Good news, bad news...

[briarwood]

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:

• 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.

Comments

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

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*

[raynedanser.livejournal.com]

My Dell arrived last summer... Hm. I almost think it was a day late for some unknown reason. But yes, they CAN arrive early, too.

Wait for her to arrive and see how it feels right before you name her. (ooh, her???)

[morgan32.livejournal.com]

so it might arrive sooner than you think - wheeee!

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.

[morgan32.livejournal.com]

Wait for her to arrive and see how it feels right before you name her. (ooh, her???)

It's pretty sexy so, yeah, I think "her" feels right this time.

[raynedanser.livejournal.com]

*g* "Her" just sort of slipped out, but it felt right, too. I'm sure you will come up with just the right name! :D

[howlsthunder.livejournal.com]

LOL - I totally agree about names being important for computers. They are the only inanimate objects I name. My first iMac was Artemis - it worked well for a G3 iMac but quickly went the way of the dinosaur when a newer, better pantheon of gods series of computers came out RIGHT after I got her.

My second computer is my G5 that I still use. Its main drive is "Raven". This month it'll be 7 years old - and its STILL a kick-ass computer! I love it to death. Raven is a trickster but a successful underdog, all-powerful god in most Alaskan native culture, so maybe that has something to do with it. ;)

Raven's secondary bootable drive is "Alti". Like her namesake, she is rarely used but always to good effect.

Lastly my iPod is "Cheza", this anime character who is biologically a plant. I think she was long lived. Either way, my iPod is almost 3, which is very good for an iPod so I guess I am doing okay. :)

[morgan32.livejournal.com]

I like "Raven" :-)

I've generally picked fandom-type names for my PCs...I'd be scared to name one Alti, though! Bad juju!

[howlsthunder.livejournal.com]

Heh, yeah, I really don't remember what I was thinking when I named it that. I think because it was my "alternate" backup/boot drive: alternate=alty or "Alti". 6 years for her, though! *Knocks on wood*