hmmm a napTheBloozeMan said:Late start here too...
I'm trying to get Anne's computer going again - I am working from it now. Getting all the upgrades is a pain...
Then I want to set up a LAN.
That is about all I have on the list for today - if I get it all going, I am going to need a nap.
Sounds like a plan chief...
supahspaz said:Morning all... late start, or did y'all go away and forget to tell me...
Coffee's on
TheBloozeMan said:Late start here too...
I'm trying to get Anne's computer going again - I am working from it now. Getting all the upgrades is a pain...
Then I want to set up a LAN.
That is about all I have on the list for today - if I get it all going, I am going to need a nap.
ran57gr said:Hi Blooze and Family! The sun went down, we survived another day
ran57gr said:Not for another week
Btw, is Lit dragging its feet again or is it me?
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TheBloozeMan said:Heavens to Betsy - what a day...
I got it all done. A functioning LAN in the Buck Household. Printer sharing and a shared 250G harddrive, shared Music, Pictures, and Favorites. Both computers are running the same versions of the same software, except where it makes no sense.
Of interest perhaps, is the fact that The Windows XP Professional that shipped with Anne's computer is 61 updates, including two service packs out of date. I knew it would be large, but no idea that large - I'd left it on for 3 days so it could download everything.
Office 2003, is 12 updates, and a Service pack out of date with a version that shipped a couple years ago.
The Broadband took a significant hit today.
Now I am down for the evening. If I wasn't so tired, I would pat my back for the excellent job I did on these ribs. They are yummy.
I want to start learning a new song "Forked Deer" - but I think a nap is going to win out...
Hope everybody's day was just dandy...
Night Cindy...Beam_of_lite said:Seems like life has gotten real "Busy" for all of us. For Sale sign is now on the front lawn and between working..trying to keep the house in shape and playing taxi for R well yeah BUSYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY....
All part of the plot an plan....
Kisses for my family..off to tuck myself in for the night
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TheBloozeMan said:Heavens to Betsy - what a day...
I got it all done. A functioning LAN in the Buck Household. Printer sharing and a shared 250G harddrive, shared Music, Pictures, and Favorites. Both computers are running the same versions of the same software, except where it makes no sense.
Of interest perhaps, is the fact that The Windows XP Professional that shipped with Anne's computer is 61 updates, including two service packs out of date. I knew it would be large, but no idea that large - I'd left it on for 3 days so it could download everything.
Office 2003, is 12 updates, and a Service pack out of date with a version that shipped a couple years ago.
The Broadband took a significant hit today.
Now I am down for the evening. If I wasn't so tired, I would pat my back for the excellent job I did on these ribs. They are yummy.
I want to start learning a new song "Forked Deer" - but I think a nap is going to win out...
Hope everybody's day was just dandy...
Yeah, I ran my mouth too soon, again...ran57gr said:Heh, I have Windows XP Home Edition, Version 2002. After crashing twice within two months last summer, and spending long hours to re-install everything, I got pissed. So I never installed SP I and II and I turned off the Windows Automatic Updates. I figured, if a system works, why mess with it to make it more complicated and therefore more prone to crashing?
And I'm keeping my Office 2000, it's a great version
TheBloozeMan said:Yeah, I ran my mouth too soon, again...
This morning I can't get Anne's machine to connect - done tried all I can think of - headed for their website and maybe into phone menu hell.
Gawt-damned computers no how...
So trueran57gr said:Ouchie! Sorry hon
I know I've posted this at least twice before in Lit but no idea if you ever came across it... please pay special attention to #9...
Murphy's Top 10 Laws Of Computing
1. When computing, whatever happens, behave as though you meant it to happen.
2. When you get to the point where you really understand your computer, it's probably obsolete.
3. The first place to look for information is in the section of the manual where you'd least expect to find it.
4. When the going gets tough, upgrade.
5. For every action, there is an equal and opposite malfunction.
6. To err is human...to blame your computer for your mistakes is even more human, its downright natural.
7. He who laughs last, probably has a back-up.
8. The number one cause of computer problems is computer solutions.
9. A complex system that doesn't work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine.
10. A computer program will always do what you tell it to do, but rarely what you want it to do.
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LOL - That is a pretty good list.ran57gr said:Ouchie! Sorry hon
I know I've posted this at least twice before in Lit but no idea if you ever came across it... please pay special attention to #9...
Murphy's Top 10 Laws Of Computing
1. When computing...
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10. A computer program will always do what you tell it to do, but rarely what you want it to do.
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TheBloozeMan said:Music day today. Gonna leave the cars alone. Work on the music.
Well, the coffee is finally cooked. Stop by and have a cup, if you've a mind to...
Morning Mav! Doesn't it tho... I may need to slow down on it however. I just noticed that I'm grinding my teeth, usually a sign that I've had a bit too much caffien (sp?)MaverickMan said:Morning Blooze!
Glad to see you are getting a chance to work on the music today!
The coffee tastes really good this morning!
TheBloozeMan said:Morning Mav! Doesn't it tho... I may need to slow down on it however. I just noticed that I'm grinding my teeth, usually a sign that I've had a bit too much caffien (sp?)
There is something neat happening with the bluegrass picking, in both flat and and flat picking for that matter. I've noticed that I will hear an idea in my head, and my fingers will sort of automatically play it, or at least come pretty close - I may need to smooth it out some, but then practice should solve that some, but sometimes the idea requires a completely new technique and it has to be dialed in.
Part of this is due to practicing the scales for the key of the song I am working on at the time. Another "trick" is to play the song in other keys - on the guitar, or the way I play it, those keys are C, A, G, E, and D - CAGED. I have found a couple of DVDs that teach that principle - I may get them and really pound it home.
Why just those keys? The Guitar is primarily a "sharp" instrument, and the notes of the strings fit those keys so many more open strings are available. It is easier to note, but open strings also continue ringing, so it is possible to create chords with a succession of notes and have them sustain while you answer with a harmony - stuff like that. That is why the Capo and the music theory accompanying it is so important in bluegrass and fingerpicking, two diciplines that enjoy open strings.
Anyhow, that is a neat deal. Think it and play it - hear it and play it. But it can be distracting too. I can wander off, tripping musically, having a cool idea, one after another - then sort of go whoa... how in the hell did I get here? Trouble is, some of those are pretty cool, and have melody possibilities - but it is hard to get back to them.
I may need to start recording my practice sessions and then edit the results - pull the neat stuff out, and trash the rest. It wouldn't take long to fill up a 250 Gig HD doing that (the recorders save the files as .wav... best for editing, but not the most efficient way to store audio data.
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Ms. Audrey is a hoot, and a pain... I have figured out one of her things. She comes whining around me in the office or the studio in the morning.
What?
Yeowl
I scratch her ear and she yeowls and takes off for the kitchen, but comes back a yeowling if I don't follow her. So I follow her. I point out that she has food and return to what I was doing. Soon she is back and we are doing the yeowl pet trick again.
Then I had an idea and tried it. I sat down in the dining room (they are attached - same space really) and started talking to her and she set up shop eating and purring. Every once in a while she would come wind around my legs and make her pleased little chirp. If I put a couple ice cubes in her water, then she is doubly pleased.
So she just wants company when she eats, and she thinks I should drop everything and accomodate her.
We are still trying to sort out who's wearing the jeans in this place.
Funny how they get. Ms Audrey used to like to perch on the TV and watch me work, and look outside and keep track of the world as it pertained to her. With Summer coming, I closed the window and the blinds and she was none too happy about this. She would nudge and push at the blinds with her nose until I tired of it and put her down, none to gracefully. She still tries to get up there when I am not paying attention to her.MaverickMan said:Pea does something similar. Not with eating but she likes to sit on my lap. If I am moving around too much she now takes advantage of a kitchen chair I brought in to the computer room when when Cindy was here. I put a folded up quilt on the seat and it is not too far from the computer desk and in the line of sight (nothing in the way) so she can see me easily. She has taken to sleeping on the quilt so she can just look up and see me anytime she wants.
Another cute thing she does when Cindy is here. We eat at the kitchen table and I have a little flat basket with plastic store bags folded up in it. She jumps up on the table and goes to sit in the basket while we are eating. Just wants to be part of the action and doesn't try to get in the food.
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