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and so we continue the computer explorations, now posting back in RealTime™ as it were, I spent most of today glancing up at the TV to watch a few plays of college football games while staying mostly focused on exploring this laptop, searching for software and drivers, installing and exploring software, and writing these entries… I installed Office 2007, Access and FrontPage 2000 (cuz the Office 2007 was the Small Business edition which doesn't have those two), Spybot, Quicktime, Adobe, and updates for a half dozen programs already on the laptop, not to mention dozens of Windows and other microsoft updates…
one thing I noticed is that IE7 seems to cut off the top header of the blogger page... not the blogger bar, but the title of my page... sucks, but I can ignore the esthetic anomaly and hope blogger fixes their code... I almost fixed it, I think… I haven't figured out how to get the links back into the title of the page and the entry titles though… whether those are IE7 bugs or simply blogger not keeping up with IE7 compatibility, time may tell…
I have Firefox to play with on this laptop, but it's pretty much the same as IE7 as far as I can see… and both have very similar plug-in modules with similar extra features… I have the local weather on the status bar… I think I have the camera working, but not the TV Tuner (it still may be an external module he didn't find or have in the first place, though I have Aver TV software too)… the CD writer works… I have a program called ISO Buster that I think helps copy CDs… and I have a program called Registry Booster that tells me there are a few hundred Registry errors, but it'll only fix or clean them if I pay for the software… I remember cleaning the registry myself on the other computer… I'd have thought that XP would do that itself, since the Registry is so important and all…
I don't IM at all yet, will check into it and I definitely need a Virus program (I was just asking Rasputin if he wanted to share the cost of a multi-user license)... I have BitTorrent, but I'm not sure just how to use it yet… and something called Soulseek, which I think is similar… then there's FL Studio 6, which makes and mixes music… again, most of these are Demo versions past their evaluation period, so I don't know what features might still work…
as I may have mentioned, I was bummed to find that Office 2007 verifies product ID Codes on the web, so I can only use it 25 times (then I'll uninstall and reinstall and see if that's a work-around)... unless there's another fix I don't know about... whatever happened to those warez sites with keys and stuff like that?... I was all jazzed about having Office 2007 cuz it's on my computer at work... what else do I need?... what else do I not need but is fun to have?... what else do I not need and nobody cares about, but I (and maybe only I) would think is fun?... so much to explore, so much to learn, so little time (or money, for that matter)…
so since we're catching up, maybe you are wondering why it took so long to get these entries written (not to mention get time to play with my new toy – and not even getting to the Mac yet)… Tuesday night, the last time I was writing, I went to see Rilo Kiley as I mentioned in the entry back then… excellent… I bought the CDs for all the bands and already put them on my work computer (which has finally been introduced to music)… did I cover all this in my Friday morning entry?... the week is a blur… Wednesday evening I picked up the Mac and monitor, which took hours driving in rush hour traffic, but then, that's the day shift life so normal and accepted by so many… am I becoming normal?...
Thursday night I passed out in the big green chair for the first time, which is why I woke early on Friday and wrote an entry… Friday evening was the Dashboard Confessional concert… he was good and a couple of his band mates joined him for some songs… the first two groups were not bad either, though I didn't get a chance to go upstairs to pick up their CDs as Dashboard always sells out and the place was packed, so getting a good viewing position and staying in it is important…
and we come to today… the work week was full as the beginning of the month has several reports due and on top of that I was helping others with their work… the business office needs a heck of a lot of help to get their act together… I spent a couple of hours teaching them Excel so they could put together a spreadsheet for an government report…
around here, the farts continue, tonight being an exceptionally gaseous one as Rasputin has been parked on the couch for at least seventeen hours sleeping, farting, and watching TV… now that Precious started driving (though as yet without insurance as Raspy is dragging his feet about putting her on his policy), she runs the errands to the stores for Pepsi and fast food, tonight it was Wendy's… I, on the other hand, went out food shopping after the concert last night, so I had homemade pizza and ice cream and all sorts of goodies… so I cooked up food and indulged my taste buds (ah, pizza, chocolate, snacks, ice cream, yum) while I enjoyed a day of techno-exploring…
lonely, sure, always, almost, mostly… but the mind is full of new information, so joy is plentiful… there were profound thoughts passing through the day as well, but the writing never seemed to be happening at those moments, so this is what you get… so much chatter dancing through my head, so much pleasure passing through my mind, the chatter of voices of infinite perspectives, the pleasure of being aware of being conscious of being alive in the moment… so much joy and sorrow bursting from my heart, so much passion and bliss radiating from and embracing my soul, joy I the love I feel, I know, I share, sorrow in the emptiness I fell and known and share with humanity, the passion of experiencing the physical senses of this life, the bliss of feeling part of everything in an infinite unknown universe… so much energy vibrating my spirit that there is no rest in this life, only the activity of life, from the mitochondria running kreb cycles within to the body movements that the muscles demand, from the sub atomic space to the infinite space, both beyond our current knowledge but not beyond the senses of a spirit open to it all…
and now, as the morning approaches, there is V for Vendetta on the toob… a beautiful balance between powerful philosophy, historic literature, moral imperative, righteous cause, misunderstood hero, and adorable sensuality… so I can dream of sharing a better, fairer, more beautiful world with the likes of Natalie Portman's character, or someone of equivalent vulnerability, passion, inner strength, honest doubt, innocence, loyalty, idealism, fitness, and sensuality…
there are no coincidences, only the illusion of coincidence…
nite nite my friends, enjoy yourselves :)
one thing I noticed is that IE7 seems to cut off the top header of the blogger page... not the blogger bar, but the title of my page... sucks, but I can ignore the esthetic anomaly and hope blogger fixes their code... I almost fixed it, I think… I haven't figured out how to get the links back into the title of the page and the entry titles though… whether those are IE7 bugs or simply blogger not keeping up with IE7 compatibility, time may tell…
I have Firefox to play with on this laptop, but it's pretty much the same as IE7 as far as I can see… and both have very similar plug-in modules with similar extra features… I have the local weather on the status bar… I think I have the camera working, but not the TV Tuner (it still may be an external module he didn't find or have in the first place, though I have Aver TV software too)… the CD writer works… I have a program called ISO Buster that I think helps copy CDs… and I have a program called Registry Booster that tells me there are a few hundred Registry errors, but it'll only fix or clean them if I pay for the software… I remember cleaning the registry myself on the other computer… I'd have thought that XP would do that itself, since the Registry is so important and all…
I don't IM at all yet, will check into it and I definitely need a Virus program (I was just asking Rasputin if he wanted to share the cost of a multi-user license)... I have BitTorrent, but I'm not sure just how to use it yet… and something called Soulseek, which I think is similar… then there's FL Studio 6, which makes and mixes music… again, most of these are Demo versions past their evaluation period, so I don't know what features might still work…
as I may have mentioned, I was bummed to find that Office 2007 verifies product ID Codes on the web, so I can only use it 25 times (then I'll uninstall and reinstall and see if that's a work-around)... unless there's another fix I don't know about... whatever happened to those warez sites with keys and stuff like that?... I was all jazzed about having Office 2007 cuz it's on my computer at work... what else do I need?... what else do I not need but is fun to have?... what else do I not need and nobody cares about, but I (and maybe only I) would think is fun?... so much to explore, so much to learn, so little time (or money, for that matter)…
so since we're catching up, maybe you are wondering why it took so long to get these entries written (not to mention get time to play with my new toy – and not even getting to the Mac yet)… Tuesday night, the last time I was writing, I went to see Rilo Kiley as I mentioned in the entry back then… excellent… I bought the CDs for all the bands and already put them on my work computer (which has finally been introduced to music)… did I cover all this in my Friday morning entry?... the week is a blur… Wednesday evening I picked up the Mac and monitor, which took hours driving in rush hour traffic, but then, that's the day shift life so normal and accepted by so many… am I becoming normal?...
Thursday night I passed out in the big green chair for the first time, which is why I woke early on Friday and wrote an entry… Friday evening was the Dashboard Confessional concert… he was good and a couple of his band mates joined him for some songs… the first two groups were not bad either, though I didn't get a chance to go upstairs to pick up their CDs as Dashboard always sells out and the place was packed, so getting a good viewing position and staying in it is important…
and we come to today… the work week was full as the beginning of the month has several reports due and on top of that I was helping others with their work… the business office needs a heck of a lot of help to get their act together… I spent a couple of hours teaching them Excel so they could put together a spreadsheet for an government report…
around here, the farts continue, tonight being an exceptionally gaseous one as Rasputin has been parked on the couch for at least seventeen hours sleeping, farting, and watching TV… now that Precious started driving (though as yet without insurance as Raspy is dragging his feet about putting her on his policy), she runs the errands to the stores for Pepsi and fast food, tonight it was Wendy's… I, on the other hand, went out food shopping after the concert last night, so I had homemade pizza and ice cream and all sorts of goodies… so I cooked up food and indulged my taste buds (ah, pizza, chocolate, snacks, ice cream, yum) while I enjoyed a day of techno-exploring…
lonely, sure, always, almost, mostly… but the mind is full of new information, so joy is plentiful… there were profound thoughts passing through the day as well, but the writing never seemed to be happening at those moments, so this is what you get… so much chatter dancing through my head, so much pleasure passing through my mind, the chatter of voices of infinite perspectives, the pleasure of being aware of being conscious of being alive in the moment… so much joy and sorrow bursting from my heart, so much passion and bliss radiating from and embracing my soul, joy I the love I feel, I know, I share, sorrow in the emptiness I fell and known and share with humanity, the passion of experiencing the physical senses of this life, the bliss of feeling part of everything in an infinite unknown universe… so much energy vibrating my spirit that there is no rest in this life, only the activity of life, from the mitochondria running kreb cycles within to the body movements that the muscles demand, from the sub atomic space to the infinite space, both beyond our current knowledge but not beyond the senses of a spirit open to it all…
and now, as the morning approaches, there is V for Vendetta on the toob… a beautiful balance between powerful philosophy, historic literature, moral imperative, righteous cause, misunderstood hero, and adorable sensuality… so I can dream of sharing a better, fairer, more beautiful world with the likes of Natalie Portman's character, or someone of equivalent vulnerability, passion, inner strength, honest doubt, innocence, loyalty, idealism, fitness, and sensuality…
there are no coincidences, only the illusion of coincidence…
nite nite my friends, enjoy yourselves :)
Labels: appreciation, catchup, chocolate, choices, compromise, computers, concerts, farts, food, football, IM, perspective, pizza, sleepdep, techno-meep, web gadgets
posted by candoor at 11:59 PM
3 Comments:
what's your yahoo user ID?
soulseek is where i get my musix, but bittorrent networks prolly have so much more if you're patient to find good sources...
mcafee is at version 8.5 now, i have 8.0 at home. if you want latest, you'll have to wait till i get to work tomorrow. 8.0 i can send you now.
both are same, really, as all engines will scan using the same virus defintion (DAT) files which are updated daily/automatically from mcafee.com, so really, the version of the scanning engine is not important.
Remember, remember the 5th of November.
I hope the boo boo's in the puter are getting sorted out. Hugs :)
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