OK. This is not fun. I don't know if it's me, but I'm having a helluva tine getting used to this thing as you can see. Tried doing some work on a story and it was taking me forever. This is like driving a new car. Everything feels different and I'm having trouble figuring out the controls. I feel like I've gone from an automatic to a standard and nobody has shown me how to drive. I feel really frustrated. I keep getting the space bar and touch pad buttons mixed up, I have to go back and forth from one side of the page to the other to scroll...It's GOT to be me.... How hard can this machine be????
Maybe I made a mistake and should have stayed with my old dinosaur desktop....
What was I thinking??? I hate change.....
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
(Really) Technologically Impaired
O.M.G. That's the only text talk I know-if it's even called text talk, but OH MY GOD...
I feel really out of touch in this fast moving cyber spinning world in which I live. The reason? A simple laptop. I bought one. And now I'm wondering if I'll ever get the hang of it and if I should have invested all the long saved, hard earned money I spent for this sucker.
Let me do a little 'splainin', Lucy. My husband, Dennis, and I will be taking our first, and maybe only, safari to South Africa next October. We're going for three weeks and I'm excited beyond belief. (See the "Countdown" on the right of my page.) It's a long story how we came about going. Suffice it to say we became little overly zealous at a fund raising auction and were suddenly the proud recipients of a one week photo safari. Because it's a once in a lifetime opportunity, and because the flight over is 24 hours, and because we've not had a real vacation in about five years,we decided to really bite the bullet and make the trip three weeks.
We went out and got a digital camera so we can capture the many memorable moments, but we need to learn how to use it. We were told that it'd be a good idea if we had something with us to download all the pix. I'd just gotten serious again about my writing, and thought a neat way to remember along with the pix would be to journal. The more people we spoke with, the more suggested bringing a laptop for both pictures and journaling. So, started saving my money, and here I am eight months later with a Dell XPS-- does- lots- of- stuff- I- know- nothing- about- laptop. I'm using it now, and have to admit, this keyboard is really cool. So soft to the touch. (eww-sounds a little kinky!) But it has no mouse, and someone suggested I could get one, but what 's the point, it's a LAP top. So I spend tons of time, fiddling back and forth, trying to get the friggin' pointer where I want it to go... and forget the scroll bar. That's going to really send me.
I have a lot of reading to do before I understand this thing. And that's something else! A long, long time ago (n0-not American Pie) when a consumer purchased a new gadget, included with said gadget were operating directions. Sometimes it was only one page, sometimes it was a little book. But no matter, it was always there to refer to should a problem arise. But today? Noooooooo. If you want directions more explicit than indicating the on/off button, you have to go online and look them up. And if you are like me, with lots of memory loss due to age as well as previously mentioned overindulgence in substances made to be taken in moderation, the ole memory ain't what it used to be. So I need something I can hold. And refer back to. It gives me comfort. After reading the brief quick start guide of my new toy, I went online as they suggested and downloaded the "Technology Guide." All THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE PAGES OF IT. Now come on!! We spend a ton of money on all this stuff, you'd think they could at least include a guide to help us along. OK. Help me along. It's become a do it yourself world, and while I'm all for DIY, and saving the planet by using less paper, I think user manuals are a must. Call me old fashioned. Call me stupid. Or, call me as my daughter does: Technologically impaired.
(If this post looks particularly screwy, or contains many typos-itls het PXSl!!!!)
I feel really out of touch in this fast moving cyber spinning world in which I live. The reason? A simple laptop. I bought one. And now I'm wondering if I'll ever get the hang of it and if I should have invested all the long saved, hard earned money I spent for this sucker.
Let me do a little 'splainin', Lucy. My husband, Dennis, and I will be taking our first, and maybe only, safari to South Africa next October. We're going for three weeks and I'm excited beyond belief. (See the "Countdown" on the right of my page.) It's a long story how we came about going. Suffice it to say we became little overly zealous at a fund raising auction and were suddenly the proud recipients of a one week photo safari. Because it's a once in a lifetime opportunity, and because the flight over is 24 hours, and because we've not had a real vacation in about five years,we decided to really bite the bullet and make the trip three weeks.
We went out and got a digital camera so we can capture the many memorable moments, but we need to learn how to use it. We were told that it'd be a good idea if we had something with us to download all the pix. I'd just gotten serious again about my writing, and thought a neat way to remember along with the pix would be to journal. The more people we spoke with, the more suggested bringing a laptop for both pictures and journaling. So, started saving my money, and here I am eight months later with a Dell XPS-- does- lots- of- stuff- I- know- nothing- about- laptop. I'm using it now, and have to admit, this keyboard is really cool. So soft to the touch. (eww-sounds a little kinky!) But it has no mouse, and someone suggested I could get one, but what 's the point, it's a LAP top. So I spend tons of time, fiddling back and forth, trying to get the friggin' pointer where I want it to go... and forget the scroll bar. That's going to really send me.
I have a lot of reading to do before I understand this thing. And that's something else! A long, long time ago (n0-not American Pie) when a consumer purchased a new gadget, included with said gadget were operating directions. Sometimes it was only one page, sometimes it was a little book. But no matter, it was always there to refer to should a problem arise. But today? Noooooooo. If you want directions more explicit than indicating the on/off button, you have to go online and look them up. And if you are like me, with lots of memory loss due to age as well as previously mentioned overindulgence in substances made to be taken in moderation, the ole memory ain't what it used to be. So I need something I can hold. And refer back to. It gives me comfort. After reading the brief quick start guide of my new toy, I went online as they suggested and downloaded the "Technology Guide." All THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE PAGES OF IT. Now come on!! We spend a ton of money on all this stuff, you'd think they could at least include a guide to help us along. OK. Help me along. It's become a do it yourself world, and while I'm all for DIY, and saving the planet by using less paper, I think user manuals are a must. Call me old fashioned. Call me stupid. Or, call me as my daughter does: Technologically impaired.
(If this post looks particularly screwy, or contains many typos-itls het PXSl!!!!)
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