tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post7069645767253390773..comments2024-03-18T16:49:08.253+11:00Comments on All the Blue Day: The Technology All DiedJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-82563227045796184472017-08-27T16:29:52.682+10:002017-08-27T16:29:52.682+10:00Let me see if I can boot up my old laptop...Let me see if I can boot up my old laptop...Moniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00478824913564593125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-20697147382581034832017-08-27T16:29:31.154+10:002017-08-27T16:29:31.154+10:00Let me see if I can boot up my old laptop...Let me see if I can boot up my old laptop...Moniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00478824913564593125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-81538857690836428742017-08-25T21:47:45.245+10:002017-08-25T21:47:45.245+10:00Chris, I rang the phone company, thereby earning m...Chris, I rang the phone company, thereby earning my lunch! Lunch is important! I have Libre Office installed on my Linux system, which may or may not be the same thing as Open Office, but would certainly be similar. It seems to do everything that Word does, except more reliably! Yes, if my computer only needs a new battery I will order one at my handy battery shop in town. I do want to make sure that I can do what I want to do on this computer though, without it dying completely, before I go and buy a new battery. But thanks to all the technical advice I am getting, it seems clear that I can use any old reconditioned computer and get Linux installed on it, which is fantastic news!<br /><br />A.Nono, thank you! I know it is hard to believe, but I am such a numpty that when I couldn't get my photos off the camera using the cord that connects it to the laptop (the method I always use), I thought I had tried everything. I completely forgot about the memory card! When I told the girls this, they just rolled their eyes in that pitying way teenagers have. When I said I had tried everything, they assumed I'd tried the memory card too. I am so grateful that you have anonymously assumed a complete lack of IT nous on my part:) I am particularly grateful, because the photos of Posy's primary school graduation were on it, so thanks for pointing this out before I took it to the recycling centre xx<br /><br />Anonymous, well of course I am. That is, after all, the reason that I blog. I consider this space as my own private cargo cult. The pity of it is that it is not working out as well as I had hoped..<br /><br />Debbie, isn't it the way that everything goes at once! However I have received some wonderful advice here to help me on my way, and I do admit to being a tiny bit excited about my new phone:)Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-76763982148207507122017-08-25T19:02:49.482+10:002017-08-25T19:02:49.482+10:00Damo, that is absolutely brilliant information, th...Damo, that is absolutely brilliant information, thank you! And one reason that I love Linux is that it is user friendly enough that I was able to follow your directions and download Focus Writer, and also format a document as a Word doc. Wonderful! This means that if my computer is not dead after all, but merely needing a new battery, then I will be able to keep using it. Yay!<br /><br />Thanks again!<br /><br />Lucinda, mmm, yes, so many photos. I do think about my great grandma who had about a dozen photos taken of her in her lifetime. The convenience of taking and storing photos also creates a giant headache. I don't take many photos, and I don't have any photo albums since about the year 2001 when we bought our first digital camera. I have a few photos of the children on the wall, but the rest are scattered in various digital places, including some on the dead camera. Right on the bottom of my mental to-do list is 'sort photos and get the precious ones printed in photo books. Or something.'Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-19123864026640811992017-08-25T06:09:39.925+10:002017-08-25T06:09:39.925+10:00Sorry everything is dying but am happy for the ble...Sorry everything is dying but am happy for the blessing of a new phone for you!Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449564619872452771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-20830193040682495252017-08-24T21:43:05.668+10:002017-08-24T21:43:05.668+10:00Are you just being scabby and secretly begging for...Are you just being scabby and secretly begging for someone to donate their technology to you?<br />Just a thought...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-61523798501563292432017-08-24T20:11:37.022+10:002017-08-24T20:11:37.022+10:00Just a thought Jo - isn't there a memory card ...Just a thought Jo - isn't there a memory card in your old broken camera that you can retrieve and then salvage your photos from? <br />A. Nono <br />Please excuse my bizarre anonymity but I feel strangely shy...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-77449132051414600102017-08-24T19:08:19.810+10:002017-08-24T19:08:19.810+10:00Hi Jo,
The main question of the day becomes: Did ...Hi Jo,<br /><br />The main question of the day becomes: Did you succumb to the need for lunch (life is short and missed lunches are missed which can be a bit of a shame from my perspective); or did you contact the nice phone company? Sometimes I make life easier for me by going to a Telstra shop as it is easier dealing with people face to face. I am old fashioned though.<br /><br />Oh, replacement laptop batteries can be purchased on eBay. I have a ten year old laptop which runs fine and I reckon is now onto its third battery. You can also obtain much higher capacity batteries than the dodgy ones they originally placed in your laptop. There are collection bins for old batteries all about the place too as there may be some recyclable materials inside those deceased batteries. I don't really know the truth of that matter.<br /><br />I assume that you have heard of Open Office which is an open source version of Word Processing and Spread sheet programs? I believe it runs on Linux Mint. I run it on an old Windows XP laptop and it works perfectly and will save Word Processing files in the current Word format. I like the program as it reminds me of the old versions of Office which in my opinion are more intuitive than the the current versions.<br /><br />Hi Benson! :-).<br /><br />ChrisFernglade Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06950962122594709186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-8406619734788275652017-08-24T07:13:20.308+10:002017-08-24T07:13:20.308+10:00The loss of photos is something I have dealt with ...The loss of photos is something I have dealt with a couple of times. Thought I'd learn!! But then what can you do with thousands of photos? It's kind of a relief. <br /><br />We've had our computer for about 5 years. It just stopped talking to my phone so when I recently tried to upload and save my photos, I had no joy. Like you, I don't want to talk with the company so I will live life on the edge. <br /><br />I did make photo books of our trip to Tassie and London. Enough photos saved. <br /><br />As to sourcing environmentally more friendly technology. Good luck. My son sold our old phones to a recycling company. And he always uses our old phones first. Phone companies are tricky the way they do software upgrade that the old phones can't handle. Sneaky money making companies!!!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-10721976359831620902017-08-23T16:07:29.014+10:002017-08-23T16:07:29.014+10:00Hi Jo,
Sorry to hear about your technology woes. ...Hi Jo,<br /><br />Sorry to hear about your technology woes. I am also the happy owner of a hand-me-down iphone 5, still works great (indeed better than many other new phones).<br /><br />Just wanted to point out though that you can still provide documents in MS Word format with Linux Mint. All you have to do is open your story/essay and click FILE->SAVE AS. In the bottom right of the window that pops up you can change the FORMAT to whatever your heart desires, including PDF, DOCX and TXT.<br /><br />I also write a little bit and just discovered a great open source program (not available on windows) for Linux Mint. It is called "Focus Writer" and you can easily turn off spell checker, menus and all other distractions so only the blank page is on your screen. You can even enable the old-school clicky-clacky typewriter key sounds :-) Free to install from "Software Manager".<br /><br />Have fun,<br />DamoDamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09874193098681605362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-6394549764108512882017-08-23T15:56:44.903+10:002017-08-23T15:56:44.903+10:00Tracy, I am hoping that my new/old iPhone will wor...Tracy, I am hoping that my new/old iPhone will work too well and last too long too! In my son's case, the iPhone 5 lasted until the iPhone 6 came out! Do you keep the old Apple gear, or upgrade?Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-18958888931072413462017-08-23T15:36:49.688+10:002017-08-23T15:36:49.688+10:00In our house dead technology results in a very hig...In our house dead technology results in a very high stress situation! It's a position we no longer wrangle with, because we accidentally become dedicated Apple people. We didn't mean to, but we just couldn't go past them anymore, higher expense and all. They work too well and last too long to scoff.<br /><br />I'm glad you got your phone situation sorted....and hopefully you'll find a computer that does everything you need it to.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07511855282323456046noreply@blogger.com