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Finally bought a new Laptop!

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Well, as I just said in a recent post on my other blog I finally broke down and bought a new laptop.

I really didn’t want to spend the money since we don’t have a lot of extra money, but my current laptop is getting really slow and it’s hard drive is filling up. Yes I do have an external hard drive, but I’ve moved everything I can move over to the external hard drive and I still have only 25 gb of free space … not a lot when you do a lot of graphic intensive work on your computer!

So … about two weeks ago I started seriously looking at new laptops. I started by looking online and just deciding what features I wanted. I new I wanted a laptop with a decent sized hard drive, a fast CPU, and a very good graphics card and display.

I spent a whole weekend looking at computers online and then looking in a few stores nearby just to physically see some of the models I’d been eying online. I looked at everything from HP Notebooks to compaq desktops and then I finally settled on an Asus N53JF.

The computer that I bought online finally arrived on Monday afternoon and ever since it arrived I’ve been busy trying to move files over from my old laptop to the new one. the only thing that I’m really stuck on is that I’ve been using an old outdated copy of Eudora for my email on my old laptop and I want to transfer all my email and email settings to the new computer but I’m having trouble. Any hints?

What I’ve done so far is to install Thunderbird onto the old laptop and it picked up all of the mail and mail settings from my copy of Eudora but of course there’s no export in Thunderbird … so now I’m trying to figure out how to make a new profile in Thunderbird on the new computer and then I’ll try to add the Thunderbird profile from the old computer to the new computer’s Thunderbird. Does that sounds about right to those who know what I’m talking about?





I think I need a new computer

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I think sometime in the new year I might be looking for a new computer. Actually, I’ll be looking for new laptop to be specific. My laptop has been acting up lately.

My laptop is getting slow and while I’m working on it I can hear (and feel!) the DVD drive working … sometimes the dvd/cd holder pops open on it’s own without me hitting any buttons at all. I’ve checked the computer many times recently for viruses or malware and I can’t find anything wrong with it. It just seems to be acting up.

It is four years old after all!

I’m going to be in the Ottawa area in the new year and while I’m there I might visit a friend in Quebec … maybe I’ll do a little ordis (computer) shopping while I’m there. LOL No matter where I am, there’s almost always some amazing sales at the beginning of the year as stores sell off their old and or excess inventory.

A new opportunity

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I just got some great news. I’ve been part of the Glam Network for 3 years now. Two of my blogs are listed with them and are part of their advertising network. It’s been a good way to get my sites seen by others as well as a way to make some decent money via advertising.

Well … they just invited me into a very special new advertising network. I have to read all of the details in the information that they just sent me, but it sounds great as far as I can tell. I’ll still have control over my site and advertising choices and when I choose to take part in their offerings. Sounds good doesn’t it?

Darn, I just remembered, I’ve got to call my mother in law. Maybe I won’t be reading the new advertising network information tonight as I’ll be on the phone. LOL She wants to learn more about a health product I was reading about the other day so I think I’ll be talking to her for a while. Sigh …

Looking for Guest bloggers

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I don’t know why exactly but lately I’m having a lot of trouble keeping all my blogs up to date. Actually the amount of blogs I have is the problem. There’s just too many and not enough time in the day.

Coming up with new posts for 15+ blogs on a regular basis is a full time job. Hmmm I wonder if there’s some kind of project management software for multiple blog owners? LOL Yah, probably not.

S now I’m thinking about opening up my blogs to guest bloggers. People who can write about gardening, home appliances, home decor, home life, health etc. Topics that would fit well with this blog and a few of my other blogs.

Guest bloggers can add a short byline to the beginning or end of their post with a link to their main site and up to one link to one of their sites (if relevant to the topic of the article) within the post.

If you’re interested in guest blogging please feel free to leave a comment on this post or use the contact form to get in touch with me. I’d prefer people that currently have blogs that they write in regularly so that I can see samples of their writing style. Thanks!

Should I get a Mac or a Netbook?

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I’ve been thinking about getting a new computer. For a while I was thinking of getting a Mac. I’m a diehard PC user, but I’ve always wanted to have a Mac as well …

But there are so many choices these days. I mean, I don’t need another full computer. I just want a backup or rather one that’s easier to travel with .. ie take outside with me in the backyard when I want to sit outside and enjoy my garden while I work or take with me when I travel. So I’ve been kind of thinking of getting one of the new netbooks.

It would be idea if I could get both a Mac and a Netbook, but we just don’t have that much spare cash. I know these are two very different types of computers that I’m talking about and I’d use them each differently … I guess the Mac would probably give me more of what I need. Which would you get if you were going to buy either a Mac or a netbook?

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