buffysquirrel (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} buffysquirrel) wrote,@ 2006-11-15 20:13:00 |
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Boredom Continues Apace
In a fit of something (boredom? self-hatred? ennui?) at two in the morning, I uninstalled Trillian, unsubscribed from all my newsgroups, got rid of those games I don't play any more, got rid of some of the games I play too much (RIP Nonosweeper) and even deleted the entire contents of my Boards folder (which I'm now trying frantically to recreate).
I really shouldn't stay up that late.
Anyway, here I am staring at Windows Update. Why do I do this to myself? Ah, I remember; it's the threats. Those thar internet threats, even more scary (because not restricted to the London Underground) than those thar terrorist threats. Sigh.
The laptop managed to download eleven out of twelve updates before the connection became a disconnection. Ah, that thar obsolete dial-up technology. How I love it. Not. Then, while I was installing the updates, I got asked if I wanted to install IE 7. Well, I don't use IE. I even do Windows Update in an IE tab in Firefox, that's how much I don't use IE. But those thar internet threats threaten that they can threaten your threatened laptop even when you're not running IE. So obviously the more recent version is a better bet (because those thar threatening people have had less chance to find and exploit all the flaws in it). I say yes, sure, go ahead, install it. And what a pretty graphic its download screen has. Pity it doesn't say anything about, yanno, how long the download is expected to take. Sigh.
Why am I so bored again?
Oh, yes. I gave up writing for a week.
*screams and climbs the walls*
In a fit of something (boredom? self-hatred? ennui?) at two in the morning, I uninstalled Trillian, unsubscribed from all my newsgroups, got rid of those games I don't play any more, got rid of some of the games I play too much (RIP Nonosweeper) and even deleted the entire contents of my Boards folder (which I'm now trying frantically to recreate).
I really shouldn't stay up that late.
Anyway, here I am staring at Windows Update. Why do I do this to myself? Ah, I remember; it's the threats. Those thar internet threats, even more scary (because not restricted to the London Underground) than those thar terrorist threats. Sigh.
The laptop managed to download eleven out of twelve updates before the connection became a disconnection. Ah, that thar obsolete dial-up technology. How I love it. Not. Then, while I was installing the updates, I got asked if I wanted to install IE 7. Well, I don't use IE. I even do Windows Update in an IE tab in Firefox, that's how much I don't use IE. But those thar internet threats threaten that they can threaten your threatened laptop even when you're not running IE. So obviously the more recent version is a better bet (because those thar threatening people have had less chance to find and exploit all the flaws in it). I say yes, sure, go ahead, install it. And what a pretty graphic its download screen has. Pity it doesn't say anything about, yanno, how long the download is expected to take. Sigh.
Why am I so bored again?
Oh, yes. I gave up writing for a week.
*screams and climbs the walls*
