Archives in Category: Technology

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Taking My Own Advice

Posted on July 30, 2012

Last month saw my website go on the fritz. While visitors could get on the front end, the back end – that place where I post new material – decided to shut down. Which meant that I could not access

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Afterthought

Posted on May 10, 2012

I’ve been thinking that my tech woes might not be behind me. Sure, I’ve purchased a new computer and have managed to retrieve all my files. Sure, my website has returned and I’m receiving emails regularly.

But what about my

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Back Online

Posted on May 9, 2012

After three weeks, I’m finally back up and running. Or back up and online. Running has nothing to do with it. And the operative phrase is “back up.” As in, returned to a previous live status.

My old computer bit

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Disconnected

Posted on April 20, 2012

On April 19, 2012 at approximately 5 PM in the afternoon my computer crashed. It reminded me of the final moments of the Titanic. The lights on my screen flickered, attempted to regain equilibrium, and then plunged into darkness. I

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Mephisto

Posted on January 12, 2012

I have a new friend named Mephisto. No, it’s not a dog or a cat. It’s not even alive, unless you think computers have lives of their own. Mephisto is a computerized chess game.

It’s better than playing chess on

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In Comparison

Posted on October 25, 2011

Today I continued my battle with AT&T and conversed with Max, Aaron, and Larry. I’ll have an alphabet of first names by the time I’m done. And, of course, I learned that the order I’d placed on October 11, almost

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Bad Experience

Posted on October 11, 2011

Yesterday I had a colonoscopy. For the uninformed, it’s a medical procedure that requires the patient not eat anything for twenty-four hours. It also requires other preparation that I’ll not detail here. The procedure itself takes about thirty-five minutes and

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Junk Mail

Posted on August 5, 2011

Our snail mail these days is filled with catalogs, flyers, bills and the very occasional card or letter from a friend. These usually occur around birthdays, and I treasure them. But they arrive so infrequently, I’d have no problem seeing

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Quality and Training Purposes

Posted on November 14, 2010

It’s that time of year when I order many Christmas gifts from catalogs, and I’m always torn between doing it via the Internet or via the phone.

The Internet provides an opportunity to order items without interacting with another human.

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ConEd

Posted on July 22, 2010

This is the third day I’ve tried to contact a human being at the electric company. Maybe there are no human beings at the electric company anymore. All I get is one of those annoying automated messages telling me the

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