Cooler weather On The Way

Monday was sensational and around the mid 20's. Today Tuesday is overcast and more like 20. By the weekend we can expect it to be wet and rainy!

But what a beautiful day Monday was. As my cold and middle ear infection has cleared up I am back to feeling my old self again. Just after lunch on Monday I was back to the hearing aid guy for a quick check on how the new hearing aid is going. All seems to be fine with it.

One of the Computer Club guys has 'special needs'. Though in his late 40's, he loves the chat and banter of others around him. However I have become his first port of call when he has a computer need. Yesterday morning (Monday) he visited me with his new laptop which he wanted me to help setup for him.

Michael doesn't really know his passwords and settings so it is a little hit and miss at times. By the end of the morning I had sent him on his way with everything setup for him and ready to go.

When helping people set up their email I now tend to use a service such as Yahoo or GMail for sending emails (outgoing server settings) via a program like Windows Live, Outlook or Mozilla's Thunderbird. I do this in case people travel a bit. It doesn't matter where in the world you are, you can always send via GMail. If you are a Bigpond user you usually have to be connected to Bigpond to be able to send emails. By using GMail for sending emails it doesn't matter who you are connected with.

This morning around 8 am the phone goes and it is a distressed Michael on the phone saying his TPG emails aren't working! After cooling him down and explaining stuff to him he is once again a happy chappy! And he found he can get his TPG emails after all!

And today I have been doing another laptop for an older couple here on the estate. It is now ready to go for them. All they need is their 3G wireless dongle to arrive from Bigpond and they too can connect to the internet. Their new laptop downloaded over 500MB of updates today. Their new Bigpond 3G wireless connection will only give them 1GB per month download.

And guess what, I have another laptop to do tomorrow!

The other night we watched a movie called "Sarah's Key". Certainly it is one of the best movies I have seen, a sensational story set in Paris and telling the story of a young Jewish girl who was taken by the Germans to a concentration camp. However she escaped and lived the rest of her life in misery for what had happened to the rest of her family. The movie has subtitles for about 60% of it.

Last night we watched "Unknown" another very good story!