Do I Like WordPress?

September 2nd 2011
I have to say – probably not. It doesn’t seem very intuitive to me.  For instance it is not immediately obvious where to log-in, unless I just couldn’t see the wood for the trees.  I had to go post a comment before I found anywhere to log in, and ultimately the tabs for adding new posts etc.
Anyway, enough of that.  I’ll persevere with it for a while before I decide to ditch it.  Just hope I’ll be able to import my posts into blogger somehow.
We’ve been away for over a week – Bendigo, Swan Hill, Mildura and now back in Bendigo.  I had to leave my new toy at home because I hadn’t had enough time to transfer everything over to it before we left.  Thought I’d done most documents, graphics etc. until I discovered it had transferred every folder I’d selected – EMPTY!  Not a file in any of them, although all the folders are there.  So I’m looking forward to getting home to have more of a play.  What I’ve seen so far I really like.
Haven’t had much access to the internet while we’ve been away (using Mark and Janine’s PC to do this) so I’ve got to add to my Holidays blog when we get home.  I’ve done a quick summary of most days in Word, so should be able to simply copy and paste.

The New Toy

August 21 2011
Well, it has arrived – my new Toshiba.  So far I am quite impressed.  Only problem is it was configured as a 32-bit system and I want it to be 64-bit.  I have made the recovery disks, but I’m not sure how to go about re-installing Windows 7 so I can make it 64-bit.  We have to go into town tomorrow so I’ll go and ask.  Only means I can’t start to transfer data and install programs because they will all be wiped when I re-install.  But at least I have had a bit of a play and have discovered a few things about Windows 7.

Hmm! Well! Best Laid Plans and All That!

First of all, the Asus laptop actually had no DVD / CD Drive I discovered when I did a bit of research on the net last night.  So first thing this morning I rang Dick Smith and although Clint assured me, as he did yesterday, that the laptop did have a DVD Burner when I asked him to check he had to admit that in fact it didn’t have one after all.  So I told him I would have the Toshiba I’d been looking at instead.  No worries.

Toshiba Satellite L750

Later in the day I ‘persuaded’ Bill to take a run into Bairnsdale so I could pick up my new toy.  I was itching to try it.  Almost rang first to make sure they had one in stock, but felt sure it would have been mentioned this morning if they didn’t have any.  Guess what – they had none in stock, although Clinton hadn’t realised that when I rang.  Options – I could have the display model at a reduced price, or wait to get a new one.  Also, he’d have to reinstall Windows.  How long to reinstall, 1 1/2 hours.  No, not prepared to wait that long, especially with a not too happy husband in the car anyway.  If I didn’t want the trial versions of Norton and Office 2010 I could have it in 10 minutes.  I wasn’t interested in the trials, so that sounded like the go.  How reduced?  Only $20, so I refused.  Upshot was Clinton will get one from Traralgon on Saturday and deliver it to home on Sunday.  Only thing is I had to pay for it today, so they’ve got my money, I haven’t got the computer yet!  He said he’d try to organise a bonus for me, so I told him I’d been going to ask about a new wireless mouse as mine eats batteries.  He more or less said he’d get me one.  Hope he keeps his word.
So, wasted trip (petrol, time and an out-of-sorts husband) and I have to wait even longer for my new toy.  Only good thing is if I hadn’t gone in today I wouldn’t have found out until Friday that they didn’t have one.  Could still have had it Sunday I suppose so wouldn’t have been any worse off – but at least I know today that I can’t have it until Sunday.
These are the specs for my indulgence.

General	Product Type:	Laptops
	Brand:	Toshiba
	Model:	PSK2YA-04K010
Features	Estimated Battery Life (hr):	4
	Bluetooth Enabled:	Yes
	Digital Media Cards Reader:	SD Memory Card
	Hard Drive Speed (rpm):	5400
	Graphics Card Brand:	NVIDIA
	Graphics Card Memory (MB):	1GB
	Graphics Card Memory Type:	Dedicated
	Graphics Card Type:	GeForce GT 525M
	Networking:	Gigabit Ethernet
	Optical Drive Format:	DVD Burner
	Optical Drive Type:	DVD Super Multi
	Processor Brand:	Intel
	Processor Model:	2410M
	Processor Speed (GHz):	2.30
	Processor Type:	Core i5
	Installed RAM (GB):	4
	RAM Expandable To (GB):	8
	Ram Type:	DDR3
	USB Ports:	3
Disk Drives	Hard Drive Size:	640GB
	Interface Type:	SATA
Screen	Screen Definition:	High Definition
	Screen Aspect Ratio:	Widescreen 16:9
	Screen Resolution:	1366 x 768
	Screen Size:	15.6″
	Screen Type:	LED
Audio	Microphone:	External
	Speakers:	Stereo Speakers
Networking and Internet	Wireless Networking:	IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g
Connections and Expansion	Audio Ports:	Headphone mini jack, Microphone mini jack