New laptop pictures

As requested by my friend Dianne, here are the first pictures of my new baby . . . I mean laptop ;-) It's a Compaq. This is it sitting on my coffee table. It's got a 2GB harddrive (?) and 160MHz. Honestly, I have no idea what I just typed, so if it doesn't make sense, don't laugh too hard. My friend Heather went with me to Future Shop and helped me buy it.











Here's my laptop up and running. I was downloading Picasa, my prefered tool for photo management, at the time.

New Computer!

This is my first blog post from my new laptop! So far, so good. I've been having a few internet issues and am technically using someone else's wireless network right now, but that should be sorted out soon . . . hopefully. I'm having to restore my internet favourites, which is a pain in the butt, but otherwise I'm having fun playing with my machine. I've got to discipline myself right now to actually do some work and NOT play ;-) One thing I'm still trying to adjust to is the smaller keyboard. It took me longer than usual to complete my weekly progress reports because I kept hitting the wrong keys! What usually takes about half an hour actually took me almost an hour, mostly because I kept hitting the caps lock key instead of the shift key! I'm getting better now . . .

My computer is in the middle of a Shakespearean tragedy (or is a comedy?)

My home computer is dying an agonizingly slow and painful death. It's tragic . . . or it would be if it also weren't a little funny at the same time! Okay, okay, in all seriousness, it isn't actually "dying", but just showing signs of its age. It's getting pretty slow, and has this problem where it sponstaneously shuts itself off, usually during the start-up process, or shortly after it starts up. Computer-savvy friends of mine suggest that it's the internal power source dying, or it's really dusty inside and needs to be cleaned. Knowing my computer, it could very well be either! But since fixing those issues won't boost the memory of my computer, I've decided it's time for an upgrade! Last weekend I bought a flash drive so that I could transfer my important files off my computer. I got a little lazy about actually transferring them though. On Wednesday it didn't look like my computer was going to turn on anymore at all, so I was a little frantic. I finally managed to get the computer going after 10 tries, and transferred all my important files. I also backed-up my music purchases from iTunes, so I should be all prepared for my new computer!

I'm going with a friend on Sunday afternoon to look at computers. I've decided that I want a laptop. It'll be an adjustment for sure, but that's okay. I want something more portable than my current desktop computer. I've gotten some advice from my students, and I think I'll probably end up with a Toshiba. We'll see. I'm hoping to get this taken care of on Sunday so that I don't have to worry about it for the rest of the week!

Oh, and in case you're wondering, I'm typing this at work. Normally I have a strict "no blogging" at work rule, but had to break it this time since I can't be sure my computer will work reliably over the weekend. So my friends, if I'm quiet over the next few days it's because I'm computer-free, not because I'm ignoring you!