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I Love Computers
June 13, 2006
Very recently I was flooded with ideas and topics for Tidbits and Stuff. . At my age when my brain thinks of something, I had better get on it before I forget. Immediately I hopped onto the computer and started my research when SCREECH...my computer got sick. Wait, let me back that up (no pun intended). My computer had been showing signs of illness, but I ignored it. I usually backup and reformat it every 6 months to keep it healthy and it knows it. Well, it's now the beginning of June and it's ready for its 6 month back up, but like a bad parent, I ignored it. My solution to every illness is to drink a glass of water and put on a jacket (doesn't seem to work for inanimate objects). Anyway, I was typing away and all of a sudden, nothing. My system froze...then I froze. We were both frozen just staring at each other. Urgh. My usual first line of defense is to reboot. I knew that after the reboot I could get back to work. Well, the spoiled brat didn't want to shut down. After about 25 minutes of coaxing, it finally turned off. At that point, I promised that if it would turn back on, I wouldn't shut it down until Thank God it turned back on. I backed up, reformatted and reinstalled all of the software (still have a few tweaks to go). Unfortunately, my productivity for the day was nil. I spent the day fixing a tool rather than using the tool. As a result, everything is a day or so behind. This is my long winded way of saying, I'm behind on my articles and (to take a page from my teenage son's book)...it's not my fault...It was the computers fault and the...dog ate my homework. I'll ignore the fact that I knew the computer was due for its 6 month reformatting and I was negligent. That's my two cents and I'm sticking with it
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