animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

texting…

…the new telegram. I joined the revolution last year and finally started texting. This all happened when Jake got a phone. It was an easier and cheaper way to communicate with him. Telecommunications have definitely improved throughout the years–telegram, telephone, email, cell phones. But now it seems that texting is …

router flu

Brian’s mom was having some issues with her pc the other week, so I took a look at it. There were some problems with the configuration of her virus scanner, which I fixed. The computer was working fine on our network, but when she tried to use it at home, …

apple is ok

I got an iPod Touch for Christmas last year. It started giving me trouble a few months in and things kept getting worse. At first, resetting it would fix the problem, but then I had to restore it a few times, and that wasn’t good. Then the USB stopped being …

dell sucks

My Dell laptop is less than 18 months old, yet out of warranty. The other week the +/= key broke off the keyboard–the clip that holds it on is the culprit. I found a source on Amazon that sells individual keys, so I ordered a new one (at a price). …

no more wireless woes?

I mentioned before that we were having some issues with our wireless setup after I changed the security on it. Well, things kept getting worse (meaning, they started to affect my laptop, too) so I finally bit the bullet and upgraded the firmware on our wireless access point. It’s been …