Back to Work and Other Things
Back to Work and Other Things
Mostly, this blog is about other things. You know, not much about work because work is boring for most of us.
I was chatting with a lawyer the other day. We got into a discussion about downloading music files. She asked me if I knew how to download MP3s and other music files. That surprised me greatly. I would have thought that a lawyer, of all people, would know about things like copyright infringement and illegal downloading.
I said that I had never downloaded any music files because I believe that doing that without payment was wrong and a copy right violation. She was surprised that I felt that way; she said she had no problems with downloading files.
Odd.
I have a Handspring Visor PDA. I’ve had it since maybe 2000 or so and I am very happy with it. It has worked just fine for me over the years. I only use it for the calendaring and for my address book. The Visor has no email functionality; it can’t take photos; and it can’t play MP3 files. It does exactly what I want it to do and no more.
I am not one of those obnoxious people who must be connected to everyone twenty five hours a day or even more.
Over the weekend, I decided to update my Outlook in the laptop.
I tried to load my Handspring software that came with the Visor. It is not compatible with Windows Vista. That did not surprise me at all.
I went to the Handspring wed site to see if they had a Windows Vista patch or update. The web site said they may have a Beta version by mid-Summer. That struck me as being awfully flat footed. It’s not like Windows Vista was a surprise to anyone with a WinTel personal computer. Vista’s release was well announced and developers had plenty of time to prepare for the release.
I guess this means that Handspring – Palm Pilot did not or do not care for their customers because they would have had a patch available when Vista was released. I suppose Handspring will want me to buy the newest and greatest version of the Visor instead of patching the old product.
Given the choice between buying a new product and staying with the old product that is not compatible with Vista, I think I will stay with the old product since it still works. I will just have to make manual entries to Outlook.
Making manual entries is not the end of the world by any means.
I also have to buy a new version of Microsoft Money. My edition is 1999. This is fine with me. I can accept it since my version was written for Windows 95. I can also accept buying a new version since my old company bought the copy of Money for me anyway.
El Gringo
Jess the Server was not working on Sunday so I have nothing to report about her. It has been two weeks since I last saw her. The server who was there was nice. She was busy so I didn’t have time to ask for her name. Besides that, the replacement server was a blonde and I do not generally get along well with blondes.
I had two chicken soft tacos with rice and beans for dinner. I had planned to have a root beer with my dinner. Unfortunately for me, the soda equipment was not working so I had ice water instead. I saved a few dollars on the drink so that was good.
Woman of the Moment
Here we have Carmen Electra again. I have come to view her more favorably since I began to post her photos for the Woman of the Moment. I hope you enjoy these photos.
Be well and stay happy.
Mostly, this blog is about other things. You know, not much about work because work is boring for most of us.
I was chatting with a lawyer the other day. We got into a discussion about downloading music files. She asked me if I knew how to download MP3s and other music files. That surprised me greatly. I would have thought that a lawyer, of all people, would know about things like copyright infringement and illegal downloading.
I said that I had never downloaded any music files because I believe that doing that without payment was wrong and a copy right violation. She was surprised that I felt that way; she said she had no problems with downloading files.
Odd.
I have a Handspring Visor PDA. I’ve had it since maybe 2000 or so and I am very happy with it. It has worked just fine for me over the years. I only use it for the calendaring and for my address book. The Visor has no email functionality; it can’t take photos; and it can’t play MP3 files. It does exactly what I want it to do and no more.
I am not one of those obnoxious people who must be connected to everyone twenty five hours a day or even more.
Over the weekend, I decided to update my Outlook in the laptop.
I tried to load my Handspring software that came with the Visor. It is not compatible with Windows Vista. That did not surprise me at all.
I went to the Handspring wed site to see if they had a Windows Vista patch or update. The web site said they may have a Beta version by mid-Summer. That struck me as being awfully flat footed. It’s not like Windows Vista was a surprise to anyone with a WinTel personal computer. Vista’s release was well announced and developers had plenty of time to prepare for the release.
I guess this means that Handspring – Palm Pilot did not or do not care for their customers because they would have had a patch available when Vista was released. I suppose Handspring will want me to buy the newest and greatest version of the Visor instead of patching the old product.
Given the choice between buying a new product and staying with the old product that is not compatible with Vista, I think I will stay with the old product since it still works. I will just have to make manual entries to Outlook.
Making manual entries is not the end of the world by any means.
I also have to buy a new version of Microsoft Money. My edition is 1999. This is fine with me. I can accept it since my version was written for Windows 95. I can also accept buying a new version since my old company bought the copy of Money for me anyway.
El Gringo
Jess the Server was not working on Sunday so I have nothing to report about her. It has been two weeks since I last saw her. The server who was there was nice. She was busy so I didn’t have time to ask for her name. Besides that, the replacement server was a blonde and I do not generally get along well with blondes.
I had two chicken soft tacos with rice and beans for dinner. I had planned to have a root beer with my dinner. Unfortunately for me, the soda equipment was not working so I had ice water instead. I saved a few dollars on the drink so that was good.
Woman of the Moment
Here we have Carmen Electra again. I have come to view her more favorably since I began to post her photos for the Woman of the Moment. I hope you enjoy these photos.
Be well and stay happy.
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