Comments on: Girls’ Day Out: The Prelude http://qmusings.com/2007/08/06/girls-day-out-the-prelude/ Something to Think About Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:52:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: MsQ http://qmusings.com/2007/08/06/girls-day-out-the-prelude/comment-page-1/#comment-13688 MsQ Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:08:32 +0000 http://qmusings.com/blog/2007/08/06/girls-day-out-the-prelude/#comment-13688 <strong>Ricardo</strong>: It's kinda freaky how my mom's place looks like my Granny's (her mom's) place - the clutter, the stacks, the stacked up plugs. Of course, my mom lives in an old home which means that you have ONE OUTLET in the room. My apartment is new so had outlets and phone jacks everywhere. Yeah, my mom likes her speaker phone! I use a headset myself and love being able to chat while doing something mindless like packing or sorting mail. Ricardo: It’s kinda freaky how my mom’s place looks like my Granny’s (her mom’s) place – the clutter, the stacks, the stacked up plugs. Of course, my mom lives in an old home which means that you have ONE OUTLET in the room. My apartment is new so had outlets and phone jacks everywhere.

Yeah, my mom likes her speaker phone! I use a headset myself and love being able to chat while doing something mindless like packing or sorting mail.

]]> By: Ricardo http://qmusings.com/2007/08/06/girls-day-out-the-prelude/comment-page-1/#comment-13658 Ricardo Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:46:17 +0000 http://qmusings.com/blog/2007/08/06/girls-day-out-the-prelude/#comment-13658 What a tangle of wires. When I read these tech support nightmares I am glad I have a mac but do not wish to start such a debate. I have DSL as well from AT&T and fortunately have not had these problems. Speaker phones rule. I can understand why she wants to use it. Life is so much easier. I remember Bambi vs Godzilla. Classic. What a tangle of wires. When I read these tech support nightmares I am glad I have a mac but do not wish to start such a debate.

I have DSL as well from AT&T and fortunately have not had these problems. Speaker phones rule. I can understand why she wants to use it. Life is so much easier.

I remember Bambi vs Godzilla. Classic.

]]> By: MsQ http://qmusings.com/2007/08/06/girls-day-out-the-prelude/comment-page-1/#comment-13495 MsQ Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:55:45 +0000 http://qmusings.com/blog/2007/08/06/girls-day-out-the-prelude/#comment-13495 <strong>HMTKSteve:</strong> Nope, didn't read the article (but I just left a comment!) as I had received an email notification from ATT about the server setting changes. I also double checked off their website in case something had changed. The HELP on their website really does step you through the server settings. My prior attempts to get send mail working were all about checking the online info against her Outlook 2002 settings and trying all sorts of combinations after the advertised ones didn't work. Of course once I changed to Microsoft Mail my mom, who had barely learned Outlook (and attaching files was something she kept forgetting how to do) said, "Can you, uh, leave me some instructions on how to use the new email with lots of screenshots?" I had to wait until after we had eaten lunch. I was beat. But then I made it easy - created a desktop shortcut, created a document on how to launch and send email plus attach files and put THAT on the desktop. Phew. It's weird to be The Geek for certain family members. Thank goodness I have geek friends to turn to for MY computer problems! HMTKSteve: Nope, didn’t read the article (but I just left a comment!) as I had received an email notification from ATT about the server setting changes. I also double checked off their website in case something had changed. The HELP on their website really does step you through the server settings.

My prior attempts to get send mail working were all about checking the online info against her Outlook 2002 settings and trying all sorts of combinations after the advertised ones didn’t work.

Of course once I changed to Microsoft Mail my mom, who had barely learned Outlook (and attaching files was something she kept forgetting how to do) said, “Can you, uh, leave me some instructions on how to use the new email with lots of screenshots?”

I had to wait until after we had eaten lunch. I was beat. But then I made it easy – created a desktop shortcut, created a document on how to launch and send email plus attach files and put THAT on the desktop. Phew.

It’s weird to be The Geek for certain family members. Thank goodness I have geek friends to turn to for MY computer problems!

]]> By: HMTKSteve http://qmusings.com/2007/08/06/girls-day-out-the-prelude/comment-page-1/#comment-13487 HMTKSteve Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:01:07 +0000 http://qmusings.com/blog/2007/08/06/girls-day-out-the-prelude/#comment-13487 Ms. Q, I know you read this article first right? http://www.hmtk.com/archives/att-yahoo-changes-their-pop-email-system.html Ms. Q,

I know you read this article first right?

http://www.hmtk.com/archives/att-yahoo-changes-their-pop-email-system.html

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