There are a lot of computers in our place. We’ve got a big laptop we use as our main computer, the jukebox laptop we only use for music, a tiny computer in a box that we use for streaming movies and displaying them on our TV, and finally a big black file server up in the bedroom that holds all the music, movies, pictures, and whatever else we have that is digital.
Recently we replaced the jukebox computer because the old one was choking on very simple tasks, and today we are receiving a replacement laptop for our main living room computer. All this new hardware means a bunch of time setting things up, and every computer I buy has Windows 8, which is something I haven’t completely gotten used to.
Still, the networking performance of Windows 8 is much better than Windows Vista (which we have on our old computer). Hopefully we’ll get used to the new OS soon and be able to use it smoothly.
Last night a big shipment of goodies showed up from my parents – some Valentine’s stuff, some stuff for me, and some presents for Kuniko’s birthday. It is always nice to get a care package from home. Once again the package was inspected by the Japanese Postal Service – we must be on a blacklist somewhere. But everything seems to have arrived without any problems, so no worries. Thanks Mom and Dad!
