April 2, 2006

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  I am taking another online computer course.  At the same time I continue working with two photo/graphics groups and am managing to update my photo site in a more timely way than I am updating LittleEgypt.  I haven’t had a lot to say lately and I know readers don’t appreciate wasted words. 

  
  

  The course I am taking is basic .css (cascading style sheets) a little more advanced than the basic html class I took not long ago.  I know next to nothing about css but intend to know enough when I’m done to write a simplified tutorial explaining .css basics in down to earth language anyone can understand.  It will be shared on the pages I am building while learning css.  I really am not, a dummy.  The fact is, most of us don’t fit in the dummy category but the help tutorials for software and hardware, especially in the computing field, leave me cold and feeling a bit on the angry and stupid side. 

  
  

  The problem with most tutorials … they are written by people who are so smart they forget most of their paycheck comes from people like myself who are out here buying most of the computers and other hardware and software in the stores.  Most of us spending the money aren’t computer genius in this new age of computing but only people who have fallen for the high tech advertising that makes us all think we can’t live without this entertaining but destructive invention. 

  
  

  Tutorials should be written in such a way they help the guy who spends the money to enjoy his newfound interest.  If your hobby has it’s hand out constantly for repairs because of hackers, spyware, and faulty file conflicts, where is the fun?  I am willing to bet without knowing any statistics, the stress created by computing is making someone some real money.  Not to mention the money the manufacturers of the hard and software are making from overly repeated business.   There is a lot in the computing world that isn’t working for the public interest say for instance all of our banking and credit cards online that are yet to be taken off the endangered species list. 

  
  

  Stress and headache are the payback to the computer programs purchaser as it all, in my mind, continues in a beta stage.  Until a solid and permanent fix for all the hijacking, hacking, virus and all else that plagues computing is available (and free would be nice as we didn’t ask for all the crap that goes with computing) we purchasers will continue spending big bucks while someone else is laughing his way to the bank.

  
  

   

  
  

  A Poem

  
  

  Spring
   © RSBlain April 1, 2006

  
  

  Daffodils, ornamented with frills
  Sprout from tufts on nearby hills
  Their golden colors light up spots
  Where later will grow Forget-Me-Nots

  
  

  Splashes of color catch my eye
  As passing pixels, butterflies
  Their gently rising, falling wings
  Are reminders each of other Springs

  
  

  The freshest buds and painted flowers
  Enhance the joy of daylight hours
  With perfumed blooms and sweetened air
  Perfection, the dress Springtime wears

  
  

  
  
  Check out my updated photo pages, CLICK for PhotoGraphics.

  
  

  Have a super week and take care of you,
  LittleE

  
  

  All meanderings on my pages are my own, © RSBlain
  

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