tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post7939820943691525287..comments2024-03-19T05:24:28.700-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: I Need a New Computer and Other Tales of WoeJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-51253293795816658332014-08-08T16:15:42.241-04:002014-08-08T16:15:42.241-04:00292Dealing with new technology can really be compl...292Dealing with new technology can really be complicated sometimes. But once you get the hang of it, the experience will be more fun than stressful. And I hope you find it that way now. And by the way, have you bought a new computer already?<br /><br /><a href="http://rbsmn1.blogspot.com/2013/12/better-it-support-better-business.html" rel="nofollow">Cordia Remsen @ RB's computer services</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399337830992636833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-7340820040857849372014-06-11T09:38:58.708-04:002014-06-11T09:38:58.708-04:00Oh, KM, I can identify with a lot of your experien...Oh, KM, I can identify with a lot of your experiences! I AM a technical person--used to make a living as a computer programmer. But I do dread having to get a smarty-pants phone someday. I love my flip phone.<br /><br />A prominent local person who has had some legal troubles has said he will always use a flip phone. A smart phone enables people to track you with the GPS, which this person doesn't want. You know, I don't think I want that either--unless I'm lost somewhere!Kaye Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05596677617002735674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-25771991244901324142014-06-10T18:43:54.646-04:002014-06-10T18:43:54.646-04:00It's a credit to your perseverance, Kara, that...It's a credit to your perseverance, Kara, that you did manage to get back on Groups. I have a feeling if it were me, I'd still be locked out. Unless I found that proverbial 10 year old.<br /><br />I agree, Shari. I do love some things--email so I can be in touch with people fairly quickly, and Mapquest, since I often have no idea where I'm going. But most of the time, I find it frustrating. However, I don't think we're going back on the trend, so we may as well make peace with it.KM Rockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973749764907859829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-52377649923909304642014-06-10T17:27:49.296-04:002014-06-10T17:27:49.296-04:00I'm with Kara - sometimes it's so pleasant...I'm with Kara - sometimes it's so pleasant to be without technology - I keep wondering what on earth we did before computers and cell phones. I think the answer is, everything we wanted to do!Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-27533180946935760392014-06-10T12:58:23.660-04:002014-06-10T12:58:23.660-04:00KM, technology is not my friend either. I’m finall...KM, technology is not my friend either. I’m finally (I hope) able to access Yahoo Groups. After being hacked in January and a fake Facebook account created in my name targeting teenage girls (horrible), I deleted my Yahoo email and accidentally locked myself out of Groups. It was a multi-step process to install something called a Wizard before I could access my Groups again. I had to click links and sometimes Yahoo sent a password to my cell phone that I had to enter into the computer before I could continue. <br /><br />Sometimes, I'm happy when there is a power outage and I get a forced break from technology and its problems.Kara Cerisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16484336785514235707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-90194477722027631032014-06-10T11:18:36.682-04:002014-06-10T11:18:36.682-04:00Actually, Carla, I'm a bit embarrassed to admi...Actually, Carla, I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that most of the models I have used for the Jesse character have far more sophisticated cell phones than I do. (Except, of course, for the ones who are presently incarcerated. If they have cell phones, I don't want to know about it.)<br /><br />E.B, one of my "buddies," who was locked up at 17 and spent the next thirty years in prison, just told me he had used a 3-D printer to create a scale model of a piece of machinery he's working on. He has a job with in a machine shop. <br /><br />But since Jesse is a good hunk me, too, he may very well share my inability to master electronics.<br /><br />Jim, you've helped me with Goodreads--but I have to admit that while I followed your instructions step by step and managed to accomplish the task, I doubt I could duplicate it. The problem with 10 year old is that they are so contemptuous. I have to really, really need to be able to do something before I ask them for help. <br /><br />Gloria, I now have a trac phone, too. I don't get cell phone service at home, so I don't see much point in having a more sophisticated one. Of course I need to keep the landline, too, unfortunately.<br /><br />Warren, it sounds like you're at about the same place as I am. We used to have a server that took so long to open anything that it timed out and shut off before we got the email. That was useless, so we canceled the service and went without for a few years.<br />KM Rockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973749764907859829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-79544103107576168532014-06-10T10:21:46.278-04:002014-06-10T10:21:46.278-04:00I wrote a blog about how my servers changed names ...I wrote a blog about how my servers changed names and lost all the groups I had listed in my mailbox. The email is still slower than molasses in January. My laptop can get message but not open attachments. My desktop can open attachments but it is incredibly slow to get to my email. And some genius decided the background should be light blue and the words should be one shade darker blue.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-14392212382006189142014-06-10T07:30:21.458-04:002014-06-10T07:30:21.458-04:00You're right, Carla. He's been in prison s...You're right, Carla. He's been in prison since he was sixteen. I'm sure he'll be overwhelmed!E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-52936108259578464802014-06-10T07:20:06.892-04:002014-06-10T07:20:06.892-04:00I believe technology will be a fitting antagonist ...I believe technology will be a fitting antagonist in an upcoming KM novel! carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15985823239660829148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-68307707909961207772014-06-10T07:06:34.538-04:002014-06-10T07:06:34.538-04:00No, KM, technology does not come easy to me. I'...No, KM, technology does not come easy to me. I'm quite proud of myself for how far I've come since I went online with my computer, but there are so many things I'm still unsure of how to do. Those things like Scarlet, I tend to put off for another day. As for a cell phone, only at my kids insistence did I settle for a simple little Tracphone which I'm to carry on my walks in the woods. My daughter programmed the people I might call into the phone for me. As for my TV, I don't have cable because I watch very little. It's an older model with a little box on top to get the latest whatever that the newer TV's already have. I use an antenna that's 25 years old and still works. Now the clock radio is something I understand and set it for the time I want to get up so I'm not totally without tech skills. Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-1356274522932619302014-06-10T06:37:18.712-04:002014-06-10T06:37:18.712-04:00No, KM, technology doesn't really come easy to...No, KM, technology doesn't really come easy to me. I deal with it but not like a duck to water. This month, I'm dealing with Verizon/Verizonwireless. Seems like I'm paying for duplicative services. I'm transferring my conventional phone service to Vonage, which runs phones off my Verizon Internet Fios line, which I only use except for Internet and Fax--a waste, but our other line had our personal and business lines on it. The business line mostly got telemarketers. <br /><br />I also changed my plan with Verizonwireless so that we will be able to get Smart phones for the old price of dumb phones, which can't be bought anymore--at least there are few choices of them anymore. They are trying to get everyone to have a Smart phone--I think so we all can be tracked and controlled or arrested more easily. I know they are convenient but I like being off the grid and move without their being able to track me.<br /><br />Nope, KM--you aren't alone.E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-38168331303975483722014-06-10T06:35:20.143-04:002014-06-10T06:35:20.143-04:00Technology usually makes sense to me or I can figu...Technology usually makes sense to me or I can figure it out. I don’t worry about switching between the TV and DVD player because I don’t watch movies much and if I do, Jan is going to be watching as well, so I’ve “gifted” all responsibility for those remotes to her.<br /><br />When all else fails find a 10-year old. They either know it or are fearless in figuring it out.<br /><br />~ Jim<br />Jim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.com