Karen GoatKeeper's Blog - Posts Tagged "computers"
Vindication!
The first time I ever met a computer which was at long distance, my high school trigonometry class was allowed to write programs to run on the new school district computer. Someone converted our Fibonacci programs into tall stacks of cards (Yes, Cards!) which were fed into the computer.
Out of thirty sets of cards, mine were the only ones that would never produce a printout.
So my laptop problems had to be something I had done. But I hadn't done anything.
That laptop finally was so annoying it went back to the store.
Vindication! The laptop was the problem. It was unsalvageable.
I now have another laptop. We do have our differences. I type too fast for it to keep up for one.
However this laptop works. It just updated my website and Pinterest boards.
Do I like it? I'm thinking about it. This is only Day 1 after all.
Out of thirty sets of cards, mine were the only ones that would never produce a printout.
So my laptop problems had to be something I had done. But I hadn't done anything.
That laptop finally was so annoying it went back to the store.
Vindication! The laptop was the problem. It was unsalvageable.
I now have another laptop. We do have our differences. I type too fast for it to keep up for one.
However this laptop works. It just updated my website and Pinterest boards.
Do I like it? I'm thinking about it. This is only Day 1 after all.
Electricity Addiction
When we live in the Michigan Upper Peninsula, we had no electricity and didn't really miss it. In Missouri we were right on the electric line and adjusted to the joys of electricity quickly.
Take a moment to consider all the ways you depend on electricity.
We have a well pump. There are the refrigerators, the TV, the radio, the computers, the lights and the list can go on.
A rain storm came through. It didn't drop much water. That didn't matter as everything is still wet from the 12 inches we got a couple of weeks ago.
Then came the wind. It roared over the hill dropping and snapping trees. It raced across the creek bed snapping and dropping trees. One of these slammed into an electric pole snapping it at the base and breaking the tops of two more poles further down the line. The wind continued over the next hill dropping and snapping more trees on the way.
We are left with a huge supply of firewood.
The electric company is left with over 200 feet of lines and three poles under a tangle of trees.
Maybe next week we will get our electricity back on. In the meantime, I do miss my computer. What I miss the most is turning on the water faucet in the kitchen for cooking and washing dishes. The goats miss the lights during evening milking. Candles are just not the same.
Take a moment to consider all the ways you depend on electricity.
We have a well pump. There are the refrigerators, the TV, the radio, the computers, the lights and the list can go on.
A rain storm came through. It didn't drop much water. That didn't matter as everything is still wet from the 12 inches we got a couple of weeks ago.
Then came the wind. It roared over the hill dropping and snapping trees. It raced across the creek bed snapping and dropping trees. One of these slammed into an electric pole snapping it at the base and breaking the tops of two more poles further down the line. The wind continued over the next hill dropping and snapping more trees on the way.
We are left with a huge supply of firewood.
The electric company is left with over 200 feet of lines and three poles under a tangle of trees.
Maybe next week we will get our electricity back on. In the meantime, I do miss my computer. What I miss the most is turning on the water faucet in the kitchen for cooking and washing dishes. The goats miss the lights during evening milking. Candles are just not the same.
