Wednesday, December 12, 2012

12-12-2012.... Whoops?

Some say that  this kind of dates are special -  y' know,  11.11. 2011,  6.6.2006 and so on, but  right now, I am  finding out it's a some kind of   a mathematical hype.

I know that the next such occasion should have been in 88 years -  hopefully I will be  alive then,  as they somewhat whine about  next Armaggedon at....21.12.2012,  and  ain't that my luck, it is  just after my supposed Anatomy exam. /groans/.   If it is, then I would appreciate  my apocalypse to go just... a... bit... quieter.  Someone said that the world doesn't end with a bang,  but a whimper, and  I am  right now deliberating  whether the bang would be better in terms of being  unconscious at the impact, or should we wait out out natural ends  whimpering like  small puppies.

Still didn't find my  map  with  receipts and some important letter - it's  funny and pathetic at the same time  -  I can remember  so many  obsure facts, but when it comes to one measly little blue  map,  I  Don't Have A  Fucking Clue.   It has been driving me bonkers for a time -  hopefully tomorrow I will find  the damned annoyance.

Yesterday I had  a close meeting with very  annoying program that I  wanted to strangle the shit outta it's producers for  leaving the  damned menace running around the web.

Long story short -   went  on the 'net to grab some  programs for mum,  and while I was downloading 'em, I somehow managed to agree for the SweetIm being  installed.

Worst fucking decision...since babylon toolbar.   And  while I managed to correct  babylon in some  three days and  with actual work of four hours, SweetIM managed to torture me for  a day and  a whoopin'  five hours.  Meaning, I  was gnawing at the program and how to uninstall all those  damned things  since nine o'clock at night and I  managed to  finish  at almost three in the morning.  So... make that almost six hours.   Damned thing is very stubborn to remove,  bot for all the  miserable souls out there  who don't want to buy any special programs and are willing to chew themselves through the  proverbial guts of their  computer programs, here's the link:

How To Remove SweetIM The Hard-Ass Way

I could actually  snog the guy who wrote the thing out.  Or at least  make a shrine and worship him for his fabulous deeds... so thank you, Stelian Pilici, wherever and however you are.  You saved one  very frustrated geek from the  nightmare of  epic proportions.... seriously.  And this lowly geek is  humbled by your awesome knowledge and  fool-proof way how to gut the SweetIM bastard.... properly.  If you think I sound bloodthirsty, go see  the comments of some  other miserable users of that annoying program on the web.   At the point of   three-oh at morning yesterday, I had all the rights to be more than a little homicidal.  I still have, but that's not the point.  Although I am homicidal about that map... ahem /clears throat/

And as a PS:  Tried  Microsoft Word 2013 Preview version. The guys  and gals who  did the work  had gone seriously retro (or  off their deep ends?) in the times of Star Trek with it's theme, but  the sharp lines  just hurt my eyes.   of course, there are some pretty good  backgrounds  for   Power Point  presentations,   the same is with  Word,   and there are some new programs added in the package, but seriously,   I can't  stand white  and sharp lines and the  chosen font of the  letters was just fucking awful.  I dread  Windows 8 if it's the same as the  Microsoft Word 2013.... oh, wait, it is.  

So sorry, but Win 8 is a no go for me. Maybe I could learn to tolerate it  on  some touch-screen phone, but  on my laptop screen, I want to see my pretty little backgrounds, thank you very much!  Since my brother had   introduced me to Windows 7, I became enamored with the program -  all witty and pretty and  gay, that it was,  and I am still fascinated  enough to  have it on my  laptop while looking weirdly at the  colleagues who do have the next version  popped on their hard drives.   Although, on the subject of  Microsoft Office...  it  loads   slo-o-o-ow.  Why, I don't know, but  at the rate it had been going,  I almost thought  to ditch the thought of the  Miccy's and  load on  Open Office -  which is  almost  the same, only it's a  freeware version without  Miccy's logos and pretties and whatnot.

On the writing front,  I am dithering a little -  holy shit it's that time already! -  however, Anatomy  will  steal excruciatingly big piece of my time until I do away with the exam, although I do have some  ideas for  the stories.

See ya next time (hopefully,)


 Eirenei

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