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susandennisI've had Betty since 2002 and Travis since 2007. More than any other cats I've ever had, they change with the seasons - both of them. Last winter, Betty was only interested in me at the end of the day before dinner. Travis was practically an appendage. When I went to bed at night, he'd climb in and dig under the covers and snuggle up next to me where he'd stay til morning.
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Now Betty is stuck to me like glue. She sleeps right next to me all night. She's so tiny, I'm afraid I'm going to roll over and squish her. Most of the day, she's right here next to me. Right now, I'm sitting cross legged. The computer's on one thigh and she's o the other. Travis is in the fish room where he says most often now.
It's like they are taking shifts.
It's not the first time either. They spent about a year as friends but now just hiss and chase each other. Last winter was the first time either of them slept with me regularly. Travis used to come get in bed after the alarm went off and snuggle in but rarely does it now. Betty used to live in the back of the closet. Not any more.
Weird. Just weird.
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I had on This Week in Tech (podcast) today and they were really dissing the Kindle Fire. Using it as an example of a piece of tech nobody would want.
I really love my Kindle Fire. It's the perfect size - small enough to fit in my small purse, large enough to easily read, look at web pages, play games, read magazines - all of which I do on it regularly. I read books, books I buy, books I borrow from Amazon and borrow from the library. There is a nice selection of free books and games, too. And I listen to audio books - from audible.com and from the library. I charge it up every few days overnight and that's all it needs. For $200 it's a fine fine piece of tech.
Yeah the browser sucks and yeah, there's no G+ app - in fact most all Google stuff has to be done through the crappy browser. But it's not as crappy as Safari, at least.
Last week, I pulled out my old $79 Kindle to see if I liked it because it's smaller and lighter. Nope. I like the Fire way better. I like it fine.
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zimzat may have fixed my keyboard issues. He suggested that it might be the touch pad and I said no, of course not. I'd know if it were the touch pad. But, then I thought I'd just go check and see if maybe there was a setting or something that I could test.
Sure enough, there's a whole kind of 'turn of the touch pad til you finish typing' kind of utility that has a bunch of different settings so you can tweak to your liking. I set it to the largest area of the touch pad - basically the strongest setting.
So far, I can't find any negative effects in how I use the touch pad but my cursor no longer jumps around and I have not deleted any part of this entry nor had to user ctrl+z one single time!!
Russell, you saved the day again!!!
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Now Betty is stuck to me like glue. She sleeps right next to me all night. She's so tiny, I'm afraid I'm going to roll over and squish her. Most of the day, she's right here next to me. Right now, I'm sitting cross legged. The computer's on one thigh and she's o the other. Travis is in the fish room where he says most often now.
It's like they are taking shifts.
It's not the first time either. They spent about a year as friends but now just hiss and chase each other. Last winter was the first time either of them slept with me regularly. Travis used to come get in bed after the alarm went off and snuggle in but rarely does it now. Betty used to live in the back of the closet. Not any more.
Weird. Just weird.
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I had on This Week in Tech (podcast) today and they were really dissing the Kindle Fire. Using it as an example of a piece of tech nobody would want.
I really love my Kindle Fire. It's the perfect size - small enough to fit in my small purse, large enough to easily read, look at web pages, play games, read magazines - all of which I do on it regularly. I read books, books I buy, books I borrow from Amazon and borrow from the library. There is a nice selection of free books and games, too. And I listen to audio books - from audible.com and from the library. I charge it up every few days overnight and that's all it needs. For $200 it's a fine fine piece of tech.
Yeah the browser sucks and yeah, there's no G+ app - in fact most all Google stuff has to be done through the crappy browser. But it's not as crappy as Safari, at least.
Last week, I pulled out my old $79 Kindle to see if I liked it because it's smaller and lighter. Nope. I like the Fire way better. I like it fine.
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I think the
zimzat may have fixed my keyboard issues. He suggested that it might be the touch pad and I said no, of course not. I'd know if it were the touch pad. But, then I thought I'd just go check and see if maybe there was a setting or something that I could test.Sure enough, there's a whole kind of 'turn of the touch pad til you finish typing' kind of utility that has a bunch of different settings so you can tweak to your liking. I set it to the largest area of the touch pad - basically the strongest setting.
So far, I can't find any negative effects in how I use the touch pad but my cursor no longer jumps around and I have not deleted any part of this entry nor had to user ctrl+z one single time!!
Russell, you saved the day again!!!