BLOGGING FROM THE NEW LAPTOP

WRITTEN BY REX

BLOGGING FROM THE NEW LAPTOP TODAY. I'VE BEEN BUSY SETTING UP THINGS IN THE NEW COMPUTER. GOT RID OF ALL THE AOL SOFTWARE AND ALL THE GOOGLE SOFTWARE AND DOWNLOADED THE YAHOO TOOLS I'M USED TO. MOVED OUR CHECKBOOKS COMPLETE WITH HISTORY OVER TO THE NEW LAPTOP. THE SOFTWARE WE NEEDED, MONEY, WAS PRELOADED AND WORKS JUST FINE. I'M GONNA MISS BACKING UP ON THOSE 5.5 FLOPPY DISKS, BUT I GUESS THEY ARE HISTORY TODAY. CHECKED OUT THE OLD SONY DIGITAL CAMERA AND IT WORKS FINE. I THEN REBOUGHT MY CALENDAR SOFTWARE FOR THE LAPTOP, AND IT STILL HAS SOME BUGS BUT I'LL GET IT WORKED OUT. PAID TO SIGN ON THE INTERNET THROUGH THE CAMPGROUND WI-FI, AND WORKS LIKE A DREAM, FOR $4/24HRS. MARY TOOK A TURN AND LOADED THE SOFTWARE FOR THE PRINTER WE RECENTLY GOT, SUCCESS !!! I FOUND THE FREEWARE FOR IE SPELL AND GOT THAT DOWNLOADED, SO YOU SHOULDN'T FIND ANY MISSPELLED WORDS IN OUR BLOG ENTRIES OR E-MAILS. I USED THE NEW TRAVEL DRIVE PICTURED IN YESTERDAYS BLOG ENTRY A LOT, NOW THAT IS NICE LITTLE WIZARD. THE DRIVERS ARE ALL THERE FOR XP, AND YOU CAN ERASE IT, AND ALL FOR $40, CHEAPER THAN BUYING ALL THE CD'S I WOULD HAVE USED. I ALSO GOT A WIRELESS MOUSE THAT WORKS REALLY SLICK.

I TRIED THE STARBUCKS HOT SPOT FOR WI-FI, BUT THAT'S NOT FREE ANYMORE. I ALSO TRIED THE HARVEY'S FREE WI-FI AND IT WORKED JUST FINE IN THE PARKING GARAGE FROM THE CAR. SO NOW I'LL BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FREE WI-FI HOT SPOTS TO BLOG WHILE WE'RE ON OUR TRIP. I ALREADY KNOW THAT THE REST STOPS IN IOWA HAVE FREE HOT SPOTS AND THEY ARE ADDING MORE ALL THE TIME. THE CAMPGROUND FOR CHEESEDAYS ALSO OFFERS WI-FI, BUT AT A PRICE, SO YOU SHOULD BE UP TO SPEED DURING CHEESEDAYS. I AM POSITIVE YELLOW RIVER DOES NOT NOT HAVE A WI-FI HOT SPOT BUT I PROMISE WE WON'T GET TOO FAR BEHIND BLOGGING WITH THIS NEW LAPTOP.