On Not Being Enough of a Geek
Apr. 4th, 2005 07:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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This Logitech keyboard is a bit weird, to. It has this tiny little space bar, with alt keys right next to it at either side, and I keep hitting the one on the right when I go to hit the space bar, which slows everything down. Adjusting to new devices is not fun. I'll try to figure out what is preventing the machine from installing Opera, but I'm not particularly optimistic about the prospects. I haven't set up e-mail on this machine yet, either, so I still have to fire up Sluggo to fetch it. I'll leave the windows open and maybe he'll cool off enough by midnight. I also haven't uploaded an LJ client yet. There's no point, until I can figure out how to get this thing to accept programs that didn't come pre-loaded on it. Feh. Computers.
The day turned somewhat more springy than I expected, the morning overcast having thinned to a few scattered clouds by afternoon. I would have liked to spent more of that afternoon outdoors, but I was dealing with this machine. Now it's almost dark. Oops. I forgot that it's trash night. I have to go take it out now. The computers can stay, though- for the time being.
This Logitech keyboard is a bit weird, to. It has this tiny little space bar, with alt keys right next to it at either side, and I keep hitting the one on the right when I go to hit the space bar, which slows everything down. Adjusting to new devices is not fun. I'll try to figure out what is preventing the machine from installing Opera, but I'm not particularly optimistic about the prospects. I haven't set up e-mail on this machine yet, either, so I still have to fire up Sluggo to fetch it. I'll leave the windows open and maybe he'll cool off enough by midnight. I also haven't uploaded an LJ client yet. There's no point, until I can figure out how to get this thing to accept programs that didn't come pre-loaded on it. Feh. Computers.
The day turned somewhat more springy than I expected, the morning overcast having thinned to a few scattered clouds by afternoon. I would have liked to spent more of that afternoon outdoors, but I was dealing with this machine. Now it's almost dark. Oops. I forgot that it's trash night. I have to go take it out now. The computers can stay, though- for the time being.
