Day: July 16, 2006

Crankypantsing, Photography

Sunday Photoblogging

Shelly

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I woke up early again this morning, while it was still cool outside. The sun was shining through the trees, creating little fingerling rays of light as well as a long patch of sunshine on my otherwise shady yard. Within that patch, the dew glittered on the grass, so I got my camera and took some macro shots of it. There were also zillions of those little spider webs littering the yard. I don’t know what sort of spiders inhabit them. They look sort of like winged, eight-legged ants to me, not spiders.

After yesterday’s sweltering heat, this morning’s dew was wonderfully refreshing. It’s likely to be just as hot again today, so it’ll be nice to think of the coolness of the dew on my feet.

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Crepuscular Rays

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Evening Belt of Venus

Last night’s Belt of Venus occurred at about 9:30. Daylight saving time has wreaked havoc on my sky watching, among other things. I just haven’t been able to adjust to the new rhythm, so things have been hit-and-miss. I can’t get used to the fact that it doesn’t get dark until 10pm. I’m normally in bed long before then, and the light makes it difficult to sleep. I’m starting to wonder if my internal clock will ever adjust.

Crankypantsing

Is It Plugged In?

Shelly

Remember when I said that installing hardware or software is either a cake walk or a nightmare? And that installing my new DVD burner had, surprisingly, gone very smoothly? Yeah. Well. I thought I’d burn some new music for the car, and found that I had no sound. Now, this was not surprising, as Windows jettisons my sound card drivers at the smallest provocation. So, I reinstalled the drivers, but still no sound. I uninstalled the sound card, then reinstalled it, and still no sound. I physically pulled the card, restarted the computer, uninstalled the drivers and all related software, shut down, replaced the sound card, restarted, reinstalled the drivers and software, shut down, restarted, and still no sound. Gah! I got on-line and downloaded new drivers from the manufacturer, went through the whole song and dance again, and was rewarded with a whole lotta silence. At this point, two hours had passed and I was ready to start throwing things. It suddenly occurred to me, though, that I had neglected the cardinal rule of b0rkened computers. I checked and, somehow, my speakers had come unplugged from my computer.

Kill me now.