Saturday, December 16, 2017

Come and Get It Day


Here it is.  And already I'm finding it weird to be typing on a new keyboard.  I had this sort of system a few years ago at a job, so I did accustom myself to it once before, but for now it sounds like gunshots (I type really hard, always have.  I actually started on a manual typewriter back in 1976, because it's what my parents had).

Specs ... not much.  Quad core, as I said, and a 4 gig ram (couldn't quite manage the 8) and a terabyte hard drive.  Had the port necessary for my extended monitor and just enough to buy microsoft office 365 for a year.  This is all I care about ~ am not a computer geek.

Now it is just the struggle to deal with all the stupid crap that comes with a new computer.  Turning the touchpad off, getting rid of the auto-starts for programs like skype, replacing gawddamn Bing with Chrome, turning off features, turning on features, trying to find passwords for programs that have to be transferred over, etcetera ... a high mountain to climb.  I'll have this feeling like home in a few days.

It's wonderful.  I'm very happy.  It feels like I have been waiting for a marshmallow for a very long time and it has finally been given.

Winston Rowntree recently did a piece about waiting for things to happen.  But my thoughts go to what it feels like after it happens ... so I cut this piece out of one of my movie files and posted it on youtube.  It's hokey, sure; but it is how you guys have made me feel.  Like a day like this came.



10 comments:

  1. Congrats! Looks like Warner Bros. was quick to take down your video, however.

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  2. It's only blocked for those of us in the US.

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  3. Tim's in Canada, so I don't know about that. It's a shame. I can still see it, but I guess that's because I put it up.

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    1. I think that must be why: the uploader would still have the data after all.

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  4. Very nice! I feel you on the setup. Even after working in IT for a while, it's kind of exhausting doing a fresh install and cleanup.

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  5. I'm curious. What do you see if you click this:

    Test

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    1. Works! Now I can truly appreciate the post.

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