almost!

tried calling tech support again. holdtime down by half - helpfulness greatly increased!

everything is fixed except for wordpress. issue has been escalated to a higher tech level. should be hearing from them via e-mail (again no time estimate given). i am feeling a little bit better.

totally befuzzled!

i have been trying for three days to get my last post published. it's loaded on the site, but it doesn't show up when i view the blog... drat and double drat!

so i tried installing wordpress on the site - even more disastrous. stupid thing won't even show the log-in page. i'm on the verge of simply giving up altogether. who needs a blog anyway?

in a really crappy mood...

resolutions

in august?!!!

yeah, i'm a little early (or a lot late).

1. switching to mac is really paying off. so much so, that i practically have to force myself to use the monstro. not that the monstro is a bad thing, although it only runs vista right now. i will be adding suse to it, eventually. but i've decided to invest in one of the new iMacs. not willing to wait for the mac pro - i have the money for the iMac, now! and it cuts the cost enough that i can afford to get the software i want, and/or the cintiq monitor.

2. blogging is nice, but i really need to do it more consistently. i also need to start adding some more useful/interesting content. so i'm going to be scheduling myself "blog time" on a calendar. i'm also reviewing my archives, and trying to add some pictures, links, etc. this will make it worth running back thru the archives to see updated posts.

3. speaking of schedules... i'm always saying i want to learn some programming, a new language, etc. so that's become a daily scedule, of sorts. almost like a "class schedule at a regular school. i just might put some of my "progress" into my blog.

i think that's enough resolutions for the time being. pretty big goals i've set for myself; don't you think so, too?

yeah, it’s lame…

and i'm not very consistent with it. but it's here, and i'm planning to work with it more. eventually, i hope to be including links to articles i've found, pictures, that sort of stuff.

july has started out as a really great month. not only have we celebrated 35 yrs as a couple, we've had a truly great vacation and it's all paid for. no bills due, no headaches in the foreseeable future...

work is going fairly well. i'm keeping up with arlan's site, starting to work on my own site, again, and looking forward to growing the business this year. i've gotten a little more organized and pretty much settled into something of a work routine. learning a few new technologies this year, as well: i'm learning to work with ubuntu, currently.

at the moment it doesn't really look like it but the office is nearly ready for adding the new mac pro. i'm very pleased. once it's here, i'll be working on graphics a LOT more. i even hope to be ahead enough, i'll be able to add a cintiq drawing pad by the end of the year. now THAT will be a happy event!

that was a surprise!

started to use quicken this morning and discovered there were no shortcuts in the startup menu!

i'm a neat freak when it comes to computing. every install seems to add clutter to the desktop. so i'm constantly throwing out icons. guess i should have checked to be sure those icons were duplicated in the startup menu, hunh? easily repaired, but it means i should now check the menu pretty carefully before i go any farther.

regardless. i am now reassured that there is still money in the bank and there are no bills overlooked. good thing i made sure everything was up to date before i started re-configuring the monstro. would hate for everything to end up in the proverbial "handbasket to h#@!"