Jane Talks Tech!

• i'm in shock. did michael scott just quit on latest episode of the office? of course not. right? #
• he'll be begging to come back. he has no shame. :) #
• i like the latest update to #norton2009 #
• norton #safeweb feature is blocking http://skypeforsip.com --> http://twitpic.com/2dm24 #
• just sliced my index finger. :( #
• http://twitpic.com/2dmek <-- credit score's looking good. :) #
• i'm really liking #twitpic's ease of use. A service I don't have to sign up for? == FOW :) #
• testing testing. #
• testing to see if my tweets are broadcast in clear text over ...

I realize that I never explained what caused me to jump ship from Ubuntu to Vista. Strangely enough, it was because of Adobe Acrobat Professional 8. In my professional and personal life, I work with PDF documents a lot and ever since I discovered the built-in OCR abilities of the Adobe Acrobat Pro version, I have gotten really used to tweaking and editing PDF documents to suit my whims. With Ubuntu, I did not want to install WINE which would have enabled me to run certain Windows applications on the Linux operating system. So, I enabled the Medibuntu Repositories on my Ubuntu installation and installed the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Well, there is a world of difference between the Adobe Acrobat Reader and the Adobe Acrobat Professional version. It only took a day of having to repeatedly type up a certain form and I decided that my experiment for Ubuntu would have to be delayed until I have another system to 'play' with. :) This reformat of my laptop took place last week Saturday (03/14/2009) and I don't regret the decision just yet.

However, this may change as I'm currently being subjected to the same old finicky nature of Windows. Right now, I've got my important programs installed. Vista's Performance Information and Tools monitor tool tells me that there aren't any issues affecting performance. I run the 'Disk Cleanup' tool rather frequently and my laptop is set to defrag on a weekly schedule. See pics after the  jump. *sigh* Read More »

*sigh* As much as I’m reveling in the familiarity of the Windows operating system, I have to say that I miss Ubuntu and the blazing fast start up times I experienced. With the Ubuntu OS, it was actually easier to shutdown and restart the PC versus hibernating. Whereas, it was ridiculously painful to do either (shutdown/hibernate) with Vista. Now that I’ve reinstalled Windows Vista, I’m taking great pains to avoid installing craplets that serve no purpose. However, I’m sad to report that I am still experiencing issues that seem little, but are starting to drive the O.C.D. part of ...

• wow. finally, a calm voice speaks about the #cramer vs #jonstewart drama by Joshua Allen: http://is.gd/nulG #
• misses the quick start up times of ubuntu. #
• definitely loving the #vista eye candy again and finally, sound works OOB! :) I still miss you, #ubuntu. can i get the #swaparea back now? #
• weird. I'm tweeting via #twhirl, but the twitter.com service appears down. #twitterdown #
• i wish my #facebook friends would be more careful about those "what is your true __" quizzes. Incredibly spammy, IMHO. #
• watching #LOTR return of the kings and ...