Apparently I Love the Letter V

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Robyn Roste

A funny thing happened the other day. My letter V stopped working.

Just stopped. One day “V” worked and the next *poof* nothing.

After the “V” it was a steady decline…”C”…”X”…”Z” and finally “Enter” joined the party. It was a keyboard fizzle-out party.

A bit distressing.

And I didn’t realize how heavily I relied on the letter “V” until the other day. Like all the time. Every other word.

So how am I typing now? I know you’re wondering. Well, I have my laptop keyboard still. Which is great but it’s elevated and hooked up to this and that so to actually type on the laptop keyboard my hands are at eye level. Slightly uncomfortable.

Anyway, I’ve never been in this situation before. I was so distressed I pulled the keyboard all apart and brought it to work for the guys to look at.

Desperate times, right?

So now I’m in the market for a new keyboard. And I’m going to be picky because I really like the one I have. Er…except for the bits that don’t work. I don’t like those bits.

Rough life, huh?

My Teenage Computer

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Robyn Roste

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This is an image of my desk at work. And, actually, this is a pretty tidy.

This is from my point of view. Fifty hours per week.

Anyway, my computer is a wonderful machine (and quite powerful), yet is a bit persnickety.

You know, persnickety.

My teenage computer

He puts up with my workload for about six hours straight and then gives me…the black screen of death.

Anyway, so when this happens I become frustrated.

I don’t actually think I’d ever throw the computer off a building though.

Not really.

Anyway, I have been upset with said computer for a while now. Em…like since I have had it. But I’ve made a discovery. Let’s see if you notice what I (finally) noticed.

Let’s read it together. Alkaline batteries. Best for: headphone stereos, shavers, and tape recorders. How old are these batteries anyway? This pack has been operating my computer mouse for, like, a year. These batteries.

I’m considering a slight upgrade on batteries. You know, from this decade or something. Then perhaps my computer will stop behaving like a rebellious teenager.

Five Years Old

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Robyn Roste

Once upon a time a girl named Robyn started a blog. She wasn’t exactly sure what a blog was, but her friend told her blogs were cool and so she thought she’d give it a shot.

That was five years ago.

Actually the link is a bit misleading because I unpublished my original few posts because they sucked.

Example: First Post EVER! Originally published October 18, 2005:

I’ve been reading my friend’s blogs all summer and wondering what the fuss is about. Finally now, in October 2005, I have finally given in to the strange passive agressive pressure to follow suit. I hope this will develop into a forum that is beyond me and what I can imagine, but we’ll see. Welcome to my BLOG!

See? Good thing I’ve evolved as a blogger.

Talking about Sleep Blogging and Brain Slugs is much more mature.

Since I didn’t know what I was doing I just chose a blog template I was attracted to and went from there. It didn’t take too long before I found two blogs in my small circle exactly like mine, which made me go rogue. Customized that is.

And for I don’t know how long I’ve used a basic Blogger template (I think it was called Washed Denim) and added in my own customization so no one would have the same template as I.

But then my blogging friends started getting customized too and yet didn’t seem to struggle with their templates as much as I did. First there was Aimee, then Avey, then Ashley. I’ve watched and inspected elements and wished a little bit to change my template too. But that’s where I left it. Until now.

For you see, even Kinneyland upgraded and updated and then I thought… you know what? I want it too.

So I copied Kinneyland’s template and added a few of my own customized tweaks. But not as many as I did before. I realized the more HTML I altered, the fewer widgets would actually work.

But now they work!

Now you can Share posts you like, or offer your reactions, as well as the usual leave-a-comment zone, which is always open for sarcasm.

So that’s cool.

Something else that’s cool is in my five years of keeping this blog is documented all the crazy adventures I’ve had. After thumbing through the archives I’ve decided there have been quite a few in five years! Here are my top five favourites:

Thanks for coming along with me for the ride! I can’t wait to see what happens next.

DIY Vases

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Robyn Roste

Well after an hour of bickering with el laptopo archao, and a carefully calculated restart, my Internet pages will load and there are images on my blog!

In celebration, I’m posting my DIY vases. They were created two or three weeks ago with some collected cans, dark grey spray paint, and ribbon. Oh, and some dried and/or dying flowers.

I’m pretty happy with how they turned out and how they pull the room together (even without curtains).

Now that I’ve finished three DIY vases, and am so happy with them, I want to make more.

However, being quite attached to reality, I also know I cannot have random vases all over the house. The positive “pulling together” I’m experiencing right now will no doubt be squandered and I don’t know how I would recover from that loss.

Also, I don’t have any more ribbon. Or cans. You know how it is.

So for now, I’m going to hold off on the vases, but I have lots more ideas (good ones too) for more, should the opportunity present itself.

I probably only have time for one more project before I leave on my trip to Malta. It’s not yet decided what said project will be, but it will probably involve my five-year-old apprentice again, and something messy. That’s how I roll.

Where I keep looking to when I think of my Crafty Projects, is to a big, gaudy, mirror I traded for in order to get rid of a bookshelf. I felt the shelf didn’t fit my place yet still wanted it to go to a good home. Little did I know I needed to strike a deal in the form of a heavy, red leather encased mirror to make that dream a reality.

What I would like to do with the mirror is use it. And stencil a nice black design onto the red leather to hopefully dial it down a bit. Maybe it will work?

Thank You Super Computer

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Robyn Roste

This is my favourite shot from Kelly’s and Neal’s wedding. Unfortunately I spent my time photographing the following:

wallpaper
flowers and centrepieces
mother-in-law’s hats

Instead of the actual wedding.

Sorry guys. But I think everyone else probably got the regular, standard wedding photos so you might be able to find them on Facebook by now.

Since it’s off-season on the mountains, it wasn’t difficult or terribly expensive to stay in a hotel actually near the wedding. This may have been a first for me. So, it was a beautiful, inexpensive, fun, overnight adventure. All in all, a good time.

Now for the big reveal: how long did it take my computer to upload this photo? Well, from start to finish, about five hours. If we’re counting exactly it was 7:05 p.m.-11:15 p.m. That’s long.

Now do you understand why I haven’t uploaded photos lately?

But before you judge too harshly, please note the old guy has some fight left in him—he didn’t time out or freeze once in those five hours. He just plugged along, uploading all the bits and bytes of one simple photograph in his sweet old time.

And really, that’s all I can ask. I mean, he has already seen me through university, living in England, and a mild addiction to the Sims 2. Can I really expect anything more?

Robyn Roste

One Word at a Time

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