and I ought to just pick a theme and not mess around with it? I’ve tried some Firebug-esque [Read More]
