It is noontime on Friday October 10th, 2019. The morning has been especially reminiscent of autumn with a crisp, cool breeze blowing through the trees and a clearness of the blue ocean which is often obscured by fog in the summer. The leaves do not change colors much here on the coast, and it is…… Continue reading Journal Entry 10.11.19
Category: Computers
I’ve been a computer nerd since 1993. These are my stories in dealing with computers through the years.
Technology upgrade
As I mentioned in a post or two ago I recently got excited about my VR goggles again due to discovering YouTube VR. Prior to that I had been rather bored with technology and in a rut checking Instagram, Facebook, the news and writing a blog post or two on an endless loop. Well, that…… Continue reading Technology upgrade
Computer Issues
I’ve finally solved a computer issue that had been a major thorn in my side for about 6 months. It was a problem that caused me to reinstall Windows, start using Windows 7, consider ditching Windows all together and using Linux, updating and deleting drivers and reading a ton of forums. It all started when…… Continue reading Computer Issues
Windows Reinstall
Story below this post is primarily a guide for myself. In case Windows completely malfunctions Boot from Windows disk and do a complete reinstall.Pull out the motherboard CD and reinstall driversDo a Windows update Just when I thought the major stress had passed I was greeted with a catastrophic Windows failure. Cleaning out my computer…… Continue reading Windows Reinstall
Journal Entry 9.7.2018
It has been a difficult week. I started to catch a cold on Wednesday of last week and it has persisted until about today. I still feel a little weak but that might be to not working out in a while. In addition, for the first time in my life I got athletes foot. I’ve…… Continue reading Journal Entry 9.7.2018
The Saga of Burning my Blu-Ray Fireplace to File for TV
One thing I wanted to accomplish while I had free time this summer was to burn my fireplace Blu-Ray disk and have it play from my server to the TV. I did not realize how troublesome this would be. It all started when our Blu-Ray player died. I was playing the fireplace Blu-Ray but when…… Continue reading The Saga of Burning my Blu-Ray Fireplace to File for TV
State of the Internet – 3rd post
It is 3:55 AM on Friday May 4th, 2018. It took some time to find a solution that would make me happy in using this new laptop. It is small, there is very limited space and after hitting a number of roadblocks yesterday I stumbled into a wonderful solution. Although I was happy with the…… Continue reading State of the Internet – 3rd post
Journal Entry – 4.24.2018
It is midday on Tuesday, April 24th. I had an issue with my new laptop in that it was running very slowly. I learned that it was due to a lot of updates that were being installed and so I kept that window open so it could complete. After one Windows 10 update the Windows…… Continue reading Journal Entry – 4.24.2018