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I solved the computer problem by throwing money at it. The good news is that I have a new netbook, that is both smaller and cheaper than the old one is (particularly with the refund of the VAT, it was a pretty good deal) and I am therefore once again a ganglion of the Internet. It also has the option of booting using Android, preventing the operating system flaw that felled my last netbook.
The bad news is that the keyboard has Spanish markings on it (although I set it to United States Qwerty) so I have to rely entirely on muscle memory to type, because the special non-alphanumerics will not be the same. And the Windows interface is in Spanish; I can't change it at this point; I learned quite quickly what "Save" or "Cancel" is in Spanish. I guess I can reinstall the operating system somehow when I get home, as well as requesting what I can do with regards to warranty on my current netbook, which was still a very nice little machine.
It is still surprisingly noisy out there; I saw a great many fans walking somewhere. Maybe they are meeting the returning team.
We went to the zoo. It was very extensive, and looks pretty well run.
The bad news is that the keyboard has Spanish markings on it (although I set it to United States Qwerty) so I have to rely entirely on muscle memory to type, because the special non-alphanumerics will not be the same. And the Windows interface is in Spanish; I can't change it at this point; I learned quite quickly what "Save" or "Cancel" is in Spanish. I guess I can reinstall the operating system somehow when I get home, as well as requesting what I can do with regards to warranty on my current netbook, which was still a very nice little machine.
It is still surprisingly noisy out there; I saw a great many fans walking somewhere. Maybe they are meeting the returning team.
We went to the zoo. It was very extensive, and looks pretty well run.
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