Category Archives: TECHNOLOGY

Though I haven’t even gotten a chance to look at the downed PC (cleaning the basement a little, just so the plumbers could get to the pipes turned into a major overhaul as one thing leads to another to another–you … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Same day, same peonies, within minutes of each other, these two photos are affected by the lighting.  The warm, natural sunlight alone is on the top image, while I believe the flash went off on the second. I haven’t Photoshopped … Continue reading →

There’s a lot to consider when a computer has a major problem.  In looking over costs and types of motherboards, I’m keeping in mind that if I spend X, I may as well spend X more to upgrade the system … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Lord knows I don’t resent Bill Gates and his money–btw, since that shooting at VA Tech, shouldn’t the shooting of rich people require another bias law?–but there’s a certain amount of greed that overshadows all the good his company has … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m diagnosing the main pc, which is in the house, while I’m working here in the shop.  This book by Morris Rosenthal is one that I keep handy although this is the first time I’ve used it to work on … Continue reading →

While I’ve taken advantage of Typepad’s new Pages feature in Hypercompendia, with the advanced template it hasn’t as yet shown up on the main page as a linked module so that’s something I have to figure out. The Pages module … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Haven’t had the time to simply sit down and tear apart the main computer so I’ve been checking it out a bit at a time, but things don’t look good. I believe I may have a fried motherboard. I have … Continue reading → Continue reading →

A few months ago Typepad introduced Pages, a click away from the weblog to store other information relative to the blog but a more permanent at-your-fingertips type of posting. I haven’t explored its possibilities yet, but it may be a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Went looking for something in Outlook Express and in going back through some pretty organized folders as well as the Inbox itself, realized that the hard drive could easily be taken up with OE if I didn’t do some housecleaning.  … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It never rains but it pours.  Now the house computer won’t turn on.  It’s similar to what happened to the laptop, although it does fire up but I get nothing on the screen.  However, it’s not the screen because the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Well a full day of working on it–mainly waiting for the Dell Diagnostic Program to do its thing–I believe I’ve fixed the laptop. What I’ve come to believe was the problem was a dislodged connection under the hinge strip which … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Well I have the laptop working, though I’m not sure what was wrong or how I fixed it, but after poking and prodding a bit it has turned on twice now with the power button.  In between times, I did … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Who knew there was a built-in Dell Diagnostic Program that works on a dead computer?  It’s such a delight to see the screen lit up–even with testing boxes only–with color yet, not like the old DOS diagnostics–that my heart and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The laptop is dead.  No, it’s not backed up.  But that’s just the start of the rain that’s going to fall today. First writing.  Now I just don’t feel like talking. Continue reading →