Greetings from Elemmírë of Taniquetil!

[dawn_felagund]

Yesterday, Dad set up a new desktop computer that he'd built for us. This is my first post on the new computer! Yes, I'm sentimental.

Since my laptop is Pengolodh Lord and Loremaster of Gondolin, and Bobby's laptop is Rúmil of Tirion (even though he calls it Darwin), then this computer is Elemmírë of Taniquetil because, just like a Vanya, he

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[albreda]

Congrats! My current system doesn't have a name (maybe that's why she's so grouchy!) but I used to have a PC emulator on my old Mac, and the Mac was Flora and the emulator was Fauna. :)

I can't get lots of sound files to work on mine, but the video works fine.

BTW - I haven't heard anyone mention Runrig in about a decade - I LOVED them! :)

[indy1776]

Congrats on the new desktop and on being able to watch videos! (I still can't unless I switch to Dad's computer.)

[angelica_ramses]

Great! Congratulations!
I never thought of calling computers by names though I'm very fond of my bulky desktop which seems to have been able to put up with all sorts of indignities (including dog pee and teenagers downloading all sorts of crap) with minimal (touch wood) inconveniences. I'll try to find a fitting name.

[leianora]

*laughs!* When I saw this entry I was reminded of my own video trauma. Imbedded links? Most blind people don't know how to work with them. Our screen reading software won't let us click on them. Sometimes, even the URL doesn't work.

As for the shortcuts, I'm so new to JRRT fandom that I'm still learning how to spell names, places, and words spoken in Elvish. Then I remembered the autocorrect function in Microsoft word, and I was filled with joy abounding, as it were. I started putting in the words using the fancy accented letters, and other things like that. I've no idea why, but if I don't write the accented letters, I feel like I'm being lazy, or cheating somehow.

Boy! That went off topic. I am now gonna shut up and suffer from the horrible sunburn I got yesterday after spending three hours in my apartment complex's outdoor pool without sunblock. :-)