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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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