Comments | wisteria_: Knitting and computer issues.

wisteria_

Knitting and computer issues.

Feb 21, 2011 20:33

1. I finished my mother's long-overdue Christmas sweater! This was to replace the first one that turned out to be too small. Here's a photo, modeled by one of my friends. The pattern is Metro, which is simple and classic and has that neat cabling along one side. I splurged on Lorna's Laces Shepherd Worsted since I didn't want to worry that it ( Read more... )

laptop, lj, knitting

Comments 14

kag523 February 22 2011, 03:59:43 UTC

Amazingly talented with the knitting AND crocheting! Wow - I lack all skills related to creating things crafty. And I totally admire those who can. WOW!

As to not posting - I need to lure you back into the BSG fandom, hon! Everyone there misses you. Write! Write! Write!

*hugs* Glad you are doing well! K :>D

wisteria_ February 23 2011, 08:20:57 UTC

Thanks! I could say that all the knitting keeps me out of trouble, but that's obviously not true. ;) And yeah, I do miss being involved in fandom (and my friends there!), but I can't seem to get my brain back in that mode. Alas!

kag523 February 23 2011, 15:26:04 UTC

I totally know what you mean regarding fandom. I can "feel" that I'm nearing some completion for myself with BSG. I find my stories growing more and more AU. And I actually just pulled a book-length one off altogether as I realized it was about 80% non-fandom related and I decided to just rewrite it for my own use. Strange but true.

Nonetheless, I hope you still know how much your BSG writing is admired and feted! Hope you share more of your writing in whichever venue you choose. I know I'm looking forward to reading it!!!

*hugs* K. :>D

neotoma February 22 2011, 04:03:23 UTC

Open Office in on version 3.0 now. I use it for all my word processing and spreadsheets. I don't know how well the Power Point works, but for word processing, it's pretty sweet.

a2zmom February 22 2011, 04:06:31 UTC

I completely agree with this. It's basically the older version of MS Word.

wisteria_ February 23 2011, 08:21:53 UTC

Hmm. Can I save in Office 2007/10 format? If so, that would be helpful because I could do some of my school work at home.

a2zmom February 23 2011, 22:39:01 UTC

Do you mean can you save as a word 2007 doc file? Because you can, that's what I do.

a2zmom February 22 2011, 04:07:07 UTC

Any time I see one of your knitting projects, I am so impressed. You are very talented.

wisteria_ February 23 2011, 08:22:13 UTC

Thanks! As I told my parents tonight, though, I'm mostly just good at following instructions. ;)

a2zmom February 23 2011, 22:39:42 UTC

I beg to differ. I don't care how good the instructions were, I could never make that!

asta77 February 22 2011, 16:21:49 UTC

The latest version of Open Office seems to run better than the older versions so you may want to give it another try.

With Twitter and *my* LJ I have scrolling issues using Firefox on the new computer. Since other pages load fine and I can scroll through fine I'm assuming it's new Twitter and the LJ style I'm using that's causing issues with my computer processing them.

wisteria_ February 23 2011, 08:24:09 UTC

Turns out that it looks like all I needed to do was unplug my cable modem and restart it. Pages are loading just fine now. Go figure!

Yeah, it could be the style. Do you have any add-ons like NoScript? I'm still getting used to the Vaio's touchpad. It's a little *too* sensitive, especially when I keep my thumb on the left button (but not touching the actual pad). Which is a problem since that's how I usually keep my hands when I'm using a laptop.

somewhereapart February 22 2011, 19:41:21 UTC

I'm always envious of your knitting skills -- it's one of those things I'd love to know how to do, but I never end up taking the time to sit down and learn.

I must admit that I spend a lot more time on Twitter and Facebook lately (mainly Twitter) than I do on LJ, but I think that has more to do with my having less free time in general, so it's much easier to post a quick update than spend the time it would take to sit down and compose a longer blog post. However, I do agree that there is "something to be said for writing," and I have guilt that I don't do more blog writing and fiction writing.

I'd give Open Office another try -- from the time I got my Mac last spring, until my managed to get my hands on a free copy of the new Office for Mac suite a few weeks ago, I was using Open Office, and aside from having to get used to where things were as compared to the MS Office I was using at work before, it wasn't bad.

wisteria_ February 23 2011, 08:25:47 UTC

Thanks! The nice thing about knitting is that even if you just learn the two basic stitches, you can get some gorgeous yarn and make something simple like a scarf. :)

I know what you mean about writing. Heck, I haven't written fic in months, and I really *miss* it even though I have no real ideas to work with. Alas. But yeah, Twitter's good for being off-the-cuff. Actual writing is haaaaaaard. *g*