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December 15, 2006
"I love technology..."?
A few days ago I had a rather traumatic experience: I spilled a whole glass of water all over my laptop. For some this is a major headache, but for one whose entire life for the last 3 years is saved under the diluvian mess, it was petrifying; almost literally (in the figurative sense). As I went through the cycle of disbelief, anger, and eventually got to bereavment (and then frustration trying to put the keys back into the right place after taking them off to dry), I realized I should probably start backing up my files.
Wanting to do something nice to my computer as it now is starting to work normally again -- most keys still functional -- I got a little note that said a new version of Internet Explorer is out. "That'll be a nice little present." So I got it. Then my Adobe reader said there is a new version out (I hadn't upgraded for years). So I got it. Then - this is all in the last few days - windows media player said they have a new version. So I got it. It was the best Christmas my little Dell has ever had.
Alas, today, proud of my success, I wanted to listen to music while going online to look at the scanned (pdf) copies of a text I'm translating. But now I don't know how to work the music (some jazzy album of bad Christmas music I don't even own is playing), and the reader is taking forever to load - but that's not a problem because the new internet settings aren't letting me back to the site with the text. Talk about the computer holding a grudge. Thankfully I've got a dad and a brother who know something about computers (like, "you probably shouldn't play Noah's ark with them"), and Ms. Dell and I are signed up for some counseling sessions over the holidays. Nothing like a good family Christmas...
| By j and b | 01:16 PM
Comments
Are you being sarcastic about Christmas?! Bah-humbug.
Over here in Scotland we're have a jolly-holly Christmas...celebrating the scottish way...feels like a funeral, not Christmas.
This is my first time on your blog. Looks good.
Posted by: Matt Ford at December 19, 2006 05:42 PM
*cough*MacsRule*cough*
Posted by: Jeannette at December 15, 2006 05:14 PM
Josh, that is hilarious! I can just picture the look on your face as the water splashed over your most precious computer... very glad to hear there was no permanent damage done...what a trauma!
Posted by: Abigail at December 15, 2006 03:37 PM