Daibhid's Journal

Well, we got a new computer. And we've finally set it up. And I've run into a problem almost immediately.
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ETA: Never mind, clearing all cookies did the trick. Of course, by that point I was so far from thinking straight that I was immediately baffled as to why I wasn't still logged into LJ to add this...

ETA: Apparently this has made it into the LJ top 25 posts. I should give up on this fanfic and review lark, and just post technical problems that I then resolve before anyone has time to suggest anything.,..

A few days ago I thought "I'm sick of lugging my laptop around when I want to show photos to Gran, so she doesn't have to squint at the tiny screen on my camera. But I'd rather take pics with the camera than my phone. What I need is one of those SD-adapters, so I can load a micro-SD onto my camera, take pictures, then show the pictures to Gran on my phone." So I ordered a micro-SD card and an adapter.

The micro-SD arrived yesterday, and I experimented with it by plugging it into my phone. The adapter arrived today (actually, it turned out to be a pack of three adapters), and that's where the problem started.
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Okay, I'm still working on this Media Player skin. I've done everything the How To said, and it's all working fine.

Now ... is there a way to get an animated gif to activate when I hit play and stop when I hit pause or stop?

(Also, I can make animated gifs now. Expect my userpics to get really annoying very soon...)

Okay, if anyone's wondering where I've been for the past while, the cable for my BT HomeHub 2.0 snapped, and after an exciting couple of weeks of ordering replacements and being sent cables for a 3.0 because that's all they had, I now have a HomeHub 3.0.

Write up of "Nightmare in Silver" coming once I've watched it. Still undecided as to whether I'll go back and write up the episodes I missed (which I've just realised for some reason includes "Cold War", which was before that happened), but I enjoyed them.

Windows updates

Normally, Windows Vista will inform you there are updates that need installed and ask if you want to do anything about it. Periodically, however, just when you've forgotten about the last time Vista did this, it will install updates all on its own and then shut down and restart your computer. This is done as a friendly reminder that you use our software on our terms, not your own.

You will not be asked if you would like your computer to restart at a more convenient point. Doing so would give you a sense of control over your life, and this could lead to you plucking up the nerve to try a different OS. Trust Windows Vista. Windows Vista is your friend.

You will also not be given sufficient warning of the shutdown to mark the Usenet post you were halfway through as unread, or save your progress in the room-escape game you had nearly finished. Blabbering on afp and playing Flash games are a waste of time, and disrupting them is good for you. You'll thank us one day.

Once Windows Vista restarts, a pop up speech bubble will inform you that the updates have been installed. Another one will inform you that Windows Vista still has updates that need installing. This final touch was the winner of an informal competition in the Windows Vista team, to see how pissed off we could make our customers without actually driving them towards Mac.