Summer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Grandchildren Moon<\/p>\n
Adding a new computer to what step-son Jon calls my command center.\u00a0 This is a Gateway, my second, that I bought a couple of months ago, but waited to install until I could afford a new monitor for it.\u00a0 That came during the grandkids stay so I decided to set the whole thing up yesterday.\u00a0 It’s up and running though I’ve not downloaded my security software yet and I haven’t got some additional software on it yet either:\u00a0 Microsoft Office, Photoshop Essentials, and some software and passwords from this (Dell) computer that need to go over to it.<\/p>\n
(reality:\u00a0 3 desktops.\u00a0 fantasy:\u00a0 see picture)<\/p>\n
Soon this computer (the Dell) will function as my weather station and back-up system while the new Gateway will become my primary computer for e-mail, blogging and using the Internet.\u00a0 This one has begun to have periodic work stoppages, ones I have not been able to resolve in spite of much troubleshooting.\u00a0 They annoy me, but are not serious enough to abandon the computer\u00a0 altogether.\u00a0 Over the course of the last couple of years the price of desktops with fast enough cpus and mega storage have fallen dramatically, far enough that I could afford a new computer dedicated to writing, art history research and Latin (in my study) and now to upgrade my main internet gateway.<\/p>\n
This Dell has been with me ever since Ancientrails began during my achilles tendon repair in February of 2005, so it has given good service and I imagine, with light use, will give many more.\u00a0 (the first couple of years of Ancientrails were in Frontpage and can now be reached under archives on the links to the right.)<\/p>\n
OK. Enough rationalization.\u00a0 I really like computers.\u00a0 Like the bees, they’re part serious, part hobby and I can no longer tell where the line belongs.<\/p>\n
May your clock always run fast, your storage always be enough and may your computer be ever young.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Summer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Grandchildren Moon Adding a new computer to what step-son Jon calls my command center.\u00a0 This is a Gateway, my second, that I bought a couple of months ago, but waited to install until I could afford a new monitor for it.\u00a0 That came during the grandkids stay so I decided to set the … Continue reading A New Electronic Companion<\/span>