I've been having some issues with my phone syncing up with my computer recently--it hasn't been. I've connected and reconnected each end of the tether, but it doesn't see the phone. I've rebooted the phone and the computer, reconnected the tethers, and pounded the phone on the counter.
Clearly, something is amiss.
I don't actually enter my appointments on my phone--I hate the itty-bitty keyboard--which is also why I'm a text-o-phobe, but I do check to see if something is conflicting. Therefore this lack of technical meeting of minds is irritating.
Anyhoo, hubster (techno-geek that he is) took the phone to work (they use the same phones and have had issues with them) to wipe the memory and restart it with factory settings. Well, I had taken a few pictures on the phone, mainly when the kiddo had her hair cut and she donated it to Locks of Love. He pulled the pics and saved them for me. But they sucked. They were blurry, out of focus and just plain lousy.
I thought it was me. I thought I'd jiggled the camera, or rubbed my finger over the lens, etc. Turns out the little plastic protective thingy was still covering the camera lens.
Huh, talk about feeling stupid . . .
So, of course, he had to point it out, and took before and after shots at his office to show me the difference. Basically, made me feel horrible. I'd missed a milestone in my daughter's life by an oversight.
Until I remember that I didn't set up the phone--the hubster did. Not my fault!
And YES, I did point that out to him. HA!!
Techno-geek waves his hand over something and I'm given a computerized whatchamacallit that is up and running. I used to ask to read the manual, but he's always say 'why bother when I can take care of it for you'. I gave him the 'what if you get run over by a car' argument, but it falls on deaf ears. So I stopped asking and let him do his techno-geek thing.
So while he resynced my phone to my computer. He notices that I haven't had the auto updates in awhile.
I looked him in the eye and said as blandly as I could. "Couldn't have been me. Remember, I don't have a clue about this stuff." And walked away.
I now have an updated computer and phone. And since he hasn't bought a computer in awhile, he's going shopping to update mine.
Write on!
LOL on the plastic cover the lens on the camera! Heaven forbid if I had to rely on my HUBS for techno stuff. In fact, he relies on me.
ReplyDeleteLOL I wish my husband was a techno guy. But he does tiling and a few other things around the house. I'll keep him. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm the techno person in my house. Except for stereo systems-- then that's hubby's thing.
ReplyDeleteAnd I love computer stuff. And would go buy the stuff every day if my budget would allow. hehe
Other than the fact that I rely on the computer for my work, I HATE technology. I refuse to get a cell phone that does anything other than make and receive calls and take messages. I won't have blackberries or raspberries or I-phones or whatever they're called. The less 'gadgets' in my life the better.
ReplyDeleteIf I can sync my shoes up with my socks, that's good enough for me.
Hey ladies!
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting, and sorry about my generic thanks. I still have over sixty pages to edit before I can send my MG novel to my beta readers and the Delacorte deadline is TUESDAY!! Friday thru Sunday is family obligation time, so I'll probably be getting up at five to get a few hours of work in before I have to put on my family face.
My betas probably won't be able to help me with this revision, but I'll still need input for the next set of tweaks prior to pimping it to agents.
Thanks again, Y'all are the best!
Aren't betas those fish that have to live alone because they'll kill their own kind?
ReplyDeleteYeah, that describes me pretty well.
LOL, I've done that. Not with my phone but with other stuff, like say, my camera. Glad you're up and running. :D
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