Oh! That Explains It

Yesterday at work, my computer was being very temperamental.  It would boot up then I'd try to get into a program--any program-- and almost as quickly the computer would kick me off and shut down  the program.  This went on all day.  It was a nearly useless day at work for me, except I did several projects that were more manual labor than computer driven projects.  I steam cleaned the men's restroom, for example.

 The funny part was that when I first finally got this machine to boot up, this is what was waiting for me:

Afternoon Driver, Alec, who is a UVU student, but a UofU fan, thought this would be a funny prank.  And since he had access to my computer over the weekend--he was on call--he made the Ute's logo my screen caver.

It is VERY harsh to look at as a BYU fan, and even a USU parent.  The red is just glaring.  It hurts me eyes, and my heart.

As the day progressed and I still couldn't get on my machine, I told Alec that he infected it with some sort of Utes virus and that I was quite put out.  He just laughed and thought he was so funny!

Meanwhile, I am trying to concoct a retaliatory plan and scheme to get him back for this.  Oh, and hope that my computer will work today.

Hacked

This past weekend I, sadly, had my email hacked.  Yesterday my computer was under repairs and basically got it's guts scoured out.  Today, then, my chore is to reinstall my programs and change all the passwords I can.

What a hassle.

But it is the price we pay in this day and age.  The catch-up work is a hassle though.

Minor Malfunctions

Well, Saturday got off to a rocky start and then filled in with busyness fro the rest of the day.  Therefore, no blog post yesterday.

This morning, I attempted to load a home movie for my Sunday video selection and the computer kept telling me it was loading, loading, loading.  But now four hours later...no video.  I cannot be sure yet, but it may be more the fault of it being a home movie than my capabilities to load a video--but there are no guarantees either way.

Hang in there with me, and sooner or later I will learn what I need to in order to do this properly.


In the meantime, did you hear, Jane Austen had rather awful natural spelling and grammar? 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101023/ap_on_en_ot/eu_britain_jane_austen

That is what editors are for I suppose.  Maybe I should get a hold of one of those myself.    Maybe they load videos too.  Yeah, better not get your hopes up.

Near Techno-Phobe

I love my computer. I love my camera. But sometimes technology is a lot more trouble than it's worth.

Yesterday I spent a few hours up the canyon shooting the gorgeous fall colors. I came home to load my camera's masterpieces on the computer and the lame software I have been using for almost five years wouldn't recognize the camera. I racked my brain trying to guess a fix on this one. So far, nothing is working.

Like the new printer/copier/scanner Genius Golfer bought me that still has not got the scanner bit functioning yet. Like the cobbler's children have no shoes, the Genius Computer Programmer's wife has issues with her computer and scanner.

Maybe I need to hire this out to another local computer genius. Anyone know a guy I could call?!