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By education and experience - Accountant with a specialty in taxation. Formerly a CPA (license has lapsed). Masters degree in law of taxation from University of Denver. Now retired. Part time work during baseball season as receptionist & switchboard operator for the Colorado Rockies. This gig feeds my soul in ways I have trouble articulating. One daughter, and four grandchildren. I share the house with two cats; a big goof of a cat called Grinch (named as a joke for his easy going "whatever" disposition); and Lady, a shelter adoptee with a regal bearing and sweet little soprano voice. I would be very bereft if it ever becomes necessary to keep house without a cat.
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Satisfied, and bemused
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My inner geek
I got a new printer/scanner a few weeks ago. It sat around in its shipping box for more than a few days, until I got a small, cheap fiberboard stand to hold it. It's wireless and I wanted to avoid sacrificing space on the surface of my desk if I could.
I had heard more than one story from friends about problems setting up a wireless connection, so it was with a little trepidation that I unpacked the box and began to set it up. Everything went very smoothly, and I soon had a beautiful test page to gaze at.
Then I got to wondering about my little netbook in the kitchen. (See my entry of September 19 for more on that) Could I print from there? Not that I would want to very often, but still. I sat down at the netbook, and after one or two blind alleys, I found the printer drivers on the 'net, downloaded them, loaded the printer. A little inquiry box appeared: "How do you connect to this printer?" I clicked on wireless. The netbook talked to itself for a few seconds, and then asked: "Is this the printer you wish to use?" displaying the make and model of the printer in my office! So my inner geek puffed itself up a little, and I felt very intelligent.
But, my inner geek had to contend with another issue that still baffles me. It turned out OK, but I don't understand why. I have a small mp3 player that I've had for four or five years now. I listen to downloads of various radio programs in the car. In the car (the only place I was using it) it began to behave very strangely, the sound cutting out unexpectedly. If I waved it around, changed the position, it would sometimes continue to broadcast, other times not. I unhooked and rehooked the cable several times, swapping the connector ends between audio connection and player. No improvement.
I brought the player inside, checked listening with headphones. No problem. I brought the cable inside, hooked it up to the speakers on my little netbook. No problem. Hoping it wasn't the unit in the car audio system itself, I took the speaker cable I had been using on the netbook out to the car and hooked the player up using that cable. No problem. ???? My inner geek solved the issue, but I have no idea why or how. The cable that was in the car is now in the kitchen and vice versa. The speaker works just fine, and the netbook audio plays just fine. I guess I should be satisfied, but I still wonder what happened.
I had heard more than one story from friends about problems setting up a wireless connection, so it was with a little trepidation that I unpacked the box and began to set it up. Everything went very smoothly, and I soon had a beautiful test page to gaze at.
Then I got to wondering about my little netbook in the kitchen. (See my entry of September 19 for more on that) Could I print from there? Not that I would want to very often, but still. I sat down at the netbook, and after one or two blind alleys, I found the printer drivers on the 'net, downloaded them, loaded the printer. A little inquiry box appeared: "How do you connect to this printer?" I clicked on wireless. The netbook talked to itself for a few seconds, and then asked: "Is this the printer you wish to use?" displaying the make and model of the printer in my office! So my inner geek puffed itself up a little, and I felt very intelligent.
But, my inner geek had to contend with another issue that still baffles me. It turned out OK, but I don't understand why. I have a small mp3 player that I've had for four or five years now. I listen to downloads of various radio programs in the car. In the car (the only place I was using it) it began to behave very strangely, the sound cutting out unexpectedly. If I waved it around, changed the position, it would sometimes continue to broadcast, other times not. I unhooked and rehooked the cable several times, swapping the connector ends between audio connection and player. No improvement.
I brought the player inside, checked listening with headphones. No problem. I brought the cable inside, hooked it up to the speakers on my little netbook. No problem. Hoping it wasn't the unit in the car audio system itself, I took the speaker cable I had been using on the netbook out to the car and hooked the player up using that cable. No problem. ???? My inner geek solved the issue, but I have no idea why or how. The cable that was in the car is now in the kitchen and vice versa. The speaker works just fine, and the netbook audio plays just fine. I guess I should be satisfied, but I still wonder what happened.
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