Monday, January 30, 2012

A 'Bill Gates Moment'

Do you know what it means to have a 'Bill Gates Moment'?
(If I have to explain it, Dear Reader, you have never experienced one; but, if you work on a PC and/or use Microsoft products, you probably will!)
Because most of us over the last 30 years have been using computers based on the Microsoft model, we have had to put up with plenty of software/hardware mismatches and glitches to try to get our work done. Lots of timely, messages, such as (Not Responding). Sometimes, you are left to face a brick wall, and no matter what you do, you will not be able to carry out your task. On a few occasions, however, your task will get completed, after you employ an astonishing array of work-arounds.
(On a Mac computer, you may meet these problems -- perhaps in Microsoft Office for Mac -- at the rate of once in a blue moon!)

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Without Shame, eh?

One of my 'Facebook Friends' -- who shall remain nameless -- recently took part in a 'Facebook Challenge' and then hurled on to the rest of us:
1. Find the song that was #1 the week you were born.
2. Find the song on 'YouTube.'
3. Post the video on 'Facebook' without shame.
I cannot even begin to speculate on the 'without shame' component!
Here goes: My birth month is June, 1946.
The result at 'Billboard' magazine (still the radio music director's bible) was no surprise.