The bits so far today...

[susandennis]

No newspaper at all. I went to the corner and bought one and then called my offshore friends back and once again learned how very sorry they were and that my name is Susan and they are compensated on how very many times they can use that in a call. We'll see what tomorrow brings.

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I have found a solution to the pledge drive plague!! Streaming from the Morning Edition web page! Doh. Except my bedroom computer has the worst speakers. I had a pair of small speakers that were older than democracy (seriously, I think they were for my original Sony Walkman), but I finally gave them to Goodwill during the last purge. Then I remembered my 'server' computer has speakers. So I robbed Peter to pay Paul.

In that process I had to move the night stand out to get to the electrical outlet.

In that process I found the motherload of Travis' toys. He loves those little furry mice that you get a the grocery store - 5 for $4. Every morning we play fetch with one until he loses is. There were about 3 weeks worth under the nightstand!!

Next time I'm somewhere, I'll pick up a pair of those small, cheap MP3 player speakers but for now, I'm totally set.

I also dug out an old website that I used constantly when I had my Treo. It's a list of all public radio shows/stations/etc. You can chose your favorite show and find out where it's currently streaming or chose your station or podcast ... he's got a bascillion options. Public Radio Fan. It's a treasure.

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This is apparently Twitter week! All of a sudden it seems people are either joining up or letting folks know they are tweeterers. I'm getting a fair amount of 'xxx is following you' emails. Half are from clearly commercial concerns and half are people I know or people I know of. I do like Twitter but would like it so much better if my Tweets could automagically get posted to LJ. The collect-all-day-and-then-post model just is not the same.

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I ordered a new DSL modem from Qwest. The modem I have was born about the same time as those Walkman speakers. The new one has 4 ethernet ports. I think I'm going to try my work laptop on a hardwired connection for a while and see how that goes. And the wireless should be better as well. It's supposed to be here tomorrow but with no tracking number, I'm counting on it when I see it.

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It looks like a pretty good lunch trailer day weather wise but now I have no car. Just as well. I could walk - it's about 3 miles from here - but I won't.

Comments

[kyrielle]

I'd like Twitter better if you didn't seem to need half a gazillion external tools to make it useful. Update from web page or text message, sure, but...not email? Wha? Talk about an annoying extra step to have to go to the web page or set up a third party link-in. And then the third-party link-in didn't work. Better still would be being able to update Twitter via IM when at the computer, but that doesn't seem to be available at all. I abandoned Twitter about as quickly as I showed up there - I didn't even see the option to have it post to LJ. I assume it's another external-to-Twitter service, but alternatively, maybe I'm just dense or oblivious. In any case Twitter was waaaaay too much of a pain with crappy features. I can post quickie updates to LJ more easily than to Twitter as it happens (since LJ will accept posts via email and IM).

[susandennis]

?? The only way I interact with Twitter is through IM. I never thought about IMing into LJ. I need to conjur on that!

[kyrielle]

Weird! I couldn't find any IM settings for Twitter, only web site and text message. LJ supports IM via their LJ Talk client (Jabber protocol) - you can IM your post to Frank the Goat!

[susandennis]

Oh that's right, I remember now... I use gmail for personal IM and didn't want to have to fool with another client.

Funny how some stuff is totally tolerable by some and not by others and other stuff is just the reverse!! One of my LJ friends is, hopefully, working on a twitter to lj app...

[kyrielle]

Google talk is Jabber-based, same as LJ. Many clients (I don't know about the Google Talk client itself) should be able to sign into both. I know Trillian Pro, which I use, can, but to be fair Trillian Pro can sign into quite a few other things also.

I'll play with Google Talk (the client itself) when I get home tonight, I think, and see if I can get it to connect to LJ. They're both using the same protocol!

[kyrielle]

Alas, it looks like the client can only do Google Talk. Their help page lists a lot of other apps that can also do it, which might also be able to do LJ, however. It may not be worth the effort to swap to a different client, though, and I think you have to be signed into your LJ talk account to do the Frank thing.

[susandennis]

ahhh well, thanks for looking it up! One of the joys of gmail is that your browser is that you need no client. for mail or chat. it's just handier when you flit around different computers all day.

[aellia.livejournal.com]

Oh Queen of all things Windows.
Could you have a look at the laptop that I bought today,not the pink one in the photo but the one on the URL in my post.
Someone says not to run it with the Vista that's pre-installed as it could break it,and I really liked the shiney look of Vista
Many thanks if you can help
x

[susandennis]

Actually, I did look at your link and also saw the comment and, so totally disagree with what was said that I didn't know how to comment without insulting that commenter!!

YES you should use Vista - it is shiney and fun and, in many ways, far more intuitive and easier to understand that any other operating system I've ever used. You have enough memory and a big enough processor and a big enough harddrive that Vista will perform beautifully for you.

There is no reason whatsoever to install any other operating system on your pretty new machine. Sure, something may break but any and all operating systems will do that. Shit happens. I'm tempted to go back and collect all of the comments that were made when XP came out about how it would ruin the world as we knew it!

Fear not and enjoy. You'll be fine.

Thank you!

[aellia.livejournal.com]

Phewww...I thought it would be ok :-)
I'm glad I asked you, I wouldn't have taken it out anyway as it's one of the reasons that I bought it.
Looking at the price of the programme, around £200 here,I've got the laptop for a very nice price!
And the screen is big and I just started it up and the sample pictures look lovely. I hope my photos look good there ..you know how I like my photos..ha!

[aellia.livejournal.com]

PS...I watched you type that
You hair looks nice,I'm thinking about getting my cut :-)
x

[susandennis]

You make me smile and laugh!

I do think you got an excellent value and your photos should be lovely! You know I love them, too!

CUT YOUR HAIR??!! Wow. I'm not sure I would recognize you :)! And what about the kiddies? A friend of mine shaved his beard and his grandchildren would have nothing to do with him for weeks! "Pawpaw is broken!"

[aellia.livejournal.com]

It make me smile to see you there,so near and so far.
I love the internet :-)

Poor Paw paw

Here's me with hair like yours,in Corfu when I was brave enough to go abroad

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pennys_pictures/31259644/

[susandennis]

Oh! wow! You look GREAT in short hair. They will not think you are broken...

The internet is a wonder and a wonderful thing. It really is.

Thank you :-)

[aellia.livejournal.com]

They think I'm broken if they catch me with it down!
x

[mixter11nm.livejournal.com]

I could walk - it's about 3 miles from here - but I won't.

It would have to be the best damn food I've had in a long time to walk three miles for lunch.

[susandennis]

beautifully put :)