Lately I've felt overwhelmed by how difficult it seems to carry out simple tasks.
Exhibit A:
I want to post pictures of the kids on my blog. Should be easy. Take a few pics, upload them, put a few captions, and you're done.
Why it is difficult:
Most of the pictures are either on my tablet (which can't upload to blogger in China), my old laptop (which is only half working), or still on my camera. Before I can upload any pics I have to locate the ones I want, fight with my half working computer to organize them into a understandable folder system, get my proxy to work, and (hopefully) have success in uploading them. Meanwhile, my laptop over heats, the proxy server times out repeatedly, my transfers break, ect.
Exhibit B:
I need to fill out some simple paperwork and e-mail it off to the appropriate parties.
Why this is difficult:
Problem 1: The paperwork includes some simple bank information. A certain country is currently messing with my access to any https: website, making it near impossible for me to find the information I need online.
Problem 2: I need to print the paperwork, fill it out, scan it back in, and e-mail it off. However, the computer I'm using has not yet been set up to work with our printer. So I have to locate the driver disk. Driver disk appears to be broken. Give it to my techie husband who concludes it is indeed broken and recommends I download the drivers from the internet. I search online for the appropriate drivers and begin the download. Estimated download time? 14 hours. I'm going to bed. Wake up the next morning to find the computer has shut down and cancelled the download. Restart the download. 8 hours later, estimated download time is still 14 hours. Bring in my husband again. He downloads the drivers with his super techie-ness and transfers the drivers to my computer over the network. Begin installation...
In case you were wondering and haven't been bored to death by my incredibly boring rant, I am currently waiting on the installation.
I think I'll go check on my picture transfers...
Exhibit A:
I want to post pictures of the kids on my blog. Should be easy. Take a few pics, upload them, put a few captions, and you're done.
Why it is difficult:
Most of the pictures are either on my tablet (which can't upload to blogger in China), my old laptop (which is only half working), or still on my camera. Before I can upload any pics I have to locate the ones I want, fight with my half working computer to organize them into a understandable folder system, get my proxy to work, and (hopefully) have success in uploading them. Meanwhile, my laptop over heats, the proxy server times out repeatedly, my transfers break, ect.
Exhibit B:
I need to fill out some simple paperwork and e-mail it off to the appropriate parties.
Why this is difficult:
Problem 1: The paperwork includes some simple bank information. A certain country is currently messing with my access to any https: website, making it near impossible for me to find the information I need online.
Problem 2: I need to print the paperwork, fill it out, scan it back in, and e-mail it off. However, the computer I'm using has not yet been set up to work with our printer. So I have to locate the driver disk. Driver disk appears to be broken. Give it to my techie husband who concludes it is indeed broken and recommends I download the drivers from the internet. I search online for the appropriate drivers and begin the download. Estimated download time? 14 hours. I'm going to bed. Wake up the next morning to find the computer has shut down and cancelled the download. Restart the download. 8 hours later, estimated download time is still 14 hours. Bring in my husband again. He downloads the drivers with his super techie-ness and transfers the drivers to my computer over the network. Begin installation...
In case you were wondering and haven't been bored to death by my incredibly boring rant, I am currently waiting on the installation.
I think I'll go check on my picture transfers...
1 comment:
Computers sure can be frustratring.
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