The new XM car kit arrived night before last. Yesterday morning before leaving for work, I installed the new XM receiver cradle and tried to use the old antenna. No dice. I installed the new antenna, and everything worked fine. In comparing the two, the cradle appeared to have lost … Continue reading →
When is the time you most want your satellite radio to work? On a long drive is one time that comes to mind. Yesterday, mine let me down. I hadn’t used it for three weeks. I’d taken it off the dash and tucked it into my console. Prior to driving … Continue reading →
Got the DSL connection working, and hubby and I are wirelessly accessing the Web on our laptops from the kitchen table. Tres cool. And, Tech, I’m a little concerned about the tone of that last comment. If I didn’t know better, I’d say that sounded like a threat….oh. It was … Continue reading →
Zoe asked how to do widgets in WordPress. It took me a little figuring to get it the first time, too, so here’s a brief tutorial. In the WordPress Admin window, select Presentation, Widgets. On the sidebar arrangement, look under Available Widgets. You should see Text 1. If you don’t … Continue reading →
I was just curious. So I searched. “Blu-Ray” “Apple” on the search window. Interestingly, the intersection of those two terms goes back to at least 2005. Hubby’s new Sony laptop has Blu-Ray capability (and he likes it — says the latest Harry Potter video looks fabulous (not his term)). I … Continue reading →
Periodically, I need to spend an afternoon (or morning or evening) at Panera to allow the laptop to update all it’s software. Today, I’ve updated Windows, Firefox, Zonealarm, and all the Spacejock Software (Simon Haynes does a wonderful job making it easy to do) I have installed. After I retire, … Continue reading →
I got my copy of Dragon Naturally Speaking. I tried to install it on my laptop. At first it said I didn’t have enough processor speed, but when I plugged a laptop in and at full power it was okay for processor speed. The next obstacle was hard drive space. … Continue reading →
Yes! Margaret Fisk is now offering the Word Advance Progress Meter (as seen at Forward Motion, Pocket Full of Words, and Stephanie Tyler’s blog) for sale through the Holly Shop. It took me longer to figure out how to configure a Text Widget in WordPress than to set the app … Continue reading →
My husband decided to get himself a new laptop. His old one eats half the battery while booting, and then he doesn’t have enough juice to watch a movie on an airline flight. We have a DC inverter when we use it as a GPS while we travel. It’s also … Continue reading →
I browse my website stats periodically. I’m accustomed to seeing the usual Operating Systems (OSes): Windows, Unknown, Macintosh, Linux, and even BSD. Even an Unknown Unix System isn’t too surprising. I have a couple of RISC operating systems who visit, and one I’m unfamiliar with: Irix (I’m guessing it’s a … Continue reading →