- Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Looks ODD, doesn't it?
Something terrible happened to the structure of my site. I spent some time trying to fix it, but since I have a headache, I wasn't doing very well and had very little patience.I will fix it later. It may not happen until the weekend-but once I feel better I'll see if I can fix it.
updated 2 hours later...
IE seems to be the problem child -- since this site looks good in all of the other browsers. I am not sure why.
(get yourself a copy of mozilla - its FREE.)
Here is a post about IE 7 - its most recent update and swf objects. The reason my site is having issues might have to do with IE 7, its most recent update and the fact that it does not like SWF files.
Corrupt Flash Player after IE 7 upgrade
My headache has subsided, at least most of it has, and I will personify it here for you once I find the words to do so.
6:45 pm 15 Nov
I can't get the spacing to behave, other than setting the CSS tags to having a < li > tag, which makes a bullet point (next to the date of the first post). IF you feel like being helpful (to me specifically), and you know CSS -- see if you can figure out where I went wrong: (http://www.perotheus.com/styles-2005.css)
Labels: computers
pero @ 3:19 PM | œ | 0 comments
The Reason SOME People Can Never Find Things On-Line.
While shopping at BEST BUY, I was looking at (what I want) Sony Grand WEGA 70" 1080p Rear-Projection SXRD XBR HDTV Model: KDS-R70XBR2, I was approached by a goofy looking sales guy. He attempted to make small talk about the TV without actually telling me much about it, saying things like, "That's some picture, huh?" and "Big, ain't it?"He finally got around to making the assumption that I was there to BUY today, and he started to mention the (numerous) features this particular model; and he stated that the one on display did not have the side-mount speakers attached. I asked how big the speakers were and he said that he did not have a picture of it, but oh hey, there is probably one on the internet if I wanted to see it.
I followed him to the back of the TV sales floor and looked around at the other TVs while he looked around the internet. The browser opened to the YAHOO main page. Goofy sales guy typed "Best Buy" into the Search box.
His search results yielded a page full of links - all pointing to BEST BUY DOT COM. (Wow. That's Amazing!) He clicked the first one. From there, he putzed around, viewing menu after menu, attempting to find the model by clicking around the site-- rather than simply entering the Model Number directly into the significantly visible "Search For" form located towards the top of the site. Nearly ten minutes later, he had the correct model displayed on the computer's small screen.
In order to create this post, I followed his path (including the YAHOO-portion of his search. (I wanted to time this process and compare it to his) and clicked around until I landed on the correct Model, size, and type of television. Using this method, it still took me (significantly) less than half the amount of time it took him; and I didn't remember the model #.
Labels: big televsions, computers, idiots, shopping
pero @ 7:08 PM | œ | 0 comments
This is for all of my 'friends' who call me and ask me to come fix their computers on a regular basis.
Thank you for calling Pero's Technical Support. Apparently I am now available as early as 6: 30 a.m. on a Sunday.
Call me when you know I have the day off and start talking the moment I grumble a very tired, obviously annoyed, "hello." Act surprised at the expression in my voice, and ask me "Did I wake you up? Weren't you going to get an early start today?", since it is not your fault that you weren't listening when I sat at your house last night and stated that I was going to sleep until ten then get up and go to the pharmacy and run other errands.Ask me when I plan to "come over to fix this"; then start ranting [loudly], about lights that are out, and how the other lights are working before you even give a me some idea of what lights you are talking about. Don't bother to ask me if I'm coherant enough to help you trouble shoot your cable modem.
I am here to serve you. Completely Free of Charge, on my own time.
I am your primary support provider, even though it makes more sense to try to at least call the cable company to see if they report any areas being without service. Don't worry about that phone number they gave you on their booklets that came with your cable modem and service troubleshooting guide.
I will gladly get out of bed three hours before the time I had planned to, walk down the hall to the room where network is and look at my modem to tell you that I also have no signal.
I'm more than happy to remind you [four times] that I can hear you fine and ask you to keep yelling into the phone anyway. Please, continue to speak loudly, despite the fact that I mentioned that this telephone is loud and has no volume control. Keep coughing into the receiver, so it ampiflies enough that I am now holding the phone eight inches from my head; for the moment despising you for disturbing what little sleep I had managed to get since I crawled into bed at two thirty this morning.
Be assured that I'll kindly report that once I eat breakfast and shower I'll stop by before doing any of the stuff that was on my list that I needed to do. Your needs come before mine. You are the only thing that matters in my world. I wouldn't dream of leaving you stranded without the internet on a Sunday, being forced to sit around spending time with your husband and kid. I would never want you to go through that.
Most of all, thank you for letting me spend the morning working on your system rather than spending it with my child.
Of course, I cannot post this at this time. I don't have a cable connection either. Thank you so much for calling and waking me up on the one day I didn't have to get up before nine.
Thank you for calling Pero's Technical Assistance. It is now six thirty in the morning on Sunday. How may I help you?
pero @ 2:44 PM | œ | 0 comments
