Well, I'm still dealing with computer problems. Don't know if it's my Internet provider, but yesterday was, indeed, a strange and frustrating day at both my laptop and my HP desk computers.
Gremblins were busy all day sabotaging virtually everything I tried to do. Took me half the day to get my River Journal column sent to Trish. Then, I tried to send her photos---four times. I kept getting messages that something with the attachment could not be sent. Later, Trish told me she received the photo four times. Often, Hotmail said the server was too busy. Haven't seen that happen in a long time.
At times, Imbris rejected my laptop log-in. At times, it has accepted it. When I check my Outlook mail through Imbris on my HP, incoming mail appears; then, the computer clicks offline. One friend sent me an attachment which used Microsoft 2007. Neither computer can open anything that makes sense----just a bunch of gobbledygook. During this past week, several people finally reached me by email, telling me Imbris had rejected their first attempts.
Whenever I complain, Imbris always tells me they're protecting us from viruses, so they block certain providers at intermittent times. So, I don't get mail I want but get all the mail I don't want----the lottery prizes and affordable health insurance offers and the extended penis offers. If they're working so hard to protect me and tell me I have a virus, from whence did it come? My big computer's CD drive doesn't work so I never put anything foreign into my computer. And, for that matter how can a virus get into two different computers?
My thinking and questioning through the last couple of paragraphs tells me to wait and see. I have a hunch this is all related to Imbris because the whole situation defies any clear explanation. It also definitely disorders my day when a simple online maneuver that should take thirty seconds takes whole new approaches and several hours.
Okay, there's my Saturday morning rant. Now, I'll get on with the Slight.
I'm excited about my column next week. It features Brandon Adam, the young soldier who lost both of his legs in a roadside bombing near Baghdad in May. Brandon and I visited over the phone several times during the past couple of weeks.
When I read the finished product to him yesterday over the phone, he was headed from New Orleans to Baton Rouge and looking forward to attending the LSU-Auburn game today. He said he would be the only one in the audience with a USC shirt; I have no doubts. Anyway, Brandon's comment on the column was pretty simple and very welcome: perfection.
Now, I don't know if it's perfect, but it definitely makes me proud and honored. Brandon is pretty amazing. So, be sure to pick up a copy of The River Journal next week. We'll also post it online, once the paper comes out.
Bill and I took chairs from the museum to the Wrencoe schoolhouse yesterday. Shirley Barksdale told museum curator Ann Ferguson that she couldn't ask Jim Thompson for one more favor, so she asked Ann to come up with someone to do the errand. Ann thought of the Loves, so we had an enjoyable time both at the museum where they were getting ready for a Scotchman Peak Wilderness reception and at the schoolhouse where the autumn decorations are magnificent. I'm sure the Wrencoe-ites are gonna have a great story-telling time tonight as they enjoy a harvest dinner and plenty of nostalgia at their Bonner County Centennial event.
After dropping off the chairs, Bill drove me up various roads on Wrencoe Heights. Once again, it's amazing to see every nook and cranny where someone thinks they need a development. We were pretty amazed at the Elkhorn conspicuous display of wealth up on one of the roads: big gateway, bronze elk, fancy landscaping---all for an entry to a five or seven-acre lot in the woods. I'd like to see the gold-plated castle.
Well, today the coffee cult beckons, so I'd better go get my barns cleaned and head for DiLuna's.
Happy Saturday! The burning permit requirements are no longer in effect, so I'm hoping to start my fall clean-up today.
1 comment:
Marianne,
Two cents worth, but you're getting it free, and it's worth every penny you're paying for it: From what you describe, I doubt that the problem is coming from Imbris. Your e-mail, whether you're using web-based Outlook Express or pop-based Outlook, comes to your computer over the same electronic channel from Imbris. If there is an Imbris-based issue with your e-mail, it should also be affecting your browser, be it Explorer or Firefox. Based on what you've described, a virus or trojan horse is not out of the question. It could also be something that you might have inadvertently changed in your configuration. I can't see it so I can't say, but from what you've described that seems logical.
Also, all providers "guarantee" you that they're protecting you from virii, etc. They are, but that doesn't guarantee that they're successful. Earthlink is my provider, and they have all kinds of security stuff installed. Nonetheless, within the past month, I've had two trojan horses slip into my lap-top. Fortunately, my free AVG has caught both of them, and, as far as I know, they haven't caused any distress. Anyway, just a couple of thoughts--as I say, worth what you paid for 'em.
MJB
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