Tried installing Mozilla browser 1.3, but after the install it won’t even start. So I’m back at Mozilla 1.0.2. If only more people would use Mozilla, we’d all find out that Internet Explorer is a inferior browser…at least in those stupid pop-up ads. IE may work better with some Microsoft products, but only because Microsoft designed both products.
Techie nerds use Mozilla as their browser and Google as their homepage. Everyone else uses IE and MSN or some other inferior search engine.
Also I’m having problems networking a Win98 and Win2K machine using a 3com HomeConnect hub. They just can’t see each other. I feel like I’ve got everything setup properly. These computers aren’t going to be connected to the internet, so that may be part of the problem. The Win98 computer seems to get as slow as mollasses once it is plugged into the hub. Maybe its looking for an internet connection. I don’t know. I just want to share files and printers between the computers. Might need to talk to some networking guru to get this problem solved.
Its getting to where you just about HAVE to have a internet connection if you want to do anything with a computer these days. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to download little files for the non-internet connected computers at church. Then have to go back and forth from home to church installing little tweaks and stuff to make the computer operate more smoothly. The internet is a good thing, yet its becoming almost a necessity these days. I’d hate it if terrorrists or something were to knock it out.
Since being laid off from Nortel, I don’t have a laptop anymore. This laptop came in handy when I went off on vacation and needed a hard drive to store digital pictures on. I have a limited amount of Smartmedia cards for my digital camera, and they tend to fill up quickly over a week’s time. So I’m going to have to find alternate means when camp time comes in June. The possible solutions is as follows:

• Borrow my sister’s laptop – And who knows if she would let me. She’s a big nerd with the internet these days and would probably need to use it while I’m gone.
• Use someone’s else’s laptop. – Most likely someone at camp would have a laptop which I could borrow. Even the camp director had his laptop with him last year. I could possibly use his.
• Get a cheap laptop and use it. – However this solution is quite expensive and wouldn’t really be worth it.

There are some good mass storage devices out there. Like a 1 gig USB keychain drive. I saw one on Ebay for $400, which is way too expensive right now. Maybe prices will fall. Then there’s this USB device which stores a laptop hard drive. Comes in really handy if you are backing up your computer or have a large amount of data to easy transfer from one computer to another.