computer troubles

I mentioned that I was trying to fix up all the pictures from the trip. I finally got them all done last night (except for one set). I sorted through all the discs from my film. I decided which ones I would fix up. I fixed them (I put a lot of work into them), and decided which ones to save for disc and which to save for the internet (those have more work done to them). I didn't get done with them until after midnight, and LJ was not playing nice, so I didn't upload them.

My dad gave me some stuff that he wanted to me to scan for him, but I kept putting it off. I decided that when I got home tonight, the first thing I would do was scan his pictures.

My computer wouldn't boot up. I had to drive it down to the Geek Squad. Probably cost me a couple hundred dollars.

It went up in safe mode, so I think it's not too serious. That's a relief, considering all the work I put into fixing up those photos, but I'm still without a computer and e-mail for a couple of days. That's okay, I'm not getting e-mail notifications anyway.

user height

Here is a metric converter. And that's twelve inches to the foot.

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customization

I can't deal with this non-ergonomic keyboard. I can't get my fingers to bend sideways, so my hands bend sideways at the wrists in order to keep my fingers on the right keys. It's not comfortable. And of course the keys are different heights and have different travel than I'm used to. At least the mouse has a scroll wheel. I can barely function at all without one of those.

And I don't have my favorites on this computer. It took me quite a while to remember that the poll creator is found in the FAQ. And I have trouble remembering which of you have the default LJ style on your comment pages, so I can get to the links to my pages, rather than yours. For those of you who do not have S2 styles chosen for your comment pages, I thank you (and also because I like leaving comments while still being able to read the rest of the discussion). Isn't there a way to set it so all comment pages are in my style? Or is that only if I've chosen an S2 style?

And why does this computer make all these strange noises?