I was a sorcerer in AD&D. Here I hope to be interesting--at least to someone.

Monday, January 31, 2011

My New Computer

I got my new computer on Friday. It’s a Dell Inspiron 14R. While so far I don’t have any problems with it, I do have loads of problems with the programming I bought for it.

It’s amazing what you don’t know when you work at an institution that has a separate department for computers. Changes in computers are difficult to follow unless you happen to be in the computer department, or you happen to follow such things regularly.

I wasn’t aware that in order to load new programming, you had to have online access. Apparently, the current software requires that you register online while you load it on your computer. I was doing this at home, and as such, I have no online access. I actually had to take it all with me to work—on a Sunday—just so I could load the software, and have Ethernet access to register it. Then I found out there was something missing from one of the software packages, and of course the company that makes the software wasn’t open on Sunday.

Now I am at work—it’s Monday after all—and when I get to my lunch break I’m going to have to call the company that makes the software so they can give me the missing bit of info so I can enter it into the computer and complete the registration so it can complete loading the software so I can actually use the program—after work—and with any luck have a bit of lunch as well…

When did the world become so frantic?

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Happy Birthday to Me

Well, here I am.  Another year has passed and I get to celebrate number 43.  Somehow I just can't seem to feel like celebrating.

Thursday, January 06, 2011

ReFi Finished

I just finished signing all the paperwork!  I've refinanced my mortgage, and I got a much better interest rate.  The mortgage is a 20-year one, so I haven't added any extra time to the thing, and I no longer need to pay for mortgage insurance, saving me more money.  I'm quite happy about all this, especially since I won't have to deal with Bank of America any more.

Now I just have to wait about a week for the paperwork to move into the system, then I can seriously start looking for the new laptop I want.  I'm really making an effort to get a laptop now so I can carry the thing with me everywhere, and keep better track of everything I do.  It'll also be nice to finally get that library software I've been wanting, so I won't have to worry about buying books I already have anymore.

Granted, It'll take me awhile to enter the 3000+ books, 650+ DVDs, 400+ CDs, et cetera, that I have collected over the years into the computer, but it'll be well worth the effort.