Heidi's Journal

04/05/2011 13:35 #53984

Laptop set up
Category: work

Is so tedious. I want to take it with me already but it has to be able to do anything I need while I'm out & about. So far I like it a lot. It's so light! I wish it had an external volume control (standard on toshibas).

heidi - 04/06/11 11:13
No, just setting up all the software and tweaking Win7 so that it's completely functional. My main work machine has to be Windows-based because my most important work software - QuickBooks Premier Accountant Edition - only comes in Windows.

I had never fully migrated to the Toshiba (on the left in the pic above) two years ago and I've decided to move into the Sony fully.

tinypliny - 04/06/11 04:38
What are you putting on it? Linux?

tinypliny - 04/06/11 04:37
I have an external volume control on my old-new Toshiba. I really like it for those time when you just don't want to muck around with the touchpad or the keyboard.

paul - 04/05/11 23:31
Nice. Ive never seen an external volume control.

04/01/2011 16:38 #53957

Conference (more)
Category: school

We're not learning much but listening to green wash is interesting and giggle-inducing.

tinypliny - 04/02/11 00:44
And so it says on the BIG label right next to it. WTH was I thinking.. hehehe. It does look like an awesome mini-car prototype though.

heidi - 04/02/11 00:42

giggle*it's a roller skate! Hannah is a derby girl in lancaster, pa.

tinypliny - 04/01/11 19:37
I like that car so much with all those cool looking flames and the wiry framework.

04/01/2011 16:36 #53956

Conference 2
Category: school

I'm at the cornell law school fracking conference with my friend hannah. We're laughing at the industry hacks. They sound like idiots in comparison to the academics with their nuances and complex understanding. Maybe we'll go to ithaca beer company to celebrate our hippieness with some flower power.

heidi - 04/01/11 17:17
They're the pack of markers she's using. Staedtler triplus fine liner.

paul - 04/01/11 16:43
I like the color tabs on whatever that packet of info is to the left of her hand.

03/30/2011 18:49 #53947

Topic idea: alternate universe job
Category: topics

Topic Idea: "What would I have done for a living in an alternate universe?" suggested by tinypliny

I'd be a photojournalist, travelling the world to find the best light, the best shot, the best story.

I was a photographer for the Penn State yearbook and loved it. I really gave thought to at least minoring in photography but ended up just majoring in sociology and then going to grad school. One of the biggest obstacles for me is that I hate to travel. I figured this out in high school when I did a 10-day tour of Japan and then the next year did one in France with side trips to Italy and Switzerland. Travelling makes me crazy and sick. :-( Even to be a newspaper photographer wouldn't be very satisfying - it's a grunty tedious job and it would require living in a city. Oh, right, I currently live in a city. I have fantasies of being a light, easy traveler. I'm really much more of a turtle - I have to have my STUFF with me. I like stuff. I like consistency in my sleeping arrangements. If I could be a photojournalist with a small RV, that might work. *giggle*

tinypliny - 04/01/11 19:38
Hehehe, yeah, stuff gets in the way always.

metalpeter - 03/30/11 19:46
sounds like a great job......................

03/30/2011 18:41 #53946

Phones are a pain!
Category: tech

I love my phone. However, I left BOTH outlet chargers at Uncle Dudley's two weeks ago and charging from a USB port on my laptop takes a while and requires laptop to be on. (I know, I could use my tower, but that's in the living room and I use the phone for a back up alarm clock.) I forgot to plug it in last night and today I've been going from client to client and it's run out of battery twice. Client 1 showed me his super cool charging pack - a 3-cell mophie juice pack.

I'm in love. I want this sooo bad. But they don't make it for anything but iPhones. booo.

What do you think of this solar USB charger?

heidi - 04/02/11 00:35
I had no idea batteries are so cheap! Thanks for the idea. I'm wishing I had one now.

tinypliny - 04/01/11 19:39
Nevermind my comment. You probably meant A/C charger when you said outlet charger. lol

tinypliny - 04/01/11 19:38
There is also a direct A/C charger. I have it for my Nexus one and its dock.

paul - 03/30/11 21:07
The way I do it is that I bought a battery and phone charger stand on Amazon for like $30 and SN extra battery. That way each night I just switch out the battery. Or when traveling I have a spare battery with. Totally works awesome provided you gave a phone with swappable battery.