03 July 2007 @ 05:55 pm
Home computer functional again  
This has been a week of computer upheaval for me. I have a new laptop and am now re-familiarizing myself with Macs. I finally agreed to let them upgrade my computer at work so I've been transferring files like mad and re-doing all of my settings. And, to top it all off, my graphics card at home started doing this bizarre thing where it wouldn't display correctly. Icon making is impossible when 100x100 pixels displays like 100x125 pixels.

So...I've spent a long period without Photoshop. Laptops really aren't good for Photoshop projects like icon-making, I learned. BUT, I've now replaced my graphics card (I am not a hardware person so the fact that I bought something that works - mostly - in my very ancient CPU on the first try AND installed it should impress the pants off of you) and everything is just as it should be! Now, to try to produce some entries for my weekly icon contests.
 
 
Current Mood: jubilant
 
 
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Mish: Misc -- Patriotic Salute[identity profile] hsapiens.livejournal.com on July 5th, 2007 03:06 pm (UTC)
Welcome back! Did you have a chance to do any touristy things? Did you visit Cambridge? Where in the Yard were you housed? I don't know that I ever asked you. I was in Matthews (er, South, I think). I so, so, so want to take a nostalgia trip back. I had a blast and learned so much. *sigh*

My only question so far on the Mac has been about anti-virus protection. I was given a link to ClamXav and will be installing it at some point in the near-ish future. I am totally loving how intuitive Macs are and I'm once again remembering why I had to be ripped away from them. *happy sigh*

To which addy did you send the uploader? My old Roadrunner one? I have the 'rents in town right now so play time is seriously curtailed while I play host but I'd like to futz with it a little and see what that baby can do.
[identity profile] unchased.livejournal.com on July 9th, 2007 04:42 am (UTC)
We went to the BMFA, and we planned to do some other things (Science Museum, sail on a clipper ship), but we were too tired.

We didn't get back to Cambridge. I don't remember where I was housed. Some random, boring building. I had a single.

I don't use AV software on my macs. I just follow safe practices and trust that I'll hear about any viruses before they're widespread.

I sent it to the "oh shite, I forgot to send that" address. It's on Whiterose (http://www.whiterose.org/uploader/uploader.html). Let me know how it works for you.

--Michael