Little Mr Mahatma

In which the middle-aged Peacenik mouths off about War Drones--and all the other things that make him cranky.

Mr Mahatma--who is a Mr in real life--lives in the valleys of Southern California with his wife, a herd of Dears, and an impressive collection of books. Pnorny!
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Wednesday, May 24, 2006

When is USB Not USB?
Stupid computer. I wasted too much time yesterday finding a USB A-A cable for some mini-notebooks that we have at work. I wanted to use ActiveSync via USB instead of a serial conenction between my PC and one of the minis. Short summary: the cable didn't work. Turns out that the ActiveSync that comes pre-installed on the notebook doesn't have an option to use the USB, just serial or via network (though, hmmmm, maybe that gets the USB going). So perhaps I need a serial to USB connector.

Sometimes I hate that I work with computers. They don't make life any easier; they just make you put effort into a different direction. I once went a whole week without computers. A WHOLE WEEK! It was great - no worries about e-mail, viruses, drive crashes, spam, or anything. And then at the end of the week - this was a vacation - when I had to go back into the world of computers, I realized that now I was a week behind in everything: e-mail, anti-virus updates, drive backups, and so on.

Oh well. Just 1.5 more days until a 3 day vacation.

8:10 PM

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