Category Archives: Computers & Software

And now, clean up

Posted on 2025-02-23 by Holly

Well, I made it thru downloading all my ebooks from Amazon. then, just for good measure, I decided to go back and clean up that data base. You see, there were still dozens of books listed in that database from … Continue reading →

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deadly dull

Posted on 2025-02-22 by Holly

If you don’t know how dull it is to spend a day backing up documents, files, sorting, and generally attempting to deal with a bjillion different things in a somewhat organized fashion, I am jealous. I had a lot more … Continue reading →

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Not appreciating Amazon

Posted on 2025-02-21 by Holly

at the moment. I, like most in the US (and many I know in the US/Canada/UK/DE, have moved to reading a lot of books electronically. I have a tendency to use my iPad rather than a kindle – in fact … Continue reading →

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Sea Days and Zoom retreats

Posted on 2024-09-13 by Holly

Not a day that is going to interest most people, unless you are really into relaxing sea days on a cruise ship or really into cross stitching.  And then there is the off balance of time zone changes. Specifically that … Continue reading →

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whining

Posted on 2024-07-26 by Holly

I will admit it up front. I am feeling sorry for myself.  I seriously dislike pain, discomfort and/or swelling. I equally do not enjoy swallowing handfuls of pills multiple times a day. As of Tuesday evening, when I took my … Continue reading →

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it is back

Posted on 2024-06-14 by Holly

Imagine my surprise when I received a call early yesterday afternoon from Apple. Instead of next Monday – my laptop was ready for pickup.  This would be well worth changing plans and heading to the store in Emeryville.  Once again, … Continue reading →

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almost dead battery

Posted on 2024-06-12 by Holly

Is not something you want to discover in any item critical to your life, sanity, or transportation. In my case, it is my MAC. Over the last couple of weeks I noted that it wasn’t charging past 80%, then 75%, … Continue reading →

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What time is it?

Posted on 2024-05-26 by Holly

For the second day in a row – the new Apple update on my MAC seems to have decided to reset my date/time functions. So at 0930 this morning my laptop seemed to think it was 2330 on the 25th. … Continue reading →

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backups and notes

Posted on 2024-05-18 by Holly

This continues my tale of woe and Thursday. While heading toward home, I decided to run a few errands. A stop at the Del Norte BART area Safeway netted me a salad, some fruit, drink. If you need NON-cow dairy … Continue reading →

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Silence

Posted on 2023-01-24 by Holly

may not be golden, not even considering that old song. But it certainly can be welcome. As a child of the 50s, starting university in the 60s, med school in the early 70s, I was never one for background anything. … Continue reading →

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And a new tire

Posted on 2022-07-18 by Holly

After getting through my 0800 conference call and waiting on George to finish his, we went and picked up Dani’s car and dropped it off at the tire place. The guy there took one look at the old tire and … Continue reading →

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Superspreader events

Posted on 2022-06-22 by Holly

I hadn’t heard about the number of cases of COVID linked to the first of the two cross-stitch retreat weekends in Ohio. But then I am not on Facebook and it is hardly something that organizers would want to advertise. … Continue reading →

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Do they have a clue

Posted on 2022-02-02 by Holly

What should not be surprising in this day and age is that cross stitch and knitting, like many other hobbies, have dedicated software programs. These programs are usually on the design end, but may also include those that provide progress … Continue reading →

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Those improvements

Posted on 2022-01-05 by Holly

When I went to start this note – I found “another improvement” in my software. Well, actually in the software on my iPad. The great idea? A Split keyboard. Now, perhaps this innovation was greeted with cries of enthusiasm by … Continue reading →

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they don’t want to come out

Posted on 2021-12-19 by Holly

Gwen is doing better. I will keep you posted. Just for general reference – there is really only one major provider of cable in my area. You now have a choice when it comes to internet but not your basic … Continue reading →

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And the saga continues

Posted on 2020-10-13 by Holly

Yes, I know that I am whining. And that the inconvenience of dealing with a new phone is a first world problem. I get all that. What I also get is that I have the financial and intellectual ability to … Continue reading →

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Replacing the phone

Posted on 2020-10-12 by Holly

For those of you who don’t remember/weren’t around a few years ago – I had a six month period in which me and phones did not have a good relationship.  Other than the fact that I still put my phone … Continue reading →

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Fifty-one minutes

Posted on 2020-08-22 by Holly

of a support call to Apple and I finally was able to resolve the computer glitch that had been driving me nuts since earlier this month. What should have been simple turned out to be a bit more complex than … Continue reading →

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Drop it again

Posted on 2020-08-11 by Holly

Not. After being totally accepting of snapping the occasional photo with my phone, AirDrop decided not to work. Not from my phone to my laptop anyway. Sneaking up on it from either side didn’t accomplish anything, nor did rebooting both … Continue reading →

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Day 3 – Liberty

Posted on 2020-01-21 by Holly

in which I attempt to draft a couple more pages, discover that I have left some important information at home and find that my computer doesn’t want to do audio. Since neither the speakers or headphones seem to respond to … Continue reading →

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