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Good news, bad news...
Good news...despite the scary severe weather warnings, I woke to find barely a centimetre of snow had fallen overnight. That said, it's still snowing, if only lightly, so I guess it could get worse through the day.
Bad news...I was supposed to be at a big meeting in our other office today, but this has been cancelled due to the snow. The meeting is to be rescheduled for May: what do you want to bet they'll pick Asylum week so I can't go? (To the meeting, not Asylum; nothing is keeping me from the con!)
Good news...having given me a delivery date of 23rd Feb, Dell's order status system now says my order is "preparing for delivery". Does that take two weeks? Or can I expect my snazzy new PC even sooner? (Either way, it's still good news. What? I'm a nerd and proud of it.)
Two good, one bad. That's a good score :-)
Can anyone recommend a good (free or cheap) WYSIWYG web editor (for Windows)? I am determined not to let MS Office near my new PC but Front Page is the one thing I don't have an alternative for. I use AceHTML for raw coding but its WYSIWYG is pretty clunky.
ETA: I just realised, I don't have a name for my new computer!
Names are terribly important. I mean, I try not to anthropomorphise machines but look at my track record:
I need a really super-butt-kicking-badass name for the new one.
Bad news...I was supposed to be at a big meeting in our other office today, but this has been cancelled due to the snow. The meeting is to be rescheduled for May: what do you want to bet they'll pick Asylum week so I can't go? (To the meeting, not Asylum; nothing is keeping me from the con!)
Good news...having given me a delivery date of 23rd Feb, Dell's order status system now says my order is "preparing for delivery". Does that take two weeks? Or can I expect my snazzy new PC even sooner? (Either way, it's still good news. What? I'm a nerd and proud of it.)
Two good, one bad. That's a good score :-)
Can anyone recommend a good (free or cheap) WYSIWYG web editor (for Windows)? I am determined not to let MS Office near my new PC but Front Page is the one thing I don't have an alternative for. I use AceHTML for raw coding but its WYSIWYG is pretty clunky.
ETA: I just realised, I don't have a name for my new computer!
Names are terribly important. I mean, I try not to anthropomorphise machines but look at my track record:
- My first PC was a second-hand machine. I called it HAL. It would never, ever do what I wanted without much wheedling.
- My second PC was named by someone else: London. It got the plague and died.
- My iMac was called Methos. It was great (and still works, if only for the occasional game) but wasn't as useful as I hoped. He got irritated with me too easily.
- My current PC is named Xena: I hoped that would be a better omen. She has served me heroically for many years but has ceased to kick ass.
- My last laptop I named JohnWinchester. The damned thing died on me right when I needed it most.
I need a really super-butt-kicking-badass name for the new one.
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Whoohoo - you've got a shiny new toy on its way! When I've had machines from Dell in the past they've always turned up at least a week early, so it might arrive sooner than you think - wheeee!
Fingers crossed for your rescheduled meeting too...you just know it's going to be the Asylum week *g*
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Oh! That's good news!
you just know it's going to be the Asylum week *g*
Yeah. Asylum is the last week of May but I have to travel up on the Thursday, so it's almost guaranteed the new date will be a day I can't make it. Damn snow.