Today has been the tech day from hell.

( cut for first world problems )

I came close to having another rodent pet, but the poor guy died. Again. We suspect he either ate poison, or had a heart attack, or something. It left me feeling, irrationally, that my love is somehow toxic.  How like me to make someone else's death all about me and my issues. I'm starting to think I should just buy a gerbil ( Read more... )

mr_pugh  and I have bought cellphones, which are now charging in the kitchen. Yes, I know, I am now one of Those People.  I promise I will never hold a conversation on it while being served in a store.  The plan, which has been in the works for a while is to switch from our Bell landline to PC Mobile, keeping the same phone number for one of the phones.   ( Read more... )

My computer stalled at startup for the second time, so I ran disc utility which found some problems but couldn't repair them.  It also wouldn't start in safe mode.  I was beginning to think it had turned into a PC.  I backed up everything onto my external drive, just in case. I keep backups, but they aren't always as current as they could be. I was ( Read more... )

First question:  So mr_pugh  wants to change the nat settings on the PS3 from 3 to 2.  I've looked up how to do this online, and we've followed all the instructions, and nothing works.  I've got an ancient D-link router (DI-524), and I'm just sort of lost.  I've switched the PS3 to a manually set ISP and added that number to my router settings. I opened a ( Read more... )

The first leg of my parent visiting has gone better than I expected.  I got to see Dad's apartment, spend two days talking with him and my uncle, John.  We had some lovely enjoyable discussions, and it was very relaxed and enjoyable.  I even got to be a hero by finding some files on a computer that Dad thought had been lost to a virus.  The ( Read more... )

 Oh, and as an added bonus I get a weird error (couldn't complete the last command because of a MAC OS Error result code =-7200) when I try to use toast.  It closes as soon as I try to do anything with it.  Although the disc utility burner still works fine.

 Again with the computer issues!  Grrrr.

The goal was to move mr_pugh 's itunes music to the laptop from the desktop.  I bought a firewire and connected them fine.  I moved files, but then was told the laptop was out of space.  So I started taking things off.  I didn't remove anything that seemed vital, but now when I start up the laptop under either user ( Read more... )

Things I'm grateful for, in no particular order:

• I'm at an age where I no longer cry when something horrible happens.  I still feel sick in my stomach and have a horrible aching, sinking feeling, but  the crying is replaced with a sort of cool, clear, grimness that permeates my brain.  I figure it's a change in hormones or temperament.  I remember ( Read more... )

My files are back. programs are still kaput. I'm taking it in on Monday.