tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513769632913968502.post7363781712650426438..comments2023-02-22T02:46:25.086-08:00Comments on Jessica Hart: Technology queenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513769632913968502.post-43914662566304602982010-11-01T02:01:00.240-07:002010-11-01T02:01:00.240-07:00Great tip, Elissa. It sounds just like that great...Great tip, Elissa. It sounds just like that great scene in Three Men in a Boat, where he's pretending that he's not waiting for the kettle to boil! I'm off to delude my computer into thinking that I'm not in the least bothered that it's now November because I've got masses and masses of time to rewrite my book entirely before the 26th ...Jessica Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08665523780886208301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513769632913968502.post-16122488148812495732010-10-31T15:59:40.818-07:002010-10-31T15:59:40.818-07:00Ah the Blue Screen Of Death! I know it well. I t...Ah the Blue Screen Of Death! I know it well. I think the safest approach is to treat your computer like a sentient being that's incredibly powerful but not very smart (they're the most dangerous ones). Talk nicely to it but tell it whopping great lies like: "This isn't important stuff I'm working on right now so please if you're going to delete something let it be this and not that photo of me last summer in the bikini before I lost weight because I'd really hate to lose that!" Guaranteed to work! Either that or have a computer genius in the family (ie anyone under the age of 15 ought to do it). <br /><br />BTW your holiday (minus the vodka *shudders*) sounds lovely.Elissa Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415274389691816585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513769632913968502.post-39898409644663376842010-10-30T05:02:10.190-07:002010-10-30T05:02:10.190-07:00Aaaarrgghh, that's a terrible story, Lacey!
...Aaaarrgghh, that's a terrible story, Lacey! <br /><br />Having put up this blog, I went downstairs to make myself a coffee, and when I came back the screen had gone blue, with a threatening message that my computer was going to start destroying information if I didn't do something about a new device (presumably the iPhone) that it had decided it didn't like, in spite of having worked perfectly well before. That was a bit of an aaarrrgghhh moment for me too. Clearly I didn't get to the duster quickly enough!Jessica Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08665523780886208301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513769632913968502.post-37995674605454095272010-10-29T16:26:37.717-07:002010-10-29T16:26:37.717-07:00When my computer gets a virus I often wish for the...When my computer gets a virus I often wish for the days of the typewriter back. Actually I met someone just recently who told me that she has a theory about computers and stress. The higher your stress level the more likely it's going to blow up. She blew a fuse for the whole house and killed her computer while completing her Masters.<br /><br />It's a funny conundrum and my compouters have always kicked the bucket right when a piece of work is due...Lacey Devlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05716109142743069204noreply@blogger.com