Rest Quest

Thirty years ago today Jeff was born! Happy Birthday Jeff :)

Posted by Cindi on Thu, 08/16/2007 - 6:04am. | Permalink | Add new comment

The last few weeks I realized the mouse for my computer wouldn't scroll down the way I wanted it to, the way it was set up to do. I got it with my computer about a year and a half ago. It's the programmable, multibutton Apple Mighty Mouse with a tiny little scroll ball on top that allows you to click, squeeze and scroll through documents or content. It's so cool and easy to use. I really like the little scroll ball that I use with my index finger.  I don't even realize I'm doing it most of the time, it's so intuitive. Lately I realized it wouldn't scroll down, just up. So I had to scroll by using the scroll bar in the window. I checked the preferences set for the mouse, changed it to 360 degrees and tried it. I even rebooted. Nothing helped. So I called the 800 Apple Tech support number. I told them right away I wasn't techie or anything so they'd know to put it in layman's terms. The guy was so nice. He had me go through several different things, including cleaning the mouse. Nothing helped, so he said they would replace it. That was after 5pm our time yesterday. This morning BEFORE 9am, I received the replacement! It included a return shipping label for the old one so I wouldn't have to pay anything. They were fast, courteous, and very helpful. So now I'm up and scrolling, less than 24 hours later! I really like Apple products, at least the ones I've used. You hear so many horror stories about computer tech support of various companies and I just had to share about good support. A few years ago I spilled water over my Apple laptop keyboard and I called the Apple store where it was bought. They walked me through drying it out. It was my fault, but they took the time to help me fix it.  

Posted by Cindi on Tue, 06/19/2007 - 3:13pm. | Permalink | Add new comment

Here I am, making my very first post on this cool blog I received as a birthday present from Jeff & Catherine :) For my birthday, Jeff said he would make a blog for me (which I really wanted), and after asking me what types of things I wanted to do with it, worked at creating just the kind of blog I want. I wanted certain features in it, but I wanted to be able to use them myself without needing to learn to code, lol, or have an administrator do it for me (that being Jeff). Then he had me pick out the style. He made it simple for me using Drupal 5.2 and something called Moveable Type. Soooooo, here it is!

He said there is something else he still needs to add, being able to add photos to my posts. So I hope to be sharing about books I'm reading, write various reviews, things I'm thinking about, what's going on, etc. Oh, and there will be a place for comments as well. So, friends and family, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do :)

Posted by Cindi on Tue, 03/13/2007 - 6:14pm. | Permalink | 5 comments