tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post1347569228240941259..comments2023-10-28T05:33:15.060-05:00Comments on The Writing Playground: Look, Ma! No wires!Marilyn Puetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073134550080890157noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-9421856191016444812010-03-26T13:14:21.162-05:002010-03-26T13:14:21.162-05:00I had the Geek Squad at Best Buy set up my router ...I had the Geek Squad at Best Buy set up my router and then I installed it at my house. No problems with it so far. Do wish I could figure out how to hook up my Wii to the wifi. I do use my On Demand and dvr through Comcast(Nashvile's cable company) and love it. You know unless for some reason Lost doesn't record on one of the most important episodes of the season...must watch on-line on Sunday.mslizalouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05346608035190326136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-87959905971615370752010-03-26T10:40:29.837-05:002010-03-26T10:40:29.837-05:00I am like the man who could cook and do laundry un...I am like the man who could cook and do laundry until he got married--only I can't run my techo life. It was so easy to just let him take over. He is a software engineer who also has an electrical engineering degree. I didn't intend to become completely dependent--and then one day I found out I couldn't even run the TV. Take a break for a couple of years and then it's all different. We have so many gewgaws and connections and remotes that even watching TV was worse than going to Wal-mart. It didn't matter much because I seldom turn it on during the day, but it mattered some. It seems it's not okay with him to just turn on the TV. That does not produce a sound that is acceptable to him. The sound has to run through the home theater system to be up to his high, hign listening standards. And that requires a whole different remote. <br /><br />I pitched the biggest fit I've pitched in a decade. I threw some remotes--against a chair where they wouldn't break, but still. I said words I didn't know I knew and would not have been all right with my mama. I told him that there had been a time when I could not only watch TV but program a VCR--never mind that VCR's are gone, baby, gone.<br /><br />He got right on the internet and ordered me up a pink remote so I could easily tell it from the others. He programed a button that turns on the TV and home theater system all at once. So now I can do it--it's just a little like living in assisted living. <br /><br />But I proof the manuals he has to write and cook a decent dinner most nights. That's something. <br /><br />That sure went on a long time. Apparently, I had some baggage. Thank, SP.Alicia Hunter Pace (aka Jean Hovey and Stephanie Jones)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13844329805282121486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-89024977940161342052010-03-26T09:20:35.766-05:002010-03-26T09:20:35.766-05:00When I moved, I had to put my desk on the wall opp...When I moved, I had to put my desk on the wall opposite the phone jack, and at that time I had DSL service. So I had to run phone cord all the way around the room to connect it to the modem on top of my desk. Then my son told me if I'd get a router, I could set up a network and just set the modem on a table beside that phone jack (eventually my futon will be against that wall along with a small end table) and I wouldn't have phone cable everywhere. <br /><br />Angel's husband, bless him, gave me their old router. PC's DG had said he would help me, but I kept putting off calling him. Then one day I decided to tackle it by myself as part of the self-empowerment part of my newly-single life. I downloaded the manual and software off the Cisco website and on attempt #3, I had a network! It's security-enabled and everything. I am so proud of myself.<br /><br />I have a DVR too, but Knology's system is absolutely stone age compared to the DirecTv I had in my house. I could have DirecTv here but I'd have to mount the antenna to my patio rail like some huge flower pot and I don't want that. So I trudge along with Knology's system because they are the only cable provider here.Playground Monitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444337591281145863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-57228781664838788062010-03-26T08:41:30.237-05:002010-03-26T08:41:30.237-05:00Hmmm, I am a confirmed Luddite.
I am not even sure...Hmmm, I am a confirmed Luddite.<br />I am not even sure what some of the words you used mean. <br /><br />I use a computer on a desk that connects to the wall. When it doesn't work then the Internet company sends a man to fix it for me. I pay $2.57 a month for this and consider it a deal!<br /><br />I am very happy to have friends like SP who can help me with my techno needs.Stephanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-53909489105434961592010-03-26T08:26:13.013-05:002010-03-26T08:26:13.013-05:00I have wifi. There's so much interference her...I have wifi. There's so much interference here that it won't reach across the house. Bought an Airport Express to extend it, but haven't had time to get it up and going yet -- mainly because I also have a Time Capsule to give it an extra boost, and also to do a full-system backup, and that takes all night, so . . . not yet. <br /><br />I'm moderately up to date. I'm not interested in OnDemand TV, mainly because I don't watch much: Bones, Castle, Human Target, Lost. That's pretty much it. I have DVR, and that's good enough for me. I don't play games online. I like games, but I'd rather play alone. I've been known (on a regular basis) to not answer the phone, not check e-mail for a day, etc. I don't like the feeling of being constantly in-touch and in-reach.Maven Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01191207825985417403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-4813246461754803342010-03-26T07:54:27.580-05:002010-03-26T07:54:27.580-05:00This is why I have a Darling Geek. (Well, it's...This is why I have a Darling Geek. (Well, it's not why I have him, but it's definitely a perk!)<br /><br />I have no idea what you're talking about. All of that is voodoo to me. Hell, if my computer so much as burps, I leave the room until DG tells me it's safe to return. <br /><br />So, yay!Problem Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01456049865200737618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-17085499731259725162010-03-26T06:27:54.126-05:002010-03-26T06:27:54.126-05:00I seriously need to get my wireless fixed. Oh, it...I seriously need to get my wireless fixed. Oh, it works just fine on my laptop and our desktop but Sweet Pea's laptop still won't connect. I did take it to a computer shop and they fixed it so it'll connect anywhere but home. Sigh. I know there's some problem with my router settings. I pulled up the information on the desktop, looked at it all like I knew what the heck I was doing and promptly closed the window. It was all Greek to me, although in my opinion it all looked fine. Somehow that didn't seem to help. <br /><br />InstigatorKira Sinclair - AKA Instigatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274056066229852126noreply@blogger.com