Tech woes

[onefixedstar]

Somewhere, somehow, I installed some sort of ad blocking software that is now rendering all sorts of website sidebars as ads, regardless of whether they're selling something or simply providing navigation to other parts of the site. It's making it very difficult to move through certain key sites, such as, oh, my department's website. I think that at some point soon, I'm going to have to track down the responsible piece of software.

In other related problematic tech news, my laptop has stopped giving me access to my USB key drive. It recognizes that a USB device is attached, but the device doesn't show up in Windows Explorer. This is a bit of a concern since I actually need some of the information stored on that device. Fortunately, my desktop is still giving me access, so I was able to transfer the important information over. Nonetheless, I'd like to fix this as it's rather convenient having a USB drive.

Finally, I actually read the SSHRC application instructions this year. I can't believe how many little errors I made in past years! No wonder they never forward my application...

Comments

[steninja.livejournal.com]

You should always read the instructions. And they should always make the instructions brief and to the point! ha ha :D

Good luck with the tech problems!

[onefixedstar.livejournal.com]

You'd think the forms would be relatively straightforward...but there are so many little formatting rules!