Monday 19 February 2024
Tech!
Monday 15 May 2023
Trump, Tech and Spring!
Friday 13 January 2023
Laptop Death
Tuesday 6 September 2022
Log in Woes
Tuesday 21 June 2022
Tuesday Grumbles
Tuesday 7 June 2022
Three Things
Saturday 20 November 2021
Fungi, Tardis and Sweets
A late afternoon wander around town where the crowds gather for the 'Xmas Lights' being switched on. Every child in the town was here, far too many people, and a few perplexed dogs. I pushed, and was pushed about by the crowds, willing to mix it as not long after leaving home an Audi driver came close to hitting me. I wished I had said more at the time but he kept moving. Thus Irked, I wandered about.
Sweets abound here. This stall is a regular who offers bags of teeth destroyer. He remains considerably cheaper than the fancy stalls found today. Candles, cakes and things I canny afford nor indeed desire. Many have been before so must have made money, and Xmas arriving will do them some good.
Saturday 2 October 2021
Saturday Laptop
Wednesday 17 February 2021
Spotting from Home, or Bored!
Unlike the engineer, that's 'driver' to you and me, I got fed up waiting so I moved to Waupaca, Wisconsin, no, I have no idea where that is either, and discovered the foundry there was still working, possibly because this engine had just moved some of the trailers, filled with Coke standing in the background, into the furnace area. This looks to me like one of those little 'wild west' towns that has little to build on but the foundry. Quite why this town exists is not made clear but it appears to prosper. Small town America lies before us here.
Wednesday 4 November 2020
Let Joy Continue...
Wednesday 9 September 2020
WORD, Politics, Stress
In other news Donald Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize! How do you spell ‘Gasp!’
Friday 4 September 2020
'Dell Boy' and Meat!
I have done little but glance at the news today, I noted fake £20 notes are going around, these are the type used in TV and films, they look real bar from little things like the word 'POOND' on the reverse, which some folks in Aberdeen might not notice. The biggest brothel in Europe is closing because of the Corono Virus, I am not sure why, 'Sickly Come Dancing' returns soon and an exciting horde of people I have never heard off will be participating, are you pleased? 'Bread and Circus's' for the masses I say. Trump stands accused (There's phrase you often hear) of calling dead US soldiers 'Losers,' amongst other things, that could affect his vote more than police brutality. A married teacher is accused of having it off with a 15 year old pupil. Where were such teachers when I was at school? And there are people confused, say the English press, and it is all English owned, people are confused because Scotland says one thing re quarantine and virus, England another. Why confused? Follow Scots lead, you will find it is the safer option.
Tuesday 23 June 2020
Clear as Mud
So I answered the problem of 'how to get photos from my phone to the laptop' by obtaining a suitable USB cable. Considering I have a box full of cables and every one was the wrong size, USB 'C' apparently is required, all mine were different, possibly used for laptops, computers and radios rather than phones! Any how I got one today delivered by 'Hermes' the worst of all courier services. Not only did it arrive as promised (they promised to deliver between 11 - 1 after I had gone out just before 11) they actually did deliver before one O'clock. I saw the man push the packet through the letterbox, take the obligatory photo as they do these days and depart as I was crossing the park. Jolly good show 'Hermes.' Since Lock Down 'Hermes' has employed many more drivers. Their system was poor before, the worst of all, yet it appears to me they have white van men all over the place at the moment. There were two here today, one doing large packets and this one with the small stuff. I wonder if it will last?
So, now I have a cable to connect the phone to the laptop, I connect, it bleeps, it registers, and then nothing! Naturally I try all things before looking for help in the instructions. Here, as you see, helpfully the instructions are written in Mandarin, or is it Cantonese!
Jolly good show!
Now I believe this the chinky folk trying 'soft power' in the way the US has been doing it for years, completely ignoring the people of this land and expecting us to understand what they are talking about. I mean, Cartoons like 'Peanuts,' or 'Garfield, 'Marvel Comics, those dreadful US comedies with canned laughter and no humour, the movies and all else is dumped upon us and we are expected to know what they are talking about. Naturally in reverse this gets nowhere! With the exception of one small house in Georgia where a young woman lives with her own translator.
Possibly the Beijing Emperor hopes to do similar with his export power? I see a problem here. While the normal citizen can translate US speak into some form of human dialogue ( you see, we used to call that 'talk') translating Chinese characters into some form of English is unlikely for 99% of the people. Possibly they have heard the Geordie's cry 'Huawei the lads' and got the wrong idea?
Anyway, after some struggle I found the spot to change things and discovered that I can indeed load the laptop with bad pictures taken on my feeble phone camera. However, I am peeved that I cannot uplift to the phone from the laptop! There has to be a way to do this, I will discover it, even though it may take a while, in Mandarin!
Sunday 14 April 2019
Sunday Suffering
It's bee a rotten few days so far. The problem with the line was fixed but now the laptop is running slow. Speed ought to be around 50-60 and is as low as 2 at one point. Today I have it at 10. There is a routine to go through and I will do this once the football is over but it is a drag.
I have run all the scans from Avast to check things are not hindered by bugs, that took hours late last night, and all is clear, the switch off and on routine and search BT is next. At least the laptop is clear of bad boys.
On top of this my wee cough was improving and suddenly turned nasty again, much more bronchial than before and meant I have not gone out. This is worse than before and they wanted me to do two readings later in the week. They had better pray well to see if this will clear up in time, it is not good, why me I cry while being grateful I do not suffer what others suffer.
Good news however in that the Heart of Midlothian have reached yet another cup final. This I was able to enjoy via the laptop yesterday. How lovely to see the victory, how lovely to see goals for our side. Sadly however Aberdeen today threw away the game v Celtic and lost, not only by having two men sent off for violent conduct but also having the manager and the assistant manager sent off for things said to officials. I did not see this game, a thing called 'Premier Sports' has arisen to make money out of Old Firm games and I refuse to be conned by yet another money making scam!
So we look to the end of May when we meet the green bigots in yet another cup final. We have played them three times in this game, winning twice, and look forward to the great day.
I see that nice Mr Farage has risen to oppose the 'establishment' again. He has created the 'Brexit Party' to do this, a party including the CEO's of several large businesses and the sister of Jacob Rees-Mogg who has deserted the Conservative Party and boasts of being a mother for eight years. She failed to mention the nanny she pinched from Jacob or the private schools however. So the elite are lining up to fight the er, establishment!
I see a problem here.
This of course is just Farage wanting to get into the EU house again and line his pockets, nothing more. A cash cow stares him in the face, he will never get into Parliament and the money is his aim. Add that to what he has made from Brexit and it is no wonder he can afford to smoke.
His new party has nothing to do with UKIP being accused of some £300,000 worth of illegal data being used during the 2016 referendum? Clearly Farage would know nothing about this? It would be trying if he and others, such as Boris and Michael, were to be drawn into something uncool would it not?
I await developments.