As happens to just about EVERYONE at some point, my computer was demolished by an evil, awful, horrible virus on Sunday. Luckily, I was able to load all my necessary files to an external hard drive (thank you safe mode!)...except for the pictures (again!). Moving on.
So the Dell guy has replaced half my laptop. Seriously: mother board, hard drive, memory...he'll be coming back to fix the speakers (wiring was somehow cut...damn gremlins), replace the keyboard, rubber feet and left mouse button. I'm very slowly getting a new laptop. And this is why the extended warrantee is a good deal.
Of course, this also means I have to load ALL my programs back onto the computer. You know, all those little programs that make the Internet a little more friendly, like Firefox, iTunes, Adobe Reader, the .docx converter, Flash, Java...I know I'm forgetting some, and I'll soon realize what it is when I hit that one web page where it makes all the difference.
But the joy of this is that I'm now discovering all the latest and greatest little gadgets that make the Internet a cluttered little app-ville. Like Twitter. And Facebook (don't laugh, I only just joined this week...or last week...whatever). So, yeah, I'm now spewing randomness into the Ether just like everyone else. At least I'm not so delusional as to think that anyone reads this, or the Twitter thing, or even Facebook (except for Jammy, who's my reason d'etre on there anyway).
Does this make me part of the overstimulated, hyperconnected, self-obsessed generation that has the attention span of an overcaffenated gnat? Hm. Yeah, I guess so.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I think I have to Tweet, throw some beads and make some fake friends...
Look me up on Twitter under wurdnurd!
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