My head hurts

I don't know how I did it, but I managed to flip the display on my monitor go upside down and backwards. While it is POSSIBLE to read a computer screen that way, it gives me a headache. It is particularly difficult to figure out the difference between "b" and "d" and "g" and "p" and "q"…

I tried everything I thought of. I asked a few friends. Nobody knew what to do… Until I called my favorite computer repair dudes. The answer was quite simple [alt] [ctrl] [up arrow].

It's quite nice not having to use the computer standing on my head!

NOT the reading weekend I planned

I intended to read a book this weekend.   In fact, I detailed these plans, centered around “Two Wars We Must Not Lose” by Mr. Bill Hecht, here  http://worthywomanpage.com/2012/11/29/reading-weekend-ahead/  Instead, This was one of those weekends that everyone has occasionally, the kind where nothing goes quite right.  Some things just best in the rearview mirror!

You see, I locked myself out of my computer. Not permanently, just long enough to thoroughly mess up my plans.

I am testing http://preyproject.com/    on my system.  Since my computer contains many things that I'm working on (writing, scripture study, Sunday School Planning, among other things), I sometimes describe it by saying, "My computer is my life."

Even though I know that that's not true, Even though I could recreate everything if I had to, facing a stolen laptop would simply be a minor disaster that I don't want to face.  I thought that having a way to track who has it and where it is might be useful.  Thus  testing http://preyproject.com/    on my system.

The thing is, it's important to read the instructions for the settings.  I toggled a switch that should only be toggled AFTER the laptop gets stolen.  An alarm went off, my keyboard locked up, and I couldn't fix it until I got to another computer.

I guess I needed a "Computer-free Weekend"…

I'm fixed now, though.