And then there was light
Dec. 15th, 2012 07:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisWe got several notices about our electricity being turned off at 3 am for two hours today and tomorrow. But, of course, I totally forgot until I got up and saw the blinking clock lights. I totally intended to set my phone alarm in case my everyday alarm - the internet radio - didn't make it back to life without help. But, the radio (as well as the modem and the router it needed) came back without fail. Cool.
One computer was not happy and one of the webcams needed help but all is fixed now and I have a good idea of what tomorrow is going to look like. Annoying but if they have to shut us off, 3-5 in the morning works for me.
This morning I have swim class but I've got about 30 minutes before it's time to get started.
I broke down and bought one of the new chromebooks. I got the Samsing one with 3G. The 3G version comes with 100MBs of free data connection a month for 2 years. $350 Honestly, I figured I'd get it and not like it and send it back. No such luck. This little thing is fine. The keyboard is easy peasy and the trackpad works perfectly. At 11 inches, it is the perfect size for taking with, or when here, bedroom use. The CR-48 - still works but the keyboard was never easy and the trackpad just seemed to get worse and it was too big and too heavy. So this one is not going back - it's staying here with me.
I have been using an auto uploader on my phone so that when I snap a picture, it automagically gets to Flickr without my having to do anything. Except the app is flaky and keeps shutting down and driving me nuts. So last night I went shopping for another one and found a great one. Solid, fast, good. The thing has nearly no downloads and one spam review. The only problem is that it made all photos private. I want all photos public. So I wrote to the author. I got the greatest email this morning. They guy is in Sweden and he's going to fix me up an option to set everything public! Perfect! He's going to get a fine review.
Oh. I just heard that there may be some snow at the pool! It's a higher elevation than here and they are saying that there may be some flakes this morning. Nice.
After swimming, it's the pet store and breakfast and then I'm not sure what. Maybe home and bear knitting maybe other errands. Nice to be able to chose on the fly.
One computer was not happy and one of the webcams needed help but all is fixed now and I have a good idea of what tomorrow is going to look like. Annoying but if they have to shut us off, 3-5 in the morning works for me.
This morning I have swim class but I've got about 30 minutes before it's time to get started.
I broke down and bought one of the new chromebooks. I got the Samsing one with 3G. The 3G version comes with 100MBs of free data connection a month for 2 years. $350 Honestly, I figured I'd get it and not like it and send it back. No such luck. This little thing is fine. The keyboard is easy peasy and the trackpad works perfectly. At 11 inches, it is the perfect size for taking with, or when here, bedroom use. The CR-48 - still works but the keyboard was never easy and the trackpad just seemed to get worse and it was too big and too heavy. So this one is not going back - it's staying here with me.
I have been using an auto uploader on my phone so that when I snap a picture, it automagically gets to Flickr without my having to do anything. Except the app is flaky and keeps shutting down and driving me nuts. So last night I went shopping for another one and found a great one. Solid, fast, good. The thing has nearly no downloads and one spam review. The only problem is that it made all photos private. I want all photos public. So I wrote to the author. I got the greatest email this morning. They guy is in Sweden and he's going to fix me up an option to set everything public! Perfect! He's going to get a fine review.
Oh. I just heard that there may be some snow at the pool! It's a higher elevation than here and they are saying that there may be some flakes this morning. Nice.
After swimming, it's the pet store and breakfast and then I'm not sure what. Maybe home and bear knitting maybe other errands. Nice to be able to chose on the fly.
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Date: 2012-12-15 06:32 pm (UTC)Snow in Seattle? That's illegal before January, isn't it? :-)
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Date: 2012-12-15 08:04 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-12-15 09:09 pm (UTC)Basically, a Chrome OS computer is simply a hardware route to all things Google. If it's not Google, Chrome OS doesn't know from it. So all web stuff is good (except, apparently, streaming from Netflix is an issue - soon to be fixed)IF it works in Chrome, it works on a Chrome OS computer.
If you plan ahead and set it up correctly, you can do some stuff offline. But not much. It's pretty much a doorstop without an internet connection. (This is why I got the 3G version.)
If you want/need photo editing software that is not browser based or any app that's not a Chrome app, you are SOL.
It is truly instant on. I mean, this sucker starts before you get the lid all the way up. It's amazing. It's dirt simple to set up. Log into Google and connect to the network and you are done.
I am deeply and happily embedded into Google so it's perfect for me. If you aren't and have issues with how Google operates, it will likely piss you off more than anything else.
More q's? Lemme know.
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Date: 2012-12-15 11:17 pm (UTC)