Apri Weather in May?
We had May weather in April with a record high set and lots of near record temperatures. Now that it is May we’re have April weather with cool temperatures and a fair bit of rain and thunderstorms. Of course, there’s still quite a bit of May left – and summer usually sets in by the end of the month.
Turned 50 a couple of weeks ago. That’s probably why I haven’t been updating this blog – been just a little busy…
I have two hard drives in my computer – Windows and programs on one and data on the other. I haven’t been able to de-fragment my data hard drive –not enough open space on the disk. I get a lot of files (both audio and video) from podcasts that take up most of the space. My files and data take up about 10 percent of the 120 gig hard drive and the music and audio files the rest. So I have busy burning Cds to get some stuff off of my hard drive.
That led to getting a new storage system since the CD slots on the side of my computer desk were pretty well filled up. I found a storage system that works and have been busy burning and gathering CDs from hither and yon. Just when I think I found all of the photo CDs – another one turns up. It’s amazing just how much data is on those disks.
I get a fair number of tech newsletters and one of them from PC Magazine had a comparison of low-end media center computers. The one from HP caught my eye – it will be cheaper to get that system than it will be to upgrade this couple year old computer to a media center. Of course seeing the media center computers got me thinking - getting one of them would allow me to get rid of my TV, my Replay TV, the Go Video DVD/VHS combo, and my receiver. That would greatly reduce the number of things plugged in – this house was built in 1970 and there just weren’t quite so many things to plug in back then…
I am reading a classic book from 1960 – Sea Power – edited by E.B. Powers and Chester W. Nimitz. The book covers the history and tactics of naval warfare. This book is heavy reading- but interesting – especially to a retired sailor like me – even though I spent my naval career around airplanes.
Our pup Tyger is now 5 months old and weighs 13 ½ pounds. She loves to play and to be around people.
Well, that’s about all for now…
Take care & enjoy,
Florence
Turned 50 a couple of weeks ago. That’s probably why I haven’t been updating this blog – been just a little busy…
I have two hard drives in my computer – Windows and programs on one and data on the other. I haven’t been able to de-fragment my data hard drive –not enough open space on the disk. I get a lot of files (both audio and video) from podcasts that take up most of the space. My files and data take up about 10 percent of the 120 gig hard drive and the music and audio files the rest. So I have busy burning Cds to get some stuff off of my hard drive.
That led to getting a new storage system since the CD slots on the side of my computer desk were pretty well filled up. I found a storage system that works and have been busy burning and gathering CDs from hither and yon. Just when I think I found all of the photo CDs – another one turns up. It’s amazing just how much data is on those disks.
I get a fair number of tech newsletters and one of them from PC Magazine had a comparison of low-end media center computers. The one from HP caught my eye – it will be cheaper to get that system than it will be to upgrade this couple year old computer to a media center. Of course seeing the media center computers got me thinking - getting one of them would allow me to get rid of my TV, my Replay TV, the Go Video DVD/VHS combo, and my receiver. That would greatly reduce the number of things plugged in – this house was built in 1970 and there just weren’t quite so many things to plug in back then…
I am reading a classic book from 1960 – Sea Power – edited by E.B. Powers and Chester W. Nimitz. The book covers the history and tactics of naval warfare. This book is heavy reading- but interesting – especially to a retired sailor like me – even though I spent my naval career around airplanes.
Our pup Tyger is now 5 months old and weighs 13 ½ pounds. She loves to play and to be around people.
Well, that’s about all for now…
Take care & enjoy,
Florence
posted by Florence at 7:06 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home