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I turn it on after 3 weeks of not having used it.
I get a prompt to update one piece of software. I click the link to see what changed.
The browser gives me a prompt to update it.
The laptop also is showing a prompt for an update from the manufacturer.
I let the browser update.
I open a text file in Notepad++ and start typing. Then I change my mind and close the file. I don't get prompted to save the changes like usual. I check the file's last modified date in File Explorer. It still shows 04/30/2023. I reopen the file. What I typed today is still there. I close the file. The file's date still displays as 04/30 in both File Explorer and from a command prompt.
The laptop starts making an annoying high-pitched sound; the fan is on high. It gets quiet again after 8 minutes. Now there is a Windows update ready to install.
I don't have the external keyboard plugged into the laptop. The laptop has a single key for both Page Up and Home, and today I can't figure out how to press Control+Home to move the cursor to the start of the file. I try several key combinations without success and feel like shrieking (ok, I shrieked. Later, I determined that Control + Function Key + PageUp/Home button works. I thought I tried that before but I guess not).
I restart the laptop to see if that will clear up this weird text file issue. The file still shows a date 04/30. I open the file; it still has the prior change. I make another change and again close the file without saving it. Again, my change is retained even though the file's modified date is unchanged. What the hecking heck?
When I open the file it still shows the asterisk in the title bar as if it hasn't been saved yet.
Ah, so it is a Notepad++ "feature":
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24447786/notepad-doesnt-save-document-on-exit
I turn the feature off.
I connect the external keyboard to the laptop. The USB dongle is hard to push in. Why? It's turned the right way around. It was hard to push in the other times too. I hope I'm not ruining the port.
I try to remember why I turned on the laptop to begin with. Oh right, to copy some clips from the cam's SD card.
Now I can't find the paper where I'd written down the time range of the clips I wanted to copy. It's 4:46am! I need to get to bed!!!!
My whole day has been like this, sort of. The only thing that feels like a success is that I washed a load of clothes and hung them up to dry.
A car hit my mailbox post again, pushing it so that it's now loose in the ground. I need to dump in some dirt and tamp it down. At least the post and mailbox don't seem damaged. But it's the clips of that incident which I am trying to copy so that I can see better what happened. There were cop cars on the street with flashing lights. A different car drove up, then apparently on seeing the cop car at the corner - maybe the cop car was blocking the street, decided to turn around. It did a 3-point turn right into my mailbox. And then it looked like a cop ran by on foot, but I'm not sure.
I get a prompt to update one piece of software. I click the link to see what changed.
The browser gives me a prompt to update it.
The laptop also is showing a prompt for an update from the manufacturer.
I let the browser update.
I open a text file in Notepad++ and start typing. Then I change my mind and close the file. I don't get prompted to save the changes like usual. I check the file's last modified date in File Explorer. It still shows 04/30/2023. I reopen the file. What I typed today is still there. I close the file. The file's date still displays as 04/30 in both File Explorer and from a command prompt.
The laptop starts making an annoying high-pitched sound; the fan is on high. It gets quiet again after 8 minutes. Now there is a Windows update ready to install.
I don't have the external keyboard plugged into the laptop. The laptop has a single key for both Page Up and Home, and today I can't figure out how to press Control+Home to move the cursor to the start of the file. I try several key combinations without success and feel like shrieking (ok, I shrieked. Later, I determined that Control + Function Key + PageUp/Home button works. I thought I tried that before but I guess not).
I restart the laptop to see if that will clear up this weird text file issue. The file still shows a date 04/30. I open the file; it still has the prior change. I make another change and again close the file without saving it. Again, my change is retained even though the file's modified date is unchanged. What the hecking heck?
When I open the file it still shows the asterisk in the title bar as if it hasn't been saved yet.
Ah, so it is a Notepad++ "feature":
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24447786/notepad-doesnt-save-document-on-exit
I turn the feature off.
I connect the external keyboard to the laptop. The USB dongle is hard to push in. Why? It's turned the right way around. It was hard to push in the other times too. I hope I'm not ruining the port.
I try to remember why I turned on the laptop to begin with. Oh right, to copy some clips from the cam's SD card.
Now I can't find the paper where I'd written down the time range of the clips I wanted to copy. It's 4:46am! I need to get to bed!!!!
My whole day has been like this, sort of. The only thing that feels like a success is that I washed a load of clothes and hung them up to dry.
A car hit my mailbox post again, pushing it so that it's now loose in the ground. I need to dump in some dirt and tamp it down. At least the post and mailbox don't seem damaged. But it's the clips of that incident which I am trying to copy so that I can see better what happened. There were cop cars on the street with flashing lights. A different car drove up, then apparently on seeing the cop car at the corner - maybe the cop car was blocking the street, decided to turn around. It did a 3-point turn right into my mailbox. And then it looked like a cop ran by on foot, but I'm not sure.
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Date: 2023-05-24 12:22 am (UTC)From: