So many changes...
I know that paradox is part of life. After all, change is a constant. Or is that just an oxymoron?
Anyway, what I'm waffling on (I'm not sure it really qualifies as "woffling on") about is change. I have just returned from a two-week vacation at Merimbula, my favourite beachside getaway on the far south coast of New South Wales. What a great place. So hard to leave.
On return to the cyberworld at home however, I am surprised at the number of changes that "happened" during my absence. It seems everyone has upgraded software at once!
I'm no Luddite. I know all about change and generally cope with it very well. As well as the best anyway, whether that's particularly well in the grand scheme of things or not.
But somehow this past couple of weeks seems to have been chosen by quite a lot of developers as the bets time to implement their respective upgrades. Consequently, I have spent a solid day (that's one of my long days!) just upgrading software. What fun. Actually that's not sarcasm, it really wasn't too bad and I found some of the developments pretty interesting.
To be fair, some of the upgrades were from before my vacation. I had just been ignoring them. For instance Yahoo! mail could have been upgraded earlier. And I still have more to do, such as Blogger.
I will be browsing with added interest to evaluate new features in both Firefox (now up to version 2) and IE (now up to 7). So far I must say these look very good.
I also had to upgrade my AVG antivirus and other protection. Thank goodness for AVG. I am so glad to be rid of Norton AV and its suite of assorted resource-hogging bloatware. I've been happily free from Norton's dominance for well over a year now and it feels good.
It wasn't about change -- quite the reverse! -- but I also had to deal with hundreds of emails on return. In just two weeks I discovered a great way to deal with 90% of my mail. Step 1 is to ignore it completely. Going to Merimbula and avoiding internet cafes helps here. Step 2 is to scan for evidently critical, important or family and friends email and to deal with those. Step 3 is to simply delete the rest. That's the best part. Umm... you didn't send me mail did you?
Still, it's good to be home. It's so much easier to plan my next getaway from here right on the Net! Take care now.
Anyway, what I'm waffling on (I'm not sure it really qualifies as "woffling on") about is change. I have just returned from a two-week vacation at Merimbula, my favourite beachside getaway on the far south coast of New South Wales. What a great place. So hard to leave.
On return to the cyberworld at home however, I am surprised at the number of changes that "happened" during my absence. It seems everyone has upgraded software at once!
I'm no Luddite. I know all about change and generally cope with it very well. As well as the best anyway, whether that's particularly well in the grand scheme of things or not.
But somehow this past couple of weeks seems to have been chosen by quite a lot of developers as the bets time to implement their respective upgrades. Consequently, I have spent a solid day (that's one of my long days!) just upgrading software. What fun. Actually that's not sarcasm, it really wasn't too bad and I found some of the developments pretty interesting.
To be fair, some of the upgrades were from before my vacation. I had just been ignoring them. For instance Yahoo! mail could have been upgraded earlier. And I still have more to do, such as Blogger.
I will be browsing with added interest to evaluate new features in both Firefox (now up to version 2) and IE (now up to 7). So far I must say these look very good.
I also had to upgrade my AVG antivirus and other protection. Thank goodness for AVG. I am so glad to be rid of Norton AV and its suite of assorted resource-hogging bloatware. I've been happily free from Norton's dominance for well over a year now and it feels good.
It wasn't about change -- quite the reverse! -- but I also had to deal with hundreds of emails on return. In just two weeks I discovered a great way to deal with 90% of my mail. Step 1 is to ignore it completely. Going to Merimbula and avoiding internet cafes helps here. Step 2 is to scan for evidently critical, important or family and friends email and to deal with those. Step 3 is to simply delete the rest. That's the best part. Umm... you didn't send me mail did you?
Still, it's good to be home. It's so much easier to plan my next getaway from here right on the Net! Take care now.
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