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A Glimpse of Life Here

In stolen breaks apart from studying for the bar exam, NBT has managed to take some pictures. This is what summer here looks like.

July 05, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (4)

As I have more and more photos on my computer, I need to learn a few things. I notice that when I go to upload a photo, or attach one in email, my computer whirs and hangs for a long time. I think this is because of the processing required to display up to 200 thumbnails, which is how my pictures appear when I browse through my folders to select one. I would prefer to have the folders just display filenames, because when it's time to attach or upload a photo I have already previewed it in Picasa and know which one I'm aiming for. I know how to change the "view" choices in the folder menu, from "thumbnails" to "detail" or "filename". But the problem is I can only do that AFTER the computer has stalled for a few minutes loading all of the thumbnails. I can change the way files are displayed after that, but when I close the attachment window, the change doesn't stick -- so next time I open a window to attach a photo file, I get the hangtime again and the photos displayed as thumbnails.

Can you tell me where to find the default settings, so when I navigate my files, photos are displayed as filenames instead of as thumbnails? The delay is starting to really clog things up, and I anticipate this will only get worse with time.

January 24, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (9)

Birthday Girl

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I am happy today.

The only thing that could make my birthday better would be a big snowstorm. Two feet or more expected, blowing and drifting, the few cars daring to drive silently fishtailing past the windows in slow motion, the inside of the house smelling of something spicy and warm.

Or maybe a remote control car, a small red one that I could take with me to a restaurant, and drive it around under the big table, running it into the feet of my friends and family until they took the controls away from me and handed me a glass of wine instead. I miss my friends and my parents, and can't wait to have the chance to run over their toes with my imaginary remote control car.