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Hi everyone! First off a very happy Halloween to all my American and Canadian? friends. One piece of trivia before I proceed: In Spain--and in at least a few other Spanish-speaking countries--Halloween is celebrated earlier in the year and is called "Dia de la Muerta," which literally translates to "Day of the Dead." I can't recall exactly what happens on this day, but what I do know is that there is something called Las Posadas, which is associated with this day. So there you have it, my knowledge on the Day of the Dead. Moving right along...I have officially relocated. That's right, Monday marked the official move. I say that because on that day both my land-line phone and Internet were hooked up. For several days I was virtually out of touch with the real world as I know it, excepting of course physically walking out of my apartment and going to see people or having them come to me or just making calls from my cell phone. So now I can say with honesty that I have officially moved in. It feels great being more independent, and from what I'm told this apartment looks great. I've only experienced one technical glitch so far, and it turned out to be only a minor one. My new ISP gave me the option of using their own Internet browser. The problem was that their browser didn't appear to get along with my screen reader. I found this out when I opened a link in an email message that was sent to me. But as I later found out, there was an easy fix for this: just uninstall their browser and go back to using the one with which I am most comfortable. So I did that and went back to the browser of my choice, that being Internet Explorer from the good people at Microsoft. Very easy, no harm done. CIF is having one of their annual fundraisers this coming weekend, and I was asked to put the program into Braille. I did this, since I am a firm believer in access for all.

Hey everyone. Well it appears I'm making a reappearance--or at least a temporary one--on here. The following account I think clearly illustrates that computers do have a mind of their own sometimes. My original plan had been to keep this computer around for a little while longer, because I read on another blog that Microsoft is planning to keep Windows XP around a bit longer than they had originally said they would. Fast-forward to Sunday, November 4 of the current year. On that evening something most befuddling happened. After my CIF tutor and I returned from a fundraiser for the organization, I went to boot up my computer and it wouldn't do so. So I checked all the connections to make certain everything was the way it should've been. It was. So then I proceeded to call a neighbor to come look at things. But the telephone wouldn't work either. So I used my cell phone and my neighbor came right over. The next morning I had someone else come look at things since my neighbor didn't seem to know what was going on. We got my phone back but not my computer. Long story short, noone is sure what exactly happened but we suspect something might've gone haywire. So due to the fact that I'd probably be without a working computer for at least awhile, I decided to give my parents a call and ask them to order me another. All Windows-based computers today come with Windows VISTA installed on them, so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity. A neighbor of mine has Windows VISTA and seems to like it so I figured I'd give it a whirl. So this morning my Windows XP computer rose from the dead all by itself, with no prompting whatsoever from anyone. Meantime, my new computer is most likely at my folks' house. So I may just end up with Windows VISTA anyway. In other news...The leak in my bedroom radiator is supposed to get fixed on Wednesday of this week. I have given CIF permission to enter my apartment with the repair person even if I am already gone for the Thanksgiving holiday. In the interim I have been using a neighbor's space heater to keep me comfortable on these chilly nights. I may or may not let him borrow something of mine in return. I think that's all for this entry.