New find and misc ramblings

[susandennis]

Seattle has been added to EveryBlock and, boy, is it ever fun! You plug in your zip code (98104 for me) or neighborhood and read all about it. Seattle does not have much yet but if you look at some of the cities that have been on the site for a while (like Charlotte) you can see all the cool stuff they will have.

(I found a real estate listing for the condo I bought in downtown Charlotte when I left my husband. It still looks sweet and is amazingly cheap. It was spankin' new when I bought it and I think I broke even on the buy way back when.)

I set up a feed for my zip code and for a couple of other nearby neighborhoods. I'm digging this muchly. I truly heart the internets.

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It is cooling off in here today and it's lovely outside. I might even trot across the street to the deli for lunch later. I have a looooooooooong conf call at 1 so it might be smart to get some fortification.

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My second to latest Western Digital RAID drive died last night. The 4th dead backup drive. This morning I got a request to fill out a Western Digital satisfaction survey. Their drives AND their timing suck. My spare and final WD drive is now in the RAID array. Seagate is next. This is just ridiculous.

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I'm still wearing in my new work laptop. It is not yet used to the way we roll here. It's trying but I forget how long XP takes to get the lay of the land. I probably would have been smarter to get Vista. But, the guy at work who does our IT support hates Vista so much that I knew I'd be sunk the first time I had to have him help. My boss has and loves Vista on his machine but he's the boss. I'm only the eye candy. XP will figure it out soon enough. Happily work isn't killer right now so we have time.

Comments

[mixter11nm.livejournal.com]

I have to walk on eggs around my techie guy too and it really pisses me off. He likes to play games. If he likes you, you get anything you want on your machine. If he doesn't like you, you're lucky you can open your email each morning or your machine is very s l o w. It just isn't right.

[susandennis]

I've always made it my policy that the people I need to cater to in every single way are the IT guy, the receptionist and the people in payroll.

Right or not, life is sooooooooo much easier if you do it their way that it's never seemed worth it to even question the policy.

And, to this day, the people with whom I have worked in the past and still keep up with and consider my good friends are the IT guys, the receptionists and the people in payroll!!

[machupicchu.livejournal.com]

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I truly heart the internets.

Me too! I'm reading the Barbara Walters memoir right now and when I told a friend at work that she dated Roy Cohn, I said, "Do you know what a vile bastard he was?" -- she said, "Not until I Googled him." I rest my case.

I actually know people who not only live witout the Internet, they live without computers. I truly and absolutely don't get it. These people need to get with the fucking program, they don't know what they're missing!
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[susandennis]

I know, I know. But some do know what they are missing. My neighbor/friend, Ann, does not have a computer. Her husband does but he does not know how to use it. She comes down here for googling. "Could you look something up for me, please?" It cracks me up.

One of the things that I am most grateful for in my life is that I lived during the time when the internets came of age. It has been and continues to be the most miraculous thing to watch and participate in.

[machupicchu.livejournal.com]

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I totally agree. And think of what more I'll get to see as I get older! When I was young, mostly because of the Christian influence making me expect such things as armageddon and the antichrist, I thought the world would become an increasingly shittier place as I grew up. But the reality has been that the world gets much more fun and interesting, mostly because of awesome technology -- which advances so quickly I often feel like I'm living science fiction. It's awesome!
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[aellia.livejournal.com]

Point me to the condo in Charlotte?
I looked at the list bit couldn;t find it.
What a nifty site!
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[susandennis]

Sure!! http://search.savvyandcompany.com/idx/property/cnd_28847.html

It was a wonderful place - very small and cozy and just perfect for being on my own. It over looked a beautiful downtown park. I loved that place.

[aellia.livejournal.com]

Crikey!
We'll sell up and buy it. It would cost a third of what our house is worth.
It is very,very nice
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[susandennis]

yeahbutt :) - you'd be in Charlotte, North Carolina - hot, sweaty, and not very forward thinking town that thinks it's a big city. Of course, I haven't been there in 30 years...

[ctseawa.livejournal.com]

I'm amazed the WD drives did so well for you. I stopped buying them a very long time ago. These days I only buy Seagate or Hitachi drives. Make sure the ones you get are RAID or enterprise rated. Most drives out there are for people who shut down their computers at night/weekends and don't really like being on 24/7.

[susandennis]

EXCELLENT info! I did not know to look for that rating... I do now. Thanks!