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Well, I guess I should write something today, but I’m not really keen to do so.
You see … that means I have to look at my computer … some more.
I’ve done far too much of that in the last week and none of it was really productive.
My ‘puter has been plagued with blue screen of death (BSOD) errors and sudden shutdowns. I’m talking about ten to 15 a day.
It’s all been a tad frustrating – especially so given that the machine is less than 2 months old.
However, I have got to know some really nice tech support people in India. I’ve also eaten far too much chocolate and ice-cream – but that’s another blog entry I think.
I’ve not done much that was productive at all; merely sat and stared and pressed buttons in response to telephone commands.
It’s got me thinking about how language can simply cause things to be much worse than they have to be. If you don’t understand what a term means, then it can lead to all kinds of grim fears.
What is an IRQL and does it really matter that it is not less or equal?
Where is my PFN list that it has become corrupt? Zimbabwe? Joh’s Queensland? Can it be rehabilitated?
Memory management is understandable, but the errors are scrambling my brain and causing dementia like side-effects on the resident human.
ARGH!
Why can’t BSOD errors be in English instead of gibberish?
Why don’t they simply read, “Your RAM is stuffed, mate.”
Or, “The webcam is giving me indigestion.”
Perhaps, “Abandon all hope of ever printing again.”
Instead, we are shown reams of code for periods of mere seconds during which we are supposed to read it, write it down and prepare to reel it off for the poor tech support person at the other end of the line.
I’m tired. I’ve reformatted my hard drive and restored a few programs and the blue screens have returned. There is some sense of stability though – they’re still all in techno-babble.
ttfn from your square-eyed friend,
S.
Well, the website is UP and looks pretty darned good – even if I do say so myself!
Have a look and tell me what you think. (Drum roll, please.)
Ta da!
I have spent the better part of the last week wrestling with it while enduring the related experiential learning and on-the-job training. I think I may have sworn quite a bit too.
As a direct result of this adventure within the labyrinth of website building, I intend to spend tomorrow pickling apples.
I’m sure you understand.
Besides, it will help me to reacquaint myself with the room I refer to as my kitchen … I hope.
I seem to remember having one, I just can’t remember the way to get there or what colour it is painted. This must change. Soon.
I get my best ideas while cooking.
My intention is to start posting regularly now that the website situation is fairly stable. And a few things have caught my eye over the last week.
There has been quite a bit of chatter here in the wonderful land of Oz about high school students being able to graduate while functionally illiterate; and someone in the UK is suggesting that spelling variants should be accepted for the sake of keeping the peace. <insert horrified gasp here>
No doubt I’ll find something to say about both those things and others.
In the meantime, here’s a sneak preview of my next “Perils of spellcheck” page to be published.
One of my editing colleagues was booking accommodation on-line recently and came across an hotel that offered panoramic views of the horizon for their guests’ “atheistic pleasure.”
We think they may have meant asthetic pleasure, but Heaven only knows!
ttfn
S.
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