Rant ahead, be warned!!

I learned XP, suffered through Vista, mastered 7, so of course, now there’s 10.  Don’t get me wrong, for all I know so far 10 may hold the answers of the universe, the meaning of life itself.  What I do know is that the software that runs my digital recorder (which I know how to use and is paid for) is not compatible with it.  Do I shell out money for a new one that might last a couple more versions or stick with the paid for one – remember, I mastered it.

I’m not especially tech-savvy, but neither am I a technophobe.  I was the IT guy at the bank I worked at for years.  Admittedly, there were no PC’s back then, never heard of laptops or smart phones or droids – except in sci fi movies.  But I could still get the tellers up and running on their masters and slaves – hard wired and no more than 50 feet apart.  Yes, I’m telling my age, so what.  But I don’t know what an FTP is, or a SSL/TLS or how to protect my leech (that even sounds dirty).  In my defense, I read the instructions, but they could have been written in Greek or Martian and I would have understood as much.

I was commanded to update my webserver the other day.  Was there really a good reason to move the favorites button all the way to the right and hide it?  It seemed quite happy where it was before.

And why, when using the business version of my email supplier can I de-clump my mail, but not on the personal version?  Would it really be that hard to keep the date and time of the email out there for more than 24 hours?  Of course, if it’s clumped, you can’t find that one message tucked into the middle of everything with that subject line anyway, so I guess it doesn’t matter.

Sigh.  I wonder if the ribbon on my typewriter has rotted . . .

Just a small update – not that I’m exhausted or anything.  Excellent workshops of course.

Had lunch with  Lynnette Hallberg and Mary Sue Seymour (agents), Marissa Cleveland and of course Char Chaffin.  Everyone was so incredibly nice and welcoming.  With thousands of people around, was alone with Pamela Ahern in an elevator – didn’t do a  pitch, but did get a chance to say hello.  It was great recognizing people I had met through the  Hearts of the Carolina group.

So much to absorb!!

No time to tell it all, but I will when I get home!  Having a great time, meeting the most amazing people and learning more than I can hold in my poor brain – fortunately I’ll have a day or so to absorb it all before the real world intrudes again!

Well, this is my first posting on a blog.  I have to admit what I know about blogging would fit on the head of a pin with plenty of room for a horde of fairies to dance.

I guess I wonder why anyone would want to hear my thoughts on me, now my characters, sure – they’re much more interesting than I am.  I’ll have to think about that, but hey I’m here and I’ll learn!