Notes about Notes

THURSDAY, MAY 20, 2010


Notes about Notes

I was talking to someone about memory or the lack of it (and I am not talking about something attached to my motherboard in a proprietary socket) when she reminded me to note something. I whipped out one of my handy note books and took a note about what she had noted it was imperative I noted. In my mind’s eye, I can see that old priest that taught me English Comp rolling over in his grave right now.

I knew it was going to be a long day because I had hardly even begun to address the digital notes on my pRotable (I know how it should be SpEEled... I have another rant saved for the spellchecker that will come at some point in the future). I am putting that in my notepad and if successful finding the note that I made; I may just do it.

Something that my large contingent of followers should note is that I am still the only follower of this blog. Although I can produce email and facebook evidence that others have entered this spiral of nonsense; they have not subscribed. I thought that ingenious vortex sounded better though. So, keep those emails coming. It is noted that I have added facebook as all one word to my spellchecker (and spellchecker as all one word too) because I think I rarely shall come across an instance that the WinDoze approved space inserted versions will not be required to be keyed in for some degree, program or something and although I do not despise caps there was a time in my life when I refused to use them.

I decided to become a follower of my own blog because I wanted to see what benefits could possibly be gained by being a follower instead of a leader. I could only assure readers, and myself now, that it possibly could lead to additional info being logged about their person somewhere on the interwebs database.

Who controls this thing? Is it that evil MicroSoft or is it the upstart google? I don’t care if Word does not like a capital letter in the middle of a word even if their logo was displayed on cardboard or plastic boxes that had their product in it (at least at some point) that way, IIRC. I know it is not Apple that is keeping this huge database. Unless it is one of their stores that lets you know what else you might enjoy in the listening, application or literature world and some how earns Steve even more revenue. Google does it I think just because they can AND it is in not yet illegal in China.

Apple said they did not want or need to know what people in databases wanted when they first introduced the iPhone, iTouch or the new slightly improved HUGER less capable version called the iPad. They were introducing new technologies because we needed them even if we didn’t care that we did or participate in how they operated or were manufactured as long as they were Green.

Not to wander… I don’t think you will believe what the Apple rep told me about why the iPad did not have a webcam after I harassed him to see if it would show up in whichever generation! He said: “The reason the iPad does not have a webcam is that if you were going to use it for video conferencing you would have to hold it VERY still or the images would be jumping all over the screen and that would be annoying.” Seriously, is this some kind of Apple script he was taught in iPad salesperson school? It might just be a pretty big camera, but what do I know. Steve decided that I did not need it and would buy it regardless. So far, Steve is wrong. I then asked the Apple something that really annoyed him… and that was if the engineers that designed it thought that it was just so great that no one could resist it or ever put it down. He set the iPad down to make a note about that on his iTouch. I think the iPad was just a little too big to fit in his pocket. I think he was last emailing it to himself so that he could print his note on his computer because he did not then have a way to print directly form his iTouch or iPad. I think there is now an App you can buy to do that but it is certainly not like most of my handy paper notepads.

At this point, not one to be distracted by an answer to a question I had not asked, because I was sure he was not going to reply to the one I had; I took out my notepad and wrote myself a note because my old Toshiba 310 PDA was sitting at home waiting for the battery to arrive that I had paid the vendor extra for special handling to get it to me quick. While I was thinking about that problem, I also made a special note to dun the vendor or find out every option for revenge available on eBay or some other way to get that darned battery to my house. I have successfully transmitted my disdain on not receiving the battery and give the vendor until tomorrow to finally respond or for the battery to show up at the billing address that was charged quite some time ago for what was yet to arrive.

Yes, notepads. So I can not utilize my Toshiba 310 PDA electronic notebook with the backlight until I have a new battery. I am being beaten back into the Stone Age mercilessly by this inconsideration and hopefully not some scam. The guy did have a 99.7% good rating and had been dealing on the interwebs for a long time. Judging from his numbers he had to have sold at least 1K # of things or else .7% of a person bought something from him. At least they were pleased with it. I guess I am in the same boat as that other poor .3% guy unless this new math has stifled me again.

I miss my old Toshiba 310 PDA even if I have not even loaded new operating systems on it that will synch with the other new OS itineration from the Evil Empire that lurks somewhere on my hard drive. I could just store the file that had the notes on it to the miracle plastic disk that fit in the correctly sized slot in the old thing and then eject it and shove that disk into my laptop in the right hole, the one that was made for it. This is fortunate because if my laptop were an Apple it might be deemed that I did needed that slot and it would be better if I just emailed myself everything or stored it on or in ‘the cloud’ somewhere. The problem with ‘the cloud’ is when it rains it pours so any screw ups WHEN they do happen will be massively catastrophic. At least when the old personal organizer was working I would have the stuff I needed in three places that I would eventually find. It would not be like that last time I lost a paper notebook and someone from Minnesota called me to tell me they had found it.

Of course that led to the obvious question: Since I am here in Florida and I have never been to Minnesota; how in the heck did my notebook get to a land of so many lakes where it might fall in one and all the ink would run and the important things in my life would be lost forever? At least if it was at my house there is some slight chance that I might notice that I needed it and if I searched long enough (provided it was not in Minnesota); I might find it. I told him yes I did have it after a long phone discussion that thankfully he was paying for since he read and responded to the information on the first page that listed my name and address and how important the thing was to me, even offering a reward if found. He was a really nice guy and had sent it to me post haste and even paid for the postage and did not ask for or receive a reward. Then he called to see if the US Postal Service did its job properly. If I had gotten a reward from the owner every time I found one of those darn pads I would be rich and poor at the same time. Kind of like now.

Although my computer is not beeping nor are the LED’s flashing it is time for me to wrap this up because I do not want someone to install the Parental Controls on my Laptop. I don’t want to have to go thru all of that and having to use a password to get the monitor to display properly. Besides I did not give her administrative rights.

Better get right into Control Panel and set a password for this thing or else someone could do it by just fooling the computer and logging on as me. I am going to call Lee my IT buddy to insure that this thing is tamper proof. I wonder how many unique characters I have to put in the password to make it good enough to be too hard to hack and to make it worthwhile as a password.

Or should I just close the lid and go find that paper pad?


Before I do I am going to give a published author a free advertisement and post a link. I do not receive any money from Google or the author but just think since I believe in the “what goes around comes around” theory; it was what I ought to do.

http://twitter.com/Shitmydadsays

I think when it is all together like that it is not a swearword but I caution those without the Parental Controls that you might encounter some if you click the link. Hopefully, it will improve the chance of your return and the remote possibility that you will be amused.

I know you will be amused there and I hope here too.