Cell phone uncharged. Lots of connection problems at work today. And does anyone care about FIXING is on a weekend? Yahoo suddenly has lost a bunch of my contacts....very unnerving. Realized some had been lost a while ago so I do not know if I should attempt a RESTORE. More like a RE-TYPE...thus ruining my plans of printing out my address book today. It is a herculean task anyway. I had almost 700 contacts, now down to 600. Quite a bit for someone who rarely calls anyone.
What to do when there's too much to do (ebook), by Laura Stack. Another one of those books relating to the workplace. Can't really remember much about it except that it was SHORT. That is a benefit to me these days.
The Potter's field (audiobook) : an Inspector Montalbano mystery, by Andrea Camilleri. I really enjoyed this audiobook. Yes, it was kind of confusing with all of the Italian names of people and places, but it didn't bother me like it sometimes does. Takes place in Sicily. Montalbano is an aging detective. He lives by the sea, is a terrible driver, has a girlfriend in another town that you have to fly to. There is a mystery of a chopped up body discovered in the rain and a story of his right hand man who is acting strangely. Also great descriptions of the food, making me quite ravenous. In the book he reads a book by....Andrea Camilleri! I found it quite funny and captivating. I loved the banter between the various employees.
Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
It is harder to schleppe in winter
I have enough trouble getting my many bags from here to there without the addition of a COAT! I find that everything slides off of my shoulders when wearing a coat. I should just break down and clean up my clutter enough that someone can get into my house to install the wifi. I have been informed that WIFI is not the same thing as WIRELESS.
Starting a relationship with my new phone. It is probably smarter than I am, but I foresee many happy hours of getting to know it. Missing my KEYBOARD with my old LG phone. I can't deal with "pictures" of keys. My nephew and my brother-in-law tried to straighten me out on some procedures with the Samsung Galaxy S IV. There are scarily on top of technology. I am at the other end of the spectrum. What is the opposite of an "early adaptor"? I have to be dragged kicking and screaming into anything new. Not really the update kind of a girl.
It is so frigging COLD around here. I must try and plan some future vacations. A friend called and told me he got a round trip ticket for $60 on Spirit. How come I never see those kind of deals? Plus, I DETEST Spirit for their nickel and diming of customers.
Starting a relationship with my new phone. It is probably smarter than I am, but I foresee many happy hours of getting to know it. Missing my KEYBOARD with my old LG phone. I can't deal with "pictures" of keys. My nephew and my brother-in-law tried to straighten me out on some procedures with the Samsung Galaxy S IV. There are scarily on top of technology. I am at the other end of the spectrum. What is the opposite of an "early adaptor"? I have to be dragged kicking and screaming into anything new. Not really the update kind of a girl.
It is so frigging COLD around here. I must try and plan some future vacations. A friend called and told me he got a round trip ticket for $60 on Spirit. How come I never see those kind of deals? Plus, I DETEST Spirit for their nickel and diming of customers.
Monday, June 24, 2013
I got this stinkin' smart phone.....
No, not me yet. A friend said this about her new phone the other day and made me laugh. Some of us aren't really leaping at the latest technology...we have to be DRAGGED kicking and screaming and filled with dread. And, no, I haven't yet clicked on the link to upgrade me to the latest Yahoo mail, nor given in to the temptation to accept the next version of Internet explorer. Sorry, but I learned at work that most upgrades may have given us a few new features, but they also did away with some of my FAVORITE things. So I am ANTI-progress and ANTI-change.
The victory squat is a yoga routine. If I could DO a squat, I would call it a victory squat. But, once again, today, we did too many squats at yoga. Don't like'em, don't do'em. Maybe someday.
Being driven out of my mind by the librarian who keeps dialing the fax number which keeps not working. She must have dialed it 65 times. Don't know why it is so EXTREMELY loud. Had to resort to my usual blocking-out-the-world tactic of going onto Playlist.com. It only helps a little.
The victory squat is a yoga routine. If I could DO a squat, I would call it a victory squat. But, once again, today, we did too many squats at yoga. Don't like'em, don't do'em. Maybe someday.
Being driven out of my mind by the librarian who keeps dialing the fax number which keeps not working. She must have dialed it 65 times. Don't know why it is so EXTREMELY loud. Had to resort to my usual blocking-out-the-world tactic of going onto Playlist.com. It only helps a little.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Communication problems
The problem is I just don't feel like communicating. I feel out of it since the world seems to be all about communicating. Facebook, twitter et al.
Light from heaven, by Jan Karon. The audiobook is read by John McDonough. I was so excited to find this audiobook in the Vineland Public Library. I thought I had read or listened to all of the Mitford series. In this one, Father Tim and his wife, Cynthia, are housesitting out in the country several years after his retirement. A new project comes his way and more and more people get involved in his life. He is put in charge of an old abandoned church in the mountains. I know these books are kind of corny and quite religious, but I just love them. So what if people say things like "Dad gum it!" On the container it says it is the last one in the series, but I think she wrote one or two more (that I didn't really like). Mitford is a small town in North Carolina and Father Tim Kavanagh is an aging Episcopal priest. According to the box, the books are "welcome reminders of the simpler and gentler pleasures of life".
Washington : a life, by Ron Chernow. I got this book on my Nook and it was quite fascinating. You can only borrow the books for two weeks through the Overdrive system available through many libraries. The book was 1193 pages and I didn't finish it in two weeks. I have to keep a paper list to record such problems as this. So, I borrowed it again and like a miracle, the book didn't expire. I don't know why. Sometimes they hang around for an extra week as long as you don't go around a wireless connection. But this one lasted more than one week longer than it was supposed to. Now I want to go to Mount Vernon. The book followed him through his military career and through his presidency. The inauguration was in New York City and I was reading it during the inauguration of Barack Obama. Some of the features of George Washington's inauguration are still with us today, such as using the actual Bible and having the ceremonies outdoors. I forgot that Philadelphia was the capital for awhile around 1790. In fact, even though Washington started planning Washington, he never got to live there. Interesting sidelights were his difficulties making ends meet and his actions and thoughts around slavery. He didn't want to sell anyone, but did not want to deal with the problems of liberating his slaves. But, as more and more children were born, he ended up with over 300 slaves (many of them elderly or young) to support. His goal was to live until the year 1800 but he died shortly before the previous year ended.
Light from heaven, by Jan Karon. The audiobook is read by John McDonough. I was so excited to find this audiobook in the Vineland Public Library. I thought I had read or listened to all of the Mitford series. In this one, Father Tim and his wife, Cynthia, are housesitting out in the country several years after his retirement. A new project comes his way and more and more people get involved in his life. He is put in charge of an old abandoned church in the mountains. I know these books are kind of corny and quite religious, but I just love them. So what if people say things like "Dad gum it!" On the container it says it is the last one in the series, but I think she wrote one or two more (that I didn't really like). Mitford is a small town in North Carolina and Father Tim Kavanagh is an aging Episcopal priest. According to the box, the books are "welcome reminders of the simpler and gentler pleasures of life".
Washington : a life, by Ron Chernow. I got this book on my Nook and it was quite fascinating. You can only borrow the books for two weeks through the Overdrive system available through many libraries. The book was 1193 pages and I didn't finish it in two weeks. I have to keep a paper list to record such problems as this. So, I borrowed it again and like a miracle, the book didn't expire. I don't know why. Sometimes they hang around for an extra week as long as you don't go around a wireless connection. But this one lasted more than one week longer than it was supposed to. Now I want to go to Mount Vernon. The book followed him through his military career and through his presidency. The inauguration was in New York City and I was reading it during the inauguration of Barack Obama. Some of the features of George Washington's inauguration are still with us today, such as using the actual Bible and having the ceremonies outdoors. I forgot that Philadelphia was the capital for awhile around 1790. In fact, even though Washington started planning Washington, he never got to live there. Interesting sidelights were his difficulties making ends meet and his actions and thoughts around slavery. He didn't want to sell anyone, but did not want to deal with the problems of liberating his slaves. But, as more and more children were born, he ended up with over 300 slaves (many of them elderly or young) to support. His goal was to live until the year 1800 but he died shortly before the previous year ended.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Internet access
Well, I still haven't bit the bullet and gotten Internet access at home. Don't know where to start with all of the things I "need"...Do I get a new phone, apps, Internet, wireless, Siruis XM radio, a camera, or what? Article on Technorati about a lot of students using the Wi-Fi at McDonald's. I don't see it in Bridgeton. I am usually the only one using it when I go. I thought this fact was interesting: " McDonalds have 12,000 Wi-Fi equipped locations across America, with Starbucks adding another 7,000. Combined they provide greater access to the Internet than the 15,000 Wi-Fi enabled public libraries in America."
Driving home from my class last night, I took a wrong turn and ended up in Millville. That is somewhat disturbing. I don't seem to recognize where I am in the dark, even when I know the way home. This is when I venture an hour or more away from home.
"60 apps in 60 minutes" was quite inspiring. Our instructor was a substitute but he was really knowledgeable and enthusiastic. If he said "How cool is that" once, he said it 30 times. Of course, now I "need" and want apps...but will I really use them? It was inviting in a very librarian-like way. How could I NOT enjoy all these extra ways to find things out? Not sure I need a news aggregator or a personal magazine. I kind of like newspapers and magazines the way they are and the way I am using them. The music and photo apps were really cool, though. I can see myself using Shazam or Dropbox. And the "find your phone" app could come in handy.
Driving home from my class last night, I took a wrong turn and ended up in Millville. That is somewhat disturbing. I don't seem to recognize where I am in the dark, even when I know the way home. This is when I venture an hour or more away from home.
"60 apps in 60 minutes" was quite inspiring. Our instructor was a substitute but he was really knowledgeable and enthusiastic. If he said "How cool is that" once, he said it 30 times. Of course, now I "need" and want apps...but will I really use them? It was inviting in a very librarian-like way. How could I NOT enjoy all these extra ways to find things out? Not sure I need a news aggregator or a personal magazine. I kind of like newspapers and magazines the way they are and the way I am using them. The music and photo apps were really cool, though. I can see myself using Shazam or Dropbox. And the "find your phone" app could come in handy.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
"educe"
The roadside sign was impaired. Had a not-very-pleasant drive home from Christmas at my sisters. First there was horrendous traffic..."Reduce speed (har-dee-har) congestion ahead". So, I was forced to go 5 miles per hour and the LOW FUEL message came up. Then I got hungry and thirsty and bored and it began to SNOW. What more can happen? It is only a three hour drive but it seemed like it took ALL DAY.
Spent a techy time with my my nephews. They all got new Galaxy droids phones for the holidays. They all had iphones and now, suddenly, not. So, I try to listen and learn. Also watched a difficult movie called The hunter and discovered a fun TV show called Archer. It is an outrageous cartoon James Bond spoof.
Kind of depressing coming home in such disgusting weather. My ceiling was leaking and I couldn't stay home. Schlepped all of my stuff over to the library to spend the evening on the computer and was appalled to discover that they were going to CLOSE at 5 PM cause it's Christmas! Grrr. So I dropped in on a friend and wangled a dinner invitation in addition to getting to use the computer.
Spent a techy time with my my nephews. They all got new Galaxy droids phones for the holidays. They all had iphones and now, suddenly, not. So, I try to listen and learn. Also watched a difficult movie called The hunter and discovered a fun TV show called Archer. It is an outrageous cartoon James Bond spoof.
Kind of depressing coming home in such disgusting weather. My ceiling was leaking and I couldn't stay home. Schlepped all of my stuff over to the library to spend the evening on the computer and was appalled to discover that they were going to CLOSE at 5 PM cause it's Christmas! Grrr. So I dropped in on a friend and wangled a dinner invitation in addition to getting to use the computer.
Monday, December 17, 2012
How electronic things work
This is ironic, but I checked out a book on my Nook. It is called How electronic things work....and what to do if they don't. The weird thing is, this book caused a problem I have never before had on my Nook! I can't figure out how to make the page advance. A strange message came up that I have never seen before. So I went back to another book that DOES work. Is that stupid or what?
Spent a lot of time with friends over the weekend. Also a lot of time with some six year old twins who seem to love me right now. I know that these stages are very temporary so I am taking advantage of it. They tore my sister's whole house up and made pretend houses out of chairs and blankets and cutlery and pillows and wall decorations and snacks. We had some playing cards and we were pretending that they were cell phones and video games. My sister and her boyfriend were just too tired to be disciplining so things got pretty wild. They are like whirling dervishes and love machines. It is so very upsetting to know that kids of that adorable age were murdered in Connecticut. Later Sunday night I was crying as Obama gave his speech at the memorial service in Newtown. It came on right after 60 minutes, which is the only TV show I actually watch ON PURPOSE.
I am kind of starving, waiting for a Christmas party to start. Using the computers at Rutgers Camden where I have staff privileges. Unfortunately, I no longer have parking privileges so I had to put over $4 in the street meter. Just got out a wheeled cart I knew I had to practice wheeling my "crap" around. My purse and my traveling folders and other bags full of business stuff are really wearing me down. I was surprised at how well this thing works. It is designed for one suitcase (back in the days before they thought of putting the wheels ON the suitcases) and is more lightweight than I had remembered. Guess I won't ask Santa for that, after all. It "kind of" works if I pile my stuff up and don't go over any uneven surfaces.
Spent a lot of time with friends over the weekend. Also a lot of time with some six year old twins who seem to love me right now. I know that these stages are very temporary so I am taking advantage of it. They tore my sister's whole house up and made pretend houses out of chairs and blankets and cutlery and pillows and wall decorations and snacks. We had some playing cards and we were pretending that they were cell phones and video games. My sister and her boyfriend were just too tired to be disciplining so things got pretty wild. They are like whirling dervishes and love machines. It is so very upsetting to know that kids of that adorable age were murdered in Connecticut. Later Sunday night I was crying as Obama gave his speech at the memorial service in Newtown. It came on right after 60 minutes, which is the only TV show I actually watch ON PURPOSE.
I am kind of starving, waiting for a Christmas party to start. Using the computers at Rutgers Camden where I have staff privileges. Unfortunately, I no longer have parking privileges so I had to put over $4 in the street meter. Just got out a wheeled cart I knew I had to practice wheeling my "crap" around. My purse and my traveling folders and other bags full of business stuff are really wearing me down. I was surprised at how well this thing works. It is designed for one suitcase (back in the days before they thought of putting the wheels ON the suitcases) and is more lightweight than I had remembered. Guess I won't ask Santa for that, after all. It "kind of" works if I pile my stuff up and don't go over any uneven surfaces.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Turn off your watch alarms
Was ordered to do this before the open rehearsal of the Philadelphia Orchestra today. Don't know how to do this. My watch beeps once every hour and the alarm goes off at midnight, 5 after, 10 after and 15 mins after. I don't know how it GOT that way and I don't know how to make it stop! So I took off my watch and put it in the pocket of my coat.
All the things one thinks about during a classical music performance. For some reason, I started thinking about past lovers. Professions of cello players, urologists, physical therapists, respiratory therapists, cameramen, art directors of movies, I could go on. Countries of origin, US, France, Tunisia, Columbia, Guatamala, to name a few.
Today I had my first experience of the Kimmel Center. OK, I am a few years behind the curve. Walking in is a WOW...wood, wood, wood, and beautiful rose colored seats. Nice that you can park underneath for only $10 if you arrive before 10 AM. But, no parking attendant, they make you use this machine which was confusing to the elderly. There was a big long line of people trying to get their tickets before 10 AM. The machine did not give change, to make it REALLY user friendly. Someone put in a twenty dollar bill before they discovered this unpleasant fact. When we left, no one checked our ticket. How necessary IS this ticket? Do I want to find out? Anyway, this gorgeous wood symphony hall is inside an ultra modern glass building. The Verizon Symphony hall wood reminds me of a boat or a cello. In fact, the ceiling is shaped like a cello. Highly recommended is the TOUR of the building. My friend said she took the tour THREE times and it was different stuff every time. it is given every day except Monday at 1 pm.
All the things one thinks about during a classical music performance. For some reason, I started thinking about past lovers. Professions of cello players, urologists, physical therapists, respiratory therapists, cameramen, art directors of movies, I could go on. Countries of origin, US, France, Tunisia, Columbia, Guatamala, to name a few.
Today I had my first experience of the Kimmel Center. OK, I am a few years behind the curve. Walking in is a WOW...wood, wood, wood, and beautiful rose colored seats. Nice that you can park underneath for only $10 if you arrive before 10 AM. But, no parking attendant, they make you use this machine which was confusing to the elderly. There was a big long line of people trying to get their tickets before 10 AM. The machine did not give change, to make it REALLY user friendly. Someone put in a twenty dollar bill before they discovered this unpleasant fact. When we left, no one checked our ticket. How necessary IS this ticket? Do I want to find out? Anyway, this gorgeous wood symphony hall is inside an ultra modern glass building. The Verizon Symphony hall wood reminds me of a boat or a cello. In fact, the ceiling is shaped like a cello. Highly recommended is the TOUR of the building. My friend said she took the tour THREE times and it was different stuff every time. it is given every day except Monday at 1 pm.
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