Category Archives: Computers

More tech stuff

Posted on 05/16/2007 by Meryl Yourish

I bought Acronis True Image and tried to start the backup of my HD. I keep getting stuck at the full backup because True Image keeps telling me I’m trying to save the backup to the same place as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers | 4 Comments

The wonderful world of web

Posted on 05/14/2007 by Meryl Yourish

I was reading an article on Katherine Hepburn in the Times, and came across a word I didn’t know. I double-clicked it, intending to copy/paste it into my dictionary.com toolbar. But I didn’t have to. The double-click set off the … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Media | 4 Comments

HP service drone gets an earful

Posted on 05/11/2007 by Meryl Yourish

I’ve been procrastinating reporting my video problem in my HP Paviliion notebook because I was pretty sure it was a video card thing, and I was also pretty sure that HP would tell me to send the notebook to their … Continue reading →

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Video/audio software questions

Posted on 05/11/2007 by Meryl Yourish

I’m getting more and more involved with editing audio and video. Any suggestions on what software to get (besides the “Get a Mac” crowd, which isn’t software, but hardware)? I don’t intend to spend thousands of dollars. I’m willing to … Continue reading →

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Windows, bite me

Posted on 05/09/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Can I just say, please, how very much Windows sucks? Their freaking “automatic” updates are killing my computer, for the second month in a row. The program chokes on my system for some reason, uses up all the CPU, causes … Continue reading →

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Copyright protection

Posted on 05/03/2007 by Meryl Yourish

I am, frankly, on the side of the HD-DVD consortium on this. I am a firm believer in copyright protection and have refused numerous times to accept illegal copies of expensive software. Yeah, I’d like to have the software. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Movies | 9 Comments

Your daily dose of humor

Posted on 02/14/2007 by Meryl Yourish

This time via Sarah: What tech support would look like when the book was introduced. If you think this is making fun of the idiots who call tech support, you’re right. By the way, it’s Sarah’s second blogiversary, and she … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloggers, Computers, Humor | 1 Comment

Software suggestions

Posted on 09/05/2006 by Meryl Yourish

Software questions Continue reading →

Posted in Computers | 4 Comments

An mp3/iPod question

Posted on 07/14/2006 by Meryl Yourish

What mp3 player should I get? Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Music | 12 Comments

The Internet is “a series of tubes”

Posted on 07/03/2006 by Meryl Yourish

The internet is a series of tubes Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Humor, Juvenile Scorn, Politics | 47 Comments

We are the AOL. You will be assimilated.

Posted on 06/23/2006 by Meryl Yourish

A guy goes through AOHell to cancel an account Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Humor | 2 Comments

Day by Day [has not] been hacked

Posted on 06/21/2006 by Meryl Yourish

Don’t load the code. Not that I think any of my readers are stupid enough to do so. But I thought I’d mention it, just the same. Thanks to chsw for the tip. Update: Whoops. Day By Day has not … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers | 3 Comments