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Tag Archives: computer

Vista 101

Written by Meli on August 26, 2008 — 3 Comments

Yesterday I gained a new member of the family. Yes, a dear member of the family will be passing on, and I now have his shiny new replacement. In non-geek speak… I got a new computer.
In all fairness, the old laptop is now going to Tegan (my younger sister). and it was a loyal help [...]

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Darn Productivity!!

Written by Meli on October 14, 2007 — 13 Comments

So yesterday, I was so proud of myself for clearing up half of my hard drive, right? Huh. Not anymore. Well, kind of.
One of the problems I found was my iTunes music. When I had transferred all of my music to my external drive, I didn’t delete my old music files from my first drive [...]

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The Red Blinking Light

Written by Meli on January 31, 2007 — Leave a Comment

Ugh, work was stressful today. I mean, it was one of those all-around bad days. Well, it was fine most of the day. It always gets really bad at two-thirty when the main shifts switch between morning managers and afternoon managers. I swear… if everyone stopped whining about what the other shift didn’t do and [...]

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Virtual garbage bags!

Written by Meli on January 10, 2007 — 9 Comments

I like to think I’m pretty good with my computer. I mean, with its upkeep and all. I have a top-notch firewall, I have an anti-virus program and two spyware programs. I do disk cleanup every other day and I try and defrag every week. I empty my recycle bin often. I uninstall unnecessary programs [...]

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Needs, Wants, and Necessities

Written by Meli on January 8, 2007 — Leave a Comment

Sometimes I wish it was possible to have a money tree. Not that I’m obsessed with money. I just now realize exactly how hard it can be to come by.
If you’re a millionaire, stop reading now.
I have a lot to save up for. I mean, necessities like… saving money up for college or college classes [...]

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