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It’s Like A Drug-Part 3 of Adventuring
It demands my presence. When I am away front of it, it calls my name. It screams for attention. It consumes my time. It’s addictive. Like a magician and his swinging watch, it has a hypnotic power over me. This box in front of me. The … Continue reading
On Fire
There are stories about knights slaying fire breathing dragons. They usually also involve a castle, a princess and a villain. In my story there’s a villain called MS and a knight called Mr. Legs (my husband) who solicits a friendly dragon to fire up my … Continue reading
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Tagged back, computer, fighting, fingers, MS, multiple, recognition, sclerosis, software, typing, voice
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Spoiled in So Many Ways
A few weeks ago, our computer stopped cooperating with our scanner/printer. The computer knew what we wanted it to do, but the message somehow couldn’t reach the printer to complete the task. Interesting to realize the similarity of our computer problem and … Continue reading
A Hobby Gone Wild – Part 1
As I near the end of a long-term project, I reflect once again on what has been accomplished. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then I have a huge personal library on my computer. Here is a sample … Continue reading
History High
Last week, Mr. Legs and I spent five days traveling back to the future. We drove seven hours to our state of birth where we spent three non-stop days getting reacquainted with relatives and friends. The other two days were … Continue reading
Posted in Family History, Scanning Pictures
Tagged aunts, computer, family, family photos, history, names, photos, pictures, relatives, road, scanning, trip, uncles
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Rewards Program
Countless hours scanning, labeling and organizing photos have reaped many personal benefits. One of the warm fuzzies I enjoy is the hope that my children, grandchildren and/or descendants will appreciate the hours of work put into the photo collections. I love the way my … Continue reading
Posted in Family History, Scanning Pictures
Tagged CD, computer, family, history, memories, photos, pictures, relatives, scan, scanning
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Living Backwards
We take pictures of special people, special places and special occasions because we want to capture a moment in time to remember later. As I sit at my computer working on what seems like a project that never ends, I … Continue reading
Posted in Family History, Scanning Pictures
Tagged computer, family, geneology, history, old, photos, pictures, scan, scanning
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In Technology’s Dust
I wrote this a couple of months ago. This is a time when I describe my productivity as a ticking time bomb, waiting to explode into oblivion. Mr. Legs said he thinks I’m working too hard on my projects. Indeed. I … Continue reading
Posted in Family History, Transferring Movies
Tagged beta, computer, home, movies, tapes, transfer, transferring, video
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The Time Machine
I wrote this after the first phase of scanning photos a few years ago. Little did I know then that what I had done was merely a warm-up and how much more I’d be scanning. I’m not even sure when … Continue reading
Posted in Scanning Pictures
Tagged computer, family, history, memories, photos, pictures, preserve, preserving, scan, scanner, scanning
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Transferring Movies from Video Tape to Computer
Another way to use my excess of time…. Technology creates an ever-present changing world. Advances in electronics result in faster and better quality forms of recording history and entertainment, but leaves in its wake piles of useless machinery and the need … Continue reading
Posted in Transferring Movies
Tagged advice, CD, computer, DVD, home, movies, transfer transferring, VHS
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Climbing Downhill 